ReLife Player Chapter 169

Relife Player 169

[Chapter 058]

[When the fox rain stops (2)]

the next day, and the day after that.

There were no slippers in the shoe cabinet.

Seona went to school today wearing green slippers.

“Have you not been there today?”

“…Yes, bye.”

It wasn’t until late in the day that Eun-ha went to school, and she frowned at Seo-na, who was organizing her bag.

Serena was visibly timid. With her triangular ears half-folded, she tried to smile her smile.

“I think I’ll have to carry a slipper bag from tomorrow.”

Serena speaks in a soulless voice.

Eunha sat down and looked around at her classmates.

The children who met their eyes turned their heads in amazement. There were also children who stared at their desks.

The children were speechless.

Ever since Eunha expressed mana to Ham Chan-wook, the class atmosphere was gloomy as if it were covered in dark clouds.

what kind of kid did that?

It’s not even once, it’s already the fourth time.

Someone is bullying Serena.

But Eunha couldn’t figure out who did it.

The children were terrified.

because of yourself

Kids who knew what would happen to them if they messed with Seo-na couldn’t plan something like this.

“They say they don’t know who stood or touched the shoe cabinet? No one saw it?” “I asked the kids this morning, but no one said they knew.”

Eun-ha asked Min-ji, who was sitting in the diagonal seat.

Minji shook her head with a low-pressure face from the morning.

She had wide feet.

Early in the morning, he went around asking his classmates and other children he knew, but he said there was no income.

“Hey, Noh Eun-ha. Maybe it’s good at times like this? Did you see your face?”

“…uh.”

Hayang is comforting Seona.

Serena was just smiling. She was forced to pretend to be calm.

But Ears and Tails didn’t lie.

Her half-folded ears and drooping tail spoke for her state of mind.

“He’s really…”

Because I want to keep it inside.

Seo-na is a grown-up.

A child who is only 12 years old is not thinking about venting his emotions like a child, but trying to capture them like an adult.

Anyway, I’m still a kid.

It is not an easy task to capture emotions.

I could only see a child clumsily imitating what an adult could not do properly.

The more angry I got.

I wanted to bring out the emotions that were wriggling in my stomach without hesitation.

I can’t act on my feelings… .

I had to let go of my anger.

If I ran amok, I could have made the situation worse.

Instead, he looked into the eyes of his classmates.

I intended to find any hostility or malice in their gaze.

“…”

The only emotion felt by the children was fear.

☆

“Captain, I found Seona slippers.”

It was lunchtime.

Eunhyuk approached with a dark face.

As soon as the bell rang to end the fourth period, the classmates ran to the student cafeteria.

The only children left in the class were those waiting for a quiet time or those waiting for other classmates.

“Where did you find it?”

Eun-ha looked sideways at Seo-na, who was sitting in the back seat.

Seo-na didn’t seem to have heard Eun-hyuk’s story.

Just in time, I was conversing with Hayang and organizing my textbooks.

“In the 1st grade boys’ bathroom. It was in the trash.” “Why is it coming out of there?” “The 1st grade men’s bathroom is the closest to the shoe closet.

“Of course. Don’t even talk about it.”

Minji cut off Eunhyuk’s hesitation with a single knife.

It wasn’t something that I could tell Seo-Na that I had found slippers.

I couldn’t even show the slippers I had taken out of the bathroom trash can.

“…Who is that?”

No one answered Eunhyuk’s muttering.

The three of them were convinced that someone had stolen Serena’s slippers with malicious intent.

who? why? for what purpose?

They didn’t say anything, but all three were busy thinking about who did it.

No answer came out.

“…I’ll have lunch separately today.” “Why? Where are you going?” “I have a lunch appointment.”

“What happened after you finished your lunch appointment? Who is it?”

“There is such a thing.”

Eun-ha left the classroom, leaving Min-ji inquiringly behind her.

Instead of heading to the student cafeteria, I found a way to return the milk carton.

Under the stairs, out of sight of people.

Until last year, it was a place where children who used to smoke were gathered.

Of course, it collapsed in front of Eunha.

“Sorry! I’m a little late.”

The person Eunha was waiting for under the stairs was Yu Kim.

The child, who appeared out of nowhere in the dark, fired a camera flash and took a picture of him standing with a stiff face.

“Your face is so cool right now?”

“The other kids were scared and couldn’t even come close…”

“It’s because I can’t see you fighting monsters!”

Yuha said skillfully.

Eun-ha sat down on an upside-down milk carton, eating the bread that Yoo-ha said she had bought at the store.

“Why did I call you… you don’t have to tell me, you know?”

“I heard Seo-na’s slippers are gone today too?”

went straight to the point.

Since becoming aware of <Invisible>, Yuha has been establishing herself as an informed person in the school to the extent that a 9-year-old is indistinguishable.

There were also some parts that the galaxy added.

Because he introduced the children who followed Lee Kang-hyeok in the past.

The children who were looking for places where people were rare became his eyes and ears.

“Did you find out anything?”

“I’m looking into it too. I’m checking people who come to school early in the morning… but no one has any doubts.”

Yu-ha turned over her notebook and told me what she had researched so far.

But clues were lacking.

It was not possible to identify the culprit from the list of students who went to school early in the morning for the last four days.

It was a version where even the witnesses could not find out who stole the slippers.

“Tomorrow morning, I’m going to wait in front of Seo-na-noona’s shoe closet.”

“I heard that Eunhyuk is doing it… I think it would be better for you to do it. You’ll have a hard time, but I’ll ask you.”

“Since it’s Eunha-hyung’s request, of course I have to do it! And I also need to know who is harassing Seo-na noona.”

Yu-Ha clenched her fists and burned with enthusiasm.

With his gift, he would be able to spot the crime up close.

“Right. You know what?”

“That? What is that?” “There were strange noises coming from the school.”

“What sound?”

“Ain doesn’t know when it will become a monster.”

“what?”

Eunha frowned.

It was nonsense.

Nonsense that would normally be laughed off lightly and paid no attention to.

However, the situation was strange.

And the fact that Yuha brought up unfounded rumors meant that public opinion was being created that was difficult to ignore.

“This is the first I’ve heard of it. When did it spread?”

“It’s not like this kind of story didn’t exist at all. It’s been around since I entered the school. It’s just that it hasn’t been publicized until now.”

“But that means that it’s being publicized right now. Is there any corner where you can figure it out?”

“Your brother went to a retreat last year. Since then, it seems that the perception that Ain is dangerous has spread among parents.”

Yuha looked up and explained.

Eunha hardened her face.

The atmosphere at school has changed considerably since the field trip last year.

The children, who were in fourth grade at the time, not only suffered trauma about the monsters, but also suffered casualties.

There was no way that the parents’ condemnation did not come out.

Among them, those who had hatred for monsters could have poured out unresolved resentment on Ain.

Ain is no different from a monster.

I can’t have my child in the same classroom as a child who doesn’t know when he will turn into a monster.

“And when my brother had a three-way interview.”

“…”

“It seemed like there were a lot of words from then on.”

The three-way interview took place when the 5th graders were starting to be afraid of themselves.

It was also a time when Minji and Eunhyuk’s position began to weaken.

The timing was exquisite to dismiss it as a coincidence.

As if someone spilled it on purpose.

“Do you know who spread it?”

“It was too late for me to find out because rumors spread.

“Check it out.”

I couldn’t separate what was happening to Seo-na from the rumors spreading around the school.

Maybe there isn’t just one culprit trying to harass Seo-na.

The theft of slippers could have been just the beginning.

For what purpose?

Then why do they plan to harass Seo-na?

Couldn’t find an answer.

The world he was stepping into was neither the world of politics nor the world of players.

It was elementary school.

What is the reason why children who are only elementary school students are trying to bully them even while racking their brains?

“And about the people my brother asked me to investigate the other day. I found out that Ham Chan-wook, Yeom Jae-jin, and Jo Yeon-ah are the same…”

The bell rang to end the lunch break.

Eunha brushed the bread crumbs off her pants and stood up.

“Let’s go back. Is the thing I asked you the other day important?”

“Um… I’m still not sure, so I’ll investigate and tell you next time.”

“Please. Instead of investigating them, recognize the guy who stole slippers and the guys who are spreading nonsense.”

“Yes! Then I’ll be on my way!”

Kim Yu-ha’s body melted into darkness.

Eun-ha, who felt that the presence was getting farther away, went back to the classroom.

And when I went back to the classroom—

“—All of you, take off your shoes, get on top of the desk, and kneel.”

Lim Do-hun threatened the children.

☆

It was lunchtime.

Seo-na said she was not feeling well and would not eat lunch.

The children couldn’t drag Seo-na by force and went to have lunch by themselves.

Even though Seo-na, who had been pale since morning, answered sincerely when she spoke to her, when she was quiet, she just sat there sullenly.

Even though Hayang had been by her side all morning, Seona could not find any energy.

“Let’s buy some bread to eat!”

“I’d love that!”

“Choi Eunhyuk, you’ve been saying the right thing for the first time in a while.”

As Eunhyuk said, the children went to the store to pick out bread to eat.

It was nearing the end of lunchtime, so the inside of the store was quiet.

The three of us divided the money and calculated.

The children went back to the classroom while talking about each other.

“—I didn’t do it!”

“How do you believe that? You were the only one left in the class?”

As soon as I entered the classroom, the sight I faced was the children gathered around Seo-na raising their voices.

“What? What’s going on?”

“Why is everyone gathered?”

Eunhyuk and Hayang did not understand what had happened.

Minji, who only noticed the atmosphere, broke through the children and got into the circle.

“What’s the matter?”

Minji stepped forward in the form of protecting Seo-na, who was taller than herself.

The child Seo-na was arguing with was Jo Yeon-a, the vice president of class 3 in the 5th grade.

He was the center of attention among the girls.

Around Jo Yeon-ah, the children who were friendly with her were huddled together.

“Seona and Miseon stole my wallet.” “what?” “I said no!”

Minji stretched out her hand to stop Seo-na from moving forward.

I rolled my eyes from side to side to find the sniffling child protected by the girls.

The tear-stained child was holding the wallet with both hands.

“Tell me in detail what happened. There’s no way Seo-na did that.”

“Yeah, it couldn’t have been like that in front of you.

But Minji, would you be surprised to hear it too?

While we were returning from lunch, Mi-sun lost her wallet, and it came out of the locker. Do you think she wouldn’t have stolen it?”

“I didn’t steal! I don’t know why I got out of my locker either! Why would I steal Miseon’s wallet!”

Minji raised her eyebrows when she saw Jo Yeon-ah lifting her chin.

There’s no way Seo-Na stole her wallet.

It was too contrived and obvious.

There were not one or two corners to point out.

“But how did you guys know that Mi-sun’s wallet would be in the locker?”

“How do you know? You didn’t eat lunch today and stayed in the classroom. I heard that the kids who left the classroom last saw that Seona was still in the classroom?”

“that’s right.”

“I saw. I was the last one out.”

Jo Yeon-ah asked other children for their will.

The children gathered beside her nodded and testified.

“So? Did Seo-na be accused of being a thief just because she stayed at the end?”

“I didn’t drive her away as a thief. Actually, Mi-sun’s wallet came out of the locker.”

“Who came up with the idea of ​​searching through Seona’s locker in the first place?

“Why? I’m the vice-president? There was a theft in the class. And Seona stayed in the classroom until the end.

Then shouldn’t I be looking through the books and lockers?”

“Why is it all about Seona’s locker? Even if Seona had stayed until the end, there wouldn’t have been a drawer or bag. How did you think that she would have been in the locker by just picking it up?”

“that….”

For a moment, Yeonah Jo was speechless.

Minji held on in order not to miss the moment she shrank.

Then someone shouted among the children.

“Because I saw it! I went to class to get a soccer ball after eating, and Seo-na was in front of the locker!”

“That was to get the textbook for class 5. And even then, there was no wallet in the locker!”

The child who suddenly raised his hand and opened his mouth was Yeom Jae-jin, the president of class 3 in the 5th grade.

Seo-na protested, saying it was a misunderstanding, but Ham Chan-wook and other children accused Seo-na of being the culprit.

“Quiet!”

Minji screamed loudly to avoid losing to the children who raised their voices.

Minji, whose face was red, glared at Yeom Jaejin and said.

“I didn’t witness it myself, so isn’t it too much to take it as a thief? Serena said I didn’t do it, and someone else might have put the wallet in a book or a locker!”

“Minji? Do you think that makes sense? For what reason do you think the classmates do that? Isn’t Seo-na taking too much pride in being your friend?”

Yeonah Jo grabbed Minji’s pod.

The classmates’ gaze changed.

At first, the children, who thought it was a fun spectacle, showed displeasure when Minji said that they doubted them.

Although she wasn’t the one who brought up the story that the classmates might have.

“Even if that’s the case, the lockers are all locked with a key. Do you think someone else can open the lockers?”

“…”

Minji kept her mouth shut.

Each class has its own locker key.

Even so, it does not prevent children from opening other people’s lockers.

Key types are limited.

There are countless lockers on campus that can be unlocked with one key.

It is said that Seona is not the only person who can open a locker.

However, Minji couldn’t bring herself to speak out against the children glaring at her.

If I did, it would be turning all of my classmates into enemies.

Who the hell is going to do that?

Above all, she could not know the true intention of the person who did this until she did so with her common sense.

“I didn’t know Seo-na would be that kind of a child. I thought she was kind.”

“You were peeling pumpkin seeds from behind.” “She’s a fox. Didn’t you know that foxes are naturally cunning?”

“But why did Seo-na do that?”

“Why did he do that? Jinseo and he live in the church. Where did he get the money from?”

“I see. Sometimes I wear old clothes…”

When I woke up, gossip was coming from everywhere.

“No! Seo Na steals something! It’s because you guys don’t know! When did you see him steal something!?”

“I didn’t see him stealing… but I saw him flirting with Eunha and you.”

“There’s no such thing as a fox. Look at Eunhyuk and Hayang. Even though the evidence is right in front of them, they say it’s not Seona.”

“This is why Ain is… I can understand why my mother told me not to play with Ain.”

“No! Seona isn’t the kind of girl you think! Something’s strange! Don’t you guys think so? Who’s sure to be Seona…”

“Jeong Ha-yang, who the hell is doing this to get rid of Seo-Na-Hana? Does that make sense? You can’t tell the truth just by looking at the books you’re about to meet.”

“My dad said that. Ain lives in a slum. People who live there take it for granted to steal something. That’s why I told him not to go near the slums.”

“I’ve seen Ain players before, and they look really scary. Wouldn’t Jinseo and him do the same?”

“Honestly, Seo-na was a little… We were close because of you, but didn’t you secretly look down on us?”

“I’ve never been like that before!”

“That’s right! I felt a little bit too. While going to the bathroom with Hayang and Minji, they were worried when I went. It made people feel bad.” “It’s kind of…, that’s true. Seona doesn’t want to talk to the other kids.” “Yeah, it’s kind of like that. Even if it’s not to the extent of looking down on her, she subtly pushed me away.”

“Oh, what’s so good about me…”

“You must have thought that you were proud of yourself just because you were hanging out with them. Well, even though you’re a kid… My mother said that. Kids like you can’t even make enough money to live.”

“Honestly… I’m so scared of him. Just looking at the ashes reminds me of what happened at the retreat!”

“Right! You’re kind of scared! Why do you have ears on your head? Why do you have a tail? Why are your eyes red again!”

“I…, I…”

“The Jinseo or the tail has reached my arm!”

“Hey! Watch out! You might end up like him!”

“Ginseo or virus! Guys, don’t touch Jinseo! You guys will become monsters too!”

“…I…not like that…!”

“Look at him crying.”

“Annoying, really. Why are you making us bad people?”

“He’s pretending to cry. Can’t the fox who was peeling pumpkin seeds from behind cry?”

“Ding! You’ve got a virus now! If you don’t spread it to someone else, you’ll become a monster!”

“…I… am… I… am… a monster—”

“—a monster.”

Someone quietly replied.

Then the children poured out slander in such a large number that it was impossible to tell who said it first.

“monster.” “monster.” “On the subject of monsters.”

“monster.” “You are a monster.” “monster.”

“scared.” “oh my god.” “I hate it now!”

“monster.” “help me!” “monster!”

“It’s a virus!” “Go away!”

“Don’t look this way!” “scared.”

“The monster is crying!” “Run away!”

“How do monsters cry?” “Kieek!?”

“I wish I could die like you.”

☆

“—All of you, take off your shoes, get on top of the desk, and kneel.”