The Grave Of Palladi [JayWon]

Chapter 9

I went to school thinking about the things that Ni-ki told me. He seems to have experienced these things when he's actually younger than me.

The whole class was wondering what happened to me. Even the coach was upset when I missed the practice for a lot of days. He told me that the PadEx Inc. gave me an offer. I know that it's from Jay's company, and that's even more reason to refuse it. 

There are a lot issues on my mind right now. And I don't even know if I can manage it well. Just like what Ni-ki told me. If I choose my old life, my whole life will be fine. But I will also  be burdened with a lot of thoughts on my mind. Should I face this, or should I hide my self from the truth?

"Jungwon!" I looked at Hyuntae who just called me. "Someone's looking for you."

I knitted my brows. "Who?"

And when I looked at the person following him, I was stunned to see that same man on the church. Aside from me, Jake, Jay, and Sunoo, there was another man on the church that day. He's walking towards me with a serious face.

"Hello, we meet again." He started speaking. "Can we talk?"

We went to the parking lot of the school where there was nobody around. He was playing with his car keys and leaning his back on his car. People who're walking pass us are looking. I'm still wearing the taekwondo uniform. 

"Can I ask why you're here?"

He stopped playing with his keys and placed both of his hands on his pockets.

"First off, I want to start with my name." He looked straight into my eyes. "I'm Heeseung."

"I'm Yang Jungwon. But why are you here, hyung?"

He bit his lips and sighed. "I'm here to tell you that the reason why you can't get away from this, is because this is also your fate."

"W-What? Why are you saying this to me?"

"There's a reason why you're with us today, Jungwon. There's a reason that I'm with you. And I know that you already know a lot. And if you ever think of backing out, I'm telling you that you could never do so."

I frowned when I heard him say those. "How did you know?"

"Have you not realized it yet? You, me, Jay, Jake, Sunoo, there's one thing that connects all of us. And it is the truth."

"What do you mean? Don't you already know the truth? The four of you knew better than me. But what more are you looking for?"

"Everything is just the surface of the things that we're trying to find out. There's more to this, I know. And I hope that you would be willing to help me with finding out the truth. Please, Jungwon-ah. I need your help."

"About what?"

"We shouldn't talk about this here." He said and opened up his car.

After changing my clothes, I went with him far from the school. We went into a forest. It was almost dark when we arrived.

"Are we there yet?" I asked him while panting. 

He suddenly stopped talking when we already arrived at the top of a hill. He was looking at a far distance with a deep thought in his mind. 

"What are you looking at?" 

I stood beside him and also looked at where he's staring at. I was looking at the big hollow ground in horror. 

"What happened here?"

The scene was sad. It looks like a caldera volcano, but nothing is living inside it. It was a dry and dead hole.