episode_0088

Peaceful days continue today. Today is the one day a week when the counseling center is closed.

This was because Carly strongly insisted that I take a day off because I was overexerting my body and that it was too much.

Of course I refused. The work at the counseling center wasn’t that hard, and although the number of customers was decreasing these days, there were still people who needed my help.

“…No? If I don’t decide on a day off, I won’t move a single step.”

“No….!”

When I said no, Kali bound my entire body with her arms and legs and wouldn’t let me go.

It wasn’t painful, but maybe it was because of the difference in strength between her and me, but I really couldn’t move a single finger.

“Put this away….!”

“Black…ugh.”

And as I continued to struggle, Carly started making strange noises. It felt like Kali’s body was getting hot as it touched me.

“Ha… I understand. I understand…”

After being held tightly and not trying to move even after 10 minutes, I gave up.

Well… that’s how it happened. Since I have a day off once a week, I feel like I can breathe a little easier.

“Hmm… When Carly comes back, maybe we can go out to eat.”

And now it was just me and Calea in our house. Today was my holiday, and it was also the day Carly went to meet her ‘sponsor’ once a week.

Hmm… what should I try? Callie and Calea seem to like fish dishes…

I don’t particularly like fish dishes. Just eat it if you have it.

However, Carly and Calea were really excited about fish. The fish was plump, but within a few minutes, only the bones remained.

They even tried to swallow the bones, so I stopped them in surprise and offered to buy them additional fish, so they only ate the flesh.

I’m not the type of person who hates eating, but I just don’t have an appetite these days.

I don’t know if it was due to my weak body, but I just had to eat to survive.

So, I think it would be better to make a meal for happy girls instead of something I like.

There’s still some time left before Carly comes. I have nothing to do and I feel a little tired, so I should at least close my eyes.

“Kalea. I’m going to take a nap. I’m resting.”

“…….”

Calea seemed to be concentrating on something, not hearing what I was saying. As she was sitting on her bed and looking at the wall, I could only see her back.

I lay down in bed and closed my eyes. In an instant, you start to feel drowsy.

Ah… it looks like you’re really tired. Should I sleep for a little while? a little bit….

***

Flashing.

Suddenly my eyes opened. I didn’t even have an alarm clock, but my mind suddenly became clearer.

What time is it…?

As I crawled out of bed, I headed to the table next to me and looked at the small desk clock.

4:25. It was around 1 o’clock when I fell asleep… so I must have slept for quite a long time.

However, it seems that Kali has not returned yet. I think it was usually around 2 o’clock when I met my sponsor. Did something happen?

Pisik-

“…No. Who would mess with Kali.”

Unless someone wants to commit suicide, no one will touch her.

Her power was already at the level of a superhuman beyond the ordinary, and I knew well the story of the ‘crazy cat beast with anger management disorder’ that spread throughout Espilia.

Well… it looks like there’s something to see. But it will come in a little while, so get ready…

“….Kalea?”

“……..”

But there was something strange. I must have fallen asleep after seeing Calea sitting before I fell asleep.

Calea was sitting in exactly the same position as I was before I fell asleep. I couldn’t even feel the slightest movement.

I don’t know why. However, anxiety was blooming in a corner of my heart.

These days, Calea’s dazed time has increased, but she said she was fine and the doctor said there was nothing wrong.

“………….”

But… why do I feel so anxious?

I got out of bed and started walking to the bed where Calea was sitting. Since the distance is not far, you can face Calea by walking just two steps more.

Now all that’s left is one step. The moment I tried to put my hand on her shoulder –

Flush-!

“…………!”

“………….”

Calea’s head suddenly turned and met my gaze. When I met her gaze, I couldn’t say anything.

Calea had bright red eyes that sparkled as usual and shined like jewels. Calea’s eyes are dyed pitch black, giving the impression of an abyss that has no end.

Empty eyes that seem to make you sink just by looking at them.

…okay. The corpse’s eyes would be most similar to this.

‘Kalea, Kalea…!’

I cried out Calea’s name and tried to get closer to her. However, I just can’t take my feet off. No words come out as if my throat is blocked.

Rattling…

why? I… Why am I shaking like this?

Grumbling..

At that time, water droplets began to flow from Calea’s empty eyes.

Not ordinary tears, but bloody tears made of blood. The red liquid that flows out turns the pure white bed and blanket red, and reaches the floor.

Am I dreaming now? If it were a dream, it would be a truly terrible nightmare.

However, the creepy feeling is vivid. And the whole trembling body reminds me that it is reality.

“……Mr.”

Pukkuk-pukkuk.

“……!”

Calea barely opened her mouth and began to spit out something that was not completed in words.

I could only look at that figure, my whole body covered in cold sweat, as if I had forgotten to even breathe.

“…..S… Mr.”

“Heo-eok…Heo-eok…!”

Calea. What the hell happened? Your condition… why is it like that?

It’s been fine so far… why is this happening all of a sudden-

“Mr. Venice.”

“…………!”

Calea’s empty eyes meet mine directly. Bloody tears overflow as if they were forming a river.

It was as if time had stopped. Only extreme silence and stillness reigns in our home.

Calea’s empty expression begins to distort. Some life begins to return to her eyes.

“Mr. Venice… run… run.”

“…..What?”

“Please… run-”

Boom rrr!

Even before Calea finished speaking. Calea’s body begins to change.

Disgusting skin, like a tumor, begins to grow from Calea’s skin, and in an instant, its body begins to swell.

Crunch-duk-duk-duk!

The body becomes huge. As soon as Calea, or rather what was Calea, reached the roof of the house, which cannot be broken even by people over 2 meters tall, an ominous sound begins to echo.

Gurrrm…!

Eventually, our house, unable to withstand the weight of the monster, began to collapse. The growing flesh creates a hole in the roof, and the walls and floor are shattered.

“Uh…ah…ah…”

Male and female. A haunting voice resounds, as if it were a combination of the voices of a child and an old man.

Huge arms, legs, and a body made of flesh that could hardly be considered a living organism.

At the very top, only the face of Calea, crying and suffering, vaguely remains.

Could it be that I am dreaming? No, please tell me it was a dream.

This disgusting and terrible situation, please, who can say it’s a dream?

Aaaah-!

“…Kahahah-!”

Kwajangchang-!

However, my earnest wish was dashed by the monster’s fleshy hand.

An overwhelming physical force attacks me. At the same time as my body felt paralyzed, I was thrown straight through the wall of the wooden house and into the square.

“Ahh…Ahh…”

There was no pain, but I felt like I couldn’t move my body.

Kugwagwang…!

Argh…!

-What is that… What is that!

-A monster…a monster!!

-Fuck… help me…!

-Quaaaagh!

The residents, who had been staring blankly at me as I flew in after destroying my house, rolled several times and stopped on the ground, started screaming and running away as soon as they saw the screaming lump of flesh destroying my house.

There was no one who dared to fight.

Due to the nature of the beast people’s race, many of them have a warlike personality that is thirsty for battle, but they also just want a battle at a level where a fight can be established.

Because the purpose was not to attempt suicide. The once peaceful lower level of Espilia quickly became a mess.

“Ha….Haa….Ha…”

I try to keep my eyes from closing. But the body doesn’t move at all. It feels like I have broken bones all over my body.

While barely able to breathe, I look at Calea who is running wild and running wild.

‘Maybe I can calm it down.’

I’m sure it was last time too… A wolf beast that was transformed into a beast in the square. I put it back to its original state.

If so, wouldn’t it be possible to turn back Calea, who has changed like that?

please please…!

The changes in Calea were clearly different from those in Beast Painting, but to current Venice, such things were not important.

[%!@#^!@#$^&!!@]

The monster that Calea has turned into is full of complex emotions that make my head throbbing.

As if all the emotions and memories were running wild.

‘Emotions… collection…!’

Tiring-

Kwajangchang.

[Cannot absorb memories and emotions.]

“……Ah.”

Contrary to my earnest wishes, reality was cold.

The status window that was blinking in red shattered and disappeared, and now all I could see in front of me was the crying figure of Calea.

‘….Kalea.’

Sorry. Because I couldn’t help you. Because I couldn’t save you…

A lump of flesh that started going crazy. Meanwhile, Venice, who was looking pitifully at Calea’s face as she shed tears as if she was in pain, soon lost consciousness.

***

Jeopuk-jeopuk.

Uuuu!

“Haha… What is it? It’s ripened a lot better than I thought, right?”

In a situation where everyone is screaming and confused. On the contrary, there was someone who approached the flesh monster.

“As expected… thanks to that person… hm?”

At the feet of the man who was laughing ecstatically, there was a black-haired man whose entire body was twisted and who had lost consciousness.

“….Ha. Look at this.”

The man, who looked at the black-haired man who had fainted for a moment, called out to the knights who were walking with empty eyes.

“Hey, take care of that guy too.”

“……..”

“And you too, come back to me.”

Jump-Jump-Sleuk-

The sound of angled footsteps continued, and only silence remained in the lower Espilia square.

The strangeness of a monster. I couldn’t even hear the screams of the residents. The devastation they created was clearly engraved in the square.

dump.

And not long after. In the quiet square, amidst the murmurs and screams.

The sound of someone falling down was heard.

A beautiful rose flower falls on the dirty floor with a crunching sound.