247. Volcano.

Volcano was born in a village around Mount Andra, an active volcano. He was always bright and powerful, and he was so active that he was close to all the villagers. The village elders and young people also took care of such Volcano with their family, and it was the best happy memories. They were the villagers who welcomed me with a kind smile when I greeted them with an immature face, but that day was a little different. The village chief gathered the villagers together and seemed to be talking about something with a serious face. To sort out the memory of the day, it was after the village chief's son witnessed something on Mount Andra.

Volcano was so young at the time that he didn't know exactly what happened that day. The naive Volcano was just heartless to the village elders who didn't play with him. While adults gathered in one place and talked, the boring Volcano started climbing the mountains alone. Volcano, who picked up a broken branch and was playing like a blunt weapon, found a creature emitting a red light in front of him. It was a fairy that had the shape of a very small person and had four wings on its back. When Volcano looked at the fairy, the fairy began to move deep in the mountains. The Volcano, which is marvelous to see a fairy for the first time in my life, followed the fairy deep into the mountains. Volcano, who was chasing the fairy, reached the top of the mountain.

Volcano, which reached the top of the mountain, could not hide its surprise. Because magma was flowing out of the crater. The volcano Andra, which had been resting for ten thousand years, began to breathe again. The fairy that Volcano chased was a volcanic fairy that guarded Mount Andra. Volcanic fairies have lived in volcanoes all their lives and have been like guardians who calm down whenever there is a volcano. But as time went by, the power of the fairy weakened, and finally, it was impossible to put the volcano to rest. When the volcano got out of the power of the fairy, it began to fluctuate quickly.

Feared by the magma, Volcano began to go down the mountain. Suddenly, I went back to the top of the mountain as if I remembered something. It reminded me of the fairy he was chasing. The fairy was lying helplessly near the crater. Volcano took the fairy in his arms and quickly went down the mountain. Halfway down the mountain, the ground began to shake rapidly, and a tremendous explosion exploded in the crater of the volcano. Volcano lost consciousness, feeling a sense of floating in the sky at the same time as he heard the sound of the explosion.

When Volcano, who had come to consciousness, opened his eyes, it was already after everything was over. Looking at the ashes that were darkening the sky and the lumps of lava that had already cooled down, we could see that some time had passed since the volcanic eruption. What's really strange is that Volcano was so fine, even though the volcano exploded and devastated the area. It didn't take long for Volcano to realize why. It was because the body of the fairy, which he held tightly in his arms just before the volcano erupted, was broken like ashes. Volcanic fairies, from birth, are all parts of volcanoes and friendly creatures that have not been affected by the heat of volcanoes, and the fact that volcanic fairies have reached this end means that fairies have completely lost their power. The fairy knew that she could no longer stop the volcano because she lacked her strength. I wanted to let the villagers know about this before the volcano erupted, but even that time was running out. Then someone appeared in front of the fairy. The person who appeared in front of the fairy was Volcano.

The fairy wanted to take Volcano to the top of the mountain to inform him of this danger. The only way the fairy, who knew very well that his strength was not far away, chose Volcano, which he had stumbled upon. The fairy, who saw Volcano following behind him, wanted to tell Volcano, who had seen magma gradually flowing out of the crater, to go to the villagers and tell them about it, but he couldn't communicate with Volcano. But as if he knew the mind of such a fairy, Volcano was going down from the crater out of fear of magma. The fairy then relieved her mind and looked at the crater that was about to explode. Volcano came back when the villagers were relieved to think they could evacuate.

"You must be scared, too. I'm sorry to go down alone."

Volcano took himself in his arms and went down the mountain quickly, but the fairy thought that if this happened, even this child might die. In the midst of this, the fairy did not know whether he was grateful for Volcano, who came back to save him. However, it was a fairy who wanted to save this child. Before I knew it, the volcano seemed to be getting angry, and the ground shook rapidly, and the crater erupted everything it had endured and the sound of explosion burst out. The fairy handed over all his power to Volcano in order to save Volcano. So Volcano came to his senses, but he saw everyone except himself turn into ashes.

Volcano saw the unbelievable scene in person and did not believe it. He was weak all over his body and hovered around with a broken fairy in his arms like ashes. I couldn't believe the lump of lava, which had cooled down and was already hardened, and the things and buildings scattered around it were all burned down, so I couldn't believe its shape. Even Volcano, who was close to the villagers, burst into his throat and called the villagers to find them, but the only thing he heard was Volcano's echo. At one point, the Volcano, which had lost its family, villagers, and even its place of life, collapsed on the floor. As I shed tears, I grabbed the ashes that were caught inside my palms. If this is the case, I would rather let myself die and blame the fairy who saved me for a moment. Having lost everything, Volcano can no longer live in this village.

Surviving alone, Volcano dreamed of a normal life in another village. Although he had to solve everything by himself, Volcano began to adapt to that kind of life. He was the first to start making money working as a mercenary, and a few years later, he got a lot of clothes and a shabby house. And then one day. That day was very different from the other days. Volcano, feeling the whole body getting hot, has never been like this. Volcano, gripped by an unknown sense of incompatibility, was anxious. But today was an important day to defeat the monsters that plagued the village. Helplessly, Volcano armed himself with pitches and armor and took his weapon, Mace. So Volcano, who went to fight the monsters with his colleagues, knocked down a lot of monsters, but it was too much to deal with the ever-increasing number of monsters. The same is true of colleagues. It was Volcano who even saw his colleagues fall down due to monsters. The whole body of Volcano, who didn't want to lose people anymore, heated up. Volcano, who lost his mind momentarily, hit the ground with the mace he was holding. The ground shook like an earthquake and gradually spread like magma from the crater. Volcano lost his temper and fell to the ground.

After coming to his senses, Volcano felt his whole body cold. But Volcano didn't care about his body. When I looked around again, everything except myself turned into a mess. The monsters were all dead and scattered on the floor, and even their colleagues were all on the floor. A few colleagues had already been reduced to ashes and only the form remained. I wanted to believe that all of this was a lie, but in fact, Volcano knew instinctively that he did it. Not long after, the villagers saw this and grabbed Volcano. It reminded me of an incident that happened a few years ago, when a volcano exploded, the whole village was burned down. The villagers came to suspect that the cause of the incident was Volcano.

Caught, Volcano recalled the past as if he had been possessed by something. What would have happened if he had not gone back a few years to save the fairy? What would have happened if I hadn't followed the fairy a little before that? I thought this wouldn't have happened if I hadn't gone up the mountain from the beginning. But now I knew that no matter what I thought, it didn't mean anything. The villagers were busy looking at the captured Volcano, looking at it, and swearing at it, saying it was the cause of the village's disappearance. When the village chief was last asked if he had anything to say to Volcano, Volcano smiled without saying anything. Volcano was rather fortunate to be able to see the villagers and their families where they originally lived. After putting everything down and already ready to die, Volcano slowly closed his eyes. But after a while, nothing happened. Gradually, I couldn't hear the voices of the people around me. Unaware of the reason, Volcano slowly began to open his eyes, and an unbelievable thing happened in front of his eyes. He looked at his clothes, his curly hair, and the man who was smiling at him for the first time in his life. Volcano is left here with the idea that it might be able to go back to the beginning.