episode_0188

“Hehe. Just like last time, I guess you’ve developed an interest in security work.”

“I usually like taking walks at night. It’s because there is a curfew due to the apartment rules.”

7:30 PM.

The time when the summer sky turns red like a maple leaf.

Eunha enters the security room carrying a suitcase containing [The Black Book] and answers the security guard’s question with a smile.

The security room of Saetbyeol Apartment, where she would visit whenever she had time and wander around as if it were her own home.

As if this is the only safe zone in the apartment, five lights installed on the ceiling banish dark shadows.

Eunha’s eyes narrow in the strangely bright light.

“Can I join you as security guard tonight?”

“If I say no, will you go home?”

“Today.”

“Hehehe… Do whatever you feel comfortable with.”

An elderly man sitting at his desk making a clay doll bursts out into a kind laugh.

Wrinkled hands. Skin as dry as an old tree.

A voice that puts your mind at ease.

It really feels like the old man in front of you is a living person.

“However, this old man is worried about whether the young lady will be okay. ”

The old man continues speaking in a gentle tone, as if he were dealing with a disobedient granddaughter.

“Clothes get wet in the light rain and become heavier day by day. I think it would be better to rest at home for a while… but you won’t listen anyway, right?”

“I’m glad that I’ve become friends with the elderly person.”

“Hehehe…”

Tuk-tuk.

In the evening, Eunha lightly patted her throbbing head.

She parked her carrier in the corner of the security office and took a step closer to the elderly man sitting at his desk making a clay doll.

It feels like approaching a huge castle wall that will never collapse.

The back of an old man, who feels relieved just by looking at it, welcomes Eunha.

What you see is pure white hair.

Traces of time left on the walls of the castle.

It makes Eunha’s eyes deepen.

“… … I also want to age gracefully like my elders.”

A word that encapsulates a subtle feeling.

For some reason, there is no answer coming back.

Eunha stood next to the elderly man, proudly adjusting the guard hat she had ordered through home shopping… which was pressed down on her head.

“Please move out of the way, lady. I can’t see it because of the shadows.”

The old man who didn’t even look at the guard hat he had bought so long ago was a bit of an unpleasant eunha.

… … .

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2. We recommend that you refrain from going out at night.​

– Due to recent facility repairs, the lights in the apartment hallway do not come on.

– Because the interior of the apartment is very dark, it is not recommended to leave the house or wander around the apartment after sunset.

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It was sudden, but I was assigned to night security.

This is because I wanted to walk around safely outside the house even after the sun went down.

If you work as a security guard, you will be able to enjoy night walks to your heart’s content without being attacked by monsters.

Of course, there are not only bad things about the life-threatening curfew.

Because I no longer have to go out at night, I maintain a very regular sleeping environment.

… … These days, I have a bit of a headache, so even when I go to bed early, I toss and turn and fall asleep late in the morning… but it’s okay.

Still, every morning is refreshing.

As my sleep time decreases, I think I have a longer day than others, so it’s surprisingly bearable.

“Sleep and lifespan are just one thing away. If you have trouble sleeping, go to the hospital.”

“It’s okay. I hate hospitals.”

Eunha responded by pointing to the security hat she was wearing.

Nevertheless, when the old man doesn’t show any reaction, he picks up the old man’s security hat lying on the desk and puts it on his own hat.

… … .

“Okay, now that the sun has set, shall we go patrolling?”

So, some time passed.

An elderly man who sat at his desk making clay dolls until the sun set.

He stuck his head out the security room window and looked up at the pitch-black night sky, and then he put down the clay doll and stood up.

In the corner of the desk where the old man was sitting, a stuffed dog that Eunha had previously given him was sitting facing the window.

Cute clay dolls were lined up in rows and rows.

“As I mentioned last time, we have not prepared a separate night security guide. So, this old man will tell you only what you need at the time, so please act wisely.”

“… … Rather than continuing to explain things verbally, isn’t it easier to create a new guide?”

Eunha, wearing two security hats, asks a question.

Then, the elderly man who got up from his desk and gathered his security supplies gave Eunha a glow-in-the-dark vest and a flashlight and smiled kindly.

“Do you know what the purpose of the guide is?”

“Purpose?…… To tell you something, right?”

“That’s right. It is an item intended to convey certain information to ‘many people’.”

That’s why we don’t create night security guides.

Like rings carved on an old tree,

The words of an old man full of wrinkles.

The smile that spreads across his face resembles a fungus.

Laughter comes from loneliness rather than joy.

Well, it can be lonely if you work alone.

‘Is the elderly man guarding the apartment security room alone… without sleeping for 24 hours?’

This part is also strange.

Eunha put on a luminous vest over a loose box tee and checked the full-length mirror placed near the entrance.

He looks quite like a security guard, perhaps because he is wearing two security hats on top of each other.

Wouldn’t the seniors like it if you helped them with security sometimes when they don’t have anything else to do?

Since I have received help in more than one or two cases so far, I would like to relieve the feeling of loneliness in this way.

“Lady. First, let’s go patrol the apartment wall. Listen carefully to what the old man says and follow it.”

Eunha put on her security hat and raised the corners of her mouth lazily.

… … .

… … .

“There are two flashlights today. Walk while illuminating the floor you are walking on, but be careful not to illuminate each other’s bodies with the flashlight light.”

… … .

“You should avoid looking up at the night sky and your apartment.”

… … .

“Check the apartment wall. Do not go outside, and check whether the wall is dirty or damaged.”

The August night was hot.

Relying on the light of the flashlight, Eunha began patrolling the apartment with the elderly security guard.

I pass the parking lot where a van is parked and walk leisurely along the wall surrounding the apartment.

Bruise… Bruise…

Trudging. Trudging.

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The sound of footsteps overcoming fear.

The sound of footsteps weighed down by time.

… … Sagagak.

The sound of insect footsteps, carefully following.

I looked around the apartment wall with an elderly person last time. Up to this point, everything had gone smoothly without any incidents.

I shined a flashlight on the neatly organized flower beds in the backyard.

A huge millipede can be seen rummaging around in the soil of the flower bed.

Eunha quietly waved to a millipede that was out for a night walk.

“Still, it looks like I got used to it the second time.”

“Who did you learn it from?”

Walk along the apartment wall.

A height where you can look over the fence when you tiptoe up.

Eunha secretly looked over the fence.

I can’t see anything.

Not a single streetlight in sight… complete darkness.

Like a night sky full of dark clouds.

It’s like ‘something’ covers the light of a street lamp and the light can’t leak out.

At least it is not the Euncheongu that Eunha knows.

The eerily dark landscape takes her breath away.

Somewhere other than reality.

Eunha felt like she was alone in this world, so she tapped her temple.

“There’s a crack in the wall here.”

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Sasasak…

An elderly man who was examining a cracked wall knocked on it with a flashlight.

Then, ‘something’ sticking its head out of the wall quietly retreats and disappears.

Fear, blooming like a flower bud in the backyard of an apartment building, holds Eunha back.

“We will take a look around the fence like this, and today we will also patrol the inside of the building. A little bit will be fine.”

“Phew… Yes. Good.”

The elderly man’s kind voice is heard soon after, shaking away the fear buried in Eunha’s ankles.

The feeling of being protected by huge castle walls.

Surprisingly, I don’t feel good.

“… … haha. It looks like he was worried about the young lady and followed her. It looked very difficult.”

Sagagakㅡ.

The sound of insects scratching her eardrums pushes Eunha’s back as she stops.

Bruise… Bruise…

Trudging. Trudging.

Sagagakㅡ.

Quiet night patrol.

A bit too many footsteps.

It’s more peaceful than I thought.

As if being cared for.

Although Eunha was puzzled by the surprisingly comfortable patrol, she thought that good things were good things, so she followed the elder and checked the condition of the fence.

The condition of the fence was miserable, unlike during the day.

If there is incontinence that looks like a spider web, or there is strange liquid on it,

The smell of rotting corpses comes in from beyond the fence.

However, the old man inspected the damaged parts one by one, as if such a sight was natural.

“Check the fence at night, and fix it during the day.”

“Are you not sleeping?”

“I’m sleeping enough.”

While chatting with the old man, I succeeded in taking a look around the apartment wall.

Eunha returns to the brightly lit security room and wipes away the cold sweat that has accumulated.

Eunha looked at the old man, showing off the two guard hats she wore tightly.

“… Now, let’s take a break and then go patrol the building.”

“… … .”

“Please put the doll down in the hallway of the apartment and come back.”

The elderly man with a troubled smile picks up the clay doll on the desk and hands it to Eunha.

Wearing medieval iron armor and armed with a shield and spear,

A miniature carefully crafted from clay.

I am amazed by the skill that shows its age.

… … .

check the lights,

Checking utility locks;

Minor trash collection,

Exploring the beholder.

And… the clay dolls made by the security guard were left in the hallways of the apartments on each floor.

I don’t know why.

Is it like an amulet to ward off evil?

I had never seen a clay doll, at least not during the day.

As for what’s left in the hallway, it’s just a stuffed toy that [Doll Girl] left behind.

Perhaps the elderly person is leaving the clay doll he made in the hallway to show off to the apartment residents.

As if reading Eunha’s disturbing imagination, the old man who gave her the clay doll bursts into laughter.

“Hehehe… From the looks of it, I think it will be okay for you to go alone. I’ll do the rest, so can you leave the corridors from the 6th to the 10th floor to me?”

“You must not throw away trash in the hallway.”

“Uh huh.”

“… … There’s nothing I can’t do, but how will I survive if I get separated from the elderly?”

In a situation where there is no guidebook, I am acting alone, away from the elders. Is this right?

A positive Eunha comforted the heart that was pounding for various reasons and demanded an answer from the elder.

“Anyway, there are no rules in the apartment at night. The only rule is to refrain from going out at night.”

And, I ended up slapping my forehead at the seemingly clear answer.

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2. We recommend that you refrain from going out at night.​

– Due to recent facility repairs, the lights in the apartment hallway do not come on.

– Because the interior of the apartment is very dark, it is not recommended to leave the house or wander around the apartment after sunset.

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So, does this mean that going out of the house at night is considered a violation of the ‘rules’?

Simply put, it means that a free pass to the galaxy is issued at night.

In the past, Eunha had the experience of being frozen to death by the [animal] next door as soon as the sun set, so I was able to understand right away.

That’s why she wants to be on night watch.

Because I don’t want to live like this for the rest of my life.

“It will be okay to go alone. From the 6th to the 10th floor… So I’ll trust you and leave it to you. Security guard lady.”

What was presented were 10 clay dolls in a shopping bag.

I was afraid that the doll might break in the middle, so I put it in plenty.

And what the galaxy must do,

Leaving dolls behind on every floor of the apartment hallway.

“… … Let’s do something.”

I’m not sure.

Can we really get through safely?

Eunha smoothed out the two overlapping security hats.

‘To be honest, it sounds like I’m just telling you to die, but it’s still worth believing what the old man says… Ah! that’s right. Come to think of it, I got something from [Happy Convenience Store].’

Suddenly, Eunha remembered the items she had purchased at the convenience store and blinked.

The big-breasted owner of [Happy Convenience Store] gave me a box along with a cutter knife, saying it was for security purposes.

The elder had prepared everything, including a glow-in-the-dark vest and a flashlight, even for Eunha, so I forgot about it for a moment.

‘okay. It looks like it’s going to die, so I have to open it now.’

Just then, Eunha had a thought and approached the carrier that was parked in the corner of the security room.

I unlocked the lock, opened the zipper, and took out a heavy box.

A wooden box large enough to fit in both hands.

It even has a ribbon attached, perhaps as a gift for Eunha.

Did you say it was definitely something you needed for apartment security?

A subtle anticipation appears on Eunha’s face.

I’m sure the item the monster gave me wasn’t useless.

Dalkak-.

like that.

Eunha was taking a break before patrolling inside the apartment.

A shopping bag containing 10 clay dolls dressed in armor was placed on the desk for a moment.

I carefully opened the box taken out of the suitcase.

“… … Huh?”

A pitch black pistol,

was welcoming her.

… … .

[In case of emergency, use it to find happiness faster.]

A note stuck in the corner of the box.

I guess someone would say it’s not [Happy Convenience Store].

I had high hopes for nothing.

Don’t you want to get caught in the gun possession law?

“… … and. oh my god. Now it will be easier to go and meet [black people].”

The emergency escape button I expected.

Thinking positively, Eunha grabbed her pistol.

It’s better than nothing.