WHO ARE YOU? UNDER REVISION

Chapter 43: Seyoung

"What happened to you? Why are you naked, and what is that milky white color smeared on your face?"

Mina was surprised to see the little girl come out of the room scratching her little bum.

"I'm cold," those were the first words out of her mouth as Mina wiped her face with her rag-like clothes.

"It's natural that you feel cold because you're not wearing anything."

"Are you saying that I also need those things that cover your body? I thought they were only used to cover the sketches on your body. My body is undeniably healthy unlike yours so I guess I don't need them."

"What are you saying? You can't walk down the street without them. People will mistake you for a lunatic. And look at yourself, you're shivering from the cold but you still refuse to get dressed. What's wrong with you?"

"Lunatic?" Of all Mina said, that word was the only one that caught the little girl's attention. "What's that? Is that edible?"

"E... Edible?" Mina burst out laughing as if she was watching a comedy show. She even wiped the corner of her eyes as her tears welled up. "I think you are hungry again. A lunatic cannot be eaten. It is not edible. It is someone who is seen as mentally ill, dangerous, foolish, or crazy."

"I still don't understand it, but it doesn't mean I'm hungry. Father made me drink juice just now. It tastes a little salty, musky but that's fine. That's just extra belly after all. Anyway, I thought having no cover was just normal."

"Your appearance is the one that is not normal. A while ago you were well dressed, but look at you now... naked. What really happened, huh? Where are your clothes?"

"If your mouth was as fast as your actions, I would have been dressed by now, you know?"

"You―"

Mina was about to slap the little girl in the mouth when she cut her off.

"Yes, me. What about me, ugly?"

Seriously, this kid... "Why are you naked?"

The little girl sighed wearily. "How am I supposed to know? I just woke up."

"What, you slept in that room?"

The little girl shrugged.

"I'm serious. What are you doing inside?"

The little girl yanked Mina's hands over her face, and said irritatingly, "Are you a baby? Why don't you get what I'm saying? I speak the same language as you."

"I'm telling you don't give me that attitude," Mina said through gritted teeth.

"And why not?" The little girl seemed unmoved by Mina's threats.

"Seriously?" Mina scoffed and soon went mad, screaming in anger, "Answer the goddamn question!"

Turns out that the little girl also knows the word fear. She took a few steps back at Mina's scream, her face undeniably terrified.

"Why are you angry with me? I did not do anything bad. In fact, I even helped her," the little girl replied with her bottom lip sticking out. She was about to cry.

Mina frowned, dismissing the look on the little girl's face. "Her? Who are you referring to?"

"The one that looks exactly like me." The little girl sniffed back her tears.

"Just a moment," Mina said with a hand gesture, trying to process what she heard from the little girl. "Do you perhaps... have a twin?"

"Twin?" The little girl's head tilted to the side, looking confused again from the new word she heard. "What's that? Is that edible?"