Chapter 308
After a short time, the party members managed their equipment while waiting for Kim Dokja . Lee Jihye changed her blade and asked Jung Heewon, "Is Dokja ahjussi being serious? Really destroying Olympus . . . "
"It must be a joke . Dokja-ssi isn't that stupid . "
"Still, we don't know where he has been for three years . Do you know the last three years?"
" . . . I understand . I'm not a fool . "
"We might not know where he has been for three years but if we look at Master . . . "
The speaking Lee Jihye quickly shut her mouth as she felt Yoo Jonghyuk's gaze from a distance . Jung Heewon sighed at Lee Jihye before glancing at the meeting room that Kim Dokja entered .
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Two people were sitting in a private room reminiscent of the reception room of a detention centre .
"It's been three years . "
" . . . It took me longer than I thought . "
Kim Dokja watched Lee Sookyung and locked his lips several times . There were many things to say but some were buried in the layers of scenarios and others were missed by time passing .
"That . . . " In the tomb of a bygone story, a word was barely excavated . "I'm sorry . "
Lee Sookyung smiled and wondered,"Are you thinking of leaving for the next scenario?"
"Yes . "
"When?"
"This evening . " Kim Dokja kept his mouth shut for a moment before asking, "Will you go with me?"
"I still have a lot of work to do here . "
Lee Sookyung gazed out the window at the industrial complex . Kim Dokja followed Lee Sookyung's gaze and looked out the window . They were women who had once been prisoners in this society .
There were Cho Youngran who had Jeon Woochi as her sponsor and Lee Boksoon who fought with him on Fishland .
"There are more people than you think who make the wrong choice because they are attracted to greater power . "
The criminals who left prison were now fighting for people .
"The important thing is that people can change . Perhaps now they are getting the opportunity . "
Lee Sookyung's voice was sneering at herself . Lee Sookyung turned her head and stared into her son's eyes .
"Do you know? A big story is a way to destroy an individual . "
"I know . "
Kim Dokja's eyes shook slightly . Small sparks jumped out from his two eyes . Perhaps it was a topic that shouldn't have been brought up . A human being exterminated by a 'big story . ' Her son probably knew this better than anyone else in the world . Lee Sookyung hesitated for a long time before speaking .
"There is something I want to say . "
"I know . I read it as well . "
The book written by Lee Sookyung, the Underground Killer . Lee Sookyung's book became a bestseller and society started talking about domestic violence in earnest, leading to a bill to strengthen the law on punishment . On the macro level, it might've been the right thing to do .
However, thanks to the story, the humans 'Lee Sookyung' and 'Kim Dokja' were completely dissected .
Kim Dokja became the son of a tragedy caused by domestic violence in this society and Lee Sookyung became a criminal who killed her husband and made it a story . People called them by different names . The son of a murderer or a cruel mother . . . It changed the world only a little bit .
"We were exterminated even before the book came out . Maybe even in the future . . . "
Kim Dokja's words were cut off halfway before the end . Rather than look at each other, they stared out the window .
The world was there . There wasn't anyone who wasn't hurt . On top of the scenario-weary incarnations, the constellations wishing for more terrible stories were shining .
Kim Dokja spoke, "A big story destroying an individual . I'm going to change that . "
"I'm here to change it as well . "
"Then . . . we have to separate here again . "
Kim Dokja stood up and told her, "Be well . "
The door closed and Kim Dokja disappeared . Lee Sookyung silently watched Kim Dokja disappearing through the door . After a while, a shadow emerged from behind a curtain of the meeting room and Han Sooyoung came out . Han Sooyoung watched the door that Kim Dokja had gone through . " . . . He is a grumpy fellow . "
"That's how I raised him . "
At Lee Sookyung's words, Han Sooyoung narrowed her eyes . "Ajumma . Why didn't you tell me?"
"Tell you what?"
"The book . "
Lee Sookyung looked like she didn't know . Han Sooyoung glanced at Lee Sookyung and was oddly incensed .
"I heard about Ahjumma's motives . The earnings from that book, did you send it to your relatives? It supplemented his living expenses . "
"It didn't go to that child so it's like I didn't send it . "
"Where are your relatives now?"
"They are dead by now . "
Han Sooyoung closed her mouth . The previous animosity was pointless after the destruction of the world . All the people who had to pay a price had died comfortably and the rest of the people had to live their lives in a more terrible world .
Han Sooyoung sighed and asked . "By the way, you really aren't coming?"
"I think I have raised my child for too long . It is enough for me to live my life . "
Lee Sookyung's lightly smiling face was wrinkled . One reason why the industrial complex could be safe was Lee Sookyung . The Demon World and Earth . The fact that two different ecosystems could unite safely was possible thanks to the non-discriminatory rule of Lee Sookyung and Yoo Sangah .
Lee Sookyung was a necessary person for the industrial complex .
Han Sooyoung knew it well and turned away without a word . She walked to the door that Kim Dokja had exited through .
Lee Sookyung opened her mouth . "Sooyoung . "
Han Sooyoung raised her hand without looking back . "Don't worry . Leave your son to me . You just―"
"Be careful . "
Han Sooyoung glanced back with a bemused expression . Lee Sookyung was smiling . Her eyes were the same colour as Kim Dokja . Han Sooyoung licked her lips and sighed .
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