TWENTY-FOUR
"Haneul! Wake up. Some guy is waiting for you downstairs. His name is Do Kyun." I groaned as I sit up and look at the clock on the bedside table. It's past noon time and my head is just pounding like hell. I wipe off my drool and sit up on the bed, trying to slowly wake my body nerves and system up. "Lee Haneul!" I rolled my eyes and roll over to get off the bed. "Your voice is already the same as the church choir singer." I said sleepily as I head downstairs and saw Do Kyun sitting in the living room alone.
"The hell are you here for?" I asked as I head over to the kitchen and grab a bottled water and gulp it. "To check if you came back safely. You were badly drunk last night." Do Kyun said and I raise my brow. No I wasn't. In fact I remembered everything crystal clear. "Yeah I'm fine. Don't worry. Still alive and walking properly." I replied before I notice eomma is eavesdropping over our conversation. "What brings you here? You invade my work profile or something till you know my home address." I asked as I sat on the high stool and begin to prepare toast for myself. "I thought of taking you out for lunch. Go and get ready. We shall talk over lunch." I put the bread back and head upstairs to get myself ready.
"He's waiting for you outside." Eomma said while I head downstairs and adjust my ponytail. "Hmm.." that was all my reply. I got out of the house and Do Kyun is leaning against his car. "I'll take my motorcycle. Where are we going?" I asked and he gives me the location of the restaurant. "Ah.. I know this place. See you there." I said and just like that I leave Do Kyun. I am the first one to arrive at the restaurant. Not bothering to wait for him, I get in first and find a seat for us. I was flipping through the menu when I felt a pair of eyes were gazing at me. I look up and notice a man in suit sitting two table across me was looking at me and smile. I gave him a polite smile before continue to look at the menu.
Why does he look so familiar? I've seen him somewhere but I can't recall right now. Think hard Haneul. I look up again and he is gone. My body immediately turn to look around, looking for him. He is no where in sight. "Haneul, sorry I'm late." I startled when Do Kyun suddenly sat in front of me. "Hah it's fine. I just arrived plus still deciding what to get for lunch." I said still having my eyes searching for that gentleman. "Haneul..." the man snap his finger right in front of my face. "Ready to order?" He asked and I nod. The waitress came as soon he raised up his hand. "Yeah erm beef and kimchi ramen and for drink, I would like to have watermelon juice." I ordered but instead the waitress placed a piece of paper on my hand. "The gentleman that sat across you earlier told me to hand this to you." I flustered.
"Secret admirer huh?" Do Kyun being nosey and I rolled my eyes. "Well it is not a secret if she already told me who was it from." I replied as soon the waitress left after taking our order. "So what is it that you're going to tell me?" I asked after I kept the piece of paper in my pocket. "Right about the recent murder case. They've looked through the CCTV and guess what, there was no one entering the basement except for the victims." I raised my brow. "How is that even possible? No one even left the basement after that?" I asked and he shakes his head. "I don't know what is going on here, Haneul. But don't you think all these murder cases that happened is beyond our forte?" Our conversation paused when the waitress came back with our order.
"Beyond our forte? Then tell me, who shall dance to this tango?" I asked before sipping on the hot and spicy ramen broth. "I don't know. A priest that is an expert in this situation." I continue to slurp on my ramen ignoring his statement for a moment while I enjoying my meal. "Sure, find the best priest or perhaps ghostbuster... you think this is some kind of demon shit we're dealing with?" I let out a sarcastic laughter until I recalled something that I saw last night. "You know what, lets meet someone who is an expert in this. I'm curious about something related to this matter." I said and that somehow made the man in front of me look impress with my sudden interest on this.
Once we're out of the restaurant, I walk over to my bike and light up my cigarette. "Called one of the church and they recommend us to meet with Priest Hong Jae from Church of St Mary's Angels. He is an expert in all these." I typed in the address of the church and look at him. "It's a long ride from here to the church. We might reach there by evening." My frown says it all. "Hey don't get it worked up. We don't have to go. I was just joking about the whole crazy beyond our forte thing." Do Kyun said and I rolled my eyes. "Anyway, I have to go now. I will email the evidence report later on." He said before he bids farewell and leave. I still have to meet someone that is an expert in this. I get on my bike and immediately ride my way to one of the church in the city.
Before I enter the church, I cleanse myself with the holy water right at the entrance. I walk over to the priest that is cleaning the alter that is right at the front. I cleared my throat and he turns behind. "Good afternoon, Father. Sorry to bother you. I'm Haneul." I introduced myself. "Good afternoon, Haneul. I'm Father Hae Jun. You coming here is a blessing, my child. How can I help you?" He asked while I watch him wipe the marble table that is in the middle of the alter. "Tell me about the devil or demons at least." Yes, I went straight to the point. "What about them? If you ask their existence then yes. They exists. They are among us or for some, inside them." Ok that just send me shivers. "Inside them? Like those in exorcism movies?" The priest nod.
"Let's put it this way, the devil was created to punish the sinners. At the same time he will be the one that will make the attempt on God's creations to fall under his temptation. Of course there are many ways he can do it. Like temptation of the seven deadly sins." The what now? "Oh." That was all I could manage. "Is everything alright?" He asked. "Yeah everything's fine. Last question. Is it possible for the devil to land on earth and walk among us humans?" The made the priest smile and a slight laughter. "Interesting question. I guess we will never know. These celestial being, lets just say they are real but for us to be in contact with them or even see them it is impossible unless you're given the permission to do so." Permission...
"By God. God wants you to know that his creations is more than just humans, animals and plants. Plus he wants to test you and see if you're on the right path." The image of Taehyung and the wings that I saw last night came into my mind. Is that really a test for me?
"Righttttt. Thank you for taking your time to explain it to me, Father. I shall make my move now." I give him a warm smile. Just when I was about to leave the church, the priest said something. "Haneul, if you are being drag to the dark side, find the guidance that will lead you to the bright side." I nod and leave. When I reached my bike, I remembered the note that was given to me by the waitress. I take it out from my pocket and open it up. The note written of an address, date, day and time. There is even a dress code written on it. At the last sentence of the note is a quote by the famous William Shakespeare:
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here."
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