episode_0233

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1. If someone knocks on your front door.

– First, check outside through the intercom.

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– If you see a woman in a red dress standing in front of the door,

– Please immediately put salt in your mouth and go to the bathroom.

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– The front door will open by itself, and ‘it’ will look around all over ■■■■ ■■■ for about 10 minutes before quietly walking away.

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– The above must be completed within 3 minutes.

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The one-night date ends.

It’s time to wake up from a long, long dream.

Crunch. Crunch.

Eunha returns to ‘Saetbyeol Apartment’.

I walk down the apartment hallway, rubbing my swollen eyelids.

Crunch. Crunch.

I don’t have any shoes. I lent them to a woman.

The galaxy, now covered in blood, takes a step forward.

“… … .”

I blinked my throbbing eyes.

What I saw before my eyes was the front door of ‘Room 904’, and behind me, soft moonlight was streaming in through the hallway window, creating backlighting.

(Wait 3 minutes.)

[Red Lady] entered ‘Room 904’ first.

I don’t know why.

What does three minutes mean to her?

However, this was a date for a woman, and I decided to use the time for her.

Eunha simply waited for three minutes, guarding the 9th floor hallway.

The ‘clay doll’ in the corner of the hallway was broken into pieces and gave off a disgusting smell.

“How did you get into someone else’s house by opening their front door… Has it been 3 minutes?”

A galaxy that measures time with a cell phone.

She stared at the front door of her house for a moment, then began to knock cautiously.

Knock knock.

Knock on the front door.

There are people in the house, so it would be a nuisance if they ring the doorbell at dawn.

A bloody woman knocked on the front door.

Then, a noise is heard from inside. A sigh full of longing is heard and she goes into the bathroom and hides.

Eunha frowned at the sense of awkwardness she had been feeling since earlier.

“… … What are we going to do now…”

Kugu palace…!

At that moment, a huge vibration reverberated outside the apartment.

A heart-stopping, gloomy cold swept in and struck the back of Eunha’s head,

Eunha, who had shivered from the sudden cold, turned around to look out the window.

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4. Don’t look up at the sky at night.

– Don’t look up at the sky from an open space.

– Avoid making eye contact with those looking down on you.

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Dreaming. Dreaming. Dreaming. Dreaming. Dreaming.

The night sky seen from under the roof.

A huge full moon embedded in the dark sky, and stars scattered like grains of sand.

The pure white eyes were bloodshot and looking down at the silver rim.

Dreaming. Dreaming. Dreaming.

Eyes that are bloodshot and falling.

Her large, red eyes, like those of a full moon, stare straight at the galaxy hiding beneath the apartment roof.

Red, swollen eyes with burst blood vessels.

A red star and [red moon] falling from the night sky.

It was like a landscape painting depicting the night sky collapsing.

An unbearable feeling of helplessness and fear takes over my whole body.

I felt it instinctively.

If I get caught in that ‘night sky’, it won’t end with death.

The only thing you can do is get down on your knees on the floor and pray to something you believe in.

‘Wasn’t it just the eyeballs that were being taken out… or was [the Red Woman] protecting them until just now?’

I don’t know about anything else, but as soon as I broke up with [Red Woman], [Red Moon] started moving…

I think the woman who didn’t want her date to be interrupted must have done something.

Dreaming. Dreaming.

[The Red Moon] falls.

Like a field of red-blooming sorghum.

The pupils turned bright red with burst blood vessels…

No, the huge ‘something’ that had been covering the entire night sky slowly bends down and looks down at the world.

Is there anything special about cosmic horror?

As soon as you step out of the front door, all you see is cosmic and horror.

‘The night sky itself is a monster… But it seems easier than the old security guard or Mr. [Beast].’

One thing is certain: staying here won’t be a good thing.

Eunha, who was looking out the window at the world dyed blood red, turned her head.

Something visible again.

The front door of ‘Room 904’.

A house where a woman lives.

“… … .”

After a while,

Galaxy, having finished preparing herself mentally, opened the door and went inside.

… … .

Squeak…

A bloody woman opened the front door and came inside.

Even though the door lock and the handle are double locked… no, the front door, which should open outwards in the first place, opens inwards.

That’s no longer the front door of the Galaxy House.

Thud. Thud.

The sound of soaking wet footsteps.

A bloody woman walks into the living room, dripping blood.

The air is cold, as if winter has arrived.

“… Should I… sing a nursery rhyme or something?”

『… … .”

“It’s dyed red, red~.”

The red lady heads to the bedroom, humming an eerie nursery rhyme.

The awful smell of blood wafted into the bathroom, and the ‘woman’ hiding in the bathroom quietly covered her mouth.

“… … This. This is probably trying to disappear.”

The ‘Red Woman’, who was wandering the hallway with complicated feelings, caresses her cheek.

Two dots under the left eye.

From there, clear blood flows down and falls like tears.

“… … .』

“Hey, the date is over, so tell me. Are you really going to disappear?”

Suddenly.

With a voice that still had some hesitation,

The bathroom door opened.

『… … ”

The face of a red woman seen through a slightly open door.

A bloody woman looks up at the galaxy and smiles.

Squeak…

like that,

The door opens.

… … .

“3 minutes, it’s been a while… Who did you come to play with again?”

“I made a wish because the stars were falling outside the window.”

Eunha, who came into the bathroom, bowed her head.

[Red Woman] sitting quietly in a clean bathroom.

An old saw lies in front of her.

It’s time to end the date that was just painful.

“Ha…”

I looked at [the red woman].

Now, her whole body has become faint, and she looks like she might disappear at any moment.

Eunha picked up the claws that had fallen on the ground.

“Are you going to do this? It’s going to hurt a lot?”

“Thank you.”

“They say grudges don’t go away. So why do you act like it’ll disappear soon?”

“I don’t know either. Whether it disappears or not.”

The woman said, looking down at her own body that was becoming transparent.

Didn’t the old security guard say he didn’t know either?

I don’t know if it’s actually going to become a Buddha, or if it’s going to evolve and tear the galaxy apart, but either way, I didn’t like it.

dump…

Galaxy, holding a saw in her hand, pushed [Red Woman] down and climbed on top of her.

“How was your date?”

“What a mess.”

“Ah, why? You worked hard.”

“There are so many other women. They even bring weird guys with them.”

resentment.

A grudge that won’t go away.

Looking back, all I could see were the shortcomings.

Wouldn’t a night walk be more suitable than a date?

“Still… I was happy.”

“That’s great.”

Foolishness.

A fading foolishness.

Eunha, who was smiling languidly as usual, placed a claw on the woman’s shoulder.

… … .

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Still!

There were a few thuds as the flesh was struck,

Covered in blood, she was dragged into the bathroom.

That’s it.

Women and love.

It ended in vain.

… … .

What could have been the problem?

I could see it through the mask of the assailant who had hit me in the back of the head.

Could it be because of the two attractive dots under her eyes?

I don’t know.

I was just sad.

The thread of fate that was everything in the world was so thin and easy to break,

The woman was envious of the saw that was carving her into tiny pieces.

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The resentment of [the Red Woman] that was once mixed up.

So, is that why you’re telling me to saw myself off?

With the saw that cut the thread of fate that I believed in, I asked him to cut off my own grudge as well.

The red thread of the galaxy never breaks no matter how many times it is shredded…

I guess it’s your turn now.

“… … Will it disappear if I saw it?”

“I don’t know. That’s why I’m trying to do it.”

resentment.

That bastard’s grudge.

I’m sick of it now.

If everyone just gets along well, what’s the problem?

There is a heart here to comfort your pain and a hand here to extend it.

Continue to do so in the future…

“… What are you doing.”

“I don’t want to do it.”

So, the galaxy chose.

The worries were short.

Chae-Angㅡ.

Galaxy, who let go of the real nail, laughs like a naughty child.

… … .

(Later, when ■■ grows up healthy and becomes an adult… I hope he becomes a great hunter that everyone looks up to.)

I thought positively.

Who cares whether it’s Buddhahood or anything else?

There are still many things that have not been done.

Wouldn’t it be a shame to end it like this?

“But you want me to saw off a dead person who was sawed off? Are you a human?”

“… … .”

“It makes me mad to think about it. You’ve been tearing people apart like that until now, and now you’re trying to get away with it yourself.”

“… … .”

“No. You can’t go. Live with me forever.”

Was it unexpected?

The ‘woman’ who was crushed by Eunha blinked in surprise.

A person with two attractive moles under his left eye.

The woman in front of me also knew how to cut herself just like that guy.

Despite the fact that I have torn his limbs and dismembered his entrails several times,

The galaxy put down its claws.

“Why?”

“Come to think of it, I’ve helped you out a lot. You cut down the guy who broke into my apartment, and you lent me a saw during my promotion exam…”

“… … Is that okay?”

“Please help me often in the future. If possible, don’t disappear.”

The hand of the galaxy sweeps across the transparent body of a woman.

No matter how I look at it, it seems like he’s not in his right mind.

On the subject of trembling from trauma.

(Become a hunter who readily lends a helping hand to those in need… Live your life receiving love from many people, making up for the love that this poor mother could not give you.)

What makes her heart ache?

Could it be a curse?

Eunha burst into laughter as she spoke words bordering on sophistry.

… … .

There is a ‘perennial F-rank hunter’ who is called the promotion exam’s keeper.

A burrower whose only advantage is his resilience compared to others.

But, even if it’s just a burr with good resilience…

There are things that only the galaxy can do.

We suffer together,

Simple things.

It’s okay.

Don’t die.

“… By any chance. Are you going to say the same thing to that bug girl? Want to live together for the rest of your life? ”

“Yes? Right? I guess so?”

Resentment builds up.

Could it be because I haven’t met [the Red Woman] in a while?

Every time I talk about other monsters, the ‘woman’s’ gaze becomes more and more stinging.

“Really?… Okay.』

“Ugh?!”

After a while, what conclusion did you draw from Galaxy’s answer?

The ‘woman’ who had been lying on the bathroom floor suddenly sat up.

The galaxy, pushed back helplessly, falls to the ground.

“Not yet. The date isn’t over.”

“Yes?”

“Let’s go forever.”

Grudge. Or obsession.

The ‘woman’, whose eyes have returned to life, catches the galaxy.

‘Huh? What? Wasn’t it about becoming a Buddha?’

Po-ok…

Galaxy fell backwards while on board the ‘woman’s’ ship.

Startled, she hugged the woman’s waist with both legs and looked around at the situation.

A woman with red hair, redder and darker than the sunset, all red.

Only the pupils of ‘that thing’ were as black as darkness, as if looking at the night sky at the end of evening.

In the sky seen through the bathroom window, a huge [red moon] is rising, looking down on the galaxy and the ‘woman’s’ bickering with excitement.

The red night sky also covers the galaxy that lies helplessly beneath the ‘woman’.

“It’s dyed red~』

“Why are you suddenly so excited?”

“You were the one who seduced me.”

Hurry up.

The red woman gently wraps her arms around Galaxy’s wrist.

Cross both wrists, grab them with one hand, lift them above Eunha’s head, and press them to the floor.

How did it end up like this?

I don’t know.

I stayed up all night and now my head is spinning.

At least it wasn’t him who seduced her.

“Haa… Okay. Do whatever you want.”

Cold bathroom floor.

Eunha, with both hands tied above her head, smiled languidly.

… … .

… … .

Galaxy House. Saetbyeol Apartment #904.

A languid dawn with someone’s voice flowing out.

The bathroom door didn’t open.

… … .

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“And when I came to my senses, [the red woman] was gone.”

“I see. You must have had a hard time this morning, miss.”

The next day… no, about 3 hours later.

The morning that rises after dawn.

In the end, Eunha, who couldn’t even sigh, dragged her tired body to the security office.

I’m tired. I feel like all the energy in my body has been sucked out.

The old man who was making a clay doll bursts into laughter as he looks at Eunha, who is dressed in more shabby clothes than usual.

“Don’t laugh. Are you really a Buddha? The rules are still in the [Black Book].”

“Sure, the child’s body became transparent these past few days. I remember.”

The old man, who had been tidying up Eunha’s clothes as if he were worried about his granddaughter, looks up at the apartment with kind eyes.

All I can see is the dazzling morning sunlight reflecting off the window.

Eunha, who was massaging her sore lower back again today, looked down at her fingers.

On the little finger of the left hand, there is a ring made of thin wire like a red thread.

Eunha, who failed to pull off the red ring by force, quietly waits for the old man’s story.

“However, resentment doesn’t disappear. It just piles up high in the sky… That’s why I was really surprised when I saw the child whose body was becoming transparent.”

“… … So.”

“However, if another grudge is mixed with the existing grudge. Who knows. Maybe it was something called ‘rebooting’ like the phone that the young lady likes to use.”

What the heck are you talking about…

So, does that mean that after [Red Woman] met Eunha herself, she built up additional resentment and became unwell?

I really don’t know.

In such a peaceful world, what is there to harbor resentment about?

“Hehehe… This child reached the sky with only his obsession with his lover. Please take care of yourself.”

“Yes. I didn’t understand half of what you just said, but thank you, sir. I’m going to work now.”

“Have a nice day.”

The old man’s strange voice only made my head feel complicated.

Should I go home and sing some ‘Nursery Rhymes’?

‘Tsk. Let’s think about it later. Or ask [the black man]. There are many ways.’

Eunha finally decided to stop worrying and went to work, dragging her carrier along.

Knock knock.

A summer morning as September approaches.

A hectic day after a sticky late-night date.

‘Ah… I need to hurry up and go to work and take a nap until the cafe opens.’

Starting a day that feels refreshing for the first time in a long time,

I walked along the road I always walked on.

“Oh my, the new bride has moved in? She’s so pretty~.”

“Thank you.”

Then, as I was walking along the apartment wall,

I noticed a woman being held captive by the yogurt lady and having a conversation.

A black parasol covering the face that looks like something I’ve seen somewhere,

A woman in a pure white dress.

The dress’s waist features an upright ‘cross decoration’.

“I’m going to go now. I came out to see my wife off.”

“Wife?…… Oh, right. It’s hot, so drink this.”

“It’s okay.”

Knock knock.

Someone I’ve never seen before. So I guess I don’t have to worry about them.

Eunha hurried her steps with the two people’s voices as the background.

… … .

“Eumhmm~ Aumhmm aumhmm aumhmm aumhmm~.”

The back view of the departing galaxy.

The woman who had been absentmindedly watching her commute to work returned to the ‘Saetbyeol Apartment’ while humming a familiar nursery rhyme.

… … .

… … .

… … .

A woman who has found her destiny is happy.

I found a thread of destiny that will never be broken.

It was a grudge for that,

Because it was a hesitation that I couldn’t let go of.

The woman who found the thread of fate hands her thread to ‘you’.

then.

Putting aside your sad regrets for a moment,

If you let go of the nail you’re holding in your hand.

Where do we go now?

Will you blend in with the Milky Way and let go of your grudges?

… … .

“I don’t want to do it.”

But why is that?

The saw I put down, you put it down too.

The nails we missed will remain there forever, without ever breaking.

“Live with me for life.”

You are attractive with two dots engraved under your left eye.

You look like the guy who sawed me off, so I thought I loved you,

You end up being like me.

… … .

You are the man of destiny.

A beautiful person who came down from the sky we reached, and is a blessing to everyone.

I wasn’t the only one who cared about you,

It’s been hard to meet you these days.

What about the little boy who leaves a doll in front of your house?

What is that black bug that roams the 9th floor hallway all day long?

A monster came up from the house below.

Just a little more.

I want to get close to you.

Just a little more.

One step.

If we go forward like that,

Won’t you sit by my side?

‘Continuing on, with you…’

Using the newly built resentment as a stepping stone,

I’m going to you who’s floating high in the sky.

You’ll be lonely up there all alone.

I will go to your side.

The life you saved.

I dedicate it to you.

… … .

… … .

Daughter~.

“Yes, welcome… Huh?”

“Whatever you made. ”

A woman who reached the sky with only resentment toward fate.

So, the resentment that once reached the sky reached the North Star,

‘That thing’ that was wandering in search of love got up.