Chapter 30 (1/2)

Blood?

I instinctively grabbed Jegal Hyun by the sleeve. Then Jegal Hyun looked down at me with a curious look on his face.

“Young Lady? What’s wrong?”

“…you are asking me what’s wrong?”

“You suddenly grabbed my sleeve.”

Jegal Hyun didn’t seem to hear anything. It sounds so loud to me. But he wasn’t even looking at Buddhist monk Jeonghyeon.

The same was true of the other investigators. I was sure that they were told all together about the blood, but their expressions were so calm.

“Can’t you hear this?”

“What are you talking about?”

“What Buddhist monk Jeonghyeon just said. Didn’t you hea

“”Did the monk speak? When?”

“Now…!”

I was going to talk, but I stopped. I’m the only one who can hear Jeonghyeon’s voice.

‘How?’

I calmed myself down.

Monk Jeonghyeon couldn’t do anything to me anyway. If he uses his powers just a little, the grandfathers and Silver Spirit will protect me immediately.

‘And yet, why am I so nervous?’

I let go of the sleeve of Jegal Hyun.

“I’m going out first. My grandfathers are waiting outside.”

I purposely raised my voice so that Monk Jeonghyeon could hear it. If he knows that the elders are nearby, Jeonghyeon might back off.

However, Buddhist monk Jeonghyeon’s reaction was unexpected.

– No one’s coming in here.

“…what do you mean? Why can’t anyone come in?”

– Things unsaid will disappear. What one can’t see is forgotten.

Jegal Hyun, who was looking at me carefully, asked while wrinkling his forehead.

“Young Miss, who have you been talking to?”

But I couldn’t answer Jegal Hyun. This is because Jeonghyeon ‘s words that followed were so ominous.

– I’m sorry for the young lady, but think of it as a sin of being born wrong.

– I pray to the Lord that you believe in the afterlife, you will be born into an ordinary family in your next life.

“Wha-what are you saying?”

Monk Jeonghyeon put his palms together. There was a loud sound that made the cave cry.

Clap!

I thought it was a signal to attack, but it wasn’t.

Feeling strange, I turned my eyes to other people and took a deep breath.

“……”

Investigators stared into space with expressionless faces like mannequins.

They didn’t even blink. They didn’t even move a single finger.

“Dangerous!”

It was gruesomely bizarre. I recoiled back.

Jegal Hyun, who belatedly noticed the abnormalities of the investigators, stepped forward.

“Huh? What’s wrong with everyone?”

I grabbed Jegal Hyun’s arm in a hurry.

“No! Stay away!”

“Yes?”

“Keep away from him!”

Jegal Hyun didn’t seem to know what had happened.

“He’s so frustrating. Does he not even have a sense of crisis?”

I screamed loudly.

“Eunyeong!”

But no one showed up. It was the same when yelled at the top of lungs again.

– Things unsaid will disappear. What one can’t see is forgotten.

‘Don’t tell me this situation can’t be heard or seen by Eunyeong?’

There was no time to think deeply. This is because Jeonghyeon took out a small silver dagger from his sleeve.

Only then did Jegal Hyun shout in panic.

“Sir, why the dagger… what are you trying to do? Stop, monk!”

“It’s too late! He’s going to attack us!”

“Well, that’s not– that’s not possible!”

At that time, Buddhist monk Jeonghyeon lifted his eyes.

His black eyes were surprisingly clear. As if he had abandoned all his desires. Even the will to live.

The moment I saw his eyes, I realized that my guess was wrong.

Jeonghyeon will not attack me. He’s going to burn his own life away. Like a lit candle wick.

Unfortunately or fortunately, my prediction was not wrong. The silver dagger was stuck in the neck of Jeonghyeon, not us. Blood sprayed like a fountain, and at the same time light leaked out of his body.

It’s suicide bombing!

I don’t know how it’s possible, but I just felt it from my instincts.

“We have to avoid it!”