I opened my eyes slowly, it was bright and beautiful, it was like a cave. Haikumi lets go of my hands finally, but I couldn't see her anywhere. I called her name so many times, but no response. I couldn't help but observe the beauty of the cave.
The light was coming from above, the sunbeam on the rocks which made it glitter. There were vains with bright colorful flowers on the walls. I couldn't believe there was a beautiful place that my eyes could see some day.
While looking around, I started hearing sounds of running water, then decided to follow it and saw small stairs at at the Conner. The stairs were narrow, the walls were so clear like rear glass. I wondered what was down there.
I started going down the stairs as the running water got louder, but I couldn't help looking at my reflection on the wall, it was like someone was staring at me, it was a lady with red hair. I went clear, and she came closer, we basically were doing the same thing, as if looking at my reflection.
Haikumi: min-hyun... Kim min-hyun? what are you doing there? Come down here.
I finally reached the end of the stairs, and saw a water fall. It was small and the water sparked.
Haikumi, where are you?, I said.
I stood in front of the water fall and noticed someone walking out from behind the water fall.
It was a naked lady with white hair. That face, that slender body was the same as the lady in my dream, it was the lady from my dream.
*From chapter 3-4*
That's when I saw her – a beautiful lady with long white hair standing in front of a towering mirror. The room was shrouded in darkness, but she radiated a majestic glow.
She grasped my arms then smiled at me,her smile gleaming like a child reunited with her favorite lost treasure. "I... I have been waiting for you," she whispered, her voice barely audible._
"I have been waiting for you," she said, her hands trembling as she grasped my arms. Her grip was tight, and I struggled to free myself. It didn't feel like she was letting go any sooner.
*At the water fall* _At the water fall_
I still remember everything, her skin, the way she looked at me.
You..you , I said. I stood there staring at her. I couldn't say anything, why was she in front of me again, worst of all naked looking, all breath taking.
You admire me, don't you? I can't help recognizing that appearance when someone looks at me. It's really sad that I can't see my reflection, she said.
No, no I… well, my words mumbled. Where's Haikumi? I asked.
With a disappointed face, she looked at me and said, min-hyun it's me, Haikumi. A dumb one, ain't you? I told you in the forest that little girl is the form the forest makes you be, we are no longer there.
Did she just call me dumb? Anyone in my shoes right now would ask that question. The fact that I don't know where I was pisses me off, but if this could explain why I was seeing and hearing things, then I need to know why me, I needed my old life back badly.
My thoughts- I dare not say that out loud.
Hey...you.. Haikumi, don't call me dumb, I said out loud.
The way she looked at me was scary. I had a feeling not to cross her again.
What do you mean by not being able to see your own reflection? I asked.
I traded so many things while I was here for 2000 years.
2000years!? Was that why you looked so sad in my dream or whatever that was, I said.
She walked out of the pool and, automatically, the same dress I was wearing appeared on her body. She walked right up to me, I couldn't believe such beauty stood in front of me.
Do you still remember what I said to you in your dream? She asked
Haikumi, you said lots of things to me. Which one do you mean? I asked, but the look she gave me was as if a bag of wasabi had just spoken. I could tell she called me dumb again in her thoughts.
With that same face she says, we are one, min-hyun we are one.
How's that possible? I said
Half of my soul was taken away from me, so I wouldn't be able to reincarnate and you are standing in front of me. Do you know what it means? she grabbed my arms the same way she did when she saw me on our first meeting and gave that eerie smile and said, My blood runs deep inside you min-hyun, every bit of you belongs to me. Finding you was what I had been doing for years, with you, I can reincarnate and claim my right, my right to be an immortal demon and kill all my enemies' blood lines.
Her grip was tight and painful, she spoke in rage. I could feel the place shaking as she kept talking. The beautiful water fall turned to blood and the vain on the wall with bright colorful flowers began to dry up. It was as if an earthquake was about to happen. That's the reason why you never felt complete in your life, she said, I see it and I feel it, there's a dark hole in your chest. Do you know why? It's me it wants, she said as she took one of her hands away from my arm and a finger ran through my hair to the back of my ear.
I tried to push her away but couldn't. She was too strong. Suddenly a hand from beside us held Haikumi's hands and said, look what you have done.
The voice. I couldn't help but recognize the voice.
Haikumi finally let go of me and I fell on the floor, the place stopped shaking, and the place returned to normal, but the next thing haikumi said made me shocked.
Gummy bear, Haikumi said.
It was Go-hey-shin standing there as Haikumi embraced him. He looked down at me, smirked and said," Finally, am all yours.