episode_0017

“Harry…the first thing to do is to calm down…calm down and ask for help.”

Elisias, who was looking at the moving legs trembling like an aspen tree, a feeling of fear eating away at her consciousness, made an expression as if she was okay.

Despite Elisias’ words, my feet could not move at all, as if I had fallen into a deep swamp.

All I could do was stare at the cold, sharp, shining blade that had cut my cheek, blaming myself for being so helpless and weak.

Hundreds of thousands of thoughts come into my heart as my body trembles in the rough waves.

If I leave this position, what will happen to Elisias?

If something bad happens, will I be able to endure it?

If I had any ability, if I had even the slightest power

What would have changed if you had the courage to take this heavy step one step further?

When those emotions are rushing like a storm

“Child damage!”

It was only then that I came to my senses when I heard Illisha’s voice shouting, and I quickly ducked.

At that moment, several daggers flew past my shoulder and stuck in the man’s shoulder.

“Queu!”

Blood spattered on the shoulder where the dagger was inserted, and the man let go of Elisias, who was holding him in pain.

“You rude guy! How dare you!”

Elisias didn’t let go and grabbed the man’s hand and carried him away.

“Hehe!”

Perhaps because the piggyback hit had gone right, the man let out a strange scream and fainted, hitting his head on the floor.

Ilicia approached Elisias and checked her well-being, and at that moment, my legs gave out and I collapsed.

I looked at Elisias who was adjusting his clothes while looking at my legs that were shaking pitifully.

My noisy heart cannot calm down.

As if I had been hit by a flashbang, I heard tinnitus in my ears and my vision seemed to overlap in two.

As I looked at the blood soaking the ground from the man’s shoulder, the nausea that kept rising made me vomit everything that was inside me.

“Uwaeeek!”

Memories of that day hidden in that thick blood come back to me like déjà vu.

Elisias comes over and pats my back, and the touch calms me down a little.

A more realistic sense returned to the situation just now.

“Ha…I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have paid attention, but I’m being disrespectful.”

Illisha frowned, lowered her head, and held out her hand to me.

I held his hand, stood up, shook my head, and approached the man who was lying down.

“Harry…are you okay? My face is dark…”

“It’s okay… I’m just surprised because I’m not used to blood… More than that.”

He leans down and flips over his eyelids to check on the man’s condition.

After looking closely at his red, bloodshot eyes, he took off his clothes little by little and cleaned out his pockets.

“What are you doing, kid, are you retrieving loot?”

Illisha questioned my actions and tried to stop me, but I paid no attention and searched through the belongings of this suspicious man.

“found.”

Several small glass bottles the size of your thumb were in the inside vest pocket of the clothes you were wearing.

I looked at it carefully, and Ilicia made an expression of complex emotions and came towards me.

The half remaining liquid was transparent and had no color.

I pulled out the cork and smelled it, but it was almost odorless.

I tried to taste it, but even though it was only a small amount, I thought it might be dangerous, so I stopped doing that.

“Veins all over the body and abnormally enlarged muscles…and red, bloodshot eyes…”

“No way…”

“Colorless, odorless, transparent potion…if my prediction is correct…it is weak.”

The game description window says it is colorless, odorless and tasteless.

It is used to increase sexual sensitivity in women and to develop sensitivity in certain parts of the body. *Side effects occur when taken by men

“Ha…It’s a weak medicine…It’s a weak medicine again…?”

Illisha clicked her tongue in frustration and stared at the stunned man with a serious expression.

I handed the glass bottle I was holding to Illisha, whose eyes were filled with unknown emotions.

“It must have been a long time since this damn thing was banned, so why on earth is it still around…were there any spares left?”

Illisha sighed and wrapped her fist around the glass bottle.

“Damn…”

Illisha sighed and briefly cursed.

[Weak] This is an H event item for developing Elisias’ body parts, increasing sexual sensitivity, and corruption events in this game.

The combination method is very difficult and the cost is high, so it is better to purchase this item on the black market.

“What is that weak medicine?”

When Elisias asked, frowning at the now heavy atmosphere, I shook off my hands and stood up.

“Elysias To put it simply for you, it is a drug that makes a person feel good and excited in an instant when taken.”

“Then isn’t that a good thing?”

Elisias is unaware of the dangers of this drug because she grew up in the mansion like a flower in a greenhouse.

“It would be nice if it ended there, but when men take it, there are various side effects such as delirium, hallucinations, etc.”

“The red, bloodshot eyes and slightly larger body size are also due to the side effects”

Ilicia crossed her arms and supplemented my explanation, and I nodded in agreement.

“Because it is highly addictive and dependent, and is often used in crimes, the country has banned this drug altogether.”

“I see…”

Elisias Ilicia, who answered while looking at the man with a serious expression, leaned against the wall and was lost in thought.

“You can think of it as an illegal drug that literally plunges people into the abyss.”

Although it is called a “drug” here, if I were to compare it to a “drug” in the world I was in, it would be a “drug.”

Especially considering the symptoms and side effects, it can be seen as being closer to Mulppong.

“And it would be correct to say that there are those who continue to produce rather than having spares.”

When I looked at Illisha and answered, she lowered her head.

“Yes, it keeps appearing…especially in Kazas Alhamne, where security is a mess, so it will be easier to find…”

Ilyishya wipes his face.

“Correct answer.”

“But wasn’t it said that it is an illegal drug that is also used in crime? Why are people using it when it is not that good? ”

I smiled bitterly at the memories that came to mind from Elisias’ words.

“ People want to turn away and run away from the disgusting reality that is right in front of them… and it is their nature to want to do it again when they are told not to do it.”

I sigh, close my eyes, and slowly gather my thoughts.

Clearly, there were characters and events related to this [weak] event of the fall of Elisias.

I begin to organize my memories step by step.

As if putting books back into an overflowing bookshelf, the name that comes to mind as I piece together the broken memories like a puzzle.

“DH..”

“DH? What does that mean?”

In response to the muttering, Elisias asked me about that person.

“I actually don’t know how many people are making aphrodisiacs here, but there is one guy who is said to be the best among them, and his name is DH.”

“DH…”

Illisha said, getting up from the wall she was leaning against.

“So you’re saying that this weak medicine is made by a guy named DH?”

Illisher glared at me and asked, and I turned my head to deny his response.

DH I don’t know why, but he is one of the characters targeting Elisias, producing and managing elixirs, and is a villain who appears in corruption events in the game.

In the game, he appears as just a black silhouette and goes by the name DH, and appears to be a person with quite a pathological obsession.

“Actually, I can’t be sure that this alimentary medicine is what he made…because this guy called DH is not the only one who manufactures this alimentary medicine. I told you, right? He is said to be the best among them”

“Anyway…it’s clear that that DH guy is the one ruining this city…”

Elisias grits his teeth and clenches his fists.

Illisha, who saw that, placed her hand on Elisias’ shoulder as if comforting her.

“Well, anyway, wouldn’t it be enough to just kill all the people involved?”

There was a hint of murder in Illisha’s voice as she spoke with a smile.

“Unfortunately, it won’t be that easy.”

I categorically denied those words, and Illysha was startled, kicked the ground, and sighed loudly as the ground fell.

“But it’s true, unlike these idiots who are easily caught, they are carrying out their activities while thoroughly hiding their identity”

Illisha’s face crumples.

“No one knows where the distribution book he manages is hidden”

Perhaps because of such thoroughness, the game cannot completely resolve this corruption event.

DH is a mysterious person who disappears from his hideout with a letter when you try to catch him.

I wondered if the event ended with an open ending as his face was not shown until the end of the game after he went into hiding.

But this is a world where games and reality mix

In games, you just reach the ending and everything is over, but here is the reality that I have to continue to live with.

I’ll have to think about the story after that.

“Harry? What are your thoughts so lost?”

“Oh, okay, it’s no big deal.”

As I was struggling in the swamp thinking too much, Elisias asked me and I quickly turned my head.

If you end up with a corruption event like in the game, you will only be left feeling uncomfortable.

If he ends up clearing the event like that, won’t he face some repercussions?

I turned my head to look at the man again, hoping to find even the slightest clue that would lead to the root of clearing that event.

“Illisha, are you really good at interrogations?”

At the question, Illisha laughed scaryly, as if her mouth was stuck in her ear, just like the red mask she heard about as a child.

Without saying a word, he rolled up his sleeves, cleared his throat a few times, and approached the man.

“Don’t worry, kid…that’s my specialty, so if I pull out a few corns, you’ll come to your senses, right?”