C449 (End)

C449 (End)

The fight ended dramatically.

“Haaaaaaaah!!!”

“Hahaha, you little brat, you’re good...!”

Kwaaaaaaaang.

Bam. BANG. Kwaaaaaaaaah.

I fought against Kim Sun-woo with everything I had.

Flames, lightning, sonic booms, Kim Sun-woo was using all the powers of my past family and me using my own suit to overcome them all.

Light flashed and explosions could be heard throughout the battle, as the suit was destroyed and the fight raged on.

And finally.

“Kuluk...Have you finally defeated me...?”

Kim Sun-woo’s entire body was destroyed, and he fell to his knees.

The fight ended with my victory.

“......haa.”

In the deepest part of the HanEun Group where only the machines still glowed blue and pale pink, the fight had left them crumbling and mangled around them.

...And, where Kim Sun-woo did something at the end, where it began to shake like it was about to collapse from the ground.

I paused, catching my breath, and looked down at Kim Sun-woo.

...I was in bad shape, too.

My suit was almost completely destroyed, and I was practically naked now. I probably would have lost if Kim Sun-woo had more strength left, or if Da-in, who had slowly regained his strength from the middle, hadn’t helped me a bit.

But in the end, I won.

...Although I won.

Kim Sun-woo was smiling, even though he was still dazed.

“Hahaha!!!! Kuluk. Yes, you finally rejected my will and knocked me down... yes... but it doesn’t matter!”

Saying that, Kim Sun-woo smiled as he looked at me, even though he was covered in blood.

“I would have died anyway. In the end, nothing has changed. The machine behind me is still going to unleash its divine power on everyone soon, and since it’s made with dimensional superposition technology, there’s nothing you can do to destroy it...! Hahaha, hahahahahaha!”

With those words, Kim Sun-woo spread his arms and mockingly uttered his final words.

“You may not be able to share your power with all of humanity, but that’s enough. This is enough. My grace is bestowed upon a child like you, the Han Seo-eun who rejected me. In my stead, Kuluk, witness the birth of a new race...!”

Looking at Kim Sun-woo with numb eyes as he laughed in such a cracked voice, I silently looked back at Da-in.

“....”

Da-in shook his head.

...Perhaps, as far as he could see, there really was no way to stop this. The only way to deal with the situation is to run away and figure it out later.

– Kurrrrrrrr.

And right now, the building looked like it was about to collapse, so a quick escape would be the answer. But...

‘I wonder if that will work.’

I closed my eyes.

I wondered what would happen if the light from that ominous machine reached out to everyone.

What would happen if all of humanity received superpowers?

Chaos.

That was all I could think of.

Kim Sun-woo had spoken mesmerizingly of man’s escape from the bondage of the gods, of the birth of a new species...But now that I was sober and unshaken, thanks to Da-in, it all sounded like hype.

The idea of giving everyone, from babies to the elderly, a gun... no, not a gun, a cannon... to give everyone a cannon. It seemed only natural that the world would literally descend into chaos. It could even lead to its destruction.

Therefore,

I had to stop him now.

I knew from the beginning of my fight with him that this was something only I could do.

I had one reason.

Paradoxically, it was because of what Sun Woo had said.

‘Han Seo-eun, you’re not just a brilliant mind. In fact, you have an intelligence that borders on superpower, capable of thinking without limits!

He said.

He had said it plainly. ‘My true ability is not just a good brain... it’s a ‘limitless’ intelligence.

So, if that’s true...

I’m sure I can find a way to stop that machine now.

Flash.

At the same time as that thought, I opened my eyes.

At the same time, I saw the machine.

“Ugh....”

I rolled my head.

My brain was on fire.

The sound of a building collapsing was heard as the dimensional axis collapsed.

Leaving the crumbling building behind like a mirage in a gaping hole, Da-in and I caught our breath under a blue sky we hadn’t seen in a long time.

“Hah...Are you okay?”

“Uh...But Seo-eun, I can’t teleport again...”

We finally escaped from the underground and returned to the mountainside.

I supported Da-in, who was grimacing from his injuries, and spoke up.

“It’s okay, Da0in. It’s all over now, so take it easy. The Association should be here soon to help us!”

“...Yeah. Really. It’s over. Uh... Oh, yeah, they just called. They’re done over there, and they sent a chopper over here when they saw our GPS came back....”

“Da-in...!”

With that, I walked down the mountain, arm in arm with Da-in.

As we walked, he paused for a moment to think before speaking.

“I don’t know where to start, but... First of all, I want to thank you for everything you did today, Seo-eun. You were so good. I don’t know how you did it, but...I don’t know what I would have done if it wasn’t for you.”

He looked at me, smiled faintly, and said those words.

I smiled back at him, and then opened my mouth.

“...No, I mean, I would have fallen apart right then and there without you. You’ve been a huge help.”

Really.

...He was a great help.

Today, in the past, and always.

I wonder if he felt my sincerity.

He looked up with a wry smile, then turned and said.

“Haha...Thank you. Oh, and now that I think about it, Seo-eun said something like this. Your wish is to live happily ever after with me? Haha, I didn’t know you liked me that much.”

He jokingly asked.

...Probably, I usually guess what he’s thinking, but I think he was surprised by that. He doesn’t know how to react, so he’s probably trying to pass it off.

Smiling, I crossed my arms and said.

“You’re right, I really like you.”

“....??”

“I mean, you’re going to be with me forever, right?”

Suddenly, I had a thought and I was curious about his reaction.

I raised my chin and kissed his cheek lightly.

“...Huh? Huh?”

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo

“Hehe. Just kidding. But, Da-in, the helicopter is here! Hurry up!”

Hearing the sound of the helicopter, which came just in time, I smiled brightly, looked at Da-in, and ran towards the helicopter.

He stood there for a moment, confused.

“Haha...I’m so lucky. Yeah, let’s go, let’s go.”

He laughed hysterically, and then walked after me with a smile on his face as if he was feeling much better.

...I should probably keep Da-in’s slightly reddened ears a secret because that would make me red, too.

Anyway, with a wave from the green mountains, my story is over.

My name is Han Seo-Eun.

It’s a name I’ve kept ever since I was named by the HanEun Group, vowing revenge.

I thought about changing it after I finished my revenge, but I decided to leave it as it is. After all, it’s not the name that matters.

And

‘Seo-eun, are you here? Sit down.’

‘Yes, sister Na-eun...’

‘No, why do you only give candy to Seo-eun? It’s cheesy.’

This name, too, contains memories of those who have already left. It is precious to me now.

I decided to think differently about the people who left.

After all, they are the most important thing. And the last thing they said to me was...

‘You have to survive, Seo-eun, okay...?’

After all, they were asking me to live.

“Da-in, the helicopter’s here, the helicopter~”

“Haha. Yeah, yeah. Let’s go.”

Yeah. In this world I’m with Da-in, my favorite, who loves me.

I’ll go on and live because surely that life will be so much happier than I ever expected.

– Side story: Lily of the valley (Complete)