★★Who are you?★★
Yoojeong barely came to her senses after seeing the address left on her resume. She let out a deep sigh of relief as she looked at the shabby, but tall, two story house.
It was very difficult for her to come home with just the address. Finding a house on a corner like this in a tangled neighborhood was no ordinary task. In addition, why were people so unkind?
She rummaged in her pocket, thinking she needed a key. There was a key.
Kigik.
She heard a spinning sound and a click. She grabbed the doorknob and turned it, but she kept hearing the sound of wood creaking.
“It looks like a very old house.”
Yoojeong muttered to herself and entered the house. Cool air greeted her first. It was obvious that she had been away from her house for a long time.
Teobeokteobeok. (trudge)
She almost took off her shoes like in a Korean home, but when she just walked in, the dust on the floor caught her eye.
“Hou.”
First, she opened the window to freshen up the air and found a place to sit. She felt the need to calm down her mind that hadn’t calmed down yet.
Teolsseok. (Plop)
She found a sofa and sat down immediately. The single sofa seemed to indicate that she lived alone in the house. Yoojeong put her resume and money on the table in front of her. Then she quickly picked up the resume and read it meticulously.
“Sylvia Arbor. Is this my name? And a plant mage?”
Mage. Yes, a mage.
“Does this make sense?”
No, that doesn’t make sense. No no, not the words, it’s shit.
“No way. This really doesn’t make sense…”
[Why doesn’t it make sense! Are you looking down on magic!]
Suddenly, Yoojeong screamed at the strange sound right next to her ear and jumped up from the sofa.
“Kyaak!”
Udangtang.
Yoojeong, who had fallen from the sofa, trembled and looked around.
[What are you doing.]
“Ech.”
Eringeum shook her head as she looked at Yoojeong, who was reflexively gagging, with a pitiful look.
[Here, I’m here.]
Eringeum, the fairy, sent a signal to her who still couldn’t find herself. She moved in a figure eight pattern, like a bee sending out a signal. Upon discovering Eringeum, Yoojeong’s eyes widened to the size of a saucer.
“What…”
What the hell.
What is this again.
Who am I, where am I, and what is this?
[What, can’t you see me? That couldn’t be, right?]
Yoojeong screamed and asked Eringium, who flew and moved right in front of her.
“Who are you!”
[Ah, I see, I see.]
She was the only one who was surprised as Eringeum muttered in a calm voice. Yoojeong seemed to overload her head. But then, a passing scene came to mind.
“You!”
Back then.
She fell down the stairs and when she barely opened her eyes, that strange creature was smiling in front of her.
“You!”
Well, she’d been together with this guy from then on.
“Who are you! Is it you? Did you push me down the stairs? Are you the devil? Little devil, are you that?”
Yoojeong jumped up and fired questions. Surprised by her aura, Eringium fled upwards.
[Little devil! How can you say such harsh things! Where do you see me as a little devil?]
Yoojeong continued to speak toward Eringium, who jumped up and down, with triangular eyes.
“Then what are you! What have you done to me! Hey, aren’t you coming down from there?”
[W-what if I go down! And I didn’t push you down the stairs. Rather, I almost died because of you!]
Eringium, full of resentment, raised her voice as well. Yoojeong, full of arrogance, put her hand on her waist and scolded.
“Where and what did I do, huh? No, that, uh?”
Yoojeong, who was putting her hand on her waist, felt something uncomfortable and touched her waist.
“What?”
Then she lowered her head and checked her body.
“How is this?”
Then, muttering like an idiot, she turned around and started searching the room.
“Mirror, mirror.”
She was able to find a mirror in the space that seemed to be the bathroom. And once again, screaming vigorously, Yoojeong collapsed.
“This is a lie.”
She looked in the mirror and saw a woman she had never seen before, and muttered that there’s nothing else that could surprise her as Yoojeong crouched down on the spot.
“Mom, what is this? I’m scared. My body is not mine and much thinner than mine. No, it’s not that I don’t like it. Still, this…”
It’s as if the previous her died.
If not, why would she be here?
In books, yes, usually in novels, when you move to a dimension, you go with your own body or you possessed someone.
She possessed someone.
The main characters who possessed someone must have died.
Her life was over.
What about the customers who made reservation?
How many unfinished tattoos are there?
“Eong eong.” (weep)
She finally sat on her ass and flapped her legs.
“Give me back my body! I like my body even if it’s a bit uglier and a bit more chubby than this body! Give it back!”
What about the tattoos on her body!
It’s a tattoo she put so much effort into!
Give her all of that!
Seeing her shed tears in sadness, Eringium, who was flying restlessly outside the bathroom, also shed tears. Emotions had never been shared by anyone other than Felix, but it seemed strangely that her heart was being conveyed.
[S-sorry.]
Eringium became solemn. Why did Aethernum-nim send her? Maybe the problem was that she wandered aimlessly around the first place she could see. Eringium reflected on what happened that day. Certainly, if it wasn’t for her, she would have no reason to face such misfortune.
[I’m really sorry.]
Eringium came down and stood right in front of her. She looked up with her blue-violet hair and petite body, as well as her blue-purple eyes. Tears dripped from her, one by one.
[I’m sorry.]
Along with drooping shoulders, the blue purple flowers and leaves withered. Yoojeong, who was staring while crying, calmly asked, the opposite of before.
“I’m dead.”
Ironically, it was only then that Yoojeong felt a sense of reality when she saw a small creature moving in front of her eyes. Originally, that appearance was one you’d only see in movies or cartoons. But here, it came to life right in front of her eyes.
The bizarre vividness told her that the place where she was now was real and the fact that her body had changed was real. She opened and closed her small lips, and Eringium, who was repeating her words, barely conveyed the facts to her.
[Sorry…]
Yoojeong closed her eyes as she confirmed her death. More than anything else, she regretted the family photos she had left there.
Tears spilled out, and Yoojeong laid on the floor for a long time, not paying attention to the dust. She was wearing a robe in the first place, so she didn’t feel that cold or dirty.
Eringium hovered around her and watched her.
She didn’t know what Aethernum-nim was thinking when he sent her there, but she couldn’t leave her behind. She felt guilty but the other fairies wouldn’t let her go if she just went back like this.
Korurek.
A ringing sound came from inside. The sound that started ringing grew louder and clamored for food.
“Huu.”
Even in such a nonsensical situation, her stomach was still hungry. Yoojeong, who suddenly stood up, spat out words she always said.
“It’s all about eating and living.”
She found the kitchen. Seeing the kitchen, which was far from modern, she raised a hand to her forehead in a gloomy mood.
“It’s a mountain beyond a mountain.”
She walked into the kitchen, lamenting that she could only to it the old-fashioned way. Seeing that there’s no stove or anything, it seemed that all they did was cook and eat stew in what was supposed to be a fireplace.
First, look for food. She opened what appeared to be a cupboard and found that it contained a small lump of rotting cheese and a lump of dried meat that could vaguely be called jerky.
At least, after confirming that there’s something like seasoning in the drawer, Yoojeong put her nose close to the meat to check the smell.
“What kind of meat is this?”
Anyway, thinking it was better than nothing, she went looking for water for the pot. She couldn’t find a water source anywhere, so she opened another door in the kitchen.
It was the door leading to the backyard. She found a well and quickly approached. Then she drew water and put it in a pot.
The house seen from outside looked very narrow even though it was two stories, but seeing that it even had a backyard, she thought that it wasn’t a bad house to live in. She had dreamed of a house with a vegetable garden and it seemed to have come true, so she’s happy with it.
She put wood in the fireplace and looked around to light a fire. She’d been looking around since she came here. It was full of things to get used to without knowing where things were, but it’s a little comforting to have that strange creature with her.
She found a stone on the fireplace that she had never seen before, so she knocked on it just in case. She was relieved that it caught fire relatively easily. Looking closely, there’s something attached to the piece of stone. Seeing how shiny and pretty it was, it looked like a jewel.
But she was so hungry that she put it back without looking closely. The pot was hung on a long pole installed in the fireplace. Then she put the beef-like jerky chunks of meat into the pot.
She tasted each seasoning and found salt. The seasoning used seemed to be similar to her previous world. Season with salt and wait for it to boil. In the meantime, she went to the kitchen and looked for this and that, but nothing more came out.
Unfortunately, she cut out the rotten part of the cheese and crushed it into small pieces. The dry cheese was barely edible. All that was put in was dried meat, cheese and seasoned salt, but the saying that hunger is a side dish was correct.
She hurriedly ate the soup on the spot while blowing on it. She didn’t know what kind of meat it was, but the broth tasted better than she thought. She took out the meat on a large plate and tore it up with her hands. Then, she gave the shredded meat to the strange creature staring from the side.
“Do you want to eat as well?”
Eringium is a fairy, so she only needs to eat morning dew, but strangely, she wants to eat the food in front of her eyes. Eringium hesitated a little, unable to reach out right away at the unfamiliar thought.
She couldn’t wait and said with a sullen expression.
“Are you not going to eat? Then give it back.”
As she gestured to take the plate she had pushed back, Eringium hurriedly picked up the shredded pieces of meat with her hand.
[Looking at your sincerity, I’ll try it.]
At Eringium’s plaintive reply, her eyes narrowed in an akward way.
“You, try messing around one more time. At that time, you have to stick out your ass. Okay?”
Eringium nodded at the threatening turqoise triangular eyes. It was a real threat that she had never felt before.
“Thank you for this food!”
With a thank you, she took the meat in chunks, tore it up and ate it. After drinking all the soup in the pot without saying a word for a while, Yoojeong let out a deep sigh and stayed still.
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