episode_0057

“It’s so dark I can’t see anything.”

I slowly reached out and groped my hand against the wall.

Thanks to the softly glowing luminous pajamas, the surrounding structures were somewhat visible in a blurry form.

My body was becoming abnormal.

The moment I realized that my surroundings had turned dark, all the strength left my body.

I put my hand on the wall and slowly caught my breath.

A pounding heart.

A feeling of fear rising deep in my chest was blocking my body’s movements.

“Gasp… .”

“Jeff?”

“Ugh… .”

Pull on the fluffy dinosaur hood.

I slump down on my seat, my body sagging on my weak legs.

“Where does it hurt?”

“No… . It’s a little… . weird.”

I raised my hand and swept it over my dry face.

It’s scary. It’s fearful.

Those negative feelings kept rising.

why?

The questions that arose in my head remained unresolved, and the magnitude of those feelings only grew larger.

The surroundings are dark.

The shadows of Shine and Rain swaying in the soft light felt so scary.

“Ouch…! Jeff!”

At that moment, Shine suddenly came to me as if she had remembered something and hugged my body.

Phew, phew, I blinked, taking a short breath.

“It’s okay!”

“What is…?”

What’s okay?

I blinked my blurry eyes and looked at Shine’s face.

She met my eyes with an urgent expression.

“Nothing will happen.”

“Ugh… .”

“Isn’t it scary?”

The vision blinks.

The emotions that well up deep in my heart are twisted and lose their form.

“Are you scared?”

“Yeah. Jeff was afraid of the dark.”

I nod slowly.

When I heard it, it seemed like that.

scary.

Why? I don’t know why.

Because that’s just how it felt.

But now it’s okay.

The warmth of Shine hugging my soft body drives away my fear.

“Jeff, are you afraid of the dark?”

Rain came up to me with a worried expression and patted my head.

I closed my eyes to his touch and answered.

“I think so… .”

A voice that hangs weakly.

I felt drained of energy.

In that short moment, I felt like I had expended a tremendous amount of mental strength.

“Shall we take a break?”

Shine looked at me and spoke.

I nodded.

I felt like I needed a little break.

Me, Shine, and Rain sat side by side on the floor of the drying room, holding hands.

“Since when has Jeff been afraid of the dark?”

“Uh… .”

I frowned at Rain’s question.

Since when? I slowly search through my memories.

Memories that had faded away slowly come back to me.

Darkness. Night.

Memories that come to mind in a chain, starting from the first word.

Night street.

A dark street, without a single streetlight?

“I’ve been like that since I was very young.”

It was Shine who answered Rain’s words.

“Jeff has been afraid of the dark since he was little.”

“I see. When I was young, I was scared of dark rooms, so I slept with the lights on.”

Rain patted my head, saying that he was like that too.

“Ugh… .”

I looked around, frowning.

The darkness that had felt so scary just a moment ago approached without a care.

As I stretch out my hand towards the darkness, a dinosaur arm extends out, emitting a soft glow.

“Are you okay now?”

“Yeah.”

I nodded and got up from my seat.

My trembling legs returned to normal, and my heavy breathing became stable.

What had just happened felt so distant, like a dream.

“Jeff will be okay. I’m here.”

“Yeah.”

I nodded and grabbed Shine’s dinosaur tail.

In the darkness where we couldn’t see even an inch ahead, only the dinosaur’s tail could connect us.

Rain also grabbed my dinosaur’s tail and started walking.

After lining up and leaving the drying room, we reached a dark room.

“I can’t see anything.”

A blurry view of the surroundings.

The only light the three of us could rely on was the glow coming from our pajamas.

“No flashlight?”

“None.”

I shook my head at Rain’s question.

A few days ago, I was so bored that I went through all the drawers where Amy stored the things she bought.

Unfortunately, the flashlight Rain was looking for was not there.

We were able to find the door to the room and make our way out into the hallway, relying on the soft glow of the night sky.

The hallway was deserted.

It was complete darkness, with no sound or sight.

I swallowed hard and stared into the dark hallway.

There was nothing to be afraid of as long as there was Shine.

Shine began to walk forward with brisk strides, showing no fear.

“Why did the power suddenly go out?”

Rain looked around and asked.

Every time she made a big move, the fluffy tail attached to her butt was pulled in all directions.

I looked around, then reached out and stroked the smooth wall.

Shouldn’t such a large facility have some kind of reserve power?

It had been quite some time since the power outage, but there was no sign of power being restored.

“Where’s Amy?”

“It’s on the floor below.”

“Where to make support items?”

“It’s lower than that.”

Shine, who was walking confidently, hit her head against the wall and started walking slowly.

Our movements have become slower than usual.

I had to move carefully and slowly, as if I was crawling like a turtle.

If you walk too fast, you might hit your head against the wall, so you have to be very careful.

“Where is this?”

Shine stopped in her tracks and looked around.

But that doesn’t mean you can see your surroundings.

Shine and I stretched out our hands to the left and right and started moving them slowly.

I had to expand my body surface area as much as possible to see my surroundings.

Flower pots and comfy chairs.

“I think it’s near the restaurant.”

I dug through my memory and roughly figured out where this place was.

“Hey, why don’t Jeff and Shine just use their abilities?”

“Ah… .”

Then Rain spoke quietly.

Her words shocked me so much that I felt like I had been hit in the head with a hammer.

Yes, that’s right.

My and Shine’s abilities were lightning-type abilities.

It was so simple to create a small light and look around.

I immediately raised my abilities.

Dismissed-!

Blue currents begin to gather in a circular shape.

The control methods I learned from Victor began to shine.

” and… .”

A blue orb floating above my hand.

The orbs, which emitted a brighter light than the light streaming from the luminous pajamas, illuminated the surroundings.

“It stings when you touch it.”

When I said something to Rain, who was trying to touch the marble with sparkling eyes, she flinched and hid behind Shine.

“Aren’t you going to shine?”

“Yeah. Jeff can do it by himself.”

“But I want to see you~”

Rain wanted to see Shine’s abilities, so he clung to Shine’s back and pulled her fluffy tail in all directions.

But Shine never granted Rain’s request.

Rain, who had become gloomy, came to me and grabbed my tail and Shine’s tail with both hands.

“Let’s go.”

There has been a change in the moving formation.

I took the lead, holding the orb created with lightning powers in my hand, with Shine and Rain following behind me.

Our turtle-like walking speed returned to normal, and we were able to arrive at the stairs before long.

The stairs were also empty without people.

And that was the moment.

The moment I arrived at the stairs, the dark surroundings suddenly became bright.

I pull my hood down tightly against the dazzling light coming from all directions.

“Ugh!”

Rain and Shine were also sitting in their seats, rubbing their eyes, as if they were blinded by the light.

“I guess the power outage was fixed.”

My eyes were suddenly exposed to light, and I looked around while waiting for my eyesight to recover.

It was quite late, but it seemed like the power outage had been resolved without any problems.

I immediately dispersed my powers.

The bead that had been making a small noise while crackling lost its shape in an instant.

The three of us immediately ran down the stairs.

Thanks to Lane running ahead knowing where Amy was, they were able to meet Amy soon.

“Amy!”

Shine and I ran straight to Amy and hugged her.

She was sitting on a chair, fiddling with her phone with a serious expression on her face, then she threw down the phone she was holding and hugged us.

I was rubbing my head against Amy’s chest, and my mouth opened wide as I looked at the countless foods lying around.

Pizza, chicken, spaghetti, and many other foods were warm and smelling delicious.

These foods reminded me of old Christmas parties.

The saliva begins to flow from my mouth.

Then, Lane, who was sitting across from me, looked around and asked Amy.

“Huh? What about Victor?”

I, too, turned my head here and there to find Victor, just like Rain.

But Victor was nowhere to be found.

“I got a call from Jin, so I went up for a bit.”

“I didn’t see it when I came down?”

“Isn’t that wrong?”

“Is that so?”

Amy picked up her cell phone, which she had thrown aside, and started tapping on the screen.

Knock, knock, knock – A small noise is heard repeatedly.

“I think it might be late?”

“Are we going to start first?”

“I guess so. I guess the kids are hungry too.”

Amy looked back at me and smiled.

Her hands dug delightfully through my hair.

A small party called the year-end event that took place like that.

Delicious food, and a hint of champagne.

Shine spat out the champagne, sticking out her tongue and making a face.

Rain, who was sitting next to me, poured a lot of wine.

Lane’s face turned red in inverse proportion to the empty wine bottle.

“Give me a glow-in-the-dark too!”

A very drunk Lane yelled at Amy while face-first into the pizza.

Although her pronunciation was slurred and awkward, Amy had no problem understanding what she was saying.

“Glow in the dark?”

“That thing!”

Rain’s hand was pointed at me.

I was rolling spaghetti around my fork with my dinosaur hood pulled down on me.

“Rain, I think you want some pajamas too.”

“Should I buy you a raincoat too?”

Rain, who was very drunk, moved his blurred gaze here and there, then fell down while mumbling.

“Oh right. I almost forgot.”

Amy, who had been smiling slightly at the sight of Rain, suddenly clapped her hands as if something had just occurred to her, and took out two small envelopes from her pocket.

“Okay! It’s Jeff and Shine.”

The small envelope looked quite fancy.

I stuffed the spaghetti wrapped around my fork into my mouth and ripped open the letter’s packaging.

“Gasp… !”

What came out of the envelope was a small card.

So, that thing that proves your identity.

It’s called an identification card.

“3rd grade… ?”

It looks very different from the citizenship that Amy first gave me.

The blank spaces had their birthdays and addresses written on them.

“It’s a gift.”

I was so surprised that I dropped the card in my hand.

The citizenship card fell onto the neatly empty plate of spaghetti, gleaming white.

The first level of citizenship I received was Grade 5.

But this time I received a 3rd grade.

How many people can raise their level of citizenship in such a short period of time?

Shine put the card aside and focused on the chicken, not showing much interest.

The number of chickens killed by the Shine Dinosaur had already surpassed three.

In the end, Victor couldn’t attend the party that day.

Amy said that he was placed on probation as a suspect in the facility power outage.