episode_0222

Drop… drop…

Drops of blood splattered in all directions as if a tomato had fallen.

The blood spilled in the apartment parking lot disappears into the darkness along the drain.

『… … I would like to ask you about your past affection, but what are you doing?』

“Kehehe… Sis, I’m experimenting… It hurts less than last time.”

It’s 7 PM, dazzling as the sunset hits the apartment window and pours into the parking lot.

The first thing Eunha did after obtaining the ‘lightweight artifact’ was,

It fell into the apartment parking lot.

Eunha lies down in the cold parking lot and closes her eyes to avoid looking up at her apartment.

She vomited out thick blood at the sound of insect footsteps approaching.

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2. The lady in the black dress has moved in.

– She is a girl who likes pranks and compliments.

– Even something small is okay. Praise our playful little girl.

– You will repay one compliment with another, and another with something else.

# caution! Do not intentionally make eye contact with the young lady or lift the width of her skirt.

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『You look like a fool again today. Yeo (余) likes you like that.』

“Cough… I’m really excited by the praise.”

Share compliments.

The compliments we always exchange have suddenly become promises and greetings, and we work hard every day to avoid repeating the same compliments as much as possible.

A mischievous prank.

He must have liked this compliment, as the sound of approaching footsteps is mixed with a happy note.

Sagagak…

[Bug Princess] comes to the side and pokes the cheek of Eunha, who has fallen into the parking lot, with a thin finger.

At this angle, you can look up at the eyes of ‘that’ hidden behind the parasol or under the loose skirt.

However, if I open my eyes now, I will be looking up at the [silhouettes] in my apartment window,

Eunha quietly closed her eyes and touched the ‘1++ sticker’ on her chest.

… … Call!

The moment I thought,

She looks up at [Bug Princess] with her eyes wide open, telling her to let everything happen.

“Now!”

“no.”

Kuuk-.

The finger that was poking my cheek pokes between my open eyelids.

Eunha’s eyes became dark.

“Kaaa…”

『Treat your body more.』

[Bug Princess] wiped the foreign substances from her fingers on Eunha’s box tee and knelt down on her knees in the blood-covered parking lot.

Sagagak…

I put the parasol that was covering my eyes on the floor,

He lifts Eunha’s head with both hands and places it on his thigh.

Soft.

“Wow… I don’t think someone with a broken neck is moving carelessly.”

『Do you know what? You are the least person-like person in this apartment.』

Eunha received a knee pillow from [Bug Princess] while lying in the parking lot.

She let out a relaxed breath as a gentle hand caressed her cheek.

I can feel my crushed internal organs and spine recovering in real time.

『Don’t overdo it.』

“I do it because I like it.”

… … Actually, it hurts a lot.

Just yesterday, [Invisible Baby] reminded me that my pain can help someone.

I can endure it.

“… I was experimenting with receiving an ‘artifact’ that makes objects lighter.”

『Do you really need to experiment with your own body?』

“You never know.”

What comes to mind is the ‘Saetstar Apartment’ that I looked up at blankly.

A pitch black [silhouette] seen through a brightly lit window.

When you look up at the apartment, it’s a monster that falls headfirst into the ‘place you want’, so this time I crashed in the parking lot to test the effect of the ‘1++ sticker’.

The result was semi-successful.

The pain has definitely decreased.

Even though my cervical vertebrae were shattered and my internal organs were slightly damaged,

What is clear is that it hurts less than [Blood Donation Bus] or [Red Woman].

If it’s this much pain, I think I’ll be able to use it more often in the future.

Sagagak…

The sound of happy insect footsteps.

A swarm of tiny bugs covers Eunha’s rapidly recovering body.

Beetles, centipedes, etc…

I tossed and turned, feeling the itch of countless legs crawling over my skin.

Then, flat centipedes and ants burrow under the galaxy and slowly lift her up.

Paralarak!

Sagagak!

Tararalalak!

Eunha’s body began to move as if on a conveyor.

Since they are not ordinary bugs, they seem to have good strength.

『The sun is setting. I’ll take you to the 9th floor.』

“I like it.”

The bug is moving.

Like the people carrying the king and queen on a palanquin.

Sagagak…

‘People’ coming into clothes.

Lots of legs crawling across the skin.

As I wipe my arm covered in goosebumps, the bugs on my arm fall off.

ah. I’m glad my eyes are closed.

These are horrors and ghost stories.

Wouldn’t it be better for your mental health to walk home instead?

Eunha felt the large millipede ‘Gress’ wrapped around her chest, and was carried with [Bug Princess] to the 9th floor of the apartment.

… … .

In the end, I arrived at the 9th floor hallway, receiving a lap pillow from [Bug Princess].

Climbing the stairs while lying down comfortably was quite a refreshing experience.

Ta-ga-da-gak!

Upon arriving at the destination, the ‘people’ who moved Eunha left with the light sound of flapping wings, and Eunha, who had recovered from her wounds all over her body, also stood up.

When I open my eyes that have been closed the entire time, I see a dark hallway.

Sagagakㅡ.

Ta-ga-da-gak!

[Bug Princess] stands up, shaking off her bloody skirt, unfolds the parasol that the people brought her, and covers her eyes.

At the same time, a bumblebee mite called ‘Fly’, which was sitting quietly on the stairs of the 9th floor, scurried over and clung to Eunha.

“Oh, my baby. Did you have a good time today?”

Ta-ga-da-gak!

A scrawny palm patting the bloody galaxy.

I can feel the gaze full of concern beyond the bangs that cover my eyes.

Just like yesterday, this is how you raise your child.

Eunha, with a happy smile, took off the ‘1++’ sticker from her chest and attached it to ‘Fly’.

Fluffy~.

Then, a bumble bee mite floats up like a balloon.

It flaps its limbs and clings to Eunha’s arms.

Ah, I want to suck the fly.

Eunha lifted the bumble bee mite, which had become lighter with the power of the artifact, and buried her face in its soft stomach.

good night.

『You are thinking foolishly.』

“It’s always like that.”

『… … Don’t think alone. If you have any questions, speak up. Isn’t he Yeo’s companion?』

Purr-.

‘Fly’, who suddenly got kicked in the stomach, pursed her cute lips and hit Eunha on the head with her forsythia-colored castanets.

[Bug Princess] quietly approached Eunha from behind and hugged her and whispered.

A slender hand enters a baggy box tee.

Eunha sent the fluffy bumble bee fluttering happily away like a paper airplane and massaged the back of her sore neck.

“What are you curious about?… Come to think of it, [Bug Princess] also told you about Grandpa in the Park, right? Surprisingly, you have a long hair.”

『There are quite a few stories that the people have picked up.』

‘That’, whose lips are twisted coquettishly, lightly moves the hand inside the box tee.

Something I’m curious about… Of course there is.

After playing with [Invisible Baby] this time, I felt quite a few things about the apartment monsters.

‘Why… are all the ‘grievances’ of apartment residents just sad stories?’

Eunha thought back on all the ‘things’ that had been mixed up until now.

Red Woman, Bug Princess, Doll Girl,

And this time, an invisible baby.

It’s a story that’s too sad and sad to be called a grudge…

However, I felt puzzled there.

‘It tastes mild. There is no monster that can be pinpointed as bad.’

Is the only grudge against the wrongful death?

Murderous intent toward someone, revenge, and other sticky and dark obsessions…

Strangely enough, I have never once been mixed up with a monster with such a grudge.

Was I lucky?

Or is it just such strange things that gather in the apartment?

You never know.

(『Do not get close to someone who holds a grudge.』)

What comes to mind is the back of a wise old man endlessly watching the sunset in the park.

Come to think of it, I have never seen [Grandpa Park] in the apartment.

Am I not an apartment resident?

It’s been a while since I haven’t seen that old man, and I don’t know if he’s doing well.

‘I’m not confident about using my brain… but I actually like it.’

It’s been a while since I had no choice but to use my head.

Whatever it is, if you push it in from the head, it gets sorted out.

In the meantime, sometimes the top of your head breaks if you push your head in incorrectly, but there is no need to be afraid because it has [self-recovery].

It only hurts slightly.

‘So let me do what I can.’

Residents living in ‘Saetbyul Apartment’.

‘Those’ lurking outside the wall guarded by the elderly security guard.

What’s different?

To find out, you’ll need to mix with more monsters.

To find out why the [Black Book] came to me,

For the sake of peaceful days ahead,

Eunha thought there was a need to become friendly with more apartment residents.

Ta-ga-da-gak!

The worries were long.

I had a long thought.

Eunha opened her mouth, sending out a ‘fly’ floating around the apartment hallway like a plump bumble bee.

“I’ve been thinking about it… This time, I’m going to get a ‘pill’ from the person downstairs from me.”

“Downstairs? You mean room 804?』

Hot!

‘Fly’, who flew down the hallway, jumps and clings to Eunha.

Eunha gently strokes the bumblebee mite and sends it flying down the opposite hallway.

I think I’m starting to figure out how to play with the mites.

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“Yes. Do you know what kind of person he is?”

“I do not know. nothing.”

And, [Bug Princess] hugged Eunha from behind,

That’s what he said about the resident of room 804.

“… Earlier you were talking as if you knew everything.”

『It means literally… She had forgotten that there was a resident in ‘room 804’ until you said that.』

It’s not that I didn’t know, I had forgotten.

Eunha held Fly, who bounced back, in her arms and focused on [Bug Princess]’s words.

『Since ancient times, the unknown has been considered an object of fear. What’s more, if someone who deliberately steals other people’s memories lives under the same roof, nothing could be more terrifying than that.』

Jooup–.

The mite bumble bee that came into Yeongcha Yeongcha’s box tee fills Eunha’s big heart.

It looks like he’s hungry because he’s been running around a lot.

『I won’t interfere with you because you’re stubborn in a strange place… but let me tell you one thing.』

“… … .”

『Even if you forget everything, your resentment will not disappear. forever.”

side…

‘That thing’ that kissed the back of Eunha’s neck quietly retreats.

Sagagak… Putting joy in the sound of insect footsteps.

A bewitching laughter passes by my earlobes.

『So do whatever you want. No matter what you mix with and wherever you go… the kingdom of Ye will follow the path you illuminate.』

The scent of fragrant grass.

With those words, [Bug Princess], who took the ‘1++ sticker’ from Fly and handed it to Eunha, left the 9th floor with a graceful gait.

After a while…

‘Fly’, who has regained his light body, hugs Eunha tightly and waddles up to the 10th floor.

“… … So, the person next door to me is some kind of monster.”

It was an encounter that left only doubt.

… … .

… … .

“You think I’m so scared that I won’t be able to attack you?”

Night has come.

Time to eat dinner and end the day.

Eunha, who enjoyed playing games with Eunbangul on her smartphone, took a light shower and came out to the living room.

The living room, which I was alone in, was surprisingly spacious and quiet.

It may be even more so because I had a great time playing with [Invisible Baby] yesterday.

And when you lie down in bed and fall asleep, the person downstairs will come into the veranda as if waiting for you.

‘I ended up taking the ‘pill’ from the person living downstairs.’

I thought it was easy.

Whatever it is, let’s think about it after mixing it up.

The goal is to become friends with the monster next door.

If you think about it, isn’t the veranda monster the [Red Woman] and the monster she encountered on the first day she acquired the [Black Book]?

Since we have known each other for some time… I believe that all it takes is a small opportunity.

Thump thump thump…

Eunha went out onto the veranda, ignoring the noise coming from upstairs.

The lukewarm summer air flows helplessly like the smoke of a mosquito coil.

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8. Our ‘Saetbyeol Apartment’. There is an ‘escape ladder’ in the corner of the balcony for fire escape.

– When your life is in danger. Use the ‘escape ladder’ to come downstairs.

– Come downstairs and get help.

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9. The ‘escape ladder’ installed on the balcony cannot be used.

– Due to frequent breakdowns and fall accidents, all ‘escape ladders’ in the apartment are currently welded.

– If you come across an ‘escape ladder’ that is not welded, do not approach it as close as possible and report it to the security office.

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804. Your house, [Room 904] No welding. You can come downstairs.

– If it’s dangerous, come down.

– You can come down when you’re bored.

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What she looks at as she comes out onto the veranda.

An ‘evacuation ladder’ installed in the corner.

I checked it one day but never opened it, and now that I’ve remembered it, I’m going to use it.

‘Did you feel good about breaking into someone else’s house without permission? Now it’s my turn.’

When you really want to become friends with someone,

The most useful way is to develop a common hobby.

Every night from now on. I will go downstairs using the ‘evacuation ladder’.

The reason I don’t move on the veranda railing is because I’m scared.

Gigi geek… Clap!

The ‘escape ladder’, which was activated for the first time after entering this house, opened with a creaking sound.

When I opened the upper cover, the lower cover that was blocking the ceiling on the lower floor fell off by itself.

The veranda of the house below is clearly visible through the square hole.

The light leaking from the living room below makes Eunha’s heart pound.

Charalalak!

The ‘evacuation ladder’ was lowered by turning the stand on which the ladder was mounted.

Immediately following the instructions written on the cover, I step on the lever inside with my foot, and the ladder goes down with a cool rumbling sound and shakes eerily.

‘Escape Ladder’ operation completed.

Now all that’s left is to go down and become friends with the monster downstairs.

“Let’s go. Am I really going to die?”

To prepare for any unexpected accident, attach a ‘1++ sticker’ to your box tee to lighten your body.

Eunha climbed the ladder and went down to the lower house.

… … .

… … .

Overflowing waves.

The trash covering the sandy beach is swept away by the waves.

… … .

Even though the trash that was swept away,

Although it will be carried around by the waves and pollute the sea,

We were able to run around and laugh on the clean sandy beach.

… … .

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“… Oh my.”

『… … .』

I came to my senses.

Eunha was sitting across from a [black person] at a fortune telling shop she once saw.

A plate placed on the table.

Pretzels piled up like a grandmother’s heart.

Eunha, whose eyes were blank, picked up a warm pretzel.

what.

There’s a lot missing.

“… … [Black Person] Mr. How did I end up here?”

『… … .』

There is no answer back.

Eunha became anxious for no reason and spoke to the [beast] behind her.

“[Beast] Mr.”

『My baby. I’m always cheering you on.』

What on earth happened to you when you went down to room 804?

driving me crazy.

『… … Destiny is… no, no. Just take it and go.』

Rattling.

The [black person] stops what he is saying and takes out a ‘white pill’ from his chest and puts it in Eunha’s hand.

It’s not like the person died in an embarrassing way like Master Bok, so I don’t know why he’s so reticent.

I guess it’s shameful for Eunha to have died after attacking a monster’s house like a fool.

Or maybe there is a ‘rule’ that says you shouldn’t talk about lost memories.

Even in my opinion, it was something I did too spontaneously.

However, life is not a Neapolitan ghost story, and I would like the person concerned to know the important parts.

『Not knowing is medicine. There’s even a saying like this in that world.』

Wow.

Eunha swallowed the ‘white pill’.

At the same time, the [Beast]’s hand stretched out from behind, as if waiting, and covered Eunha’s eyes.

“Wow, look at you trying to send it right away. And the snack was delicious!”

『Hey. Let’s talk longer next time.』

and. Darkness as always.

there was nothing.

… … .

… … .

“What hurts you?”

“Saint. My son died of illness. I don’t have the confidence to live anymore.”

I took my son’s memories.

The next day, the father drove the carriage with a smile on his face.

“What hurts you?”

“Saint. I found out the family secret… It would have been better for me not to know for the rest of my life…”

I took the memories of my family’s secrets with me.

The skinny nobleman hugged his wife with a smile.

This is the happiest city in the world.

A kingdom where people forget pain and live with smiles.

“Saint. Please save us as we weep in pain.”

The face of the woman called a saint,

It was said that there was no one in the world who did not know.

… … .

… … .

… … .

A forgotten story.

Eunha got up from the bed, massaging her sore back.

“Ugh…what is it? I’m thirsty.”

I don’t remember.

What happened?

My head feels refreshed.

“There is no blood or internal organs around… I guess it’s okay because my body is in good condition. Let’s go down one more time tonight. I need to know what happened.”

Apparently, he went downstairs last night, and when he woke up, he found himself in his own bed.

I’m even more upset because I can’t remember anything.

Next time, I’ll have to go down and take a video with my smartphone.

Booth…

Eunha got up from bed.

She started getting ready for work, moving her shaky legs like a fawn.

Did I break my back overnight?

It’s a morning that reminds me of the ‘veranda monster’ who once asked me to borrow his lower body.

… … .

… … .

“Hello. My name is Do Jong-ha, and I am working as a detective in Euncheon-gu. I have a question to ask regarding the forced hunter. Do you have a moment?”

A peaceful weekday.

A slowly moving path.

Eunha touched her forehead with a smile at the appearance of an unknown person who appeared only when she had forgotten about it.

It’s okay if it’s just for a day, so I hope it passes peacefully.

“… … Yes, I like it. ask. What hurts you?”

“Thank you! I heard that the Hunter Association intentionally hid witnesses to the ‘forced hunter incident’… Have you ever been harmed or threatened by someone…”

Shoot~.

The sound of waves in my head is refreshing.