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Dokhyuk Moments: Part 32
(- means I skipped lines)
– Hayoung-ah, please live the life you want.
Okay father-
They couldn’t rescue Kim Dokja together.
Which meant that only one among them could reach that star.
While stuck inside the fog that blocked their view, Yoo Joonghyuk addressed his companions first. “I shall be the one to save him.”
Greedy mf
“What rubbish are you talking about? Kim Dokja asked me to save him.”
“Stop lying. There’s no way he’d ask you to do that.”
“Argh, I’m not lying, it’s the truth! You think I’m a habitual liar just because my job was a writer?”
Their gazes collided in mid-air.
—
She abruptly turned her head to the side, only to find Yoo Joonghyuk forming a scary scowl.
“Hey, by any chance, you….”
With indescribable rage filling up his expression, he then began glaring at the distant star. It was at this point that Han Sooyoung finally realised something.
She realized that Kim Dokja is a player.
[The story, ‘King of Kingless World’, has stopped its storytelling.]
But then, Stories began cutting out one by one.
[The story, ‘Returnee’s Disciple’, has stopped its storytelling.]
[The story, ‘Gourmet Association’s Heretic’, has stopped its storytelling.]
It became harder to breathe and my vision grew dimmer.
[The story, ‘One Who Is Loved By an Archangel’, has stopped its storytelling.]
I knew that everything would be over if I lose my consciousness here.
[The story, ‘One Who Hunted the King of Calamity’, is curling up.]
[The story, ‘One Who Murdered an Outer God’, is resisting.]
That was why I desperately held on to my consciousness.
I filled my head trying to get away from me with intimately familiar words.
Right, let me recall the ‘Ways of Survival’.
—[The story, ‘Demon King of Salvation’, has stopped its storytelling.]
However, even still….
[The story, ‘Companion of Life and Death’, is continuing on with its storytelling.]
I love everything about this fable (yes, I called it a fable despite going through the effort I put into edit it all the ‘the story’).
The name makes it sound as if they were married. Every time something happens and the stories stop their storytelling, this one always perseveres.
“Do you really consider Kim Dokja as your comrade?”
“You’re asking an unnecessary question.”
“I know that the two of you went through all sorts of crappy scenarios and built up some sort of a bond in the process. But, separate from all that, there is something I still can’t wrap my head around, you see.” — “You originally didn’t have any allies and stuff like that. But, you’ve changed so much after entering this regression turn.”
“…”
“That’s why I can’t trust you. You used to forsake your allies all for your great cause, so why are you trying to rescue Kim Dokja now?”
He replied to her. “Once these scenarios come to an end, there is something I must confirm with Kim Dokja.”
Oddly poetic. Han Sooyoung is like that besta friendo that interrogates her friends’ lovers.
There it was. Right there in the path of emptiness he was gazing at, the history he lived alongside Kim Dokja lay scattered like the Milky Way. Yoo Joonghyuk ran on that path.
…oddly poetic 2.0
Yoo Joonghyuk resisted against all those forces and advanced forward. Kim Dokja was right in front of his nose. Ten steps away, nine, eight…. He endured against sparks tearing into his body and continued to march on.
Five steps away, four….
He reached out.
He reached out towards the ends of Kim Dok-Ja’s clothes drifting aimlessly in the emptiness. The moment his hand was about to touch the fabric…
Epilogue Spoilers: don’t read.
⚠️⚠️⚠️ you know, every time I reread this novel and notice all the times Yoo Joonghyuk tried to save Dokja as desperately like this, I always feel like crying because holy shit the Epilogue would be such a smack in the face for Joonghyuk if he saw the future. ⚠️⚠️⚠️
And we always joked about how Yoo Joonghyuk’s entire life ended up revolving around Dokja in this regression but…okay I’m not gonna spoil—
being an orv reader is crazy because how am I supposed to explain to people that my favorite lesbians are the archangels Uriel and Gabriel from the Bible
ah yes, my favorite kpop idol. uriel from the bible
ah yes, my favourite fujoshi. uriel from the bible
”Hey look Uriel I have wings now too”
“[(Mandatory Eden censor)] I was hoping it wouldn’t be this way.”
gekkan shoujo uriel-chan doing what she does best!!!
(based on the tomoda!!! scene from gekkan shoujo nozaki-kun)
I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS.
