episode_0024

Eun No-eul’s words continued.

“If Hangil oppa didn’t voluntarily offer up his body, if he didn’t ‘warn’ the store owner with some unknown attack reflex ability and made the store owner offer himself up, if Hangil oppa didn’t come to his senses, and that summoning ability If we hadn’t used our wits… we would still be stuck there, eating dishes made with our own bodies or having our bodies stolen by other guests.”

She shivered once and rubbed her temples.

“Even when we were out of our minds. And when I think back on what the monsters there said, it seemed like they knew about our condition.”

“Ah, that’s right. I felt that way too. Could that be Pandora of the Savior…”

“That’s right. They were probably the ones who filled the relief restaurant with those monsters.”

She gritted her teeth and brushed her light blonde hair.

“They deliberately pushed us into it. They interfered with our minds so that we could not follow the rules of the rescue restaurant, changed our perception, made us not feel a sense of danger… and made us die slowly after eating food made with our own bodies.”

“……”

“……”

“……”

We all remained silent in response to this terrible plan that felt nothing but malice.

“However, the question still remains. Why did Pandora of the Salvation take the risk she did? It must not be an easy task to set the stage or prepare…”

After thinking for a moment, she soon fell limply onto the table.

“Ha… I guess I’ll have to look into this separately. Anyway, let’s just disperse here for today. I don’t think it’ll be difficult to do anything more.”

“Is that okay? What about the rescue restaurant?”

“Don’t worry. The fire support team has dispatched personnel, so it should have been completely sealed by now. Eliminating it will be done slowly… huh?”

“uh?”

At that time, Eun Noeul and I looked into space at the same time and opened our eyes wide.

[10 points will be awarded!]

“…Noeul. Perhaps you too…”

“Yes, I got it. Points.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“What do you mean by points?”

Heo Sae-ron and Gyeong-gyeong tilted their heads and asked, but we were busy sorting out our complicated heads.

“…There is only one cause.”

“I see. A rescue restaurant. I think that’s probably why…”

Eunno-eul let out a sigh.

“This is the first time something like this has happened.”

“First time?”

“Yes. There has never been a case of obtaining points without going through the constellation community. If that were possible, they would have found a way to mass-produce points.”

“Uhm…”

“Oppa Hangil. What do you think we got points for?”

“Well, I don’t know. All we did was fight at the rescue restaurant, eat and drink, and then escape.”

“That’s right. That’s it. It happens so often that it can be said to be a common occurrence in the Bureau. Moreover, it is no exception even for victims of the Constellation community.”

After thinking for a moment, she looked at me with sparkling eyes.

“In other words, it is safe to say that this is my brother’s special characteristic. Points were probably awarded due to my brother’s ability or the power of the constellation that chose him. Even me, who acted together. The reason Saeron and Gyeong-gu did not receive it is probably from the constellation community. “I guess it’s because I’m not a victim of.”

“Uh…that’s a bit unwelcome.”

Just hearing these words is ominous and tiring.

Aren’t you going to use this as an excuse to go on business trips here and there?

“I’m not sure yet either. However, it’s highly likely. So there’s no need to worry. The Bureau won’t force you into a supernatural entity. Hehe. Anyway, I’m looking forward to it…”

She smiles, waving her hands while looking into the air.

“Is there a skill you’re looking for?”

“Huh? Umm…that’s a secret.”

She smiled coquettishly and clapped her hands.

“Okay, anyway, this is the end for today! Everyone disperse!”

“Eng! Sister! We didn’t understand yet!? What do you mean, it’s a point all of a sudden!?”

“That’s because we don’t know exactly yet. I’ll explain later when I organize my thoughts when I write the report. Let’s finish this for today, okay?”

“Chii…I understand.”

Eun No-eul, who had comforted the whining Heo Sae-ron, waved at me.

“See you tomorrow, Hangil oppa.”

“Oh, yeah…yeah, I understand.”

I waved my hand awkwardly and left the office with Hyeong-gyeong.

As I came out, I glanced over and saw the two women chatting happily.

I guess I’m planning on leaving work a little later.

“Hangil. You did a great job today. And thank you. Thanks to you, my life was saved.”

“Ahaha. Hey, it’s not that bad.”

“No, it’s scary just to imagine what would have happened without you. I will definitely repay this favor someday.”

“Uhm…okay. Then, I’ll put it up as a debt and later treat it as saving my life.”

He chuckled at my words.

“But Hangil. Your personality seems to change a lot when you fight.”

“Okay?”

“Yes. It was very emotional, but at the same time, it seemed somewhat cold-hearted… It was a strange feeling. Did you receive training somewhere?”

“I’ve never done that. It’s probably…”

I was about to speak, but I closed my mouth.

[Cries of despair, pain, and grief] and the ‘mirror of resentment’ may have influenced me, but I didn’t want to say something I didn’t want to admit.

“Well, I didn’t know, but it seems like that’s what happens when we fight.”

“Really? That’s amazing…Anyway, thank you so much for today. See you tomorrow.”

“Yeah. See you tomorrow.”

After breaking up with my brother, I tried to head to a familiar one-room villa, but turned around when I realized belatedly that we had moved into the management office accommodation.

***

Without fail.

Again, I had a dream.

“Ugh, stop…!”

“Kkii…!”

“Squeeze…!”

I barely managed to stop the screams that were about to scream, and I blinked, wiping my sweat-soaked body.

“……”

This dream had so many different types that it was difficult to describe it.

“First of all, I don’t think this is just a dream…”

I saw the lives of the various monsters I encountered at the rescue restaurant through their eyes at the most dramatic moments.

Although it ended with a terrible dream that seemed to be the original owner of [cries of despair, pain, and grief], it was quite a different experience and an expansion of perspective and consciousness.

“……”

The problem is, why do I keep having these dreams?

Because [cries of despair, pain, and grief]? Or because of the Mirror of Resentment? Or both?

No, maybe it’s because of the G-666 constellation, which arbitrarily stole my photo.

“Should I tell Eun No-eul about this too…?”

It was still dawn.

Originally, I was the type of person who found it easy to fall back asleep even if I woke up in the middle of the night, but now I’m in a daze.

“If you keep going like this, if you go to the owl again, it won’t show up…”

I frowned as I remembered that time, but the surroundings were only quiet.

Well, it’s not like any other place, it’s a lodging directly managed by the management bureau, so it must have its own defenses.

As I relax and sink into the soft bed, my body relaxes lazily.

“Whoaam~”

After yawning profusely, I suddenly pulled out my smart phone and checked my account balance.

“Now that I think about it, how should I use this money…”

A little more than 100 million.

It may not seem like a lot of money to be extravagant, but it’s enough money to live a normal life.

“Besides, there is a salary from the management bureau, and if you want, you can sell points to make more money…”

You can eat whatever you want.

It’s truly a blessing not to have to worry about money.

The more I look at my account balance, the more I smile.

After doing this for a few minutes, I naturally went to a video site, watched trivial videos, flirted, and fell asleep.

***

A few days have passed since the rescue restaurant incident.

The management bureau went out to deal with the rescued restaurant, but it was said to have disappeared so quickly that no trace could be found.

I was on guard for another possible attack, but in the meantime, Pandora of Salvation was quiet.

No, maybe I already did something but the information simply didn’t come to me.

Even if I am a victim of the Constellation community and receive slightly special treatment, my position as a minor player will not change.

“good.”

I sat comfortably on the sofa at home, wearing casual clothes that made it easy to move around.

The time is 9:29 am.

“This is so convenient…”

This is the most satisfying and amazing moment after ‘joining’ the management bureau branch.

Even though I had been repeating the same process for several days, my feelings did not change.

“……”

As I was idly checking to see if I had forgotten anything, it was already 9:30.

That moment.

Faaah!

The moment I blinked, I was already in the office of the paranormal phenomenon response team at the branch of the Management Bureau.

“Ah! Good morning everyone!”

“Uh, yeah. Good morning.”

“Whoaam~ Good morning…”

“huh…”

The team members who were all moved together with me nodded and accepted Heo Sae-ron’s greeting.

This isn’t the only place where this situation has unfolded.

The entire ‘ordinary small and medium-sized company’ that was used as the management bureau branch building was suddenly bustling with activity.

This is because hundreds of ‘office workers’ were moved to space all at once.

“Really, supernatural phenomena can also be used in their own way…”

The start time set by the supernatural entity ‘ordinary small business’ is 9 a.m. sharp.

If you do not come to work for exactly 30 minutes, you will be forcibly moved to your team’s office, and all management bureau employees working here are using this as a convenient way to go to work.

“Isn’t it every office worker’s dream to commute to work through space?”

“Ahahaha! That’s right! I heard the working environment here is really good! Ah! Han-gil oppa! Do you want coffee!? I’m going to have juice!”

“Yes. Please.”

After waving to Heo Sae-ron, who had no idea how he was so energetic this morning, I looked around at my teammates.

“Whoaam~”

“Ugh…”

While Gyeong-gyeong was yawning and trying to wake up, Eun-no-eul was lying on the sofa, her whole body going limp, as if she had given up on everything.

She is weak in the morning, and this has been something she has shown consistently over the past few days.

“Noel.”

“…why.”

The voice is so blurry, as if it is about to die, that I can’t hear it well.

“It has horns, wings, and a tail.”

Large purple horns, purple wings made of skin, and even a purple tail with a heart-shaped tip.

It looked like someone would think it was a cosplay, but the wings and tail, excluding the horns, were moving vividly.

“Yeah…just leave it alone…it’s easier to do this.”

“Is that so?”

They say it’s comfortable, but what can I do?

“Oppa! Here!”

“Oh, thank you.”

I took the coffee, sipped it, and lifted the phone.

I don’t know if other teams are like this, but at least our team is so loose and relaxed that we wonder if there’s any point to going to work.

“Ah! There it is! Branch Manager! There are a lot of payment documents. What are you doing here!? Come quickly!”

“Ugh…ah~”

“Stop making strange noises!”

…Except for Eunno-eul.

A woman wearing a suit skirt came striding in and bowed to us, and we accepted it as we were used to.

“Tsk!”

“Ugh…”

With a silver glow on her face, she left the office.

This is also a familiar scene that has been repeated over the past few days.

“Whoaam~”

Gyeong-gyeong, who had already yawned for what seemed like the number of times, was sitting on a chair and looking blankly at his phone.

“Oppa Han-gil! Let’s play a game with me! I recently found a fun game!”

“Huh? Uhm…I guess so.”

After nodding to Saeron who suggested a phone game, I installed the game she taught me.

“…Isn’t this a horror game?”

“That’s right! There’s multiplayer too!”

“No, why are you doing this among so many games?”

It’s not because I’m scared.

Personally, I’ve seen a handful of well-made horror games.

A few minutes later.

“No! Are there all these crappy games out there!”

“Puhahahaha! Ahahahahah!”

Sure enough, it was confirmed that this game could be called a failure without hesitation.

A story that comes out of nowhere, is improbable and has no meaning, has uncomfortable controls, poor graphics, and a stamina system and camcorder battery system to increase play time.

Even the level of difficulty is horrendous.

“Ugh…”

died again.

“Ahahaha! I died because I was kissed!”

Saeron, who was attacked and eaten by a monster, was touching the screen and laughing, wondering what was so funny.

“…I’m free.”

“Huh? Sure!”

“Still, I went to work and it felt weird to be like this. Is it always like this?”

“Hmm…well, right? Other teams may be busy, but we don’t have to go out unless something supernatural happens.”

“……”

I feel like I’m wasting time pointlessly.

Well, it wouldn’t have been any different even if I was unemployed, so wouldn’t it be much better now that we all waste time together?

“Ahahahaha! I’m going to attack you!”

I was so dazed that it died again, so I threw the phone on the sofa.

“It’s like a fucking game. I won’t do it.”

“Oh why! Oppa! Let’s do it just a little more! Huh? Just a little more and I think you’ll wake up!”

“Ugh…”

When Heo Sae-ron urged me on like a child, I had no choice but to pick up the phone.

About two hours after that.

I was barely able to see the ending.

“Whoa, I finally woke up!”

“It was hard… Shall we go get lunch soon?”

“Okay! Oppa Gyeong-gyeong! Wake up!”

When I shook Gyeong-hyung, who was sleeping soundly, awake, he stretched vigorously and got up.

“Ugh, is it lunch already? Let’s eat quickly and go exercise! Hangil, you’re going to do it too!?”

“…I will do it.”

For some reason, this company even had a gym, and I had been working out with him every day for the past few days.

Although it’s very strenuous, it’s not a bad thing because I still feel like I had a worthwhile day when I exercise.

Seeing Gyeong-hyeong’s fearsome physique definitely motivates him.

“Saeron, what about you?”

“I don’t do it!”

“Oh, let’s do it instead. I heard that you need to have the minimum physical ability to be able to respond well in an emergency?”

“no!”

“Tsk…”

Gyeong-gyeong always suggests, but Sae-ron always coldly refuses.

And that too with a smile.

If you look at it, it looks quite impressive.

“What will be for lunch today… huh?”

As I walked towards the company cafeteria at a leisurely pace, I froze in place.

[Defeating evil spirits]

[Transmission waiting time: 72 hours 00 minutes 00 seconds]

“…uh?”

While I was making stupid noises, the countdown began.

“……”

Just as the blood began to drain from their faces, Heo Sae-ron and Kwon Gyeong-gu looked embarrassed.

“Huh? What is this?”

“Huh? I see something in your eye!”

At that time, Eunno-eul came running at incredible speed.

No, it literally flew by.

“Oppa Hangil! Check out the constellation community!”

Her words flew at incredible speed and I quickly opened a constellation community.

[G-666 Title: Honestly, wouldn’t a human from Earth 44 be able to defeat a Specter or a Banshee?]

[Content: (Photo of four ordinary humans sitting around a table dirty with blood and flesh)

44 Earth has elements of urban fantasy and cosmic horror, right? Then, since humans probably have a lot of mental power, wouldn’t they be able to defeat demon-type monsters?]

“…What is this?”

Constellation 666, who summoned me to a deserted island, uploaded a photo I don’t know how it was obtained.

This is a clear photo of me, Eun No-eul, Heo Sae-ron, and Gyeong-gyeong sitting around a table in a relief restaurant.