"Miss. Kim Iseul?"
Iseul bobbed her head up to find a middle-aged man standing in front in a blue uniform. The officer took off his head with hands folded in front, "I am sorry about what happened to your grandfather." He gave her his condolences, face firm and stern. Fake condolences. That's what humans were most capable of; faking it.
"What can I help you with, officer?" Iseul calmly remarked, keeping her head up matching the man's gaze.
"At the time of the attack, you were the only one present. The surveillance cameras suddenly went out of order. Can you tell us what happened?" The officer directly inquired. Officer Kavinsky had been in the task force for over a decade now; he had seen unhinged murders, criminals and horror unknown to the common public yet this young girl in her late teens was making him unsettled.
Such a calm and logical response after what had gone through. A decapitated grandfather and heavily injured brother just moments after she had woken up from a coma. That wasn't enough; her mother had died in a sinkhole accident. Any sane person would go insane.
"I felt unconscious. When I woke up again, they were like that and I called for the nurse." In an even tone, Iseul stated. Her raven eyes stared at his black shoes, lost in thought. Officer Kavinsky watches her intently from head to toe, her fingers clasping with quivered lips. The blood-stained hands trembled slightly at her answer. It said more than her words. She was hiding it.
Officer Kavinsky sighed, sitting down by her side. "We will protect your brother and you. He is safe now."
Iseul couldn't help but sneer at his remark. Does he even understand his words? How easy to say but all fake. Protections can only be given when they know their enemy. The underestimation of the enemy was astounding. Even if it wasn't some character from her book, a man was murdered in a hospital in broad daylight. It was a serious offence.
"How will you protect him? Put me in jail?" Isuel raised a brow, with a scowl. There was no protection or safety until she ended what she started.
Officer Kavinsky noticed how her demure changed as if the act had suddenly dropped. A chill crept down his spine. The girl was not just a normal teenager, she was a monster. The unhinged cold eyes and face provoked him.
Officer Kavinsky kept his calm and continued asking, "No, I just wish to know what happened. Only then can I help." He remarked, voice even.
"If I say a monster appeared out of nowhere and killed my grandpa and hurt my brother. Will you believe it ?" Iseul asked, her eyes this time staring at the man's face.
He seemed to be in mid forties. A few grey hairs tweaked out of his dark hair. Clean and polished uniform, not even a hint of disorder. He fits in the standard of the normal world. While she was an anomaly, she couldn't hope for him to understand the absurdity of the monster born from her book causing this. In the end, it was her fault.
Officer Kavinsky remained quiet, his brows furrowed at her words. Monster? What was she? A toddler? How can a teenager say such stuff? There was suspicion that it was Iseul who did it. Even though it might be not true the circumstances point that way and her excuse of a monster wasn't going to help.
Iseul saw his face and it said it all. He didn't believe it. If he believed that would be strange. She sighed, "It was my fault, officer. I did it. I wanted to protect my brother from danger." Iseul leaned back on her chair. Her eyes stared into the operation theatre her brother was in. As long as Jaehyun was fine, she could figure something out. Her going to jail might work in her favour. He will no longer be connected to her or the other world.
Officer Kavinsky heaved out. There was more than what met the eyes but the kid in front of him will never spill. She was not what met the eyes.
"If you accept it, you will be facing the charges of murder." He clearly stated, waiting to see any kind of remorse.
"I accept but I just have one request: I wish to visit my old house once," Iseul remarked.
Officer Kavinsky's brows furrowed at the sudden mention of the house. He had forgotten that angle. The mother's death was caused by a sinkhole. Before the incident, there are reports of Iseul fighting with her mother and leaving the house. There were multiple reports of her having a bad relationship with her brother. To the point it could be considered emotional and verbal abuse, if she hated her brother so much why protection? What if it was all part of the plan?
Iseul might have always wished to get rid of her brother and she might have done it now. No one doubts a patient who just woke up from a coma and was vulnerable. Suddenly everything clicked for the officer. She was not just a teenager. She was the monster she remarked.
"Of course. Do you wish to visit now?" Officer Kavinsky kept a stern face not trying to show it on his face. He still hadn't found the murder weapon and how she committed it. It was still surreal to believe she caused such a crime.
"Yes.Though I wish to pass a note to my brother." Iseul let out a polite smile, standing up from the chair. Every action of hers was done leisurely as if she had dropped the act of being vulnerable.
Officer Kavinsky noticed everything suddenly and a chill passed down his spine. She was like a monster without those masks protecting her. The face of a killer. A psychopath.
"Ah also officer, can I have some food on the way? I haven't had real food in two months."