episode_0053

The cold wave that threatened to freeze the world has receded and green has begun to appear throughout the city.

There were dirty blood stains that were neither brown nor black nor red mixed in with the green, but even Hyeji, the official idiot of our shelter, could see that everything was stretching.

“Water.”

“Ah! Yes, Sister!!”

At my words, Lina ran to the kitchen, poured water from the water treatment plant, and ran back to me.

“Thank you.”

“Oh, no!!”

And the period from midwinter to spring was enough time for Lina, who had been left without her parents for three years and had lacked social skills and manners, to grow into a proper member of society.

Unlike men, who build monotonous, horizontal relationships with friends and colleagues, older and younger siblings, and older and younger siblings, women naturally form an invisible hierarchy.

Although they appear to be acquaintances or friends on the surface, each group has a leader and subordinates who protect them.

Honestly, I also think that the male way is more constructive and desirable than the female way, but I changed my mind after seeing Lina.

And the result was the polite and cheerful Lina who was my older sister, so even after thinking about it for the second and third time, it was the right choice.

Well, it tastes sweet because it’s water that someone else gave me.

‘Drrr.’

‘Cough.’

What does this mean?

As I was waking up on the sofa with Lina helping me in the morning, I heard snoring instead of the chirping of birds.

I turned my head toward the source of the sound and, sure enough, there was a wide open door, and beyond it, something sprawled on the bed.

That’s the uncle’s room, that’s Hyejibang.

Last winter, everyone was given their own room, so it was clear that the objects left on the bed belonged to the owner of that room.

It seemed that Ajeossi and Hyeji had decided to compete to see who could sleep noisier.

It’s annoying, should I wake you up?

“Wake up, shall I wake you up? Sister…?”

Lina, who had a thorough understanding of the concept of superiors and inferiors, noticed that I was feeling uncomfortable and immediately asked me that.

There was a time when he would call me ‘oppa, oppa’ and treat me like a nuisance, but I couldn’t help but reform.

When I glanced over, I saw that Hyeji was wearing dirty work clothes and that the man was also curled up in bed wearing his going-out clothes, so it seemed that he had been up and about without sleeping last night.

“Ha… I told you not to go alone. Again.”

I felt my head throbbing, so I frowned for a moment.

It must be spring now. My back must be better. I must have used a lot of supplies during the winter. I guess I’m going to use my good connections.

Since they were all just trying to live well anyway, I thought it was wrong to wake them up by beating them up for snoring.

“Okay, brunch seems good today.”

“Ah…! Yes! Sister, I’ll prepare it like that.”

Anyway, looking at those two guys snoring, it didn’t seem like they’d be up until breakfast, so I decided that since it had come to this, it might as well be breakfast.

“Okay, I’ll go look around the shelter and come back. Thanks for your hard work.”

As I got up from the sofa and headed back to my room, I could hear a lively conversation coming from Hwa-ryeon’s room, so it seemed like they were having a chat between a father and daughter.

By the way, is the medicine I bought last time almost finished? I’ll have to buy some more soon. It’s annoying. It’s annoying. Is it that damn military hospital again?

I was sketching out this year’s schedule in my head, and I started taking out clothes from the closet and changing them. I was just wearing a blouse, a cardigan, and a skirt that went down to my thighs…

Oh, I said I wanted some pants. Or at least some training pants…

‘Hey, you couldn’t find it? I guess those kinds of things are easy to wash and such. It seems like they’ve all been taken out. But if I give you a size L or a men’s size, the flats won’t fit you, right?’

“You incompetent idiot…”

If you couldn’t find clothes, you should have searched through everything and brought them. What kind of office worker am I? What kind of clothes do I have?

Wait, isn’t it all a lie and just a taste? Considering the old man’s gloomy personality, he might be treating me like some kind of doll to dress up…

“Ha, what kind of crazy idea is that?”

I immediately decided to throw it away because it was such a ridiculous idea that I just thought of it. Anyway, as a finishing touch, I took out a pair of black tights that were rolled up in a drawer and put them on.

At first, I was averse to stockings and tights, but thanks to years of experience, I’ve learned that they’re much better than shivering in the wind, so now I can wear them without thinking about it.

*

I walked around the shelter. The zombies that had been frozen during the winter were moving slowly as the snowballs that had hindered their movements disappeared.

No, I don’t even know how they survive.

In that cold weather, shouldn’t you have died long ago? If your head explodes, you’re dead. If your head is frozen whole, how can it come back to life just because it thaws a little?

Somewhere in the world, the last remaining WHO researcher must be developing a drug to eradicate those mysterious zombies.

I continued to patrol the surrounding area, thinking of impossible hopes. As soon as I walked, one-room apartments and villas with names like ‘Granville’, ‘Blue Scent’, and ‘Venice’ appeared in a row.

The entrance was shattered and the glass walls that were still intact were soaked in blood like ketchup, giving off a murderous atmosphere, but when you looked up, you could see vines and trees growing along the exterior walls of the building, giving it a certain charm.

I see it every time, but it looks like an elf village.

As I was thinking about that, I saw an arm, its flesh torn off, flailing around on its own, sticking out between the vines and trees.

Well, it’s a zombie elf village.

“Wow!”

“?”

I quickly ran over because I wondered what was going on. Compared to the old man, I was lacking, but compared to other people, I was able to hear people say that I had my own unique perspective.

The zombie’s body fell to the ground with a sound of something exploding. It was a male zombie of a fairly large size, but it had no head. No, to be precise, its head was not above its shoulders. And where its neck should have been, there was hair.

“Uh…”

“Hey, you surprised me! Why did your real godmother tell you to go to a place like this?”

A girl with the same voice that had screamed was speaking, lightly brushing the blood off the hammer.

Height… um, about 170 cm.

As if to provide evidence that the state of kidney development is directly proportional to the state of chest development, there were two watermelon containers sitting on top of the chest.

No, if your chest is like that, you won’t be able to see your feet. Your shoulders will hurt a lot. It will also be a hindrance to your movements.

I glanced down at my body. I could see my feet clearly, and my shoulders weren’t so heavy that they were about to buckle.

Where were you born with a body like that? This much is enough. Yeah, if your breasts are small, there are many problems, but if they are too big, there are also many disadvantages.

Anyway, I came to help because I thought there was some kind of danger, but I also knew that it wasn’t, so it was time to back off.

Furthermore, she was a woman I didn’t want to get close to, as she was swinging around a toy that looked like it was going to be light, weighing at least 20kg, even with just the hammer head.

“Hey, sister?”

The moment I turned around and tried to leave, I heard a voice grabbing me. That’s a good feeling, how did you know?

But I didn’t necessarily stop my actions. Only fools would stop at the words ‘Wait!’ or ‘Don’t move’. Especially in this shitty world, when you feel like it’s not right, the best thing to do is to just keep going.

“Why don’t you listen to me? I called you.”

“What…”

The guy who had been behind me just a moment ago appeared in front of me. I instinctively took out the dagger from the holder hanging on my thigh and swung it.

“Hey, sis. Why are you swinging that dangerous thing around like that? I just have a question. If you just answer me, I’ll let you go.”

The dagger was blocked weakly. I thought he was wearing a glove to protect his hand, but all I could see was a pure white hand.

I clicked my tongue and met the girl’s eyes. I could see it. Her eyes were not those of a normal person. ‘This girl, she’s crazy.’ I immediately felt it.

“Get out.”

If you just answer the questions I ask, I’ll let you go? Anyone who believed that was an idiot.

If you were an old man, you’d be one of those idiots, so you’d stand there and kindly say, “What are you curious about?”

After spitting in the crazy woman’s eyes, he let go of the hand that had been holding the dagger, stepped back, and cocked an arrow. All of this in less than two seconds.

The crazy bitch opened her mouth without even thinking about wiping the drool running down her cheek.

“I’m not trying to fight, and even if you do, I won’t get hurt, right?”

That’s your opinion. More than anything, the women currently stuck in the shelter are already making my head spin, so I don’t think I can handle adding a crazy person like you to the mix.

The arrow left the demon. The distance was short, so it seemed like it would be difficult for even an old man to deal with it, whether it was speed or destructive power.

But the crazy woman didn’t even think about avoiding the arrow, but instead stared at the arrow flying towards her and moved her mouth.

“There’s no point in running away. And hehe, isn’t it too slow…ugh!”

Yeah, that’s an electric bolt. I don’t know what kind of guys you’ve been meeting, but I’m smarter than any guy you’ve ever met.

You’ve probably had fun with those monstrous physical specs so far, but they don’t work on me at all?

I ran towards the shelter as soon as I saw the guy’s body flinching as if he was having a seizure. I had no hope that he would die from that hit.

The reason I ran straight to the shelter without making a detour was because I thought I would get caught before I even got there if I went around in circles to avoid revealing the shelter’s location.

This is something I should leave to the experts. I don’t want to end up being a burden if I try to solve it on my own.