episode_0056

knock knock knock

The knocking sound continued to be heard at regular intervals. According to my experience so far, the entity knocking must be Red Mask…

I was debating whether to open the door or leave it like this, but I decided to trust my notebook. The person knocking may reach the limit of his patience and break the door…

“Who are you…?”

I held on to the rusty doorknob and slowly turned the door. If it’s a red mask, it’s just that…okay, I definitely remembered.

“You’ve finally revealed yourself, the monster!”

“Ahh!”

And as soon as I opened the door, I was hit by something and flew backwards. The blow itself didn’t hurt much, but hitting my head against the cold wall made the impact even more painful.

“It hurts…”

thud!

As my head pounded and I was clutching my head, a baseball bat with a talisman attached to it hit the floor so hard that a crack appeared in front of me.

Well, if it had hit my head, I would have died…

“Hey, you are the culprit of this nightmare, right?”

He was grabbed by the front and forcibly lifted his head. The person I saw in my slightly tearful vision was a woman who seemed to have made Sohye’s sister smaller.

“…Sohye sister?”

“Aang? How do you know your great-aunt’s name? And…somehow, you seem like a person…?”

If Sohye, who is much taller than me, got shorter and looked younger, wouldn’t she look similar to the person in front of me?

“My name is Sihyeon…”

Petit Sohye blinked her eyes several times. As if she was embarrassed, she rolled her eyes here and there and slowly put down my head that she was holding.

“Sorry!!”

And for the first time in my life, I witnessed a person fall flat on his face and apologize.

“Please raise your head…”

“I made a big mistake by not recognizing him as my aunt and grandfather!”

“Aunt and grandfather…”

My head was pounding. I feel like my head hurts more now than when I hit the wall… Sohye’s sister’s lover? So the name is correct, but…

“As expected…are you Somin’s daughter?”

Apparently, Somin said she had a daughter around the same age as me, but could she be this woman who is lying face down in front of me? Judging by her appearance and the way she speaks, it seems almost certain.

“As expected, you know your mother! My name is Sohee. Even though I am not good enough, I am practicing exorcism!”

Exorcist…is Sohye’s family working in that field for generations? Anyway, I thought I would have to endure the hardship alone again, but I’m glad I did. Sohee seems to have a lot of information.

“If I were to introduce myself again, my name is Sihyeon. It’s okay to apologize now, so please stand up.”

“How can you be so kind… After all, you are my grandfather! It’s just as you heard!”

When I grabbed Sohee’s hand and helped her up, she looked at me with bright eyes. Somin…what on earth did you talk about with your daughter?

“Grandpa, what brings you here?”

Sohee, who got up from her seat, was shorter than me. So far, I’ve only seen people who are much taller, but I’m kind of impressed… Arin is also 5cm taller than me.

“I don’t know why I came here either…I suddenly felt sleepy and came to my senses, so this was the place.”

“Then, your grandfather was also a victim of ‘dream trafficking’.”

“Dream trading?”

“If you hear the dream from someone who is having this nightmare, you will have the same nightmare. Has something similar happened recently?”

Obviously, I heard about Ye-eun’s nightmare… but does that mean that other people besides me are also having this nightmare?

“I think you have some guesses. But don’t worry, you’ve met me, Grandpa!”

“Please call me Sihyeon, not Grandpa…”

“Okay, Grandpa! From now on, I will call it Sihyeon. Please feel free to call me Sohee too!”

Sohee, with her bright smile, reminded me of Sohye’s older sister. A cheerful and energetic person who cheers up those around him.

“Sohee, is everyone who heard the dream story having this nightmare?”

“Looking at the fact that my ancestral spirit did not follow suit, it seems that dream trading is limited to living people. Is there anyone who heard the story with you?”

I told Sohee about what happened before I came to this place. Sohee, who was quietly listening to the story, crossed her arms and seemed to be thinking deeply about something.

Sohee’s breasts resemble Sohye’s older sister… No, this is not the time. These days, all my thoughts seem to be in the erotic direction… Because that’s what happens to me all the time…

“In my opinion, the person named Ye-eun is a bit suspicious. I also had a nightmare while receiving counseling through dream trading, but I never heard from anyone about the person named Ye-eun!”

“On the outside, there was nothing particularly suspicious about Ye-eun…”

“That’s what’s even more suspicious! My instincts say so!”

She was reminiscent of a child as she ran around holding a bat with an amulet attached to it. Somin is a calm person, but Sohee really takes after Sohye.

“Anyway, Grandma Sohye said she would take care of everything outside, so I will protect Sihyeon inside!”

The sight of her plump body stretching out as much as possible and making a declaration struck me as cute rather than reassuring.

Could it be that other people feel this way when they look at me…?

“First you have to go outside. If this dream stays in room 208, nothing will progress!”

“It’s good to go out, but there are people other than us who have this dream, right?”

“Oh, I have to explain this first.”

Sohee, who was walking to the door, changed direction and came towards me. Instead of a face with a lively smile, it looked somewhat uncomfortable and scared.

“Basically, not all the people you meet in this nightmare are okay. The reason I didn’t doubt the vision and believed it was my grandfather was because I said his name clearly.”

“Name?”

“Yes. People who are being assimilated into nightmares cannot say their names. On the outside, he doesn’t look much different from an ordinary person… but that makes him even more vicious.”

She seemed very nervous as she leaned in as close as she could and muttered softly in his ear. If you’re an exorcist, I don’t think you’ll be scared by ordinary beings…

“If they notice, they will chase you. In the form of the being that the being being assimilated fears the most. There are many ordinary monsters and corpses…”

Sohee hugged me tightly. They were of similar height, so the violent breasts, which were too small for their short statures, were pressed against the chest and changed their shape with a soft touch.

Sohee smells something nice…this isn’t working…

“Like that, the longer a fairy tale goes on, the more it becomes something beyond recognition.”

Sohee’s gaze turned backwards. As I held my erection in his arms as much as I could, I naturally looked towards the door.

A woman was looking into the room through the open door. I felt a sense of fear as I felt a gloomy chill that I had never felt before and the woman’s gaze seemed to be searching for someone.

“That woman is called ‘Hikiko-san.’ At first, she was an ordinary girl…but eventually she changed like that.”

Hikiko-san, who continued to look around the room, slowly disappeared behind the door. Hikiko-san was gone and the gloom was gone, but Sohee was still hugging me.

“Because of my lack of ability, I ended up like that… I couldn’t even achieve Buddhahood…”

Sohee’s voice gradually became more like a cry. If it was a child who looked like Sohye, she would have had a good personality… but she would have suffered because she couldn’t help.

I hugged Sohee tightly. I was a little distressed until now, but now I felt like I wanted to help this child.

“When this nightmare is over, things will definitely go back to normal.”

“…How can you be sure of that?”

“I am not in the exact same situation as this nightmare, but…OO I have helped people who were confined in a mental hospital so that they could leave comfortably. I’m sure the people here are like that too.”

Even back then, the director’s grandfather said that he came back after dealing with the director, the culprit… If Sohye noona destroys the black box this time, wouldn’t everyone be able to be freed?

“…Really?”

“It’s true. So, let’s trust Sohye and wait. 3 days, because Sohye said that it will be resolved if you just wait for 3 days.”

Sohee looked at me with slightly teary eyes, wiped away the tears with her sleeve and smiled brightly again.

“I tried to protect the vision, but instead I received encouragement! After all, it’s my grandfather!”

“…Grandpa, please stop.”

After leaving room 208, we squatted down on the stairs of the apartment. I made a boast that I could only last 3 days, but now how…ah.

“Sohee. First, let’s find one person.”

“A person? Is the person who entered the nightmare okay? Is it the person who heard the story like Si-hyeon?”

“Yes. Yui is a person who is much smarter and more dependable than me, so it would be of great help to me if I could meet her.”

Given the circumstances, my senior, who is an ordinary person, would have been dragged into a nightmare… It’s hard to imagine my senior suffering, but he might be dangerous and he’s a dependable person to have by my side.

“Okay. If Sihyeon says it, it must be true! Oh, it’s good to find people, but I’ll tell you how to escape first.”

“How to escape?”

“In this nightmare, there is a plush doll that looks exactly like him somewhere. If you find that doll, you can wake up from the nightmare.”

There was no mention of plush toys in Ye-eun’s story… Did she forget or intentionally hide it? Whatever it is…I think I need to wake up from the nightmare and have a little chat with Ye-eun.

“Dolls are really everywhere, so it’s hard to find them, and you may encounter strange things or strange phenomena along the way. Because I didn’t completely destroy everything…”

As Sohee continued speaking, she crossed her arms again and began to think deeply about something. I guess worrying like this is a habit.

“Sihyeon, you should never look at the sky. To be exact…you shouldn’t look at the moon.”

“Moon?”

“The monster that appears in this nightmare is basically the entity that people fear the most before they transform. And the moon…there are a lot of people who are afraid of it.”

After hearing those words, I felt something watching me from above. Beyond the sky…somewhere.

“Don’t be recognized by the moon. Even if you feel the moon staring at you, you should ignore it. If you have no choice but to look at the sky – just poke your eyes out. Life is more important than eyes.”

After hearing Sohee’s terrifying warning, I could only nod.

“I’ve told you all the important details, so first, let’s find someone senior!”

“Where is the person caught up in a nightmare usually?”

“If you go into any building and go to room 208, there is a high probability that you will be there. Less than 1 out of 100 people are fine.”

“…How long has Sohee been in this nightmare?”

“A week in reality, in a nightmare…at least a year? There were many times when I wandered around looking for dolls.”

Sohee is a much stronger child than I thought… She survived a year in a place like this. Could it be Sohye’s family history?

“Well, Sihyeon…Grandpa. What’s shining in your pocket?”

He called me grandpa again…the shiny thing in his pocket? …note?

When I rummaged through my pants pocket and took out a notebook, it was clearly glowing. Sohee, who is looking at me from the side, also has her eyes sparkling for some reason, making my eyes hurt twice.

“Oh…this is something new I’ve never seen before…!”

What else does Shinmul say? First of all, I should check the notebook first because it is not unusual for the notebook to glow.

When I turned the first page of the shiny notebook, I saw rules written for the first time under the red mask section. The notebook wanted to let you know this.

2. If you see a white figure moving slowly in the distance, look down as much as possible. If you still see a white figure even after mentally counting one minute, follow step 2-1.

2-1. If a procrastinating figure approaches you, close your eyes and cover it with your hand. Count down to one minute again and if nothing is wrong, it is okay to open your eyes.

2-2. If something takes your hand away and forces you to open your eyes, raise your head and look at the sky.

“Sihyeon, be careful. A monster I’ve never seen before is approaching.”

“…Are you white and procrastinating?”

“Huh? How did you know by looking at the new body? Do you have clairvoyance?”

“Sohee, get down quickly!!”

As quickly as possible, I grabbed Sohee’s head and forced it down. I looked at the floor at the same time, but a white shape began to appear out of the corner of my vision.