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The Bird That Drinks Tears – Chapter 4: Silver Tears (4)

Posted on April 6, 2016 by kobatochandaisuki -- Leave a reply

Hwareet da him She probably wanted it; she probably wanted Hwareet to lay on the pool of his own blood, suffering in pain and waiting for his death Until then he could only neered it in condemnation, but Hwareet could now neer it with certainty Viias is completely crazy

[I don’t want to die… Please, someone help!]

He could not concentrate his mind because of the pain Hwareet realized that he couldn’t even eht next to hih for the whole heart tower to shake Hwareet thought of using his voice, but he kneell that it was futile He didn’t even have the strength to screaain to concentrate his mind

[Help! Helphere! Help!]

All ithout return, and more pain added on thepain, Hwareet felt hisfaint

Then, someone’s mind approached his

Hwareet tried to see forward but couldn’t Only then Hwareet realized that he was crying The silver tears of a Naga, unlike the translucent tears of unbelievers, almost completely obscure one’s vision Hwareet screamed towards the silvery darkness

[Is anyone there? Help, please help!]

[Hwareet, it’s me Ryoon]

[Ryoon? Did you say Ryoon?]

Fingers that shook wildly grazed Hwareet’s eyes The silvery darkness dissipated, and Hwareet could see Ryoon’s face Ryoon looked down at him with a contorted face

[I’ I couldn’tSo I couldn’t stop her I could have stopped her I’m sorry I was so dumb and stupid I couldn’t stop her!]

Hwareet didn’t knohat Ryoon was neer about But he didn’t need to ask Ryoon’s mind, which was locked until then, stor Ryoon’s completely open mind, even open to the most private places that one couldn’t even consciously access, Hwareet quickly inhaled

Hwareet ca

Why Ryoon ran away, and what Ryoon saw and heard Self-contempt filled Ryoon’sattacked, being paralyzed by the after this, Hwareeet could not blame Ryoon Because he saw not words nor neer

Hwareet understood

Then Hwareet understood other things Ryoon, apprehended by fear and confusion, could not summarize what he had seen and heard, but Hwareet could realize how his sister planned the murder Hwareet could revisit the body of Yoovex like he had seen it hiain shuddered at the Viias’s cruelty

At that e Because Ryoon’sabout Ryoon, and even shared his sight Hwareet realized that he could see hih Ryoon’s eyes, and was astounded But, instead of going into a panic, Hwareet beca with Ryoon’s confused mind

Hwareet calnosed that it’ll be difficult to live, he hardly felt any fear

In composure, Hwareet decided what he had to do

[Ryoon, listen to my neerm]

[Hwareet, I’m so sorry It’s all my fault I should have stopped her I don’t knohy I couldn’t…]

[Didyusryoono Largand Fei!]

Ryoon was suddenly awakened At that moment, Ryoon felt fear Ryoon felt ‘Hwareet inside Ryoon looking at Hwareet’

It was a moment in which the self and the other was mixed up, the inside and outside contradicted each other, and the cause resulted froa who is familiar with the interaction of minds from the use of neerms, the chaos of that moment was fear itself But Hwareet did not allow Ryoon to be apprehended by fear Hwareet anchored onto Ryoon’s mind and violently attempted to take control of his mind itself

Controlling the ic, but they were Nagas; and because one mind was completely open, it was materialized to so headache instead of fear Ryoon moaned

[So like this…]

[I didn’t think it possible either But we have no time to form theories that would best describe the situation now Listen well, Didyusryoono Largand Fei]

Hwareet consciously used the na Ryoon

[It’ll be hard for uilty about it I will repeat myself]

And Hwareet acco Hwareet repeatedly neered that Ryoon needed to feel no guilt and at the sa else Ryoon dumbfoundedly listened to the two neermed neered by one person

[You have no responsibility in and Fei I have a duty to There was nothing you could have done fulfill That Viias ht that she killed a brother she hated, but in killing me, You wanted to help me and I am satisfied she I am thankful You also destroyed my duty with that Even if I have no responsibility in ave my life to Viias, You didn’t kill me It was Viias I will not let her destroy Makerow that killed me my duty So I want to solicit You have no responsibility you to fulfill my You have no responsibility duty It’s my last You have no responsibility] request]

Hwareet not at the least want Ryoon to suffer for the rest of his life fro his death Ryoon could not close hisawestruck

[Request… What is it?]

Feeling confident that he suppressed the guilt of Ryoon entirely, Hwareet again neered in one neerm

[Go north Keep going north You’ll see a very big river The Murun river You’ll bethree unbelievers there]

[Unbelievers!]

[Yes A Dokkaebi, a Leckorn, and a hu]

Hwareet splitted hishe had learned in Ryoon’s mind

[That’s the signal Then the unbelievers will cross the Lis that will be of help inside Meet with the Great Zen Master Juutagi at the Hainsha Great Temple That human will tell you what you need to do]

Ryoon was surprised at this shocking neerm and looked back at Hwareet Hwareet sth

[Yes The loyal, conservative, and alwaysacolyte Hwareet that you kneas in reality a conspirator Was h?]

[To humans what… Why?]

[Please This is for the Nagas I don’t have ti so I’ll neer short You neered that there are no eneht? You said the ene about Yosby’s incident,] Because Hwareet looked inside all of Ryoon’s ly, you neered the truth The eneas are at the heart tower]

[The eneas?]

[Yes Now you th with the huas Only you can do this]

[Only me? Why is that?]

Hwareet called Ryoon’s divine naain

[Because you are Didyusryoono Largand Fei]

Ryoon looked back at Hwareet with a hardened face Because of pain, Hwareet’s eyes were teary again with silver tears, but his eyes were still s

[This can only be done by a guardian or an acolyte Only by the grooms of the Goddess without footsteps Don’t neer to and Fei I was always curious why you forfeited being an acolyte Now I know It was because of Yosby]

Ryoon was not startled by the fact that Hwareet knew about Yosby He didn’t have the nerves to be shocked

[My father… was killed by the guardians]

[Yes That hy you could no longer be an acolyte]

[Yes Hwareet You’re right I couldn’t stand it]

[I understand But you were an acolyte as given a divine name You know the naand If you call for Largand, you can call the Goddess It doesn’t matter if you’re an acolyte or not, because it wasn’t a position but a naave you Only the name is important]

Ryoon was again shocked

[Is that the truth?]

[Yes If you reer and studied you would have known too You can call the Goddess, because she gave you her name What you need to do at the Hainsha Great Te to do with this too So you have the qualification Also…]

Hwareet painfully smiled

[You’re my friend To have someone like you who is both qualified and dependable in a situation like this in which I can’t find another qualifier, I’m such a lucky person]

Ryoon’s sight was clouded with silver Unconsciously trying to wipe Hwareet’s eyes, Ryoon realized that the tears came from his own eyes

Hwareet neered with his exhausted mind

[Now go]

[Hwareet, you et help]

[No]

Hwareet neered this in the sense that he won’t have a chance to survive, but Ryoon understood it in the sense not to call for help Even until now Ryoon’s , but did not resolve thismore either

With the last bit of strength he had, Hwareet exercised dominance that Ryoon could not defy

[Go! Didyusryoono Largand Fei!]

Ryoon bolted up and ran to the door

Left alone, Hwareet let out a long sigh He no longer felt the pain on his back Some kind of chill saturated his body froht the chill arm and comfortable

Hwareet knew that he used Ryoon At that nificance to Hwareet Hwareet won’t even be much disappointed if Ryoon had failed He won’t even knohether he succeeded

What Hwareet wanted to do was to give his life and death ahe needed to do That was the tool that he used to keep his dignity facing the fear of death

So Hwareet could call his Goddess calmly without fear

Cephabil, my Goddess

Hwareet felt so in thewhite, but was also darkness Were the silver tears covering his pupils again

But Hwareet felt that was not the case

Hwareet s that came down from the sky

In the deep reaches of the heart tower Or, in the high reaches

Norround or so 200 her, the h floors of the heart tohich takes a few hours just to get their, for so of little i of three taking place at the 55th floor of the heart tower is very covert Because it was aup to the 55th floor

Such sacrifice only apply to two out of the three, however The last one did not go through the hardshi+p that the other tent through

Because the rooed to hia tradition, culture, and history to assuh stature One only needs common sense to assume the amount of power that he has to make others climb up 55 floors

The owner of the roouardians He, who out of all the guardians of Haatengraju is a the most respected, truly was fit to live on the 55th floor It has already been more than a decade since he last made a trip down all 55 floors The abundant rain water was his drinking water, and the goat, sheep, calf, or deer on the verge of death brought up once a e of death was his food Serisuardian

But that great Seris at his two visitors with the most unfortunate face

The two visitors looked uncoht, even the best optimist in the world would still look a little distressed But, along with such concrete concerns, they also possessed abstract concerns

Svachi, one of the two visitors, continued on his briefing with a distressed face

[They found the clothes and books in the forest The investigators assu murderer put wet books in front of his heart and et clothes to naturally blend in with the other Nagas that finished their extraction That was probably how he got aith not getting his heart extracted]

Listening to the briefing, guardian Seris at Svachi’s face

[But why are you so distressed?]

[This is too strange That Ryoon Fei having signs of extraction anxiety has been confirmed by Karoo and I with our own eyes But this… This doesn’t make sense]

Standing next to Svachi, Karoo also nodded his head Serisma neered

[Explain]

[I will organize the events again in chronological order Ryoon Fei ran away from the hall first He was absent-minded, as if apprehended by fear Many people witnessed him And soon after, Hwareet Makerow arrived at the hall But Hwareet disappeared souardians discovered the bodies of Yoovex and Hwareet at the special library after the extraction cereuardians drew is as follows: ‘Ryoon Fei was apprehended by the fear of extraction, and atte in the special library There is nothing weird in this, as this is done by many others who are too scared of the tales of the extraction But the difference between this incident and others, is the fact that Ryoon actually succeeded in his attempt, and uardians requested the punishment of Ryoon Fei to the Clan council]

[I too auardian There was no need to explain all that]

[I apologize But to see the uncanniness of this incident, there is a need to recap all that happened First, hiding somewhere out of fear for the extraction is understandable, as the guardians concluded But, when he was found, is not crying or breaking down in anxiety the logical chain of action? It seeuardian and slain his best friend behind his back]

[The afraid sometimes display absurdly irrational behavior]

[If that is so, then what of Ryoon Fei’s rational behavior when he was fleeing the heart tower? I cannot accept the fact that a o committed a brutal murder would calmly look for a way to hide his heart]

[The insane are in some ways very meticulous]

[The probleo to the special library? Why did he, instead of waiting for the guardians in the hall, go to the special library and die to his friend’s Syker?]

[It could be that he heard from others that his friend escaped and tried to look for him]

[No, that cannot be No one claims to have talked to Hwareet after he entered the hall Therefore, there is no areet new that Ryoon escaped]

[So, what is your conclusion?]

Svachi sternly neered

[Our plan has been exposed Ryoon Fei was probably a carefully planned assassin He acted like that to a scared of the extraction He showed his act on the main road and in the hall twice Then, he hid at an appropriate place, and called on covertly as Hwareet entered the hall Hwareet probably tried to help his friend suffering from the anxiety attack Ryoon Fei lured Hwareet out like that and murdered him in the special library]

Guardian Serisma clasped his hands and bowed his head down a little

[Then why the poor Yoovex?]

[It was to create a scene oflibrarian Yoovex, there was probably intent to highlight hishis best friend It would have been suspicious if he only killed Hwareet, since Hwareet is his best friend But, by killing Librarian Yoovex as well, hesaturated in insanity]

[But why did he play that act? If our plan is exposed, why did he, instead of attacking us directly, kill Hwareet Makerow using such a complicated plan?]

[It was probably a warning They could be being cautious since they know not much about us If so, we still have hope]

Serisma shook his head

[No Your assu but you are oblivious of an important piece of information Hwareet and Ryoon are not just best friends I know very well about the two, because…]

[Because Ryoon Fei was once an acolyte?]

Guardian Serisma looked at Svachi with surprise

[How did you know that?]

[By coincidence That day, when Ryoon collapsed on the main road, Hwareet tried to mollify Ryoon Then, Ryoon called Hwareet this: Ashwareetal Cephabil Makerow I assumed that this areet’s divine name]

Serisma nodded his head Svachi continuted to neer

[Also, judging from Hwareet’s attitude, Hwareet too called Ryoon’s divine name It wasn’t audible, but that doesn’t matter The fact that they know each other’s divine naht? Presu an acolyte in the middle of it]

[They both became an acolyte when they were 7 years old Despite Ryoon forfeiting in the middle, their friendshi+p continued 15 years of friendshi+p How could they, make Ryoon kill such a friend?]

[There are many ways to make someone a murderer Even if Ryoon Fei stayed ho an acolyte, there would be no proble and conditioning could have taken place]

Serisma made a very unco, started to speak

[There is so that bothers me]

Svachi and Serisma looked back at Karoo Karoo calmly neered

[Before dying, Hwareet neered that he will be murdered, and told of the murderer’s name]

Serisma looked back at Svachi with surprise, but Svachi neered annoyedly

[Are you neer about that absurdity? That was just a twisted projection of Hwareet’s own fear of extraction You yourself thought so too]

[Wait] The guardian neered [Is there so?]

Svachi explained, frowning

[Hwareet neered that his sister Viias Makeroill kill hiiven birth by a combination of extraction anxiety, hatred and fear towards his sister, and Viias’s prominent medicinal capacity Hwareet believed that Viias would kill him with poison, but Hwareet died to a Syker Everyone saw that Ryoon Fei had a Syker]

[Was there a reason for Viias Makerow to kill Hwareet?]

At Serisuardian was curious of their attitude, but patiently waited Mo his words

[This is not our reasoning but Hwareet’s We were told that Viias Makeroants children Of course, all women want that, but Hwareet deemed that Viias could use methods that others couldn’t even think of to achieve her objective So Viias suggested a certain proposal, and Hwareet declined]

After finishi+ng his neerm, Karoo was surprised Serisma did not seeloom

[Such thing went on…]

[You’re not surprised?]