Kang Daniel Fanfic | short story collection - How the Witch Loved the Dwarf (3)

Nothing appeared.

Nothing came out until they left the forest. The heroine looked at the forest.

여주

They say that scary wolves and monsters live in this forest...

It was all a lie. I was relieved.

Jinyoung and Daehwi's faces came to mind.

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'How many lies have you told me?'

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'Has everything I've believed in up until now become a lie?'

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'Are mermaids real? What if even mermaids are lies?'

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'So, should I go back before the full moon disappears?'

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'Is it right to pretend to believe in a world that has collapsed and then be trapped in it again?'

Just as I was thinking about this, I arrived at the beach. The sand between my shoes felt rough.

My soles, which had never touched anything sharp, ached. I felt like I was about to get hurt at any moment.

I took a deep breath, the sea glowing blue in the full moon light.

I can't breathe-,

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'If it's this beautiful, there's no need for things like mermaids.'

The heroine thinks about the collapsed world.

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'It's like a mermaid that I can't find anyway, so I don't care...'

"Why are you hitting me?"

The female protagonist, who had barely managed to climb up onto a large rock by the sea and was looking down as if it were a cliff, shifted her gaze in surprise.

A brighter man with his face sticking out from the shining sea, his hair was silver.

The water is up to my waist and I am looking at the female lead.

The female protagonist's tears fell and fell into the sea. The man reached out his hand.

The female protagonist followed suit and reached out her hand. It touched her, and she dropped it because it was cold. The man also frowned slightly.

옹성우(인어)

It's hot...

여주

.......dwarf?

옹성우(인어)

So are you a witch?

The man looked at the female protagonist as if he was dumbfounded. The female protagonist's gaze gradually dropped downwards.

The lower half of a man submerged under the shining water...

There wasn't any.

A fin that a strange mermaid had. But, it's not strange.

It reflects silver like a man's head at full moon.

The heroine blinks her eyes with tear-stained face.

Slowly reach out.

The man is silent and extends his hand.

Their hands stop before they can touch. They can't touch.

The two instinctively realize that they should not touch.

여주

The silver-haired mermaid... doesn't kill the blonde?

옹성우(인어)

Don't blondes have silver hair?

They both speak at the same time. Then they stop. Their eyes meet.

Ah, we are the ones whose world has collapsed together.

Are we the flip side of an isolated fairy tale? The heroine felt like crying right now. And then she felt like laughing.

My eyes were so tearful that they stung, and I laughed so hard that my face convulsed.

I wanted to vomit, spit it out, swallow it all, and hug it all.

I want to throw myself into that shining sea.

I want to laugh endlessly at myself as I watch myself melt away.

If I just do that, I feel like things will get fixed.

Everything had already fallen apart, and there was nothing that could be built back up anyway. More than anything, Yeo-ju was disgusted by the fact that Ji-hoon, whom she had kissed during the day, had disappeared from inside her.

It felt like the silver-haired mermaid had swallowed her, and the heroine laughed out loud and cried.

여주

I want to be a mermaid too...

옹성우(인어)

If you come here, I'll be dead before I'm a hundred years old. Come back as a witch or something. I want those two legs.

여주

You can just become a dwarf.

옹성우(인어)

Are you...Snow White?

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...yes, that's what people know. Your lips are as red as blood, your skin is as white as snow, and your hair...

옹성우(인어)

Your lips are pretty.

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yes?

The heroine raises her head in surprise. The mermaid speaks calmly.

옹성우(인어)

Your lips are pretty. They're not pink, they're coral.

And after a moment of silence, he calls out three letters: Ong Seong-wu.

The water glows blue. The heroine leans in a little more, and the voice actor is submerged in the water.

여주

Don't go-.

The heroine whispers urgently. She takes out her sword and cuts off his hand.

The voice actor's expression becomes distorted.

옹성우(인어)

Huh...are you crazy? No.

여주

You said we could be together if I became a witch.

옹성우(인어)

We just met.

여주

Don't lie. We met somewhere.

At the same time as the silence, the mermaid named Seongwoo stretches out her hand. The heroine holds out her sword as if possessed, and then extends her hand as well.