Chapter 39: Olcadan
Mi-na was still taking care of the injured owl. Yunsung had gone almost two hours ago and hadn't come back yet. She was starting to worry. Suddenly, she heard someone calling her.
- Seong Mi-na?
Mi-na, holding the owl in her arms, looked at who was talking to her. It was a man wearing a hood.
- Who are you?
- If you want to stay alive, you should stop your search. That sword will only bring you suffering and death.
- Did my father send you? Is that it?
- Nobody sent me. It's just a piece of advice.
At that moment, the man looked right at the owl.
- Where did you find that owl?
- It was on the path. It's injured. – answered Mi-na, who hadn't expected that question.
- Let me see it.
- Why? –asked Mi-na, suspiciously.
- I know where it can be treated. Do you see that hill? – he pointed at somewhere behind her.
Mi-na turned around to look at it, but there wasn't any hill. Suddenly, the man grabbed her shoulders and smashed her head against a tree.
Mi-na fell to the ground, unconscious.
The man picked up the owl carefully and looked at its eyes.
- Olcadan? – asked. – Is it you?
The owl hooted.
The hooded man looked around and he didn't see anybody. He hid the owl among his clothes and left.