... they dissolve from "image" to "real".
A moment of kissing. Their eyes widen further.
Wang Shin frowns and pushes Yoon-Hee away gently.

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(?) Princess, what--

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(shouts) Hiiiiiiiii!!!

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(puts his hand over ) Don't scream! You'll get us spotted.

Yoon-Hee panics, grabs his hand and--
GNAAP!, bites it hard!!

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(shouts) ARAaah!!

Yoon-Hee moves back quickly, two meters away from Wang Shin.
Wang Shin checks his hand, the bite is deep, it bleeds.
Yoon-Hee is disoriented. Feeling of dizziness. She sees without really seeing.

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(angrily) Princess, you explain that?!

(slowly backs away staring at him, "he could be an assailant")

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(shows his bloody hand) The last time I was bitten like that, it was a giant wolf!

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(in terror) What- what- what do you want?

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... (frowns, feels something abnormal... supernatural?)

(takes a step towards Yoon-Hee)

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NO!!! Don't come!

(stops, and considers her panic state)

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... (shakes, barely dares to look around)

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(takes a step back, hands out as if calming an animal) Easy. Maybe you've been cursed.

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(takes another step back) Take time to calm down.

Her fear is decreasing but not the anxiety.
Yoon-Hee, panting, notices the obvious: outside, at night, in the countryside.

:

How could I be outside anywhere? I was at Mi-Ra's home!

Yoon-Hee looks at the landscape better. Everything is unreal...
Sick colors, too much contrast and shadows.

:

This place... the same as-- No, impossible! ... and yet this vibe...

Incredulous, she examines Wang Shin, his clothes, his face, the bandage around his forehead.

:

Identical! But that would be absurd, except... Being here is absurd too!

She sees her wrist... a sleeve of hanbok?!! (Hanbok = Traditional clothing)
She scans her own clothes, her eyes widen in amazement...

:

The same bright colors. Identical to every detail of the embroidery!

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Can you recover your senses? Can I rely on you?

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Please.... don't tell me that... you are... Wang Shin.

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I don't like lies, so...... (raises index finger)

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... (says "so?" without saying it)

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(proudly, loud and clear) I AM Wang Shin!!!

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(uncomfortable) aAaAaa..... no... yes... no...

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(amused) Any other questions?

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... Gloop! (swallows, afraid to find out more)

:

Cheer up! At this point...

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And meeee...... I am ?

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(nods, smiles) Princess Dong Hee.

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... !!! ("HAAAAA!!!", but unable to shout it)

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And I have a hunch that you just escaped a peril as deadly as death. Some kind of... psychic hold. Another dirty trick from the Queen of Darkness.

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?!! ("the queen of darkness?!!")

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Nooooo!!! ("none of this can be real")

Yoon-Hee gets on all fours, and flails around like a cardiac little rodent.

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!!

She scrapes the ground and Sniiiif, sniffs the dirt. That's the real smell!
She pulls out blades of grass and Chomp Chomp, eats them!!! That's the real taste!

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(concerned) ... ("wouldn't the hold be over?! or else....?")

Yoon-Hee tries again... She grazes directly on the grass!

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... (looks at the ground, distraught, "I'm not dreaming").

When she looks up... Wang Shin is kneeling beside her.
He holds his bag open and hands her a lump of rice.

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If you are hungry, take this instead.

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(sad dog eyes) That's nice... but I've just eaten four packs of cakes.

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All right. (puts rice back in his bag)

They get up.

Yoon-Hee has sprigs of grass stuck to her chin, to .

-

About the kiss... (Ptoo! involuntarily spits out a sprig of grass)

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(gets the sprig in the face) aHum. (wipes)

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... It wasn't on purpose...

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Perfect! If you can deny such madness, it's proof that you've overcome the spell.

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(soliloquizing, lost) It was just... on the tablet, when I approached it, and... it was supposed to go smoothly, on eggshells, and... (sighs) why am I telling this.

Wang Shin understands that she is mumbling to herself but finds her strange.
He is preoccupied with her messy face, covered with dirt and grass.
He reaches for her chin, to show her the grass stuck to it.

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(takes his wrist, sees her teeth marks on his hand) ... !!

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(lets go of his wrist) I'm sorry.

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...

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(downcast) And I don't know how to bandage. I don't know how to do much anyway...

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That's fine. What is important is that you are able to face the danger.

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(!) ... ("the danger!")

Wang Shin takes out a bandage and some medicinal herbs from his bag.

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... (worried, thinking)

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(mumbles, applies herbs on his wound) Gosh, she eats raw bull at every meal?!

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... (more concerned)

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Am I really risking my life here?

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Hu-ho. Of course you are. They're not gonna leave us easy. (wrapping the bandage around his hand)

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... ("I knew the answer, but I must be a bit of a masochist to ask")

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For helping me, you are now an enemy of the Queen of Darkness, as much as I am!

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(shaking chin) What a nightmare, but what a nightmare!

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(firm) Come on, let's not get discouraged, Princess Dong!!

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There is no place as scary as the world of "Queen of Darkness". I'd rather be on a crashing plane.

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That's strange, you made a stronger impression on me before this.

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(to himself) An after-effect of the hold spell? (finishes bandaging)

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... (tears flowing, silently)

(raises eyebrows, sudden revelation)

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(looks up) So it was thaaat!!

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... ?

-

Princess, I understand better your confusion and your... very contradictory attitude.

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Your courage has overtaken your sensitivity, and you only realize it now. "After" the action!

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... (tears)

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You are a strong AND fragile woman at the same time. (nods) Yes, yes, I often forget that women have a nuanced personality.

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... (about to cry)

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(shakes his index finger) And as you ran away from the palace to do battle, I'd say you are... sort of...

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(points his index finger at her) Princess Dong Hee, a girl a bit adventurous, and very disobedient.

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Boo hoo hoo... (bursts into tears)

Yoon Hee throws herself on Wang Shin's shoulder and cries.
She puts her arms around his neck, choking him, destabilizing his balance.

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Hm! You are a princess! That's rather unbecoming of the etiquette to--

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(louder) Boo hoo hoo...

Wang Shin, embarrassed, not knowing what to do...
He runs his hands hesitantly over Yoon-Hee's back.
With difficulties to go around because of her fatness.
He pats her back to comfort her, impatient for her crisis to end.

-

It would be nice if it didn't last too long. I remind you that we have killers on our asses.

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Boo hoo hoo...

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That's it, that's it, we're done now. We're getting back on track like a real Princess!

He tries to pull away from her, but she tightens her grip further.

-

Hmpf (muffled)

-

Boo hoo hoo...

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... (sigh)

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Boo hoo hoo...

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aHem. (gives up) ... After all... As my father used to say, before he was impaled by the Queen of Darkness...

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"You can't stop a cow after it falls off a cliff, but it will eventually squish down".

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Boo hoo hoo...

Wang Shin waits patiently for her to finish crying.
Then he realizes that he has a woman in his arms, and not half of one!
Troubled, he seems to appreciate her warm, tender and soft touch.
But he picks himself up immediately, serious and respectful of etiquette.

Yoon-Hee is rummaging in a bush.
She pulls out some leafy branches, and uncovers a mechanical hang glider hidden underneath.

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It's here!

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Yes, it's here. Exactly where we hid it one hour ago.

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(to herself) There's no more doubt...

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Absolutely no doubt that we wasted ten minutes coming back here unnecessarily.

-

This was one of the last things I did before I came here.

-

Do you usually summarize each of your actions one hour later?

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(mumbles) The manhwa became real, or rather... I got into it. But not in any way, in the continuity of the story.

(approaches her to find out what she is mumbling)

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(in a low voice) By what miracle?

(reaches out to hear, close to her)

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(yells) "W" !!!!!

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(startled) AAAH!

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No, W!

From then on, Yoon-Hee takes Wang Shin as her interlocutor...
... although really, she speaks alone, without listening to him.
She looks elated or even delirious, with the sprig of grass still stuck to her chin.

-

Maybe W's story is..... (points finger at him)

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... ?! ("this seems important")

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... TRUE!

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Aha!

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Do you think he could help us in our fight?

-

Yes, everything fits, right down to the bullet in Oh Sung-Moo's heart.

-

A sniper, like me?

-

Oh Sung-Moo hated romance.

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That's not a valid reason to kill someone. Your guy doesn't look reliable.

Yoon-hee is on the phone with Publisher Park.

~

It's about the next episode.

-

We're working on it.

~

What? It's already been uploaded.

-

What? When?

-

Maybe.....

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... ?!

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... It did it by itself?!?

-

(?!) A bullet that would go into someone's heart by itself?

Soo-Bong on the phone with Publisher Park.

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We're halfway through.

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Yes, definitely!

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But it's impossible.

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Completely impossible, because.....

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(waves his finger, found it!) Because it's witchcraft.

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... Because no one could have finished the other half so quickly!

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(confused) the other half... of... the heart? ... the bullet?

-

(excited) From that moment on, everything in this story became absurd!

-

And the craziest part is that - it tells - exactly - in front of our eyes - only...

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... ??! ("but... what is she talking about?")

-

... THE - TRUE - TRUTH!!!

-

It has indeed... become absurd.

-

What's happening to me can't be explained any other way. Huh?

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I don't know exactly what's happening to you, but it's getting more and more disturbing.

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(quickly) The problem is that after I left Oh Sung-Moo's workshop, I didn't pay much attention to W. I was depressed, I wanted to forget.

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Every other day I went out to bars with my brothers and baked myself to death. Soju brainwashed me.

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!!

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And then I did a lot of other stuff, including a huge binge-watching crisis. Several 60 hour Saeguk. That brainwashed me too.

-

!!!

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I barely remember what happened to W.

-

You take princes Sim-San and Deuk-Hwi to bars?! At their age?! Princess Dong, no disrespect to your status, but you better lose that unhealthy penchant for drinking. And it would make your words clearer.

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... (pensive, trying to remember)

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(fed up) As for W, if you don't know where he is, we'll do without him!! I don't understand why you're so keen on trusting him, when he killed your friend the craftsman Oh Sung-Moo.

-

Besides, you want to forget about that depressing guy. I mean... if it leads to 60-hour binges, with some... Saeguk, whatever exotic alcohol... it just shows how much--

-

(shouts) Oh Yeon-Joo!!!

-

Oh Yeon-Joo? Who's that now.

-

For sure she was ABLE to get in and out!

-

Someone who can get in and out... Is that really enough to defeat the Queen of Darkness?

-

That means I am ALSO able to go IN and OUT!

-

Great, that's useful in many people's lives. Without it, we couldn't go OUT to pick potatoes and go IN to cook them.

-

So... at some point... I don't know how... I'm going to leave this nightmare.... Yeaaah!

-

... ?!

-

(sigh of relief) Phewww...

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... ! ("ah! she's recovering for good")

-

(eyes closed, screams) WAH!!!

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(hand on chest, big smile, shakes head) You have no idea how much I feel better.

-

(nods, smiles) Well... without being able to define exactly why... It satisfies me that you are finally yourself.

-

(so relieved) Waaaaa.....

-

(looks at the grass still stuck to her chin, problematic) aHum.

-

Really! I feel myself melting like a butter clump in the sun.

-

Since you seem willing to be more open-minded, I have something to ask you.

-

... ?

-

The truth is, it's been tickling me for quite some time. It makes me... how can I put it? You know, it's the kind of desire that nags at you.

-

YyyyyYes?

-

I didn't dare bring it up directly, because considering your status as a princess, it's a bit embarrassing, and even...

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... you might find it... a little dirty or... inappropriate.

-

Aaaah-Ah?

-

It's just...

He shows his own chin to make her understand that she has a sprig of grass stuck there.
His finger being about ten centimeters away, for Yoon-Hee...
... difficult to see if it aims at the chin or the mouth... Probably what she chooses...

-

WOW!!!

-

(nods) Woo, Woo, Woo!

-

You're damn well capitalizing on my recovery!

-

Ooh, that kind of twig had to be cleared up sooner or later.

-

Okay, I'm not especially prudish, uh... or fierce, but still!

-

aHu, that's what I was hoping for. So that shouldn't repel you.

-

(quickly) I must admit I had completely lost sight of this kind of thing... with all the problems that have just come my way... this whole crazy situation...

-

It's true that we didn't have time for that. But finally, we have!

-

... You want it... REALLY?!

-

Absolutely! But you should also want to. Such a thing is easily seen on your face. Fix it.

-

Oooh... Am I that transparent? ... Pfuu (gasp), No, no, I shouldn't accept something like that, (shakes head) BRRR, I've never done that so... DIRECTLY.

(raises eyebrows, kind of "tell me it's nothing, please.")

-

... Come on, Princess, there's no need to procrastinate over something so trivial.

-

(!) ... ~Honestly~~, after all this time~... I've always had a soft spot for-- uh... let's keep it a mystery~... Hi hi hi... It may be a little crazy~~, but...

-

(bites her lower lip, in desire) Since this might be the only opportunity.

-

(points to her chin, under her bitten lip) Yesss, here! Just a little lower. GO!

(approaches Wang Shin, opens her arms)

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... ?!! (surprised, but does not move)

SLOW MOTION:
Yoon-Hee tries to wrap her arms around his neck, closes her eyes, rounds her lips.
Wang Shin, ... ?!!!!
She tries to kiss him, he leans back.
She moves forward more to reach his mouth, he leans back more.
Yoon-Hee's weight now predominates over his, he puts one foot back and...
... stumbles on a rough patch...

-

!!! (cold sweat)

... Ooops... The fall begins... !!

-

.....??! ("what's going on?")

-

.....!!! ("I'm dying now!")

-

(opens eyes) Aaaaah.... !!!

... arms flailing, mouths agape, eyes bugging out, clothes flying...

SBOMPF!!! Wang Shin crushed by the fat Yoon-Hee!!!
On impact, Yoon-Hee's chin hits Wang Shin's cheek and lays the grass on it.

-

...hhhhh... (no air in the lungs, stares at the sky, has reached the afterlife)

-

???

-

(grumbles breathlessly, grass stuck to his cheek) This is... maybe not... a good idea... to team up together... Princess Dong.

Yoon-Hee and Wang Shin go around a hill with many rocks.
They are between the top of a forest and the bottom of a granite cliff.
Wang Shin walks fast, regularly scanning the surroundings, the danger.
Yoon-Hee struggles to keep up with him, out of breath.

-

hafff... Not so fast... hafff... Please.

-

(stops, annoyed) With all the time you've wasted, it would be a MIRACLE if we got to the palace safely.

-

The palace?!

-

(shrugs) Going to my village, what a damn idea. (walks again, at a slower pace)

-

(vexed) Pfff, that's what I had planned in my script, me!

-

I ask you, by law, to leave the palace.

-

Princess Dong, this is an opportunity to restore my official status. With your authority, you will bring Intendant Han to heel.

-

Aaah yes, he was brainwashed, that's right.

-

Anyway, this is the only place where you'll be safe. The army is too big, even for the Queen of Darkness.

-

Not really.

-

aHuh?

-

So, it would be better to go to your village. It's a better hideout.

-

Why the hell would I go back to carting hay.

-

A new police chief will be appointed to replace your father. (waves hand, theatrically) But in truth, he's one of your worst enemies.

-

... (concerned)

-

(dramatizes as if telling a suspenseful story) The Queen of Darkness' right-hand man, a supernaturaaaal killer.

-

(funny) The masked guy who bashed your head at the end of the last episode!

-

Are you sure about this?

-

(so corny) Very classic, but quality! Two objectives in the same plot. hurting you morally was not the only purpose of your father's murder.

-

(worried) But that means... The King is in danger!!! There could be a coup d'etat!!!

-

Aaahhh, wake up, Wang Shin!

-

!!

-

(so obvious) If this was the Queen of Darkness' goal, she could have done it long ago!

-

(to herself) If only I could go back to where I came from, to fix this in other ways...

-

To the palace?! But you just advised against it!

-

Uh..... ("how to answer")

-

Princess Dong, how do you know the Queen of Darkness' plans. Assuming it's not just your imagination.

-

Now that I'm stuck here... (dejected) I can't know what she'll do... (sigh)

-

... ??! ("so? it's useless?!")

-

But I know very well how she acts!

-

All right, then answer this. Since, aaaccording to you, the palace army is not a problem for her...

-

Why doesn't she take absolute power?!

-

(shakes hands) Aaah, no, no. If she did that, there would be no more story.

-

(gritting his teeth, annoyed) A story... another damn story of story...

-

(bursting) What does she want?!!! Damn it!!

-

She's a totally psychopathic girl, a sadist who loves to make others suffer, turn them into puppets or to concoct malicious schemes.

-

... ("this sounds right")

-

(opens arms) She has no ambition to dominate the world. (arms to the sky) Her only goal is the evil for the sake of the eviiilll!!!

-

... !!!! (stunned)

-

... (looks at him stupidly, nods yes several times)

-

(nods no several times)... This is insane... This is nonsense... To use all this witchcraft... In such a childish way... Without a purpose...

-

Yes~ But if you think about it~~ it fits your daily life.

-

You fall into her clutches every other day, and each time, "magically" you get out.

-

TssAh! Boldness, my weapons mastery, and veeery exceptionally, a little luck.

-

TssUh! That's because she likes to play with you, like a cat plays with a mouse. Although last time, you were indeed fit for the scrap heap...

-

If your theory held true, her former opponents would still be alive. So, this proves that my abilities are--

-

No! Because there is a basic rule. "All heroes are eventually killed by the Queen of Darkness".

-

(annoyed) This discussion is going nowhere.

-

... (growing anxiety, realizing her own words)

-

(points) u'See that tree over there? One good throw of a knife, and I'd cut a fly in half on it.

-

(frightened) Now I'm a heroine too...

-

... ?

-

(terrified, looking at him) Wang Shin, I'm scared. Like I've never been scared in my life.

-

... (sees genuine distress in her eyes, moved)

PTOP! Yoon-Hee trips over a rock!
Yoon-Hee, ..!!, Ooops, about to fall--
Wang Shin, !!!, grabs her arm, pulls her to him, secures a foot in front.
Bumpf, She is rushed into his arms, but standing!
Wang Shin hardly supports her weight. She is slumped on him.

-

Mpfff... Be careful where you walk.

-

... these... these damn shoes...

-

Never mind, see by yourself. I haven't let you down, so stop being afraid.

He squeezes her with a hand placed on her opposite arm, to help her stand up.

-

As long as you are by my side, I swear that nothing will happen to you.

SHLACK!!! An arrow hits and sticks in Yoon-Hee's shoulder!!!
Just above Wang Shin's hand! A moment before, she would have been shot in the head.

-

YYAYHH!

-

!!!

Wang Shin sees a shadow killer below, at the edge of the forest!
The killer loads a new arrow and aims at Yoon-Hee's head.
ZAK!, he immediately shoots it out.
Wang Shin, !!!, no time to push Yoon-hee, too heavy!
Yoon-hee, !!!, no time to shout, sees death coming!

TSHOK! Ten centimeters in front of her eyes, the arrow hits the reinforced bracelet of Wang Shin.
The one of his second hand! He raises this hand to his back--
Draws a dagger hidden behind his shoulder blade, and immediately throws it at the killer.
SHAK! The dagger pierces the killer's throat and...
FFFFHH, He disintegrates in a puff of shadow.

Wang Shin scans the surroundings, no other killer in sight.
He feels Yoon-Hee's body slowly collapsing. Shock and dizziness.
He supports her to prevent her from falling down, with difficulty.
Blood drips from her shoulder, the arrow stuck in it!

-

(glancing at her wound) It's alright princess, it's not a fatal wound.

-

Luckily you have thick leather, it limited the damage.

(eyes half closed, leans her face close to his, sensually)

-

(whispering) You cheap hero...

-

... (ignores, looks at each other, faces close)

-

I thought it was funny that you were always armed to the teeth...

-

(sad smile) I was even going to put a dagger in your underwear...

-

... (looks at her, dejected, not understanding her tragic humor)

From then on, Yoon-Hee is in a daze, because of the blood loss.
She is like drunk, speaks without controlling her words, erratic look, unstable voice.

-

Luckily, this killer was alone, but others could come.

-

I know a cave 100 meters from here. We need to take cover to remove this arrow and treat your wound.

-

(ironic) ~~This is gonna be a piece of cake, without modern medicine...

-

I have the most modern in my bag!

-

fffh... (sighs ironically, gives him a tired smile)

-

My head is spinning..... I think I'm going to--

-

No princess! You mustn't faint.

-

(derision) It's nice of you to give me a choice.

-

I don't think I can... ahUm... carry you there inanimate.

-

... ~You could carry me on your back?

-

Not either. (makes sure to support her) Walk now.

-

(walks with hesitant steps) ... Once real, you have small arms. So disappointing~~.

-

Yes, that's right, you have to talk to me! You have to keep talking to me and joking.

-

This will keep you from passing out.

-

~Everything you say is always out of an adventure novel~~.

-

You lack personality even mooore than I imagined~.

-

Mpfff... (big effort, changes position to support her better)

-

Princess, I just asked you to talk to stay awake... ... Not to destroy my mood!

-

Would you like to tell me something that surprises me? ... ~~Just to see if you are able to do it?

-

Surprise you?

-

...

-

No idea. Keep walking.

A few steps further...
Wang Shin tries to find a better position to support Yoon-Hee.
With difficulty. He tries under her arm, or by holding her on the hip.
Blood continues to flow from Yoon-Hee's wound.

-

Oh!

-

~Is this all you could find?!

-

??!

-

I'm not dreaming, you're groping me!

-

What the hell?!

-

~You've been groping me everywhere since earlier~~.

-

I certainly wouldn't have fun groping a princess of royal blood!

-

Yes, you do! ~~You're taking advantage that I'm hurt and groggy...

-

Princess Dong! You can see that I'm making frantic efforts to keep you from rolling on the floor!

-

Given your physique, it's impossible to touch you without groping you somewhere!

-

Don't get upset, I don't mind~. ~~It might even be nice, if I wasn't in pain~.

-

And then... you managed to surprise me!

-

Believe me, if it would save us from this painful situation... I would gladly you in an inn!

-

! (realizes he said that as a turn of phrase, rather than literally)

-

Then promise me that.

-

(!!... "she's not taking it seriously?!") ... Ahum, what promise would you--

-

That when we get out of here, you'll me in an inn~.

-

(!!) Nonsense, forget it! (grunts) I just said that... without thinking about it... because...

-

~Because it sounded like a good action hero repartee~~.

-

Whatever!! It counted as fake!

-

Ttt-Tt-Tt, ~You said it~~ It's like half-promised. Make it an official promise~, to round it out.

-

Lord, Lord... I should have asked you to be silent.

-

Actually, talk or shut up, it's the same when you're about to pass out.

-

~Promise or I'll shut up. We'll see if I can stay awake.

-

All right, SHUT UP! And let's get there before you bleed to death.

(closes mouth and pouts)

-

hm! (satisfied that he got the last word)

-

Oooooh... (falters, legs go wobbly, closes eyes)

-

... !! (feels her body getting flabby and heavier)

-

Alright!!! It's alright, I promise!!!

-

... (smiles slightly and opens one eye)

A few steps further...
Blood continues to flow from Yoon-Hee's wound.

-

(grumbles) Your father the King should have found you a husband by now...

-

... (too weak to answer)

-

If you were married, you wouldn't be wandering in the wild, wounded, fighting the Dark Guild, or wanting to be d by the first fool you see.

-

... according to my background story... I turned down... all suitors...

-

What a beautiful lie. Is your outsized physique that big of a problem?

-

...

-

There should be an original guy willing to marry you somewhere...

Wang Shin sees that she is less and less receptive, and redoubles his efforts to support her.

The entrance to the cave is visible in the cliff, about ten meters away.
Yoon-Hee is about to collapse any second.
Wang Shin is exhausted, supporting her despite her heavy weight.

-

This is the longest 100 meters in my life...

(semi-conscious, manages to stagger)

-

(looks at Yoon-Hee with benevolence and admiration for her tenacity) Courage Princess Dong, only a few more steps...

A cave 20 meters long and 10 meters wide, dimly lit by two torches.
Yoon-Hee is lying on her side, the arrow stuck to her shoulder on top.
Half-conscious, she raves...

-

... Yeon-Joo... the emotions... the character...

Wang Shin feels her forehead, (!!), Feverish. She grabs his hand.

-

!!

-

Wang Shin... on a scale... from one to ten...

-

... ?

-

... How emotional are you?

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Zero.

He wets a rag and runs it over her forehead.

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... I ... I must ...

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Now faint, Princess Dong. I'll watch over you and heal you.

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... Important... I must tell you--

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Let yourself go. It will save you the pain when I remove the arrow.

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... very important... to help you survive...

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Sleep!!

Wang Shin takes out some medical utensils from his bag.

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The true identity of... the Queen of Darkness.

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!!!!!!

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... The Queen of Darkness... is...

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Say it, quickly!!!

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She is...

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... !!

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Cha Yu-Sun. (passes out)

(violent death metal music plays...)

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... !!!!!!

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........ (horrified, shocked, angry, storm of emotions)

(Death metal music continues...)
Mi-Ra wears headphones, and scrolls pictures of actors on her smartphone.
On her table, bottle of sparkling water, slices of lemon in her glass.
On the smartphone, Kang Chul's face appears--

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!!! (stops the music and removes her headphones)

:

That's him...

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... (stunned, can't take her eyes off Kang Chul and his elegance)

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... ("such a beautiful woman, very classy, but... that touch of vulgarity?!")

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... I think... I should thank you.

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(hesitates) ...

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... (looks at him like "the man I want")

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(smiles) No need...

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On it. (nods "goodbye").

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Wait!

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... ! (embarrassed, "she is attractive and I don't want to be attracted")

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Why don't we get to know each other? (look deeply into his eyes)

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... !! (mesmerized, "it's tempting and it shouldn't be")

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mmmh, have a drink together... ? (velvet voice full of promise)

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... (intuition, "she is dangerous, not only because of her beauty")

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Here, now. (like a subliminal order, an echo)

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(worried about doubting himself) ... Sorry, I have an appointment.

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Just fifteen minutes?

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(feeling obliged to get out of it) ... I have to get back to my wife.

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... !! (sincere disappointment, hurt)

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... (nods "goodbye", then leaves)

Mi-Ra remains motionless, thoughtful, watching him go away...
... and then enter a red sports car parked further on.

-

His face rings a bell... ... But how could I forget such a handsome guy?

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Or maybe I've never met him in the flesh?

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Tsss... And of course... Already set up! ... I should just kill his wife.

:

(obsessively looks at Kang Chul on her smartphone) The actor Kang Chul.

:

(drags another photo, of couple with Yeon-Joo) ... Married to that ugly Oh Yeon-Joo. A rat's face stuck on a stick.

:

A crazy story, like in the manhwa "W". Everything around Oh Sung-Moo's wine bag is out of a mental asylum.

:

How did Yoon-Hee not go nuts there? With her weight problems on top of that...

~

Boo hoo hoo (loud crying fit)

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?!?

At the table behind Mi-Ra, two high school girls are reading manhwa on their smartphones.

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Come on, it's just a story!!!

On the smartphone of the crying one, a picture of "Butterfly Girl":

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Boo hoo... It touches me too muuuuch! Boo hoo...

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... !! (irritated by the noise)

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If you spend your time reading it again, it won't get any better...

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(speaking loudly without addressing anyone in particular) Tsss! Pissing off the world by braying about a book... !!!

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!!! (vexed)

Mi-Ra turns around and meets the high school girl's gaze, like a challenge.
Instinctively, the girl detects a deep malice in Mi-Ra's eyes...
... a confrontation she would rather avoid, but fortunately for her...
Mi-Ra casts a curious eye on the crying girl's smartphone.

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Butterfly Girl?!

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(turns around and connects to the manhwa on her smartphone) ... Let's see what that bastard Soo-Bong is drawing now...

Mi-Ra quickly scrolls through the images, and stops on some.

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Omo!!! That jerk drew himself into the story?!

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Completely ridiculous, with his first-price children's slippers.

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No logic, twists out of nowhere! , he'll end up making me laugh!

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5 page chapters?! MouaaAh Ah ah ah!!!

Talking and laughing louder and louder, Mi-Ra covers the high school girl's sobs.

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Caught pooping by the heroine!!! AH AH AH! Thank you Soo-Bong for making me laugh at least once in my life!

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... !! (annoyed by Mi-Ra's noise)

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MWOUAAAH!! The most useless hero of all time!!! Damn! He hasn't forgotten any crap an author can do!!

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... !! (pained, "she laughs at the manhwa that makes me cry")

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(tears of laughter) Omo! Omo! Omo! I'm not dreaming, he's sabotaging himself!!!

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(calm down) Here? He makes the heroine die? (respectful) I didn't think he was capable of such a happy ending.

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... Boo hoo hoo ... (cries again)

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Yah! (hands her smartphone to her friend) Read this, it will cheer you up.

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What is it?

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Read it, I tell you! It's so funny, it came out just now.

We can't see the pictures on the smartphone, but...

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AH AH AH AH AH! (laughs immediately while reading, heavily!)

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!!! (immediately annoyed)

-

He is saved by... a whale on a hang glider?!?!

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Yes, Hi hi hi! This new character is so ridiculous!

-

Don't tell me that the two of them will... (scrolls) ... Oh my! They kiss right away?!?

-

And then that fat cow chews grass! AhAhahah!!!

-

(sighs) pfff... (gives up, too tired to get angry...)

-

But with the hero, is it really serious?

-

Just read the next description that kicks ...

-

"Troubled, he seems to enjoy her warm, tender, soft touch." ... I can't believe it...

:

These new manhwa surpass everything in bull... And there are morons who buy...

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WAH AH AH! Crushed by a juggernaut!

-

Heol! I could feel the gag coming on.

:

This kind of authors should get the death penalty... And their readers too.

-

OOOH! He's groping her everywhere?!!!

-

And she wants more, the naughty one...

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Omo! It's about to become an manhwa!

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Ah ah ah! Yes! Heavyweight category!

-

I thought it was a macabre manhwa where it is forbidden to laugh?!

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??!! ("macabre?!")

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I don't know? The author is sabotaging herself!

Mi-Ra turns around to take a look at the high school girl's smartphone.

-

!!!!!! (sees "Queen of Darkness"!!!)

She gets up and snatches the smartphone from the girl's hands.

-

Yah!!!

She scrolls the pages at full speed. The scenes with Yoon-Hee and Wang Shin.

-

... (anger rising, rising)

-

That's enough now!

-

Give me that back!

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... (eyes bulging with rage)

The two high school girls stand up in anger, but hesitate to fight physically.

-

RAAAAAAAHH!!! (inhuman scream)

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!!! (startled)

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!!! (frightened)

Mi-Ra throws the smartphone, which flies to the other end of the room.
She strides toward the exit--
BUMPF!, bumping into one of the girls on her way.

-

Ouch!

Splotch! The smartphone lands in a bowl of ice, splattering the customer ahead.

Mi-Ra hastily walks, with wild eyes, in front of the coffee shop window...
... In the room the high school girls argue with the customer stained with ice.

Dark, except a weak light coming from the workshop.
An additional light appears on the floor, the front door of the apartment opening.
Coming from the entrance, an ominous female shadow looms on the floor...
... stretching out like the evil silhouette of the Queen of Darkness.

Only the area around Yoon-Hee is lit.
She's asleep on her tablet. Slowly...
Yoon-Hee wakes up, lifts her head, numb...

-

(puts hand on her shoulder) ... ? ("no arrow?") ... (looks around, disoriented) ... The workshop? ...

At the entrance, emerging from the darkness little by little...
... Mi-Ra, whose hateful face is made more frightening by the shadows.

-

(flayed voice) Yoon-Hee...

-

!!! (scared, sees Mi-Ra without recognizing her)

-

(comes out of the shadows) YOON-HEE...

-

... Unnie?

-

(moves angrily towards Yoon-Hee) What have you done?!

VRASHHH!!! Mi-Ra sweeps Yoon-Hee's table, knocking over all the small objects.

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!!! (surprised, stands up awkwardly)

-

(shouts) WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY MANHWA?!

-

!!! ... (back up) ... Unnie... Something happened... It's not me but--

-

(advances, threatening) Not you? (shouts) You draw yourself and it's not you?!

Yoon-Hee backs away but... is cornered against the wall, where is a chest of drawers.

-

(shouts) !!!

Mi-Ra throws herself on Yoon-Hee and PAF! PAF! PAF!, slaps her hard.

-

(enraged) You are ruining my life's work!!! (PAF! PAF!, continues to hit her)

Yoon-Hee protects herself with her hands or arms, but can't avoid all the blows.

-

(groans) Stop Unnie... PAF! ... please... PAF! PAF! ...stop!! PAF!

-

(yells) SHUT UP, !!! (PAM! hits harder, with fists)

More blows, in the face, the belly, the chest, head banged against the wall.
Yoon-Hee is less and less able to avoid the blows.

-

(begging, suffering) PAM! ... I beg you... PAM! Unnie... Let me explain... PAM! PAM! Boo hoo... PAM! Stop... Boo hoo...

On another wall, lit by a lamp that fell from the table:
The poster of Cha Yu-Sun, who is watching with a sadistic smile...
... Yoon-Hee getting beaten up, face covered with bruises, mouth bleeding.

-

(crying, miserable) PAM! PAM! I implore you... PAM! Boo hoo... PAM! Unnie... Don't do that... PAM! You're hurting me... Boo hoo hoo...

-

(screams) I can't stand your whining anymore!!! (BAM!, hits harder!! unstoppable fury)

Now elbows, knees and kicks blows, on Yoon-Hee curled up.

-

(desperate, heartbreaking) BAM! ... Mercy... BAM! BAM! It's me... Yoon-hee... BAM! Boo hoo... BAM! Your friend... BAM! Who loves you... BAM! BAM! Boo hoo... BAM! Unnie... Boo hoo... BAM! You're killing me... Boo hoo hoo...

Mi-Ra grabs Yoon-Hee's hair, and pulls her head up, preventing her from protecting herself...
PUNCH!!! She explodes her nose with a punch. Blood spurts out!

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!!!!!! (more surprise than pain, her nose pisses blood)

BOMM!!! At full strength, Yoon-Hee punches Mi-Ra's chest with both hands!!!
Unexpected power due to her weight throws Mi-Ra backwards, several meters!!!
SBROMM!!! Mi-Ra violently crashes into a cabinet along the wall, SKOM!!, hits her head.

On the poster, the Queen of Darkness's eyes fulminate with glowing hatred.
click, Mi-Ra's eyes switch to pure madness.

-

(breathless) I hate you... (eyes glowing with madness)

-

... !! (sees her eyes)

On the wall next to Yoon-Hee, the poster of the Queen of Darkness.

-

(moves forward, insane) I Hate You!!

-

... No... (horrified)

On the poster, the Queen of Darkness bends over Yoon-Hee, reaching for her prey.

-

(advances, screams) I HATE YOU!!!! (two steps away from her)

-

... !!!! (in terror)

Mi-Ra grabs a decanter filled with water from the chest of drawers.
A rustic model for alcohol, very heavy and very thick.

On the poster, the shadowy face of the Queen of Darkness nods wickedly...
Only us and Mi-Ra can hear her sepulchral voice... "DO IT FOR US".

-

... (holds up the decanter with both hands)

-

!!!!!!

SLOW MOTION:
Mi-Ra slams the decanter down, aiming for the head.
Yoon-Hee reflexively raises her arms to protect herself, but--
The blow is circular, treacherous, from above, too heavy!
KRASHHH!!! The decanter bursts against Yoon-Hee's skull!!!
Broken despite its solidity... Blood, hair, water and pieces of glass projected...

BOMPF, Yoon-Hee collapses, in a coma.
Here, the light of the lamp throws the shadow of Mi-Ra on the wall...
... on the poster, the Queen of Darkness returns to melt in the shadows...

CLING, Mi-Ra drops the piece of decanter remaining in her hand.
Face contracted, trembling... her eyes flutter frantically, down, to the side, down.

-

Yoon... Yoon-Hee? ... Get up now... (regains consciousness)

Under Yoon-Hee's head, a stream of blood spreads...

-

!!!!! (eyes widening)

She looks from another angle, and sees the top of her bloody head.

-

(shaking, horrified) No, no...

Mi-Ra shakes her hands over Yoon-Hee, not knowing what to do...

-

Yoon-Hee!!... Yoon-Hee!!! (tears)

-

(denies with a grimace) ... it was just... a jug of water... you had your arms in front...

She frantically looks anywhere, in the midst of stress, breathing any way.

-

Nooo... Yoon-hee... (cries, traumatized by what she did) ... don't leave me ... don't leave me alone...

She takes out her smartphone, shakily types in the number for help...
... but when it comes time to call...
Anxious to death, she looks at Yoon-Hee, then at the smartphone.

-

If... if I call them... then...

In panic, she looks anywhere, looks at Yoon-Hee.

-

(gasps with stress) ... What... what to do? ... Otoke.

She gets down on her knees and checks Yoon-Hee's breathing.
Her face desperately pleading against the worst...

-

... (inhales briefly, "yes, she's breathing well!")

She clicks to cancel the call.

Nervously, Mi-Ra raids a medicine cabinet.
Driven mad by the emergency, she drops half of it on the floor.

Various pharmacy items on the floor.
Kneeling next to Yoon-Hee, Mi-Ra mops up the blood on her head.
She tries to assess the wound. A large gash and some smaller ones.

-

(aspen) It's just... she must be just knocked out...

-

If... if I bandage it, she'll get better.

She picks up a pair of tweezers from among the objects.

-

(desperate) Yes, it has to be!

Mi-Ra checks the bandages and... !!! There is more blood than before!

-

(panic) No, no, why?!

In anguish, she looks nervously right to left, down... remembers!!! ...

In her bed, Mi-Ra takes out some banknotes from her wallet and hands them to...
... Won Yun-Suk, who gives her a packet in return.

-

Seriously, you're not doing this because you're a fan of mine?

-

I am sincerely your fan, but I also have to pay my studies.

-

A little risky, isn't it?

-

If you need any... risky medical procedure, call me.

-

(!!) You don't lack boldness...

-

(hands her his business card) But don't forget that my boldness isn't free, great author Moon.

Covered with blood, Mi-Ra searches frantically in a drawer.
She takes out the objects anarchically, throws them on the floor.

-

(angry, cries, doesn't find) ... Where the hell did I put that?!

She freaks out as she sees other drawers opened unsuccessfully...
... their contents loose on the floor, various business cards in the pile.

Coming from her bedroom, she quickly enters the dimly lit living room...

-

(breathing hard) The hospital directory! He should be in it...?

... walks to the middle of the room... lost, deranged mind.

-

(holds forehead) It was... ?? ... Yeon Suk Jung...? ... Won Jung Yun...? ...Jang Yun--

SUDDENLY--
An intense stream of yellow light comes from the workshop!!!

-

??!!! (looks at the light, scared)

Mi-Ra enters, the room is filled with yellow light...
... coming from the screen of Yoon-Hee's tablet!

-

!!

Mi-Ra approaches with squinted eyes, shields herself from the blindness with her hand.
On the tablet, the yellow light gradually decreases.
When the screen has returned to normal, Mi-Ra sees...
... A rectangular frame draws itself in the center of the screen.

-

... !!!

Once completed, the frame colors itself with a pale yellow background.

-

But... what is... (falls from one insanity into another)

Characters write themselves in the frame, while a robotic voice recites them.

-

Moon Mi-Ra ?

-

!!!

The harmless voice of a text-to-audio translator, coming from the tablet.
The font is stylized like a comic book one.
The text disappears from the frame, replaced by a new sentence.

-

Write to communicate.

Mi-Ra looks at Yoon-Hee, then at the tablet, unsure of what to do.
Crazy with anxiety, she looks at Yoon-Hee again, and--

-

That was your assistant earlier.

-

!!!! (shock, cold sweat) ... ?!! (looks around, "something is spying on me?!!")

:

He knows what I did?! (paranoid, terrorized)

She sits down and types on the keyboard. (her texts are heard as voice-over)
Her text is displayed at the bottom of the image on the tablet.

~

Who are you?

-

This correspondent cannot answer this question.

-

What?!

~

What do you want?

-

Communicate. No troubles for author Moon.

-

... (hesitates) ... ? ("it's not blackmail? all is too weird")

She checks the cable connecting the computer to the tablet...
Torn off earlier, during the fight with Yoon-Hee!

-

... ?! (doubts, no technology skills)

~

How are you here?

-

This correspondent died once.

-

Was resurrected twice, without knowing it.

-

Then was awakened.

-

It is not what I asked! ("more and more crazy")

-

... What is this nonsense gibberish?! ... ("for pity's sake, may this all stop")

~

Awakened by whom?

-

A character named Park Soo-Bong.

-

!!! ... Him?

-

(calm down, try to see it clearly) Who is he? Some who's making fun of me because of the last episode?

~

When you die, you don't come back to life!

~

And you don't get woken up!

~

That's a very bad scenario.

-

Not as bad as yours.

-

!!

-

But it's a true story.

-

(thinks she guessed it) I didn't think he'd play this kind of dirty trick on me...

~

Do you think you're funny, Soo-Bong?

~

It's me who should make you pay, for the way you treated me.

-

This correspondent is not Soo-Bong.

-

!!!

~

Who the hell are you? A deranged fan?

-

This correspondent is not a deranged fan.

-

... ?!?

~

Are you someone I know?!

-

This correspondent is not someone you know.

-

This bastard thinks I have time to waste playing guessing games? (glances at Yoon-Hee, grimacing with anxiety)

~

So someone I don't know. Who?

...

-

This correspondent is not someone you don't know.

-

... !!!!

Mi-Ra finally gets mad for good.

~

Dirty ty troll. You think you're safe behind your screen?

~

My best fan is a genius hacker and he'll find your trail.

~

I'm gonna make you pay for that, you son of a .

...

-

Do it.

The tablet's screen switches off.

-

... !!

Slowly, a view of the room...
... the workshop tables with screens, pencils, drawing materials...
... at the back in the kitchen, Yeon-Joo, Kang Chul and Do-Yoon are having dinner...
... they are chatting warmly, Yeon-Joo is trying to smile despite the remorse...
... and finally, the tablet of "Butterfly Girl", which neither of them can see from the kitchen.

The tablet is stuck on the end image.
Ren-Bo mummified, her withered hand on Soo-Bong's cheek in despair.
"END" is displayed at the bottom.
KRRT, The image flickers, then--
The screen briefly shows a yellow background, then--
The tablet returns to its normal state, on the end image of the manhwa.

The end image goes from "image" to "real".
Everything is in stasis, time stopped.
Dead Ren-Bo mummified in the arms of Soo-Bong, who looks at her crying...
... without his frozen tears flowing.
The word "END" is displayed in the space. And.......

... his tears flow!!!

Soo-Bong looks up. He sees and hears...
The trees stirring in the wind. The rustling of the leaves.
He looks down and sees...
Ren-Bo dead in his arms... and... his own arms moving!
He looks behind the tree. He sees and hears...
Jin In-Jin waving to his henchmen, giving them orders.
Finally, next to the old car, he sees...

... The word "END" remaining displayed... without disappearing!!!