I’m Alone on the 100th Floor Episode 009
3. The stinky shortcut (3)
〈Ah! Of course! If you are very thirsty, you can drink all five glasses!〉
Nena’s cheek muscles twitched slightly as Eugene picked up one of the five black liquids on the table.
‘Is it a dud?’
Eugene was sure that what he had just picked up from the fairy’s harem was a dud.
‘It doesn’t matter. I’m going to drink it all anyway.’
Eugene muttered to himself so that Nena wouldn’t notice and brought the glass cup in his hand to his lips.
“Excuse me, just a moment… …
Serin spoke cautiously, perhaps because she had just seen Nena’s suspicious expression.
“… ah.”
Eugene was already drinking the black liquid in the glass cup.
‘It’s a dud… …
It turned out that what Serin had been muttering to herself was true, and Eugene, who had been gulping down the black liquid, dropped the glass cup he was holding in his hand.
??? Clang!
The glass cup that had fallen on the grass shattered into pieces with a loud noise.
“eww……”
Bur? Serin, who witnessed Eugene’s pained expression, checked the glass cup that had fallen on the floor.
Whether or not he had drank everything inside in one gulp, there were only a few drops of black liquid left where the glass cup had broken.
“Hey, are you okay?”
Serin had hoped that he would feel nauseous when they were walking around the 16th floor of the cesspool, but at this point she was worried.
“???Ugh!”
Eugene covered his mouth with his hand
As they made this painful expression, Nena, who had been watching them, started to giggle openly.
〈Oh my, I’m sorry. I guess it was a dud.〉
The expression of winking one eye and sticking out the tongue would have been incredibly cute to someone who didn’t know the context.
“What is this??????
As Serin lowered her head while glaring at Nena, an information window for the black drink that Eugene had just drank appeared in front of her eyes.
[Nena’s Poison]
[Rank: Ray
[consumption]
[One of the five black drinks lost by the fairy Nena on the 15.5th floor.]
［If taken, the following status effects will all be applied: ‘Difficulty breathing’, ‘Hemoptysis’, ‘Black Fairy Poison’, and ‘Cyanide Poison’.］
The window that allowed one to confirm the identity of the drink had the two letters ‘poison’ written on it.
It was a dud, as a few drops of poison on the grass began to sizzle and smoke.
‘As expected, it was a dud…
More than the fact that she would not have to draw a blank, the thought that she did not want to see her benefactor die right in front of her crossed Serin’s mind.
“Hey, are you okay?”
Serin asked cautiously, her expression pale as if she had chosen the poison.
“Ugh! Clang! Ugh!”
Eugene couldn’t answer, just coughing and holding his throat as if in pain.
“Uh, what should I do… …
Since there were no items or skills that could really help, all Serin could do was watch.
“Keep going!”
As Eugene started to make a lot of noise, Serin quickly looked up at the fairy.
“Can you change it for me?”
〈What?〉
“Let’s say I drank that, and this guy here takes the rest… …
〈Pupupu!〉
Nena crossed her arms and answered that it was impossible.
〈Unfortunately, that’s against the rules!〉
“That’s foul play… …
〈It’s the fault of the person who chose the dud! It’s not your fault! Shouldn’t you be happy about it? You survived, right? Hehehe!〉
Hehe, Nena’s smiling expression had changed from that of a fairy to that of a devil.
‘Should I kill him?’
Serin, who was looking at Nena floating in the air, pulled her chin in silently.
Perhaps if he could deal with the manager of the 15.5th floor, the fairy that many climbers had challenged but failed to catch… he might be able to save his benefactor who was on the verge of death after taking poison.
‘Can I kill you?’
I’ve been betrayed many times, so the equipment I have and the number of demons I can summon are extremely limited… but isn’t it better than not trying? At that moment, I thought.
“??? Ugh!” Eugene, who was coughing as if he was going to die, hurriedly reached for the glass cup on the table.
“……
<… … ?>
Nena, who had been making eye contact with Serin, stopped smiling devilishly and blinked.
Bam!
Bam!
Eugene, who had hurriedly swallowed the second drink he had picked up, opened his mouth with a look of determination to live.
“… No, I told you to hurry up and bring me another drink, what are you doing? Seriously, I thought I was going to die!”
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The expression on his face was as relieved as someone who had just escaped from ‘Sare’.
“I thought you were a perceptive guide, but I guess I’ll have to reconsider.”
Seeing him drinking two glasses of black beverage without any reaction, Serin asked stammeringly.
“Hey, are you okay?”
The few drops of poison that fell to the ground were not only melting the grass, but also melting the ground.
“what?”
When asked if it was okay, Eugene tilted his head with an expression that asked why he was asking such a question.
“It’s poison! Poison! I told you I picked a dud from the first time!”
“Oh, really? I liked it because I thought it wasn’t a dud since it tasted good… But then again, it was a dud from the start, wasn’t it?”
Eugene licked his lips with his tongue, making a slurping sound, and looked at the second glass cup he was holding.
[Nena’s Cola]
[Rank: Unique]
[consumption]
[One of the five black drinks lost by the fairy Nena on the 15.5th floor.]
[If taken, you will gain the trait ‘Pain Reduction’.]
The second black drink was a cola, and it had a description that if you won, you would gain a special trait.
[Characteristic: Pain reduction]
[You will be able to ignore pain above a certain level.]
Eugene grabbed the second glass and shouted with a look of resentment after checking what he had drunk.
“Huh? What? It was cola!”
<… … .> “Ah, shit! This is invalid! I couldn’t even taste it because I was so full! I wanted to eat it so badly from above!”
Serin’s mouth opened wide.
“What was the rest?”
Eugene, who had started to openly treat Serin and Nena like invisible people, immediately reached out to the table.
[Nena’s Coffee]
[Rank: Unique]
[consumption]
[One of the five black drinks lost by the fairy Nena on the 15.5th floor.]
[If taken, you will gain the trait ‘Insomnia’.]
[Characteristic: Insomnia]
[You can always maintain the best condition without getting any sleep.]
The third glass cup was also won.
If it were up to other climbers, not just Eugene, both ‘pain reduction’ and ‘insomnia’, they would be eye-popping features.
But… … .
If you ask me if it was a good enough trait to catch Eugene’s interest, it wasn’t really like that.
“Ugh, write… …
Whoosh! As Eugene picked up the third glass cup and threw it, a “clank!” sound was heard from behind.
[Nena’s herbal medicine]
[Rank: Unique]
[consumption]
[One of the five black drinks lost by the 15.5th floor fairy Nena.]
[If taken, you will gain the trait ‘Growth Acceleration’.]
[Characteristic: Growth promotion]
［As you level up, you gain additional abilities and experience points.］
Of the five drinks, the fourth caught Eugene’s interest.
‘As you level up, you get additional ability points and additional experience points… I’m not sure if the rate at which they’re added is fixed or proportional, but if it’s the latter, it seems pretty good, right?’
Eugene, who had roughly checked the characteristics, immediately reached for the remaining drink.
“Let’s see. We got poison, cola, coffee, and herbal medicine… so what was left?”
Eugene, who had been sniffing around, soon drank his fifth and final drink.
“Eww! Yuck!”
The identity of the fifth drink was revealed right before Eugene’s eyes, who had her face crumpled.
[Nena’s Soy Sauce]
[Rank: Normal (-)]
[consumption]
[One of the five black drinks lost by the 15.5th floor fairy Nena.]
[If taken, nothing happens.]
The fifth drink, soy sauce, was just a dud, a drink that didn’t do anything.
“Eww, Whew! Eww, what is this? It’s soy sauce!”
Eugene grimaced and muttered as he repeatedly spat out the salty taste remaining in his mouth.
“I need to open my mouth… …
Eugene, unable to bear the salty taste remaining on his tongue, looked up at Nena.
“Yes, I ate all five.”
〈???Ah, yes.〉
When Nena, who was gaping in bewilderment, answered a beat late, Eugene pointed to the table and asked a question.
“Can this be refilled?”
〈Lee, refill?〉
“Don’t you know refills? I drank everything, so it’s okay, right? Give me one more of the, what was that, delicious thing I drank earlier.”
<… … .>
Nena, who was covered in cold sweat, clenched her teeth and wiped away her bewildered expression.
〈Oh, of course.〉
Perhaps he was just asking for another ‘Coke’, but he had to show that he wasn’t going to be that easy.
〈Here!〉
At Nena’s gesture, another cup containing a black drink appeared on the table.
‘Ugh! Die!’
To get rid of the salty taste of the soy sauce remaining in his mouth, Eugene immediately picked up the newly appeared drink.
[Nena’s Special Potion]
[Grade: Unique (+)]
[consumption]
[Black poison prepared by the fairy Nena on the 15.5th floor.]
[If taken, the status effect ‘Fabricated Evil Poison’ will be applied.]
The new black drink that Nena had just created was a poison more lethal than the existing poison, and it contained such a strong poison that any climber passing near the 10th floor would feel nauseated just by smelling it.
“Hmm!”
Eugene, on the other hand, showed a reaction that seemed to find it fragrant.
“Wow, what is this? It tastes better than cola.”
〈What, what?〉
Nena’s mouth dropped open in shock at the sight of her drinking the special poison she had created in the blink of an eye.
“Would you like some too?” Eugene asked, looking back at Serin who was waiting behind him and handing her the empty cup.
“no.”
“why’?”
“That thing, even without looking at it, it looks like poison… …
Unlike Eugene, Serin was grimacing and covering her nose.
This was a normal reaction.
Even though it was an empty cup with no contents, the stench was so bad that even a level 52 climber would be reluctant to drink it.
“Hey, don’t skip it. Just drink it once.
“You can go to heaven.”
“No… I will decline… …
“Tch, I’m not fooled.”
“I wasn’t trying to trick you, was I? If you drink that, it really feels like you’ll go to heaven… …
Serin also didn’t have a very different expression from Nena.
A climber who swallows a liquid that is so addictive that just smelling it makes him feel like he is intoxicated and then exclaims, “Oh, this is delicious!”… I couldn’t evaluate him with just the three letters “fear.”
“Huh, what’s going on?” Eugene looked up at Nena, who was looking flustered, coughed once, and then spoke.
“I drank well.”
〈Ah, yes… … .>
“But you know, I feel bad for just receiving… I feel like I should do something in return.”
Yujin opened her inventory with her fingers and took out five ‘bundles’ from inside, pouring them out on the empty table.
“Would you please accept my return gift as well?”
The expression on his face as he took out the gift was like a girl celebrating Valentine’s Day.
<… … .>
Serin’s eyebrows furrowed irregularly as she witnessed the shy expression that seemed to match but did not.
