As I was going to my class, I heard roomers about a magical forest. That's when I remembered the time I mistakenly saw my father's message saying "Are we going to give up looking for him in the magical forest." I didn't think much about it until today. The moment I opened the door of my class, my classmates crowded around me like I was a celebrity, some started shouting my name "Jinyou! Jinyou!" I got some peace when the teacher got in the class. I forgot to mention that if I'm a bit late for school, my classmates will get worried about my face. Well, they say I'm so handsome that I make their days, literally.
When the class was over my annoying classmates started asking me questions about my personal life, "Hey, Jinyou do you have a girlfriend? Did you break up with your ex?. As if it couldn't get any worse "Did your mother die? I said enough!! You guys should just do this thing called mind your business!! I knew that they were only doing this because of my face. I hate people like this. I got out of my class while they were still following me while touching me. I had enough of it and I punched one of them out of anger and they told Principal Amanda.
She called me into her office and said "What is wrong with you?! Why do you like acting like an unloving boy?! This has been going on for quite a while. You are suspended for two weeks. You better come back with some new manners!!
I went back home that day feeling sad "Man, what a long day but it hasn't even finished yet because I just know the moment I enter the house I will get the yelling of a lifetime." Well what I just predicted happened and I'm going to bed without supper as a punishment.
I did not get a wink of sleep and it was 11:47 am so I decided to get outside and take a walk for thirty minutes. As I was walking, I saw a forest appearing out of nowhere and I got curious and went in the forest.
I was surprised at how there were beautiful creatures and trees in the forest and everything felt so unreal. I pinched myself to see if it was a dream but it was not. A cute little cub came in-between my legs and it was shaking. I looked at the cub and realized it was very injured. I took it behind a huge tree but when we leaned on it the cub and I fell inside the tree. I turned on my torch and I went out to see if I could find a rare leaf that could heal the cub. I was surprised to see the leaf I was looking for in a blink of an eye. "Well, this is a magical forest after all." I said to myself. I cut the leaf into half and the liquid that I read about dripped on the cub's stomach (where the wound was). I was about to fall asleep until I heard the little cub sneezing so I cuddled with it until the next day.
When I woke up, I looked at the cub and it's stomach was already healed. Well, I'm a genius."Thank you for saving my life." I was shocked I took my phone and turned on the flashlight and I started to look around. I asked with a trembling voice "Who...who is that?" I looked at the cub and it turns out the cub can literally talk!! I was surprised. The cub then transformed into a human being. "You are a human right?" He asked. I replied "Yyy...yes" while shaking.
"All humans who step on this magical forest shall never return to their world." He added. "What?!!" I said. "But since you saved me I will take you to my palace." ("What on earth is happening?!! in fact I don't think I'm on earth any more)" And that's how I was taken to a stranger's palace. But to be honest, I am pretty hungry and that's why I'm actually going. When we arrived at the palace I asked him if he was joking about what he said about going back to my world but the answer still remained the same. He invited me to breakfast but the food wasn't so good. I asked what was in the food and he said there is a bats raw kidney and the rest I just don't want to mention. I told him to take me to the kitchen to cook some real food.
While I was cooking, he told me that he knows my nickname and I asked "How do you know my nickname and I didn't even tell you anything?" He told me that my nickname is Unloving. I was shocked and asked "How do you know that?" "Your parents gave you this name because you didn't know how to love someone." He said. I asked "How do you know so much information about me?"
"I have been observing you since you were born and I'm not a human being I'm a devil." He said. I asked him "What's your name?" "San Young" He replied.
I realized he was staring at me for too long when I was cooking. I asked San Young "Why are you looking at me?" "Don't worry this is the first time I've seen a human so you don't mind, do you?" He said. "Of course I mind what are you talking about? When people look at me I feel uncomfortable." I replied. "Sorry I didn't know." He said.
I figured if I stayed here forever, where would I stay? What would I eat? As if he read my mind he said "Would you like to stay here? Now that you do not have a place to go to." I agreed. He told me to go take a shower and I went. When I was done he gave me a towel and some clothes to wear. I was surprised because how can San Young a devil be this kind? Damn!
When I was looking at the clothes they looked amazing but how do you wear them? Literally. I asked how you wear these clothes and he explained to me. After a couple of minutes of explaining I finally understood. And it turns out, they actually are a good fit I have to admit.
When I got out of the room San Young's and his friends were all saying I looked pretty good and the clothes he chose were a good fit. I asked them "Where is San Young?" They said "Oh, he went to the forest for a walk a few minutes earlier." I decided to go look for him to say thank you for the clothes and for making me stay.
So I went to the forest to look for him. I was walking for a few minutes then I saw him plucking a flower. I ran to him while shouting his name "San Young, I have something to tell you!!" As I got closer to him I could not control my legs and I crashed into him. I got up and apologized for my behavior and asked if he was okay.
He said he was okay. He also asked "What did you want to tell me?" "I wanted to thank you for letting me stay and for these clothes too." I replied. "You are welcome, anything else?" I asked "How does this forest appear and disappear and when it disappears where does it go?" " There is an earthquake after every 10,000 years for about one hour, so in order for the forest not to be destroyed it disappears and goes to the human world and stays there for about two weeks then it disappears to its normal world. The forest is now in its normal world called Eclipse the world with darkness. The magical forest usually glows in many different colors and that is why it may seem like it is morning but actually it is night time."
"How do you know what time it is then?" I asked. " It depends on the amount of light the forest has. Like now, it is morning because of the color yellow, orange, red, green and white. At night there are usually purple, blue and neon pink." He said. "No wonder this forest looks unrealistic. Thank you for explaining it to me. Would you take me to look around at this forest? I'm afraid I'll get lost." "Okay, shall we get going?" He said.
While he was explaining he could have also said that he had enemies in the forest that were ready to attack any moment but no, I had to realize that the hard way. While we were walking, a soft moist rope got tied around my neck and was choking me. I looked behind just to see it was not a rope but a long tongue coming out of someone's mouth who looked like a monster in my nightmares In fact, even the monsters in my nightmares look a bit better than the one I got to see in real life. At that moment I didn't know what I would die from, either from a heart attack, choking or both.
San Young magically spits the tongue into two while giving the monster a death glare. I wondered how he did that but what I should be wondering is how I survived literally. Sheesh! talk about a bad day. The monster started to become angry and charged on San Young. I guess the monster didn't know who he was messing with because the moment the monster was about to stab San Young with the long nails of his, San Young snapped his fingers then the monster was squashed and blood splashed everywhere. I guess I am taking another shower because damn how that smelled worse than a cow's poop. At this point, I wondered if I would make it out alive in this forest. If San Young wasn't there I could have been forever gone so I thanked him.
As we were walking home, I realized that it was becoming nighttime. I really wanted to change these clothes so badly. It's like San Young read my mind and asked "Would you like to take a bath here in the forest?" At this point, I just didn't care what I was doing as long as I got these stinky clothes out of my body. So I obviously agreed.
We went down to a river that was surprisingly warm, and he said "You can take a bath here while I go wash your clothes on the other side." I said "No don't go, I will be killed by the monsters by the time you come back. So let's take a bath with the clothes." He agreed.
While we were taking a bath I remembered the tree that we fell in when I was taking care of San Young when he was injured. I asked San Young we were near his palace, but we were not even close. I told him about the tree,, and he said it's near this place and we could spend the night there. We wore our clothes that were somehow dry, and felt comfortable again.
We started looking for the tree and surprisingly San Young found the tree quickly, and we entered the tree. It was so dark and warm inside, furthermore, I went to look for glowing leaves. I found two leaves that were purple and blue. I got in the tree, and he was soundly sleeping. I only placed the blue light in the tree and the purple one out because I didn't want to wake him up.
After a couple of minutes I realized that not just anyone can enter this tree. I got out to investigate, and it turns out that I was right. I took a creature and I wanted to go in with it, but I am the only one who got inside, and the creature was left behind. At that moment San Young woke up, and I asked "Are you okay?" "I am fine." He replied. I asked him about what I found out about the tree and he said "You were here in your past life, and you were born in this tree. So I was married to you and that's why only you and I can enter this tree.
I was shocked when I realized that there are a lot of things I don't know about. "How is this even possible? What was my name in my past life?" I asked. "You were a devil too in your past life, and you were called Jim sang Young. That was a lot to take in, and I said "Well, we will discuss this later, so good night." Just when I was about to close my eyes I heard someone hitting the tree and I once again almost had a heart attack. It's like these monsters are always aiming to make sure my heart stops. Hopefully I can get used to this.
Anyway San Young was also woken up with the noise, and he told me to not be afraid, and he told me that there were even more rooms in the tree. We got up, and he led me in a room that was not only huge but also quiet. I sat there, and I asked him "Does this happen every time?" He answered "No it doesn't. It's just because they recognized you, and they are probably here to take you to their master. And who is dumb enough to go out and allow themselves to be kidnapped."
"Is there anything else I don't know about?" I asked San Young. "Yes there is a lot you don't know that I can't explain to you in a day so the more you stay in this forest the more you know more about it." He replied. I couldn't sleep again and was just waiting to go back to the palace. But still I can't believe I was a devil's lover literally.
I saw a window and I went to see what was outside. I saw the monsters looking at me deeply in my soul. It's like they were waiting for me to look outside of the window.
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