episode_0074

The situation turned upside down in the blink of an eye.

I was only dazed for a moment, but before I knew it, I was in room 701.

“Uh… … ?”

It wasn’t just me.

Everyone is sitting in their seats, in a friendly atmosphere.

Next to him, Heo Yoon and Yoon Da-ju are talking to each other.

“What~ You said you wouldn’t be back for a while, so I thought you’d never see me again. You came back so quickly?”

“I almost died, I.”

When Heo Yoon asks how she is doing, Da-ju jokes.

“Everyone couldn’t even fight, so I took care of everything? How weak I am.”

“No. Sister is not weak.”

Then Jeong Hae-won intervenes and retorts.

Heo Yoon also asks about the results of the library exploration.

“Did you get anything?”

“Um… … . I’m not sure about that. That Dabin oppa has some special ability? He must have been a librarian at the Infinite Library.”

Da-joo stops talking and gets lost in thought.

“Ah! And there’s that too. I risked my life to get a promise. It’s a bit awkward to talk about it here and now. I’m really looking forward to that.”

Daju smiles while looking over here.

“Right, oppa?”

“… … Yes.”

I nodded absentmindedly.

The reactions of people around you also play a big part in the reality of the event.

For example, let’s say you saw a ghost.

It won’t feel right at first. Did I see it wrong? You might want to do that too.

Fear comes in an instant.

People around me froze and asked, ‘Can’t you see anything over there?’ The moment you ask. It is only then that the fear hits you.

In that sense. Now it feels like everything was a dream.

“Let go of this!!! Hayul!!!”

Heo Yoon-do was crying wildly and twisting his body like crazy.

“… … .”

Seok Hyun-min also walked into the flames without any expression.

And Yoon Da-joo and Jeong Hae-won, who almost died.

Everyone is talking so naturally.

Am I the only one who feels something strange?

The first thought that came to mind was time travel.

I’ve experienced this before.

When Foundation personnel entered the 7th floor and murdered everyone except me.

At that time, I rewinded time using the loop that appeared on the stairs.

I didn’t really understand the principle at the time, but I vaguely understand it now.

So you can see.

What happened this time was not time travel.

So what happened?

I was just about to get up from my seat.

“Dabin.”

A soft voice called to me.

It was Choi Se-rim.

A former librarian at the Infinite Library and an individual with the ability to manipulate people’s thoughts.

Why didn’t I think of this?

It would have been the optimal ability to resolve the incident.

The pleasant smell of flesh tickles the tip of my nose.

Choi Se-rim put her index finger to my lips.

“Shhh.”

Speaking in a low voice so no one can hear.

“Okay?”

Only then did I become confident.

The incident itself was clear.

The warehouse burned down and the child died. What was missing were our memories.

Choi Se-rim erased everyone’s memories and edited the gaps to fill in the gaps.

Heo Yoon and Seok Hyeon-min. There is a high possibility that the two of them may not even know that they had a child.

Thanks to this, I won’t go crazy and I’ll be able to smile again.

It’s very bitter.

The child they had would have been alive at first.

Was it Seok Ha-yul?

It bothers me that no one remembers that child.

“Yes.”

“Yes. Please do me a favor.”

I went back to the warehouse.

The entire warehouse was clearly engulfed in flames, but there was not a single trace of scorch, let alone burning.

All the objects were fine. Tentacles and flesh were no longer found.

‘You defeated it.’

This is separate from Choi Se-rim erasing people’s memories.

The warehouse, which was once the monster’s domain, returned to its original state when the monster died.

I looked around the warehouse with mixed feelings.

The insight displayed new information.

It’s all over. Now it’s only in a few people’s memories.

[A new narrative is registered in ‘Ghostam Apartment Escape Story.’]

[Working title: Stopping the Resurrection of the Fifth Apostle]

The message came to mind as if I was looking at a computer program.

[Sending information… … .]

[Transmission is complete. Future materials can be viewed at ■!@- $#^- ㅕㅑㅗㅑ.]

The journey we risked our lives to make now only remains as a story in a book.

We moved a little deeper.

To the charnel house where the monster’s heart was.

When I removed the plastic partition and walked inside under the soft lighting, I saw the same shelves as usual.

Above it are the relics of the dead and candles.

I’m glad it’s okay here too.

Like the promise Choi Jun-ki made to the people, will we be able to take these people out someday?

With a mixed sigh.

I looked at the cold floor.

An incident that could be mistaken for a dream.

But there really wasn’t anything left.

At the bottom left of the shelf, in a gap in the dusty floor, a ball of light the size of a thumbnail had fallen.

“Seok Ha-yul.”

As I speak softly, the candle flame flickers.

Behind the curtain. Suddenly, light filled the narrow, cozy space.

I was able to know without having to go through the insight.

thanks.

He thanked me for remembering his name.

[The lost book was found.]

[Cosmological constant in the book. timeline. Checking space-time coordinates… … ]

[■■■■■ Do you want to return the included information, ?]

I chose ‘yes’.

There was no need to manipulate, just thinking was enough.

[Thank you for your cooperation, librarian.]

[Your work record will be reflected in evaluations within the library, which will affect your authority in the future.]

It’s authority.

Does this mean that as I search for lost data in the future, I will be able to use more authority?

… … I’m not sure yet.

I got up.

The case is closed.

But before leaving the warehouse, there was one last thing to do.

I found a nail rolling on the floor nearby and ducked into the corner, under the iron shelf of the charnel house.

Then he used force to cut the nail down.

Geek-

This should be okay.

A small mark was engraved on the pillar of the shelf.

‘Hayul.’

It was a place for the sacrificed child.

***

We found a space wandering through the rifts of the multiverse.

The inside of this place was a huge library where information from the surroundings was collected and stored.

We named this place the Wanderer’s Library.

We decided to take care of this place.

It was difficult at first. The place we found was such a huge space. A space large enough to be called an infinite library.

The existing system the library had was also huge. A primitive but reliable system.

survival instinct.

Of course, the library is not alive. But at the same time, it has life-like characteristics.

Just as living things consume food, libraries seek to consume information from around them. More information in a more efficient manner.

Additionally, libraries do not want to destroy themselves.

Numerous dangers – black holes or those bound in chains. Other dangerous cosmic concepts – I try hard to get around.

I don’t know if it’s because of this, but the Wanderer’s Library has survived unscathed while traveling to gather information from across the universe. This may be the only one.

We went through a lot of trial and error.

Managing such a huge system seemed impossible. Some people even felt skeptical about the very act of trying to manage it.

But we were fascinated. Vast amounts of information have that characteristic.

Imagine trying to find out about all the stars in the sky.

It’s a very attractive thing. There are even people who dedicate their lives to the profession of astronomer.

But it is very vain. However, the pouring starlight and the vast space that cannot be filled with even that harshly captivate the human spirit, fanning them to suffer from insomnia, depression, and suicidal thoughts.

Huge information.

The ‘something’ that will become the matrix that unites all theories and concepts of physics, astronomy, art, and social science brings intellectual excitement and, at the same time, predestined destruction.

Finally, we were able to take away some of our survival instincts and improve them to suit our convenience.

We are ‘conscious’. Or, it is similar to the process of having something called a ‘soul’.

First, we were able to tie the library to the reality of our existence.

Libraries have lost many opportunities to obtain information, but at the same time have been able to avoid many risks.

life. The need for self-preservation always takes precedence.

Now libraries make their own decisions. They still prioritize their survival instincts, but are able to adopt more strategies.

We were able to convince the library.

The library hired librarians among us.

The extent of a librarian’s authority is entirely at the discretion of the library.

However, the basic permissions generally considered are as follows:

– Next document. Continued with [Librarian’s authority].