Rednegne ✅

Peal 10

[동주]

I sat cross legged in the air as we looked down from above. "Are you sure they went this way? It's been half a day." "Remember, they got a pretty huge head start." "Ah, right." A fork in the road was soon to come up and both went in opposite directions. It didn't seem as if they'd ever intersect. "Ju, it's getting late. Let's rest for the night." I made a tiny circle in the air then snickered as Hwanwoong had fallen into his ass. "Give someone a warning next time!" "Oops. Slipped my mind."

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I internally sighed as I was still awake. For some reason I just couldn't sleep. I sat up then envied Keonhee and Hwanwoong. "Something's bothering me greatly." I looked up at the sky then noticed a star was glowing brighter than all the others. I continued to stare then cried out in pain. "What's wrong?" "Dude, your eye!" "I know my eye is fucking bleeding! Just get it out!" It hurt like hell. Was I going to lose sight in my right eye?

My eye throbbed as we sat in silence. "How did this happen?" "That fucking star in-" I looked left and right for the star but couldn't locate it. "What the hell?" "Ju, I think the stress is getting to you." "Then explain my eye! There's no way in hell anything could get near me without me knowing!" I was enraged at this point. Why couldn't life just be simple for me? Why does everything I do always come with a consequence? Why couldn't I just be happy? "Go back to sleep. I'm taking a walk." "I'll come with you." "No."

I played with a tree in hopes of releasing my anger. "Dongju, I'm sure you won't lose your eyesight." "How are you so sure?" "From where it hit, it just missed your cornea." I let the tree fall then looked at Keonhee. "Then I overreacted?" "No. Well, maybe a little but, no." He pulled me closer as I had resumed messing around with a tree. "We'll find them, Ju. I know how much getting that diploma means to you. Let's go get Hwan and keep moving." "Wait." He stopped then looked at me. "Thanks..." "Anytime."

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"So, which road do we take?" They looked at me as I examined each. "Their waves are long gone." "Well that helps even less." I felt something inside me. "Right." "Huh?" I looked at them in surprise. "What?" "We should go right? Why?" "Yeah. How can we be sure?" I was just as confused as they were. "I really don't know. It just rolled off my tongue." "Well, you were right about them being in that town, so I'll trust you on this one." I looked at Hwanwoong who seemed skeptical. "If we go the wrong way, you're being held accountable." "Then, to the right we go."

The sun had started to rise and there was still no sign of either. "They sure move quick for a bunch of nowols." "Yeah. Even I don't move that fast." "That's why." They looked down to where I pointed and saw the charred trees and pitfalls. "That's deadly." "Who wants them dead? I've never heard of anyone killing a nowol." I felt uneasy about all of this. I didn't want to piece it together in fear of the truth. "Let's move quicker." Even if we were just using them, they were people and deserve to live.

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"Hey, Ju." "Yeah?" "I've been wondering what this star is. Ours is still empty, but yours glows a bit." Should I tell them? I wasn't sure. They had a right to know, but the problem was what they would do after gaining that knowledge. "Ju?" "Oh, sorry. Well, they're-" "Shh." We looked at Keonhee who pointed to something up ahead. "Woah. Is that a real life huew*?" "That's weird. Huews aren't native to this part of Magicia*." Then it clicked. "They're nearby." "What? Do-" I wasted no time in subduing the animal.

"Next time, don't charge in headfirst without us." "Sorry." I turned away from the charred animal and looked around. "They're somewhere around here..." Just as I looked away from the forest, a pulse had gone through my body. "There!" "Where?" I dashed towards the area where I felt the pulse come from.

a/n: huew - a tiger lion hybrid that spews higher than boiling point fire.

Magicia - the name of their world