“Oh.”
Lee Seonghae lifted her head.
Raindrops were falling onto her nose.
At some point, from a sky now thick with dark clouds, rain had begun pouring down in a rapid drumming patter.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes, yes.”
And beside her was someone running in search of their destination.
Go Youngeun.
— Oh, I’ll follow Roe Deer.
Having decided to help this employee, Lee Seonghae had left the resort and come out into Segwang Special City.
And in the hand of the visibly anxious Go Youngeun, the map she had received from the mascot was spread open, clenched tightly.
“……”
She had already come quite a long way.
She had practically run across the city, entered a residential neighborhood, and kept moving her feet.
Walking down the roadside, staring at the map without a moment’s rest….
She stopped short.
“……”
There was a house in front of them.
A slightly old detached house in an area scheduled for redevelopment.
A dark blue roof, red brick walls.
Go Youngeun stood there blankly, staring at it with trembling eyes.
With the familiarity her body remembered.
With the lingering sense of home that remained even after it had vanished from her knowledge.
She recognized it.
The house.
Someone came running out from inside.
Someone she knew.
Family.
“Youngeun-ah!!”
“…Mom.”
Go Youngeun pulled her family into a tight embrace as they repeated, “Oh my God, what is this, oh my God.” And relief and an overwhelming swell of emotion crashed through her whole body.
‘Oh.’
Lee Seonghae watched it with quiet satisfaction, without agitation.
She couldn’t understand that shiver-filled sensation, but it seemed like a good thing….
Then suddenly, she raised her head.
“……”
The rain had stopped.
And a strange vibration began to faintly come through the walls and…