레드벨벳 평행 우주
제29화. 과거
(THE OTHER WORLD)
After the tournament, Seulgi and Ju Hyun left the venue but Seulgi is still bugging Ju Hyun about her lucid dreaming.
Seulgi
Please tell me about it in details, hmm?
Ju Hyun
Why are you suddenly being so nice? Is my story that interesting?
Seulgi
It is. So tell me more about it will you?
Ju Hyun
Fine. What do you want to know?
Seulgi
So, you mentioned there's a war happening that time... Can you elaborate on that one?
Ju Hyun
Ahh. That war. Uhm, from what I remember... two Kingdoms were fighting for superiority.
Ju Hyun
If I remember it correctly, one Kingdom wants to rule over the land alone, so they wanted to eliminate the other Kingdom.
Seulgi
Do you remember the name of the Kingdoms? or the place maybe?
Ju Hyun
It's been ten years. I can't possibly remember that.
Seulgi
Fine, I'll ask another question instead.
Seulgi
You said you were treated like a royalty... What do you mean?
Ju Hyun
As I told you, they kept addressing me as "your highness."
Ju Hyun
Also, there was a war that time... but everybody was protecting me like I'm the owner of the throne.
Ju Hyun
I just can't be sure of that since I never actually met the King nor the Queen.
Seulgi
How is that possible? You said you kept going back and forth for a year?
Ju Hyun
I know. That's what's making it confusing for me too.
Seulgi
What else happened then?
Ju Hyun
Wait, let me try to remember.
Ju Hyun
Ah! There's this one incident that I can never forget...
Seulgi
What?
Ju Hyun shows Seulgi her arm.
Seulgi
What am I supposed to see here?
Ju Hyun
A scar!
Seulgi
Uhh, I see nothing?
Ju Hyun
Exactly!
Ju Hyun
There should be a scar here, but I don't have it.
Seulgi
And how did that happen?
Ju Hyun
I remember being abducted by the other Kingdom back then. I think they wanted to hold me as hostage.
Ju Hyun
During the abduction, I was resisting so much that they actually hurt me. I got cut by their terrifying blades... right here.
Ju Hyun
That's why I concluded that I was lucid dreaming... Cause I don't have the scar, and the wound healed so fast.
Seulgi
You got abducted?! Then... how'd you manage to escape?
Ju Hyun
Uhh... T-that... Someone came to help me.
Seulgi
Who?
Ju Hyun
Why are you so curious about everything? And since when were you this chatty? You used to be so uninterested in my stories.
Seulgi
I don't know... Just tell me who helped you.
Ju Hyun
I don't want to.
Seulgi
Fine. If you don't want to tell me, then leave.
Ju Hyun
Are you sulking? Wow. This is the first time I saw you sulk...
Seulgi
Having fun?
Ju Hyun
You're really sulking?
Seulgi
Just leave.
Don't ever talk to me again if tou wouldn't tell me about it.
Ju Hyun
Fine, I'll leave.
Seulgi
W-what?
Irene actually walks away.
H-hey, I'm just kidding. Where are you off to?
...
(THE KINGDOM OF SERA)
Irene
So you're really leaving?
Seulgi
I'm left with no choice. I'm sorry...
Irene
Why do you have to go back in the first place?
Wendy
Her friend is in danger... Of course she'd wish to go back.
Irene
Friend? Danger? In a parallel universe? How would you two know?
Wendy
It turns out my prediction pointed out to Joy. She... joined forces with her lover I suppose.
Irene
Well... I expected that much at least. Though I never thought she'd risk that much to reunite with him...
Seulgi
You mean... you expected Joy to betray you?
Irene
Why not? I could assume that everyone around me is willing to betray, and then still end up being right. That's how things were ever since.
Irene
So, how exactly is her friend in danger?
Wendy
I suppose you know the law of a parallel universe? The King of Hora sent Seulgi's counterpart to kill yours...
Irene
They went that far just to kill me?
Seulgi
T-thats exactly why I have to go. I have to make sure that my friend won't end up getting hurt. And that's the only way to protect you too.
Irene
Then I guess I have no choice but to let you go.
Seulgi
Now my only problem is how I can go back to my world...
Irene
Don't worry. That won't be a problem. I'll tell you how you can go back.
Seulgi
Wait... you know how? W-why? I mean... all this time you knew how to send me back?
Irene
I'm not a fool. From the moment you said you didn't know how you got here, I knew you were from a parallel universe.
Seulgi
Why does it sound like you actually know so much about this matter? I mean... why?
Wendy
Why do you think?