Prologue (1/2)
EER Prologue – Part 1
Earth Alone
The time was April The university newbie left the room as soon as the lecture ended before everyone else at 2:45 He did not want anyone to recognise hih no one knew him as such hence he would not have been stopped anyways; he still resolutely walked on to the hill road outside of the plaza
There, he felt the unexpected change for the first time
‘No one’s around…’
There was a huge number of people in lectures that ended at 2:45 Sure, not all of the home, yet the complete absence of people in the plaza as well as in the hill road was strange
‘Carnival is not on today Was there a school event?
Even so, there was no need to feel strange Yoo Il Han Il Han exited all invited chat groups ever since he attended his university! It was not as if he left out of pressure, it was solely out of his choice!
Sensing sorrow out of vain, Yoo Il Han walked down the hill valiantly in spite of the dearth of people He wanted to hitch a ride on a shuttle bus, but there were no vehicles to be seen
Was there a military exercise in the university? Perhaps a school wide hide-and-seek? All kinds of thoughts came into his head but he dismissed them readily For twenty-odd years he had never held hands with a girl, and the lack of other presences right noas nothing in comparison
However, those s dissipated as soon as he exited the school entrance
‘What?’
There was no one
‘What the hell!’
No one was around!
‘What’s going on What’s going on!’
In panic, Yoo Il Han repeated the same phrase inanely as he ran around No-one To conjure up a crazy idea like ato escape reality
No one No human to be seen!
He looked through the s of the convenience store he often visited Thewarhtly back as if so on it moments before Furtheriving the out of thin air
This oddity applied for all shops Incidentally, how about parked cars? Moving cars that were in traffic had violently collided in such a way that they lost their drivers, with soasoline
‘damn it’
His mind may have been in disarray, but Yoo Il Han identified the hazard and escaped to a vehicle-less streetThe reverberation of explosions like the ones in films soon tickled his ears
Wind carrying the hot air blew, and Yoo Il Han fled like he was drifting on the wind Then he shed pointless tears
His ether at a bus station
‘Let’s go home’
Maybe after he washed and ate his s would be different
Foolish ideas again sprouted the moment the crises were over His fantasies were broken quickly this ti
‘What the fuck What’s going on’
Yoo Il Han prided hih school, he overca a quite reputable university, and he was confident to do well on his own for a foreseeable future
The chinese character ‘person’ is to sy on each other; he never needed such weak stuff Yoo Il Han always believed that he was like an upright nu unassisted
But, this was too much to handle
‘Have I alone moved to a different world?
His situation was too out-worldly that he said so The bus was not co Growing sadder everyonto the bare earth like bird-droppings
‘Pathetic, crying over trivial matters as a university student No, fuck it If I don’t cry now, over ould I ever weep? Isolation during his primary school days hasme’
Knowing crying wouldn’t change anything, Yoo Il Han came back to his senses swiftly It was feverishly hot and tiring Home was his priority
‘Let’s walk’
Despite the knowledge that no one was there to hear him speak, he shouted in hope for someone to reveal oneself Yoo Il Han embarked on an hour-and a half journey shrouded in an addedlayer of disappointment to the obvious result
Of course, his mother wasn’t present He tried to check the ti those ineither, Yoo Il Han concluded following a couple of hours of waiting as he stared at the everlastingly blue sky
The TV only showed static screens, the radio the sa It was like humanity itself had vanished Except hinant time
At least, water and gas pipes worked He showered and cooked a package of instant noodles
Slurp…Delicious
The taste deepened his sadness and more tears flowed down He was drowzy now that he was full I don’t care for the ht was arriving, Imay become different as I sleep He laid on his bed in these cohts At that moment…
EER Prologue – Part 2
Earth Alone
A beautiful wos appeared
(Oh, so it is here!) Her first words were rude
‘Whwho are you?
Yoo Il Han had to cover hi habit The worotesquely and then shi+fted her expressions
(Hm You can call me how you see me as)
‘A home invader?’
(I ael)
She stared at Yoo Il Han and spoke each word stressfully to disclose her identity
Since she eured out her paranormal nature,so he accepted the disclosure with little surprise Too ain
But he was being unreasonably indifferent to reality Her next words proved so
(Since I ahtforward You have been left behind)
‘…Left behind…?’
Yoo Il Han’s co left behind had always been intricately linked to his life He was left behind by everyone in the prih school field trip and even in the university MT…