“…What aren't you saying?”
Obviously, there were good constellations in this world. They were the constellations I read about in Ways of Survival. After Ways of Survival being a reality, there were some constellations that I reevaluated. Still, it didn't change that their essence was a 'constellation.'
I didn't know what my expression was like but Jang Hayoung had worried eyes. “…Is something wrong?”
“No, nothing like that.”
“Then why are you worrying?”
I was somehow hesitant to speak and shook my head lightly. Jang Hayoung stared straight at me and stated, “I would like to hear it.”
There was something familiar about this and I couldn't help smiling. I closely examined Jang Hayoung's face. A sharp nose on pure white skin. Clear and deep eyes below eyebrows that were drawn in a soft line…
A faint guilt filled my heart.
「 He is a kid who likes stories. 」
「 Because Yoo Jonghyuk is a good person, this person should taste the bitterness of reality… 」
「 Jonghyuk doesn't listen to people. The other person should be a good listener. 」
The result of all the comments I made was now in front of me. He had eyes to see the world, a nose to breath and ears to hear the story. Perhaps it was because of guilt but I spoke my first words unknowingly. “There are people who think bad things.”
“People?”
I nodded and continued, “They are overall bad people. They bully or gossip about others and even commit some terrible things.”
Jang Hayoung listened to the story and asked me, “Do you hate the people you are talking about?”
“…I thought so but I don't know.”
I didn't know if I was serious or not.
“Some people were better than I thought and some people acted differently than what I knew.”
The countless words of Ways of Survival that I read in the past flowed through my mind.
“What is real about them? What is reality and what is fake? I don't know very well.”
Jang Hayoung silently listened despite my vague wording. How much time passed? Jang Hayoung thought about something. “It's hard to understand what exactly is troubling you… so you want to know more about these people?”
“What?”
“They seem like bad people but there might be some good people. Well, isn't that your expectations? No?”
Why did it sound so romantic? There was a backlash but when I thought about it, this might be the problem. Jang Hayoung nodded and said, “Every now and then, too, you have to talk. Talk to the people.”
“It would be useless to talk.”
“Why?”
“Just…”
I couldn't explain it well. It was a helpless feeling that couldn't be described. However, it was when a person became most helpless that they were the most truthful.
“I think there is a huge wall.”
[The Fourth Wall is looking at you.]
“You and I are talking like this but we're not really communicating. There is no such thing as communication in this world.”
[The 'Unidentified Wall' is looking at the Fourth Wall.]
TL: Rainbow Turtle
Chapter end
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