I'm still alive

When I checked my watch, I had about 10 minutes left until I got off school. I was waiting for Chae-yeon and her children to leave school at a quiet shabby school gate, and my hands were always full of snacks for the children to eat.

After a long time, I cleaned up my beard and hair neatly. And I took off my shabby duty clothes and wore a neat suit that silver-rimmed glasses had prepared for me. A suit I don't even remember when I wore it, I had to toss and turn for a while, touching that awkward material.

Looking at the windy playground, I slowly fall into thought. There were many takeovers to be received in the future, and dozens of complicated procedures. But let's skip all the explanations and just tell you the results......... I succeeded the head of the dead group and became the head of Eden.

Of course it's been a long story that can't be written on this little piece of paper now, but I and you who are reading it know how hard and hard this journey has been. I wanted to tell you that I feel new, not just the pride that I've reached a great position.

The cold wind flutters the suit I wore. The high-end shoes I was wearing were uncomfortable, and my whole body was so awkward that I didn't know how to position myself. However, I was able to realize that I had reached a new space and people.

It's heavy. It's burdensome. I could see a little bit of what it felt like to have the sublime and mission that the group leader always emphasized. I slowly opened my eyes between the wind and looked at the school where the door opened.

Dangling, dangling.

There were small bells at the school building door that did not know who had installed them. Whenever the wind blew or the door opened, I would always ring with a clean and cute sound, but every time I visited, I thought it was a really good bell. I put down a bunch of snacks packed on the floor, quietly chasing the bells, and fixed my eyes on the pouring children as the doors opened.

There was no need for anyone to go first. I quickly found my children in the pouring crowd, and I noticed at a glance that they had changed a lot. My heart beats slowly. And my cold wind warmed my cold skin. The sound of Chae-yeon calling me over there is ringing.

'Daddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

Chae-yeon was running towards this side holding her shoe pocket tightly to see what was so urgent. Then our children, who were around them, began to run in a hurry, and welcomed me back to Eden with a bright smile. The bells jingle. And so bright the sun came out and began to warm up the children. I smile brightly after a long time, with my arms outstretched just like the children.

'Daddy!'

Chae-yeon, who was running in the front, flew like a flying squirrel and hugged me. Since when have you become so fast and brave? I screamed under Chae-yeon, who was heavier than before, and held the child tightly in my arms around her. You're growing day by day. Although it was only a short time, Chae-yeon was growing up as an ordinary girl, shedding all her pain and pain.

Did you eat well? You don't fight with your friends, do you?’

When I was working for a long time, I couldn't understand when I saw the seniors around my daughters. But every time I saw Chae-yeon, who has been getting brighter day by day, I finally began to understand her seniors. Chae-yeon kept her face from my arms, nodding her head repeatedly to the question I was asking. I could feel the power of the child holding me tightly in his arms and chest.

Did you worry a lot?’

I felt as much time as the little force applied to my upper body that the child was worried about. I stroked my head with a bitter smile, and the child shook his head with a slight tremor. And after a short time, I can hear Chae-yeon sobbing quietly in my arms.

Yeah, there's no way you weren't worried. He always hides the truth under the pretext of a business trip, but he's not the one who won't notice the scars left on my body. Rumours, and the way people treat me. Chae-yeon would have often shed tears secretly, pretending not to know. I know the mind, so now I am silent and have respected the child's thoughts and consideration.

After a long time like that, the cold wind suddenly lifted my head. Around us, our children gathered and looked at Chae-yeon with bright eyes. Good children who know how to wait for a reunion. I quickly hugged Chae-yeon, feeling a smile coming out of me.

The wind is colder than I thought when the sun comes to twilight. Thinking that I might catch a cold if I stayed here, I took care of each of our children around me and prepared to go home. Yes, the curtain call came down, and the ending of being happy was written. We decided to forget all the painful processes that we have now and focus on the results of meeting again.

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From the next chapter was full of graffiti drawn by Chae-yeon and her children. Perhaps he painted it while he was asleep, but he didn't bother to erase the scribbles and left a trace intact.]

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Open your eyes, young group leader.’

I let out a little moan at the pain of pulling my cheek, and pull the consciousness that had been completely off to the surface. Oh, the first thing I felt as soon as I came to consciousness was a headache and a sick hangover.

I forced myself to open my heavy eyes and looked at the front of the light coming in, and there was an old man looking at me with a sore face. My head hurt enough to make a sound of evil, and my throat and tongue craved for water with a great thirst. The old man speaks to me with a kick in his tongue.

Why did you drink like that yesterday when you didn't usually look at alcohol?’

a constant nagging But the old man handed me a bottle of cool bottled water as if he knew what to find as soon as I woke up. Looking around for water, I hurriedly accepted the bottle and quickly took it to my mouth.

Gulp, gulp.

Severely cold bottled water soothes the boiling stomach with thirst. And when the bottled water was half emptied, the hazy spirit began to clear up little by little. Oh, how much did you drink to lose the film? Suddenly, I felt pathetic about myself.

What about the others?’

I asked, wiping the saliva around my mouth. Then the old man shook his head and looked around as if you were looking for him. Then my short vision began to widen with the returning spirit, and soon made me look around and look around.

And what you can see is literally a mess. Children and adults alike, the party's aftermath of yesterday's party was scattered all over the place and fell asleep. And at that moment, I feel the pressure to hold my leg tight.

‘…….’

As I lowered my gaze, I saw a dragon arm. The guy who stretched out under the bridge rolled all the way here in his sleep. You're smiling stupidly, and you're looking at a dragon hugging my leg......... yesterday's memories pass by my head.

Ha

I burst out laughing, and I took off my socks and put them in the mouth of Yongpal. You're such a jerk. I just remembered the main culprit that made me so drunk yesterday. The dragon-pal, with his smelly socks in his mouth, frowned, and I got up from my seat with a smile. And slowly passes through the fields of the crowd to talk with the old man.

'How's your training?'

He is the only person who couldn't attend the after party. Her face that I've been thinking about all night. I opened the front door and greeted the morning sun, and soon asked for news of her being treated in the hospital room. Then the old man smiled brightly and gave a positive answer.

'He says he's recovering fast. Maybe we can meet by tomorrow, so don't be in such a hurry.'

It's recovering well, there's no word as reassuring me as this short sentence. I stretched loudly in front of the entrance where the sun came in, and recalled her smile, which was dawning before my eyes. You're in a hurry? Yeah, I wanted to meet her as soon as possible and talk a lot.

I tried not to show it, but the old man saw it all. I tried hard to avoid the gaze of the sly old man, and soon drank the bottled water I had in my hand.

'Will you make me some hangover soup?'

'That's enough.'

Yeah, I know I've got a ton of work to do. That's why I threw an empty water bottle into the trash can, taking a joke from an old man who hastened me. I fully enjoyed the moment. It was time to shake off the wine and have a busy morning.

I turned back with the old man and went back into the building, and began walking through the corridor of the central building so familiar. Now it was this building where the heads and executives of the group worked, not the big office. The aftermath of the raid that day was all gone, like the pain of the past.

And the neat, antique interior made me feel refreshed every time I walked down the hall. I opened the door to the head of the group, greeting each guard standing in the hallway.

[Mr. Dong-yoon, did you have a meal?]

When I opened the door, I could smell the fragrant citron, and a voice that would never be heard again came out in the wind. A hazy figure, its intangible figure, was now a trace of a person who had disappeared into the past. I slowly opened my eyes and stared at his empty space, which no longer existed.

And as I walked towards that place, I felt the changed air and air with my skin and mind. Everything has changed. Time in the past was swept away so easily by the surging tide.

As the head of the group sat down where he always sat, he could see the scenery at a glance. A chair in the conference room where the executives were sitting in a row, and a man sitting at the other end. I slowly closed my eyes to see the man disappearing like a haze. And before I could feel the deep aftertaste, the old man who came near my desk said in a twisting voice.

Are you filming a drama now? You have to work. What are you doing?’

There is no romance anyway. But I had no choice but to reply with a scary smile.

'Yes, sir.

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'The place I said yesterday was Park Dae-bak, and he left.’

The old man said to me. Documents fly around in front of one's eyes, and the large map in front of the desk has a thick line drawn by the old man. Park Dae-bak? You probably drank with him yesterday, but he got up earlier than me and left earlier than me.

Originally, it was where I should have been, but Park Dae-bak stopped me, telling me not to be in the front line. And I started there instead of me for the promise I made with Jin Soon.

'Is there no problem?

I asked the old man, just in case. Then the old man snorted and answered with a face, "Are you joking with me now?"

'They're all heavily armed with guns and silencers. And they're big and they're worse than us. They're not less, so don't worry.’

Park Dae-bak and his group. In fact, they are veterans who can team up enough except for our group. And now as the head of the group, he was also a prepared armed man who was included in the rescue team and could be put on another mission.

Park Dae-bak who trusts me especially, Park Dae-bak who believes in me like that kind of Park Dae-bak. The strange bond of unknown origin has brought on the idea that the mission of saving people is enough to be left to them. Of course, the elderly said they had no complaints about the appointment.

And after that, there was silence in the group leader's office for a while. I and the old man were the only ones who used this spacious office, and there was nothing but the sound of handing over documents and the sound of a small breaths inside. I licked my dry lips quietly and glanced over the last document. And he continued to read his mind and eventually told the old man, who couldn't stand it and was concentrating.

Did you see what I gave you yesterday?’

'Uh.'

But the old man answered in such a calm voice, contrary to my feelings. What I gave you yesterday, it was the station woman's personal items caught on the street. Of course, it was limited information as it was only the tip of the iceberg, but it was possible to infer what truth the information was pointing to with just a short piece. I asked the old man in a quivering voice.

How was it?

The old man replied in a calm voice again.

'It was scary.

Contrary to his calm voice, the old man's answer was so plain and straightforward. Yes, the old man is right. I was terrified as soon as I found the information and the truth. The truth is right. The truth is always correct. But the huge truth that came so unexpectedly made one feel scared and frightened.

A situation and future that was totally unexpected. From some point on, the more I sold it, the more I was afraid of the information that would come out. I swallowed my saliva quietly, and the old man said to me, covering the papers.

'Don't go into other people's ears until you're sure.’

I didn't mean to cover up the truth. Because this might be a very good news for others. But it was a fact to reveal when everything was assured, perfectly organized. What the old man is worried about....... It may be people's collective panic and a sense of intense betrayal toward the government.

'I got the right place. It's just outside, so there's less patrol, and it's an area where people don't pass when the sun sets. I'll meet you there tonight.’

It must proceed in secret and in secret. I nodded, and soon hid myself in silence and looked at the document again as if nothing had happened.