Hwayugi fanfic (Korean odyssey) : Guardian

Grim apartment part 3

Midnight, the rain is still falling.

"can't fall asleep?" He asks

"Yeah." She sits on the bed and gazes at him quietly. A moment later,

"The poor child is tired from crying. I calmed her down and she's finally resting on the sofa."

He stretches his arms to her,

"Then let me comfort you now."

She falters for a second and drinks in the sight of his open arms. Indeed it's gentle......

She reaches out without thinking and he tugs onto her arm she falls into his firm embrace.

"You must know, to reverse life and death is a terrifying thing to do. The only way to help her is to grant her wish and help her move on and rest in peace."

"She was a great kid.........How come something this terrible happens to her?"

She tears up and looks up to him.

He sighs.

He knows her soft spots. He wipes away her tears and says:

"I will find the culprit."

"It's not a human, is it?" She asks.

"Yeah."

It's not human at all.

Normal bound spirit will at least retain part of their memory, but this child's memory was erased intentionally.

It's cruel to let her just wander the world without memory. Memoryless spirit can be lured by darkness and become evil spirits, and by then, she will never have the chance to be reincarnated.

A lot of people are attracted by beautiful things.

But beautiful things are equalling attracting to the dark creatures. The more beautiful something, the more desire it evokes....desire to break them, devour them is the instinct of dark creatures,

"You said that this month is the Ghoul month, will it be dangerous for you to investigate now?" She asks with seriousness.

He remains silent.

They have no clues on how the murderer choose the victims and how they kill them. He knows nothing at this moment.

"You don't have to worry about a thing. I'm really strong." He says light-heartedly,

"Although I can still be injured but, I have my thoughts about this. On top of that..........I don't want you to keep on bringing strange things.....home."

She looks at him as he tries to comfort her.

She then buries her head in his embrace, holding him tight.

She's strong yet.....fragile........

She must have remembered what happened to her when she became a wandering spirit when she came back to see him......

She thought death was the end but, the biggest misfortune that can occur is to be separated by life and death......

That kid died at the prime of her youth. And Jin Seon Mi too, died when with terrible fate when she was supposed to harbor happiness.....

Fate is never lenient on happiness.

There's only one Great sage equal to heaven that can revoke what happened......

He played the deadliest gamble and gave everything to stop death......

He gently pats her back and slow understands her fear and sadness.