episode_0294

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It was afternoon when I opened my eyes again, and I was on her bed.

My last memory was of lying down on the floor again, as if I was exhausted. I wandered for a long time through the maze that was woven from dreams and made into reality, and before I knew it, I had arrived at her room.

My throat was sore and my eyes were sore.

She tried to get up. But gravity grabbed the back of my head and pulled it, as if heavy weights had been piled on top of one another.

My head felt stuffy and full of fog, as if the window in my head responsible for ventilation had been closed.

“Ah….”

Try making a sound on purpose to see if your own voice comes out.

I couldn’t get up easily for a few minutes. After struggling on the bed for a while, she managed to get up by turning her body to the side.

The noise of the early morning seemed to have calmed down a lot.

“…….”

She observed her body.

My whole body was soaked in sweat, so much so that it left marks even on the blanket.

She took off her uncomfortable top. With a cool sense of openness, her small, rising breasts were revealed.

She stood up with her hands on her knees and hurried out of the room.

The cold air of the house caressed her body. Even though she was shivering, she thought it was cool.

As she walked down the hallway to the bathroom, she placed her hand on her head and diagnosed herself. Perhaps because I was sweating a lot, my fever seemed to have gone down a bit.

She took off all of her remaining clothes in front of the bathroom.

Her pure white naked body was revealed.

When she entered the shower booth and turned on the water, cold water dripped from the top of her head.

She shivered at the cold temperature.

Once it reached the coolness level, she reached over and turned the lever toward the hot water, setting it to lukewarm.

Soon, the water of the right temperature started dripping, and she stroked her shoulders with her hands.

The warm water warmed her body.

***

I took a shower to wash off my uncomfortable body, but it took time to get my damaged body back to its original state.

She pressed her fingers to her temples, trying to calm her dizzy head.

When she came down to the first floor with a towel on her wet head, she was greeted by a messy living room.

“It’s serious….”

Since there was no one to clean it up, yesterday’s devastation was unfolding for all to see.

– Ugh

I exhale with a deep sense of frustration rising inside me.

‘Yes, I made it like this.’

Her purple eyes turned to the kitchen.

There was no sight of the familiar man cooking.

“…I should make rice, right?”

Where he should stand, she stands instead.

The apron, which had a short string so I could only wear it around my neck, now hangs it around my neck.

roughly discarded food waste was strewn across the sink, and flies were hovering like a haze.

A messy situation to make food.

Put on the red rubber gloves and start cleaning.

Wipe off the dried rice grains with a scrub brush and place the mushy chunks of Spam in a food waste bag.

The smell of half-rotten food assaulted her nose.

“I’m glad I threw up a lot yesterday.”

Even though she was feeling sick, she joked.

After finishing a bout of cleaning, she was exhausted and chose to cook instead.

Pour hot water into a small cup of ramen, sit at the table, and wait for 3 minutes.

Steam rose from the slightly gaping gap.

The smell of the soup flavored with msg stimulated my appetite.

“I guess I’m feeling a little better.”

They say that when you’re so sick, you don’t even think about eating, but your body has been crying out for food since a while ago.

After a long wait, she opened the lid. The curly noodles and red soup are imprinted in her eyes.

“I will eat well.”

Just as the noodles were about to go into my mouth, I felt a creepy feeling and the chicken meat began to grow.

And the disaster alert on your cell phone rings.

“Ah… kinda…!”

She threw away her chopsticks nervously, threw her scarf on the floor, and got up.

Clink, the chopsticks fell on the table and made a pitiful sound.

***

I was in a hurry, but the city was already filled with chaos.

When she arrived, some of the buildings were already half destroyed and the streets were trashed.

Hundreds of human-sized crows were circling in the sky and attacking the city.

“Sudden fire!”

There was no time to chant a spell. She briefly recited a spell and then held out her wand.

If she had arrived earlier, she would have intercepted it from the air, but she gritted her teeth.

A bundle of rays extended from the staff and pierced the crows’ hearts.

They fell down with their black feathers fluttering, and before they even hit the ground, they turned into particles of light and disappeared.

Although a large number of crows were killed, there were more left.

Her gaze went down to the ground.

The first thing I saw were fallen people and overturned cars.

Okay, she gritted her teeth.

“Sudden fire!”

“Sudden fire!”

“Sudden fire!”

Her pitiful cries spread across the city sky.

***

Ten minutes later, having intercepted all the crows, she came down to the ground exhausted.

As always, when a magical girl with mysterious powers appeared, people flocked to her.

Thank you for saving my life,

Take a picture with your cell phone,

Ask about her identity,

Various sounds rang in her ears.

She smiled with all her might and interacted with people while remaining half-conscious. She desperately hoped that people would leave quickly.

“…!”

Amidst the crowd of beggars, a familiar figure caught a glimpse of me.

“Uncle, Mr.?”

It was a very fleeting moment when I saw through the gap created between people.

Nevertheless, she was convinced that Kang In-ho was beyond the wall created by the crowd.

“Now, wait a minute. I’ll just pass by.”

Still smiling, she tried to move forward, but the layered human wall was not easily breached.

“I’ll pass by. Sorry.”

I tried to widen the gap by using a little more force than before, but people were stubborn.

Meanwhile, a woman brought her child, put him next to her, and started taking pictures.

“Please look here!”

The noise of people talking louder and louder, and she became increasingly tired.

“It’s been a while….”

Her earnest request was drowned out by the voices of those who asked for it, and was trampled on.

It took me a few tens of minutes to be swept away by people like that.

“Uncle….”

When the police to mediate the disturbance arrived and the people dispersed, Kang In-ho was no longer visible.

She didn’t feel well.

She wasn’t sure if it was because he was running rampant with his still-healed body, because he arrived late and the city was ruined, or because there were people blocking her attempts to catch him.