episode_0085

“I’m back… … .”

I muttered that and sat down on the floor.

I’ve been through worse things than this, but this one was really, really scary.

So much so that as soon as I finished work, all the strength in my body was gone.

The changed standards of reality.

That’s why my anomalous immunity didn’t work.

But the biggest reason was that I was alone.

The surrounding area is a family home in good condition.

There were dishes and furniture scattered here and there, as if there had been an attack on this side as well, but it was still reality.

“Sister! Davin oppa woke up!”

As expected, Da-ju Yoon was the first to notice my condition.

“Oppa, are you okay? You can wake up now, right?”

“Yes.”

I nodded and stood up.

The most surprising thing was that my memory was intact.

This is true even after taking amnestics.

There was an uproar on the 7th floor.

I went down in the elevator.

Then I got trapped on the 4th floor.

Finally, I got my hands on an amnestic on the third floor.

All memories remain intact.

… … no.

I can’t remember ‘why’ all of this happened.

Is this also anomaly resistant?

Anyway, I’m glad.

This means that the memory without the problem remains, but the cause has been erased from the mind.

I feel dazed, as if I just woke up from sleep.

Actually, it’s not that strange.

Just as everyone except me was in a dream a little while ago, here I was the only one struggling in a dream world.

While I am still dazed, Heo Yoon is having a conversation with Yoon Da-ju.

“Dabin woke up?”

“Yes. Just now.”

“Thank goodness… … .”

A sense of relief warmly enveloped the room.

A very messy house.

Heo Yoon explained the situation a little while ago.

“It was all chaos until you woke up. A monster appears and wanders through the house. And in the meantime, you and him couldn’t get up.”

Pointing to AI with your hand.

The AI guy just indifferently adds chuim, as if he doesn’t remember anything.

“Ah. Really?”

“Yes. But at what moment did the monster suddenly disappear? I don’t know why.”

“I also had a hard time. In a dream.”

“Ah. really? Did you do it?”

“Yes.”

It’s “. Dabin Lim~ You can do this.”

Heo Yoon smiles brightly and taps my shoulder.

“I’m glad everyone is safe.”

“What. We were all only worried about you.”

Daju Yoon and Serim Choi. And what comes to mind is the people who remained in this reality struggling wildly.

Strange things happened here too.

Anyway, it’s safe now.

All cases have been concluded.

“But Dabin Lim, your clothes are all wet? When did that happen?”

“Yes?”

Seok Hyeon-min asks, looking sideways, with his gaze in the other direction.

“Huh?”

Only then did I look down.

Knock. Knock.

The water droplets that fell from the hem of the clothes were already forming puddles on the floor.

“Since when have I been like this?”

“I don’t know either. I just saw it too.”

Seok Hyeon-min answers while still looking somewhere else.

Now that I think about it, Jung Hae-won feels the same way. It feels like I’m trying to divert my attention elsewhere.

Why is it like that? Is there some reason?

If you only see men doing that, there must be something there.

That’s because men are better at observing anomalies.

Just in case, I checked where the two people were looking, but there was only a wall in that place.

Actually, that’s not important.

It must have been in a dream that I went to the third floor to get the amnestics.

Before I knew it, my clothes were damp again.

To dismiss it as just a dream, it did not have any effect on reality.

“Ugh… … .”

An unpleasant feeling of something wet sticking to your body.

I happened to be wearing a white t-shirt, so it was wet so everything on the inside was see-through.

The curves of the body are revealed as if you were taking off all your clothes.

The color of the underwear visible behind the thin fabric.

Seok Hyeon-min is looking somewhere else and at the same time checking Heo Yoon’s thoughts.

uh… … ?

Is this why? Like that? Is it?

For some reason, my face gets hot.

It may seem like an idiot to others, but I really didn’t even think about this until just now.

Rather than being embarrassed, I feel very embarrassed.

I’m a man. It doesn’t make sense that something like this would happen just because I got a little wet.

“Dabin. Come here.”

Choi Se-rim came to the side and covered me, but it was even more embarrassing.

I managed to get the words out in a hushed voice.

“… … That.”

“Huh? Dabin, why?”

“You don’t have to do this.”

“Really?”

Choi Se-rim continues speaking teasingly.

It seems like the initiative has been taken away again.

Choi Se-rim’s ability to control thoughts.

Since that didn’t work, I thought I would always be in control.

In times like this, the relationship turns upside down again.

“Then is it okay if I go to the side over there?”

Choi Se-rim tried to move aside, so I hurriedly corrected my words.

“No! just. Just stay here, sister.”

“Yes. It will happen.”

It feels like it’s cold again for some reason. It’s embarrassing to stay like this.

‘It doesn’t matter because I’m a man.’

This is not a problem that can be overcome this way.

Even when I look at it from the outside, it looks like a woman.

More than anything.

Da-joo Yoon, who is openly snooping around here, is scarier than the men who are watching with their eyes closed.

“I’ll change and come back.”

I tried to quickly get out of the house.

However, my exhausted body does not move as I want.

Stumble-

At that moment, my legs lost strength and I had to stand up while leaning on the wall.

A familiar voice caught me.

“I’ll go with you!”

It’s Da-ju Yoon who rushes in thinking it’s time.

If I feel the same way, I want to push it away and say, ‘Get out of there.’

But that doesn’t work.

Because of vague fear.

If I’m alone again, won’t water pour on my head?

Wouldn’t it be like being trapped in a small room?

With that guy again… … . Maybe we will meet.

The impact of the one that penetrated the anomalous resistance was still clearly visible.

I also remember sitting on the floor and gasping for breath.

I was so scared that I couldn’t even think about moving. I didn’t know what to do, so I was anxious. Tears kept flowing.

‘I don’t want to be alone.’

When this happens, conflict arises within.

I don’t want to be alone.

The thing next to you when you wash is Yoon Da-ju? This doesn’t seem right.

Instead, he spoke persuasively.

“Daju. We don’t have time for this.”

“Yes? Why?”

“At the end of the hallway. You have to check in front of the elevator.”

“Ah. Is it a reality generator or something?”

“Yes.”

Reality Generator.

In an apartment full of strange phenomena, it was a thankful item that kept the 7th floor a normal space.

As soon as that story comes out, the people in the room become agitated.

“Why. What happened there?”

Seok Hyeon-min asks, adjusting his glasses.

“Yes. In my dream, I was completely broken.”

“Then, is it still broken? This is not a dream, this is reality.”

“I’m not sure about that.”

“So you’re saying we should check it out.”

Seok Hyeon-min nods his head with a heavy expression.

“But why was the generator broken?”

This time it is Jeong Hae-won.

“I broke it.”

“Yes?”

“As dreams and reality were swapped, the generator played the role of firmly fixing the dreams. So monsters and strange phenomena kept appearing on the 7th floor. So, in the end, I broke it.”

“Ah… … .”

Everyone had a serious expression, except for the AI, which still had an expressionless expression.

Without a reality generator, the safety of the 7th floor cannot be guaranteed.

The daily life of settling down and living in one place is gone, and we have to take the elevator and move around looking for a place to live again, just like before.

“Then Dabin, go wash up first. We’ll check the generator.”

Heo Yoon organizes the situation.

Heo Yoon held Seok Hyeon-min’s arm and walked towards the front door.

If the reality generator is truly broken, it is an urgent situation. You should check it right away.

Jeong Hae-won also followed behind the two people.

“I’ll go with you too.”

“Haewon? okay? Follow me.”

Heo Yoon left one word and disappeared out the door.

“The girls take care of Dabin!”

Now there are only two people left.

Serim Choi. And Daju Yoon.

It was serious for a while.

Daju Yoon approaches us with a sinister look on her face.

The more I do this, the more I step back, and now I am hiding behind Choi Se-rim.

“Dajuya… … ?”

“Yes brother.”

“Shouldn’t you go check it out too?”

“Why me?”

“Well, that’s right… … . Because it’s fun?”

“I can’t watch that anyway. You know that I lack observational aptitude.”

I tried to use curiosity to attract attention, but it was in vain.

Da-ju approaches this way, smiling.

This time, I clung to Choi Se-rim.

“Sister. Please get rid of him.”

“Well? Dabin. What should I do?”

“Please.”

Now I really don’t have the strength to move.

Just stand still, leaning against the wall, and wait for what comes next.

“But you don’t have to wash. Dabin can’t even move on his own right now.”

“My sister is better.”

“What?”

“If we’re going to wash together… … . They say noona is better than Daju.”

So, for now, I have no choice but to say this.

Daju Yoon, I’m really not with that guy.

That was really all I was thinking, but my sister’s answer was unexpected.

“Dabin is a pervert.”

“No, it’s not really that for me, it’s because of Daju… … .”

It didn’t matter what I said.

Choi Se-rim smiles as if she’s pushing me, and lightly presses my shoulder.

Just like dealing with a child much younger than yourself.

In fact, it seemed that way at first glance because of the height difference.

“Let’s just go back with Daju~”

Choi Se-rim smiles and waves her hand. In his usual soft and quiet voice.

This older sister is also quite playful.

Daju came to support me as if he had been waiting for me.

Daju digs under his shoulder and lifts his body. He asks as if he is having fun.

“Are you going to wash up at your house?”

“… … Yes.”

“Then go quickly. You can’t walk alone, right?”

As I was supported, I looked back one last time.

But my sister just covered her mouth and laughed.

“I’m sorry. Dabin.”

I had no choice but to be dragged helplessly.

It was just before I left the front door that Choi Se-rim spoke to me again in my head.

This is the last time I spend my daily life like this.

***

“How long can I last?”

“Probably won’t even last a week.”

In front of the reality maintenance device located at the end of the hallway.

Heo Yoon and Seok Hyeon-min talked with bitter expressions.

Seok Hyeon-min continued speaking while wiping his glasses with the hem of his clothes.

“Then, can’t this be fixed?”

A protruding gear rolled at Jeong Hae-won’s feet.

Some were as small as a fingernail, while others were larger than the main body of the machine.

“Yes. I didn’t even know how it worked in the first place.”

When Jeong Hae-won asks, Heo Yoon adds to the situation.

At the end of the hallway.

The device in front of the three people.

The reality generator has already been destroyed to the point of no return.

Seok Hyun-min adjusted his clean glasses.

“The 7th floor won’t go crazy right away. Because there is inertia that has been built up over time.”

“Then how long will it last? one month? A week?”

“3 days. It could be less than that.”

A gear wheel rises about 10 centimeters from the floor.

No force was applied. Just by yourself.

Heo Yun quietly watched the scene alone.

The floating cogwheel rotates alone outside the machine and continues its futile movement.

A small boat called reality floating in the sea of anomalousness.

The reality that had lost its anchor was making a creaking sound.