I’m Alone on the 100th Floor Episode 037
12. I had something to ask (2)
From that… … .
“… Guide, are you still waiting?”
Three weeks have passed.
“ah.”
The starting point of the ant hole. A girl in a white hood with puppy ears turned her head at the sound.
“Mr. Albert.”
The civilian who approached the girl held out the stick he was holding in his right hand.
“You’re still standing… I brought you a mat, so if you’re going to wait, please sit here and wait.”
Serin, who witnessed the worried expression, immediately expressed her gratitude.
“thank you.”
“Seon Yu-jin, is it far to get here?” Albert, standing next to the mat, put his fist on his waist and looked at where Serin was looking.
“Whatever the reason, you could at least contact me. How dare you keep a beautiful woman like Guide waiting… You’re a bad man.”
“Ahahaha… …
Serin, who had been smiling awkwardly, asked Albert Run about his recent activities.
“What’s the news about your wife?”
“Huh, well? I haven’t been able to contact my wife lately. But she’s still showing up on the community, so I don’t think she’s dead… …
“That’s fortunate.”
“I wonder if it’s okay to brag to other men about joining a high guild.”
“I’ll check for you when I go up.”
“Ha, haha… I have a favor to ask. I owe you so much, Guide.”
Serin smiled faintly and moved her finger to bring up the community window.
[Alvern – Current floor: 1st floor]
[Martin – Current floor: 1st]
[Sayuri – Current floor: 1st floor]
[Tiin – Current floor: 1st floor]
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Even though about three weeks had passed, Serin was still waiting for him at the starting point of the ant hole.
It wasn’t that boring.
While waiting, I talked to the civilians in the ant hole and became friends with some of them.
[Seon Yu-jin – Current floor: Practice floor]
His name, which had been intentionally moved to the very last box at the bottom of the community’s friends window, was still displayed normally.
‘I hope you are safe.’
The few days after sending him off were hard to bear as my depression relapsed, but I was okay now.
For now, I hope he’s safe, and just knowing he’s okay makes me smile.
It was because the Ant Cave people approached her first, even though she felt like she would have to wait for him alone.
“Ah! Father Martin sent food from upstairs today. I heard it’s really expensive food… If you get hungry while waiting, stop by his house sometime.”
“Hey, it’s a nuisance.”
“You are our savior, aren’t you? Don’t worry about it. And… I will stop by once. Hehe.” Albert, who had been drooling, continued speaking with a trembling expression.
“Well, aside from being a life-saver, he’s just a guy who would get all worked up when the guide comes to his house.”
“Tell her to take good care of Sayuri instead of me. You should take care of the person who likes you.”
“Hahaha! That’s right. It’s a shame to lose that guy, Ten Guide! He has a wife!”
In response to Albert’s words, Serin slowly shook her head.
“He’s not that kind of person.”
“You’ve been waiting for me for three weeks… Isn’t he a very precious person?
“Were they siblings?”
“No. They’re not siblings.” “Well, they don’t look much alike to be siblings. Then what about that guy, Mr. Guide?”
“Hmm?…”
Serin tilted her head.
“Is this the employer?”
“Are you an employer?”
“Haha, I have my own story.”
Albert, seeing Serin’s smile, shrugged his shoulders, perhaps judging it was polite not to ask any more questions.
“Then I will go now. Don’t wait too long and rest well while you wait. Ruining your body is the most foolish thing to do.”
Serin, who answered and saw off at the same time by raising her hand, began to stare at the floor of the golden ant hole again.
Serin rolled her eyes and checked her friend’s window, but the place he was located was still the ‘practice floor’.
“But that’s fortunate. It wasn’t like I had expected that I would fall to the basement level or something.”
Serin, who had been laughing, started muttering to herself as if writing a letter.
“Today… I also reached 100 on my top kit list. Isn’t that amazing?”
“I don’t know how many you have in mind, but if you’ve accumulated this much in just three weeks, I think I’ll catch up soon. Oh! Maybe I’ve already caught up?”
“Today’s top meal list is to eat spicy chicken stir-fried noodles, sushi, and strawberry cake to my heart’s content. I feel like I’m just eating too much… but whatever? I want to do it.”
“Even if you can’t eat inside the tower, can’t you eat outside the tower? There’s about ten months left… It’s going by so quickly.”
He started talking with a smiling face.
“Oh, me. I had an older brother. He was in the military before he was summoned to the top… Whenever he called, he’d sing ‘I’ll be discharged in a few months! I’ll be discharged in a few months!’ and I’d get annoyed and just hang up.” “Hehe, do you think that’s how you felt, too? If I had known, I would have kept the call longer. I would have been a source of strength… …
“I used to ignore most of what my brother asked me to do, telling me to try harder. What a bad brother, huh? Ugh! Sometimes I wish I had written him a letter… But when I think about how my senior and juniors would brag about it, I wonder if it was a good idea not to send it.”
He then continued speaking with a sad face.
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“Oh! Right! Me. I got Poison Resistance level 6 today. Isn’t that great?” “I think I could have gotten it a little faster if I had Eternal, but honestly… I think it would be scary and hard. I find this easier.”
“No, it’s not easy. It’s hard. Honestly… I’m scared that I’ll develop a strange habit. Like so-and-so.”
He spoke again with a smiling face.
“Huh??????:
The girl stood up from her seat with a faint smile, as if she had poured out everything she wanted to say today.
“I plan to climb the tower again starting tomorrow.” The girl placed her right hand on her chest, closed her eyes tightly, and then opened them again as she continued speaking.
“I want to check on the people who were released from the 7th floor and see if they’re doing well, and I’m also curious about the Drug Guild and the Field Guild. So… I’m going to go check it out with my own eyes.”
“I’ll go see for myself and come back and tell you. About the people at the top… or anything else you might be curious about.”
Serin, who was continuing to speak, chuckled without realizing it.
“He didn’t really pass away, but he was always talking as if he was a dead person.”
Her expression as she continued speaking with a smile was somewhat detached.
“I’m sorry. I did the same thing to my mom… While I’m at it, I should go see her face too. I should go and apologize.”
Serin slowly turned her body and… … .
“Okay, I’ll be back.”
Slowly, I left that place.
Slowly, the boy came up the stairs.
“???
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“Annsorer tears and kills!”
〈Another seizure? Hmm, didn’t you say you wouldn’t swear anymore?〉
“Hero, stop talking nonsense for a moment and calm down. I’m sure that friend Anser had some unspeakable circumstances.”
“Circumstances? What circumstances? If God created you, then you can neglect your duties? You should work harder! What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”
〈Huh! Me, me… Again?〉
〈Admit it. You are a traitor.〉
〈Ha! Eternal, I didn’t ask you, so would you shut up? I asked the hero.〉
“Ugh, both of you shut up!”
〈Huh?!〉
〈미친 새끼, 또 지랄하겠군. 이번 엔 나무 계집이랑 쌍으로다가…….>
〈Eternal! You, you, what did you just say? Wooden woman?〉
“Please… shut up… …
The ‘two voices’ ringing in Eugene’s head were not the ‘answering being’ who had been conversing just a moment ago.
[Current floor: 1st floor]
The window indicating the floor where the climber was located displayed the number 1st floor.
It’s back.
In just 4 hours.
The question was, could he find out the information he wanted within 4 hours? … … .
“What kind of redundant question is this? What do you mean you call a question that has never been asked redundant?”
What the hell.
I didn’t find out anything.
‘This is a duplicate question.’
‘I can’t answer that for you.’
‘Human Seon Yujin… You already know the answer to that question.’ The answers given by the answerer to the questions regarding the 100th floor were all garbage.
“Let’s calm down… …
One, there are trash that can be recycled… Yu Jin narrowed her eyes and recalled the answers given by the answerer.
‘Tell me what classes I can choose from this tower.’
‘Human Seon Yujin… You are currently walking on a great path.’
‘ what’?’
‘You are the only one worthy of challenging the top… the summit, usurping the throne, and reigning thereafter.’
The vague answers I heard from the answerer to the question about the class were a harvest, if anything.
‘That’s a hint.’
It was an extremely unfriendly answer, but it could have been a clue for Eugene.
First of all, it was clear that it was not included in the five classes that could be chosen on the fifth floor.
‘Are you trying to hide information? If you were trying to hide it, there would be no need to answer like that. Or is there another reason?’
Eugene reluctantly came to a conclusion after guessing several cases.
“In the end, it’s back to the starting point.”
A sigh escaped me without me realizing it.
“No, what’s worse? A hidden class that wasn’t even in the plan… I really want to cry.”
As Eugene slumped his shoulders and began to cry, a gentle voice comforted him.
“Ah, this Ternal must have been bothering you a lot while I was sleeping.”
“No, you’re bothering me too.”
〈Oh, me, hero? No way… Would you like sap? Leaves? Branches? Just tell me. I will help you with anything!〉
〈Oh, oh? My stress level is rising! Take a deep breath. Slowly… Slowly… Okay! Let me ventilate the surrounding air for you!〉
Eugene, who couldn’t stand the stress and closed his eyes tightly, gave an order to the fussing being.
“Racil, please… can you stay still for three minutes? That’s what I want.”
〈Stay still?〉
“okay.”
“Okay, that’s what I do best. It’s wood.”
The identity of the voice is Yggdrasil.
The World Tree that Eugene encountered on the 98th floor was originally a ‘trial’ that was supposed to be corrupted by Eternal.
“after……
〈Then, while I’m still, am I gathering magic power?〉
“please!”
〈Oh, I got it!〉
As Eternal and Rasil fell silent, a brief moment of peace came to Eugene’s mind.
“Let’s gather our thoughts. Okay. Eugene… You know that getting angry all of a sudden won’t do anything, right? You’ve been through this a lot, haven’t you?”
Finally, Eugene, who was in tears, looked around to find the guide who had been waiting for him.
“???what?”
I told you I was going and coming back.
I heard you were going.
“Where did he go?”
That was just ‘4 hours ago’.
〈Who is it?〉
When Eugene blinked his eyes, Rasil couldn’t hold it in anymore and raised his voice.
“It popped.” Then even Eternal raised his voice.
〈What? What? Who are you?〉
〈Hehehe, what a great little brother who didn’t listen to this body’s advice in vain! Ahem! Rolling around under this X-boy is a loss in life! It’s right to cut ties!〉
〈Oh, who is it!〉
“Oh, will you please shut up?”
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Eugene, who had been sent on a 98-story ordeal, scratched the back of his head with one eye squinted.
‘It must have taken about 4 hours? Did I miscalculate the time?’
For Eugene, who came down 100 floors upside down, checking the time in units of every second was a daily routine.
Eugene himself knew best that there was no way he could have made a mistake about the time.
“You wouldn’t have gone to the bathroom, would you?”
Thanks to the tower’s blessing, climbers never had to look for a bathroom.
“Did I really pop out?”
〈Hey, what is it? I need to know something too! What happened while I was sleeping? By the way, what floor is this? This is a place I’ve never seen before? Huh? Isn’t this the 77th floor?〉
Trying to wrap my head around the fact that Eugene was abandoned without being able to hear the voice in my head… … .
“??? Huh? Ms. Seon Yu-jin?”
He turned to hear a voice calling his name.
“Mr. Albarn?”
As Eugene muttered the name of the civilian he had saved, Al Verne hurriedly approached him.
“Oh my, where have you been? I heard you came back with something like a scroll… Did you go upstairs?”
Eugene, who had been looking bewildered when Albert grabbed her hand out of the blue, answered roughly.
“Well, I guess that’s what it is.”
“Thank you for your hard work. I’m glad you came back safely. I knew what had happened to you.”
“ha ha ha.”
“ha ha ha!”
Eugene laughed mechanically, but Albert was laughing heartily.
“So, did you meet the guide?”
“Guide? Oh, no.”
Eugene shook his head as he remembered Serin’s alias.
“okay.”
“Haa, I clearly told you to wait here… but when I came back, it was gone.”
“hmm?”
As Eugene muttered with a bitter expression, Albert tilted his head.
“Aren’t you confused?”
“Are we different?”
“You came back here after ‘three months’, right?”
“yes’?”
≪……
Albert blinked his eyes and frowned.
“Guide, you’ve been waiting here for a long time,” Albert continued, pointing to the mat Eugene was stepping on.
“Exactly three weeks. I waited here for Eugene without fail… and then he went upstairs about two months ago.”
