{Authors Note}
Hello loves!
Thank you so very much for waiting for me to come back. It has indeed been a tough time and recovering from covid has been the most difficult. Well, I hope you all enjoy the most awaited Act 10, I want it to be more fantasy-like. So, enough of me let's go ahead and read.
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It was all over the news, on social media, the local newspapers, and international media. Ha-Joon was the topic for gossip and opinions. Later that day a video was uploaded by an anonymous person in which Ha-Joon can be seen standing in one place and talking to the air and also showed he was trying to move but couldn't. Then, all of a sudden he drops to the ground and people gathered. It was strange and it created a lot of unnecessary drama. Ha- Joon was in hospital without the knowledge of what was happening.
There were speculations of Ha- Joon been mentally ill which started as a rumor.
{Twitter}
Netizen: I can believe what I'm reading. Is he really mentally ill?
Fan: No it's just a rumour a hater or people who don't like him started.
Netizen 2: Oh please everyone knows that he is obnoxious and creepy, I knew right from the start that he is stupid.
Fan: Are you for real? You little shit stop spreading false accusations. What if he read this huh... Do you realize the damage it will cause?
Netizen 2: I don't give a flying fuck if he does read it in fact I have a message for him. "Skies burn-in amber-red hue, Time shall stop again."
Fan: Wow ..... you are an imbecile. This doesn't make any sense. Is it just me or do you see an idiot too?
{At the Hospital}
"Ugh.. why does my head hurt so much. " Ha-Joon opens his eyes to the bright light coming through the window. He had no idea what was going in his absence. He looked around the room and saw nobody. He looked for his phone but that was missing too. He reached for the nurse calling bell and pressed it.
"Look room no 302 just rang. I think the patient just did so ." one of the nurses spoke pointing at the monitor.
"Don't be absurd it has been 3 days and there have been no signs of the patient be conscious. It's probably the manager ." a senior nurse said with a stern voice.
"But the manager had just gone down to the cafeteria to grab a bite. " confused the nurse looks at the senior-most nurse.
" That Mean--- Let's go hurry and CALL DR. KWON HURRY." They all rush towards his room.
" Mr. Shin you're awake! The doctor will be with you in a minute." one of the nurse said.
"Where is my manager Mr. Kim ?" he asked looking around. The nurses look at each other when the doctor walks into the room.
All the nurses bow their heads and stand back as the doctor examines him. He checks the bruises on his hands and legs. Everything seemed fine and the doctor finally certified him fit.
"Doctor Kwon, what was the cause of my fainting? I have always been fit, this shouldn't have happened." Ha-Joon informed the doctor.
"It's nothing young man sometimes when there is too much stress it happens to the best of people," he explained to Ha-Joon.
"Anyway, you can be discharged tomorrow morning and you just need to follow the prescription I write you." Dr. Kwon instructed Ha-Joon to follow the simple prescription.
About fifteen minutes pass by and he is alone in his room . He was getting bored and sick of the hospital environment, so he decided to take a walk in the garden where all patients can go and get some fresh air for a change. The garden was lush green with pretty flowers on the hedge alongside the pathway. Ha-Joon however wanted to be alone in a secluded place in the garden. Deep into the garden he found a small bench under a huge oak tree which also had a small swing attached to one of it's branches.
He took in a deep breathe and thanked nature for It's air and beauty . He sat and wondered what was all that he had seen and what were the voices in his dreams. At that very moment he hears what sounds like a little child sniffling behind the trunk of the tree. He got up and went towards the sound only to find nothing but emptiness all around. But the voice could still be heard and this time it was really close to him.
"Hello ! Who's there ?" He called out but only sniffles could be heard.
"I said who's there ? Speak up before i come find you little one ." He made his voice a little more gentle , so that the child would not get scared.
"Ma- ma- master , it's me Mineko." a small childlike voice speaks from one of the branches.
"I don't see you . Where are you little child? " Ha-Joon spoke once again trying to coerce her.
"B-But you don't recognise me ? I'm up here above you ." Mineko spoke timidly . She kept calling him master . What was the reason for such actions?
" First you come down in front of me , then we will talk . Okay ?" he once again tried his best at coercing her . Finally it paid off and down flew a little fairy like creature right before his eyes. Ha-Joon now stunned or you can say shocked with disbelief at what he was staring at simply rubbed his eyes .
"What the heck is this now ? What the fuck have i lost mind or is it playing tricks on me ?" He was confused and stared straight at it . Now she had no power to transform unless she finds a vulnerable human to possess.
"Master it's me t-the l-little thing in front of you." Mineko tried her best to have him speak but Ha-Joon stood frozen in place.
"This is not real at all . It's my mind playing tricks on me again . Ughhhhh.... This is so fu@$%&# frustrating." He just spoke out in agony of not been able to decipher the whole ordeal.
"I'm real master please listen to me . I have very import- " Ha-Joon just walks away looking as if he couldn't understand the jist of life no more.
He enters his room and lays down on his bed falling into a deep sleep . His brain felt exhausted from all the weird things happening around him.
{Time Skips Magically}
It was almost nine o'clock in the night and his manager Mr. Kim walks into his room. Now he was looking around Ha-Joon's room while he was lost in slumber for something. He was murmuring at something on his shoulder every now and then.
"Sssssh.. he is sleeping we need to be quite . Now where did it go ?" Mr. Kim looked very frantic at finding something. There was a weird stench through out the time he was in Ha-Joon's room. He suddenly stood up still in place , with both his hands on either side when he heard Ha-Joon's voice.
"Manager Kim , I have been looking for you all day , where were you ?" He questioned him. Sweat started to strickle down his face as he turned towards him.
"I-I I actually had to go on an urgent personal call . I'm sorry . You were unconscious and i was not able to inform anyone ." he apologised .
" It's alright i won't ask you what personal call but what I will ask you is Why does my room stink ? and What were you searching for ?" Ha-Joon asked him with a bit of suspicion.
" Oh .... N-Nothing it was just my ring." Its was evident that he was lying and Ha-Joon somehow felt strange around him , almost as if he was crowded around with a thousand people .
"Alright , Alright .... I need my phone so get it for me and since I'm getting discharged from the hospital tomorrow please make sure to speak to the management i need a vacation of the country for a bit.
"Yes ofcourse , I shall go and get your phone from domitary . I shall take you're leave now." He said his goodbyes and left panting once he reached outside.
"Phew .... Shinzo that was close i found it the (Ring of Dimensions) we have to be careful that he doesn't find out and that he stays far away from her. Under no circumstances does Mineko gets closer to Ha-Joon, Demon king will be very angry an roast me to death." Mr, Kim betrayed Ha-Joon's trust without him knowing . But what could he be talking about?.
"Your word is my command master." Shinzo spoke.
{Time Skips Magically}
Back home now Ha-Joon is packing his things and getting ready to go on his most awaited vacation . The look on his manager's face was enough to know he was weary of something very dangerous was going to happen . He knew that if Ha-Joon found that one soul who he is not to cross paths with everything will be over for the whole world.
{Halsat here i come.}
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In this blind world
Only words can heal a heart
In this world of fire
Your love can put out these embers
SHIN HA-JOON