Chapter 723

Sway-

William, who was mesmerized by the new world he had stepped into, came to his senses. 

It was because his senses, which had become clearer than before, told him that the place where he and Shadowman were trapped was sinking.

With the power he had now, with Jay, who had become several times stronger.

William looked at Shadowman, who was breathing hard with sparkling eyes. 

He lowered his hand that had been holding his and hugged Shadowman more strongly, but carefully.

“Shadowman! Let’s escape together!”

He could do it.

He would get out safely and entrust Shadowman’s treatment to First, and then go back to his parents who would be worried. 

And the next day, he would go to school as if nothing had happened, and Shadowman would also, as always, for the sake of people…

“…That seems to be difficult.”

William’s hopeful thoughts were cut off by Shadowman’s voice.

“…What?”

William’s eyes trembled as he looked at Shadowman.

As anxiety slowly seeped into his young and black eyes, Shadowman smiled bitterly and said.

Then, without knowing it, he coughed up blood with a cough. His breathing was rough, as if his lungs were injured.

The smell of blood, rusted iron, and the briny smell of seawater mixed and penetrated William’s refined senses. It was the smell of misfortune.

“Still… it’s a power that’s too hard for you to handle…”

The inherited power felt like a new pair of wings that he never had before.

Even the Natrains who had been training under their families or masters since before would have a hard time handling it, let alone William, a human who had just received the ‘inheritance’.

“Then, Shadowman, Shadowman can help me…!”

Feeling like misfortune had taken a step closer, William put more strength into his hand that was holding Shadowman. As if he would never let go.

Shadowman’s hand, soaked with blood, apologized, comforted, and patted William’s hand that was filled with desperation.

“…I’m sorry. I don’t have enough strength for that.”

The battle with the man a while ago was fierce, and the energy of Shadowman and his partner, who had now disappeared, was not infinite.

The only passage that connected to the outside was a small hole where the moonlight shone.

William and Shadowman didn’t have enough energy to escape together.

Sway-

Misfortune took another step closer to William and Shadowman.

The two’s bodies tilted a little more. Now the seawater began to wet the clothes of Shadowman and William.

Shadowman smiled.

At that, William’s heart sank with a thud.

“I’ll, I’ll try to do something!”

William felt something and held Shadowman tightly. 

Strongly and desperately, like a child who doesn’t want to be separated from his parents.

Hoo-

Shadowman, who breathed roughly, thought of his partner who used to appear with a clatter at times like this and smiled bitterly. He felt the quiet and still empty space very sadly.

But he felt comforted when he thought that it was for the sake of William in front of him.

“I… I won’t go! Unless it’s with Shadowman, never…!”

William cried out desperately.

No matter how much he was Shadowman, he couldn’t control William’s own shadow.

William had no intention of controlling his shadow unless Shadowman agreed to escape together.

“So let’s escape together! Shadowman!”

Pat pat-

Shadowman, who was breathing unstably, patted William’s trembling hand. 

The warm hand made him smile involuntarily.

“…William.”

Be a great baseball player.

Shadowman closed his mouth as he was about to say that.

No.

Shadowman didn’t care if William became a great and wonderful baseball player or not.

“…Live a normal and happy life.”

That was enough.

Normal, happy, and joyful.

With family and friends.

Like Jin Natra, what he wanted most.

At that, William looked anxious and cried out with teary eyes.

“I won’t go alone! I’ll never go!”

William’s face was pale and his lips and chin were trembling.

Shadowman smiled bitterly as if he felt sorry for William. But Shadowman’s mind didn’t change.

Shadowman whispered very quietly.

“…Please. Father’s shadow…”

Under the faint moonlight.

The black shadow that had received the ‘inheritance’ flickered like a flame. William was surprised by the shadow that moved without his will and looked around.

“Jay? What’s wrong?!”

No.

At that moment, it was not William’s shadow friend, Jay.

It was the shadow of his father, Tul Natra, who was trying to save his son.

The black shadow that flickered like a flame rose from below to above, and wrapped around William as if it was coiling.

“Wait, wait! Jay! Shadowman! Shadowman too!!”

William shouted with a desperate face at the black shadow that was digging into the gap between him and Shadowman. It seemed like he would really escape alone like this.

“Jay!!”

Why?!

Why doesn’t Jay listen to me!?

Shadowman’s shadow, which had become one with him by something (inheritance), was not moving according to his thoughts at all.

William shouted at Shadowman, who was the cause of this situation.

“Shadowman! Let’s go together! Please! Please together…!!”

William’s voice that was about to continue disappeared. 

It was because the black shadow had covered William’s head. 

And then, without giving William a chance to recognize, it quickly went down, as if diving into the water, into the shadow.

Shadow movement.

It was Shadowman’s way of moving, like electricity moving through wires, through the shadows of buildings or other people that were connected here and there.

“Hoo-”

Only after William disappeared, Shadowman breathed hard as if he was in pain. He had been hiding it so that William wouldn’t worry.

The quiet surroundings.

The sound of seawater was heard close by.

He was bothered by the man he had missed. But he wouldn’t be able to touch William again with First there. 

He was worried about his father and Bell, who would hear his news. He was sorry and regretful.

“William…”

I hope he won’t be sad for long.

“…I wanted to see the major league game… too bad.”

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Together with his father and Bell.

Leaning against a pile of trash, the bloodied Shadowman smiled wistfully.

His heavy eyelids slowly closed.

Very slowly,

His warm breath faded away.

***

“Cut! Okay!”

The director Jonathan’s shout was heard.

The close-up shot was the last of this scene, but the set was quiet.

“Sniff.”

“Shadowman…!”

There seemed to be sobbing sounds from everywhere. They had been filming this scene over and over again. 

Among them, the die-hard fans of [Shadowman] were holding their breath and crying, their eyes swollen and their lips bitten.

The two actors who created such an atmosphere, Lee Seo-jun and Evan Block, snapped out of their immersion as soon as they heard the cut sound.

Seo-jun, who was hiding in a space under the set, stopped [(Pre)Dark Elf’s Shadow Transformation] and got up with a normal face as if he had never been sad, and Evan Block, who had his eyes closed with bloody makeup, also opened his eyes with a vivid expression.

“Was the timing okay?”

“Yeah. Let’s go monitor.”

Then they headed to the monitor where director Jonathan was, with a lively look.

Their appearance brought the staff, who were deeply immersed in the movie, back to reality.

“Isn’t this movie going to explode in the theaters?”

“Director Jonathan… It might be dangerous.”

The staff were worried about what would happen after [Shadow and Knight] was released. 

Especially, they were concerned about director Jonathan Will, who wrote such a script. Even now, the eyes of the staff who were die-hard fans of [Shadowman] were not good.

“But the synopsis, Jun made it with him.”

Pssh-

That seemed to pour cold water on the heads of the die-hard fans who were burning with anger. They all looked at Seo-jun with betrayed eyes.

Jun! You too…!

Whether they knew the staff’s eyes or not, Seo-jun, Evan Block, and director Jonathan were focused on monitoring.

The screens that were filmed from various angles without invading each other’s angles popped up on several monitors. 

Seo-jun and Evan Block looked at the footage without a word. And soon they nodded their heads with a satisfied expression.

“Good.”

“Yeah. It came out well.”

Director Jonathan, who was nervous next to them, finally sighed with relief and told Matthew, the assistant director, that the shooting was over for today.

“Good job, Evan.”

And he shook hands with Evan Block. Today, Evan Block finished all the shooting of [Shadow and Knight].

Evan Block also smiled and held director Jonathan’s hand.

“Jonathan, you did a good job too. I’m looking forward to a great movie.”

“Yes. I’ll work hard to make it!”

Director Jonathan smiled broadly.

Evan Block, who said goodbye to director Jonathan, headed to the dressing room with Seo-jun to remove their makeup.

“I won’t see you on the set anymore, Evan.”

Since they had filmed all the scenes where ‘Shadowman’ appeared, they had no more filming to do with Evan Block. Seo-jun, who was sorry, opened his mouth, and Evan Block, who had enjoyed filming with Seo-jun every time, also felt sorry and said.

“Yeah. I wanted to film more too… Why didn’t you put more Shadowman scenes in the synopsis?”

“Uh, um…”

That’s one thing and this is another.

He couldn’t say that and just rolled his eyes, and Evan Block laughed. Seo-jun was never lenient on the quality of the work.

‘That’s why I like him more.’

Evan Block smiled and said to Seo-jun, who was scratching his cheek in embarrassment.

“I’ll come over to your house often until I go back to Korea.”

“Okay. I’ll be waiting. Oh, call Rachel too and let’s play together.”

“Wouldn’t she come before I contact her?”

Well, Rachel would probably arrive at home before him and Evan, and greet them with ‘Hi!’ while eating snacks on the sofa as if it was her own house.

Hahaha.

Seo-jun and Evan Block laughed as they imagined the same image.

The staff shed tears at the sight of the two actors.

“They are so happy…!”

They were still over-immersed.

***

“Phew!”

“…Tae-woo hyung. Did you bring all that?”

Seo-jun blinked his eyes at manager Choi Tae-woo, who was unloading a pile of luggage from the car as if he was moving. 

He knew he was loading something in the car at home, but he didn’t know he would bring it all down.

“It’s an outdoor shoot. I thought it might be necessary.”

“But it’s a studio area.”

Today’s shooting was an outdoor shooting within the studio area.

They could use the studio right next to them, so they didn’t need to prepare anything else.

“It’s a night shoot. They’re going to spray water too.”

The sky he looked up at was dark.

It was not a sunset evening, but a midnight shooting, and there were several water trucks ready to spray water instead of rain near the set.

Ssssh-

While the staff were preparing for the shooting, the water truck was practicing raining. It was not a downpour or a drizzle, but it seemed to be looking for a moderate amount.

He felt a cold mist.

Unlike Seo-jun, who didn’t care much, Choi Tae-woo’s face was full of worry. It would be a big problem if he caught a cold by mistake.

“This is a towel and this is a warm yuzu tea. I also brought a hot pack. There’s a rechargeable dryer and a small heater too…”

Hmm.

It was a thorough preparation that seemed to be okay even in the middle of winter.

“Then I’ll unpack a little.”

“Okay.”

While Choi Tae-woo was moving the necessary items to Seo-jun’s waiting room and the set, Seo-jun greeted Melissa Walton and Jo Sung-hwan, who were filming with him today.

“Hello.”

“Welcome, Jun.”

Melissa Walton and Jo Sung-hwan, who had filmed the scene of ‘parents waiting for William with worry’ in the afternoon, welcomed Seo-jun with a smile.