episode_0172

Sagagakㅡ.

The sound of insect footsteps.

The sound of insects flowing by.

It’s quite familiar now, but it’s still scary… a sound driven by deep resentment.

ㅡㅡㅡ♪ ㅡㅡ♬

Soon, the mournful sound of a flute is waved like a baton.

It soon leads the chaotically mixed noises into one performance.

What you hear is a concert of insects.

The whispers of those who regret that the stage has already come to an end.

‘ah. After all, it’s hard to play if you break your neck.’

Cough!

Eunha, who vomited blood mixed with air, continued her difficult performance.

The blood dripping from her head makes her cafe uniform bloody.

It’s hard to breathe.

Every time I breathe into a flute made of bone, I feel an exhilarating nerve pain as if I have a fish bone stuck in my throat.

Along with nausea, the blood flowing into the lungs causes coughing.

Numbness in the lower part of the body, neuralgia running down the spine, the back of the head recovering from being crushed like a clay doll dropped on the floor…

I think I can play the instrument well in this condition.

Cough!

Wouldn’t this be an effort that would make you vomit blood?

Eunha burst out laughing helplessly at the silly pun.

… … .

(Mr. Banharin, please take me to the apartment. As soon as possible.)

Earlier,

A semi-basement house visited with Ban Harin to catch a debt collector who is absent without notice.

There, what Eunha encountered was a messy house and a blood-stained mattress as if there had been a thief, and Ban Harin, who is observant, informed Eunha that Kang Na-ri had been kidnapped by someone early this morning.

Haekoji towards a precious acquaintance.

It was one of the best ways to make Eunha’s hesitation disappear, and soon she returned to the ‘Saetbyeol Apartment’ with Ban Harin, who was about to ask the association for help, in the driver’s seat.

(For Eunha’s mental stability, she returned to the apartment, but I recommend staying with Eunbangul at the cafe.)

(Thanks for the ride.)

(I will take responsibility and come back after rescuing Nari Kang, so please wait a moment. Just in case, I will call ‘Mouse’ in the cafe.)

Eunha broke up with Ban Harin.

She dragged her wheelchair into [Room 904] and gathered the necessary items.

Since there will be Kang Na-ri where you are heading, you cannot take out the [Black Book] and self-destruct like usual.

So, as the next best thing, she put the flute on the bed into her cleavage, took the ‘blood potion’ that Nari Kang had made, and headed to the parking lot of the apartment complex.

‘As for the jigsaw… let’s just leave it alone. I feel like I’m going to hurt Na-ri Kang for no reason.’

There is no different reason to put your belongings in a safe place.

It seems that the ‘means of transportation’ she will use only moves her body.

I couldn’t put it in the carrier like usual.

(Miss. Where are you going in such a hurry?)

(To save people.)

The worry was short-lived.

After a brief conversation with the security guard, Eunha took a seat in the middle of the parking lot and looked up at Saetbyeol Apartment.

Legs shaking with all kinds of emotions mixed together.

I pat my thigh with my cold hand, telling myself to come to my senses.

『… … .』

『… … .』

『… … .』

[Silhouettes] look down at her as she stops in the parking lot through her apartment window again today.

Unwilling to lose, Eunha widened her eyes and waited for ‘those’ to take action.

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​4. Please be considerate of your neighbors’ privacy.

– Have you ever heard the saying that the eyes are the window to the heart?

– Everyone has privacy. Therefore, please refrain from looking into other people’s windows as much as possible.

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The apartment was dark in the morning.

Just like the apartment hallway where the lights weren’t on.

As if something invisible had created a dark shadow surrounding ‘Saetbyeol Apartment’.

The darkness over the parking lot becomes a deep swamp, sinking the galaxy’s spirit.

Grumble. Grumble. Grumble.

Soon, there was the sound of the window opening and cold air brushed Eunha’s cheek.

The light leaking out, the creepy color of blood.

Something invisible pulls the spirit of the galaxy that was sinking into the swamp.

The wrist is broken by the grip, and it floats gently into the sky.

『It’s frustrating to just stay at home.』

“Let’s hang out.”

“Where?”

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Someone among the silhouettes said:

A voice that sounds like several people speaking at the same time.

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I couldn’t resist.

Just as life cannot go against natural phenomena.

Like an apple falling from a tree and landing on the dirty dirt floor.

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Her wrist is bent by something unseen, and she climbs up to look through the wide open window.

‘I didn’t expect to be tested so quickly… but what do you think? ‘I won’t die.’

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Eunha, imagining the pain ahead, bit her lip with a smile when asked ‘that’.

… … .

A strange thing you can see when you look up at the apartment.

I don’t know the principle, but they are the ones who make people who look up at the apartment fall to ‘the place they want.’

If you just say the word, it will take you there… At first glance, it seems like a very helpful thing.

That’s because teleportation is everyone’s dream.

If there is a slight side effect, it is that it feels like falling from the roof of an apartment building.

It would be a very useful means of transportation for people who are confident that they can survive even if their neck and back of the head are pierced.

“… … Where Nari Kang is.”

So, the galaxy is,

When asked by Silhouette where he wanted to go… he said where he wanted to go.

We need to find Nari Kang.

Even now, I don’t know what the monsters are doing to me.

Since it is unknown where they were taken, the quickest way is to use strange things like this.

Goi resolves his grudge, and Eun-ha is able to go help Kang Na-ri.

How to make everyone happy.

So, just a little… it only hurts for a little while.

“good.”

In response to Eunha’s response that she wanted to go to where Kang Na-ri is, [Silhouette] said.

There are no questions.

What is Kang Nari, and which Kang Nari do you want to go to?

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​4. Please be considerate of your neighbors’ privacy.

– Have you ever heard the saying that the eyes are the window to the heart?

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The eyes are the window to the heart.

The apartment window is already wide open, facing the galaxy.

Future conversations do not need to be verbal.

Is this a place you really want to go?

That’s the only thing that matters.

Wow!!!

Just like that, Eunha crashed into the abandoned building in the mountains where Kang Na-ri was being held.

… … .

“What suddenly happened… a corpse?! The body fell, brother!”

“Where did it fall!”

The scenery seen with unfocused eyes.

Lush trees visible beyond the dirty buildings and gaping window frames.

Gangsters shouting and carrying weapons.

“… … Mr. Eunha…!”

And Kang Nari, with her arms and legs tied to a chair, smiles happily.

Fortunately, my limbs are in good condition.

It’s not too late.

The pain was worth it.

Eunha was happy.

… … .

Sagagak…

Nothing much happened after that.

It’s not the middle of the city, and there don’t seem to be any innocent people.

Without hesitation, he took the flute out of his chest and started playing.

Then, just as they did in [Cheorwon Crack Market], small, pitch-black creatures crawl out from the cracks of the abandoned building and begin a strange concert.

“Mㅁ, what happened all of a sudden! bug? Where did this happen…”

“Aaaagh!!! It’s flying!”

The screams of the monsters and the sound of numerous wings flapping,

The sound of eating flesh and crawling under the skin,

All kinds of sounds harmonize and pollute the eardrums.

Eunha closed her eyes and concentrated on playing.

I don’t wonder how they struggle and how they meet the end.

As long as Kang Na-ri is safe and the performance continues, that is enough.

Phew!

“This bitch is a bug! Hold on!”

Still, they were enough to kidnap people, so one gangster quickly grasped the situation and rushed towards Eunha.

Immediately afterwards, he snatched the flute with violent force and plunged the sharp dagger into her soft thigh.

The man who was closest to Kang Na-ri… appeared to be the captain.

You stabbed me not in the stomach or chest, but in the thigh.

Did he think that if his life was taken away, the bugs would lose control and run wild?

They seem to be under the illusion that Eunha is controlling those ‘people’.

Phew! Phew!

But unfortunately, Eunha lost all feeling in her lower body due to her deal with the veranda monster.

Because you won’t die even if you fall headfirst from the roof of an apartment building,

Because only a conductor can stop a performance that has already started.

“Tsk…! What is this woman! Are you even alive?! The back of my head…!”

“Brother! These bugs! The attack doesn’t work!”

“What is going on? Really… Everyone run away!”

I felt very sorry for them running away like scared insects.

… … .

… … .

Sagagak…

Eunha returned the flute and continued playing.

This was an abandoned building located deep in the mountains, and traces of people staying and leaving, such as tables and bookshelves, were visible, as if it had been built for the purpose of a villa.

Sagagakㅡ.

But what fills the abandoned building now is the sound of insects crawling on the floor.

A long millipede appears between pieces of furniture that have been chewed up and have holes in them.

“Uh… Uhm…”

The sound of insects crawling on the floor.

In this place where people are disappearing, only insects remain.

Eunha looked at Kang Na-ri tied to a chair while playing the flute.

“… … .”

Her hands and feet are bound, and all she can do is speak or turn her head.

Nari Kang, with her sapphire-blue hair tangled, only pursed her lips at the disaster unfolding before her eyes.

What are you thinking?

Are you feeling fear as you see the bloodied woman suddenly appear?

Or are they just trembling at the bugs that eat people?

Or… is he afraid of Eunha, who has summoned bugs that eat people?

You never know.

“… … .”

but,

Kang Na-ri’s eyes looking at the bloody Eunha,

It has an ecstatic color like a girl with a sweet birthday cake in front of her,

Eunha thought, ‘It’ll work out somehow’… so she sat down on the chair across from Kang Na-ri and raised the corner of her mouth.

ㅡㅡㅡ♪

ㅡㅡㅡㅡ♬ ㅡㅡㅡ♩ ㅡ♪

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The performance continues.

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As time passed, winter came,

Even if everyone lies down and is buried in the cold snowflakes.

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ㅡㅡㅡ♩ ㅡ♪

ㅡㅡㅡㅡ♬

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She was sad.

People crawling on the floor.

Insects crawling on the floor.

What you hear is the sound of countless lives crawling.

But as the performance continued, the terrible screams disappeared one by one… In the end, only the footsteps of tiny insects took their place.

She was sad.

One by one they disappear.

A person who listens to the performance.

A bug that will remember our performance.

The wind that was woven into a rope, hoping to last forever, falls unsightly.

The wind, which becomes as heavy as the weight of deep-rooted resentment, creates stains on the floor.

That’s why I hoped.

May our performance continue forever.

Without disappearing in the continuous rhythm,

‘Something’ that will create a friendly harmony.

ㅡㅡㅡ♩ ㅡ♪

ㅡㅡㅡㅡ♬

The thing that makes your fingers tingle like you have a cramp is the gripping method that [Bug Princess] taught you earlier.

One day, one week, one month, one year…

The melody that was echoing in the castle of a naughty princess flows like a haze.

Sagagakㅡ.

Eunha smiled seductively as she listened to the sound of insect footsteps scratching her eardrums.

Kang Na-ri, looking at her smile, takes a breath like a frightened mammal.

Fighting.

Jet-black insects gnawed at the rope tied to my wrist.

As soon as the thick rope is released, Kang Na-ri, who uses ‘Skill’, grabs the handle of the chair and uses [Ingredient Replacement].

Ugh…

Blue mana floating in the palm of your hand.

Hold the handle of the chair with your left hand and ‘exchange’ the air and ingredients touched by your right hand.

At that moment, a part of the iron chair disappeared, and she immediately freed herself from her bonds and stood up, shaking.

You just need to have your hands free.

Kang Na-ri looked around with complicated eyes at the ‘black bugs’ moving around.

“… … These bugs, right? It’s a new type of monster that appeared in [Cheorwon Gyeokjang].”

“Probably right.”

“Are you being manipulated by Eunha?”

“It’s an artifact.”

Eunha gave a prepared answer to Kang Na-ri’s question.

She closed her eyes and stopped playing mournfully, as if she had had enough.

The performance that seemed like it would go on forever stops.

The noisy sound of insects’ footsteps slowly begins to die down.

“… … Thank you.”

And, Kang Nari.

The youngest daughter of the [Blue Dragon Family] who was foolishly kidnapped and made others worry,

He smiled happily at the woman sitting in the chair across from him.

… … .

… … .

ㅡㅡㅡ♩ ㅡ♪

ㅡㅡㅡㅡ♬​

It was my first time hearing it, but it was beautiful music.

Kang Nari looked at the woman in front of her.

A weak person who cannot even open a can of beer by himself without ‘body strengthening’.

Nevertheless, the benefactor ran to save him even while covered in blood.

There is a lot to say.

There are many questions.

“This time too… I got help.”

But what does it matter?

My life was saved.

Right now, the only thing that mattered to Kang Na-ri was that Eunha saved her.

What is the ‘artifact’ that causes the scary bugs, and how was it possible to get here by myself… nothing is important.

(Rather money than fame, and people rather than money.)

(You can definitely do it.)

A word a bodyguard left me one day.

It is engraved like a tattoo on Kang Na-ri’s heart and sends out warm emotions.

… … .

“… … Nari Kang, your hair is really pretty.”

Then, Eunha asked.

A sudden compliment.

Kang Nari unconsciously flinched from the chills contained in Eunha’s words.

For some reason, she closed her eyes and twisted her lips seductively.

The large breasts and obscene body that push up the cafe uniform with all their might attract attention.

“… … .”

Bloody woman.

The scent of blood tickles your nose.

Blood flowing down the smooth neckline.

Excited. Excited.

That’s why, Kang Nari.

Looking at Eunha’s face covered in her own blood, she was sitting across from him.

“… … Eunha… is so sexy…”

It was a shy compliment that came from the heart.