Chapter 106: Good Days
The faint sound of a heartbeat. J followed it as if he were mesmerized. He walked without realizing his feet were sinking into the swamp from time to time.
How long had he walked? A building that was relatively intact, though partially destroyed, came into view. The sound was coming from there. J began to rummage through the debris.
'Why?'
Reason asked him. What's the point of rescuing someone who will die soon anyway? Do you want to experience someone dying in your arms again? But his hands didn't stop sifting through the wreckage. In fact, his pace quickened.
Even if that were the case, J couldn't ignore this sound.
"Oh."
A small exclamation escaped. Under the overlapping debris was a small space where one or two people could barely huddle. And there...
There was a boy, embraced by what must have been his parents, all melted away.
His eyes, clouded with poison, stared at J. His lips moved silently.
"Please save me."
J gritted his teeth. He hurriedly took out an antidote from his inventory and reached out to the boy.
"It's okay."