Han Su-Yeong and Yu Jung-Hyeok were taken away in stretchers to the hospital where Kim Dok-Ja was staying.
韩素英和于正赫被担架抬到金德子所在的医院。
While listening to the round of Yi Seol-Hwa's non-stop nagging, Han Su-Yeong calmly organised the plan of action she came up with. And exactly one hour later, she told the companions of her idea by using the most concise words she could think of, while leaving nothing out in the process.
听着伊雪花不停的唠叨，韩素妍冷静地组织着自己的行动计划。整整一个小时之后，她用她能想到的最简洁的词汇把她的想法告诉了同伴们，同时在过程中没有遗漏任何东西。
However, you speaking concisely and precisely didn't automatically mean your audience would concisely and precisely understand you. The companions' reactions were like this:
然而，你简明而精确的演讲并不意味着你的听众会简明而精确地理解你。同伴们的反应如下:
"…..What do you want to do, again "
“你想干什么来着?”
Jeong Hui-Won asked back, while both Shin Yu-Seung and Yi Gil-Yeong dropped the jaws ever so slightly.
郑惠元回答道，申玉升和易吉英都微微地张大了嘴。
Han Su-Yeong replied. "Okay, so, if I put it in a simpler perspective…."
韩素英回答道:“好吧，那么，如果我用一个更简单的角度来说的话......”
"You are aware of what you've been saying until now, right?"
“你知道自己一直在说什么，对吧?”
"….Uh? So you did understand me?"
“嗯?那么你听懂我的话了?”
"We can't do that thing again. Did you already forget about the memories from two years ago? What happened to us after the group regression….?"
“我们不能再这么做了。你已经忘了两年前的记忆了吗？小组回归后我们发生了什么......?”
"I'm not saying we should regress."
“我并不是说我们应该倒退。”
"This and that are the same! If we cross the world-lines again….!"
“这个和那个是一样的!如果我们再次跨越世界界线......!”
"I'm also not saying we should distort the other world-line's future, either. You did hear what I said, right? I just want to send a single novel to that side, that's all."
“我也不是说我们应该扭曲另一条世界航线的未来。你听到我说的了吧？我只是想把一本小说寄到那边，仅此而已。”
Yi Ji-Hye silently listening to the conversation finally opened her mouth. "Okay, what you're saying is, you want to show the novel written on this side to Dok-Ja ahjussi in the other world-line. Did I hear you right?"
伊姬惠静静地听着谈话，终于张开了嘴。“好吧，你的意思是，你想把写在这边的小说展示给世界另一边的大叔看。我没听错吧?”
"You did."
“你做到了。”
"What meaning doing that will have?"
“这样做有什么意义?”
Han Su-Yeong started her explanation in a composed voice. "The 'Most Ancient Dream' is Kim Dok-Ja. And that Kim Dok-Ja was broken down into many pieces and scattered around to the rest of the world-lines before reincarnating into different existences. You with me so far?"
韩素英以一种沉着的语调开始了她的解释。“‘最古老的梦想’是金道子。金道子被分解成许多碎片，散落到世界各地，然后转世投胎成不同的存在。到目前为止，你明白吗?”
"…..You think I'm a dummy because I got an F last time Okay, so what's next?"
“......你认为我是个傻瓜，因为我上次得了个f?好吧，那么接下来呢?”
"The important part starts from there. The newly-reincarnated Kim Dok-Ja might not be 'Kim Dok-Ja' anymore. However, that doesn't mean he isn't the 'Most Ancient Dream', either. They themselves might not be aware of it, but all those souls are the 'Most Ancient Dream' that maintains this universe."
“重要的部分从那里开始。新转世的金道子可能不再是“金道子”了。然而，这也并不意味着他不是最古老的梦。他们自己可能没有意识到，但所有这些灵魂都是维系这个宇宙的‘最古老的梦’。”
Back when they escaped from the [Final Wall] for the last time, no one was left behind in the subway. Yet the universe's time didn't stop. Meaning, the 'Most Ancient Dream' hadn't disappeared.
当他们最后一次从终点墙逃出来时，地铁里没有一个人被落下。然而宇宙的时间并没有停止。也就是说，最古老的梦想并没有消失。
The souls that used to be Kim Dok-Ja had scattered to the rest of the universe and reincarnated, and unbeknownst to even themselves, they were dreaming of the different universes.
那些曾经是金道子的灵魂已经分散到宇宙的其他地方转世，甚至连他们自己都不知道，他们在梦想着不同的宇宙。
Yu Sang-Ah nodded her head as if she understood it. "So, you meant to use their power of imaginations."
于相娥点了点头，好像明白了似的，“原来你是想利用他们的想象力。”
"The imagination of the Most Ancient Dream is reality, after all."
“最古老的梦想的想象毕竟是现实。”
"Making the reincarnated Dok-Ja-ssi dream of the conclusion we all want…."
“让转世的Dok-Ja-ssi梦想着我们都想要的结局......”
"That's right. It'll be like we're presenting him with the source of imagination. So that they can dream about this world's conclusion." Han Su-Yeong studied the faces of her companions one at a time and continued on. "No one will get hurt this way. No one born in other world-lines will get harmed. All we have to do is to make those guys read a certain story, that's it."
“没错。就好像我们给他展示了想象力的源泉。这样他们就可以梦想这个世界的结局。”韩素英一个一个地看着同伴的脸，继续往前走。“没有人会因此受伤。在其他世界线出生的人不会受到伤害。我们所要做的就是让那些家伙读一个特定的故事，仅此而已。”
Countless Kim Dok-Jas scattered throughout many world-lines would all be imagining it. Those born with various appearances, living in various environments.
分散在世界各地的数不清的金道佳都会想象它。出生时有各种外貌的，生活在各种环境中的。
There was no meaning in meeting them or bringing them here. The only thing the companions could hope for in this situation was a miracle.
遇见他们或把他们带到这里来都没有任何意义。在这种情况下，同伴们唯一能指望的就是奇迹。
A miracle that could bring back Kim Dok-Ja they all remembered.
一个能让金道子复活的奇迹，他们都记得。
It was fine even if it was all a delusion, a lie - if only he could imagine their happiness…
即使这一切都只是一种幻觉，一个谎言——只要他能想象他们的幸福就好了.....。
If only all those countless 'Kim Dok-Jas' imagined the one single universe…
如果所有那些无数的“金杜贾斯”都想象出一个单一的宇宙.....。
A short bout of silence descended on the room. A similar sort of expression was floating up on the faces of everyone.
一阵短暂的寂静降临在房间里。每个人脸上都浮现出类似的表情。
They knew full well such a plan had zero chance of becoming reality. In order to make this plan work, several impossible hurdles had to be cleared first.
他们非常清楚这样一个计划成为现实的可能性为零。为了使这个计划奏效，必须首先扫除几个不可能的障碍。
The one who spoke up as the representative of the companions was Yi Hyeon-Seong, who returned to the country only about 30 minutes ago.
作为同伴代表发言的是李贤成，他大约30分钟前才回到朝鲜。
"Su-Yeong-ssi."
“苏映寺。”
He had returned in a hurry after hearing about Yu Jung-Hyeok and Han Su-Yeong's news. His eyes always burning with righteousness and will to fight were now obscured by heavy shadows.
他听说了俞正赫和韩素英的消息，就匆匆忙忙地回来了。他的眼睛里总是闪烁着正义和战斗的意志，现在却被浓重的阴影遮住了。
"We're all too tired. We're too afraid of hoping."
“我们都太累了，我们太害怕希望。”
What made a person truly exhausted was not despair. No, it was 'hope' that seemingly was on the cusp of coming true but would never become reality.
使一个人真正筋疲力尽的不是绝望。不，是“希望”看起来即将成为现实，但永远不会成为现实。
Han Su-Yeong also knew that. She slowly squeezed her fist tightly. "I know that. That's why I'm asking all of you for a favour."
韩素妍也知道。她慢慢地紧握着拳头。“我知道。这就是为什么我请你们所有人帮忙的原因。”
Yi Hyeon-Seong's eyes trembled the moment he heard the word 'favour'.
李贤成一听到“忙”这个字眼，眼睛就发抖了。
Han Su-Yeong had never, ever used that sort of expression before.
韩素英以前从来没有用过这种表达方式。
"I'm aware that it has a very low chance of becoming true. That's why this is merely… a type of ceremony, if you will. Something that must be done, to put the finishing touch on the past and to live the remainder of my life properly."
“我知道，它成为现实的可能性非常小。这就是为什么这仅仅是...一种仪式，如果你愿意的话。我必须做一些事情，给过去画上最后的句号，好好过完我的余生。”
Jeong Hui-Won asked her. "….What can we help you with?"
郑慧媛问她:“有什么可以帮你的吗?”
Rather than a verbal reply, Han Su-Yeong placed her notebook PC on the hospital room's desk and accessed a certain text file, one that they were intimately familiar with.
韩素英没有口头回答，而是把她的笔记本电脑放在病房的桌子上，打开了一个他们非常熟悉的文本文件。
A novel with its title still left as "no subject".
一部题目仍然是“无主题”的小说。
Han Su-Yeong slowly, so very slowly, began typing the title of the novel.
韩素英慢慢地，非常慢地，开始敲打小说的标题。
*
From that day on, Han Su-Yeong poured her entire being on writing the novel along with assistance from her companions. Even if it was her, she didn't retain every bit of memories in perfect order, so to complete the story, she had to borrow her companions' own memories.
从那天起，韩素妍在同伴的帮助下，倾注了全部心血来创作这部小说。即使是她，她也不能完美地记住每一段记忆，所以为了完成这个故事，她不得不借用同伴们自己的记忆。
"So, we'll make Dok-Ja ahjussi read this novel… But, how will we do that?"
“所以，我们会让大叔读这本小说......但是，我们要怎么做呢?”
"We somehow need to make him come across it naturally, without him feeling any disharmony. To the extent that he doesn't even realise he's currently imagining this world."
“我们需要设法让他自然而然地接触到它，而不让他感到任何不和谐。在某种程度上，他甚至没有意识到他目前正在想象这个世界。”
"Meaning, we gotta write a seriously entertaining story."
“意思是，我们要写一个有趣的故事。”
"Dok-Ja hyung read a boring novel till its end, so won't he read it even if we write it like, whatever?"
“Dok-Jahyung读一本无聊的小说直到它结束，所以即使我们写成这样，他也不会去读吗?”
Han Su-Yeong looked at the glib-sounding Yi Gil-Yeong and shook her head. "We don't know what might happen, so we gotta do our best. Kim Dok-Ja of other world-line might not be as patient as ours, after all."
韩素妍看着那个油腔滑调的伊吉英，摇了摇头。“我们不知道可能会发生什么，所以我们必须尽最大努力。毕竟，其他国家的金道子可能没有我们这么有耐心。”
"Let me help!"
“让我来帮忙!”
"Me too! Noona, you don't know the lingo the teens use nowadays, right?"
“我也是!诺娜，你不知道现在青少年使用的行话，对吗?”
The novel was compiled in Kim Dok-Ja's hospital room most of the time. After ending her lectures, Han Su-Yeong would come to visit him in his ward. Other companions also took turns to pay him a visit.
这部小说大部分时间都是在金道子的病房里完成的。讲完话，韩素英就到他的病房去看他。其他同伴也轮流来看望他。
"Sorry, I'm late. I had an announcement to make tomorrow, so…." said Yi Ji-Hye.
“对不起，我迟到了。我明天有事情要宣布，所以......”李智慧说。
"It would've been still fine to come after you were finished," replied Han Su-Yeong.
韩素英回答说:“等你吃完了再来也没关系。”。
"No can do. Today's the scene of my awakening, right?" Yi Ji-Hye's voice was filled with so much excitement. She scanned the manuscript Han Su-Yeong had written and continued to yap on. "Wow. This place…. Hah, I really almost died back then."
”“不行。今天是我觉醒的日子，对吗?”易智慧的声音里充满了激动。她扫了一眼韩素妍写的手稿，继续说个不停。“哇。这个地方..。哈，那时候我真的差点死了。”
"…"
"..."
"Keuh-heuh. Reading this part again still gives me the goosebumps. Eonni, you don't mind me asking you when I'm supposed to show up ag…."
“Keuh-heuh。再读这一部分还是让我起鸡皮疙瘩。Eonni，你不介意我问你我什么时候出现......”
"If you're planning to bother me, just get out."
“如果你打算打扰我，就出去吧。”
"Ah? Why are you being so cold? I even found a mistake in the setting, you know."
“啊?你为什么这么冷淡?你知道吗，我甚至发现了布景上的一个错误。”
"A mistake? Where?"
“一个错误?在哪里?”
"I never said anything like this!"
“我从来没说过这样的话!”
Yi Ji-Hye pointed at the screen. Han Su-Yeong glanced at the younger girl's phone, and spoke up. A closer look revealed that the scene in question came from when Yi Ji-Hye was saying her piece during the cinema dungeon.
易智慧指着屏幕。韩素英看了一眼小女孩的手机，大声说道。仔细观察后发现，这个场景来自于易智慧在电影院地牢里说她的那段话。
Han Su-Yeong explained. "Some creative licence is unavoidable, so some parts might be a little different from what happened in reality. But that part….."
韩素妍解释道。“某种创作许可是不可避免的，因此某些部分可能与现实中发生的情况有所不同。但这部分......”
⸢"Why do you think you're alone? We're here together, aren't we! No, hang on a sec… I'm always by your side, aren't I?! So, don't lose hope! Think about our kid…!⸥ "….I wrote that according to what Uriel told me, though?"
“为什么你认为你是一个人？我们在一起，不是吗！不，等一下...我一直都在你身边，不是吗?！所以，不要失去希望！想想我们的孩子......!”我是照乌列告诉我的写的吗?”
One day. Two days. Three. Sentences were diligently compiled.
一天，两天，三天，勤奋地编造句子。
When she couldn't recall the past properly, she'd even start pinching the sleeping Kim Dok-Ja's cheeks. And when her resentment flared up for no reason whatsoever, she'd even write some weird things in the novel, as well.
当她不能正确地回忆起过去时，她甚至开始捏捏睡着的金道子的脸颊。当她的怨恨无缘无故爆发的时候，她甚至会在小说里写一些奇怪的东西。
⸢"Find the ugly king!"⸥
“找到那个丑国王!”
Well, it probably didn't matter, anyway. He'd not even realise that this was his own story, after all.
好吧，不管怎样，这可能都无关紧要。毕竟，他甚至不会意识到这是他自己的故事。
The companions came to visit the hospital room in alternating turns as if they were entering confessional booths.
同伴们轮流来到医院病房，好像他们正在进入告解室。
"Actually, Dok-Ja-ssi was cursing a little bit during here…."
“实际上，在这里的时候，多佳斯有点在咒骂......”
"Ah, don't write what I just said. Understand? ….Hey, I told you to omit the part, so why?"
“啊，不要写我刚才说的话。明白了吗?......嘿，我告诉过你省略那部分，那为什么呢?”
They all seemed quite surprised by the fact that they still remembered so much of the story, and… "N-no, wait! Noona! I do respect hyung, but… But, what are you doing, portraying me as some sort of a religious fanatic "
他们似乎都很惊讶，他们仍然记得这么多的故事，和......“不，等待！诺娜！我的确尊重hyung，但是......但是，你在做什么，把我描绘成一个宗教狂热分子?”
…And, they seemed to be finding peace with the fact that they still remembered this story, too.
而且，他们似乎已经平静下来，因为他们仍然记得这个故事。
They sometimes cried, or read the memos containing story beats that would soon form the part of the story in the future.
他们有时会哭，或者读一些备忘录，里面包含的故事节奏很快就会成为未来故事的一部分。
Shin Yu-Seung asked. "By the way, why did you portray regression so negatively like this?"
申玉升问，“顺便问一句，你为什么把回归描绘得这么消极?”
"Well, even in that world, Kim Dok-Ja should only have one life, that's why. He might get badly influenced by reading this, right? I mean, he could still be a young kid there."
“嗯，即使在那样的世界里，金道子也应该只有一次生命，这就是为什么。他可能会受到这篇文章的严重影响，对吧？我的意思是，他可能还是个孩子。”
At her reply, a shadow drew upon Shin Yu-Seung's complexion. "But, we regressed, didn't we? In that case, will it be fine to write this part differently from reality?"
听到她的回答，一个影子映入申玉升的眼帘。“但是，我们倒退了，不是吗？在这种情况下，用不同于现实的方式来写这部分内容可以吗?”
"Nah. I'm just going to write it as is."
“不，我就照原样写。”
"Pardon? But why?"
“什么?为什么?”
"Doesn't matter who, every human is a regressor, you see."
“不管是谁，每个人都是回归者。”
There was a certain sentence she thought of while fighting against Yu Jung-Hyeok. In all honesty, she didn't expect Shin Yu-Seung to get what she was saying, anyway.
有一句话是她在和余正赫作战时想到的。说实话，她并没有指望申玉升明白她说的话。
The younger girl stared at the sentences for a little while, before shifting her gaze to the outside of the window. "Our regression couldn't influence this world-line at all. When I think about it sometimes, it feels like the last night's passing dream. What is the difference between the past that couldn't change the present, and a delusion that can't change anything?"
年轻的女孩盯着这些句子看了一会儿，然后把目光转向窗外。“我们的回归根本不能影响这条世界线。当我有时候回想起来的时候，感觉就像是昨晚逝去的梦。过去无法改变现在，而妄想无法改变任何事情，这两者之间有什么区别?”
