Chapter 22
TL: pineapples
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I’m five years old now but is this real life?
As soon as my eyes opened, I let out a long sigh. I can’t believe that even compared to my previous life my body feels healthiest to date.
“Euuh
”
Raising my body, my shoulders felt stiff. Once I took off my clothes, surprisingly my injuries weren’t that severe. I must have received prompt treatment before.
I gingerly probed the red area of my injuries that had healed and suddenly looked up.
“Wait, what happened to Aku Ryun?”
My last memory was that I pushed all my powers into Baekha. That’s all I could remember.
Since I had even poured my life energy into it and emptied my dantian, I immediately lost consciousness as I felt a twisted pain in my lower abdomen.
So I didn’t know what happened to Aku Ryun and how he managed to evade the assassins. I knew nothing.
I began to recall Aku Ryun’s words before I entered the secret passageway.
“I don’t even know myself why I’m like this. I could just let you be. But when I was about to do that.. I couldn’t. I really couldn’t.”
I knew well that if I returned I would just become baggage to Aku Ryun. I also knew the rational decision instead would be going down to the village and asking for help.
But I couldn’t do that.
Like Aku Ryun couldn’t explain why he did such things, I too did the unexplainable. Even though I knew I wouldn’t help, I couldn’t leave him alone.
“Maybe while he was trying to save me something bad happened
?”
I shook my head as I was thinking those ominous thoughts.