The 31st Piece Turns the Tables - Chapter 276

Episode 276:

“Aaah….”

Chiu, who felt like his heart was going to burst due to the tremendous pressure that felt like he was facing the palm of a Buddha, had blood vessels all over his body, but then darkened.

“What is this… Ugh…”

Changing memories also occurred to Kang Seol.

– Snowfall…?

– Snow… Snow?

“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…”

That was Seolhong and Chiu’s reaction when they first learned of Kang Seol’s name.

It wasn’t that much of a change, but it created something of a sense of difference.

‘I was prepared for the shock, but I never thought it would be this bad…’

Perhaps Chiu and Seolhong, who met Hye-myeong in person, would have suffered a more serious blow.

After a while, Chiu and Seolhong woke up and told me all the changed memories.

“Hye-myeong was looking for me?”

Snowfall was looking somewhere.

‘Where are you now Hyemyeong?’

The whereabouts of the 10 legendary people have all disappeared after their attempted ascension. There was no way to know what kind of life they were living.

‘No, maybe…’

Kang Seol recalled the promise he made with Mia before leaving.

– Do you want me to keep this…?

– Yes, I will go to pick it up at the promised place on the promised day.

– Okay….

“Promise….”

“That’s right! “We were supposed to meet Mia, right?”

“Isn’t this… that place?”

Kang Seol frowned and checked his surroundings.

“The terrain is similar to then…”

“The house is gone…”

“No way Mia…”

Either she broke her promise, couldn’t remember it, or something went wrong.

With those thoughts in mind, I went down to the village and asked around.

‘Today is the last date we were supposed to meet.’

Since I didn’t know how time would pass, I promised I would definitely visit and set a fairly generous deadline, but somehow the day I promised Mia came to an end.

‘Could it be… something went wrong….’

That was then.

“snowfall! This is it!”

Chiu said as he ran to where Snowfall was.

“There is a famous painter living in this mountain!”

“shoemaker?”

“huh! “He opened an art studio and welcomed students, and he seems to be quite famous in the area.”

“That… when I came here before…”

“That’s right, there was no one like that. Well, it could be that I never heard about it because I wasn’t interested, but… Anyway, it was something…” “

That’s right…”

“Yes, I think it’s her.”

Kang Seol and his party went that way without stopping to the place where the art room was located.

Because I don’t know what will happen if I miss the promised date.

To be honest, the snowfall was half excitement and half fear.

– Haha, I’ll be waiting there too. then!

Hyemyeong also said she would come to see snowfall. If he had kept his promise, he would have stayed with Mia.

‘If Hyemyeong… comes back…’

Wouldn’t that be a scary thing?

What happened to the ascension? What’s so confusing about the present is….

As the villager said, there was an art room.

However, since it was late at night, I approached cautiously.

Unusual door.

Gulp…

I grabbed the doorknob and knocked on the door.

Thump… thud…

After a while, there was a presence inside.

Squeak…

“Who…”

A woman with her eyes covered with an eyepatch appeared.

“….”

“Black… Black….”

“Mi Mia?”

Mia said to Kang Seol and the others.

“…I’ve been waiting for you all this time.”

Then, he pointed out each one one by one and called out their names.

“Seoul, Seolhong, Chiu… Now I’m about the same age as you.”

Mia stopped crying and led them out.

“…Come on in.”

Kang Seol asked what she was most curious about.

“Mia Hyemyeong…”

“He is…”

Mia stood tall and answered.

“…I left.”

“….”

Still the same ending. Is Mia’s world still impoverished? Mia spoke to Kang Seol’s bitter expression.

“I asked Kang Seol one favor.”

– Don’t let me give up on painting. Please tell me that my drawing… isn’t bad. So that I can draw… again.

As we approached the deeper part of the art room, several paintings appeared. Kang Seol could tell that all the paintings were created by Mia’s hands.

Each picture contained Hyemyeong’s appearance. There were almost no paintings that I had seen that included Hye-myeong, but now it seemed like it would be even more difficult to find a picture that did not depict Hye-myeong.

“…my strength is gone, but…just looking at the picture makes me feel like I’m going back to those days. Memories are valuable just by remembering them, and I don’t want to change them even for a moment… They are precious memories.”

That was all Mia wanted in the first place. She never wanted to hold on to Hyemyeong and keep her by her side.

“Thank you, you did me a favor.”

“Ugh….”

Chiu trembled, probably from being overwhelmed.

This incident, which I experienced in a short period of time, brought a strong shock to me.

It was the same for everyone.

Kangseol asked Mia.

“Have you ever seen Hyemyeong after we broke up?”

Unlike in the past when I treated Mia with respect, speaking comfortably has become much more natural now.

Mia shook her head at Kang Seol’s question.

“I see… Is this the end?”

This was the end of my meeting with Hyemyeong.

It was just something that passed by for a moment.

“He… left something behind.”

Kang Seol was pleased with Mia’s words.

“Really?”

“Yes, follow me.”

A secret space hidden in the art room.

Her hands were everywhere.

She opened the door of a room, went in, and invited Kang Seol and his group inside.

“This is… a message left by Hyemyeong.”

Parak…

Kang Seol read Hye Myeong’s letter.

– I don’t know what to say. Snowfall. I don’t even know if this letter will reach you. I know you made a promise to Mia, so I hope it gets delivered then.

This refers to the seed of the self that Kang Seol entrusted to Mia.

– You will definitely show up that day looking for this. If it’s as I expected… I’ll be there too. If I don’t have it… I probably won’t be able to go there.

“I see…”

I don’t know what the future he dreamed of was like, but he attempted to ascend to heaven and failed.

Hyemyeong’s life after that did not even know snowfall.

– I am leaving Mia now. There’s no need for me to be by Mia’s side anymore. When this happens, a desire arises. …I want to talk to you again. I want to meet and talk to you, the same person I have changed.

The hand holding Kang Seol’s letter gained strength.

– I regretted not being able to ask you then… but I’m asking it now.

At the end of the letter it was written:

– Am I your friend?

Snowfall stopped as if rooted to the spot, staring blankly at the last sentence.

At that time, Mia took up the cloth that was covering something hanging on the wall.

Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss…

“Huh?”

“That’s…”

Chiu and Seolhong are surprised.

There was a picture there.

A picture that contains Kangseol, Chiwoo, Seolhong, Hyemyeong, and Mia all in one picture.

Their faces drawn on a large piece of paper.

Perhaps this picture is the world that Kang Seol and his party entered just now. The pictures put their memories there.

Snowfall touches the plaque with the name of the picture written on it.

A painting called Friend.

Kang Seol was overcome with emotion and looked at the picture for a moment.

“…uh?”

And then I noticed something strange.

Not only Kang Seol but Chiu and Seol Hong were also surprised.

“In the picture…”

“Why is Mia…?”

That means Mia exists in the picture.

‘Now that I think about it…’

When we stood side by side on the plateau, no one recognized us. As if awareness is limited.

‘Why didn’t anyone notice that it wasn’t Mia’s drawing?’

In an instant, goosebumps appeared all over my body.

Mia said.

“This picture… who on earth painted it?”

“Is it possible that someone was at the spot where the painting was made?”

“There was no one. There was only a painting bowl lying around. “In relation to this, here is a message left by Hyemyeong.”

The message Hyemyeong left behind was a small note.

Just big enough to fit one sentence.

‘Hye-myeong left a message for me?’

“What…”

Kang Seol quickly opened the note.

It was written there:

– Snowfall Someone is watching you. be careful.

“….”

“Who on earth could have existed there at the time?”

I couldn’t guess.

‘Who on earth… no, could have deceived us all and been there?’

If you remember that the space where Hyemyeong and Kangseol coexisted was quite a special place, you will realize that this issue is by no means light.

“Haha… I don’t know…”

“You might not know right now. Hyemyeong said that too.”

“…is it.”

Rumbling…

words flowed out of nothingness.

– This is fun.

‘Ur?’

– Oh never mind. I will analyze this separately.

I felt reassured that Ur would step forward, but at the same time, I was worried that it would not be that easy.

As Snowfall’s complexion darkened, Mia said something that he would welcome.

“You have granted my request, so now it is my turn to grant Kang Seol’s request.”

“Please… please.”

“Yes, this way.”

A door full of various locks.

This is the door we just passed by earlier.

It was a little dusty, so I thought there might have been no one coming in and out of this place other than Mia.

Clang…

Clang…

The door was opened.

Quirky…

“I’m finally handing over something I’ve been keeping for a long time.”

“They even bothered to prepare a space like this….”

“You’ll know why when you see it for yourself.”

“what?”

The seeds of Ilche Bunshin were at most large enough to be held with both hands. To prepare a space like this for such seeds.

However, when Kang Seol saw something big filling the room, his mouth dropped open.

“…Is this it?”

“Yes, this is the seed that Kangseol asked me for.”

“I can’t believe it…”

The seed had grown really big.

It grew bigger than a person and filled the room.

Nevertheless, the golden light did not diminish.

Rather, more light was flowing from the seed.

Thump…

Thump…

Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

) There of golden energy that had been briefly on Snowfall’s chest reacted when it met the seed.

and.

Cracking…

crackling…

this big seed started to crack.

[The seeds of the One Self have endured for a long time.]

[The seeds of the All Self are blooming.]