Soojun Fantasy Short Stories ~~
The Whisper of Yeonjun, Oracle of the Sea
The storm rages. Lightning flashes across the black sea. A monstrous shape—Veltharion, emerges, its jaws glistening with seawater. Soobin grips a broken spear-shaft, bracing himself on the shore. Yeonjun's glowing form flickers in the crashing waves.
Veltharion
Mortal… the sea does not permit your defiance. Your breath ends here.
Erynn
Ahhh my head ... how long I was unconscious 😵
Erynn
huh!!... What's that noise coming from?
Soobin
Then let the sea try! I’ve already beaten death once.
Yeonjun
Soobin, you cannot fight Veltharion! He is older than storms, forged from the first tide!
Veltharion lunges. Soobin rolls aside, thrusts his broken spear, but it glances off the beast’s scales. Yeonjun wavers, torn between obeying the sea and saving Soobin
Yeonjun
No… I cannot let him—
Suddenly, a figure stumbles onto the beach: a young man, soaked, clutching driftwood. It’s Erynn, Soobin's childhood friend, who also survived the wreck.
Soobin
*Erynn.. He is alive*
//feeling happy after seeing him//
Erynn
What is happening? .... 😨
Soobin
(grinning through the chaos)
Trouble. Stay back!
Erynn
You expect me to leave you to fight a sea demon alone? Not happening.
Veltharion
(Eyes glowing)
Another mortal? Then both shall drown.
Yeonjun finally steps forward, silver aura blazing, hands raised. His voice thunders like the deep tide.
Yeonjun
Veltharion, enough!... He bears the shell of fate. Harm him, and you defy the prophecy itself!
Veltharion
Oracle… you betray your vow. You shield a mortal with forbidden love.
Soobin
(glancing at Yeonjun, stunned)
…Love?
Veltharion
Then drown with him.
The beast lunges again. This time, Soobin and Erynn both strike—Soobin with his spear, Erynn with a jagged rock. Yeonjun unleashes a surge of glowing water that blasts Veltharion back into the sea, howling. The storm begins to subside, though the waves remain restless.
Soobin
(panting, still gripping his weapon)
We… we did it?
Erynn
(Staring at Yeonjun)
Soobin… who is that?
Soobin
The reason I’m still breathing.
Yeonjun
The sea will not forgive me for what I just did.... By striking against Veltharion, I have broken my vow.
Soobin
Then break every vow. For me.
Erynn
Soobin—are you insane? This… this creature isn’t human!..
Soobin
He’s more human than any of us. He risked everything to save me.
Yeonjun
You speak of me as though... I belong to you.
Soobin
(gently, staring into his eyes)
Maybe you do.
Long silence. The waves fall quiet, but the shell in Soobin’s hand burns faintly with light—proof that the bond between mortal and oracle has grown stronger. Yeonjun looks away, shaken by how much he wants to believe those words.
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