(Point de vue: Yun Seo)
The air was colder outside.
I moved a few meters away from the cave before stopping.
Inside, the heat had become stifling. Perhaps it was simply fatigue. From the tower, I felt as if each breath was becoming increasingly difficult.
I looked up at the sky.
Always the same grey.
No sun.
No stars.
Even the sky seemed to have forgotten how to get out of this game.
Bip !
A vibration against my wrist brought me back to reality.
I lowered my sleeve.
[CONTINUE] .
One word.
I didn't need to see the name.
I no longer even bothered to understand his hallucinations.
I deleted the message immediately.
Since we had left the tower, Seo Hwan had given me no further instructions.
Just wait.
Observer.
Keep Ji-Yunwoo at a distance.
I thought I had succeeded.
Yet...
I turned around.
He was still sitting.
Alone.
His silhouette was faintly outlined.
He didn't speak to anyone.
I don't think he slept either.
His gaze was fixed on me.
I immediately looked away.
Something about the way he looked at me made me uncomfortable.
I turned my attention to something else.
Far from here.
Then my fingers tightened.
I wanted to leave.
Did I do the right thing?
It's wrong, it's a sin, did I make the right choice?
It's not that serious, I didn't hurt him.
Ji-Yunwoo stopped trying to join us.
Have I gone too far?
Strangely, it hurt less when he insisted on staying with us.
I crouch down near a piece of stone.
My fingers absentmindedly drew a line in the dust.
I had received orders to isolate him.
That was all.
No complicated lies.
No spectacular trap.
All that was needed was to let the others keep their distance.
All that was needed was to let him believe that his presence was a nuisance.
It wasn't terrible.
I pressed my lips together.
I should have replaced Jae.
That, at least, was true.
His suffering was not staged.
Neither did his tremors.
I could have freed myself from some sin.
Her fingers were hooked on my sleeve.
His fear of opening his eyes again.
He wasn't acting when he asked me not to let him down.
Perhaps that was what bothered me the most.
That would have saved me from obeying Seo Hwan.
I sadly lowered my head.
A new vibration.
This time, I didn't even look.
I already knew.
Then I heard footsteps.
I turn around.
Ji-Yunwoo out of the frame.
He stops a few meters from me.
I'm not moving.
Neither did he.
For a few seconds, we look at each other without saying anything.
Then I asked him:
– Are you alright?
He shook his head.
– Non.
His voice was low.
Lower than usual.
Then I noticed her hands.
They were trembling slightly.
– Are you hurt?
– Non.
The response was immediate.
Too immediate.
I cleared my throat and moved away a little.
– So why are you trembling?
He looked at his hands.
Her fingers closed slowly.
– Fatigue.
I did not reply.
I raised my eyebrows
I didn't know why.
But he seemed ill.
I get up and dust off my hands.
– You should sleep.
But He fixed His eyes on mine
- And you ?
Me?
– You should sleep too.
A faint smile appeared on my lips.
– I'm quite rested, it's fine.
- Really ? .
Silence.
It was very disturbing, especially the way he said it.
I don't understand his delusion.
– You're worrying for nothing
Ji-Yunwoo looked away as if he were watching his back.
- Yes yes.. .
That was not an answer.
But I didn't insist.
I was just looking for a way to get through.
– I'm going to leave you.
He did not reply.
I walked past him without taking my eyes off him.
– I'm going.
This time, his gaze seemed to relax, but he was still staring at me for just as long.
Something passed through her eyes.
An emotion so fleeting that I can't even name it.
Then his face became perfectly calm again.
– You can leave.
I frowned.
- All right….
He took a step.
I'm backing away
Then another one.
He was walking towards me.
Instinctively, I stepped back again.
He stopped.
– Why are you backing away?
I didn't know.
It was ridiculous. I should have just turned around and left.
It was Ji-Yunwoo.
A member of our team.
Someone who, despite his strange behavior, had never tried to hurt me.
I shook my head slightly.
- I don't know.
He lowered his eyes.
Then his hand disappeared behind his back.
My heart sank, but I pretended not to have seen anything.
- What are you doing ?
I couldn't answer.
I just stepped back.
This time, my back hit a plank, I was refusing to turn my back on it and continued backwards.
– hum …
I instinctively looked for the way.