Hwayugi fanfic (Korean odyssey) : Guardian

Three bets part 8

Waiting is such a torment.

If he's really imprisoned in there, then it's possible that he could not get out.

Although he didn't clearly express the pains he endured in those 500 years, but she is well aware of them.

500 years is not a short time. To the great sage Son Oh Gong, that is a frightening place with bad memories. Just like all the darkness that exists in everyone's heart, to him, this is place is taboo to mention in front of him. If....he's really trapped in there, then there's no way for him to respond to her summon.

He's strong. But that prison, was powerful to imprison him.

To tame him, and to make him suffer.

The sun begins to rise and the sun ray shines down on her face. She looks around the house. This place is filled with happy memories.

She takes a poster that contains the street signs for the wooden house and Seuremdong and puts it inside her bag. She finds a raincoat and a torch. She also scavenged for some loose change from some drawer and tied her hair up. She quickly ate something, put on her jacket and went outside. She waited for 2 hours at a bus stop and finally boarded the first bus that will take her to the secluded Lotus village.

She can't wait, and will not wait any longer.

She's going to look for him. And then, bring him home.

He was always protecting her. This time, it's her turn to protect him.

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The first time when she met her fairy-nim was on the mountain 10 miles away from the village.

This place is deemed as a forbidden forest where no man would step foot upon it.

Maybe, she's gotten a lot braver after she became a demon.

The morning rain is drizzling down on her. Although the sky is bright, the mountain is blanketed by thick fog.

Everything looked like the things she saw in her dream and this confirmed her theory. The rain is making the mountain path difficult to walk on. There are no clear paths for her to go forward or backward. But for some unknown reason, on her way up, the flowers are blooming well in an abnormal manner. However, those plants should not be blooming in springtime.

The trees are obscuring her vision. It's almost like she's trapped in a world where she's the only one existing and her surround is full of evil spirits. Her torch begins to flash. The rain and all the thorns are trying to hinder her. But, there's nothing for her to be afraid of!

She's drenched by the rain and her body shivers in the cold. The path is no longer clear like the path she walked on when she was young. Halfway up the mountain, the path disappears. The fog feels eerie but it matched what she felt in the dream. She remembered him telling her that his and her powers are drastically different but she senses are much better than his. She used to think that he was joking and it was his way of trying to comfort her. But at a moment like this, she really wishes that she's more powerful.

Under the rain, she calls out his name one time after another.

The rain tastes bitter.

At moment like this, she can really tell how much she loves him.

It's deep into the bones, he's someone that she cannot afford to lose.

She knows that she's no longer a human. Thus, she can no longer see the seal of the Marble mountain. She may even have walked passed it without noticing.