🕰️✳️장56 (Aftermath Arc): Lee Rin (Pt.1)

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"Rin! Happy birthday!"

Ocean...

"Mama gave me this ship, so I'll give it to you now..."

Seagulls...

"You're going to be... Something extraordinary..."

Waves...

"Don't listen to them my little Rin, unnies got your back..."

Wind...

"Keep this a promise between you and me."

Sand...

"Wake up sis, you need to wake up!"

Rin fluttered her eyes open to see she was in a place where she first met her first mate...

"What am I doing here? Where... Are the people here?"

She whispered before standing up to walk away from her place.

The short girl looks around to see...

"Me?"

It was her little self looking up at her with a frown.

"Why did you do it?"

"... Do what?"

"Give up?"

Rin felt her throat run dry as the little version of her sighed and looked away.

"You gave up on life... That's why you're here..."

"Oh... Will I see Chaerin Unnie here?"

"Rin. This isn't heaven... You're actually in the aftermath..."

"But... Why?"

"There's still something inside you that you haven't let go of yet."

Rin looks down and furrowed her eyebrows.

"Haven't let go--"

"You don't want to let go of Seung."

"Wha--"

"You gave her a promise, remember?"

Rin's eyes widened.

"You promised her that you'll stay beside her, every version of you promised that. But in the end... They... Or you always die."

Little Rin turns around and walks away, and the older one follows her.

"Rin, don't give up. Everyone is waiting for you, waiting for your command, and waiting for your coming back. You're the captain remember?"

The little one turns to look at Rin as she grabs her hand in her small ones and leads her towards the ocean.

"There's something I need you to know... It is about your father... And the friend that Seung managed to save... A version of you but... It's our grandma."

Rin smiles.

"We have a grandma? I thought--"

"She died? Yeah, Unnie lied to us. So you need to go to Wonderland. There you will see them. Wake up Rin."

"Huh?"

Little Rin smiles at her older one.

"Wake up."
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Crashing tides and loud seagulls were heard as Rin fluttered her eyes open.

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