episode_0076

Yuseo was smiling faintly. She looked somewhat relaxed, and seeing her made me feel miserable.

Somehow, my mood starts to sink.

‘Fuck, seriously.’

Maybe deep down I was imagining that I would get rid of it before Yusera came. That’s why I feel so bad.

Seriously, I was pathetic.

I was sitting still with my head down, then I looked straight ahead.

Yusera is confronting Charlotte.

“What’s that ability?”

“I found it in the box you put it in.”

“No, that doesn’t make sense. How could you pick that out of all of them?”

“Why? Am I too lucky?”

Yuseo was laughing heartily, lighting a firework in her hand. It was as if she was looking down on Charlotte, who I had been struggling with, and on top of that, it seemed like she could actually win.

“Yeah. You’re so lucky. There are other bad things too.”

Charlotte frowned slightly and slowly turned to me, as if to tell me that I was lucky too.

I didn’t feel so good because that was true.

“Haa, how do I deal with this.”

Now Charlotte has no chance of winning.

Of course, what is considered her main weapon seems to be effective against Yusera, but at least while she is using it, I have to be careful because I can attack from somewhere. So this situation is unfavorable for her right now.

“Then give up now. No, even if you don’t give up, we can run away. It’s over now.”

“That’s true too. It really annoys me.”

The guy looked at me and said.

“What, do you have something to say? Keep looking at me.”

When I asked her, Charlotte shook her head and answered. She just looked at me as if she wanted to kill me somehow.

“Yeah yeah, now you guys go. You must have eaten the hidden piece too, so it’s over now, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Then go away. I won’t see you again.”

Charlotte kept waving her hand, telling me to go away. I replied that I would understand even if it was a will, but I couldn’t do that.

I am still a very lacking person.

There is only one thing that can fill in my shortcomings.

‘Information.’

I need information.

So, there was a need to obtain information about that being who never appeared in the original work.

“Hey, answer this before that. Who are you?”

“What?”

“Who are you? What kind of person are you? And what powers do you use?”

“……Do you think I can answer that?”

I answered with a slight smile.

“It’s highly unlikely, but I should try anyway.”

I picked up a gun.

Of course, I don’t know if my attacks will work on him properly, but I’ll do what I can.

“Say it.”

“Ha, why me?”

“If you don’t say anything, you’ll get kicked out of here.”

I said that with all my heart, thinking that since everything had already ended and since he wasn’t a character that appeared in the original work, it wouldn’t matter if he died.

Charlotte didn’t show any expression on her face at my words, but just shrugged her shoulders.

It seemed as if he was going to kill me if he could.

“Answer me. What kind of guy are you?”

“The owner of this place.”

“Not that.”

“Haa. You think I’ll answer? Really?”

I had doubts about the guy’s confidence.

I don’t know what it is, but there seems to be something more to the guy. Something that will at least keep him from dying here.

Because of that, I couldn’t help but hesitate for a moment and just stare at the guy.

“Okay. Then I’ll just babble about what I guessed. You react to it.”

I don’t have much information, but I have it. I don’t know if it’s efficient, but at least I’ll find out what I can.

With that in mind, I took a deep breath and opened my mouth.

“First of all, your ability is probably mental, or at least related to memory.”

It was a fact that could be known immediately just by recalling what the guy had said before.

It was said that in the past, he had attacked people using trauma, and he realized that she was a regressor after reading Yusera’s memories.

This is something you can figure out quickly.

“And that ability doesn’t work on me at all, and it doesn’t work on Yoo Seo-ra either.”

It was a fact that the guy himself had said with his own mouth during the battle.

It was a remark that seemed to show that he understood that Yusera was somewhat unable to understand.

From now on, it was the most important.

What kind of being is this Charlotte?

First, she wanted to save the regressor, Yusera. Of course, she could have just wanted to avoid seeing anyone die, but it felt like something was missing.

Even if it was a regressor’s will, it would be dangerous for Charlotte, so why would she just leave it alive? It was clear that there was something there.

‘Then it’s simple.’

There was a reason why she had to keep Yusera alive. It was the simplest way to think about it.

So then what is the reason?

If we think about it roughly, we can think that she probably wants something.

‘Then what do you want from the regressor?’

There was one thing that came to mind most simply.

‘Stop the destruction of the world.’

Even if you only look at the original, the world is in such great danger that it could be destroyed in the latter half. And the only person who can stop it is the regressor who knows the future.

So it might be better to think that we should leave it alone to protect the world.

‘Of course there are other reasons.’

Of course, it had something to do with drinking.

Based on what we have seen so far, we can assume that the regressor appears as per the will of the demon. If that is the case, then Charlotte is also a demon cultist, so she is leaving the regressor, Yusera, alone.

‘There are so many possibilities.’

What is the correct answer?

No, I wonder if there is a correct answer among the things I thought about before. With that question in mind, I decided to speak as much as I could.

“Then here’s the question. What’s your relationship with Masin?”

When she heard me say that it was a will, she seemed a little surprised and asked why it was coming up here. After all, anyone who saw the current situation would think that it had nothing to do with Mashin. However, she quickly calmed down and watched Charlotte’s reaction along with me.

Charlotte just stares at me expressionlessly. As expected, she doesn’t seem to have any intention of answering.

“Answer.”

“So why am I doing that?”

“Then answer this. Do you know about Masin?”

When I asked, Charlotte chuckled.

It felt as if he was looking at me with pity, and I couldn’t help but frown slightly.

After a moment, the guy opened his mouth.

“Well, I guess I have a rough idea.”

“Okay.”

Actually, I was somewhat expecting an answer of not knowing. That was because I wanted it to be unrelated at least in this case. However, looking at the situation, I could guess that it was related to Masin this time too.

“Then do you know the purpose of drinking?”

“Purpose?”

“Yeah, you know?”

A fact that even the will doesn’t know.

At my words, Yusera frowned slightly as if she didn’t know what I meant. Of course, my question would have felt a bit out of the blue to anyone who heard it.

Especially since it is a will whose purpose is known.

That’s because their goal is very simple, so you might wonder why it matters.

I wait quietly for an answer.

As time passed, many thoughts came and went, and the more I thought about it, the more I became worried. I still can’t express in words the worries I have about this existence, and because of that, my head hurts so much.

“Hmm, I don’t know.”

I thought I knew what he meant.

The guy knows what Mashin’s real purpose is, so he’s just trying to avoid answering as much as possible.

The more I felt it intuitively, the more I felt incomprehensible.

‘Then what are you really?’

The riddles kept growing, and I hesitated for a moment before opening my mouth.

“Hey, can you go out and come back here?”

There was nothing I could learn from here. But at least I could find out something new about the existence of such a being, so that alone was a gain.

That’s just the existence related to drinking.

‘I have to find out more secrets about Masin anyway.’

I think optimistically that I will eventually get to know him. Of course, the best thing would be to find out about him properly here, but what can I do when he doesn’t respond or answer?

I just watch.

I just wait for the guy’s answer for a moment.

“Why? Do you want to come back?”

“Of course. I haven’t even figured out your secret yet.”

“You’re a funny guy. If I were to answer, it’s impossible. You can never come here again.”

I ended up frowning.

In the end, it was extremely unpleasant to have to leave here without knowing anything. Because of that, I couldn’t say anything.

‘This sucks, damn it.’

All he does is mutter curses and curses to himself.

“Then let’s go now.”

Yusera, who had been watching quietly from the side, spoke. She reacted as if she had known that Charlotte would not respond properly.

Well, I felt it a little bit too.

Yuseo held out his hand and urged me to hurry. I took a moment to collect my thoughts and then opened my mouth.

“Oh, wait a minute. I have something to do.”

I asked one last question before pulling the trigger.

“What if I try to kill you?”

“You’re going to kill me with that gun right now.”

“Answer or something.”

Charlotte looked at me with a dumbfounded expression, then snickered and said,

“I don’t die. And nothing happens.”

bang!

As soon as he finished saying that, I pulled the trigger.

But something might happen for no reason, so I deliberately aimed the bullet to the side.

Charlotte looked at me for a moment, as if she was surprised. She probably didn’t think I would actually shoot her. I opened my mouth and snickered.

“Chewy.”

I did what I could roughly do.

All I could find out was that there was a suspicious person named Charlotte.

I held Yusera’s hand. It was similar to when I first came here, so it felt familiar.

I looked at Yusera’s expression for a moment. It was still expressionless, but there was still a certain satisfaction in her face.

“Why?”

“Nothing.”

I looked at Yusera with the thought that there might be something, but at least there was nothing that I could tell.

“Then how do I get out?”

“Oh, right. I didn’t explain it to you, did I? I’ll give you a quick rundown.”

When I heard about it, it seemed like it was something like breaking a crystal ball with mana.

“Then you do it.”

“Okay.”

I slowly felt the mana coming from Yusera. I took in the feeling for a moment and spoke to Charlotte.

“Then, let’s meet again.”

Phishing!

Wooow!

*

“Ugh, shit.”

I didn’t want to get up right away because I felt dirty somewhere. But since the floor was cold here, I ended up getting up reflexively.

When I opened my eyes, I could see that I was back in the abandoned school building from before.

It certainly seemed like she had gotten out of there. When I looked to the side, there was Yusera lying there, just like me. She was also groaning as if she had a bad headache.

“Hey, are you okay?”

I reached out to Yoo Seora without a care. Then Yoo Seora frowned slightly, reached out, grabbed my hand, and got up.

“Is your head okay?”

“Yes, it doesn’t hurt that badly. Are you okay?”

“Yeah, not bad.”

We chatted monotonously and walked back to the car. Yu Seo-ra sat in the driver’s seat first, and I sat in the passenger seat with her.

“Ugh, let’s go back quickly.”

I have a lot to think about, so I’ll go back and organize it a bit. I might figure out some things I didn’t know a moment ago when I calm down.

Yuseo nodded his head in agreement with what I said and immediately started the engine.

The car started to move with a roar, and soon enough, time passed and Yuseo started driving.

I just watch it quietly.