"This one is cute too..........."
He's sitting on a large sofa in Oh Jong's company, carefully looking through a thick folder containing information about her.
These files were stored away when she died and he didn't look through them. But since she mentioned that she wanted a resume, he's asking Oh Jong to help him to look through and organize all of the files.
Maybe by looking at her previous experiences, he might be able to help her find something that she would like to do.
He didn't know much about her past......now, he' would love to know everything.
There are photos of her when she's young. There are also certificates, her excellent academic record and.........her future goal letter.
"When I grow up, I want to help other people." Her goal is written neatly on the paper.
Her clothes were all black in the photos from her school years......this woman.......
She lived such a difficult life back then yet she still wished to help other people when she grew up?
The teacher's critic to her letter was: "She should actively try to interact with other classmates, don't isolate herself......try to act more cheerful and reflect on her current behaviour......."
Nonsense.
Her graduation photo?
She looks pretty good. But she didn't smile......was she ......always like that??
When she came to the Marble mountain, she was in 3rd grade right?
Although she was just a little brat back then, she was smart. But......meeting him was probably her biggest misfortune in her entire life.
He remembers the image of her childish face, clinging onto his arms sadly and said Fairy-nim please don't go.
Back then, her grandma was still alive. but a year later from that, all the liveliness could no longer be seen in her photos.
That.....was probably when her grandma died and........ he ran away from their promise.
He continues to flip through the folder, going through different photos.
Erm??
Why is it missing?.......
"Well, Hyung-nim, regarding Miss Jin Seon Mi's profile, there is something strange." Oh Jong states.
"I'm looking." He flips through her folder again, deep in thought.
There is one particular year missing from her profile.......
There is nothing, no information, record, certificates or academic transcript from her 6th grade. That time should be 3 years after she released him from the marble mountain. He was having fun in the human realm. But this particular year's record is not here....?
"This year's file is missing, did we left it out when we were organising it?"
It's indeed missing, it doesn't look like the pages fell off.
"They are not here." Oh Jong slowly replies.
"Not only that......... Hyung-nim, I feel like I've seen the young Miss Jin Seon Mi before, she looked a little older than this photo."
Oh Jong takes out her photo from 3rd grade, she has piggy tails in that photo.
His eyes widen in surprise. "Where?"
How is that possible?
"It was........in sureumdong." Oh Jong answers.
"Hyung-nim, do you remember you used to feed wondering children spirits? If the girl from the photo is Miss Jin Seon Mi, then.....indeed......she came with other children spirits........."
She appeared in Sureumdong as a living spirit with astral projection?
Is that what Oh Jong is trying to say?
Is that even possible? It's too strange.......he tries hard to remember but things happened a long time ago.
If she appeared as a living spirit and then returned back to her body........this situation would only occur on very special occasions.
He frowns and rubs his forehead. So she did not gain the power of astral projection with her resurrection. She had it.....since the beginning? How come when she was Samjang, he did not realize she had such power?
To human, astral projection indicates that they must have experienced something really close to death.......they must have stepped their foot into the underworld, or else, they wouldn't possess such dangerous power.
He also needs to think about what has happened between that period of time.
Oh Jong's memory is way better than his. But, why did the young Jin Seon Mi appear in his Sureumdong? And how come he didn't recognize that child?? If she did appeared, he should have some memories about it.
That year.....
How come he feels so unsettled? If she, in fact, appeared in Sureumdong as a spirit, then how come.......she didn't say anything to him now? When they met after 25 years as well as the 2nd time he brought her to Sureumdong, she didn't have any recollection of her previous visits.
"Oh Jong ah, my instinct is telling me that there's something not right about this."
"Then, I will hurry and send people to investigate."
"That's good, I don't know why, but I feel really bothered by this.......does the peddler still have the beads that can read memories?"
"About that.....the last time when we purchased them, it only have 1 or 2 left. I think they don't have any left right now. But, rumor said that the underworld has developed a new product."
The underworld........
"Go and purchase one."
He puts the folder on the table and orders.
If the matter is something related to her........he would definitely want to know more. That way, he can protect her properly.