episode_0071

As I blindly walked down the street of the lower class, my legs hurt and I felt a little out of breath.

I apologized to Carly and sat down on an old bench on the side of the road to take a little rest.

I was just walking, so how could it be so difficult? Carly looks at me curiously as I sit on the bench and breathe heavily.

“Hey. How can a man be so dishonest? I just walked, but are you telling me I’m going to die?”

“Sigh…huh… quiet… be quiet…”

“Tsk tsk. Is there a reason you hired a bodyguard? Are you going to die while walking like this?”

According to the diary, hiring a bodyguard was something I was forced to do by someone called a ‘sponsor’ rather than my will… but I agreed with what Carly said.

I didn’t run or do any fighting, I just walked. It wasn’t even uphill, but mostly downhill.

However, cold sweat ran down my entire body, as if I was about to die, and my legs were shaking, so I couldn’t move.

The result is just sitting down on the bench like this, breathing heavily.

“What should I do? Can this sister give me a piggyback ride? Then, pray to your sister.”

“What… this is bullshit… and I’m older than you…”

“…Really? But what can I do? You are weaker than me.”

I tried to retort to Carly, who was giggling and teasing me for a while, but I couldn’t think of a way to overcome those muscles, so I didn’t bother to retort.

The fatigue, which seemed to last forever, seemed to improve after I sat down and rested for a bit.

“I think I’m all rested now. Where are you going now?”

“Phew… just wait a moment.”

“He takes out that old notebook again. What kind of treasure is it?”

“What is treasure? It’s just a diary.”

When I opened the diary and showed its contents to Carly, who was interested in the diary I had taken out as a habit, Carly looked at it for a moment, but then seemed to lose interest and looked at the citizens around her.

-Hehehe! Catch it!

-You stand there! If you get caught, you’re dead!!

-If you can, try it!

I heard the sound of children laughing and running from a distance, and when I looked in that direction, I saw the beast children running and playing happily.

Even though my clothes were worn out and my feet were bare and I was worried that I might get hurt. The children were just running around happily as if nothing else mattered.

“…….”

Suddenly, I noticed that Carly had suddenly become quiet, and when I looked at her, I saw that she was looking at the children with an emotional expression on her face.

[sadness. Dim. will. guilty. longing……]

The status window that popped up next to her was listing her countless emotions endlessly.

Why does she feel such complicated emotions looking at her children? Why is he making that kind of expression?

“……”

Shaking her head, Carly’s expression brightened again. As if I had never felt complex emotions, the endless list of emotions in the status window also disappeared.

“….Carly.”

“Why did you suddenly become serious?”

“….No.”

“What is it? It’s bland.”

I tried to ask her why. Her eyes, which seemed bright and confident, seemed somehow empty.

Those eyes and emotions felt like they were begging me not to ask questions right now, so I quickly stopped thinking about it.

As is my habit, I carefully read the diary I took out from my pocket. I think I just need to rest a little more, so it might be a good idea to read my diary while resting.

…I come down to the lower level and head to the same place today as always. The lower level is still noisy today, but it is friendlier than the upper level.

It is definitely a more difficult place to live than the upper class, but the will to live is even more visible in people’s eyes.

I continue walking with my tired body. An old, dilapidated building appeared before my eyes. A friendly place that lends a little help to me.

The head that was naturally headed towards the diary lifts up. Directly across from the bench I’m sitting on is an old, dilapidated building.

I look at the lights emanating from inside the building and the sign on the building with many people entering and leaving.

…Hoodie’s convenience store. I would like to express my gratitude today to those who have always been grateful to me.

“Hoodie’s… convenience store.”

found. The path I must take.

It was definitely not what I intended to do. I was just looking around the lower level, but it was so tiring that I sat down on the bench right in front and took a break.

But was it really a miraculous coincidence or fate? Right across from the bench where I sat was the ‘Hoodie’s convenience store’ mentioned in the diary.

“Kk…Kkkkk…”

I smile without even realizing it. It’s unbearably fun and amazing. The villain’s laughter begins to leak out again.

‘Uh… why is this happening again…’

I tried to hold back, but against my will, the evil laughter grew louder.

“That human… Why are you smiling like that… No way, hide behind me, Leffi!!”

“Uh…huh? What’s wrong… hehe! Also… run away-!”

“Mommy-!”

“Save me… Save me…!”

A wolf-eared man and woman who look like lovers. The man shows hostility towards the woman by hiding him behind his body, and the woman sheds tears and grabs the man’s clothes.

Children with fox tails and ears who were playing run away crying, calling out their parents’ names, while a woman with rabbit ears who was passing by quickly runs away in fear.

‘….sorry!’

I may not be able to reach them, but I offer my sincere apologies, even if only in my heart. Because there was no way to prove that that wasn’t the intention.

“Ugh… I messed up again. hey! Stop making a fuss and go on your way!”

“Kuh…Kuh…Khahaha…!”

“Aaaah! A beastman defends a human…! You were brainwashed…! Run away… run away…!”

“Please save me~!”

“Wow, shit. I’m just screwed.”

In the end, the peaceful lower level was five minutes away from disaster. Those who looked like a couple hid the women with a cold look on their faces without knowing why, and the children ran away.

Kali, who was the only one who realized that I didn’t mean to do it, tried to calm people down, but instead, it seemed like she was scared by Kali’s appearance and became even more upset.

“…Wow. It’s brutal. You… that’s a real illness, right?”

“Kuh…Kuhk… That’s right…”

“This… I can’t help it. Blame it on your expression.”

Carly also looked at me and broke into a slight cold sweat, then quickly turned away from me. In the end, I had no choice but to hold back tears and try to stop the joy and laughter that came out.

Drurrr!

“Such a sissy! What kind of bullshit is this!”

At that time, the door to Hoodie’s convenience store opened, and an old man with white, pointy ears and a white beard came out and started swearing all kinds of things.

It was a profanity that felt surprising even to me, who had become accustomed to swearing all over the Internet.

At this level, it was like seeing an indigenous person using a language called swearing…

“Hey! What a fucking bastard there! What on earth is going on?”

“Ha…Grandpa! Look at that kid over there! Just by looking at that guy, he’s planning something vicious!”

“What? Where….”

“”…………””

The old man asked the young man who was running away, and the young man pointed at me and tried to run away with a frightened expression.

At that moment, the eyes of the old man and I met, and there was a terrible silence between us.

“Uh… Hello?”

“….Hey, you son of a bitch! Don’t make a fuss about something that isn’t a big deal! Get out of here!”

“Yes…yes?!”

“Go away! I couldn’t even recognize my benefactor… tsk tsk.”

The old man, who was rubbing his eyes, adjusting his glasses and looking at me with squinted eyes, slapped the young man on the back and scolded him.

The young man was scolded without even knowing the question, looked at me and the old man with a puzzled expression, and then left.

The old man sighs as he looks at the young man leaving, and begins to slowly walk towards me, leaning on his cane.

….Why are you walking towards me?

I swallowed hard and froze in place as I faced the old man walking towards me. Because it felt like the cane he was holding was going to rush towards me.

“…Hey, grandpa. Don’t come any closer than that.”

“Ugh? what? I can’t hear you very well, bitch!”

“Is this old man deaf! Don’t come closer!”

Kali stood in front of me and warned the old man who was blocking me, but the old man ignored Kali and walked without stopping.

Carly soon gained momentum and began to relax her muscles. Even a country like this… is it protected?

‘Kali…!’

This… may be a little touching.

“Thank you….”

“You just shut up! Because it’s disturbing.”

It wasn’t that he was stopping the old man for my sake, but he seemed angry that the old man wasn’t listening to him.

My heart, which was overflowing with emotion, was suddenly poured with cold water.

Although Kali had a formidable force, the old man walked steadily with the momentum that seemed to be not being pushed by her at all.

It is safe to say that the battle between the two was a fight between dragons and tigers.

Eventually, the old man and Kali faced each other with a distance of just a few footsteps. The light emanating from their eyes was like that of a predator stalking its prey in the dark.

“Get out of my way. Little guy.”

“Who is calling you a child, grandpa? Shall I straighten that bent back?”

“Hmph. What a rude bitch. If so-”

“……What…!”

The old man’s new form disappeared in an instant. Of course, it was so fast that I couldn’t see it with my eyes, and even Carly looked around in confusion as if she had missed the old man’s speed.

“……..”

“Ah….”

“….Wait, stop-! Fuck you!”

However, the old man was already standing in front of me, looking down at me with burning blue eyes. Carly was running quickly, but it seemed like it was already too late.

Like this… am I going to die already? I don’t even know who this person is… I haven’t had much experience with it yet.

I closed my eyes and braced myself for the shock that was about to come.

“Why are you suddenly closing your eyes? Venice will be better.”

“…Yes?”

“Huh?”

But contrary to my expectations, nothing happened. Even Carly, who was running towards me, stopped at the sound of the old man’s puzzled voice.

for a moment. An old man who appears to be the owner of the store from Hoodie’s convenience store. And in your diary, you said that Hoodie’s convenience store helped me, right?

“You’re feeling strange today. What happened?”

“Ah.”

I finally realized it. And in a sudden situation, obvious information that I had forgotten comes to mind.

“It’s shabby, but please come inside.”

“….Yes. Carly, you can follow me.”

“Huh? Yes? What kind of shit situation is this?”

Carly still looked like she didn’t understand, but I couldn’t tell her this, so I silently tried to ignore the shame that came over me and walked along with the old man.