Hwayugi fanfic (Korean odyssey) : Guardian

Three bets part 10 -The second bet

The second bet, she can see that the woman has placed another drop of blood inside the urn.

And then, she arrives........at the day 8 years ago when she died.

The second bet, the guardian and Samjang must kill each other, one must die in the hand of the other.

So this is saying, to win this bet, she and him, one has to die.

It looks like fate is replaying.

Although this is not real, it pains her that she must face this again.

But this time, she warns and repeats to herself that everything that happens here is not real. This is just an illusion created by that woman.

If she loses 2 bets out of the 3, all things are lost.

Therefore, she cannot lose this bet no matter what.

The events that are unfolding is eerily similar to what happened 8 years ago.

She went back to the morning where she woke up in bed next to him.

She and him, looked at each other with tenderness and affection.

In this bet, he's no longer arrogant like what he was 500 years ago. At this moment, he cares about her and her feelings.

He's still wearing the GGG, meaning, he still loves her. The thing is, she's aware that he can take off the GGG by himself now. And today afternoon in less than 8 hours, they will be separated and she will be killed and stabbed by Kang Dae Seung.

This is the one day that she would never want to face again. But in this world, everything is replaying and she's forced to relive this event once again.

She remembered that he and she were destined to have the fate of the death bell.

Back on that fateful day, he planned to kill the dark dragon alone and die in her place. But she found out the truth when she went to the lotus village. She found Soobori and declared that she will accept her fate as Samjang. In exchange, her condition was that he cannot be the one to kill her.

But right now, it's one way or the other.

She kills him, or, he kills her.

She knew from the very beginning that this woman will not give her any chance to win. Because, her very goal is to take her life.

But she's optimistic and believes that she would still have a chance. Even if it's very slim.

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Although it's just an illusion, she too, is treasuring every moment she gets to spend with him.

She watches him as he wakes up from the bed, looking refreshed and energized. He puts on his clothes and brews tea for her.

The affection..... his gentle eyes, it feels like nothing bad has ever happened.

But the truth is that today, he's prepared to die in her place.

They exchanged a conversation, each with different matters weighing down in their hearts. Nothing seems out of place. He smiles at her per usual and she remains by his side.

Although this is just a fake illusion, she lies on his knees and tells him that no matter what happens in the future, she only hopes that the great sage's heart will be liberated and earn eternal freedom.

When they part ways, she tells him not to worry and everything will be OK. He didn't say anything back to her.

Things unfold just like what happened in her memories. In this illusion, she went back to her company and spent the final day with Han-Joo. But to change the order of events, she only spent half a day in the office. After hiding Yuk-Gong inside a cabinet to prevent Son Oh Gong from noticing her plan, she quickly escapes from her office.