Part 14: *Hyun-ae, day 2 - The Death of *Mute

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We're still jumping into this a bit blind, but hopefully this'll provide a bit of context.



If I try to jump ahead now...



...no dice. *Hyun-ae still needs time to decrypt it.



BGM: Old

Oh Eun-a - *Mute, Korean, February 27, 4045





I guess she must've felt powerless, huh...?



Hm...





Oh...?



...huh...









Oh... I guess even back then, she didn't do that...



...huh...





...this is a lot more gentle than I was expecting from her...





What? Who? Was it...?!

Updated bios:

Heo Seo-yeong


Ryu Hyeon-su


Councilor Oh


Oh Eun-a


Professor Kim




Politics makes strange bedfellows - Heo Seo-yeong, Korean, March 5, 4045





Whoa... a really different feeling!



...harsh...









...huh, she can be a smooth talker, though...



Whoa! Her? A rebellion...? *Mute?!



...geeze, this is...

(In case context is unclear, "one man good enough" links to Professor Kim and "conspirator and plaything" links to Eun-a.)



...she really idolized her, huh...







...huh...





...*Mute... she really wanted to prevent that...?



I... I think I understand what she saw in *Mute now.

Updated bios:

Heo So-hi


Heo Seo-yeong


Chief Councilor Smith


Professor Kim




Nice timing!



I'm really nervous to find out...
But finally, we can read about what happened to *Mute!



The Death of *Mute - *Mute, Korean, March 9, 4045



BGM: Power



...even *Mute could be scared?







...that must've been scary for the maid, though...





...



Huh...?



...oh, geeze...



This feels like it's really off...



Whoa!



...an explosion on the plaza?! Wow... that's... really serious...



He didn't...!



...oh, no...





...that's so cold...



...oh...





...I... know exactly how she must have been feeling... oh no, *Mute...











She...



...I don't...





So... the reason the ship was the way it was in my time, was because...?





...this is so hard to read...





So... that's how she was... that's so cruel!



...oh...



...



...it wasn't even...?!



...I didn't like her, but... reading about her broken like this is... is...



...no...



...no, no, no...



...so that's how it happened...



*Mute, I... I... I didn't know...



...so... I guess...
...geeze, poor *Mute.
I suppose... remember, back when I was on the Mugunghwa, and I said that what happened in the year 0 was a big giant mystery, even to me?
...well... I guess we solved the mystery.
I don't know what to think...
And I don't know how to feel about *Mute. The old one seems like a good person, but in the end...
...well, I don't know. I just don't know. It's all so complicated to me.
I guess, I just feel like...
...it should have been something more?
All my suffering, the horrible world I woke up in... that's the explanation for it?
I lost everything and lived in misery because of that?
Above all else, I never imagined, when I tried to think of what it could have been that made everyone become all stupid and traditional...
...that made them abandon all the values that I grew up on... that made my adopted family treat me like a prize to be married off and nothing more...
...I never imagined...



*Mute, I feel so conflicted about... but Oh Eun-a?
I read about her... after all, she was the first woman in history to share my fate, to be married to an Emperor Ryu.
But...
...she's not like me at all! Nothing at all! She's a monster!
Shes the one who's responsible for all that...
What a horrible, awful, loathsome, terrible person!
I hate her! My family might have been cruel, but at least they were ignorant.
A woman like Eun-a couldn't possible have any sort of excuse...
I really really really hate her!



And now we know.



Very well! I'll just let you go ahead and save your data first...
All done! Well... good night...
It's been a really exhausting day, hasnt it? Well, see you tomorrow...