"So, what exactly do you want to say? We ended up here anyway."
Margaret's sharp voice echoed through the darkness that enveloped the ruins like a thick fog.Her short brown hair whipped in the cold wind, and her pointed ears trembled slightly with tension.Her black eyes still shone coldly as she watched their surroundings cautiously.
"But... I'm not confident. Really... if I had known I'd come to a place like this, I wouldn't have answered back then."David barely opened his eyes, hidden beneath his hair, and answered in a trembling voice.His nose was running, and his body was frozen in fear.
"I don't know how you managed to pass the interview being that scared."Margaret sighed cynically."Since it was your fate to come here anyway, you probably expected an assignment like this."
She pointed to the "Entropy Counter" hanging on her chest.The glass bottle, layered with strawberry jam, sand, and oil, was usually still, but now it trembled slightly.
"See? It's still at a low level. You're actually pretty lucky."David shook his head, unable to believe it.
"But here, in the Metosthenks Ruins, it's different."He couldn't finish his sentence, only moving his cracked lips.
Suddenly, the contents inside the bottle rattled and swirled with a clinking sound.Then, with a shattering noise, two counters broke into pieces.
At that moment, the two said nothing.They probably already expected their fate.
Then, an endless yellow light blossomed from beneath the ground, filling their vision.Countless sunflowers rose from the earth, one by one, then in clusters.
They were just beautiful sunflowers.The ones you're thinking of.The same beautiful sunflowers the two standing here might have seen somewhere before.A beautiful sight was unfolding.
The ground cracked open, and the sunflowers slowly revealed their bodies, spreading out.That field of flowers covered the horizon, stretching endlessly beyond human sight.
The fragrant scent of flowers filled the air,and the landscape overflowed with blooms.
The two stood, stunned, watching the scene.Their eyes had long since lost focus.
David quietly began wetting his pants.
A chilling wind whispered through the sunflowers.Within that endless yellow light, what could they have possibly felt?
Margaret was a veteran agent who had been promoted twice in the 3rd Group.But here, she was powerless.She had never faced such a sight before.Snapping back to her senses,she drew a knife and began slashing her wrists repeatedly.Bright red blood began to flow.
David had a young daughter and wife.Though timid by nature, his ruthless work ethichad already made him a promising agent up for promotion.His fate did not seem natural or ordinary.
And the countless sunflowers that spread out before themlooked upon them with bright smiles.They were like countless human h a n d They were such beautiful flowers.They were such beautiful flowers.
Blood
dropped
right
onto
the
ground
At
that
moment
They
were
such
beautiful
flowers.