episode_0059

Tick-tock.

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0. Our department store is trying new changes!

– Because there are a lot of customers! [Blind people] are interrupting our meeting!

– So, we’ll be there for your eyes only!

6. Please wait a moment!

– I’m still writing the guide!

– This is how the guide is written, right?

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From the first time I saw the department store guide, I thought it was strange.

When I was with the [Blind One], ‘things’ that didn’t come near suddenly pop out, saying that only Eunha’s eyes can see them,

Suddenly doing something that wasn’t even written in the guide…

Isn’t it as if he is rushing towards her with lights in his eyes to kill her?

A different way of speaking than usual.

A movement that ignores the ‘rules’.

This guide contains something… strange.

‘You can answer questions from [department store employees], but you shouldn’t answer requests… You should have told me in advance.’

It’s not unfair.

Angry.

If it’s going to come out like this, why do we need [The Black Book]?

『… … … … You too, fall and pull me up.』

Shake!

The bottom of the glass bridge is cleanly separated, as if the space itself has been cut off.

Eunha felt her body float and fell from the roof of the department store.

My heart sinks as I feel the chilling sensation of my body sinking.

“sister!!”

“uh…?”

I made eye contact with Eunbang-ul, who opened his eyes at the sound of the glass floor separating.

I see a girl with her round eyes raised to the limit, rushing towards me with a look of astonishment on her face.

But soon, the girl stops in front of the transparent glass bridge.

The dizzying sight seen from the rooftop of the department store becomes an invisible wall, blocking Eunbangul.

The girl’s face, frozen like a frightened rabbit, is stained with despair.

“Well, I’ll go down first!!”

Eunha, who didn’t want to worry the girl, shouted without thinking even as she fell from the 15th floor.

I saw it fall right in front of me, so I’m not worried… but it’s still better than screaming for help.

“Yes! Photo zone! Take a picture, take a picture!”

“No, I guess I’m really crazy!!”

A voice that goes away in an instant.

Eunha gave a thumbs up to the girl and fell with a smile on her face.

Why, isn’t there a saying like that?

It’s best to smile when times are tough.

Although Eunha lived as an F-class hunter for 10,000 years,

I decided to be top-notch for now.

A 10,000-year F-class hunter.

Euncheon-gu’s soft fist.

A first-class photo zone subject.

It’s not bad.

Whiiing!

The sound of the wind passing by my ears.

The force that leads humans to the ground weighs heavily on her body.

I don’t have the courage to look down.

Eunha looked up at the rooftop where Baeul-i was, and spread her limbs wide to slow down as much as possible.

I haven’t tried bungee jumping, but this is roughly what it feels like.

My back feels numb, and the wind makes it difficult to open my eyes.

Flying hair obstructs the view.

Tick ㅡㅡ. Tick ㅡㅡ.

I thought idly as I looked at the sunset on the horizon.

The spectacular view of the city seen from the sky, the glow of the setting sun.

The entire city is dyed in sparkling gold.

Even Eunha, who doesn’t have much of an aesthetic sense, can’t help but admire it.

So you said it was a famous photo zone.

If it weren’t for the ground approaching at every moment, it’s a scenery that I would have enjoyed leisurely with Bell.

‘This is my first time dying from a fall… I wonder if I’m really going to die this time.’

Probably won’t die.

His heart was ripped out in the bathroom, and his heart crumbled from old age in the park, but he didn’t die.

Would a body like this die if it fell from the 15th floor?

Rattling…

However, the fear of death is always new and cold,

When Baeul-i was out of sight, Eun-ha cried and wrapped her trembling arms around herself.

scary.

I don’t want to be sick.

Eunha’s goal is to come to her senses after falling to the ground before the drop comes down.

If you wave your hands in a normal manner, the girl will feel at ease.

It’s a precious time with Bell.

If possible, I want to end with a smile.

Eunha closed her eyes and surrendered herself to the approaching fear.

“……? what.”

And then.

When you are trembling with fear and preparing for the pain to come.

Eunha frowned, feeling a strong sense of discomfort.

This… When will it drop?

Does it really take this long to fall?

J— Kk—…

The sound of clock hands ticking.

Eunha opened her closed eyes and looked around.

“what…”

The world is moving fast.

Like fast forwarding a tape.

On the road in the distance, you can see cars on their way home from work going back and forth with their bright red tail lights hanging out.

It’s so fast that it’s hard to follow with the eye.

The traffic light at the crosswalk blinks alternately, and small-looking people swarm across the crosswalk like ants in a documentary.

The world goes by quickly.

Like sand pouring out of a broken hourglass.

… … Or, has the galaxy slowed down?

J— Kk—…

The sound of the second hand passing by my ear.

Then the world became even faster.

I’m not sure, but if other people look at the galaxy now… I wonder if it’s falling at a very slow rate.

Crack!

At that time, a woman wearing a black cap climbed up the exterior wall of the department store.

The woman climbed the outer wall with movements as light as a mouse, then kicked off the wall and jumped up… and brilliantly caught Eunha who was falling from the rooftop.

It happened in an instant.

Tick-tock.

The sound of the second hand is heard again.

And, the moment the woman held Eunha in her arms like a princess, the fast-paced world returned to normal.

A clanging sound coming from below.

The glass plate that fell before Eunha hits the floor and shatters.

“Kya…!”

“Hold on tight!”

A strong wind brushed my cheek, and I felt a brief sense of floating.

Soon after, someone holding Eunha fell from his legs onto an old car parked in the parking lot of a department store.

Kwaang!!!

A dizzying pain.

With a loud sound, the ceiling of an old car becomes distorted.

A broken car makes a loud beeping noise as if crying in pain.

Listening to the screams of people coming from afar, Eunha frowned and gently massaged her throbbing waist.

Did you sprain your back?

For someone who fell from the roof of a 15-story department store, he was unbelievably fine.

This is thanks to the unidentified woman who caught her in the air.

“Ugh… W, this is a ‘mouse’… Team leader, my leg was shattered. While I was at it, my car was also shattered.”

A woman lying helplessly on top of a crushed car took out something that looked like a small walkie-talkie from her arms and reported it to someone.

The woman’s mouse-like round ears perked up as she pushed up her black cap.

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“Huh…! Sister!!!”

After a while,

Eunbangul, who came down to the first floor of the department store, fell into the arms of Eunha, who was sitting on the floor with tears in her eyes.

She seemed quite surprised as she grabbed Eunha’s clothes tightly with her small hands.

… Even though he is rushing like that, he is holding the suitcase that Eunha left behind in one hand.

That appearance seemed to clearly show the girl’s shrewd mind.

“I’m sorry, Sister…! I should have fallen with you…!”

“do not say that.”

“Do you know how anxious I was because I was afraid that something big would happen?! My heart almost dropped!!”

“Yeah, that won’t come off easily.”

Eunha answered the girl’s words by hugging Baeul-i, whose face was buried in her soft chest.

I say this as an experienced person.

The heart is surprisingly strong.

“Hey… what kind of conversation is that?”

A woman who was lying on top of a crushed car spoke to me while taking a sip of the ‘Emergency Recovery Potion’ that she took out of her belt pocket.

The benefactor who saved Eunha from falling from the roof of a department store.

She is a cute woman with a cute appearance that reminds me of a round hamster rather than a nimble mouse.

Behind a black-gray suit with a design similar to Ban Harin’s, a thin mouse tail moves from side to side as if swaying in a gentle breeze.

“Ah. Stop saying thank you because it hurts my ears. This is nothing.”

“Okay… um… may I ask your name?”

“I just call it ‘mouse.’ That’s what I’m most used to.”

The ‘mouse’ answered bluntly and looked at Eunha’s face.

Is there anything you want to say? Eunha also looked at her with her usual smiling face, but the ‘mouse’ just averted her gaze to the side as if something was uncomfortable.

“Tsk… It’s so damn pretty when you look at it up close.”

“Thank you for saving Eunha! Mouse sister!”

At the murmur of ‘mouse’ passing by, Eun-bang, who was being held by Eun-ha, perked up her white rabbit ears and shouted.

Although Eunha can’t see the face of Baeul-i in her arms…

I’m sure he’s smiling brightly as usual.

“………………Ah yes…”

However, the ‘mouse’ thought for a long time about how to respond to the girl’s innocent voice.

Immediately, she frowned as if she saw something she couldn’t see, then raised her heavy body and hurriedly left the place.

It looks like he was hurt a lot.

Buzz, buzz…

As I followed the ‘mouse’ moving away, I saw people dressed as department store security guards controlling the surroundings with serious expressions on their faces.

The employees are busy working even though it is not long before closing time.

Is this a natural reaction to a person falling from the roof of a department store?

After checking the broken glass on the floor, I see employees holding their foreheads in pain.

“……Okay, then I’ll convey the rest in writing.”

At that time, Ban Harin, who had finished talking with a man who appeared to be a department store manager, approached Eunha with his usual cold face.

When did this person come again? Is it a ghost?

“Eunha, you can go home today. The department store will contact you later to hear the case.”

“Thank you… But Mr. Banharin, who is that person…?”

“This is my coworker.”

Ban Harin, who carefully placed his hand on Eunha’s shoulder, gestured with his chin at the ‘mouse’ who was moving away.

The ‘mouse’ wore a black cap tightly and walked past the department store employees.

She walked up to the paramedics who were pulling the stretcher, waving her hand, and then lay down on the stretcher and was taken into the ambulance.

It must have hurt a lot.

I’ll have to repay you with something later.

Would you like to buy me a meal at [Euncheon Restaurant]?

According to Ban Harin, ‘Mouse’ is a C-class(?) hunter belonging to the association with the [Speed Manipulation] skill.

He has a pretty amazing skill, but he’s only at C level… Did he use the skill to slow down his fall?

Thanks to you, my life was saved.

‘So the world seemed to be speeding up… But why did I think it was falling late? ‘Just because my body slows down and my thoughts stay the same?’

I was lost in thought as I watched the ambulance leaving.

But after a while, I shook off all my thoughts, saying that good things are good things.

No matter what happens, wouldn’t it be okay if I lived?

I decided not to think too deeply. I’m not really good at using my brain anyway.

Click~.

Thinking like that, Eunha took out her smartphone and took a selfie.

To commemorate surviving a fall from the roof of a department store.

I couldn’t take a picture at the photo zone, so I guess I should take one here.

“Bangul, let’s take a picture together too.”

“In the meantime, I have the spirit to take a picture… Great! Let’s take a picture together!”

“I’ll take a picture, Eunha.”

Just like that… Eunha sat down in the parking lot where department store employees were busy.

I took an intimate photo with Eunbangul against the background of a dented car.

“……How was your day?”

“It was a little scary, but it was still really nice to play with Eunha!”

“Really? I’m glad.”

Take a picture with the girl.

Silver bells put their soft cheeks together and wrapped their arms around Eunha’s waist.

The girl’s arms were still shaking from the shock just now.

Eunha moved her fingers, which had become stiff from fear of death, and held the girl’s hand.

“Now, Eunha. Eunbangul… What does a mouse cry about?”

“Squeak~!”

Snap!

I took a picture. With a smiling face.

I hope that shopping at the department store will not become a bad memory for either of you.

“…….”

『… … .』

While taking pictures, Eunha looked up at the rooftop of the department store without saying a word.

Transparent glass bridge with holes. Trees in the rooftop park illuminated with colored lights.

And… a [department store employee] looking down at us, his whole body grotesquely contorted.

Eyes meet ‘that’.

He seems very unhappy that Eunha survived…

An angry expression.

As expected, that guy is strange.

It is different from other ‘those’.

A guide that was different from the usual.

‘That’ was different from usual.

Eunha looked at the [department store employee] and made a promise.

‘How dare you worry Baeul-gi? You were left behind.’

Even if you die, you kill.

That’s Eunha’s thoughts.

But how do we tackle ‘that’, which is impossible to resist using normal methods?

The solution is simpler than you think.

Just go to the person in charge.

“Eunha, please join me now. I’m feeling a bit sad.”

“Good! Harin, come too!”

“Thank you, Eunbangul.”

Eunha took a picture with Baeul-i with a smile on her face, as usual.

Tonight, I decided to visit [the black person].