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Ch. 4: His Atonement

Vim: "I heard you making a lot of noise…you ok?"

 

OO: "Y-Yeah…"

 

That dream just now…

 

??: "Please…save Vim. He…because of me…"

 

Vim: "You have a bad dream?"

 

OO: "There was…a raven-haired girl with a mole under her eye. She said ‘save Vim’ …"

 

I spoke slowly as the dream started to come back to me.

 

Vim: "!!"

 

On hearing that, Vim’s face paled.

Vim: "Why do you know about Sarah....!?"

Sarah? Is that the name of the girl...?

 

OO: "She was...in my dream..."

Vim: "In your dream...?"

How are the two of them connected?

[CHOICE]

  • Ask (SUN)

  • Don't ask (MOON)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vim: "She was…my childhood friend."

 

Vim breathed out a long sigh and seemed to resign himself as he talked about Sarah.

 

Vim: "Sarah was…the daughter of a nobleman who had strong ties to the royal family, and we had been friends ever since we were little. Even on the nights when I turned into a wolf, the only ones who stayed with me were the kind-hearted Sarah and my family. But…five years ago on the night of a full moon..."

 

Vim clenched his fist and steeled himself.

 

Vim: "In that flower field, I had turned into a wolf and chased down a girl. It had been a misunderstanding and her father…attacked me. "

 

OO: "…!"

 

Vim: "I saw the blood flowing and forgot myself…so I rushed in to attack the man. They were frightened, and he turned and fired a gun at me …but Sarah protected me and …!"

 

Vim choked up, hanging his head, and stopped talking…

 

That’s …

 

OO: "In the dream, Sarah seemed very sad."

 

Vim: "…"

 

OO: "And she said she wanted you to be saved."

 

I suddenly grabbed Vim’s hand.

Yet he didn’t react and I could sense that the light had gone from his eyes.

 

OO: "That’s why I’m sure Sarah doesn’t want you to be hurting."

 

I didn’t want to see Vim in such pain, so I argued vehemently.

 

Vim: "Don’t act like you understand!"

 

Under Vim’s suddenly menacing gaze, I jumped and my body shook slightly.

Vim’s head snapped up and in the next moment…

 

He pushed me against the wall.

 

Wha…?

 

I was trapped between the wall and his arm as he glared down at me.

  

Vim: "...then! If she wanted to forgive me…why didn’t she appear in my dreams…!? She should have talked to me, not you, to my face…"

 

OO: "Vim…"

 

Vim: "…!"

 

Vim let me go and quickly walked out.

 

Left alone, the stillness fell heavily in the room.

 

What should I do?

 

I knew what was in his heart as he had smiled as if it was nothing, and my chest ached.

His harsh words grated against my heart.

OO: "Um, who is Sarah…?"

 

Vim: "Sarah was…"

 

Vim bit his lip and seemed at a loss for words but…

OO: "Um..."

 

Vim's expression was severe, and I couldn't bring myself to ask any more about it.

But Vim seemed to guess what I wanted to say and...

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