Episode 159
The moment he was looking down at the sobbing academy cadet, the door behind him suddenly opened.
Drur… … !
I immediately got into a combat stance, but the cadet’s attitude was different.
“I lived, I lived… … !”
The guy who had been sobbing just now smiled happily and threw himself into the door as if he was diving.
“you you! “You too, come here quickly!”
“… … .”
And he gestures with a bright face.
I was a little surprised, but it didn’t seem like a trap, so I followed it.
The door closed right after I stepped in.
“Phew… … .”
Then the cadet let out a sigh that came from deep in his heart.
“done… … . “You’ll be safe for now.”
“Is it safe?”
I looked down at the cadet.
It seemed like there was a lot of explanation I needed to hear.
* * *
Arin Ohandel.
Seventeen years old. A third-year academy cadet and member of the Magic Faculty.
Ohandel is a family I have never heard of. This means that they are not from a particularly famous family.
“It must be around here… … .”
As soon as Arin entered the room, she started searching around, and in the meantime, I looked around the room.
It looked like it was roughly used as a laboratory, but it wasn’t very spacious.
About half of the dorm rooms I stay in?
The room also had a window, through which I could see the blood-red moon still floating.
Earlier, I was distracted by the sky.
This time, I lowered my gaze a little lower and looked at the ground.
“… … .”
The ground illuminated in red seemed to be soaked in blood. It makes me wonder if this is the place I just walked to.
The change wasn’t just caused by it getting dark.
Withered gardens and trees, old streetlights, broken roads, and devils… … .
‘devil?’
I narrowed my eyes.
There was a monster that was clearly visible even from a building quite far away.
When I looked closely, they also looked like dolls, but they were too big.
Just by looking at it, it seemed to be at least 3 meters tall.
“It’s an ‘adult doll.’”
Arin suddenly approached and whispered.
“Adult doll?”
“huh. The thing you killed earlier is called a ‘child doll’. Child dolls are only allowed inside the building. “The ones wandering around outside like that are all adult dolls.”
“hmm… … .”
“That’s why we can’t even think of leaving the building.”
Arin sighed, shook her head, and spoke in a bright tone as if to brighten the mood.
“Look at this.”
I thought about something, and in my hands were two buckets of water and something that looked like a long stick.
The latter was a visual I had seen somewhere before.
“… Energy bar?”
“oh. You know. that’s right. There is something to eat hidden in the room like this. “There just happen to be two here.”
Arin handed me an energy bar.
“eat this… … !”
“uh?”
“Oh, no. Since you saved me, I can take both… … .”
A gurgling sound cut off Arin’s words. Arin’s face heated up in an instant.
“I ate a lot from outside, so you can both eat.”
“Really?”
“That’s right.”
“thank you!”
The moment Arin exhaled, “Whoa,” there was an energy bar in her mouth.
It begins to gnaw on the hard energy bar with a crackling sound.
An energy bar made from solidified grains.
I ate what Priest Junian gave me during the retreat. It was easy to preserve and had enough calories, but it wasn’t very tasty.
Unless it was an emergency, I didn’t want to eat it… … .
Arin seems just happy to be able to fill her stomach.
‘Isn’t that impossible?’
Looking at his skin and bones, it looks like he’s starved for a week at least.
Arin, who gulped down an entire bottle of water, sighed and made a happy expression.
“Whoa… “I will live.”
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“Senior.”
I felt like I was finally ready to talk, so I looked away from the scenery outside and asked.
“How long have you stayed here?”
“well? The sun doesn’t rise here… … . “But it seems like it’s been a few months.”
“… … .”
It is difficult to believe that statement literally.
Although they may be experts in survival, it is difficult for an ordinary cadet to feel the passage of time correctly in an extreme situation.
Arin secretly looked at me and asked.
“But what on earth are you? To defeat that ugly doll in one go… … .”
“My name is Luan. “My status is Yeongdo.”
“leading!?”
Arin looked at me in surprise.
“ah! I said I was a transfer student… … . that’s right. I remember hearing that the spirits would be coming in about a month. So, you are a descendant of a [great family], right? No, that’s it… … ?”
Is it a low-class noble?
I suddenly burst out laughing at the way he spoke respectfully and looked at me.
“Just speak comfortably. “I’m a transfer student here anyway.”
“Well, is that so? Uh, anyway… This is my first time seeing Yeongdo. amazing… … . For some reason, he seemed very calm. “Are all spiritual leaders like that?”
Arin seemed to have a chatty personality.
If you put it next to the palm, it feels like the two of you will be chatting all day long.
Anyway, the name Yeongdo is helpful.
As was the case with Glenn, boys and girls of this age generally harbor a longing for the status of a young hero.
Arin’s trust-filled eyes were a bit burdensome, but… … .
On the contrary, with this attitude, I think they would be more likely to follow my orders in an emergency, so it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.
‘The most important priority is ensuring the safety of civilians.’
This safety does not simply mean blocking physical threats.
Mental stability should also be promoted as much as possible.
I said while looking at Arin.
“Senior, don’t worry anymore. I will protect you.”
“uh?! Uh, uh… … !”
Then Arin nodded repeatedly with a slightly red face.
‘Isn’t this it?’
Actually, I am not very talented with vocabulary.
Anyway, I wasn’t in a leisurely situation where I could choose what to say, so I asked the question again.
“Do you know where the entrance to this building is?”
“I know, but… … .”
Arin said in a heavy voice.
“It’s impossible to get out.”
“Are there people outside called adult dolls?”
“That too, but… First, let me tell you about this building. This research building is so large that it is deformed. “As you can see, the hallway seems to be dozens of times longer than an ordinary building.”
I nodded.
Not only the length, but also the width became wide enough for a carriage to run.
Arin continued.
“This is the first floor, but… “You have to climb up to get outside.”
“why?”
“There is no entrance door on the first floor. The only way out is to climb to the roof and then jump off.”
Why is the way you speak strange?
It’s not like a guess, it’s like you’re certain.
“Did you actually try it?”
“… Not me, but my seniors in the red crown. “There were seven people in total.”
Arin said in a sad voice.
“The higher you go to the upper floor of this building, the more vicious people appear. The doll on the first floor is too much for me, so what kind of monster is there on the rooftop? “It’s right to leave your luggage behind.”
“… … .”
“But those seniors were very strong. Because the dolls in the building were taken down as easily as you. but… … .”
Arin looked at the window with dead eyes.
“They were all killed by one adult doll.”
“ah.”
“It wasn’t even a fight. Those dolls outside… “It’s a real monster.”
Is it that much?
I saw it briefly, but it was difficult to guess the level just by looking at it.
If they were living creatures, they would have been able to roughly infer their abilities through prayer, but that’s because they’re dolls.
I took a moment to gather my thoughts.
Priority of work.
Killing the princess somewhere in this world is urgent, but there is still time until the full moon.
So what needs to take priority right now is… … .
“Let’s go out first.”
“Where are we going?”
“We need to find more people.”
There may be more people still alive.
Those living creatures may have information that Arin does not know.
Maybe there is someone who has seen the princess.
“uh… … .”
Arin hesitated at my words.
He seemed afraid to go out into the hallway.
“If you’re scared, you can stay here.”
“Oh, no! I’ll go with you! Well, the luggage won’t work. huh!”
Arin said urgently.
It seemed like I hated being left here alone more than dying.
I nodded and left the room.
I walk again through the hallway illuminated in blood red.
I said, slowly turning my gaze towards the window.
“by the way.”
“huh?”
“If I break this window, won’t I just be able to get out?”
“ah.”
Arin smiled bitterly and said.
“Of course I tried. “I hit it as hard as I could with a metal chair, but it didn’t budge.”
“Ohh… … .”
No matter what happens, you won’t even get a scratch?
When I hear these words, the rebellious spirit inside me stirs.
This is the moment when you are looking at a seemingly ordinary window and trying to cause a fire.
“uh… … .”
With a gasp, Arin pointed forward.
“… … .”
A doll was standing blankly.
It was a plush toy that could almost touch my ankle, but it also had a kitchen knife in its hand. There is blood there too.
Kikiki.
“Ah… … .”
The moment the doll laughed, Arin took a step back and wrapped her arms around both shoulders.
It was a reaction as if encountering a nightmare in real life.
I stretched out my right arm.
The roughly unfolded flower wheel flew towards the doll. Rather than a palm, it looks like a bunch of flames.
It was intentional.
I didn’t want to waste my inner strength or mental strength on a small child like this.
Good luck!
The hwaryun covered the entire body of the doll.
As it is a plush toy, it burns hotly.
“uh… … ?”
By the time Arin made that stupid voice, my eyes had already moved away from the doll.
“Senior, can you run?”
“Oh, yes.”
“Then let’s hurry. “Do you know where the stairs are?”
“I know, but… if.”
Arin hesitated and said.
“Can you save my friends before we go upstairs?”
“Do you want me to save you?”
I tilted my head at the strange words.
Because the words were a bit strange.
Asking for help means that you are still alive, but a crisis here leads to death within seconds.
That’s because the opponents are murder dolls.
This would be even more so if they were cadets who had not received any special training.
“huh… … . “I’m obsessed.”
“To whom?”
“To the same cadet.”
Arin gritted her teeth and there was a look of resentment in her eyes.
“They’re sodomites. “They took over the restaurant on the first floor.”
“Sodomy?”
“huh. Have you ever heard of it? At the academy level, it’s a place where only problem children are put in. “It’s kind of like a concentration camp.”
This is my first time hearing it.
Indigo tube.
I knew that it was the lowest level of the dormitories, but I had no idea that it was serving as a detention center for problem children.
‘It means that they are not people of sound character.’
It is only in extreme situations that human true intentions are revealed.
Limited food, limited area, death everywhere… … . How did such an environment come to be for cadets with bad natures?
I didn’t really want to think about it too deeply.
“Where is the restaurant?”
“wait for a sec.”
Arin stuck to the window.
The ‘ㄷ’ shaped building resembled an elongated straight body with both wings protruding from it.
I could see the opposite wing building through the window.
Arin seems to have guessed the current location by looking at that.
“We can just keep going this way. Go straight and the road turns to the left. If you walk again, you will come across a particularly large door. “That’s the restaurant.”
“good. let’s go.”
I walked a little faster.
Then I came across a few more dolls.
These guys only appeared one at a time, and they weren’t particularly bothersome.
The terrain itself was also advantageous to me.
This was because there was no place to hide in the open hallway.
For example, a small body like that would have been advantageous in a surprise attack, but it would have been much more troublesome if the surprise attack had been carried out while hiding in a narrow room.
“Even my senior in the swordsmanship department couldn’t kill that doll… … .”
Arin seemed to have complicated feelings as she saw the doll falling apart. Anyway, I’m glad that the fear has faded a lot.
The road took a turn and went straight again.
We entered a building we arbitrarily called the ‘body’, and the hallways here were much wider.
On the way, I found a staircase leading up, but I passed it without going up… … .
“… “It’s here.”
Finally, I found an unusually large door.
* * *
Rousseau Mozalan thought.
It must have been well over a month since I came to this ridiculous hell.
Maybe two months? I do not know.
At first I was frustrated and afraid. I even thought about death.
There was no need for that.
It was safe as long as I didn’t go out into the hallway… This restaurant serves food every day depending on the number of people seated.
This was the reason why cadets who were not particularly useful were kept in a room.
“Senior Russo, please… … .”
At that time, a cadet approached.
A haggard complexion, dull eye glow, and prominent cheekbones were visible.
“I haven’t eaten anything for four days already… … . please… I should eat it because it’s at least a little bit good… … .”
“Lying is fun. I can’t believe I ate anything. “I gave you water yesterday.”
“Ha, one sip was all it took… … .”
“that’s right.”
Russo said with a smile.
“I know that? People can survive for a month as long as they have something to drink. What do you think? “It would be nice to think of this as an opportunity to go on a diet.”
“… … .”
“Or you can just go out and find something to eat. Why was it Arin? “She’s just like that guy.”
The cadet closed his mouth.
Rousseau probably knew better that it was an act of suicide.
They say things like that even though they know.
Because I knew I wouldn’t be able to leave this restaurant.
It was then.
The door opened with a clang sound.
The cadets in the cafeteria were not surprised. This is because the dolls did not open the door and come in. The hallway was the only domain of those demons.
In other words, it meant that it was always a person who opened the door… … .
Two people appeared.
The person standing in front was a boy with bright-looking white-blonde hair.
“Senior, is this right here?”
“Yes… … .”
A small murmur, like a mosquito, was heard from behind.
Rousseau’s eyes landed on that. It’s a familiar face.
“Arryn Ohandel, you are alive.”
“… … .”
“When you go outside, do you really miss home? Welcome back. Of course, I have to fast for a week out of shame.”
“aha.”
It was not Arin who responded, but the boy.
“It was controlled like this. “It’s certainly lethal, but there’s nothing worse than food.”
At that time, the cadet sitting near the entrance opened his mouth.
“What are you?”
He was a particularly rugged-looking guy, and his well-trained muscles were visible even under his cadet uniform.
“At first glance, he looks like a lower-class student, but he doesn’t have a bun. Do you think there are still professors and school rules here?”
“… … .”
“If you want to live long, follow your manners.”
Then the boy’s expression became strange.
I heard words that I couldn’t ignore.
“… etiquette?”
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