episode_0058

“under…”

As I lay down in the empty space, I sighed with a mixture of despair and resignation.

How on earth did this happen?

Was it because I was too complacent and optimistic about the situation?

“Damn constellation bastard…Why on earth are you doing this to me? Why on earth!”

I suddenly burst out in anger, but not even an echo echoed in this white, infinite space.

“Haaa…”

I sighed and tried to be as cool as possible, but it wasn’t easy.

“100 million years…”

Can we survive for that long in this empty space?

“…Yes. Absolutely impossible.”

Surprisingly, there were no problems with external factors.

It’s already been about two months since I was trapped here, but I have never felt hungry, drowsy, or tired.

I still don’t know what happened to the aging and lifespan issues, but looking at the way things are going, I think it may have been temporary immortality only for this space.

In other words, this is a space to be survived solely by mental strength.

However, no matter how many benefits it provides, what is impossible is impossible.

Even now, about two months later, I’m already hallucinating and seeing strange things. 100 million years?

I guarantee you, you will definitely go crazy.

“……”

Even though I’m like this, I can’t believe that in reality only about a minute has passed.

A gap so wide and despairing.

Just thinking about it makes me dizzy.

“Whoa…”

If we had taken the situation more seriously and prepared tenaciously, would we have succeeded in escaping by now?

For example, if you overthrow the Bureau by force, take hostages, cause terrorism, and rob a supernatural entity.

No, if I had made a deal with Pandora of the Salvation and collected all kinds of useful paranormal objects, I would have been able to get out of this damn space a long time ago.

“…under.”

There is no use in thinking like this now, it is just a meaningless delusion.

Besides, even if I thought of such a method, I probably wouldn’t have been able to actually commit it.

Even if he had committed it, he would have been cut by Romenel Sun, the director of the management bureau.

-Hangil.

“…is it a hallucination?”

-no. It’s real. I’m the one you spoke to a few hours ago, and the one you held hands with a few minutes ago. Mr. Hangil. It hasn’t been that long yet, right? Please come to your senses.

“……”

I felt like she was making light of my situation, as she was able to come and go freely, so I got emotional for a moment, but I just sighed because I knew that venting her anger would only be a simple way to vent her anger and that she was also worried about me.

“What’s the situation outside?”

-…I’m doing my best. Fortunately, the coordinates of the ‘useless coordinate generator’ seemed to match. Letel is heading here.

“That’s good news. If I meet Letel here, I might really fall in love with him…”

Two months.

Even though it’s only two months.

It’s scary because the paranormal phenomenon response team’s office scene and the appearances of its colleagues are already starting to become blurry.

I hope you come as soon as possible.

Before it becomes irreversible.

-Hangil. Don’t stay still and try other supernatural entities. Letel might not be able to find you with just the ‘useless coordinate generator’.

“Ah… That’s right. Actually, I already wrote it all down.”

-yes…?

“There’s so much time left. Even if you only spend a few seconds in the other world, it’s still a few days here… Now, Rael, take it.”

He handed her a ‘space storage device’.

On the outside, it is just an ordinary hand mirror, but it is a strange supernatural entity that tears out the entire space and stores it when ‘spatial waves above a certain level’ are observed.

I don’t know why something like this exists or how it was made.

Since they said they were tearing out the space, I wondered if they were going to drill a hole, but I was disappointed because there was no change in the space.

Oh, for your information, ‘spatial waves above a certain level’ were made into ‘spatial wave loudspeakers’.

As its name suggests, this supernatural entity, which looks like an ordinary loudspeaker, exerts an unknown mechanism the louder it makes, creating waves that directly act on the space itself.

Shouting loudly was something I was most confident in, so I screamed as loud as I could, creating a huge space wave that shook the entire void of space like waves.

-……

Rael bites his lip while holding the ‘space storage device’.

-I will make sure to deliver this item on my next move.

“Okay…I’ll ask you a favor. Thank you, Rael.”

They say that if there is that ‘space storage device’, it will be easier for Letel to find this place and if he is lucky, he may be able to find it right away… To be honest, it was an area I couldn’t understand, so I just accepted it.

I hope Letel succeeds.

-You don’t use ‘absolutely couple rings’?

“Huh? Ah, this is…”

I carefully rolled the ring in my hand.

A ring with a small gem is neither overly luxurious nor shabby.

“Well, I don’t know if it’s right to use this. Still, it’s a very vicious supernatural entity.”

The moment they get together, they force each other to love each other, increase their sexual desire as if they are horny, and don’t fall out until they have three children… It’s a setting that seems like something out of a 19+ web novel.

Retel said that he can withstand or neutralize the supernatural phenomenon of this ring with his abilities, and I may also be able to escape somehow with [cries of despair, pain, and grief], but I am hesitant because I don’t know what will happen until I experience it myself. .

“Rael. How would you feel if you had to wear this? Would you not like it?”

-…To be honest, yes, but I would gladly wear it for Hangil. Retel must have felt the same way and approved it.

“Haha. Thank you, but I don’t know what I’m doing for you like that. However, even if I have permission, I’m a little reluctant to use something like this.”

After looking down at the ring in silence for a moment, I added softly.

“I still have that feeling. However, I don’t know what will happen if I stay here for a few years. If I get pushed into a corner, won’t I lose my sense of ethics and morals and end up getting involved?”

-Hangil…

As I laugh bitterly, Lael looks at me as if I feel sorry for him.

“Rael, you don’t need to make that face. You need to be with me too.”

-…Kukuk. That’s right.

“I came here and really learned what loneliness and boredom are, right? I don’t plan on letting you go for years, so prepare yourself.”

-Oh my, that sounds a little romantic. Is this a proposal?

“Ahaha! If you think about it, maybe it’s similar? If we pass this ordeal, we’ll be together for 100 million years… I guess even if you search across all dimensions, you won’t find people who have been together for that long?”

-I guess so. It’s an unimaginable time…

“Well, if we pass the ordeal, the Constellation will know our location, so we have to escape before then. Haaa…”

Feeling suddenly helpless, I collapsed and lay down on the spot.

“……”

Lying down without feeling anything on my back is quite unpleasant.

No, this isn’t lying down, is it floating?

-Hangil. So what about ‘space charm’?

“…It felt like the space was splitting apart, but it didn’t seem like I could escape from here.”

To help her understand, I swung the ‘space charm’.

Sigh…!

Then, as soon as it becomes pure white, the space splits and a pure white space pops out again.

It looks like the very, very thin, see-through curtain is split in one layer.

However, it is restored in a split second, so no matter how much you swing the ‘Space Charm’, it will be a long way to see the other side.

Even if Gyeong-hyung was here, wouldn’t it be impossible?

Swish! Whick! Whi profit!

“Whoa…”

It’s a really bad quality space.

Even though you know it’s not possible, if you see space splitting like that, you have no choice but to keep wielding the ‘space charm’.

-Hangil. Now I understand. Please stop.

“…okay.”

I let go of the ‘space charm’ that I was holding so tightly that my grip turned white and looked at Rael.

She had a calm smile that didn’t seem to fit the situation, but it was so natural that I couldn’t tell if it was because she was thinking of me or if it was coming from her heart.

-Let’s talk. Mr. Hangil.

“Conversation…”

There’s nothing more I can do here, so it might be a good time to waste time.

Well, that would only last a few hours.

“……”

In the face of the enormous time span of 100 million years, no matter what we do, it becomes meaningless, so our thoughts naturally turn negative and we become helpless.

Let’s not think about it. For now, I’m just focusing on the situation at hand.

“What should we talk about?”

-Uhm…don’t we know about each other? First of all, briefly…what is your favorite food?

“Well… I don’t mind, but I like most meats. On the other hand, I don’t like seafood. I’ve gotten food poisoning from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, etc. once in a while…”

-Hehe. I see. I also like meat. But I also like bread and cookies.

“Then what food do you dislike?”

-It’s a shame…but I hate vegetables. I’ve always been a picky eater…

“You hate vegetables? That wasn’t the image at all. That’s surprising.”

-is that so? ah! However, the various vegetable dishes I ate in Hangil’s world were so delicious that I may have started to notice vegetables recently.

“Oh…for example?”

-Kimchi, vegetables, and seasoned foods… I tried a lot of things thanks to Noeul, but the ones I liked the most were kimchi and aralia. Ah, but it’s hard to give up even on fragrant water parsley and wild chives…

“Phew…”

Seeing her sincere concern made me laugh without realizing it.

“Rael. Are you really serious about eating?”

– Hmm, I’m embarrassed… The food in this world is so full of delicious food…

“What do you usually eat in that world?”

-The staple food was bread. And I was able to eat stew made with various things and very occasionally fresh meat.

“Hmm…do most people in that world eat like that?”

-Um…no. I tend to eat a little well. After all, she was the count’s maid.

“Ah, I think I heard that. Was it Kalik… Seina?”

-that’s right. You remembered me. happy.

“I just barely remembered it. Isn’t the count a rather high-ranking family? I guess even a maid from a place like that couldn’t eat that richly, right?”

-no. Still, they ate much better than ordinary people. In the case of serfs, in severe cases, they only ate one meal a day, and that was watery porridge.

“Huh…is that much? Wasn’t there a world with magic?”

-Even if there is magic, it feels like it is the exclusive domain of nobles…

“No, anyway, does it make sense that you couldn’t do any industry related to agriculture with that? How stupid must you be…”

Suddenly curious about this world, I started asking her various questions.

However, since she did not have deep knowledge, the direction began to go towards more and more personal and intimate places, and the ending point ended up being a story about the Count Calixina family.

“Um, but wait a minute. Can we talk about that place?”

-yes?

“No,…you might be remembering something from when you died, right? Are you okay?

-Ahaha! Are you worried about that? Hangil is surprisingly affectionate. Be kind.

“…I don’t think so…”

Wouldn’t all ordinary humans think the same thing?

I still remember it clearly.

That was my first meeting with her.

Even though it was only a dream, the scene where Rael, who was guiding us, showed his eyes as wide as an abyss and said that his eyes were the first to be gouged out… is still scary even thinking about it now.

-It’s okay. There are a lot of terrible memories, but there are also a lot of good memories. Rather, I’m worried about something else…

She glances at my face and hesitates.

“Other?”

-…As you know, even after death, I could not attain Buddhahood and became a monster. So, they killed a lot of people. that…

“Ah… well, I don’t think it’s my place to say anything about that. I don’t have the right to do that. Besides, I already knew vaguely that you had done something like that in the past. Still, the decision to stay with you was entirely my choice. So I don’t think you need to reject me or feel guilty.”

-Is that so…?

“Yes. Besides, you were just absorbed and controlled by that evil spirit, right?”

-Even so, my stake definitely exists. Because I also hated and hated the living.

“Hmm…”

Perhaps the reason why Rael tried to humble himself and devote himself so much was because of that underlying thought.

“It doesn’t bother me at all, but…if you wish, could you tell me? About the Counts of Calixina.”

-Hehe, good. Hmm, what should I say first…

After thinking for a moment, she slowly began to recite the past, tracing her memories.

***

“Hah, so, the Constellations can do things like this? That’s amazing. It’s ridiculous.”

The dimensional gap is a space where life cannot exist because it is chaotic, irregular, and extremely dangerous.

There are spaces where black holes are condensed enough to turn them into ‘things’, while there are spaces that are fragmented and stretched out like thorns that can tear your entire body to pieces just by touching them, and on the other hand, there are spaces where there is nothing, moving around as if alive, turning everything it swallows into powder. It may also expand until it is full.

It was a place that even Siella Letel, who had adapted to this place thanks to the constellation’s post, never wanted to come back to, but since this was the coordinates pointed to by the ‘useless coordinate generator’, she had no choice but to return.

“…Now then, what on earth do you do with that?”

In that chaotic and disorderly space, she made a discovery.

A heterogeneous and huge space with only regularity.