Chapter 87 - You wont run away again? (2/2)
”Kyuri?” Her grandmother is surprised to see her. ”You are here again.”
Kyuri feels some warmth when her grandmother gives her a hug. Her grandmother flinches when she touches her cold skin. ”Are you okay? Why is your body so cold?”
”Grandmother, I came here to tell you about Aunt Yoori.”
Her grandmother becomes still. It's been a long time. There has been no news of Kwon Yoori. She is afraid that she has been caught by the timekeeper.
”You can't reveal it to anyone,” Kyuri says to her solemnly. ”It will create a problem for her and me if you do that.”
Her grandmother wraps her arms around herself and prepares herself mentally for the news.
”Aunt Yoori lived a happy life. She found happiness with a prince named Wu Yixing. She had two daughters. Her eldest daughter had the same name as you.” Kyuri sits beside her grandmother. ”She probably wanted to come back, but she couldn't abandon her family. I want to tell you that she lived a happy life and died without regrets at an old age.”
Her grandmother cries helplessly. For years, she didn't hear anything about her daughter. Suddenly, she finds out that she is already dead. Nothing can take away this pain. The mother is alive, but the daughter had been dead for more than a thousand years.
Kyuri tries to soothe her unconsolable grandmother for hours. She looks at the clock. It's time for her to leave. Her grandfather will be here soon.
”Where are you going?” Her grandmother asks her when she sees her leaving through the door.
”I have some things to do.” Kyuri doesn't want to tell her grandmother about her state. ”I will leave after I am done.”
”You can control time now?” Her grandmother's eyes widen in surprise.
”Yes.” Kyuri knows that it's not a lie. She can control it. It's just that she can't use her ability in her current state. ”Goodbye, Grandmother.”
Her grandmother frowns. Kyuri never says goodbye. Does it mean that she won't come to the past again? Then, it's her decision. Traveling in time has consequences. She might attract the attention of the timekeeper like Yoori did.
Kwon Kyuri walks away from her grandmother's house. She has to live little more than two decades to see the timekeeper again. After living for more than a thousand years, living and waiting for a few more years are unexpectedly hard.