I’m Alone on the 100th Floor Episode 043
13. Slave No. 148 (4)
“148? What does it mean?”
Eugene frowned as he looked at the numbers drawn on the floor and tilted his head as if he didn’t know.
“Well, I don’t think I know why there are these numbers.” Thanks to the interpreter, Eugene was able to understand what the deer was saying, so he opened his inventory first and took out the potion.
‘It’s a shame that you only see Rasil and not me… but there’s nothing I can do about it.’
Even while applying the potion he had taken out to the whip marks, the deer’s eyes were focused only on the world tree.
‘Because even a part of it is a world tree.’
Rasil also had a pleased expression on his face, thinking that the deer looking at him was cute. Since they were a deer living in the forest and a world tree that loved the forest… it wasn’t that strange for them to look at each other like that.
“Then what should we do? Should we call it number 148 too?”
Although he didn’t follow himself, Rasil was following him, so it didn’t seem like it would be that difficult to join him.
“I don’t like that.”
When Eugene asked, Rasil shook her head vigorously and puffed out her small cheeks.
“This child is not an object!”
“yes.”
Eugene, who was thinking of giving this deer a name like Eternal or Guide, looked at Rasil’s expression.
“Then will you build it for me?”
“This is a new name. I think it would be better if you made it up. It seems like it follows you.”
To be honest, I didn’t feel wronged, but seeing her have such a lively expression on her face made me not feel that angry.
〈Hmm… … ?>
Rasil, who had been thinking with his chin resting on his hand, said the name with a bright expression.
〈Then the deer!〉
“A deer?”
Eugene asked again to confirm, but Rasil nodded as if he had no intention of changing the name.
〈Yes! Let’s make it a deer!〉
“It’s a deer, so it’s a deer?”
It was indeed a naming sense that Rasil had, but Eugene didn’t say anything.
Not only did it strike me as appropriate for the moment, but the tone of it didn’t seem that bad.
“Then, it’s a deer.”
〈Deer!〉
When Eugene called the deer a deer, the deer blinked and looked at the number ‘148’ carved on the ground.
It was a look as if asking why I wasn’t calling myself a number.
〈Mr. Deer! Won’t you come with us?〉
When Rasil reached out his hand as if the title didn’t matter, Deer hesitated about how to react and glanced at Eugene.
Eugene shrugged his shoulders without saying anything.
Did he decide that he had no ill intentions? After hesitating for a while, the deer made a decision and lowered its head quietly.
〈Wow! I’ll follow you!〉
Rasil, who was cheering and cheering, asked a question he was curious about as if he had completely forgotten about it.
〈But why did you say it would be good to look for ‘deer’ above?〉
“It has to do with the delivery man they were talking about earlier.” Eugene took out a spare set of clothes from his inventory, which he hadn’t closed yet, and continued speaking while tearing it lengthwise.
“The ‘Tower Deliveryman’ mentioned above is rare, but unlike climbers or tower people, he can ride the ‘elevator’.”
〈Elevator?〉
“Ugh, that’s right. Should I explain it with words I know? Wait… What should I use as an analogy?”
I had to come up with an appropriate word for the World Tree, who was ignorant of modern civilization.
“The tower’s deliveryman can teleport around the tower at will. This kid can go up and down 50 floors in a short amount of time, which climbers have been unable to do for two years.”
〈Oh? So those people are delivery slaves?〉
“From the way they’re talking, I’d say there’s a good chance that other climbers have cleared 50 floors in the four weeks I’ve been away.”
The rule of the tower was that you couldn’t come down after passing the 50th floor, but this deer was different.
The power to change the landscape of this tower… What the climber said wasn’t wrong.
This was because the deer could ignore the rules of the tower and come and go as it pleased, to any number of floors without any conditions.
“If I have this guy, I can send a letter to the teacher.”
Eugene carefully moved his hand as he made a bandage out of the torn cloth and wrapped it around the area where the medicine was applied.
Although he was still a little scared and trembling, Deer did not avoid Eugene’s hand.
“Good… … As Eugene slowly stroked the deer, Lasil, who had been watching it with her chin resting on her hand, asked what to do next.
〈Right now, instead of the teacher, wouldn’t it be better to send it to that… who was it? ‘Guide Mr.’?〉
“guide?”
〈It must be quite a long journey from the 14th floor to the top floor. The guide… is on the 33rd floor, right?〉
Eugene nodded, seeming to agree with what Rasil said.
“That’s right. You advised me that the further the floor, the longer it would take for the deer to come and go… …
It seemed like it would be better to first let Serin know that I was back, and then send a letter to the teacher I met upstairs.
‘With this, I’ve solved one of the top kit list.’
When I stopped at the 77th floor, I thought I would never see the deer again, but fortunately, I was able to find it as soon as I came down.
〈Everything is good… … .>
Eugene, who was stroking Deer’s head, looked at Rasil.
〈I guess it won’t be difficult to move right away?〉
When Rasil asked with an awkward smile, Eugene looked at the trembling deer.
“Oh, sorry.”
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I stroked it as carefully as I could, but it seemed like it was still in a lot of pain because of the whip marks on its body.
“I guess you’ve been worked too hard by those people. I’ll take care of you from time to time, but it’ll take a while for your body to recover to normal.”
Rasil, who was looking at the deer with a pitiful expression, added quietly so that only Eugene could hear.
〈More than anything… he’s a child who has suffered serious emotional wounds from people. I’m against forcing him to do things.〉
Eugene nodded at Rasil’s words.
“I disagree with that, too.”
It was said that he was the ‘worst demon’ summoned through the ‘worst summoning book’ that Serin had, but that was an unfair misunderstanding.
Eugene could confidently say that he was not such a vicious person.
“Then with your new friend… …
“It’s a deer.”
“Hey, do you want to go up with the deer?”
When Eugene, who was smiling awkwardly, looked at Deer, Deer turned his trembling head towards Rasil.
〈Okay, let’s go!〉
The face of the man who was a successful ranker at the top, famous for his fire magic and nicknamed ‘Fire Playing’, was distorted with anger.
“Damn, did I miss it after all?”
Even though all the bushes around the 12th floor were burned, not a single hair, let alone antlers, could be seen on the deer.
I missed it.
Even though he received a penalty for killing two climbers, he ended up losing his target, ‘No. 148’.
‘What should I report?’
He fiddled with the ring on his hand, took a deep breath, and whispered.
〈Sorry, it failed.〉
The prankster, who honestly reported missing his target, waited for the reprimand with his eyes tightly shut.
〈Any traces?〉
The reply came back.
“after……
Buljangnan sighed at the question that was scarier than the reprimand and tousled his hair.
〈Who are they? They seem to be quite skilled. They broke the steel chain on the 34th floor and escaped.〉
〈No excuses, just the situation.〉
〈Based on the circumstances surrounding the war, it doesn’t seem like it was stolen from Black Rose. If not… … .>
The firefighter who had been whispering picked up a piece of chain that had been thrown on the ground.
〈There would have been no need to tear up the chains they had created.〉
〈???Torn off?〉
〈Oh, yes. The chain that bound 148 was found torn. I don’t know what skill he used… but maybe he was a climber on the fighting side?〉
〈Fighting… … .>
The person who was flirting and whispering seemed to have a calm personality.
Rather than getting angry like a fireball when his subordinate failed in his mission, he calmly assessed the situation.
〈It’s highly likely that the other side intervened. From the guild that brought in the fighter ranker… … .>
〈Could this be the drug guild?〉
Firefighting asked about the guild that has recently begun to emerge.
〈The probability of that happening is low. Those people were trying to kill all of them except the one they had… If it was the Drug Guild’s doing, 148 would have been found dead on the spot.〉
〈What should I do?〉
〈???I have to chase after it.〉
Over there, the person I was whispering to must have just sighed… Fire Playing was sure of it.
〈If there is a problem, it is whether to tilt it upwards or downwards… … .〉 After a brief silence, the whispers continued.
〈I will start asking questions from the 10th floor. Please check as you go up.〉
〈Even if other things are successful, if I fail this one, I will be in trouble, so I must get it back. Please.〉
The prankster, who was taken aback by the word “please,” asked in a half-joking tone.
〈But isn’t that something you wrote down on your ‘top kit list’?〉
There was no reply, but it was clear that he was listening.
〈Honestly, if your skills are comparable to ours, we wouldn’t be able to get to the 50th floor right away.〉
〈You never know.〉
〈We all know that once you get to the 50th floor, you can’t come back down.〉
〈Sigh… … .>
The person I was whispering to let out a sigh as if the tower was going to turn off and started talking.
〈If it’s that deer… it can freely go to the first floor of the tower, the 100th floor, or the practice floor.〉
〈No, who on earth is it? The person whom all of us at Il Dang Baek want to send a letter to? The person from Ant Cave?〉
The answer came back in a whisper.
“It’s a secret.”
