성황의 아이들 [2]

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384. Conflict (1)

'Should I ask someone for help?'

Owen paced in front of the strange border with a nervous look on his face.

'Brother Masain! If my brother were here, he might have told me a way to resolve the situation somehow!

As soon as my thoughts reached that point, I wanted to run out and find him right now.

But with my father and Mores in such an unstable state, I can't leave here alone!

"Is there anyone outside? Chamberlain! Louis!"

Owen shouted out the door several times. But strangely, there was no sign of Lewis, who was obviously in the office next door.

Where is that? The hallways, which would normally be crowded with people, were also quiet, as if the people had disappeared at once.

It felt as if the temporary treatment room itself had become a place that did not exist in reality, or as if it had been pushed somewhere far beyond the scope of human perception.

How long had they been standing guard in front of that gray, faded space?

sparkle.

Suddenly, the boy lying on the bed opened his eyes as if it were a lie.

"Hey, Mores! you... ... !"

Owen smiled and called out to him.

However, just as he was about to approach the bed, Owen soon flinched back and trailed off. I realized that the strange boundary of space still remained there.

It seems that this strange situation is not completely over yet. Above all, the condition of the boy who opened his eyes seemed very strange.

'... ... ?!'

Mores, who stared straight ahead for a moment with his eyes wide open, soon began to slowly sit up with an expressionless face.

However, the appearance looks very heterogeneous, as if a mechanical doll is creaking.

'Why is that guy acting like that all of a sudden?'

Owen unconsciously felt goosebumps forming on his skin. At first glance, the boy's body seemed cold and solid, as if it were made entirely of inorganic matter, not a living organism.

In the midst of that lifeless appearance, the only thing that seemed alive was the boy's eyes.

The bright gray eyes, shining brightly, emit a strange silvery glow in the dim shadows of the backlight.

The scene was unfamiliar to Owen, but also not unfamiliar at all. Wasn't Seonghwang's state similar to this, as he had been frozen in a daze from earlier?

Above all, those eyes-

That bright light that shines alone in the dark reminded me of a mysterious friend who once in a dungeon would sometimes give off a strange glow in his eyes.

-Let's go to the middle!

-hey! Don't jump out, newbie! It's dangerous!

??!

The image of a small goat running forward without hesitation, making cute footsteps, suddenly flashes through my mind.

'... Newbie?'

No, but-

Owen shook his head.

'Am I out of my mind? Why are you suddenly thinking about the wrong guy? Right now, the work of my father and Mores is more urgent than anything else!'