Relife Player 174
[Chapter 058]
[When the fox rain stopped (7)]
Seo-na was absent.
He says he is not feeling well.
Even so, Eunha and other friends could not be taken lightly.
Because she had never been to school before.
Even if she was sick, she never missed attendance with the mindset that she would be sick at school.
I couldn’t help but worry.
Haven’t you been there today? Did you know that Jinseo doesn’t come to school? I got a call this morning Hearing the voice, he seemed to be in a lot of pain
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The classroom was quieter than usual.
Serena wasn’t the only one absent.
The children who were beaten by Eunha yesterday also did not come to school due to sickness.
Moreover, the children just kept their seats without opening their mouths.
Even though we were gathered in the space of the classroom, I felt as if we were building a wall against each other.
The two couldn’t shake off the stuffy emptiness.
Minji has been like that since morning… The captain is asleep as soon as he enters the class…
There was one more reason why I felt empty.
Minji has been at a low pressure ever since yesterday, when she saw her mother participating in Seo-na’s expulsion campaign.
It was common for him to get nervous if he spoke even a little.
Eunha said she couldn’t sleep today and was sleeping on the desk.
Even if Lim Do-hun touched her, it was useless.
In the end, even the homeroom teacher raised his hand.
White is also somewhat strange.
It was the same with Hayang.
Eunhyuk pursed his lips when he saw Hayang get scolded for bruising during class.
At least she was on the good side, but she seemed lost in other thoughts all day.
So I couldn’t erase the feeling of playing separately today.
Let’s go visit Seo Na!
You need to lighten the mood.
Eunhyuk suggested it to his friends as soon as it was after school.
…Yeah, I want to go see Seo-na too.
Hayang cautiously agreed.
She also planned to go see Seo-na as soon as class is over.
sorry i can’t go
what? why? Come with me. You don’t even have work today.
…not today.
Minji strongly refused.
Wearing a school bag, she pushed Eunhyuk, who was blocking the road with her arms outstretched, and left the classroom.
Eunhyuk muttered that he was sorry to see Seo-na and had no choice but to let her go.
Leader! Will the captain go with you?
…Sorry, you guys are going alone today. I have other work to do.
Even Eunha turned her back.
Except for a brief moment at lunchtime, he spread out and slept all day, leaving the two behind.
…just the two of us?
In the end, Eunhyuk and Hayang decided to go see Seona together.
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As soon as class was over, Dohoon Lim skipped cleaning the class and sent the children home.
It was because he had to deal with parents who were arguing that Seo-na should be expelled.
…Sona is an excellent student. Enough to be featured in the newspaper…
Teacher. We saw that newspaper too.
Lim Do-hoon brought up the story of Seo-na receiving the Brave Child Award to convince parents.
Then the parents who sneered at him cut off what he was saying.
Do you know what we thought when we saw that newspaper? …….
Why is Ain, who can use telepathy at such a young age, attending elementary school without entering the Player Academy?
It’s age…
What does age matter? There is no age limit for seniors at Higher Academy. Isn’t it possible for elementary school students to enter?
Lim Do-hoon frowned.
The reason why people, regardless of age, can transfer to the 3rd year of high school academy is not to make elementary school student Ain a player.
The hatred of monsters was there for those who desperately wanted to be a player.
I received a direct telepathic message from Sensei Ban Ein asking me to save him. At first, I reported it to the Mana Management Organization with the thought of saving the children, but do you know what I thought later? …….
I thought maybe telepathy could control my mind.
Telepathy is not like that. It is a special ability that appears only to Ain, and it is possible to communicate even in areas with a lot of mana….
I know. I know, but it’s not clear exactly how Ain’s telepathy affects people.
Do you know how disparate the senses of telepathic hearing are? I’m scared. Wouldn’t that kid peek into our kid’s mind and manipulate it?
As you said, even if telepathy doesn’t have any effect on the human body, isn’t there a possibility that the child could abuse telepathy?
Didn’t you see today’s article? The article about Ein sending telepathic messages to a person for days, driving him crazy.
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Ordinary people are ignorant about Ain.
At the end of being pointed at as monsters, they do not understand the fact that the subhumans, who have no choice but to immerse themselves in the player industry, are protecting them.
Lim Do-hun could do nothing but face the parents who vomited their own words.
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Among her friends, the only one who knew where Seo-na lived was White.
Her friends only knew that Seo-na lived in a church, but they didn’t know where the church she lived in was.
It was because Seo-na was reluctant to invite her friends to church.
He said it could hurt the children living in the church.
That’s why Hayang didn’t visit the church where Seona lived unless he had other things to do.
…is that really it?
yeah that’s right
The church was also located in an area adjacent to the slums in Seongbuk-dong.
Climbing up the hill where the asphalt had peeled off, Eunhyuk couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a cross above the vegetation.
The cross was partially broken.
It was an old building even from a distance.
…was it like this?
…No, I didn’t do this.
walked the road
The first sight that caught my eye before the peeling paint was the graffiti painted with lacquer on the stone wall at the entrance.
To call it graffiti was mild.
[Crucify the devil’s child immediately!]
[Ain lives here. ^^ Let’s put on a dog collar, please.]
[Where can I live because it’s noisy?]
[I hear a dog barking. Don’t be fooled.]
“…….”
There were swear words on the floor as well.
The two of them were at a loss for words after seeing the unspeakable swear words.
…Sister Maria! what happened? Why are you here!?
Then, Hayang found a nun scrubbing the stone wall with a floor brush.
Suddenly coming to her senses, she ran to the nun.
…Is White here?
The nun had a cigarette in her mouth.
It was Maria who almost always appeared whenever Serena brought up a story that happened at the church.
Some rotten bastards did this last night. Bastards who won’t be satisfied even if you kill them twice…!
Maria gnashed her teeth.
Putting out her cigarette with her shoe, she invited them both into the church.
Eunhyuk followed her guide and passed the entrance.
Women in nun’s uniforms were cleaning the lacquer that had invaded near the entrance, and small children were eagerly carrying buckets of water.
Everyone has been suffering from this since morning. Pastor Yangban goes to the district office to protest and doesn’t even come back…
Pastor?
yeah what about it? What’s wrong?
Maria replied.
Looking around, Eunhyuk asked while looking up at her grumbling that the cigarette pack was empty.
Not a problem… why is the pastor and the nun together? And…
Do nuns live in the original church?
It was only now that Eunhyuk found something strange about the story Seona had told him.
There can be no nuns in the church.
A nun was law in a cathedral.
Isn’t this pure idiot?
yes?
don’t you know this word?
Maria laughed.
Throwing the pack of cigarettes at random, she brought her hands together in front of her chest.
As if spreading enlightenment to a foolish believer.
god is dead
yes?
What good is religion when the world is once destroyed?
god is dead
Humanity realized that there is no salvation anywhere on the day the world perishes once.
He said that if there was a God, he wouldn’t have brought down an ordeal that only led to despair.
Humanity cried out that they would rather kill God than be abandoned by God.
Ironically, people who waged a war that seemed to never end under the banner of a god they believed in each other were able to recognize each other only after the world was destroyed.
Then why is there a church?
Even if God is dead, people must live.
If God doesn’t save humans, humans need to save humans.
A place that functioned as a religion in the past has changed to a place to relieve people who have nowhere to go.
People of different religions came together under one ideology with the single goal of saving people in despair.
So forget all the religion you learned in school. Even if you learn it, it’s useless.
Well, it’s not that religion has completely disappeared… but pseudo-religions like Manaism are the majority…
Maria clicked her tongue.
A god dies, but a new god is born in its place.
People in despair long for the supernatural existence of God even in a world where God is dead.
And they fanatically fall for the gods they created.
She asked Eun-hyeok not to fall for the tricks of a pseudo-religion while on the road.
Sister Seo-Na, are you okay?
That’s for you to see and judge for yourself.
Maria stands in front of the children’s room and speaks.
Jinseo. your friends are here Stop faking it and come out.
Maria knocked on the door.
No answer came from inside.
Jinseo! Reply when you hear it!
…I’m sick. Tell your friends that you’re sorry you couldn’t go to school.
tell it with your mouth
no, I do not want. I’m sick.
A sound coming from inside the door.
Seo-na was acting in groups uncharacteristically for her.
Maria sighed.
Are you sick? I’m sick too. But because it hurts Seo-na, it’s because she’s young.
If you are sick, go to the hospital. There are medicines where I always put them, so why don’t you take them? Don’t say that music is the only drug allowed by the country.
It’s been 2 years since I can’t say that I’m sick. Very. And it’s not just music that the country allows, it’s also religion, bitch!
I don’t know. I’m going to sleep because I’m dizzy. And I’m not two years old!
Maria slammed the door, swearing at him.
There was no response from inside.
If you lock the door and won’t come out, I have an idea. Even so, it’s in the Buddha’s palm, bitch.
Maria pulled the key out of her sleeve. He split his teeth, revealing his teeth yellowed by cigarettes.
Guys! Go in and get Jinseo or this bitch out right away!
“yes!!”
Maria opened the door.
Hayang and Eunhyuk opened the door and jumped inside.
The room was dark.
Hayang pressed the light switch.
It wasn’t difficult to find Serena.
In a room full of bunk beds, there was a figure covered in a blanket.
Seo Naya, I’m White. are you okay?
Hey Jinseo, does it hurt a lot?
The two asked about what had happened a little while ago.
The futon only wriggled and did not show its face.
…sorry. Thanks for coming, but why don’t you come back? i want to be alone
yeah you can’t Jung Ha-yang and Choi Eun-hyuk! Grab a copy of the paper or a blanket!
Maria pointed to the blanket with her finger.
Eunhyuk and Hayang faced each other.
They nodded almost simultaneously.
“I’m sorry, Seo Na!”
When I’m depressed, being alone makes me even more depressed.
The two of them strained to lift the blanket that Seo-na was covered with.
do not be like this! you guys stop!
Seo-na rebels under the blanket.
Seo-na struggled to keep the blanket from being taken away.
Even though her bare feet and tail were sticking out, she wrapped herself in a blanket to protect her face.
How are you seeing this? are you a preacher? Anyway, when you stick your head out, what comes out is not particles, but dandruff, bitch!
let go of this! The medicine is always there, so please don’t go crazy!
Maria pulled Serna’s blanket.
In the end, Seo-na had no choice but to expose her tousled hair outside the blanket.
It’s too much… I didn’t even wash it…
So who’s under the blanket?
Maria crossing her arms.
And Serena pulling the blanket with both hands.
You should be able to feign illness. The friends you used to sing with came to see you, will you look like this?
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Serena bit her lip.
Soon, tears fell from her red eyes.
…I lied about being sick and didn’t even go to school, so how should I look at my friends’ faces?
why can’t you see are you guilty
Eunhyuk took a step forward.
Serena said while shedding tears.
I’m so sorry that you guys play with me like this… I ran away like an idiot! How do you want me to look at your face?
why did you run away And have we ever played with you? You played together!
that’s right. Don’t talk like that.
Eunhyuk and Hayang answered.
Seo-na couldn’t hold it in any longer and cried out loud.
…My classmates say I’m a monster. People looked at me… and said I was a monster! I bet you didn’t see it either! What is written in front of the church…!
why are you a monster When did we ever say you were a monster?
I know! That I’m not a monster…! But… But… Everyone does that to me. I’m going to school now… I’m so scared. I won’t go to school
Serena cried out in tears.
Even when Eunhyuk and Hayang tried to persuade her, she shook her head and refused to give up.
…I don’t go to school anymore…
“Sona!!”
Jinseo!
Seo-na had only shed tears since last night.
It was no wonder that she passed out after shedding tears for over a day without eating anything.
Maria rushed out of the room and called an ambulance.
Eunhyuk shook the shoulders of Seo-na, who did not answer no matter how many times he called.
…it’s because I…have no strength.
Hayang just stared at this scene with tears in his eyes.
There was no strength.
The power to protect one friend.
So…
if you don’t have power, you can borrow it.
Alice’s position as a direct descendant had its own value.
I couldn’t be disappointed like this
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