Turn back: Happen
We come back to the house with Mano in tow. It seems he still tried to kill himself but Sae-Ha was cautious due to my words and stopped it. All that's missing now is the last Tal, it's gonna be annoying but I will have to put up with it. Once Ga-Sun is present I can start, then I can correct everything.
Since we are already on what's going to happen, what is going to happen to those idiots that just attacked? Well, it's not like they're consciousness but can I just leave them here? Mmh...
„Why... are you so strong?"
/I missed one/ I turn to the sole attacker left „What do you mean? Am I supposed to be weak?"
He takes a step back in fright „N-no, it's just that everyone said you didn't know that you were a Chachaoong... We just assumed due to that that you couldn't be so strong"
„..." I smile with understanding „Then let this be a lesson to you all, a lesson that not everything is as it seems. What would you have done if I was an experienced Chachaoong that changed his appearence to not be found?"
„U-uhm..." He looks at the ground „I don't know, we probably wouldn't have attacked if that were the case or we would have fled as soon as we realized it"
„But 'as soon as' could already be too late" I tell him.
„That's true" He answeres, more relaxed then when we started talking.
„You should wake up your friends and leave" I advice him „I won't follow you or anything, so you can relax"
„O-of course!" He hurries to the others and wakes them.
I smile and leave the place /Maybe I should go somewhere out of town for a while.../
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The sun gently shines into the clearing where I sit, absorbed in thought. The light is warm and the forest quiet, it feels peaceful right now. And yet an empty feeling tugs at the corner of my heart. Usually, I would be with Baek-Jeong or Gak-Si at such times, back then I also used to visit Be-Gak.
Gotaya also chased me or talked with me, it would often turn into an argument or he would get annoyed, like when I told him that he will be the test subject for my memory manipulation. I told him that I would love trying out to erase his memory of my existence and he hit me. Speaking of Gotaya...
„It's a nice day, don't you think so Gotaya?" I ask him.
He stops hiding behind a tree „You knew I was here?"
I chuckle „Of course. I have to know where you are when I want to run away from you, after all"
„I hope for your sake that you don't attempt to run" He tells me ticked off.
„I won't run" I tell him /Not this time/
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„A monk?" I ask her again to be sure I heard right.
Li-Nae nods „In front of the bald man's convenience store"
„Thanks Li-Nae, I'm going to take a look at that" I aplogize to her and leave the house.
If I want everything to work out I will have to tell him but without Gotaya around. I stop a bit away and make sure I wasn't followed by my Yongma. I sigh in relief to see him not present. I hide and change into my true appearence, and I don't mean the one where part of my hair is red, no I really mean my actual appearence.
I arrive at my destination a bit later, hiding behind a corner to wait for the right moment to approach him... But then again, he's already behind me. If you can't sneak up on someone properly you just erase your presence, huh, Ga-Sun?
„Hey... I knew I felt a familiar and unordinary presence, how long has it been~?" Ga-Sun wonders.
I'm already annoyed „Who knows... Before he come any nearer, I want to tell you something but elsewhere"
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Yup, everyone is as cold as ever to Ga-Sun.
„Why did you bring him here? Just throw it away" Gotaya questions/tells me to do.
I look to the side „I had no other choice" I really didn't, he is needed for my plan to succeed.
Ga-Sun tells everyone that the younger ones want the throne and say I'm lacking /Thank you very much!/ and that the groups of the younger ones decreased.
Of course they did after being beaten by me for quite a few times but the rumor about Be-Gak wittling them down unsettles me. I remember seeing zombie-like beings after I became King and I think they had some connection to Be-Gak but I don't really know since I awoke in the past shortly after.
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I bite my lip and grip my left arm tightly /Does that mean he used Chachaoong?/
I slip away and go into the house to Mano and Sae-Ha.
„Mano" I wave at him „Can I talk with you for a moment?"
He stands up and shark-grins „Sure, what is it?"
I lead him into another room „Did Be-Gak use other Chachaoong for something?"
He loses his grin „Deceased ones. It shouldn't be working that good right now since I used to check them but now only Henry is left to do that..."
„But there's still the possibility that they can be used for something?" I question.
He nods „There is. But I can't say anything for sure"
„I see..."
