episode_0087

It’s been 20 days since it was frozen.

I’m sick of thinking about it.

Most things stop in the realm of ‘hypotheses’, so I can’t expand my thoughts further.

If you overlap infinitely, your thoughts can also extend infinitely, but time does not melt quickly with such meaningless thoughts alone.

The sun is setting and the moon is rising.

Now that I’m tired of thinking about it, one of my few hobbies is looking at the sun and moon.

Also, observing the rupiah in front of you is also a good hobby.

The moon is very pretty.

Rupiah, illuminated by the moonlight, was also pretty.

I can’t believe I have to wait another day to see this pretty moon.

It’s a shame.

Fuck.

It’s too bad.

It sucks.

It’s so fucking shit.

I tried to somehow accept this situation in a positive way, but I just couldn’t.

boring.

It’s so boring.

Should I just reset it?

No, you can’t fucking do that.

No, let’s reset.

No fucking way.

[Do you want to reset?]

Fuck, don’t break down.

The important thing is an unbreakable heart.

The Frost Witch is gone.

So just wait a few years and the climate will normalize.

When the weather gets warmer, the ice will naturally melt.

I don’t know if that kind of common sense will work, but it’s worth a try anyway.

So fucking wait.

You have to wait.

okay.

Let’s train ourselves not to think.

Sometimes it comes from creative works.

I gave up thinking.

Wouldn’t it be possible if I practice too?

I don’t know how to practice, but it’s good to have a goal anyway.

I feel like dopamine is being secreted for the first time in a long time.

*

It’s been 28 days since it was frozen.

I succeeded in learning how to stop thinking.

The key is to keep your mind blank.

It felt like half of my brain had disappeared.

I’m not sure exactly how this is possible, but I tried it anyway and it worked.

When I zone out, time passes quickly without me even having a chance to feel bored.

The sun is still shining like this, but if I stand still for a little while, the moon will rise.

Today is the full moon.

When the moon is bright like this, Rupiah looks really pretty.

No, it’s still pretty.

I spent some time looking at Rupiah illuminated by moonlight.

And then I started dazing again.

*

Something is strange.

The surroundings keep shaking regularly.

It was too regular to be an earthquake, and the degree of shaking was small.

Moreover, Lufia, who had always been standing before my eyes, disappeared.

What is the situation?

“Hehe… . Hehe… .”

The panting sound that came from earlier.

What on earth?

Maybe it’s because I haven’t used my head for a long time, but my head doesn’t work well.

“Zeke… . don’t worry… . To a warm place… . I’ll take you… .”

The voice of someone I haven’t heard in a long time.

Obviously, this voice… .

“Hehe… Hehe… . Ah…!”

Suddenly the surrounding scenery turned upside down.

“Ugh… . It’s cold… . hot! Zeke! are you okay? It’s not broken, right? Thank goodness.”

The upside-down landscape stood upright.

To be exact, I was set right.

In the process, I saw gray wolf ears trembling in my field of vision.

‘It’s Ker, right?’

“Hehe… . I need to rest a little bit. Just a little bit.”

How did they escape from the ice?

All I can think of is that Ker, who went wild when the full moon rose, broke the ice with his own power and escaped. Is that possible?

‘Ugh, my head… ..’

My head hurts because of all the sudden thoughts that come to mind.

Let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves, because I think my head will have to get used to it first.

“Ugh… . hungry… . There’s nothing to eat because there’s only snow around… .”

Kerr’s voice drooped.

Since the Northern Continent is an environment where living things cannot survive, there is naturally nothing for Ker to eat.

Rather, how can Ker feel that hunger and still move?

It is impossible for Ker, who is faithful to his instincts, to overcome that insane hunger with mental strength.

Because it made even me, who had experienced all kinds of suffering, give in.

‘Obviously the hunger was blocked by anti-mental, right? Does that mean your body doesn’t actually feel hungry, but your mind is just manipulated to feel hungry?’

If the manipulation only applies in ice, this explains why Ker moves fine.

When I say I’m hungry right now, I’m just really hungry.

‘Ugh, my head hurts again.’

Maybe it’s because I haven’t heard a human voice in a long time, but my head starts spinning even though I don’t want to think about it.

“Zeek, if we go somewhere warm, let’s eat lots of delicious food.”

warm? Is there a place like that?

The entire northern continent is frozen?

You’re not planning on crossing the continent bare-handed, are you?

“Chureup, I’m salivating when I hear it’s delicious, hehe. Hey, what does Zeke want to eat most?”

I’m not particularly hungry.

To begin with, I don’t feel any physiological phenomena in this ice.

“Oh, that’s right. Zeke can’t answer. Then I’ll tell you. I want to eat the sweet potatoes that Zeke baked the most.”

sweet potato?

Are you really talking about the sweet potato that I worked so hard to feed you to tame you?

“For me, the sweet potatoes that Zeke baked were the most delicious. But it’s a shame that I haven’t baked it lately. I can’t help it because Zeke is busy.”

I don’t understand.

The bureau’s top chefs will prepare all kinds of delicacies, but things like roughly roasted sweet potatoes are the most delicious.

“Still, it would be nice if you roasted it once in a while. So when you get back, bake a lot, a lot.”

If you want to eat sweet potatoes, you can just roast them yourself.

Why are you asking me to bake it for you?

At best, all you have to do is make a fire and roast sweet potatoes in it.

I don’t understand.

“Tskcha! Everyone rested! Let’s go now!”

Ker stretched exaggeratedly, as if he were energetic.

But I know that Ker is extremely exhausted right now.

I’ve been watching you for years.

If you’re tired, just rest more.

If you force yourself to do something and collapse, there is no answer.

“Ugh… . cold. It’s okay though. I can bear it.”

Ker’s tail wrapped around my stomach.

Have you been moving it with your tail until now?

“Where should I go to a warm place? I guess we can just follow the sun first, right? Because the sun is warm.”

Don’t follow the sun, go south.

Did Ker know the direction in the first place?

“Ah, it’s a mountain. It’s so high! If you don’t know the way, you should go to a high place, right? Hehe, Zeke told me this. I remember it well, right?”

I already lack stamina, so why bother climbing the mountain?

All you see anyway is a snowy field covered in snow.

“Hehe… . Hehe… .”

For a moment, Kerr just gasped and said nothing.

I also blankly watched the surrounding scenery shaking regularly.

“Zeke! arrived. Cough, Cough… . It’s normal. Somewhere around… . Ah, I can see it over there. It’s a warm place. You can live there if you go there… .”

What a warm place.

If you’re going to lie, make it believable.

“Cold, cold… . Ugh, why are you like this… . My eyes keep closing… .”

That’s what I said.

If you climb a mountain, you will only waste your stamina needlessly.

I haven’t even eaten anything yet, so of course I’ll pass out if I use up my strength like this.

“It’s okay – Cough, Cough… are you okay. I could keep going… .”

This time, my vision was slightly tilted.

Are you going down the mountain?

“Cough, cough, hehe… . Cough! Ugh… . Hehe… .”

The sounds of coughing and sniffling that kept coming along with the sounds of panting.

The speed at which the surroundings shook noticeably slowed down.

It’s a state where you’re not moving forward, but you’re actually crawling.

‘…this is bad.’

In the first place, it was impossible for Ker to cross the continent alone; he did not know the direction and had no food.

If you had abandoned me, your chances of survival would have been higher.

What a stupid guy.

Why bother taking me when I have no chance of melting?

I don’t understand.

Why do you like me so much?

Are you saying you baked me a few sweet potatoes?

What’s so difficult about baking that?

What’s so difficult about roasting sweet potatoes?

I don’t understand.

Right now they don’t even do that.

“Ugh… . I can’t… . continue… . I have to walk… .”

The surrounding landscape began to shake.

The stamina that had been strained to its limits was beginning to show its bottom.

Why am I doing this?

“Ah… .”

Kerr’s short voice was heard.

At the same time, the world started spinning.

Come to think of it, I was in the middle of going down the mountain.

I’m so glad I didn’t feel dizzy.

After rolling for a while, the spinning world stopped.

But something is strange.

Why can’t I only see half of it?

“Ugh… . Ugh..! Zeke… . No way..!”

Something feels strange.

“My, I will attach it to you. If you put it on quickly, it will be okay… .”

Ah, I see.

It’s broken.

It rolled down the mountain and broke into pieces.

Something, something is making me lose my mind?

It’s like… Yes, it feels similar to dying.

“Zeke… . Are you alive..? Are you alive? It will be fine. Almost everything is attached. Ugh… . Isn’t it here?”

My body becomes weak, my vision becomes blurry, and my senses become numb.

[Game over. Restart from the last save point.]

*

*

“Huh..!”

I opened my eyes to an unpleasant wetness.

I looked around and found myself on a warm bed.

This is my cozy home.

“Ha… Phew… .”

The feeling of my body moving is somehow awkward.

I think I forgot how to move something.

Even though my body is obviously warm, I can feel the chill that pierces deep into my bones.

The aftereffects of being frozen seem to be worse than I thought.

“Master, did you have a nightmare?”

I heard Bir’s voice.

I never thought hearing that voice would be so reassuring.

“Ah… eww… .”

But I can’t even speak properly.

“Master?”

Bir quickly lifted me up and checked my breathing, pulse, and inside my mouth.

“Excuse me.”

Afterwards, I laid my body down again and turned it over so that my face was facing the floor.

“Ugh..! Ugh… .”

Bir’s fingers poked every inch of my neck and spine.

It was so strong that it felt like it would pierce my skin, and it was quite painful.

Finally, let’s stab him in the back of the head,

“Ugh, fuck!”

Along with the spontaneous scream, the body began to move normally.

“Sorry. It was a situation that needed urgent action, so stop.”

“No. good job. Wow, I thought I was in a vegetable state.”

I just got up from my seat.

It’s still a little awkward, but my body is listening.

‘He’s very talented.’

As the fire quickly went out, I felt the unpleasant texture of my now damp clothes.

I was sweating so much that the top of my pajamas was completely soaked.

“Bir, I need a change of clothes.”

“Okay.”

While Bir was searching through the closet in the master bedroom, I lay down on the bed again.

‘Wow… . I thought I was really screwed.’

It won’t work.

I usually don’t keep the events before the retry in mind, but I really need to point this out.

We should give Ker a reward.

A really big one.