*Please be aware that some scary images may appear below.
In front of Neulbit Reservoir.
The sky was covered with gray clouds.
The Fed took a silent breath.
“Seol-ah… I’m here.
“I’ve come this far. Now… I just need to find you.”
That moment.
“Yeonjun…”
A small voice whispered from somewhere.
That too… in Seol-ah’s voice.
“It’s here… Yeonjun… This way…”
“Seol-ah… No way… Really…?”
The sound continued to move towards the water's edge.
The Fed followed suit, dumbfounded.
It didn't matter if my shoes got wet or my pants got soaked.
“Wait… Seol-ah… I’ll go… I’m on my way now…”
The water got deeper and deeper.
It went past my thighs and up to my waist.
My body felt heavy, and it even started to rain.
The whole world got wet.
The muddy water clouded the view, and the ripples were strangely tangled.
But the Fed didn't stop.
“The box… the box you were talking about… is it around here…?”
He rolled up his sleeves and put his hands under the muddy water.
Under the cold, sticky water, he groped desperately for the bottom.
“Damn… Where are you… Where…”
The hard wood grain touched my trembling fingertips.
The Fed took a deep breath.
“…! Is this it?”
A small, heavy, square box.
As soon as I touched it, something prickled my fingertips.
At that moment, he was sure.
“Seol-ah! I found it! I really found it!! Now....!!!”
He lifted the box and shouted with joy.
however-
“Choi Yeonjun!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you crazy??!!!!?”
An ear-piercing scream was heard from far away.
It was Subin.
“Phew.....!!! Su... Subin...? You, why...”
“Do you know what you’re doing?! Are you crazy?!”
The Fed tried to turn its head in confusion, but—
At that moment, I felt something wrap around my ankle.
And soon, it pulled him down with tremendous force.
“Ugh, ugh!! What is this… What is this…!! N… Let go!!! Ugh ugh.....”
“Yeonjun!!! Come out of there!! Come out quickly!!”
Subin's screams grew farther and farther away in the rain,
Yeonjun's body was sucked deeper and deeper into the reservoir.
“Who… who is hitting me… the bottom of the screen…!! Subin!!! Help…—!!!”
As the body sank, the light disappeared.
It was starting to become difficult to hold my breath any longer.
and…
A voice heard in my ear, too close.
"…thank you."
'……?''
“Ugh… Thanks to you… I’ll take good care of your body?”
'Wh...what did you say...'
It was Seol-ah's voice.
“…Seol-ah… You, right…”
at that time.
The lid of the box was opened.
The red talismans inside scattered into the water.
Subin ran to the water's edge.
“Yeonjun!! Where are you!! Yeonjun!!!!”
But there was no one.
Only the waves rippled gently,
On the water, only a single peony, blown by the wind, was floating quietly.
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Sonting ✏️