episode_0013

Central Library (2) ― Incheon Central Library, 4th floor

[Amount of Dependence Lv.1]

[Every liquid you expel causes strong dependency, estrus, and addiction in the target. The effect increases as the level increases.]

[Declaration of Sanctuary], which was an exclusive and one-time use skill, disappeared and [Ame of Dependency] took its place.

‘Aren’t you saying that my saliva and semen turn into something similar to pig estrus?’

Holy shit!

Thinking like that, I immediately wanted to level up.

How much faith did you have now?

[Religion: 450]

The faith that was refilled by 200 was invested in the skill level.

[Subordination Liquid Lv.1 -> Subordination Liquid Lv.2]

[200 faith is consumed.]

[Wrong beliefs inhabit your body.]

Well, I guess I can use the effect on Yoon Ah-young.

When I arrived at the women’s bathroom, I heard faint crying coming from inside.

Probably, if I were in Yoon Ah-young’s position, I would go crazy and jump up and down.

The only crime is that you faint and then wake up, but the world has turned upside down and people treat you like a germ.

Especially for a woman who places great importance on relationships between people, especially a young woman, it would be the second coming of hell with hell added to it.

Tap, tap, tap.

At the sound of footsteps echoing through the bathroom, Yoon Ah-young’s shoulders, which had been shaking, suddenly stiffened.

Her carefully raised face was already filled with tears.

I walked to the sink with a calm expression and turned on the faucet.

Perhaps because of a water outage, not a single drop of water came out of the faucet.

“Woman, here… It’s a female, female, women’s restroom… .”

It was Yoon Ah-young’s voice that I heard for a long time for the first time.

She was looking sideways at me, whining like a scared puppy.

Without any response, I turned off the faucet again and cast [Identify Deficiencies] on Yoon Ah-young.

[Someone’s warm attention and comfort]

She needed a prince on a white horse now.

I deliberately shook my head and sat down next to her.

Her body slightly fell away from me, as if she was startled.

But it didn’t get any further away.

“… … .”

After that, I just stared at the bathroom wall without saying anything.

Yoon Ah-young, who was looking at me hesitantly, lowered her head again.

The strange silence continued for a while.

“… If you stay here, you may get infected from me.”

“… … .”

Didn’t answer.

Nowadays, Yoon Ah-young needed ‘someone who would believe her story’ rather than conversation.

“I am a ‘prospective infected person.’ I just passed out in the bathroom for a moment… That’s really all.”

Her words become watery.

I imitated a soft, gentle voice.

“From what I heard, you said you were an awakened person, not a ‘pre-infected person.’”

“… I guess I was crazy.”

She raises her head and stares at something in the air.

I could tell right away that she was looking at her status window.

“I really don’t know what’s what anymore… .”

Her eyes were empty, without will or hope.

As I looked at that scene, I felt blood slowly gathering in my dick.

Even if he took her by force now, there would be no problem.

She won’t be able to resist and will get fucked by me.

But I didn’t want a dick now, I wanted a loyal fanatic who would die for my words.

Of course, it also includes passionately dedicating your body to me.

“There are zombies, but what else is there that makes no sense about being an awakened person?”

“… … Yes?”

“Rather, if you could really ‘sense a crisis’, wouldn’t that be a great ability?”

After a really long time, I made eye contact with her for the first time.

I saw my face filled with tears in her eyes.

“There is absolutely no reason for Ayoung to be in a place like this like a criminal.”

“Do you believe me?”

“Of course. Of course.”

The flashlight I took out of my inventory orbits around me.

And when Yoon Ah-young discovered that scene, her eyes grew wide enough to tear.

“We are the same.”

“Uh, uhhh!”

“Shh!”

Yoon Ah-young, who was speechless, was shocked and covered her mouth.

Religious groups do not waste time gathering to hold meetings or pray for no reason.

By gathering believers in one place, it is intended to instill a sense of homogeneity, thinking, ‘Oh, other people are just like me.’

Instilling a sense of homogeneity was a very important step in missionary work.

Plus, we even shared the same secret.

Even if I couldn’t see it, I could tell that my existence was growing inside her.

Now comes the next step.

***

“We’ll talk more about it again tonight.”

The electronic clock displayed next to the minimap showed 4 PM.

Before we knew it, the meal time that Kang San had talked about had arrived.

I left the women’s bathroom and headed to the third floor, deliberately leaving room for conversation.

Yoon Ah-young, who had been hesitant, began to follow me.

When we arrived at the third floor, loud conversations were already coming from inside.

As soon as you open the door, you can see tuna cans and convenience store gimbap on the long table.

I thought those were the food I would eat today.

Kangsan, who was talking with Seo Taesan, turned his head towards us.

“Hyung! I was planning to pick you up just now, but you came on time?”

“I should have helped with this, but I feel sorry for no reason.”

“No, no, it’s my first time here and I need some time to get used to it, so sit down. Oh, please take a seat in the back, Mr. Ayoung.”

I moved to the end of the table and sat down, and Yoon Ah-young carefully took a seat next to her.

Kangsan sits in the center of the table, and on either side of him are Seotaesan and Gaeul. And sitting right next to Gaeul was librarian Eunbyeol Kim.

Lee Gyeong-min and Kim Cheol-soo followed.

Lee Gyeong-min opened his mouth in shock when he saw me coming with Yoon Ah-young.

He was looking at me with an expression as if an ally I trusted had betrayed me.

And Kim Cheol-soo, who had been trolling from the first meeting and had no time to talk, was glaring at me as if he was disapproving.

‘Is that kid crazy?’

I wanted to rip out my eyes right away, but I held back for the greater good.

Still, there was still a need to infiltrate the camp.

The sound of conversation in the front line quieted down, and Seong Ga-eul’s voice was heard.

“It may taste bad before you eat it, but I still eat it. There really isn’t much food left. I held on and held on for about a week. So, if you secretly forget a can of tuna while on watch, I know you will search for it. okay? Kim Cheol-soo?”

“… … It’s not just me, so why only me… .”

“I would have definitely told you not to play games on your smartphone to save battery life.”

“… Oh, I really didn’t play the game.”

Seong Ga-eul ignored Kim Cheol-soo’s grumbling as if she was used to it, and her eyes turned toward us.

“Anyway, San, what are you going to do with that woman now?”

“Ha… .”

“Wasn’t the biggest reason you went out today was to verify that woman’s nonsense? So now we have to take action.”

Yoon Ah-young’s whole body began to tremble again due to Seong Ga-eul’s cold questioning.

“I also agree with Gaeul’s opinion. ‘Preliminary infected people’ must be expelled from the library as soon as possible.”

“This time, I also agree with that stupid opinion. There’s no need to take a risky gamble, right?”

Kang San’s face becomes tinged with agony as Lee Kyung-min and Kim Eun-byeol agree.

“No, bro! This isn’t real. When I went out with that woman, a variant I had never seen before popped out! If something like that happens in the library, we’re all done!”

“… Kyungmin, anyway, it’s true that Ayoung sensed a crisis.”

“No! It’s really frustrating! It’s not that they sensed a crisis, they brought it on!”

Seo Taesan, who would normally have stopped Lee Gyeong-min from going out of his way, was silently listening to Lee Gyeong-min this time.

He also probably thinks there is no need to take risks.

It was a seesaw that was completely tilted to one side from the start.

It’s just that the group’s leaders were on opposite sides, so opinions couldn’t be unified.

“Maybe Ayoung really is an awakened person. Then you will lose precious power.”

“No, there wasn’t even a single word on the internet about being an awakened person or anything like that, so what do you mean?”

“It’s already been 3 days since the internet was cut off. It was just yesterday that Ayoung woke up. The information floating around on the internet is not everything.”

“No, if you go by what Kang San-hyung said, that woman is a superhero! Then why are you shaking because you can’t kill a single zombie? Look at that now!”

Kang San was unable to answer Lee Gyeong-min’s question.

Kang San also did not speak with solid evidence.

It’s just that I feel uncomfortable having to actually kill a trembling young woman.

And that emotion was of no use in persuading the group.

I quietly held Yoon Ah-young’s hand under the table.

My trembling body twitched even more.

I clasped my hands together and gently brushed her hand with my thumb.

‘and… The flesh is chewy.’

In the past, this would have been an action that would have resulted in a slap in the face, but Yoon Ah-young quietly held my hand without any retaliation.

Although it was a bit awkward, it was a silent encouragement and the only support she gave to herself.

I raised my other hand and started to argue against it.

“Well, how about watching a little longer?”

“Why do you have to do that?”

Seong Ga-eul, who was quiet as if she had left it up to Lee Gyeong-min to express her opinion, immediately responded to my opinion.

‘You’re so angry, you bitch.’

He pointed to the whiteboard right behind Kang San.

The time from 6pm to 6am the next day was written with the names of each group member next to it.

“The time and name written there. Isn’t that a night watch ticket?”

Night comes very quickly in places where electricity disappears.

12 hours of long darkness from 6 am to 6 am the next day.

The minimum precaution against that darkness would be vigilance.

It’s not like zombies can rest on weekends, so you’ll have to be on guard every day.

In the days when Yoon Ah-young and I weren’t around, there would have been 6 people responsible for 12 hours.

If you consistently sleep for two hours a day and then wake up to stay awake, you’ll probably feel really shitty.

It was inevitable that my condition would have a negative impact.

So, the conclusion is.

They need people.

To survive the night, and to go farming with that stamina reserve.

“I am sorry to put food aside, but there is a shortage of people. This means that Mr. Ayoung is also a valuable force to us. Moreover, I had a chance to talk to Ayoung for a while, and Ayoung was not a dangerous person like Gyeongmin or Gaeul said. If any problems arise, I will take full responsibility.”

“This is not a situation that can be lightly avoided by saying “responsibility.” Especially when it comes to trust with someone you met for the first time today.”

There was a strong will to somehow settle the matter today.

We have now come to an era where one can be involved in someone’s life or death simply by saying that they are a threat without any solid facts.

Of course, the story wasn’t going to end with Seong Ga-eul and Lee Gyeong-min being stupid.

Clearly, the 21st century was an era of evidence and logic along with the development of science.

However, the emergence of zombies, which cannot be proven scientifically, had a huge impact on the minds of modern people.

What good is science now when corpses wake up and bite people?

People’s defense mechanisms began to activate more actively.

All you have to do is get rid of the ‘just in case’ before it becomes ‘as expected’.

“As I said before, please give us time to build that trust. Of course, Ayoung is also there. Like my comrades, I will continue to move together with Ayoung. Let’s stand together starting from today’s night watch. what do you think about it? Kang San-ah.”

I intentionally passed the decision-making authority over the story to the group leader.

Seong Ga-eul, who was moving her mouth as if about to say something, looked at Kang San and quietly closed her mouth.

Yes, even you know very well that what you are saying now is undermining the authority of the leader.

Kang San thought for a moment and nodded.

“Good. I don’t think it will do any good for us in the end if we kick people out for every little reason. Oh, talking about something so serious makes me hungrier? First, let’s eat quickly.”

Kang San expressed that he would not accept any more disagreements by opening a can of tuna.

Okay, you’re a nice guy after all.

It was the moment when Yoon Ah-young’s disposition was decided to be ‘on hold’.