Chapter 61: The Reason You Must Not Take It
It felt like his body was floating.
That strange sensation—like flying through the sky, or drifting in space—kept Ha Giyeon’s eyes closed. Suddenly, his body sank deep, and a sensation like being soaked in something made him slowly open his eyes.
He could tell it was water from the splashing sounds, but he couldn’t feel whether it was cold or warm. For a while, Ha Giyeon simply stared at the white void. Then, as his vision adjusted, he raised his upper body.
A blurry space, like it was covered in clouds.
There was no one around, and the place was so vast he couldn’t see its end. Ha Giyeon pushed himself to his feet. He had no memory of where this was or why he was here.
‘Is this a dream......?’
It felt similar to a place he had once seen in a dream. That unplaceable sense of familiarity made him slowly take a step forward.
Splash, splash. Every time he walked barefoot, water droplets scattered. As he walked through the shallow water—
“What is this......?”
The space began to shift, colors bleeding into it as the hazy light warped. What had been blurry slowly came into focus, transforming the space into something else, creating unrecognizable elements one by one.
Ha Giyeon stood still and blankly watched as forms took shape. Soon, the surroundings changed into something he could recognize at a glance: people dressed in suits and gowns holding wine glasses—it looked like a party scene.
On a sofa sat a child, small in frame and wearing a suit, their face still blurry. But unlike the children running and laughing around them, that child sat curled up and alone.