There Is No Salvation for Extras

Chapter 77

77 – Because we’ve gone too far

It’s shabby and somewhat eerie, but the wall is full of humanity thanks to the graffiti that appears to have been done by children. The wooden hallways of the orphanage made a creaking sound every time you stepped on the walls and hallways.

“I haven’t prepared anything, but I’m telling you to eat a lot, even though I didn’t prepare it myself.”

“I will eat well.”

“I will eat well…”

In a room in a familiar building that seemed as if it had been taken straight from the past to the present, Hangyeol and Yumi began to eat the lunch box placed in front of them.

“…Not much has changed between the past and present.”

“That’s right. “The building is the same as before – even these lunch boxes were provided by the same source.”

The woman, who was smiling happily, responded while watching them eat, and the two smiled and tried to continue eating their lunch boxes –

Kkiik-

“…Hmm?”

I turned my head to the door that suddenly opened,

“-Huh?”

“Huh?”

When I saw the numerous eyes visible through the gap in the door, I immediately opened my eyes wide and was surprised.

An open door, countless eyes visible between it. Looking at this alone, it might have reminded me of a horror movie, but-

“Oh my, I guess it’s already time to move.”

Remembering that the woman got up from her seat with a sigh and walked toward the door, that the position of her eyes was so low, and that this was an orphanage, Hangyeol and Yumi smiled and got up, putting down their lunch boxes.

“Waaa!”

“He’s my older brother!”

A woman who opened the door wide and numerous young children jumped out at the same time. As they rushed to grab Hangyeol’s legs, Hangyeol smiled and started stroking their heads.

“How have you been?”

“Yes! “Eat well, study hard-“

Han-gyeol smiles while stroking his head at the children’s chatter. Yumi, who was looking at their harmonious appearance, soon clenched her fists and quietly closed her eyes.

She only came to get closer to him for not-so-good reasons. If you become agitated after seeing a scene like this – then there will be a setback in your plans.

While she was gathering her thoughts, her children looked at Yumi who was still next to Hangyeol –

“…Who is this sister?”

“Ah, this person is-“

“She’s my girlfriend!”

“Oppa has a girlfriend!!!”

“That obnoxious older brother has a girlfriend?!”

Her words began pouring out without any time to explain, and she soon ran to her, her eyes shining.

“Sister! “Who is your sister?”

“Oh, me?”

Yumi suddenly opens her eyes again. She bent her knees, looking at her children with faint eyes, then met their gaze and smiled quietly.

“I’m Hangyeol’s friend.”

“Hey…”

He is a friend. She smiles and says that it is simply that kind of relationship. Was it because she felt her figure was pretty even for young children? Her children could only stare at her blankly, with her mouth open.

“-If you’re a friend, are you a hero?”

“Uh… I’m not a hero.”

“Then? “What do you do?”

“Well… I am doing vocal music, though.”

“Vocal music? What is it?”

“So-“

Of course, it was only for a short time and the children were pouring out questions.

“Come on! “Everyone, you’re both in trouble, right?”

“Eh…”

The woman who was looking at that scene immediately covered her mouth and laughed, and then she cleared her throat and began to lead her children –

“It’s time to water the flower beds, so everyone get ready and come outside!”

“Yesss!”

The two of them, who were looking at the children going out at the same time at her words, soon smiled bitterly and looked at each other-

“Oh my, the kids were rude.”

“No. “It looks nice.”

“Then I’m glad. By the way, what are you going to do now?”

I soon smiled and turned my gaze towards the outside where the children had gone.

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“I came here because of fate, so I’m thinking of walking around with the kids.”

“Oh, are you okay?”

“Yes.”

The woman nodded and smiled as she headed outside. Her Han-gyeol and her Yu-mi followed her, and so began to travel around her orphanage with her children.

I take care of the plants with the children who water the trees in the garden, read books to the children during study time, and during playtime, Hangyeol plays soccer with the boys and Yumi talks to the girls. –

“Hwaaam.”

“Oh my, are you tired?”

“Yes…”

The two of them, who had met since the morning, started playing with the kids without realizing that time was passing by, and before they knew it, it was already past lunch and close to dinner.

The children who had been playing excitedly all day soon began to doze off or yawn repeatedly, and Yumi and Hangyeol smiled bitterly as they watched.

Children in their prime are full of energy, but it is also true that they sleep a lot.

“I think I need to put the kids to bed soon.”

“Wow, I want to be more surprised…”

“It’s nap time. “I guess I should go to sleep now, right?”

“But-“

However, the children did not want to let go of Han-gyeol and the new Yu-mi, who had been visiting for a long time, and the woman, who was troubled by this fact, tried to persuade the children-

“Over there.”

“…Yes?”

“Shall I sing a song?”

Yumi soon smiled and turned to her children, opened her mouth and began to sing.

-Go to sleep, my baby.

A very beautiful tone. A magical voice that instantly draws you in.

-I sleep well. My baby

The children who were staring blankly at her singing her lullaby soon began to close their eyes one by one –

-I sleep well…

By the time the song ended, not a single child was awake.

“…Oh my god.”

“hehehehe.”

The woman looked at her blankly, and Yumi just smiled, resting on her own knees and stroking the head of her sleeping child.

“…It’s always amazing.”

“Is that so?”

She casually shrugged her shoulders at Hangyul’s praise, then carefully picked up her child, laid him down, and stood up –

“Oh my, look at my mind. Thanks for your efforts. Are you going to rest now?”

“Yes. “I think I need to get some rest.”

“Yes. “I have to take care of the kids and do the laundry. Hangyeol, will you please take care of me?”

“A. “I know.”

When the woman saw that, she soon came to her senses and started covering the sleeping children with her blanket.

“…Shall we take a short walk?”

“Yes.”

The two came out from the children’s space. They walked slowly down the hallway and headed toward the garden.

It was a lively place a little while ago, but now it is quiet. A red sky with a slowly setting sunset. The two of them walked around the garden slowly, without any conversation –

“Mr. Hangyeol.”

“…Yes?”

“Hangyeol, why did you become a hero?”

When her silence was broken by Yumi’s question, Hangyeol looked at her in surprise.

“…The question is, why did you become a hero?”

“Hmm, I just suddenly became curious.”

Hangyeol scratches his cheek and smiles awkwardly. She looked at him and asked again,

“Well, is there any reason? “One day, my abilities suddenly became available, so I reported it, and that’s how I became a hero.”

“Ah…”

“The talented person is – you know, right? Become a hero, or become a villain. “It’s one of the two, right?”

Those with abilities have the choice of either becoming a hero or a villain. That applies not only to Korea but to the entire world.

“-Living while hiding your abilities?”

“It is possible. Well, since I’m an orphan, it would have been even more possible.”

“Oh, sorry-“

“Hey, there’s no need to apologize. “I don’t even remember my parents’ faces anyway.”

Yumi realized that his expression had become vague and quickly apologized, but he soon smiled bitterly and shook his head.

“Actually, at first I thought it was really true. But one day, my thoughts suddenly changed. You know Yumi too, right? “A terrorist incident occurred near here.”

“You can’t possibly know.”

Incheon Great Fire. The worst incident caused by terrorism, not an accident.

A couple heroes who control fire. When people who were once incredibly famous were actually villains.

The shock that people received at that time was indescribably great. Even more so, as soon as their identity was discovered, they wielded their abilities against their former colleagues and tried to escape, suffering numerous losses in the process.

“I have no choice but to know.”

There’s no way you wouldn’t know that. Because it was an incident that ruined her life.

Yumi nodded her head and quietly closed her eyes, and Hangyeol looked at her and opened her mouth again.

“At that time, many people who were close to me died.”

So many people died.

The people they grew up with in the orphanage, the people who occasionally visited them and said hello, and the people they occasionally bumped into on the street or stopped by at a cafe to smile were no exception.

“People died not because of a villain’s terror attack, but because of a hero. A lot of people usually thought that way, right? “It was like that in reality.”

As a result, the law and awareness that heroes should not cause harm became stronger, and some of his friends were harmed as a result – but anyway, that incident gave him a change of heart.

“At first, I resented it. Either a hero or a villain.”

Too many people passed away overnight. He cried for two days because of that fact.

“But why a hero? “Usually when something like that happens, don’t you think you’ll become a hero?”

Ordinary people began to hate heroes because of this. Of course, since he was created by combining it with a villain, he was no different from a villain – but because of that incident, a large-scale investigation was conducted in Korea, and as a result, many heroes who committed illegal acts were exposed.

“To prevent more incidents like this from happening.”

Just-

“I will become a hero and make sure such things never happen.”

He overcame it.

“I will capture all the villains, become an example for future heroes, and make the world peaceful.”

And I made a promise.

“I thought so.”

He said he would make sure that no victims like him or others emerge. The little boy had a dream – and finally took a step on that path.

“Well, of course there is still a long way to go.”

There is still too much left to reach the goal. Hangyeol soon scratched her head with a serious expression on his face, smiled broadly and spoke to her –

“No.”

“…Yes?”

“It seems to me that half of the work has already been achieved.”

Yumi responded to him with sincere words without any lies.

In fact, in her opinion, he was such an amazing person. Did you say you took one step forward? That’s only because he’s humble.

He had overcome the sad past of losing someone precious and was walking forward – in her eyes, he was a ‘hero’ itself –

“What is it, shame on you.”

“hehehehe…”

Because he was a shining person who could not even be compared to her.

“…Yumi.”

“Yes?”

“Then Yumi, why did you become a vocalist?”

This time, when Hangyeol asked a question, she looked back at him and tilted her head.

“Why?”

“No, it’s not a strange question. “It’s just that he seems to really like children… I think he would do well as a teacher, or something like that!”

Speech and facial expressions are softer than before. Hangyeol asked her a question while talking about her gibberish, and Yumi answered him with a bitter smile.

“If you ask me, “Why did you start singing?”

Burning buildings, people, and cries.

-Mom? Dad?

And then there are two piles of black ashes that have burned so black that their shapes cannot be recognized, and I am staring blankly between them.

“Because that was the only way for me.”

A young child with a sad story who lost his parents in an instant due to a hero –

“I lost my parents because of that incident.”

“…Ah.”

“It’s okay. “It was a long time ago for me too.”

… A man was the first to spot her and extend his hand to her.

“As time passed, he was taken in by his relatives, and he went on to pursue his talents. “That’s it.”

What if someone else had reached out first? If so, would the future have been different?

No, probably not. The child who hid his abilities and lived an ordinary life clearly harbored hatred towards the abominable heroes.

However, I wonder what it would have been like if a ‘real hero’ had appeared and extended his hand to her.

“I actually wanted to become a teacher, but that was already in the past.”

Yes, just like the consistency right before your eyes.

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Yumi answered with a bitter smile, and soon Hangyeol and Yumi closed her mouth and looked at the sky where her sunset was setting.

Same victims created by the same incident.

Both were harmed by heroes and villains and received irreparable wounds, but the paths they took at the end of the crossroads were different.

One of them was consumed by his anger towards the hero and became a villain, and the other was overcome by his anger towards the hero and became a hero, saying he would make sure something like that would never happen again.

The two separated at the end of the crossroads, and have now gone so far that they can never return.

“Is that so?”

“…Okay.”

Yumi smiled bitterly at that fact and looked at Hangyul’s back.

“Shall we go now?”

“A lot of time has passed. “I guess I should go back.”

…The back of someone different from yourself, shining so brightly. I just kept watching.

“Oppa! “Are you coming again next time?”

“Okay, I’ll definitely come back after work.”

At night, when all the children are awake and the sun is about to set. Hangyeol and Yumi bowed their heads to the children and the director and his wife and said their final goodbyes.

I probably won’t be able to come back again for this. Yumi thought so and stroked the children’s heads, but-

“Sister.”

“…Huh?”

But only for a moment. Yumi, who came to her senses at the sound of her voice calling her, looked at her children looking up at her from below,

“Unnie, will you come again next time?”

Yumi and Hangyeol, who were listening to that, also froze.

“Are you going to come with me? Yes?”

Will I be able to come here again? The answer was of course no.

Even if the plan succeeds or fails, there is no way to return here.

“-Yes.”

However, she nodded her head and answered with a lie.

“Really?”