Kofi thanks to: Flowersky
cw: violence and mutilation
It seemed like the adults had taken the children away in advance to prepare for an unexpected incident. The nanny closed her eyes tightly and looked away, pretending not to see the two children. As she was about to go down, Cheongyeon grabbed the nanny’s shoulder.
“S- someone just screamed. I’m scared, nanny.”
“We have to go quickly too. If we get caught, Arduran won’t let us go.”
Aduran, the owner of Cheonghwa Town, was a superstitious believer, so he always had an old fortuneteller by his side. The reason why the survivors of the 11 continents were massacred was probably due to the fortune teller’s tellings.
Argh!
Another scream broke out nearby. That was when the nanny took off her shaky feet in a hurry to run away. Just at that moment, a man cut away the thick brush with a large knife and discovered the nanny and Cheongyeon. He took off the hood of the robe that covered his entire body.
“What, you’re Hwayun, aren’t you?”
The man with the dreadlocks tilted his head towards her.
“Y- yes! This is Hwayun, from the flower shop. Please don’t hurt me.”
“Why are you here?”
The nanny hugged Cheongyeon tighter, her face turning white.
“I came to pick herbs, but I was startled by the sound of gunfire and was heading down.”
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Hmm, the man cried out in his throat and looked at the nanny and Cheongyeon. Then he scratched his forehead with his hand holding the knife.
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“The boss told me to kill all witnesses.”
“I won’t tell anyone! Please just spare our lives. Please…”
The nanny slowly lowered Cheongyeon she was holding and pushed him behind her. In his fright, Cheongyeon trembled slightly as he looked at the man holding the knife soaked in his blood. At that moment, something flew through the air. Swish! At the same time as there was a dull sound, the nanny convulsed loudly.
Cheongyeon held his nanny’s waist tightly and raised his head. Rainwater rushed into his wide-open eyes. The knife with which he had cut off the bush was stuck in his nanny’s chest.
“N- nanny.”
Cheongyeon met her gaze. The vitality in the nanny’s eyes, which had always shone brightly, was fading away.
Ugh… Red blood burst from her mouth as she coughed. She tried to protect Cheongyeon somehow even when a knife was inserted into her heart, but she soon collapsed in front of him, making the knife to sink deeper.
“Nanny… nanny…!”
Cheongyeon sobbed and cried out. With a thud, the man who kicked her body took out the sword from his chest and placed it on his shoulder. He then looked down at Cheongyeon who was holding his nanny, trembling like an aspen.
“Ha, shit. Even so, it is humanely wrong to kill a child.”
The man crouching in front of Cheongyeon wiped his rain-soaked forehead.
“Little one, I’ll kill you in one shot so you won’t be in pain, so don’t complain too much.”
Having said that, the man extended his hand towards Cheongyeon’s neck. Dark blood spread again in Cheongyeon’s sight as he sobbed.
“Ugh!”
To his surprise, there was suddenly a blade the size of a hand’s span stuck in the man’s neck. The man wrapped his arms around his stabbed neck, but more blood than rain poured down between his fingers. Cheongyeon looked at the man with his bewildered eyes at the sudden change in situation. It turned out to be one of the children hiding his body in the bushes. Taking advantage of the man’s crouching position, he had plunged the knife into his neck.
One child, with yellow eyes shining, dodged the man who tried to swing his knife, and another child stuck a knife in the man’s thigh. Nevertheless, he gritted his teeth and stood up, trying his best to get rid of at least one guy. Suddenly, plant stems rose from the dirt and became entangled in his man’s feet and calves. The man, blood gushing from his neck, collapsing.
The child, whose eyes were bewildered by the withered body, took advantage of the opportunity to repeatedly stab the man in the neck with a knife. Although they were still children, their movements were agile. They were like animals lurking in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to attack.
While the children butchered the adult, Cheongyeon hugged the cold body of his nanny and wept breathlessly. The child who first stabbed the man in the neck then approached Cheongyeon.
[Sorry, you should have killed that guy.]
To Cheongyeon, it was his first time hearing this language. He could only keep shaking his head, covering his mouth and sobbing, for if he cried loudly, the other minions of Arduran might come.
The child picked up the large sword that the now-dead man had used. Then, he cut off the wrists of the corpse. As if it was too much for his strength, he trampled his hands with his feet and stabbed several times. Finally, he lifted the ax from the man’s waist and slashed his tattered wrists repeatedly. The child held out the completely severed wrist to Cheongyeon.
[Where I came from, if you take the hands of your enemy, you were said to have succeeded in getting revenge. Here, take it.]
Appalled, Cheongyeon convulsed and fell on his butt. Perhaps because he was worried that he would scream, the child covered Cheongyeon’s mouth with his bloody hand.
[Let’s go quickly, we have to get out before it’s too late.]
The child who threw the wrist in response to the other child’s words pulled out the knife that was stuck in the man’s neck. The child looked back at Cheongyeon and then ran in the direction of the dock. Even after they left, Cheongyeon only held his nanny’s body and cried.
“Nanny… nanny.”
Cheongyeon thought that he and his nanny would be together for the rest of their lives. Although they didn’t have anything like other people, he was happy just to sleep in his small room, hugging each other. However, the life of the person he loved disappeared because of a mere blade.
Now he had no one. Cheongyeon, clutching his nanny’s shirt soaked in blood, buried his face in his arms and sobbed. As the young child’s sorrow spread throughout Cheonghwa Town, the land covering the mountain began shaking like an earthquake out of nowhere.
The ground where Cheongyeon had collapsed crackled with a loud noise, and tree roots soaked in rainwater rose up all at once. Dozens of roots approached as though they had their own will and carefully wrapped the nanny’s body. The roots dragged her into the torn earth. Meanwhile, Cheongyeon did not hold on to his nanny leaving his own arms. He just watched with his face all wet, for it was this sight that he saw when his mother died.
The plants of the earth wiped away her blood on behalf of Cheongyeon, returning her body to the earth, the beginning and end of her life. The thick trees bent their body and blocked the rain from hitting the delicate child mercilessly.
On the other hand, unlike his nanny, the man’s body was torn into pieces by the tree roots tightening and squeezing. Soon a creeper with a enormous mouth burst out from under the ground and swallowed the corpse without leaving a single trace.
Cheongyeon sobbed as he looked at the earthen tomb rising from the arrangement of plants. While sending the nanny away, a loud roar drew Aduran’s men. However, they couldn’t lay even a single finger on Cheongyeon.
The stems that climbed up the bodies of the underlings crushed every single bone in their bodies, and those who had slaughtered others became prey and screamed as one. Dreadful screams rang out everywhere, but Cheongyeon never looked back at them.
‘Aduran killed nanny. I… wish Aduran was dead!’
The entire land of Cheonghwa Town was shaken by the strong emotions of the Hwa clan.
That day, in the Marine Building where Cheonghwa Town’s boss was located, a huge, unidentified tree grew through the building out of nowhere. The boss Aduran died after being impaled by the growing tree, and the fortune teller also died instantly after their back was snapped by the tree.
Cheongyeon’s dark brown hair turned ashy, and his brown eyes, which were soft as tree trunks, also faded and became dull.
Cheonghwa Town was thrown into confusion as the ground shook as though it might sink at any moment. Through the earthquake, the ground sank a little more, and the flower shop sank to the lowest point submerged in water. Vines gathered around the unconscious Cheongyeon and laid his small body on top. The trees all put up umbrellas to prevent raindrops from seeping in. The pillar of Cheonghwa Town, who lost consciousness for such a long time, was able to survive safely under the care of plants.
It was only a long time later that he heard that Aduran had died, but he did not know why the huge tree had grown through the Marine Building. More than half of his memories were lost due to the great shock.
On the contrary, the two children who were survivors from the 11th Continent were able to escape Cheonghwa Town safely thanks to the chaos of that day.
Thanks for the chapter!
So I’m guessing one of the kids is ML and the other is Tae Cheonoh? I wonder if they connected the island going crazy with kid MC at all?
there is no second love interest
Oh no, I meant I was guessing one of the two kids in the chap is Tae Muwon, the ML and the other kid in the chapter was Tae Cheonoh, cause of the golden eyes. I didn’t mean a second ML.
Oh, so the ML and his brother save the MC and he inadvertently saves them back? I really like this story. Yes, the ML is a d*ck and it’s gritty and rough around the edges, but it’s interesting. And I love stories where people are connected to nature. Thanks for the chapters!! 💜💜💜
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First the shared back story, second the setting and lore is so freaking cool and unique!
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This is one of the most interesting chapters of the novel, it’s really good!