episode_0018

It is a phenomenon that occurred at the same time at some moment.

“Kruk…!?”

Also to Hinds who was standing in front of me.

“Kuweeeek…?”

“Knock…”

“Krrr…!?”

Also to Manish and the invisible men who were rampaging beyond the door.

A solid red line was drawn on the neck.

Grumble!

The sticky sound of a neatly cut head slipping was eerie.

dump! Coo! thud! Clap!

The sound of falling and collapsing is heard in succession.

The invisible people were transparent until the end, but you could clearly see what was happening just by looking at the amount of blood flowing out like paint.

“……”

I slowly closed my eyes, looking at Hinds’ head that had fallen in front of me.

Now that I have gotten my revenge, I can close my eyes in peace.

I hope you don’t just respawn on that deserted island.

“…?”

However, no matter how long I wait, I have no intention of dying.

Also…why is my consciousness so clear?

I know this because I have died a lot, but death always flashes on and off suddenly, as if the power has been turned off in a thick fog.

There is no such thing as an unconscious death.

“……”

When I slowly open my eyes, I see Hinds’ head, his fallen body, and my body.

“…?”

I blinked for a while, but I still didn’t understand the situation.

what is this? Why don’t I die? Am I even dreaming?

“……”

I keep rolling my eyes and looking at Hinds’ head and my body, and I feel like I’m going crazy.

“Suuu…”

I couldn’t speak, but I could breathe.

The feeling of air escaping down my neck was creepy, but whatever it is, being able to move and have feel is important.

“Suuuu, huuu…”

I pushed the strange emotions and complicated thoughts that were rising deep into my consciousness and summarized the situation as succinctly as possible.

I am alive.

The cause is unknown, but whatever it is, that is the most important thing.

“……”

So wouldn’t the body be able to move too?

I stared at my body with its head cleanly cut off and tried to move my arms with the same sense as usual.

Sreuk!

“!!”

It really moved!

…Honestly, I almost panicked a little when I saw it right in front of me.

The sight of the body moving, with the cross section of the neck clearly visible as it was cut cleanly, was that shocking.

It’s only like this because it’s my body. If I had seen another body moving, it wouldn’t have ended like this.

How on earth is this possible when there is no head?

“…!?”

I discovered it late while observing intently.

A strange ray of light flowing from the back of my right hand, or more precisely, from the Mirror of Resentment, was connecting my head and body.

What is this?

As I thought about it for a moment, I remembered a time recently when I checked the mirror of resentment through my emotions.

Now that I think about it, I think there was something that fit this situation among the things I checked through the appraisal…

To confirm, I appraised the Mirror of Resentment once again.

‘The ‘Mirror of Resentment’, a type of curse spell, has grown several levels by receiving a large amount of sacrifices and cursed people as sacrifices.’

‘The magic that is twisted and twisted through a strange process and eventually becomes a face-to-face form infinitely amplifies the image.’

‘You can sensitively sense hostility and murderous intent and detect attacks in advance.’

‘It can return the damage received several times.’

‘Damage received can be applied equally to multiple people. When a target is specified, all damage is concentrated.’

‘It is the subject of the magic user’s soul. As long as the soul is not destroyed, the body will also not reach death.’

Among the information that resonated in my head, I focused on the last item.

The mirror of resentment is the subject of the soul, and unless the soul is destroyed, the body also cannot die.

I’m not sure, but this may be the cause of this situation.

“Seuuu…”

I was scared because I didn’t know what situation my body and soul were in, but I chose to move rather than hesitate.

Arms, hands, and even legs.

Although the head could not move as naturally as it did when it was attached, I confirmed that I could move all parts without problems and decided to move on to the next problem.

It’s picking up the head that fell on my body.

“……”

Jump up!

As I stare and let my senses flow, my body rises up with strength.

“…!!”

surprised.

I was so shocked that my heart was pounding.

I don’t have a heart right now, but I was so shocked that I opened my eyes.

My body. Would you mind moving it a little more?

After taking a moment to calm down, he moved his body and brought it closer to his head.

“…!?…!!…!”

However, this is not as easy as you think.

I definitely moved my right arm, but I moved my left arm, and I moved my left leg, but I moved my right leg.

“…!!”

A beat later, I realized that the left and right sides were reversed like a mirror.

Even though it is my body, it is difficult to move like this just because the perspective changes.

I whined and tried hard to control it, but my body flailed and flailed my arms, then suddenly took a step forward, then retreated in an unexpected direction, shaking my pelvis in an awkward position.

Why are you twerking? I never ordered anything like that.

I feel like I’m going to die of frustration.

no! Body! That’s not how it moves!?

After several minutes of carefully moving one arm and one leg at a time with both eyes wide open, the body that managed to get close was bent at the waist in a comical position.

okay! Just extend your hand! And just grab it and you’re done!

Wow!

Perhaps my wishes were too big, or perhaps I was just annoyed at being strangely manipulated, but my body took a full swing and slapped me in the face.

“……”

sick.

The feeling of being hit by a body while my head was separated from my body was truly so strange that it is difficult to describe.

I’m so embarrassed that I’m not even angry.

Sigh!

Anyway, my body finally grabbed my hair!

My hair was pulled and it hurt, but that wasn’t important right now.

“……”

I’ve lifted my head to where it should be, but what do I do now? Can I fit it in?

Since there was no other way, I put the head on top of the cut section.

“……”

The direction is opposite. Body. Not doing it right?

Wow!

“……”

I got hit again.

Now I just feel sad.

Whilick!

With difficulty, he controlled his arms and turned his head in the original direction.

“……”

So what now?

It wouldn’t be possible to have a severed head healed like this…

Right! Damn it!

“??”

As if it was mocking my thoughts, I began to feel a strange noise and a sense of unity with my body.

“Ah, ah. Ah.”

A voice comes out.

The limbs also move normally.

I touched my neck, but I couldn’t even feel the scar.

“…Ha ha ha ha ha.”

All I can say is empty laughter.

It seems that I have truly ceased to be human.

***

Getting out of the old Pandora building was ridiculously easy.

After passing through the blood-filled lobby, opening the glass door, and coming out, I found myself in a familiar downtown area.

“……”

When I glance back, the glass door is gone and I see an old iron door.

When I carefully opened it, the inside was a dark staircase that was completely different from the space I had just passed through.

There is no blood flowing out and there is no smell of blood.

Many of Manish’s bodies were also nowhere to be found.

“ha…”

Since I couldn’t check the path I had taken, it was difficult to realize whether what I had experienced was real.

“……”

But, that won’t change reality.

The reality of killing so many people is slowly sinking in.

“hmm…”

Because I thought it was self-defense, my guilt was light.

However, if you look at it from a different perspective, it is a different law.

“What happens now…”

I stood there in a daze and thought about it, but my hair, which was tangled like a skein of thread, was not easy to sort out.

“……”

First of all, should I go back home?

***

When we arrived at our house, room 505, an ordinary one-room villa that can be found everywhere, there were people gathered in front of the door.

“…?”

What’s going on?

He approached cautiously and stuck his head out.

Then the eyes of the people who were having a serious conversation turned in this direction.

“Ugh.”

“oh.”

But among them, there was a familiar face.

“Mr. Han-gil! Are you okay!?”

“Uh…what’s going on?”

I took a few steps back to avoid Eunno-eul, who was making an uncomfortable face.

“What’s going on!? That’s what I wanted to say! Are you hurt anywhere? Are you sane!?”

“Now, wait a minute. First, I want to hear an explanation.”

“uh…”

Perhaps because I answered so calmly, the confidence on her face faded slightly.

“Well… Mr. Han-gil. Are you kidnapped by Pandora of the Salvation…?”

“Oh, I was kidnapped.”

“As expected! No, but how can you be so calm!? Also, you were kidnapped, but how did you escape!? Did you run away!? Or did you give in to what they wanted? Did you lose your points!? Did you sign a contract!?”

“Uuuuuh.”

She grabbed my shoulder and shook it with unexpected force.

“Wait a minute! Stop shaking. If you keep doing this, your head will fall off!”

No, I’m not kidding, really.

She felt her head shaking slightly, so she quickly stopped her by pressing down on the top of her head.

It looks like it will take some time to fully play.

“Uh… first, let’s go in and talk. Those guys too.”

“ah.”

Eun No-eul, feeling the eyes of people looking this way, cleared her throat a few times and nodded.

***

Eun No-eul and four other people who were introduced as dispatched from the management bureau headquarters were brought into the house.

“Um, I’m sorry it’s a small house. I have something to treat you… ah, I have some fruit juice. There’s also coffee. What would you like to drink?”

“Uh…then I’ll have fruit juice.”

“I would appreciate it if you could give me coffee.”

“Coffee for me too.”

“I use juice.”

“Give me a coffee.”

You all have no hesitation in ordering.

“Yes, yes. Two juices and three coffees…”

As I took my share of extra coffee, the people in the management office stared at me.

Half of the people are foreigners, so it’s extremely awkward.

Surely you don’t have to speak in English?

“Kuhm! Uh… Mr. Han-gil. Let me introduce you again. These people are talented people dispatched from the management bureau headquarters.”

“A person with superpowers? Can you use superpowers? Is there really such a thing?”

“Ahaha. Of course. Of course, it’s not innate, so it might be a little different from what you expect.”

“Huh? What is that…”

“Hmm, I’ll explain that later. Anyway, I was the one who called these people. To find Mr. Han-gil.”

“Ah…Should I apologize for coming back unharmed like this?”

“That can’t be right! It’s actually a happy thing!”

At Eunno-eul’s words, a blonde man among the management bureau members nodded.

“Honestly, it’s good for us because we don’t have to worry about it. But, I want to hear what happened.”

“Uhm…”

It certainly seems important that it is related to the constellation community and has a point.

I never thought they’d do something like this even though I’m not even a member of the management bureau.

However, even so, I was reluctant to reveal all of my abilities.

[Cries of despair, pain, and grief] have already been seen by Eun No-eul, but the mirror of resentment is not like that.

She probably knows that I’m hiding a power, but she doesn’t know exactly what it is.

However, to explain how to escape from the Pandora branch of the old world, the Mirror of Resentment cannot be left out.

What should I do with this… Hey, let’s just be honest.

“Well, I don’t want to reveal the abilities I have, so please understand even if there are some vague parts in the explanation.”

“Oh, that’s natural. Please rest assured that I understand.”

“That’s good. Then let me start explaining.”

I told them everything, including how a man called ‘Scouter’ wearing an owl mask came to my house, how I was transported in space by a magic circle, how I was locked in a room and barely escaped, and how I met Hinds and the human-annihilating robot.

“Hinds? Are you really talking about Averill Hinds?”

“Yes. It was a man in golden armor.”

“It was something that involved a tycoon. You managed to come back.”

“Oh, is that so? Well… I killed him first, but this is okay, right?”

“yes?”

He looked at me intently and immediately burst into laughter.

“Oh, my. I’m sorry. I stopped before I knew it… ugh, I’m sorry, Han-gil. He’s probably not dead.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Some supernatural entities can create alter egos. Most of the executives belonging to Pandora of Salvation operate in that way, so there is a high possibility that this is an alter ego this time as well.”

“Huh…I see.”

After nodding, he and the management bureau members stood up.

“I heard your story well. There is a lot to report. Branch Manager Eun No-eul. How about we have a meal together on the way back for further discussion?”

“Ah, I’ll stay and talk more with Mr. Han-gil. It looks like he needs care.”

“…Is that so? I can’t help it.”

As the man leaves the room with a regretful expression, Eunno-eul sighs and grumbles.

“It’s annoying because that guy flirts with me every time I see him. He clings to me even when I reject him, so he’s no different from a leech.”

“Ahaha. Really…?”

“…Mr. Han-gil, I’m sorry.”

“yes?”

Before I could stop her, she stood up and bent her waist at a right angle.