short story collection

How the Witch Loved the Dwarf (2)

The full moon is coming-,

On the day of the full moon, the lights in the palace are turned off early, as wolves are said to appear. Even the guards fall asleep on that day, which is called Aurora Day. On this day, the heroine decides to commit a crime.

He waited for night to fall. Ji-hoon seemed to have noticed, and he deliberately hovered next to Yeo-ju.

Ji-hoon, who knew Yeo-ju well but didn't know her the most, looked at Yeo-ju with a very complicated expression before the sun set.

지훈

princess.

He approaches the female protagonist. The female protagonist opens her eyes wide. Soon, she whispers urgently, as if muttering.

여주

Jihoon... I want to go.

지훈

princess.

여주

Please, do you want to go? Let me go.

지훈

Can I just kiss you once?

여주

uh?

지훈

Then I'll send it to you.

Ji-hoon whispers in a tearful voice. Only then does Yeo-ju realize that it is not that Ji-hoon doesn't know her the most, but that she is the one who doesn't know Ji-hoon the most.

Before the heroine could even speak, their tongues were entangled, and the night their kiss ended, a full moon rose.

And that day, the princess disappeared. Rumors spread that Boreum had taken her away.

The escort who had been guarding her was punished. He remained silent until the very end, and afterward, he too disappeared from the palace.

...

The heroine ran hurriedly down the street. The palace grew farther and farther away. Tears welled up. She couldn't understand. The world she'd longed for didn't seem like such a paradise.

The world I am now stepping into does not seem to be mine.

No, has the world ever been mine? I grab the large cloak that covers my body and run again.

They said the sea is just along this road.

He grabbed the sword Ji-Hoon had given him, saying that if a wolf were to attack or a bad dwarf were to approach, he would stab him in the heart with it.

Running through the dark forest.

The sound of the tree rustling is eerie.

I bit my lower lip hard. My body trembled.

Something like a wolf...

Something like a wolf-,