Chapter 241. One (2/2)

Chi-Woo’s eyebroitched What was she asking?

“I don’t expect much, but if you could just spare Shersha andfor too hts,” Astarte explained “I’ for any rewards But if you really want to not only change this future, but Liber’s at large, keep otten out everything she needed to say Then she let out a long sigh and started, “…Okay, that was a long introduction Let et to the point now You all will learn of an existence soon, but just leave the end is ie”

Astarte relaxed sootten this uess thethe words that have been passed onto me” Astarte’s lips twisted into a complicated smile as she watched Chi-Woo She waved her hand while blood streamed down from her eyes, nose, lips, and ears “And prophecies are usually—” The next moment, Astarte’s head exploded with the sound of a balloon popping Her body fell li a head and sprawled on Shersha’s corpse

It finally caained infor he could trust or not Soon, the coather ht hand He looked back and forth between the two fresh corpses on the ground and cast his die It felt as if everything was in a coht passed by, and when Chi-Woo opened his eyes, he saw the ceiling

“Ha—!” Chi-Woo gasped He sat up and looked around His bed and rooht

“Are you okay?” He also heard a familiar voice Chi-Woo jerked his head toward the source and saw Evelyn flinch

“No…well, I saw you…collapsed on the ground But you weren’t injured anywhere, so Iyou were asleep…” It see next to hith in his body He felt cos? Or was he still reeling from the time he almost lost himself?

“…What is it?” Evelyn asked in a worried voice “What happened? Did you have a nightet you cold water or so?”

Chi-Woo shook his head He still felt dizzy, but at Evelyn’s co words, it really hit him that he had come back to the present tiot up He passed Evelyn and got out of the roo when he happened toChi-Woo stare intently at him “What is it?Huh?” Hawa said in shock, because Chi-Woo had suddenly closed their distance and held her face with both hands

“What are you doing!” Haas about to get angry, but stopped when she felt Chi-Woo’s hands slightly tre as they touched her cheeks He even felt a bit feverish And above all, his gaze was so intense that Hawa couldn’t help but lower her eyes

“…What’s wrong?”

After some time, Chi-Woo’s hands dropped fro Haatched as Chi-woo quicklyon

Chi-Woo went outside and saw the way fire lights illuht How could the same place look so different in the future? Shersha told hied But was that really the case? Could a ‘definite future’ really not be avoided? Chi-Woo gritted his teeth He turned on his device and accepted the call that had been trying to reach him since he woke up

“Chi-Hyun”

—What took you so long…!

Chi-Woo had proht away Chi-Hyun was about to yell at hi him wait, but trailed off when he saw the look on Chi-Woo’s face

—Are you injured anywhere?

“I don’t have any injuries…but I don’t know I’ve been feeling dazed…”

—You could’ve just read the es on your device and come back

“I couldn’t”

—?

“My left hand was cut off You knohere my device is”

—What?

Chi-Hyun frowned

—Then you should’ve just come back Why—

“I couldn’t There was no way I could…” Chi-Woo shook his head Then he inhaled deeply and began explaining, “Listen carefully from now on” All hisin detail Chi-Woo repeated what Shersha and the red-haired great demon had told him verbatim to Chi-Hyun Chi-Hyun seemed surprised at the end of the explanation

—Shersha…the seventh ranking…

“Why did she tell me to spare her life?” Chi-Woo asked in bafflement

—You don’t have to worry about that

Chi-Hyun said and organized his thoughts while stroking his chin

—I see…So that means…then, because of force…

Chi-Woo looked nervously at his brother’s hologra on

“Hyung,” Chi-Woo said while Chi-Hyun murmured to himself with a serious look on his face Chi-Hyun raised his head

—Hm? Ah, I think—

“Will we be able to do it?” Chi-Woo asked, and Chi-Hyun closed his ain Chi-Woo realized then why his heart had been in such a mess It was because he was concerned about Shersha’s last words

“Will…we really be able to change the future?” Chi-Woo had believed he would be able to change the future in the beginning Sure, it wouldn’t be easy, but with enough work, he was sure that everything would work out in the end But going to the future the second ti that he couldn’t change with effort alone Nevertheless, Chi-Woo didn’t lose hope It was because he had his brother, and Chi-Hyun had said that they should give it a try even if it was difficult… This ti?”

—…It’s hard

Chi-Hyun finally answered But unlike before, he didn’t add, ‘but let’s still give it a try’ He simply said that it was hard Chi-Hyun wasn’t the type to lie or joke In other words, he was at least half-agreeing to what Shersha had stated

—But I think I at least knohat kind of choice we should make

Chi-Woo’s eyes burst wide open

—It’s not a ht this time is true, you won’t have to throw the die one more time