"Uh… a train play?"
"Maybe." Dohyuk smiled and Giwon spoke from his side.
"Oh, so she is 'the' administrator. Nice to meet you."
"…"
Giwon offered a handshake and Heeyun flinched.
"He is different from us, but we can trust him."
"Uh- okay. Nice to meet you too," Heeyun answered as she shook hands with Giwon.
"This is more than what I expected," Giwon admitted as he looked beyond the city gate.
"But I wouldn't be allowed to enter."
Without answering, Dohyuk laid his hand on Heeyun's shoulder.
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The city repelled all 'corrupt' people, but it was easy to make changes for special cases.
"Yoo Giwon can enter the city."
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Dohyuk frowned. He had enough, but it was very costly. Before Dohyuk could finish, Giwon waved his hands.
"Oh, I don't need to go in right now. I have to leave soon."
"Oh."
There was the bracelet they earned at Yabadop's region. The Tyrant forced Giwon to return it within a day.
"I have some time left, but it wouldn't be bad to give it to him early."
Giwon didn't mention it, but Dohyuk knew. Giwon would die to keep his family save.
"If I don't return in five days, please use Divine Intervention."
Dohyuk nodded, "Be careful."
"…It's been a while since I've been cared for by someone else other than my family."
Giwon smiled and walked away.
"He's weird," Heeyun commented.
"How was it while I was gone?"
"It wasn't too long since you were gone. I mean, there something came up but you solved it already."
Heeyun spoke as she glanced at the Bermurans and the tied people.
"…There's something now."
Dohyuk nodded.
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"Heeyun?" Dohyuk asked as he heard something coming from behind.
"Eek! How did you know?"
Dohyuk had the ability to guess who was approaching by the distinct footsteps. It wasn't perfect, but he knew the people he spent some time with when they approached.
"Aren't you tired? You've been awake for two days already. There are others who can replace you."
"It's okay," Dohyuk answered.
"Is that it? The one in that plastic bag."
"Oh, yeah it is."
"I can smell it."
Heeyun gave the plastic bag to Dohyuk. There was warm 'bread' inside.
"Did you try it already?"
"No. I brought it so we can have it for lunch."
Dohyuk took one out from the bag. It was a bit smaller than his palm. Dohyuk cut it in half with his hand as he glanced down the city wall. There were Bermuran tents 30 meters in the distance, and between the wall and the tents were the fields that the Bermurans helped people grow crops on.
Piyam.
It was the plant that produced pumpkin-like fruit. It had steel-like covering with white powder inside. After combining it with the water, it was then made to bake the bread that Dohyuk was eating. It wasn't as good as he expected. After drinking some water, he was able to eat half of what he was chewing.
"It's enough."
Heeyun nodded. Although it was only bread that they could get their hands on, it was enough.
"But the Bermurans weren't too happy with it."
"Why?"
"I guess their crops are more valuable. It takes a month to harvest and there were less fruits than usual."
Heeyun couldn't continue as people shouted in joy from below. People were rejoicing in front of the oven that baked the bread from below.
"…People were worried."
Heeyun spoke again.
"I mean, we had more people to feed… and the food storage was getting low."
If Dohyuk couldn't find the answer to the food, the people would've turned unruly by now.
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The amount increased in a large amount at once.
"I mean… I'm sure everyone is thinking that maybe we can live like how we did 'before', if this continues. It won't be the same, but it may be similar."
"…Yeah," Dohyuk answered. He was looked toward the grassland, a giant piece of land with no fields or buildings.
'If I can't wipe out all threats outside, we won't be able to utilize the land.'
Even now, he felt eyes from the distance, near the ashes. That's why he made the Bermurans set up their tents and fields close to the city wall to make it easy to defend.
"Heeyun, can you take my place?"
"Of course," Heeyun answered and Dohyuk closed his eyes. The five days that Giwon spoke of had passed. It was time to move.
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Dohyuk then began receiving information from Giwon.
"…!"
Chapter end
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