episode_0007

I walked after the warrior Kylon, and only after spending quite a bit of time was I able to reach my destination.

It was one of the magic towers that stood at the height of the gigantic wall surrounding the royal capital of the Holy Kingdom, and a portion of that wall.

Wizards conducted their research here, and at the same time illuminated the world with their magic, managed it, and defended it from enemy attacks.

Originally, all buildings were not supposed to be taller than castles and cathedrals, but this tower and wall were the only ones that were not subject to height restrictions and could be built high into the sky.

Because it was a majestic tower to protect the country.

After hitting the pavement, he became a little quiet, exhaled, and walked forward.

“There is Flora here… You are here.”

“… Why?”

“Well, I have to seduce him first, but if you follow me, it’s a bit like that. It’s before the game’s story, so you have to be careful.”

I stared at his face with my mouth open in confusion at the sudden no-entry order.

Of course, if you know Kylon well about the game, you know that it’s best to follow what he says, but on the contrary, it felt strange to be alone again after following him so well.

Not even a day had passed and I groaned, wondering why this was happening.

As I watched him enter the magic tower, I soon saw him open the door and hide himself inside.

Should I just wait?

As I was idly pacing in front of the magic tower thinking that, I felt a tingling sensation in my wrist.

Is it a mosquito? It’s terrible that there are mosquitoes in the game too.

I was worried about whether it was a sting or an itch, so I scratched my left wrist with my right hand.

I was scratching so hard, but this time my stomach felt itchy.

Since I was wearing a nun’s uniform, I thought it would be a bit scary to scratch the top of my clothes and damage them, but it was so itchy. It hadn’t been like this before, so I narrowed my eyes wondering why it was so itchy.

“H.”

In front of the magic tower with no one around.

I knelt down in front of him, clutching my body to the itching and tingling sensation that felt like centipedes crawling all over my body.

dump.

She didn’t care if her nun’s uniform, a single piece of clothing, got dirty.

I couldn’t worry about such trivial things.

My wrist itches. Itchy, itchy, itchy.

There was not a single scar left on the arm that had been cut, the stomach that had been split open and spitting out internal organs, the ankle that had been cut off so that it could not walk, the thigh that had been pierced with an awl, the neck that had been sawed, the neck that had been strangled, and the body that had been torn apart here and there. It continued to torment me, whether it was a remnant of my memory or an engraved pain.

“Ouch, eurrrr.”

There was no problem until now.

Why are you doing this? I’m scared, I don’t want to die.

My body was shaking without realizing it. What on earth are you afraid of?

There is nothing threatening me right now, so why am I shaking so much?

I couldn’t figure out why, so I grabbed the veil with both hands, threw it on the floor, and grabbed my itchy head.

I clenched my hair in my fist and started tearing it out to do something to relieve the unbearable itching.

I was scared, and my whole body trembled because the fear that had died seemed to be flowing through my body again.

I was shaking and muttering as my head fell to the floor, suffering as if bugs were crawling all over my body.

“Please, please… ”

No matter how much I scratched my body, the itchiness did not go away.

Even though I had tears in my eyes, I felt like I was going to die because my body didn’t listen to me and kept screaming.

I had already escaped death, I had already escaped such a painful situation, but I couldn’t figure out what was so scary or what was so painful, so I grabbed my body and rolled on the floor.

“… Ugh. Kkuuu.”

it hurts. It tickles, it’s painful.

I think I’m going to die. Wouldn’t it be bad to just die like this?

The pain that tore through my body was unbearable. If it were natural, it would be natural.

But on the other hand, I couldn’t bear the unrelieved itchiness crawling all over my body.

I was in so much pain that I slowly crawled up to the wall that formed the wall of the Magic Tower and hit my head.

I didn’t bang my head against the wall because I wanted to die.

But it was so itchy that I couldn’t get rid of the crawling sensation all over my body, so I buried my head in the thought that I could get rid of the pain.

A dull sound came from my head, and at the same time, the taste of blood appeared in my mouth, as if my head had been broken.

I felt my nose tingle, and then the back of my head tingled, but the tingling sensation crawling through my body did not go away.

So, it was just painful.

I thought it was painful, and as I cried because it hurt so much, my head soon started to heal as if it was telling me it wouldn’t hurt anymore.

I gritted my teeth at my body being so unruly.

It was a good thing that I got better on my own and was able to escape the fear of dying.

But apart from that, this unbearable pain that I had not felt before just felt too difficult.

I don’t know how much pain I suffered.

I don’t know if I bit my teeth like that. I heard the sound of my molars grinding, and tears streamed down my face.

She clutched her body and rolled on the floor, causing her black robe to become covered in dust. This moment of suffering even when I was completely devastated felt like hell to me.

die. I feel like I’m going to die like this.

As I was shaking like that, I soon heard the door open.

“… Veronica?”

At the voice of the warrior Kylon, my eyes widened and I gathered myself together.

After carefully standing up, he slowly shook himself off and absentmindedly turned his gaze towards the warrior.

There was no one next to Kailon, who said he was looking for Flora.

He looked at me with disbelieving eyes and then asked me, his mouth mumbling.

“Why on earth?”

“… I feel like I’m going to die.”

“You won’t die.”

“Yes, I did… ”

I answered with my mouth mumbling.

Yes, it was. As he said that, he slowly lowered his eyes.

Then, what I saw was my body and the nun’s clothes, which had become a mess from walking carelessly on the street.

The black nun’s robe was now just a dusty black cloth, and my skin was no different.

My hair was matted from pulling it out, and the veil that had been on my head was thrown down on the floor.

I hugged my left arm with my right arm and took a deep breath.

And what I noticed was that my body wasn’t itchy right now.

Is it because my anxiety disappeared?

Was my body itching due to anxiety caused by the fear that I might die, or that I might die while being tortured? I wondered if that was why I almost went crazy, so I opened my eyes wide and looked up at Kailon.

Then what I saw was his expression.

For the first time, it felt like the image of me, who had always been light and debaucherous and just smiling, had been subtly colored.

But I wasn’t sure yet, so I thought I’d have to wait a little longer, so I answered with a shaky breath.

“… it’s fine now. Yes, let’s go.”

“I’ll at least use clean magic.”

“Ah, yes.”

Magic that cleanses the body is always convenient. With that thought in mind, I shook off the veil I was wearing on my head.

After tidying up my hair and neatly putting a veil over it, I glanced at Kailon, who was looking at me with haggard eyes.

Then, Kylon groaned and then carefully opened his mouth.

“No, I was trying to find Flora earlier, but at this point, I think she went on a business trip somewhere in the royal capital.”

“… So?”

“So I guess I have to go to the royal road again. I don’t think we can do it today, so let’s sleep.”

“Oh, I see.”

But this time, I felt relieved because I knew the destination.

The sun hasn’t set yet, but the glow that appears to indicate that it will set soon caught my eye.

After seeing the moment the world turned yellow, I slowly walked forward.

After that, I felt a little comforted as I followed Kylon, who was trudging along and looking for a place to sleep.

He said he was a hero, but since it was a game, there were no special rooms provided, so he had to rent an inn.

Kailon entered an inn that didn’t sell food and took out a money bag from his inventory and held it in his hand.

And when it was his turn to choose a room, he groaned and looked through the menu.

Single, twin, double.

I quietly looked at his choice, secretly impressed by the game set in the medieval era, which had everything to do with it.

“Then, as a single… ”

Of course, that’s the case with Kylon’s choice in the beginning. That’s what I thought, but I soon changed my mind.

I wasn’t a fool who couldn’t remember what had happened before.

I never wanted to shake again from the itching and pain that drove my brain crazy to the point where I thought it would be better to die.

Of course, I didn’t know right now whether or not Kylon was nearby or not was the issue, but I didn’t want to risk my moment of sleep to do such a test, so I opened my mouth cautiously.

“… Please get a twin room.”

As I whispered to Kylon, Kylon looked at me with his eyes wide open, as if he didn’t know I was going to say that.

And before he could open his mouth, what followed was the innkeeper’s voice.

“The twin room is fully booked.”

The innkeeper, who checked the key, must have realized that the key to the twin room was missing, smiled awkwardly and suggested another room.

In this case, there was only one way.

Now, at this moment, this situation was not just a game for me.

It was different from pressing a button to sleep in a game and waking up the next day.

So in the end, I kept my mouth shut.

And when I tried to open my mouth, Kylon cautiously opened his mouth first.

“Then please double it.”

“Yes.”

The keys were placed on the counter table, and Kylon held out the money and took it.

As I was going up the stairs to the guest room, he spoke to me slyly.

I guess he was happy because I asked for a double room and there was no refusal.

“You seem to be a bit of an active type at night.”

“… … .”

Even though he was making dirty jokes about me, I just followed him without saying a word.

Whatever it was, I wanted to erase the anxiety I felt in my body.

The more anxiety creeps in that I might die cruelly again, the more my body screams out of control.

Of course, that didn’t mean I was allowing this room to be attacked by a man, so I desperately planned to stop it.