[LOTM x ORV] dreaming, together

ch6: Let's All Live

A man picked up a mirror.

Maybe it'd be a normal looking scene, if the gruff man wasn't covered in blood and other nasty stuff, and if the mirror didn't have cult-ish symbols as a design. Not only that, but the mirror had eye-like patterns, obviously displaying its omniscience in many matters.

The mirror vibrated, before blood red words in an unknown language slowly appeared. Normally, this wasn't a problem for the man as he had acquired a skill that allowed him to understand all languages he encountered. However, for some odd reason, he couldn't understand the language the mirror displayed.

Just as the man was going to pocket the mirror, it vibrated once more, wiping the words off its screen before replacing them with Korean.

[Do you know where my Great Master is? Please take me to my Great Master! I, the respected Arrodes, knows all, and will let you ask a question for free!]

The man frowned, before continuing his action of putting the mirror away.

Lightning struck the man on the head. 

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"...Dokja-ssi, you are a beginner but you are good at it."

We all sat down, besides Jung Heewon, who was excitedly swinging her sword, and crafted our own weapons from bones.

It was unfortunate, but these people didn't have the Kendo skill. Yoo Sangah definitely shouldn't, since she didn't seem like the type for martial arts. Lee Gilyoung shouldn't either, since he was still a child. Han Myungoh.. well..

Ah, I'm not sure about Klein Moretti. I'm not sure if he was a character in the novel, but if he was, he should have attracted a lot of attention. Hm, I can't remember..

I'll check right now then. Ah, why is that guy's craftsmanship so bad..

It doesn't even look like a spear?

"Hum, I've never been good at the arts."

Klein smiled a little sheepishly. He then murmured to himself something I couldn't hear clearly, but I heard some strange words? "Keyboard warrior", and "lacking experience"?

"Klein-ssi, do you want this noona to help you? Do you want my sword?" Jung Heewon swung her sword around randomly while saying that.

Despite Klein's split personality between being calm and collected and being a little off the rails, Jung Heewon still got along with Klein, even referring to herself as his noona.

Klein seemed to raise an eyebrow in disbelief and shook his head while smiling in amusement.

"No need, 'noona'. I have something more fun to use."

Klein's eyes glimmered, making me shiver for some odd reason.

He reached his hand into the ether realm, and pulled out a gun, twirling it around his pointer finger.

Rather than becoming disappointed that Klein rejected her offer, Heewon became even more excited.

"Hey, can you pull more out for us? I've never held a gun before!"

"Well, you have to know how to use a gun. Know how to deal with recoil, know how to refill fast enough, know how to aim accurately..."

Klein looked up at the standing Heewon and offered an apologetic smile. 

"Well, a sword and spear are good for close-combat fighting. Especially since it's a little hard to defend yourself with a gun." Klein said this, as if trying to comfort her.