The Shaman Wants Transcendence

96 – Resurrection, Spring

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Jinseong looked at the dambi quietly.

The dambi looked much younger than the dambi in his memory, and had a smile similar to that of that time.

Dambi said with a bashful smile without shame in Jinseong’s gaze.

“Now that I’ve done everything my grandfather told me to do, I’ll say what I want to say~ Jinseong Park, thank you for saving me and giving me a new body!”

“Thank you?”

“Yes. I really appreciate it. Specifically, if I tell you my wish, will it be granted?”

“It’s a wish.”

Jin-seong looked at the dam-bi who was thanking him, then took his hand off her head as if he had made up his mind.

“You were born a long time ago, but you were not born in the true sense of the word.”

Jinseong smiled softly at the dambi.

“Birth is a very strange thing. Simply coming out of the womb and hatching from an egg cannot be said to be born into the world. You can only truly say that you are born when you make your own existence clear. It was a name that was asked, and I became an adult only when I was given a name and was able to go on a journey on my own. Being an adult is a word that proves that I can exist alone, and at the same time, it is the minimum condition to have an impact on the world.”

He took out a piece of paper folded several times from his bosom and set it on fire.

“In that sense, you are a very strange being. You obviously exist as a different entity, but at the same time you couldn’t come out of your body, so you were either born or unborn. But that doesn’t mean you don’t exist.

Even as Jinseong stared at the marten with her eyes, she squeezed the air and brought paper and a pen from somewhere.

“That’s why you in the past couldn’t do anything. You got a name, but it became meaningless and couldn’t be your name. You exist, but you have no choice but to remain unrecognized by anyone. But now you I got a body, and I’m on a journey to make an impact on the world, and I want to give you a gift now, because I may not be the godfather, but I can be the naming artist.”

Dambi stared at Jinseong with her eyes wide open.

“First of all, I’ll give you a name. A name defines a person and represents the person himself. It is a boundary that separates individuals and symbolizes your identity. In that sense, there is nothing more suitable for you than this name. Will.”

“Your name?”

“Don’t you like it?”

“No~ It would be nice if the benefactor made it! But please make it pretty~”

Jinseong put his hand on the paper and pulled out his ink.

The ink was pulled out in the form of a thin thread and floated in the air, wriggling like a snake as it swam through the air and flew to the marten and entered its body.

“Your name is Anastasiya (Анастасия). It means resurrection.”

The one who gained a body and was resurrected.

One born in the flames of consciousness.

Like a phoenix, he gained his body through flames and appeared in the world.

Her name, which means her resurrection, is probably the name that best represents her.

“Anastasia…”

Dambi muttered several times with a dazed expression as if she liked the name that came out of Jinseong’s mouth.

“Next is the last name. But this is your choice..”

Jinseong asked the dambi with a soft smile.

“Do you like Russian or German?”

Just like in her famous sci-fi movie, handing her the red pill and the blue pill and urging her to choose, Jin-sung held out both of her empty hands to her and asked.

Russia or Germany?

However, what is different from the movie is that he only said that and the result of the choice did not come out of his mouth. Jin-seong only told him to make a choice, even though it must have been a lifelong choice that would have a great impact on his life, seeing the flashes of brilliance in Jin-seong’s eyes as he drew lines.

Dambi tilted her head at Jinseong’s question and looked at his right hand.

“I like the German style~ Because it feels like a younger brother and real sisters~”

The choice has been made.

“Yes. I see.”

“What is your name? Do you have the same last name as your brother?”

“No.”

He laughed

“You were born in the song of spring, so the name winter does not suit you.”

Once again ink was drawn from the paper, and it flew towards Anastasia’s chest. And when all the ink was absorbed, I felt that the presence of Anastasia, which she had been exuding, became clearer, and her presence grew even stronger.

“Blue zoisite Lenz. Shortened to B Lenz. Your name, your full name, from now on, is Anastasiya B Lenz.”

Winter means winter.

Lenz means warm spring.

It’s not the same surname, but since the seasons follow, it can be said that this is also a surname that proves the sisterhood relationship.

“Anastasia B Lenz…”

Dambi touched her chest.

So that the ink that entered there can permeate better, so that your name can penetrate deep into your body and become an indelible mark forever. She rubbed her stomach again and again until her pale, cold skin turned red from friction.

“Thank you! What a pretty name!”

“Nothing. It was just your choice.”

“By the way, if you chose Russia, what name would you give it?”

In response to her question, Jinseong stared at her as if he really wanted to know her. But when she didn’t avert her eyes, she smiled and opened her mouth.

“Now you don’t need to know the name.”

If she had chosen the Russian style, the meaning of her first and last name would have been similar to what it is now.

Likewise, I would have given her the name Anastasia, which means resurrection, and Vesna, which means spring.

But the middle name is definitely different.

This is because, unlike middle names in Europe, which are made quite freely, in Russia, ‘second name’ is used as a middle name. And because of the nature of Russian culture, which places importance on patronymics, the bondage was quite strong, so if she was given a patronymic derived from Jinseong, she would have been bound and influenced by Jinseong.

“But it seems like you can’t hold back your curiosity, so I’ll tell you. The given meaning wouldn’t have been much different from now. Only the note would have changed, and it would have become Vesna instead of Lenz.”

“That’s pretty too~”

“But isn’t the name Lenz prettier?”

“Yes, Lenz is a little moreI think I like it~ Maybe it’s because I speak the same language as my brother?”

Anastasia made her choice.

Maybe that’s the right one

Freedom and safety.

Dangerous, but free to live.

Leash stuffed but safe.

Which one might be better for her?

However, she obtained a trick through her fate, and through a trick, she obtained a choice, and from that choice, she obtained a different fate. This is a different fate from the one before her return, who lived under the name of Anastasia Alexandrovna Vesna (Anastasia Alexandrovna Vesna), and a different fate from what Jin-seong was trying to suggest.

Her destiny to go by the name of Anastasiya B Lenz was nothing short of unexplored.

Jin-seong thought of a poem while watching Anastasia, who was bragging about her own name to Ella as if she liked her.

A poem called “The Road Not Taken” By Robert Frost.

“Two roads diverged into the woods. So I took the lesser-trodden path, and it changed my destiny. 』

Jinseong looked at his old colleague who would live a different fate.

“Congratulations on coming back to life, being born, getting a name.”

“Heh, I’m more thankful! Save Ella, save me, and give me a name! I don’t think it’ll be enough even if I pay it back in my lifetime!”

“I don’t need that much. Just.”

While talking about her, Jinseong remembered her dambi’s old appearance.

Memories before returning, when he asked for information about discovering witchcraft by chance.

No matter how much fate changed, if it was Anastasia who was full of curiosity, she would definitely wander around the world. And in the process, as before her return, she will discover numerous ruins and discover magic.

“Don’t forget that if you tell me your wish, it will be granted.”

“Ng! Got it! As much as you like!”

Jin-seong nodded as if he was satisfied with her shouting that he would grant her wish, then turned around and hid her body as it was. She had disappeared as if evaporating in thin air. As if she was seeing a ghost, Dambi seemed to be curious and opened her eyes, revealing curiosity.

“Brother, brother. Did you just see it? Huh?”

She spoke to Ella as if her child, who had seen something strange, rushed over and urged her.

He didn’t stop just by talking to her, pressing her head against her head, rolling her head around and stimulating her legs like rolling a foam roller.

Annoyed by the sight, Ella moved her arms with all her strength and grabbed Anastasia’s head, and she gritted her teeth.

“Hold on, you impostor! And properly, systematically, and chronologically, so that I and Sister Lee can understand! Well organized! Explain!”

The two onlookers who had been watching Jinseong’s ritual, like a bag of barley that had been borrowed from Ella’s horse, crept towards Ella and Anastasia. Anastasia said cautiously, smiling brightly as if she was pleased with the body temperature of the three people around her.

“Okay~ This older sister will give you a great explanation from now on!”