Chapter 55 - MELANIE TOLD THEM WHAT SHE KNOW

After Jieun calming down, Melanie took her out of the room and told her to sit on the sofa in the living room.

Ji-Na, on the other hand, although her curiosity is now at its peak, but in immediately, her mother's instinct is kick in. She rush to the kitchen to make some juice and prepare some snack for the girl. Of course she need to serve someone who is now tired after crying out loud for her son. Which a scene that she never thought she will ever see.

Byung-Hun, who accompanies Jieun in the living room brought the tissue closer to the girl and just sit there. Watched her with full interest.

Jieun, whose face is still red from crying saying her thankful politely in her hoarse voice even she is getting shy now. Snot also begins to run wildly now in her nose resulting of her crying.

She actually didn't know that she could cry so hard for the man. But after seeing him, in this real world and not in Dream Land, her feeling seems to burst out suddenly.

After checking on Eun-Woo's condition a little, Melanie returned back to the living room. Just at that time Ji-Na also arrived there with drinks and snacks.

"Here. Drink this juice. Probably it will make you feel a bit better." Ji-Na said softly to Jieun while putting the juice in front of the girl.

"Thank you." Jieun taking the cup and start drinking a little. She actually feels like lower in sugar now. After her drink that she immediately feels cold and refreshing. Restore her energy and definitely making herself feel better.

"Jieun, can you send text message to your father that you need to spend the whole night with me for some research? Tell him I will be responsible of you." Melanie asks her. Because tonight will be a long night for all of them there.

Jieun nodded in agree, even though she didn't know how her father will responds to that request. She never spend a night out before. But, with her professor here, she is hoping that her father can be a little soft.

After sending a message to her father, Jieun started to ask things that she was feeling confused.

"Why Eun-Woo in that state? And you said he is in a comatose state. Why doesn't have any life support machine around him?" And she chooses that as her first question.

"First, let me introduce you. This is Dr. Byung-Hun a former researcher and a scientist who working with me long ago and this is Na Ji-Na, his wife. This is Eun-Woo's parent."

Jaw-dropping as she didn't expect to meet Eun-Woo's parent, Jieun then get up from her seat and bow politely to both.

'Did I just crying in front of Eun-Woo real parent just now? ' She just freaks out inside her mind as embarrassment started to built in. She tries very hard to ignore those feeling anyway.

"And this is Lee Jieun, my student studying in medicine, also a part of my special science department. She is my new case."

'New case' word ringing again in Byung-Hun ears now. His interest has definitely become double.

Melanie looked at Byung-Hun and Ji-Na after the introduction.

"I will tell everything that I know to both of you now. But first I need to tell the start of this whole story to Jieun. So that she will not get confused." She said that so that Byung-Hun and Ji-Na can be understanding of why she explaining those to Jieun after.

Then, Melanie started,

"Ten years ago Eun-Woo been injected with the special liquid, but not on his free will. There's some incident that lead to that."

"And what kind of incident is that?" Jieun cannot hide her curiosity. She does not want to miss a single detail.

"Aaa.." Melanie tried to compose her sentence before Byung-Hun interrupted.

"Its started because of me. As you already know I am a scientist. The person that inject Eun-Woo is also working in the same field of mine. One day there's something happen within the organization make the person losing his rationality and lead him to do something unthinkable. Even all of us never thought this kind of things will happen. At the chaos situation, he inject Eun-Woo with the blue stone liquid."

"The liquid never been researched on at the time and we don't know if it suitable with the human body or not. So that's starting all of this. Until now, he never once wakes up but he didn't need life support machine at all. He is healthy like a normal person but he just didn't wake up." Melanie added.

Jieun grip both of her hands tightly. Cannot believe something so terrible is happening to the man. At least she drinks the liquid on her will. But he... is being forced.

"What is this liquid actually?" Jieun still does not understand how the liquid can have such an effect. What is so special about this liquid actually?

Listening to that, Byung-Hun got up from his seat. Took some files that he had researched a long time ago and handed them to Jieun.

Jieun took that and read it one by one. The file is a brief data about the rainbow meteor, the finding also the research that has been made about that.

"So the liquid is actually the meteor stone, and because its specialty, its been research in secret without the knowledge of the public, but got fully supported by the government around the world. But now, after one situation the research is suspended and cancel all over the world. Is that correct? " Jieun make a conclusion based on what she just reading.

"True. But we never actually know if the searching of the stone is fully suspended or not, as human greediness is everywhere. Who knows there's some people that still working on it in the dark." Said Byung-Hun with unreadable dark look.

"And because of Eun-Woo, here am I trying to research on the liquid that left. To find a cure for him. Which is, the one that you unconsciously drink before."

"She what?!" Byung-Hun was shocked again. Ji-Na who was a loyal listener also now looked at Jieun with the same view as her husband at that time.

"You ... you drink the liquid?" J i-Na look at Jieun from top to bottom. Can't believe what she's seeing. How the girl can still standing in healthy after that? While their Eun-Woo has been lying in the bed for 10 years.

"There's a long story to it, but yes. I'm sorry." Jieun close her eyes while saying that. If that is the last remaining of the blue stone, how can they find cures for Eun-Woo now. She started to feel guilty.

"It's not her fault, it's mine all the way." Melanie doesn't want to make Jieun feel guilty.

"But, looking at her all healthy, it gives me some hope. I already took her blood to analyze and hoping we can find something that can help Eun-Woo."

Listening to that Byung-Hun and Ji-Na breathed a little of relief. They don't actually blame Jieun or Melanie in the slightest. They also felt it was a miracle to see someone survive because of the liquid. They also hope that their son, Eun-Woo will get a miracle one day.

"Now, it leads me to another story. First, I would like to say sorry to both of you, Byung-Hun, Ji-Na, as I keep this one as secret from both of you also. As I promise the person that I will not leaking any of this until it is the right time. And finally, I found the right time. " She said while looking at Jieun.

Byung Hun and Ji-Na are now listening with full concentration. What else does Melanie seem to be hiding from them?

"Years ago, before I even involving myself with this special research about the rainbow stone. I actually have one case related to the stone which no one knows about that. No one." Melanie emphasizes the verse so that Byung-Hun knows, even their previous organization didn't even know it.

"This person actually being a test subject by the illegal organization that search for the stone way different from the organization that I and Byung Hun work before. And that person is Jieun's late mother."

"Oh my God! What is happening here?" Ji-Na couldn't believe what she heard then. She is now beginning to sympathize with Jieun.

"I know it sounds ridiculous, with this connection and all, but I also doesn't know that she has been a Jieun's mother until recently. She has injected also with blue liquid. And she also survives just like Jieun does."

"That means the blue stone actually existed before our organization found it."

"I believe so. But the composition, the content, the feeling of that blue stone is different from the one that we know. It's like a twin, look the same, but not in the inside."

Byung-Hun was massaging his temple at that time. He thought he knew a lot about the stone before, but he totally lost now.

"Jieuns mother told me that, after she being injected with the stone, she started living in another dimension, another world that cannot be seen by us normal people. Its sound crazy, but I believe in that after I studied her brainwaves. Every night when she sleep, her brain is doesn't. And the result from that, its not like a person who have a normal dream. "

"And Eun-Woo?" Ji-Na start to ask. Although she seemed hard to believe in it, but she also still wanted to know.

Melanie looked towards Jieun now.

Jieun now started her part of the story,

"After I drink the blue liquid, I also started to live in the other world. And it turns out it is the same world that my mom lived in, when she was alive. And rules in that world is not the same as here. In there King's words are the rules and no one should oppose to that. Also, in that world, is the first time I met Eun-Woo."

Byung-Hun and Ji-Na now holding each other hand.

"Our Eun-Woo is living there?" Ji-Na said in disbelief while Byung-Hun paused for a moment.

"That's why, I was shocked just now. He looks exactly the same as Eun-Woo that I know there."

"How... how was he? Did he remember us?" Ji-Na asks with an uncontrollable feeling. Tears began to fall on her cheeks.

"In there, he is living as the fourth prince. He never mentions anything about this world to me so I didn't know if he remember or not. In that world, all people that live there have a power. And Eun-Woo is one of the people that is a powerful one, except me and my mom. That's why the royal get interested with me as there are prophesy that known in the royal that, there's a special girl in that world who can bring them good luck or bad things. With my mom gone, they thought that maybe I, the one that continue the prophecy as we are different. But, until recently I gaining power there. "

"What kind of power?" Apart from whatever she believes, as it clash with scientific knowledge, Melanie still wanted to know.

"Healing power. And Eun-Woo is the one that helping and encourage me to use that to my advantage. I also heal him once when he hurt during a battle there."

"A battle?" No wonder Eun-Woo is looking like that now. Ji-Na now believes a little in the story, as even without drinking and eating, her son is healthy. Also it solves the mystery of his toned six pack body which rare for people who sleep and never wake up to get such a body.

"That world is kind of a dangerous place, especially to people that have no power. Its like what we see in English historical film and drama. Almost the same." Jieun added her explanation.

"Is that world is like that Merlin story?" Ji-Na wants certainty so it's easier for her to imagine.

"I believe it's almost like that." Thankfully Jieun know what the story about.

"I... I don't know what to say." The silent Byung-Hun began to speak.

"I know its to sudden for all of us. But, I need each of us to be together in this. I want to conduct a research to Eun-Woo and Jieun brainwave, and I wanted to do it here. I want to search on how to save Eun-Woo and find out more if other people in other world have the same cases or not. As this research must be done in secret, I was hoping that Jieun can live here in the meantime for that. This will be a long time journey for all of us. And I want an agreement on this also from both of you. "

"I will do anything for Eun-Woo." Byung-Hun said while looking dearly at his wife. And Ji-Na nodded, agreeing on the same things. Luckily both of them are in the same boat. Now all of them looking at Jieun. Waiting for her answer.

"I agree as I also wanted to know more about my mom and also I want to save Eun-Woo." Jieun said.

"But ... my father ... he is a bit protective. And he is not yet knowing about all things that happening to my mom and me. I don't know how to convince him." Jieun become worried thinking that. Her father certainly not wanting to leave her with stranger.

"Let me talk to him then." Melanie sound confident. "We will try to convince him together. So you don't have to hold the burden alone." Melanie doesn't want Jieun to think too much.

"I actually want to tell him everything about all of this. I can't keep him in the dark any longer. As something serious is coming in a few days."

"What do you mean?" Melanie wanted to know.

"Something... You mean in the other world?" Byung-Hun also spoke. Starting to make up his mind about the 'other world.'

Jieun nodded, saying 'yes'. She now gathered all her courage before she told them the important news while closing her eyes, not wanting to look at the faces of those who were there.

"Me and Eun-Woo is getting married!"

"What!?"

Now, all of them there screaming in disbelief rather loudly, made Jieun increasingly redden her face, holding back embarrassment.