Chapter 22: The Box, The Voice And The Hand..
In the morning, Gamja got up and after freshening himself up and waking won , he decided to go to Kim Eun Joeng's room and ask him about the breakfast ..
He walked to his room and knocked on the door but EUN Joeng did not answer , Gamja waited for a while, outside the door and waited for him to come out but after getting no response, for a while, he decided to enter the room , when he entered inside , he saw that Eun Joeng was not there , his bed was a mess and the glass was on the floor, Gamja got worried and came out of Sun Joeng's room and started looking around, for him ,he was about to go out to look for him when he saw Eun Joeng coming in, from the outside.
My lord , where were you, Gamja asked as he looked at Eun Joeng.
Gamja, Eun Joeng cried out loud as he lunged at Gamja and wrapped himself around his body.
What happened my lord , are you okay ,Gamja asked rubbing his back as Eun Joeng was now sniffling.
I had a nightmare , a very bad one , Eun Joeng pouted leaning on Gamja's body to get more comfort .
Gamja took Eun Joeng in his lap and walked back inside the room , he sat on the chair while Eun Joeng was still in sitting in his lap holding his body tightly , Gamja rubbed his back for a few long minutes to calm him down and once he stopped sobbing ,he asked gently.
What happened my lord, what kind of dream did you have , was it very frightening , why didn't you come to me if you were so scared.
Eun Joeng opened his mouth but closed it immediately.
No , no,no , i don't want to remember it again , don't ask me what I saw, just hug me and be here , I want to hug you.
After 2-3 hours:-
Eun Joeng had now completely calmed after hugging and kissing Gamja for so long, so he decided to get ready and go to his office , right now Eun Joeng was changing his clothes while Gamja was sitting there with eyes closed.
My lord, are you done changing.. Gamja asked not daring to take a peak.
Yes, I am done , open your eyes, Eun Joeng said as he looked towards Gamja.
My lord , can you please not go today, I am feeling very uneasy, like something is about to happen, Gamja asked looking at Eun Joeng.
No , I have a very important work today, I need to go, Eun Joeng answered.
I am feeling very uneasy because of the nightmare I had at night , i would rather go and be at office the whole day maybe then I can forget about that ominous dream..
Then , I will come with you, Gamja said.
No , if you come won would follow you too, so you be at home and play with him , I will come back early . Eun Joeng said and got ready to leave
My lord , I will come with you.. Gamja whined again as Eun Joeng was on the main gate leaving for his work.
No , I will come back early , don't worry ,I will take care of myself, he smiled and left.
Gamja stood there for a while as he looked at Eun Joeng's departing figure , the ominous feeling was growing inside him with every passing second but he could not do anything,
In the late afternoon , Eun Joeng was in his chair, massaging his temple as the headache grew inside his head , he had his eyes closed ,head leaning back in the chair , when his subordinate at work came with a glass of water in his hand.
Sir , are you okay , you don't look too good today, his subordinate asked .
If you have too much headache you can leave now , I can handle the remaining work .. his subordinate continued..
Ah no it's okay , I can handle it, Eun Joeng answered.
It's okay sire, please retire for today you don't look very good ,I am afraid you would fall sick .. the subordinate insisted..
Okay fine , I will go, but make sure to finish the remaining work today, Eun Joeng ordered and got up to leave.
Eun Joeng left his office and started walking towards the manor , the walk was a quiet one, the unusually calm road made Eun Joeng's spine shiver, cold wind was blowing at an unusually fast speed making Eun Joeng's hands and face go numb , he was in the middle of the road when suddenly with his next step , the place seemed to change , it was not the usual road anymore , Eun Joeng looked around histerically, it was not the usual road anymore, he was in the middle of a forest alone.
Eun Joeng looked at his surroundings, trying to figure out what was happening when Gamja called out to him.
My lord , where are you.. Gamja asked from behind , it was Gamja's voice, but not the Gamja in real life but the one from his nightmare last night .
Eun Joeng gulped in fear as he stepped forward not daring to look back.
Wait , my lord, i am coming too , Gamja chirped again in an unusually heavier and louder voice..
But Eun Joeng didn't stop he kept walking as he fisted his hands determined on not playing along with whoever was calling him..
My lord, please wait for me , it hurts, there is blood, please save me , save me please , it hurts to be alone here , please,this time Gamja cried in pain as he called his name in agony.
When Eun Joeng heard this painful cry, he turned around and looked around with tears in his eyes.
I know you are not my Gamja, who are you, and why are you doing this.. Eun Joeng asked back.
The voice didn't answer Eun Joeng, but rather kept calling out to him in a mournful voice, like he was crying over his dead body, the voice was powerful, the forest rumbled as the crying of the other person got heavier and heavier like he was descending into madness, Eun Joeng stepped towards the direction where the voice was coming from and soon started running around following it.
Eun Joeng followed the voice until it stopped calling out to him, there was a big tree in front of him, he slowly walked to it and looked behind the tree to find the box behind it, it was the same box that was in his room in the manor, but what was it doing here..
Eun Joeng took a deep breath and took his hand forward in the direction of the box to touch it ,when again like last night he felt a hand intervened with his, he looked at the hand and it was still the same bloody charred hand, Eun Joeng without thinking anything kicked the hand with his left foot and ran away from the hand.
After running for a few minutes, Eun Joeng stopped in the middle of nowhere and started breathing heavily, when he looked forward and found the box in front of him.
My Lord, save me, open the box, there was a knock on the box from inside.
Hearing this voice made, Eun Joeng crumbled down, he wanted to cry, he wanted to go back to his Gamja and cry in his lap, why was all this happening to him, he didn't know but he wanted it all to stop so that he could go back to his Gamja.
He slowly went towards the box again and was about to open it when suddenly the burnt woman appeared in front of him..
I said NOOOOO, the woman screamed In a terrifying voice.
Eun Joeng was about to run away again when the woman suddenly grabbed his clothes and with all her might threw Eun Joeng away making him crash into the trees, the trees fell down with the sudden crash, Eun Joeng cried in pain, after hitting the tree Eun Joeng fell down and before passing out he heard.
Do Not Open It. The woman's voice cried out.