I’m Alone on the 100th Floor Episode 71
21. Time alone (3)
‘… …Who is it?’
After finishing her business upstairs, Serin came down and listened to the voices coming from inside the store on the 20th floor.
‘Who could it be?’
The side with the face covered by the veil
It was a woman, and you could tell her gender at a glance by her attire.
I was confused as to whether they were older or younger, but the level was displayed as a question mark as if a screen was being used.
‘ if??????
There seemed to be an important conversation going on, but I couldn’t hear it because of the distance.
‘Is this a new guide?’
His expression showed an anxious desire to look over there, but he couldn’t easily stick his face outside the table.
‘Well, it was later than I thought… …
All he did was place a glass of water on the table and spin his index finger around.
‘If you’re looking for a new guide… then I…
She muttered to herself, then stopped wiggling her fingers and pursed her lips.
‘No, what did I say… I’m not that great of a person?’
If he was looking for another guide… it was definitely a good thing for him and for himself.
He gets a guide who is more capable than he is, and he is free from the mischievous boy.
‘Let’s just wait for the conversation to end. Okay. Calmly.’
She nodded, releasing her pursed lips, and took a sip of the glass of water on the table.
draft”.
Two sips… … .
Up to three sips.
Even though they had been waiting for quite some time, the conversation between the two people inside the store did not stop.
My throat got parched for no reason.
‘When will it end?’
I’ve been waiting for over three months since we parted ways in the ant hole… but the time I’m swallowing three sips of water feels longer than that time.
“after……
As Serin was about to call the clerk and order an extra glass of cold water, she saw a horn wandering around the entrance of the store.
‘ hmm?’
A deer with a leaf on its head was not a common painting on pagodas.
Deer and leaves.
The delivery man from the tower following Eugene and the number of people in the world were caught loitering around the entrance of the store.
‘Oh, I guess that won’t work now…
Serin, who judged that her employer was having an important conversation, quickly got up from her seat.
〈Huh? Miss!〉
The leaves that had been nestled between the deer’s antlers rustled around.
“Here, can I have three ice waters packed for you?”
Serin waved at Rasil and asked for three glasses of ice water before leaving the store.
Perhaps because it was set in a desert, the price of cool ice water on the 20th floor was as expensive as a regular potion… but now was not the time to be concerned about such things.
“What was the World Tree’s name?” Serin put the three ice water bottles the clerk handed her into her inventory and hurriedly walked towards the deer.
“Hello, World Tree?”
Rasil, whose identity could not be revealed to others, rustled the leaves while making a voice that only Serin could hear.
〈What about the hero? Are you inside?〉
“There is, but… …
I knew who the hero the World Tree was talking about was.
So I stopped it.
This was because the hero they were looking for was having an important conversation with the person who would become their new guide.
“person?…”
Serin, who was hesitating about what to say, blinked at the voice that Deer brought out.
“…uh?”
oh my god.
The deer speaks.
“Are you surprised? Our deer can talk now! Isn’t that amazing?” The World Tree exuded confidence with a ‘Huh!’
“This guy… is scary… where is Eugene?”
As Serin approached, the deer, which was afraid of her, slowly backed away.
It seemed like he still remembered how she attacked him with black magic when he first met her.
〈It’s okay, Mr. Deer! This guy is a friend of the hero!〉
Even though the leaves were stiff, the deer continued to back away without letting down its guard against the frost.
‘Ugh, it makes my heart ache, but… I can’t help it. I think it would be better to leave the seat until the conversation is over.’
She was very curious about what kind of conversation she was having with the man wearing the veil over his head, but she decided to prioritize what she had to do.
I was thinking that I should repay as many favors as possible before the new guide takes over my work…
“ha??????
Serin, who had decided to wait for Eugene at the meeting place on the 20th floor, sighed while looking into Deer’s eyes.
Rasil, who heard the general situation from her, tilted his head in the form of a spirit.
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〈The second guide… I didn’t see any signs of that happening?〉
Rashil made a face as if he didn’t know.
Well, Serin, who had shown a hint of anticipation, hurriedly shook her head.
“That makes sense. You said you’d wait for me at the ant hole, but you went up first, and now you’ve broken your promise to me again… …
〈Hey, it’s just later than I thought. You can’t say I broke my promise, right?〉
“but……
〈I thought you would abandon me, but you were happy that I didn’t?〉
As Rasil muttered with a playful expression as if he was talking to someone, Serin wiggled her fingers that she had been holding together neatly.
“Is that so…?”
Serin, who was still playing with her fingers as if she couldn’t shake off her guilt, looked at the deer’s expression.
“No, but… I attacked a deer and… I caused trouble in many ways.”
〈Hey, I was just trying to send a letter to you, Hero! I understand… Hehehehe……
Rasil, who had been muttering with his arms crossed, suddenly shivered as the cold water poured down on him.
〈Ah, Miss… Th, What is this?〉
“That’s… I remembered you saying you were thirsty when we first met, so I bought it at the store.”
Serin, who had poured ice water, unconsciously shrugged her shoulders.
I was afraid that she might go berserk like when we met on the 18th floor… but the World Tree’s expression looked quite serious.
〈Oh, why ice water?〉
The World Tree, soaking wet with cold water, asked with a serious expression.
“I thought it might be hot
〈??? Keuuuuu!!〉 Rasil answered with a refreshing expression, like someone who had suddenly downed dozens of cans of soda.
〈Pass!〉
“???What is it?”
Serin, who was still wary of this direction, carefully gave ice water to the deer and let out a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, neither of them seemed to dislike ice water.
〈Consideration that I have never seen from a hero… Hehe, the girl was touched.〉
Rasil, whose expression was suddenly moved, began to weep.
“I’m not even going to cry… …
Serin waved her hand, feeling burdened by the sight of her crying.
“That, the World Tree?”
〈Black, please call me Rasil.〉
“Oh, yes.”
Serin nodded and asked cautiously.
“Why do you call him ‘Hero’, Rasil? Eternal sounds a bit… ominous.”
〈Ugh, just call me Rasil! It’s unfair that you call me ‘nim’ when you don’t even call me Eternal!〉
“Oh, yes… …
Indeed, the expression of the World Tree changed more dramatically than that of a tree experiencing the four seasons.
〈I’m different from that idiot! He saved me, so I call him Hero!〉
“Hero… …
〈You may not know the details since you only saw a part of it, but… Is he amazing? He saved many beings besides me. If there is a higher title than that, I will call him by that title.〉
Rasil, who was talking with his chest puffed out as if he was proud, avoided Serin’s gaze and whispered.
〈Sometimes I get a bit… mischievous.〉
Serin made a mysterious expression as she remembered that he had been summoned using the ‘Worst Summoning Scroll’.
〈Is that Eternal so disgusting? Oh my!〉
Since the fearsome evil spirit was calling me the ‘X-son’, I thought no further explanation was necessary.
〈Because of you, Eternal has learned strange words… … .>
“Is that a strange thing to say?”
〈That’s right, there was a time when Eternal and the hero had a fight. It was from that time. That shameful guy started saying shameful things… . …
Rashil’s eyes welled up with tears again.
〈Wow, Eternal, he was evil… but he didn’t curse… oh my… .>
It seems that there was a reason why I was summoned with the worst summoning scroll.
“Anyway… I can definitely see that Rasil cares for that person.”
Serin, who was watching Rasil cry, burst into laughter.
〈Miss… … ->
When Rasil looked at her with a tearful face, Serin smiled awkwardly and introduced her name.
“This is Seo Rin.”
〈Ms. Serin!〉
“It might be hard to find a new guide, but if you happen to meet him at the top later… …
〈Stop saying that!〉
Rasil assured, clenching his small fists.
〈Even if the hero says no! I will make it happen! If you say no, I will swallow up the letter I received from above!〉
“A letter from above?”
〈Yes! I recently went up to the 97th floor.
I’m here!〉
“9th, 97th floor?”
Rasil, who was stroking the deer’s forehead with his small hand, added the reason why he went there.
〈I was on my way back after delivering a letter to my teacher.〉
“If you are a teacher… …
〈Ah, you came!〉
Before Serin could ask the question, Rasil turned his head and raised his hand.
〈It’s here!〉
“???Huh? What? Rasil came down too?”
“Eugene!”
The deer that found Eugene approached him and rubbed its face against his thigh.
“Deer, it’s not Eugene, it’s Eugene.”
Eugene, who was patting Deer’s head, met eyes with Serin, who was standing in the meeting square.
“Oh, you’re here?”
Serin made a dumbfounded expression when she confirmed that the woman in the veil she had been talking to just a moment ago was no longer around him.
“uh.”
Eugene, who had been tilting his head at her expression, got to the point first.
“I think it’s because of me.”
“yes?”
“The tower has been acting strangely lately… I think it’s because of me.”
