[Amkena Side Story Episode 20]
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petals flutter
In fact, it is a scattering fragment of the dimension.
The chaotic world that lost its host collapses.
As if everything was an illusion from the start.
All kinds of scenes of disaster disappear beyond the shadowy side.
In the midst of that light, an Israt stood tall.
“…”
The cloak flutters.
The cold and vicious gaze he had when he killed Nial had disappeared, and his face was now covered with an expressionless expression.
Amkena had no idea what Han was thinking.
He just became a particle of light and watched the crumbling world with him.
When the chaos was finally bathed in light, Amkena felt a little dizzy.
When she regained her senses, it was a familiar place.
“Welcome, you two.”
A greeting from Yurnet greets you.
Amkenna widened her eyes.
This place.
‘Are you here again?’
It was the complex of abandoned buildings where Amkena had been kidnapped.
This is where she met the heroes of Valhalla and where she had a strategy meeting.
She returned to her first place.
“I’m glad you’re okay.”
Yurnet laughed softly.
‘Everyone is there.’
We fought together before.
Just now, they blocked several attacks against me.
Had it not been for their help, he might have been seriously injured in the fight between Nial and Han.
“Oh, that was fun! Earth tourism is the best!”
Nihaku smiled brightly and raised his hand.
Lidigion leans his back against the pillar in silence, and Aaron bows his head politely as their eyes meet.
“Congratulations on your victory, Master.”
Siris came as a representative.
Han waved his hand.
“Victory is bullshit. Know that there will never be a second time.”
“yes. Now that we know the changes in our enemies, we will formulate a new strategy.”
“So everything is fine here. What about the damage to Valhalla?”
This time Yurnet answered.
“Currently establishing communication. Please wait a moment.”
“how much?”
“well. I think it will take half a day.”
Yurnet answered and looked at Amkena.
‘Why am I watching?’
Amkenna tilted her head in bewilderment.
Yunet’s words continued.
“Once the signal has been sent, the airship will come to meet you soon. How about spending a leisurely time until then?”
“Relax?”
“Isn’t this Earth the home of the Master? Taking a break in a place of memories…”
“A place of memories?”
Han snorted.
“There is no such thing as me.”
“what. You mean you didn’t miss the earth? I hear people get homesick when they are away from their hometown for a long time.”
“At least not me. I only made you suffer here.”
earth.
It’s his hometown, but there are no good memories.
Since I was young, I had no parents or relatives, and I only suffered hardships.
At least I was kidnapped by Mobius because I was trying to be livable.
Han grumbled.
“Then you don’t have any other plans?”
“then?”
“Then, how about spending some leisurely time with the Master and the Hero?”
“what?”
Yunet’s smile deepened.
“If you wish, we will vacate until Valhalla can contact you.”
“No, you and me, Han No Han?”
Amkena was taken aback.
Yurnet replied casually.
“yes. It’s been quite a while. You have a lot to say, right?”
“I am….”
“I don’t have much to say.”
Han answered like a knife.
“what.”
“What are you going to say? he doesn’t know anything Send it nicely.”
“It’s…”
“hmm?”
Oh.
I told you to let go
Amkena said slightly prickly.
“Oh no. I know!”
“What do you know?”
“Loki! Mobius! Pick Me Up! I know everything. Mr. Yournet told me everything.”
“Did you tell me?”
Han’s eyebrows narrowed.
A sharp gaze turned to Yurnet, but she turned her head away.
“The fact that people actually died and lived in that game. That it was made to revive Mobius. who the kid is. Everyone… I know who you are.”
Han put a hand on his forehead.
“I thought it was strange…”
“Don’t get me wrong, Master. It was Amkena’s earnest request. So now that we know the truth, we have something to say, right?”
Amkena stepped in.
“Yeah! I have something to say. I apologize…”
“don’t do it.”
Han replied.
“It has already passed. You don’t have to apologize and you don’t have to be thankful. Same for me. That’s it.”
“It’s over… is it?”
“You played the game and I survived. That’s all.”
“is it.”
When I heard it, it seemed like that.
It hasn’t changed much from before knowing the truth.
‘no.’
It’s different.
There is a very big difference.
‘I found out it’s not fake.’
The person in front of me is not my delusion
Because I knew you were a real person.
That alone was a great harvest.
For the past few years, Amkena has had to worry about whether everything is an illusion.
But now she’s got the confidence to be there.
She couldn’t hold back any hesitation.
‘But just because he knew.’
what will be different
though that’s another issue.
Big hum.
Amkenna cleared her throat.
In any case, there is some leeway before Han and her allies leave.
What should I do?
No, what did they come here for?
Time on Earth was passing.
* * *
A high-rise in an abandoned building complex.
Amkena placed her hand on an iron pole that exposed her skeleton.
One corner of the wall had completely collapsed, and I was able to look down at the peaceful Seoul from there.
‘I’m back.’
to the peaceful city she knew.
or biochemical terrorism.
Or an alien invasion.
Like a super robot.
There is no such anomaly anywhere.
It is midday now.
Buildings are filled with people in suits sitting at desks, and cars are blocked on the roads waiting for traffic.
The sun was shining through them.
There is no fine dust for a while.
The blue sky and white clouds were dazzling.
That world was her daily life.
There is no chaos, no terror, no ruin, no blood, no war, no death.
The gap between her and the world she had just been in was so great that Amkenna laughed involuntarily.
She said, ‘She said it was an event that never happened.’
According to Yunet’s explanation, Earth’s defense system worked or something.
Heterogeneous history has been altered.
From the very beginning, terrorism became something that never happened.
click.
Amkenna pressed the power on her smart phone.
Even the date is the same.
She must have spent close to three days in that extraordinary world.
Now the time and date are back in the past.
Back to the day before she was kidnapped.
‘Moan.’
Instead, her cell phone was full of calls from her boss asking why she didn’t go to work.
She decided to take a day off today.
She was tardy from the first time she came back.
‘…’
Snug.
She looks through the list of apps on her smartphone.
up down sideways.
‘No.’
She is nowhere to be seen.
App disappeared.
Somehow, I had this feeling.
after she came back
Somehow, her smartphone, which should have been smashed while summoning her han, was intact and was in Amkena’s pocket.
Instead, the game called Pick Me Up was erased.
Probably the app will never appear again.
it really
It was the final summoning that Amkena had as her master.
Click click.
When Amkena moves the decorative ring of her smartphone, the statue of her warhorse hanging from it sways as well.
‘This is all right.’
Amkenna laughed again.
The reason why one party came to Earth is to get this statue back.
How she laughed when she knew the purpose.
‘As expected.’
Han Israt was very fond of war horse statues.
He threw away the warhorse statue at the very beginning, but must have been suffering from a strong urge for warhorses since then.
that’s right.
Even if you know the whole truth
There are things that don’t change.
A smile that naturally forms on your lips.
There are two people in this abandoned building complex now.
Just now, communication reached Valhalla, and until the airship came out to meet them, the rest of the heroes had left their seats, saying they were sightseeing on Earth.
Therefore, there was only one owner of the footsteps coming from behind.
“…”
He doesn’t say anything.
Amkena was also silent.
Strangely, there was no awkward atmosphere.
She was often like that in games too.
Amkena often used to watch the daily lives of the heroes reflected in the waiting room with the screen on and not doing anything.
If those heroes were real people, what would they be thinking now?
what are you doing
The world beyond graphics was reconstructed through an imaginary filter.
“I’ll be there soon.”
Amkena said to the person in the back.
“When the business is over.”
“You mean this?”
Amkenna looked behind her.
Then, he took out a worn-out statue of a war horse from her bosom.
She is pre-separated from decorative rings.
“…”
Han smiled bitterly.
“Is it because I’m sorry I took it from you? I’m okay. I was going to give it back.”
Amkena placed the statue of her warhorse in Han’s hands.
Han carefully watched the warhorse statue in his hand, then silently placed it in his bosom.
‘I thought we’d have a lot to say if we met like this.’
What happened when I was a former master and a hero.
Best regards.
several words.
Etc.
Only silence ensues.
‘There’s no need to talk about the past.’
All that remains now is each other’s future.
Amkena to Earth.
Han Israt to Valhalla.
return to their respective positions.
“excuse me.”
“why?”
“…”
She tried to say something, but Amkena shook her head.
“never mind. First of all, I have something urgent to do, so I have to go home. I will come.”
“Are you coming?”
“You have to see them off.”
“…do whatever you want.”
Amkena left the abandoned building complex.
She was in a hurry to think of things she had to do before leaving.
On her cell phone, she called a taxi and headed home.
And when she got back to the parking lot, everything was ready.
‘It’s already time.’
She thought it was daytime just now.
I suddenly looked up at the sky and saw that twilight was beating down on me.
All the heroes of Valhalla, who had gone on a half-day tour, had returned, and in the middle of the old parking lot… a large, unfamiliar yet familiar object was standing.
what you saw in the game.
And what I saw in the memory of the library.
It was unfair.
[really! I thought I was dying! Do you know how much I struggled alone when they came without Loki? But who am I? timely order. Brilliant battle instructions. Do this, do that. That’s why I finally stopped it!]
The fairy on the deck of the airship was chattering nonstop.
His name was Isel, maybe?
He is now nicknamed Frey.
[But you have to go back as soon as you arrive?]
“I didn’t come to play. once you got the item. I need to go back and figure out the situation. You didn’t come alone, did you?”
[of course! An escort fleet is waiting outside.]
“Is that so? I won’t be attacked twice.”
Han, who was talking with the fairy, nodded.
“Ah Amkena.”
Yurnet is approaching.
“What are you holding in your hand…?”
“It is a gift.”
Amkena said.
She was dragging a suitcase in her left hand.
“I’m kind of nervous about sending it empty-handed…”
“Oh, I can’t thank you so much.”
Yurnet accepted the carrier.
“I’m not sure what kind of item it is, but I’ll take it gratefully.”
Yurnet smiled at her eyes.
From the look on her face, she seems to know everything.
[Is that woman a master? Amkenna? That coward!]
Just then, the fairy’s gaze turned.
Frey flew in, sprinkling stardust and circled around her.
[Hmm.]
“Oh hello.”
[Yes, this is it. joy! How much Loki suffered because of him.]
“I’m sorry about that.”
[What happened? I’m merciful, so I’ll take a look. After all, this body is not the slave fairy it used to be! Don’t mess with it just because it’s small!]
“yes….”
[Ah, don’t let Loki go! By the way, the seat on my shoulder is my exclusive seat… Kyaaak!]
Han picked up Frey’s wings and flung them behind her.
The fairy flew round and round.
“…”
Amkena looked around the parking lot.
No one else was seen.
That said, there was a concealment barrier, so she couldn’t be noticed by the general public.
Everyone was gathered.
All the heroes belonging to Valhalla.
The only thing that is not is me, an ordinary earthling.
‘This atmosphere.’
I think I know it even if I don’t say it.
they will leave
to where you originally came from.
“Master Amkena.”
“yes?”
Siris has arrived.
“Once again, I would like to thank you for your help.”
“I didn’t do anything.”
“You are too humble. It would be really dangerous if it wasn’t for you.”
“He had the talent of a warrior. I commend you for that.”
Ridigion said.
Nihaku raised his hand.
“It was so cool. Open especially at the end, the rift in the universe!”
“Ugh…”
Her face flushed.
She must have been watching the whole scene.
“If there is anything you want from us, let’s do it as a reward.”
“The case is fine. Because I already got it.”
“Ah, those stocks and cryptocurrency bankbooks and building certificates. It’s a pity you still haven’t written it.”
Amkena laughed at Yurnet’s words.
“If I need money urgently, I will use it.”
I don’t think that day will ever come.
“Mrs. Amkena.”
Eunet opened her mouth.
“yes.”
“We are now going back to Valhalla.”
“I guess so.”
“Not only that.”
Yurnet’s face hardened.
“I will close the portal to Earth.”
“…yes?”
“This time, that chaotic entity… I said its name was Niall. It was through that gate that Niall came easily to Earth.”
Yurnet said.
The passage connecting Mobius and Earth was dug a long time ago during the development of Pick Me Up.
The passage was only able to be connected using enormous energy as power.
“Now we want to close that door again. Do you know why?”
Close the door.
The reason.
“Is it for me?”
“yes. Because you can’t cause trouble twice. The same thing could happen the next time you leave a passageway.”
“…”
“Not just to close it, but to break it down. so that no one can get through. If they were to force it through, they would have to radiate enough interference that we would notice.”
Yurnet drives a wedge.
“This is the last time we come to Earth. Even if circumstances arise and we have to open the door, it may take decades of earthly years.”
I see
Amkena immediately understood.
It’s a complete goodbye.
“okay.”
After they leave, the passage connecting Earth and Mobius is closed.
You cannot go back and forth between the two worlds.
Even if you connect the aisle, it will take a long time.
At that time, it is unknown whether Amkena and her party will meet intact.
“This is the end.”
“I only met Amkena-sama in person twice. Enjoyed. If we met in a little more peaceful situation, we would have had a more valuable time. Too bad.”
“are you okay. It was fun though.”
Yurnet bowed her head.
so does everyone else.
Say hello in different ways.
“I salute you for your courage.”
Siris.
“then.”
Lydigion.
“Be healthy, Master.”
Aaron.
“It was fun! I hope to play again next time!”
Nihaku.
“Good luck.”
to Yunet.
After greeting each other, head down the stairs to the airship.
[now! Ride red and red! Because we’re leaving!]
Ugh!
The airship started to tremble slowly.
The last one left was Han Israt.
He stared at it as he rolled the worn warhorse statue in his hand.
“…are you not going?”
“I’m thinking about it for a moment.”
“what?”
“Hmm. well.”
A look to remember something.
Amkena had no idea what he was thinking.
“one.”
He saw Amkena.
A cold gaze that made my body tremble just by meeting it.
But it contains the human heart.
Amkena, who watched everything, finally knew it.
“You can’t lose to them.”
“I said something.”
“I’ll cheer you on here.”
maybe they
From the moment I return to the end of existence, I will live my whole life in battle and war.
But it’s not bad.
It’s not all bad.
Because I have colleagues and friends.
And the same goes for Amkena herself.
In the meantime, she wasn’t fighting.
She idly surrendered her body to the passing years and lived as she pleased.
Life is like that, she gave up.
‘I’m going to try fighting too.’
Fighting isn’t just about wielding a sword and shooting.
For example, forcing yourself to wake up in the morning when you want to sleep more.
Stop eating what you want to eat more of.
Gather up the courage to exercise and find a hobby.
There are too many other things to count.
It is to fight the monotonous and drowsy daily life.
Wouldn’t it be possible to live a richer life?
It was also a fierce struggle.
Decorating the inorganic gray life colorfully and splendidly.
Life can change with just that little courage.
Just like a few years ago, she took her annoyance and turned on her smart phone and installed a game called ‘Pick Me Up’.
With just a little bit of courage
You may be able to create memories that will brighten your life.
so.
“…hi.”
Amkena said.
Just like that time at her meeting a few years ago.
It was the same back then.
I had a lot to say, but in the end I said very little.
It’s still the same now.
Amkena learned all about Pick Me Up.
She was thus able to understand why Han came out like that.
She could see why she was trying to distance herself.
she was caring
He knew it a long time ago.
that the road to each other is different.
One Israt is Valhalla.
Amkena Earth.
The lives of two people who draw parallel lines are not suitable for each other.
There was once a miracle and they were only briefly connected through a game called Pick Me Up.
Today, the string of miracles has been completely severed.
The two go their separate ways toward different goals in life.
“Goodbye.”
Han replied.
Then I turned around and climbed the stairs.
Soon the figure was hidden by the railing and was not visible.
clap.
Soon the mechanical stairs folded and the airship began to emerge.
‘End with this.’
The Adventures of Master Amkenna
said the end
Again she becomes an ordinary earthling and she has to live her daily life.
Even if it’s not special, that peaceful daily life.
If you look for it, there will be something shining even in this daily life.
All this while she was just ignoring it.
‘Let’s find it.’
To live a little more worthwhile.
to live hard.
You will have more fun living.
Boooooong!
The airship gradually gains altitude.
The heroes on deck were nowhere to be seen.
‘but.’
Let that sight be covered
She couldn’t stop crying.
‘I was going to talk,’ she said.
No words came out.
I couldn’t say anything.
Had I not had the courage?
The moment she tried to put those words into her mouth.
The moment I want to ask you to take me there too.
came to mind
her mother’s face.
The smiles of friends.
Jinho’s grunting voice, like his younger brother.
precious time spent on Earth.
‘To me… to me…’
leave all that behind
I didn’t have the courage to go forward…
But all are precious.
My family, friends and relatives are just as important to me as I cherish my relationship at Pick Me Up.
therefore.
“…black.”
let’s bury
With precious and nostalgic memories.
Still, as a treasure that brightened up a chapter in her life.
When a crisis strikes in your life someday.
When you want to give up everything.
The memories of her now will give her strength.
One step of the man who did not give up despite her hardships and unreasonableness will give her courage once more.
“…”
away
The large airship gradually moves away and becomes smaller little by little.
Memories of her go up to the sky.
A story that happened in the game called Pick Me Up.
But the story wasn’t actually a game.
This is the story of people fighting endlessly.
only she knows
A story you can’t tell anyone.
go away
The airship disappears as a star in the orange twilight.
She watched the airship recede from her blurred vision.
‘Should I… go home.’
My mother would nag her, asking why I didn’t go to her company.
I don’t want to think about anything today.
i just want to sleep
You’ll be fine after a good night’s sleep.
everything will be fine
She turned her head.
That moment.
charrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
A chain extending from somewhere bound her body.
“Meat?!”
There was no time to come to my senses.
She was pushed up like a carp on a hook.
“Aaaaaaa!”
to the sky.
up to the sky.
A strong wind hitting the whole body.
The distant city scenery dances in all directions.
“uh?”
thud!
When she came to her senses, she hit her buttock on the deck of the non-justice.
“uh? uh huh?”
Her head doesn’t work.
An unexpected sight came into her eyes.
On the deck of a small airship.
Han and colleagues are standing in a line.
I saw a carrier bag left open on one side of the deck.
There is nothing to see in its contents.
It was a collection of warhorse statues she had carved by herself one by one.
They were filling the inside of the carrier.
“…”
Han’s gaze, which had been looking down at her suitcase, turned to her.
‘what?’
eyes never seen.
like glowing.
something burning.
“Is it you?”
Han said in an emotionless voice.
She sat bewildered.
It was a parking lot just a moment ago.
In an instant she was dragged onto the non-fair.
“Were these made by you?”
Han asks.
she replied in bewilderment.
“I made it myself, but…”
“is it.”
Han closed her eyes.
“Weren’t the things you saw back then an illusion?”
rattle.
Close the carrier with the han open and lock it tightly.
She then looked down at her and she said.
“You go with me.”
It was a strong tone.
“master. Didn’t you ask to leave Amkena alone?”
Yurnet tilted her head.
Han answered briefly.
“I have changed my mind.”
“what. What kind of change of heart will it be?”
Originally, Han wasn’t even curious about the contents of her bag.
Then suddenly Yurnet opened her suitcase while looking at her presents.
“Whoop whoop…”
Yurnet laughed grimly.
“uh? uh huh?”
“Answer?”
Her gaze turns to her again.
She was opening her mouth with her eyes round.
“Answer… to say.”
Yournet explained.
“The Master just made a decision. I will take Amkena to Valhalla.”
“Yes?”
no?
Were you preparing to let go just a moment ago?
why is the situation
“That’s a bit! I have a family at home…! I didn’t hear anything…!”
“Don’t worry. We have prepared a letter that Amkena’s family and acquaintances can understand. Prepare the appropriate reasons and justifications.”
“What did you say?”
such absurd.
“If you are bothered. Valhalla will give you a chance to contact us. Even though the direct passage is closed, communication is still possible. Is it possible to make video calls or text messages? Could you please explain in detail there?”
“What are you trying to explain?”
“Well, there was an emergency and I had no choice but to leave here.”
“How are you going to explain it?”
The reason why I had to run away and disappear suddenly one day.
If she said something like Pick Me Up or Valhalla, she would be treated like a psychopath.
How are you going to convince me?
“More than that… I!”
My family without me.
Mom is!
Jinho!
Friends!
company!
No, why come up with a company!
“The property in Amkena’s name has already been transferred to the family. It will be better than rotting away.”
She was dumbfounded.
It’s as if this was all worked out beforehand.
She staggered to her feet.
The situation didn’t quite reach her head.
She was preparing to say goodbye, but suddenly she was kidnapped here. What should she go to Valhalla?
“I am….”
“Do you like it?”
Han asks.
She answered the direct question
She was at a loss for what to say.
“If you don’t like it, don’t put it down. I have no intention of forcing it.”
Just like that.
The airship stands still for a moment.
“…”
She looked around her.
Everyone, including Han, was waiting for her answer.
‘What are you saying?’
I was determined.
come back now
To me this…
“no?”
Han asks again.
“Yeah!”
What I don’t like.
I don’t really hate it… but.
Maybe not.
It could be something like this.
There’s no way he’ll just walk away like this.
To abandon everything on earth and leave without shame or greetings…
[master.]
That moment.
Someone’s voice echoed in her head.
It was a direct voice.
[Sometimes you need to be pure for your own happiness.]
It was Aaron.
As she laughed, he was telling her in her mind.
[Choose. In order not to have bigger regrets in the future.]
my future.
[Of course, you will regret it no matter which one you choose. But we must move on. What the Master really wants. Follow the voice of your heart.]
“…”
[That is the teaching my teacher left behind.]
Aaron’s words are over.
‘What I really want.’
It makes no sense.
It was absurd.
She already knew.
This is stupid.
To leave everything in life and walk away.
You will definitely regret it later.
It’s just a fleeting wind.
‘But still, I am.’
It is not explained.
why do you want it
I couldn’t give a good reason.
It was a blind impulse.
‘still….’
If you ask me if I don’t like it.
“…no.”
she replied lightly.
“Can’t you hear me well?”
says Han.
Even though she already heard the answer.
She got a bit nauseous and said it out loud.
“I don’t… I don’t!”
I can’t say it’s very good.
Say it like that.
“Then it’s decided.”
Han smiles.
“Don’t leave. Increase your speed.”
Whoops!
The airship, which had stopped for a while, started to start again.
The distant scenery of Seoul was reflected under the railing.
‘I’m leaving.’
like this.
like this?
“Oh and.”
“uh?”
“What is your name?”
She was bewildered.
She suddenly asks for your name.
In the meantime, you’ve been calling Amkenani Master and whatever you want.
But she noticed right away.
She was no longer Amkena.
The adventure of Amkena, the master of Pick Me Up, has just ended.
so
The adventure that begins now needs a different name.
“My name is….”
she said.
her own true name.
not out of nowhere
Her true name given to her by her parents.
“I’ll call you that from now on.”
“…huh.”
“Don’t think that your future path will be easy. If you can’t pay for the meal, I’ll kick you out right away.”
“okay! All you have to do is make an infinite number of warhorse statues!”
she nodded her head.
Han frowned.
“Besides that, there must be a lot to do as a native of Earth.”
“So you don’t need a statue?”
“…”
Han was silent.
Also, she was sure.
One Israt said that she was very fond of the warhorse statue from the first time I met her.
And the airship finally becomes a star in the sky
It started to take her to places she had never reached before.
beyond the future.
[Pick me up! Amkena Side Story] finished