Episode 158
I immediately went to Evan and woke him up by slapping his face.
“Evan, the sun has risen. “Get up quickly.”
“Okay… … .”
Evan opened his eyes with a wet face and yawned.
“… good morning. You woke up so early.”
“… what.”
In fact, I didn’t sleep a wink, but my condition was better than when I slept well. It feels like her head has cleared.
“Let’s come to our senses and move quickly before people wake up.”
“Just take your eyes off… … .”
Evan rubbed his face like a lazy cat. Was this guy always weak in the morning?
From what I remember, the retreat was quite fast-paced… … . In fact, it is a place where even the laziest person in the world has no choice but to be sincere.
Anyway, I left the hideout with a half-asleep Evan.
The commercial streets, which were always crowded, were quiet at dawn.
Even for merchants who have to diligently prepare for business, now is the time to fold their bedding.
Most people at the academy are probably still in dreamland… That might be the reason why we move early in the morning.
We moved without using a tram.
Of course, the tram is faster, but I thought that somehow the ride record would remain and I could be tracked down later.
Fortunately, the shopping center and research building were not far away. Was it worth it to insist on an uncomfortable bed instead of going back to the dormitory?
“arrived.”
“Is that building number 12?”
Research Building No. 12 was a two-story building and had a ‘L’ shape.
Even though it was early in the morning, it still had a gloomy feel, but if I had seen it in the middle of the night, it might have looked like a really abandoned building.
“But isn’t it a place professors use for research? “Why does it look like that?”
“They say that building number 1 is the best for the research building, and that the facilities get worse as you go down in order. “Once you reach number 12, you won’t be able to distinguish it from an unused bathroom.”
“hmm… … .”
After all, it’s an academy, right? It is a meritocracy from beginning to end. As a member of the Badnicker family, it was a familiar climate, but… … .
“… hmm.”
Immediately after entering the building, Evan fell asleep at the same time.
For some reason, I felt a strange tingling sensation.
It’s a mysterious, melancholic feeling that’s hard to explain in one or two words.
The thought that it would definitely have been dangerous to step in at night crossed my mind.
“It’s great to conduct research in a place like this… … .”
“I heard that maintaining a professorship is not easy. “They say that if you don’t perform well every two years, you get fired without looking back.”
“I see… … . But why do you know so much about the academy?”
“ah. There were some classes that overlapped with Farm. You know? “He’s a talkative guy.”
In any case, most of the signs felt inside were professors and had no connection to martial arts, so no one realized our infiltration.
There was no separate security, so we easily reached our destination, room 104.
Sigh… … .
As soon as the door opened with an unpleasant sound, the smell of old dust filled my nose.
The inside of the room was unusually dark. Although there was one window, the blackout curtains completely blocked the sunrise.
Sigh… … .
I pulled the curtain halfway to check inside, and the privacy of the room was finally revealed.
“wow… … .”
“… … .”
As Seren said, there were mountains of occult items and old dolls, and complex letters and patterns carved on the walls.
What should I say?
It’s a place you don’t want to stay in even for a second.
Not because of the uncleanness, but because of the atmosphere.
“This is a place where the food is really bad.”
“You check the doll side. “I’m going to look into occult supplies I don’t know what they’re used for.”
“Wow.”
Evan pretended to vomit and headed toward the doll, while I rummaged through various unpleasant items.
A blood-stained handkerchief, rotten petals, a half-broken mug, a bottle with an unknown solution, a rattle that looks like it could be used by a baby, a rusty carving knife… … .
It is full of items that have nothing in common other than being ‘ominous’.
I used my fire eye to check if there were any magic tools mixed in, but… … .
‘There is none.’
Everything here is old antiques.
Then he looked at the wall.
A dark magic circle for forming, maintaining, and enforcing the laws of the other side of the world, and a demonic language that contains the rules to be observed there.
Seren, just when it occurred to me that I had written down these earthworm-like characters well… … .
“… … ?”
I felt some discomfort.
I immediately reached into my pocket, took out the note, and compared it with the engravings on the wall.
‘… ‘There’s one more line of demon language?’
My spine felt a little chilly.
It must have been only a few days since Seren visited this place.
This means that someone stopped by here in the past few days.
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“… Luan?”
“What?”
“The dolls are a little strange.”
Evan was pointing at the mountain of dolls with an unusually stern look on his face.
“What’s strange?”
“These guys keep looking at me.”
“what?”
“look.”
Evan moved slightly as if to prove his words.
Keek, kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk… … .
“… … !”
With the sound of the joints breaking, the doll’s head followed Evan.
“… Lady Seren didn’t say anything like this, right?”
“okay. And the demon language also got one more line.”
“Really?”
“Something smells bad. “For now, here-”
“Hehe.”
We both shut our mouths as we heard a short laugh. The moment I looked behind me, I saw the princess standing like a ghost.
“… … .”
I didn’t feel any presence at all.
In fact, it was still like that.
Even though he is clearly standing in front of me with a calm expression, I don’t feel like I’m facing him.
It was as if I was facing a ghost.
The princess gave a dark look and burst into laughter.
“I probably didn’t come because I wanted to join the club… … . Desbury, what do you think they came here for?”
“… … .”
“You’re right. They must have come to disturb you. “That we create paradise.”
Not worth answering.
An evil expression was radiating from the princess who was asking the question.
It is an explicit instrument.
For a moment, I thought that it would be dangerous if Evan’s identity was revealed to the princess.
“good.”
After speaking briefly, he immediately rushed towards the princess and shouted at her from a distance that was halfway narrowed.
Good luck!
A 100-day eclipse flower ring, a palm-shaped flame, flew towards the princess.
The princess smiled slightly even after seeing the scene.
It was the next moment.
Kwakagak!
The dolls standing on the wall jumped up and threw themselves at Hwa-ryun.
A movement that ignored the body, a group of moths became a shield and protected the princess.
At that time, I heard a clanging sound behind me. It’s the sound of Evan breaking the window and running away.
“Ahaha.”
The princess burst into laughter again. She shows no signs of giving chase. Now that I think about it, this guy’s eyes were fixed on me the whole time.
I also looked into those eyes.
Although the hair was hidden in black, it could not hide the red eyes that were unique to the royal family.
What did Glenn say?
The criteria for selecting the 15 people who are now members of the royal family is the purity of the noble red color.
It certainly was.
The princess’s eyes were much redder and more beautiful than the red jade she saw in Alderson’s treasure trove.
Thump, thud… … .
Looking across the black, scorched and burning doll, he looked into the eyes of the princess and spoke.
“I want to go to the other side of the world.”
If you fight the princess here, it may be possible to subdue her and even kill her.
That’s not what I want.
The princess smiled brightly and said.
“That’s fun. “How did you know about paradise?”
“You wrote it here.”
I pointed to the demon language with my thumb.
The princess’s smile became even deeper.
“I see you can read that. Hehehe. Desbury will have more friends… … .”
“… … .”
“good. My paradise does not reject the child who comes. Luan Badnicker, I’m sure you’ll like it too. “As long as you follow a few rules.”
“rule?”
I pretended not to know and asked.
It was to contrast with what I got from Lise.
“first. Don’t get caught by the paradise residents. second. “Don’t try to escape paradise.”
“… … .”
If we were to turn paradise into a world behind us and the inhabitants of paradise into dolls, it would be the same as the explanation given by Lise.
“And third. “Once a day, you must play with the children in paradise.”
“… … .”
I didn’t hear this.
Was this rule the new addition?
But what does it mean to play?
Before I could ask, the surroundings suddenly became darker.
Click, click, click… … .
The remaining dolls crawled up the wall and covered the window with their bodies. It was a disgusting sight, like a swarm of cockroaches.
The princess reached for the entrance door and slowly closed it.
Sigh… … .
The princess did not pay any attention to the screams at the door that she did not want to hear.
Instead, he even smiled and whispered.
“Let’s have fun until the full moon, Luan Badnicker. “I hope you enjoy it too.”
widely-.
The door was closed.
The room was immersed in complete darkness.
… … .
… … .
… … .
silence.
Although I still couldn’t feel the princess’s presence, I soon realized that the atmosphere around me had changed significantly.
My heart was beating quickly and my breathing became difficult for no reason.
I groped around inside the dark room.
Find the location of the curtain based on your memories before it went dark and then remove it.
Sigh-.
“… … .”
I remember the light of dawn and sunrise.
It was clearly not long after dawn.
It was different now.
Outside the half-broken window, the night sky seemed to be stained with blood… … .
As if we were approaching, we could see the blood-red moon filling half of the sky.
Is this another world?
“… “Look at the atmosphere.”
It was an uncomfortable sight for some reason, so I was about to close the curtains again.
Ugh… … .
A desperate scream was heard from afar.
It’s not that far.
I immediately opened the door and jumped out.
* * *
Arin Ohandel, like most girls her age, loved dolls. Of course, she did not personally purchase and keep it.
Because I felt a little embarrassed about buying a doll at the age of seventeen. Since she lived in a dormitory, she had nowhere else to hide.
‘But, someday… … .’
If you graduate from the academy, if you become independent at home and have your own space… … .
I had a simple dream of putting a few dolls I liked in a corner of the room.
“Hick, hick, hick…” … !”
Now, the thought has disappeared without even a trace.
For Arin, the doll has now become a nightmare rather than a dream.
I let out a breath of fear and ran down the dark, long hallway.
A hallway so long that you can’t see the end.
My own panting shadow was reflected in the blood-red light seeping through the window.
The sight of the girl running because she wanted to live, because she didn’t want to die, and because she didn’t want to be sick anymore was miserable and comical.
Kihihihi-!
The doll followed behind him.
The doll was only about half the size of Arin, but its face was horribly distorted, and in its hand was a sword as large as its own body.
A butcher knife with rotten blood and pieces of meat stuck to it.
The images of the cadets covered in blood after being hit by those swords flickered.
“Sobbing… … .”
Arin suddenly burst into tears.
While I was running frantically, and even though it was difficult to control my breathing, I was talking to myself incoherently.
“… Help me. sorry. I was wrong. I will do my homework well. I won’t even make a noise. I will also cut down on snacks. therefore-.”
The next words did not come out.
The reason wasn’t just because my voice suddenly cracked.
This is because I know that the words are meaningless, and I have already learned that the words I spit out are of no use.
Craddangtang!
And Arin fell.
It wasn’t something I lost my footing, it was something that was inevitable.
It’s been a while since I lost feeling in my legs.
My body had long since passed its limit, but I was forced to run because of fear.
Just as a person on the verge of death suddenly exhibits superhuman strength.
Even that seems to be a limitation.
The sound of creepy laughter came very close.
The doll no longer ran but walked slowly. In fact, it was probably like that from the beginning.
If I wanted to, I could catch up in an instant, but I didn’t.
That was their nature.
I enjoyed human fear, fear, despair, and frustration.
“Ugh, huh… … .”
Although Arryn Ohandel had learned magic, he had no intention of fighting at this moment.
In its current state, it wouldn’t even be possible to use mana, but even if it could be used, it would be a futile effort.
There was a senior named Theus who was famous as a leading swordsman in the swordsmanship department.
I heard that joining the Imperial Knights was almost a sure achievement.
Likewise, there was a time when the senior who had been captured here led the cadets who were still alive for a while.
I trusted his curious face and confident attitude.
If I follow my senior’s words, I have hope that I will be able to escape from this place.
It didn’t last long.
Theus, who was fighting the doll with great enthusiasm, was crawling on the floor with all his limbs cut off in less than a minute.
– Ugh… … . Save me… … . help me… … ! Please… Ah, it hurts. so painful… Uh, mom… … .
Theus crawled around with only his body until he was about to die, and when he ran out of strength, his face was crushed like a fruit and he died.
“Sigh, sigh… … .”
Arin realized that it was now her turn.
I said dying was inevitable, but I didn’t want to suffer.
I wanted to die in peace, but I didn’t even have the courage to bite my tongue.
Now that I think about it, did you say that biting one’s tongue to commit suicide is a superstition?
Even in this situation, it’s a useless thought.
Arin wanted to burst out laughing, but she didn’t have the energy or the time to do so.
Before I knew it, the doll had reached my feet.
Kieh… … .
My eyes stopped on Arin’s right leg. Swollen toes and peeling toenails. ah. It looks like they are trying to cut that one first.
Butcher knives soar high.
Somehow the sight seemed unrealistic. Even though it was a sight I had seen many times, it was like that.
I couldn’t imagine that my leg would be cut off by that knife.
‘ah… … .’
I felt like I knew why that upright Theus senior looked for his mother at the last moment.
“… mom.”
This is the moment Arin’s voice disperses.
A warm light shimmered from the right.
It was not the gloomy and frightening red moonlight that had followed me like a nightmare all day long.
It made me feel drowsy when I touched the back of my hand without thinking, but when I looked up, it was so brilliant that no one could look straight at it.
A hint of sunlight.
Aran’s impression was accurate.
What she witnessed was a martial arts technique modeled after the sun, among all things in heaven and earth.
Wow!
The doll was smashed.
The demon that I couldn’t even think of confronting was torn to pieces like an ordinary wooden doll.
“Are you okay?”
“… … .”
Arin looked at that with open eyes.
The platinum-haired boy pumped his fists. It looked like he had just destroyed a scarecrow, not just killed a demon.
“you… … ?”
“I’m a transfer student. Looking at the color of your tie, you are a senior, right? First of all, there are a few things I want to ask… … .”
The tone is light.
Have you not figured out what’s going on yet?
There were often cadets like this.
Since the dean had such a bad personality, he thought of this situation as some kind of event or test.
They were also the cadets who died the fastest and most miserably.
“Now, wait a minute… … . W, it’s dangerous here. There are people-killing dolls everywhere, everyone has been caught besides me, and this isn’t like a test… … .”
“I know everything.”
“Uh, huh?”
“The devil has appeared. “The senior got caught up in that.”
The boy cut off his random words.
Arin blinked and asked.
“Are you caught here too?”
“Please be different. “Because I came here with my own feet.”
“You came in person? why… … ?”
Why did you come to this hell? That question was hidden behind the tone.
Then the platinum-haired boy answered.
“To save you.”
“… … .”
Then Arin Ohandel’s expression turned bizarre.
The lips were quivering, the tip of the nose was twitching, and soon water droplets formed around the eyes.
There were words I had been swallowing all along.
‘help.’
This unknown world suddenly grabs you, running away, being scared, begging, despairing, and running away again.
I have embraced and exhaled thousands and tens of thousands of times.
‘Please help me.’
But I realized that it was meaningless and that what I said would not reach anyone, so at some point I gave up talking any more.
So the words “Please save me” were not uttered until just before death.
Because I was scared.
Beyond the current situation, my voice will not reach anyone. The fact that he dies quietly here without anyone knowing.
It wasn’t.
The voice that could not be uttered clearly reached someone.
At that fact, Arin burst into tears.
“thank you… … .”
As if a dam had broken, the true feelings that had been shattered along with the tears came out in a voice.
“Thank you. thank you. Well, now I thought it was all wrong, huh… … . thank you so much… … .”
He repeatedly nods his head and expresses his gratitude.
The boy, Luan Badniker, laughed at the sight.
I don’t know what will happen after this.
It may have been a foolish decision to enter this world alone.
I don’t know… … .
First of all, it was a good thing I came.
I truly thought so.
fantasy,
