They immediately took Kim Dok-Ja back to their headquarters located in Gwanghwamun.
Aileen was summoned, and they even requested aid from the Constellations with expertise in medicine, such as 'Guam Divine Doctor'.
⸢Their plan was perfect. With this plan, they couldn't have failed.⸥
They even called upon every Fable expert scattered throughout the world, too.
⸢This plan was the one where they couldn't afford to fail.⸥
For the period of over a week, dozens of famed doctors were brought in to treat Kim Dok-Ja. It was to collect the remaining Fables somehow and restore his soul form.
– There is nothing that can be done currently.
Yi Seol-Hwa worked throughout the night and as a result, passed out. A Russian expert subbing for her afterwards said these words.
– We can't say he's dead, but… We also can't say that he's alive, either. This child will never wake up again, that's why.
But, that couldn't be. They worked tirelessly and finally managed to come this far, so this story simply couldn't end like this. The one to stay as the pillar of support for the crumbling companions was Yu Sang-Ah.
“The problem is with Dok-Jssi's soul, yes?”
In that case, they only needed to restore his soul, then.
So, the companions sought out the assistance of the Constellation most well versed in everything soul-related.
[This child's soul didn't come to the 'Underworld'. No, his soul didn't go to any of the afterlives found in the other worldviews.]
The queen of the Underworld, Persephone, could only stroke Kim Dok-Ja's forehead with a sorrowful expression.
[….This was this child's choice.]
“His choice?! Please don't make me laugh. You also saw it too, didn't you? Back in that subway, we all saw the Fables Dok-Jssi possessed, didn't we?! He, he wanted to be with us, he wanted to us to save…!”
[There are countless Fables within a person's soul. The words we saw were simply a small part of that.]
“Don't… Don't say something like that as if it means nothing.”
Jeong Hui-Won shouted out. There was no other way for her to endure except to shout.
It was his choice? This, this was Kim Dok-Ja's choice??
⸢The companions didn't give up.⸥
Even the collecting of Fables, even the recovery of his soul, they were impossible. In that case, only one method remained.
[I was waiting for you.]
The master of the 'Isle of Reincarnators', Sakyamuni, welcomed them with a benevolent smile – as if he knew they would come here.
[It's truly lamentable, but he's not someone this one can reincarnate.]
“A portion of his soul still remains. We can divide and share the Fables we all possess. Just like how I did it back then, if we utilise the powers of samsara….”
[Ah, my dear arhat. I understand your sorrow. I do. However, he can't be reincarnated.]
Sakyamuni looked at Yu Sang-Ah with a regretful expression before letting a soft sigh escape from his lips.
Soon, a truly countless number of threads began floating up before his eyes that observed Kim Dok-Ja quietly slumbering away. There were so many of these red threads that counting them all was impossible. Yu Sang-Ah too could see them.
The threads of fate.
The threads stretched out to the night sky and eventually, even pierced through
“….I see.”
She didn't want to acknowledge it. Even then, the truth didn't change.
It was Earth. The one they left from.
Chapter end
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