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Although the speed was slow, the kid’s stitched eyes were clearly staring at where I was standing, so I could tell that he was aiming for me.

The sight of him sweeping the floor with his deformed arms was so shocking that I froze for a moment, but the kid wasn’t moving very fast, so it seemed like he could easily run away.

I didn’t know what the kid was going to do, so I kept my gaze as focused as possible, and slowly backed away, remembering Katin’s rules.

Don’t make any noise, don’t bump into Katin, don’t bring outside food… The most important thing to watch out for is sound.

When I saw the kid, I almost screamed, but I endured it… so there won’t be any more shock anymore.

I moved very slowly to make no sound, but even so, the kid was slower than me and soon became invisible.

Seueuugh . . . chin . Seueuugh . . . chin .

Although the distance from the kid was quite far, the disgusting sound of flesh rubbing against the floor was clearly audible if you listened closely.

It was a very annoying sound, but there was also the convenience of knowing the kid’s location. So much so that you can read a book while identifying the location based on the sound…

If I just run away, I might get caught someday, so I should read as much as I can. Because I haven’t even read the entire book I’m holding right now…

The kid took advantage of the opportunity to move away and opened the next page of the sound of footsteps coming from beyond the darkness. There won’t be another monster after the kid…

Ever since I entered this nightmare, the thing I feared the most was the one hiding in the dark and following me.

No matter how much I ran or how far I ran, the gaze from somewhere always followed me persistently.

Even at the moment I was sleeping, at the moment I was eating the food I had worked so hard to obtain, even at the moment I was shedding tears from pain and suffering, I could always feel the gaze.

But – as time passed, I felt like I was going crazy from excessive loneliness, so I decided to think differently.

The gaze that continues to look at me could possibly be my only companion.

…I don’t know who the narrator of this book is, but I already have a feeling that it won’t end well. I think he’ll die miserably at the end… I’m worried that the narrator will jump out.

Seueuugh . . . chin . Seueuugh . . . chin .

While I was concentrating on the book, the little boy’s voice got closer. I decided to move from the bookshelf I was hiding in to another bookshelf, and started walking.

And – I was able to witness something shocking.

After discovering the kid’s upper body, I couldn’t hear any footsteps, and now I know why.

Flesh was forming from the remaining lower body standing next to the counter.

The flesh that was growing faster than expected soon turned into the kid’s upper body and fell off without making a sound.

The fallen upper body crawled beyond the darkness of the library and became invisible, but it was clear that it was looking for me.

If it continues like this over time, will the library be filled with kids…? It’s already a difficult situation, but the bad conditions are only increasing…

Realizing that I was running out of time, I moved around and read the book. I need to get some information quickly and leave the library…

After that, I decided to give my eyes a name.

I don’t know why, but I decided to name her ‘Catherine’ because I felt like she was the same woman.

Catherine never left my side and became my companion when I was lonely or sad.

Catherine was so kind that she listened silently no matter what I complained about, and I felt like a fool in the past for being afraid of her when I first got caught up in this nightmare.

I would have had a much better life if I had accepted Catherine from the beginning.

I could feel the speaker going more and more crazy, but now my situation was going crazy too. The child’s sounds gradually increased in number and began to come from all directions.

I couldn’t tell if it was because I was impatient or curious about the story behind it, but my reading speed was getting faster.

At some point, I could hear Catherine’s voice.

Catherine had a sweet and gentle voice, just as I had imagined, so I was able to continue the conversation with her comfortably.

Catherine gave me endless knowledge. How to avoid dangerous beings, how to find food efficiently, and how to find a safe place to sleep.

Catherine’s knowledge was of great help to me, and I was able to lead a daily life in this nightmare that was too difficult to live from day to day.

Now that I have more time to spare in life, the hobby I turn to is reading, which was recommended to me by Catherine.

At first, my eyes were tired from the endless type, but after reading ‘The Magic of the Moon’ recommended by Catherine, I became completely immersed in reading.

There was plenty of food in the hideout, so from that day on, my entire daily routine became searching for books.

The books in Nightmare are very diverse in genre and content, and each time I read one, it gave me strength and sustenance.

While I was reading books endlessly, I noticed a change in my body.

I no longer felt hungry.

Another monster saw me and ran away.

Even when I looked at the moon, it didn’t matter.

When I felt numb to the deaths of others and completely out of touch with others, my angel Catherine gave me a suggestion.

He came to the library where Catherine was the owner and asked him to become a librarian.

There was not a single reason to refuse such an attractive offer, so I accepted it and moved to the library to hide out.

When I first came to the library, I felt very angry because the robbers were occupying it without Catherine’s permission.

After organizing the library neatly, Catherine gave me one more suggestion.

I propose that it is time for us to become one.

Before I knew it, my surroundings were filled with kids.

They took refuge on a chair at the counter, but the kids were getting bigger and bigger as they intertwined each other’s flesh, so it seemed like it was only a matter of time before they were caught.

Even in this crisis situation, I couldn’t put the book away.

Ah, Catherine… my angel, my light.

You were always by my side. It soothed my loneliness.

I love you… I love you, Catherine… I have no complaints if I can be a part of you.

Now, call my name… Catherine. Come on, call my name… call me in that lovely voice.

From beyond the darkness of the library, footsteps were heard.

The sound of footsteps got closer and closer – soon they reached right in front of me.

Kind black eyes hidden in the darkness were looking at me. Her lifeless gray lips – softly called my name.

” Katin ”

As I read the last verse of the book, the name naturally came out of my mouth.

The hand of the little boy who had climbed up to the chair was grabbing my body and pulling me, and I was experiencing the pain of having my flesh torn off, but the scenery unfolding before my eyes made me not care about such minor pain.

Among the numerous books in the library, books without covers were gathered together to create a human shape.

The little boy’s upper body, which had grown to an uncountable number, was caught up in the storm of books and was being turned into material.

Only after devouring all the children except those surrounding me did the book form a complete human form.

Lifeless black pupils, gray lips.

She seemed to have picked only the best aspects of women… and resembled her senior.

Senior… no, I could feel the maddening fear in Katin’s indifferent eyes.

No, it was a feeling that went beyond fear… It was comparable to the sincerity of Sohye, whom I once saw… I thought, ‘I am in awe.’

The little ones who were squeezing the flesh on her legs got away from me and started crawling towards her.

Flesh was gushing out like crazy from the lower part of her body that wasn’t caught up in the storm of books, and before she knew it, her entire body was covered by the kid.

Jejeok ㅡ. . . Damn it. . .

With the unpleasant sound of flesh being torn, the child’s stitched mouth began to open.

The stitches were forcibly torn off, and blood came out along with the flesh, but the kid opened his mouth as if nothing had happened – and started biting her.

When the kid’s upper body, which was tightly wrapped around her, was bitten, black blood flowed out through the cracks along with a terrible sound.

Tears of sadness flowed as I watched this awesome and beautiful woman disappear.

While I was shedding tears non-stop, I discovered something strange.

The kids who were biting her like crazy had suddenly stopped moving and were shaking.

After a while, a beautiful hand stretched out from the gap in the flesh.

As a white hand touched the air, countless books without covers started pouring out from somewhere in the library.

The books flying in with open white pages were like seeing living creatures.

The books immediately flew at the kid and covered his misshapen body.

The child’s body covered by the book began to contract like crazy, as if he was being sucked into the book.

In an instant, the kid’s entire upper body was swallowed up by the book, and Keitin, who was revealed to be clean and unscathed, raised his hand again and pointed to the kid’s lower body.

The lower body, which was regenerating flesh, somehow noticed that the book was flying, and started to run away with its feet, but the book had already covered the lower body.

Soon, the lower half of his body was also sucked into the book, and only one book remained where the child had been.

‘Please find my doll’

After cleaning up the little boy, Katin floated slightly in the air and approached me.

She quickly came to the front, slowly looked at my body, and furrowed her eyebrows as if she was displeased.

…Did he see the wounds inflicted by the little boy?

Now my whole body was covered in wounds, and the clothes I was wearing were torn to shreds.

The condition of his legs, which had been attacked so persistently, was particularly serious, and his red skin was clearly visible.

She looked at the wound closely and started waving her hands in the air again.

No, rather than stirring… The movement, as if drawing a picture, was somewhat geometric and reminiscent of performance art.

When she completely drew the picture in the air – surprisingly, the wound began to regenerate.

As if time had been turned back, it instantly began to return to its original form and soon returned to its unscathed state.

When I could only marvel at the ability beyond recognition, Katin gently cupped my face.

Sihyeon, it’s time to take the test.

“…Senior?”

That voice was clearly that of a senior.

It’s a simple test, but I don’t plan on letting you go if you don’t pass, so take it seriously.

Katin… No, the senior smiled.