episode_0056

As expected, all the monsters exploded at the fake prince’s punch, and all of them, including the fourth magic circle, were smoothly dispelled.

“Kuhuhuh~. Now we can enter the witch’s room. How do you feel, prince~?”

“……”

“I’m so happy that I can’t express it in words~. Kuhuhu.”

The prince still said nothing.

It’s probably not an attempt to hide your voice.

Because we spoke once before coming to the witch’s castle.

I guess it’s less likely that you’ll get caught if you keep quiet rather than babbling unnecessarily.

But how long can that silence be maintained?

I ran to the prince who was walking ahead.

“Ahh~!”

Pretend to have something stuck on your foot.

He falls forward and grabs the prince’s shoulder.

“Oops. I accidentally stepped on a trap~.”

Clutter-

The prince looked back at me.

Although his expression was hidden behind his helmet,

I could hear his confusion.

Teleported with the fake prince.

The destination is ‘Cage of the Fallen’.

A place full of monsters that couldn’t be used in Wonderland because they were too vicious or had no weaknesses.

I moved with the prince to the center of that place.

“Oh my~. Be scared. There are a lot of monsters~. Will the prince solve it?”

Embarrassment, absurdity, irritation, annoyance.

Amid all the emotions, fear was nowhere to be found.

‘With so many monsters in front of you, you don’t show any signs of fear.’

As expected, it’s Zeke.

How can you bring such an interesting fake?

I took a step back and teleported to the management office.

It is a place where the stragglers’ cages can be seen at a glance, and where monsters can operate the bars where they are isolated.

“Good view~. Good actor~. Even the stage is perfect! Kuhuhu~.”

Should we just release about 10 of them lightly?

How long can I really endure?

I’m so excited.

*

*

“Phew… .”

I let out a sigh through my stuffy helmet.

Although I caught and killed over twenty monsters, there was no particular physical strain.

The problem is the heat.

The armor is unnecessarily thick and does not allow air to pass through at all.

It would be nice if I could at least take off the helmet, but it’s painful that I can’t even do that.

‘I can’t help it because I have debt.’

I owe a lot to the director.

A debt to my lifelong wish.

I promised myself that I would pay it back someday, but I never imagined it would be like this.

A childish, bizarre play.

A play just for one person.

My role in the play is a stuntman who performs dangerous scenes on behalf of the director, who is originally the prince.

‘Did you say Cheshire? Somehow, what I’m doing doesn’t feel unfamiliar.’

The only audience for the play prepared by the director.

She is the type of person who has no hesitation in sacrificing others for herself.

These types of people are not unfamiliar.

Because my younger brother was that kind of person too.

‘It’s so pitiful for the director to have to suffer from such a madman.’

Did you say pixie?

I think I understand why pixies need maintenance.

Cheshire’s atrocities, which I briefly heard about, were so vicious that they could not be compared to the atrocities committed by his younger brother.

Clap!

The door to the iron cage opens again.

The door to the cage containing ten monsters opened.

A monster rushes at me without fear.

How come they all look so hideous?

I raised my fist.

The monster’s head is crushed, and it collapses.

twenty one.

I blocked the thing that was attacking from the sky with one hand, grabbed its leather, and slammed it to the ground.

Twenty two.

Three birds rushed at the same time.

He pulled out the sword strapped to his back and swung it.

Twenty-five.

Pick up the pieces of stone scattered on the floor and throw them.

A hole is made in the head of a monster that looks like a wild boar.

Twenty-six.

The remaining four were so scared that they did not come out of the cage.

‘It’s not even close to this level.’

If you want to push me into a corner, you’ll have to bring a stronger monster.

At least the ones I dealt with in the lab… .

I thought of something useless.

As I deal with ugly monsters, thoughts of the past keep coming back to me.

A terrible past with no beauty in it.

Once you remember it, it’s like being in a swamp and it’s hard to get out.

And only uncontrollable sadness awaits at the end.

‘It’s all over. So let’s forget it. Just forget it.’

If I could just forget, I wouldn’t have suffered so much.

Clap- Clap- Clap-

Walk towards the iron bars.

The faces of the monsters, who had nowhere to run, gradually became engulfed in fear.

That figure trembling helplessly,

It’s like looking at my past self.

‘If I kill you, will my past self also die and disappear?’

If that were the case, it could have been a meaningful death for them as well.

The monsters rushed in.

It looks like he’s planning on struggling.

‘Better than me.’

Because in the past, I was helpless.

But despite such struggles,

The monster died with a light punch.

twenty seven.

The remaining monsters were also killed one by one.

Twenty-eight.

Twenty-nine.

thirty.

I saw the corpses lying pitifully,

I remembered my younger brother’s words, which I had heard so many times.

– Happiness requires strength. Because all misfortune begins with helplessness.

‘If you were strong, you wouldn’t have died in vain like this.’

Wouldn’t that be the same for me too?

If I had been strong, I wouldn’t have been experimented on.

If I had been stronger, my younger brother wouldn’t have become strange.

If I had been stronger, my parents wouldn’t have abandoned me.

‘I can’t deny it.’

I am strong now.

Because I became stronger, I was able to survive in the harsh backworld.

The warm food and cozy room provided by the management office were also provided,

It is given to me because of the power I have.

I can’t deny it.

Roddy’s sophistry, which I hated so much,

In fact, we cannot deny the fact that it was the truth of this world.

But at the same time, I can’t admit it.

The moment I admit it, I also have to admit that all of Roddy’s actions toward me contained some form of love.

In fact, I know it even if I don’t admit it.

Roddy tried to give me strength because he loved me.

The method is just twisted.

“……”

My brother died.

My only family member, my one and only precious younger brother,

He died in my hands.

Sadness began to well up.

The sadness that started from my feet to the top of my head eventually overflowed through my eyes.

why.

This is the younger brother I hated so much.

Why is it so sad?

Rattling–!

The iron cage was opened.

Indifferently, as if my sadness was none of their business.

It worked out better.

If you fight and fight, you will be able to forget your sadness.

*

*

I came to the witch’s castle with Bir.

The purpose of coming here is to secure Veronica.

“Bir, how are you? Can you feel it?”

“Yes. It seems like it’s underground.”

Thanks to Vir’s almost supernatural detection ability, Veronica’s location was easily determined.

I still don’t know what ‘presence’ means, but as long as it’s comfortable, it’s the best.

“What is the access road? If it were Cheshire, it could have been locked in an enclosed space.”

If you have the ability to teleport, entrances and exits are meaningless.

“Let’s look for it.”

Vir began looking around the floor and walls.

In the meantime, I summarized the current situation in my head.

Leon is pretending to be a prince on my behalf and attracting Cheshire’s attention.

Meanwhile, Alessia is working with the police to rescue the kidnapped civilians.

Cheshire would of course notice that it was a fake.

But that idiot overindulgence will not point this out.

‘You’re probably expecting a huge twist, right? Even if you don’t watch it, it’s a video.’

Just revealing that it was fake is not the twist Cheshire wants.

You will be looking forward to a more surprising, great, and truly unimaginable twist.

It’s so fucking annoying.

“found.”

Just then, Bir discovered the path to the basement.

I put my hand on the wall and fiddled with various things, and the wall suddenly opened.

‘Why did he bother to install a secret door like this?’

You can just teleport there.

Could it be that they prepared this in anticipation of me using it?

If that’s the case, you’re really crazy.

Oh, you’re crazy.

Anyway, I followed Bir down to the basement.

*

“Zeek!”

Veronica flew towards me.

I held her in my arms and patted her soothingly.

“I said I would save you, right?”

“Yes… . I believed it… .”

I carefully stroked Veronica, who was trembling and crying.

As I was doing this, I remembered my younger sister who was scared of horror movies when she was young.

I was scared when I was young, but I forced myself to act strong because of my younger sister.

[Veronica’s strategy progress has increased. (90 -> 95%) Acquire 500 strategy points]

‘Oh, shit points.’

It will soon be 40,000 points.

Normally, we should have passed 40,000 a long time ago and are looking at 50,000…

‘Karyen ten bastards.’

It won’t work.

Just a week is not enough.

I’ll have to do more when I get back.

As I was thinking about random things, Veronica seemed to have calmed down.

When I released the arm I was holding, he hesitated and took a step away.

Perhaps because of that, he was holding my sleeve tightly with his tiny fingers.

“Veronica.”

“Uh, huh?”

At my call, Veronica raised her head and made eye contact.

Perhaps because she had been crying just now, her eyes were moist and her cheeks were slightly flushed.

I said, wiping the moisture from my eyes with my finger.

“Don’t you want to punch that annoying cat?”

Veronica must have been secured as well.

Now it is Cheshire’s turn to prepare for the expected twist.