episode_0304

Long, long ago, a long time ago.

He resembles a wall.

Never to be broken,

I lived like a castle wall that was taller and stronger than anyone else’s.

“This is… a baby.”

Long ago, a young man picked up a newborn baby.

A village where an epidemic was rampant.

The child was crying in the arms of his dead mother.

“… … What is your name?”

I respected the mother who became a wall for her child even after death.

The beginning of the story.

The young man swore to heaven that he would become the wall of the newborn baby.

… … .

“Installment!”

“Why am I paying in installments?”

Time goes by.

The baby who became a girl.

He sat down on the dirt floor.

The child built a castle out of clay with his tiny hands.

A simple castle.

However, that alone seemed a little lonely.

The young man scraped together the surrounding dirt and built a mud wall.

“Eight!”

The walls made of mud were very soft and unsightly.

The girl kicked away the mud surrounding her and ran away.

… … .

“Grandpa.”

“Why again.”

“Isn’t it time to retire?”

Time goes by.

A girl who became a woman.

The boy gathered people together and created a small village.

A plague that swept the world.

Those who barely survived the ordeal would gather around the woman.

A small town that would disappear if you didn’t sleep.

A middle-aged man built a wooden fence surrounding the village.

“Grandpa. Later, I’ll gather the survivors and create a country.”

“Stop talking like a dream.”

A wooden fence.

It has protected countless people from wild beasts such as wolves.

The woman smiled brightly as she stroked the fence surrounding the village.

“There’s nothing I can’t do.”

“… … .”

“No matter what happens, Grandpa will protect you.”

A conversation from some time ago.

A middle-aged man swore to heaven that he would become a wall for women.

… … .

… … .

Time goes by.

A middle-aged woman.

Adorning herself in a dazzling dress,

The child waved to the crowd of people gathered in the square.

“Grandpa.”

“… … .”

“Now, I’m really old enough to call you grandpa.”

The Queen’s gaze reached the horizon.

The world’s horizon was located at the top of the walls surrounding the kingdom.

A wall that never falls.

The queen, smiling brightly as before, looked back at the old man.

The old man had no name.

The kingdom was soon his name,

When you ask them to point to the most famous person in the kingdom, everyone will point their fingers at you.

“Do you remember? When I said I would create a country, my grandfather urged me not to dream.”

“… … .”

“Of course it sounded like a dream.”

“… … .”

“Because I had my grandfather, I could always dream.”

He who built the walls of the kingdom.

Your introduction was enough.

… … .

… … .

This is a world surrounded by walls.

A dazzling kingdom created by those who survived the plague.

“… … Heh heh.”

The old man swore to heaven that he would become the wall of the kingdom.

… … .

Once upon a time, on a certain day,

It was a dreamlike story.

… … .

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… … .

『Heh heh…』

‘Saebyeol Apartment’ in the early morning.

The old man looked around with a kind smile.

An apartment with a crack in its 9th floor exterior wall is visible.

It’s a sign that two rabbits had been fighting each other for a while.

A security guard’s hat that obscures the upper part of the field of vision.

The sunlight blocked by the hat shines down crookedly and tickles the cheekbones.

Looking down with a bit of confusion, you see a security guard uniform with a luminous vest on top.

Sagak-.

The sound of crickets as autumn arrives.

After a while, I turned my gaze to the side,

The security office was brightly lit even in the morning,

A parking lot without any trash catches my eye…

“Let’s solve it through conversation.”

“With which mouth.”

The feet of an old security guard who was laughing hysterically,

Galaxy, lying on the floor in a hunched posture, tried to have a conversation cautiously.

Pass…

Next to her, there was a familiar ‘gray van’.

I was banging my forehead against the apartment wall.

“oh my…”

Memories of some time ago.

The old man put his hand on his forehead like a grandfather confronted with the pranks of his naughty granddaughter.

… … .

… … .

Galaxy and the old guard.

It’s a surprisingly good relationship.

Unlike other apartment monsters, the old man has never caused any significant harm to Eunha so far.

There are no rules or guidelines.

A harmless monster.

Naturally, Eunha also remained close to the elder.

We greeted each other every time we went to and from work, and sometimes he even offered to help with apartment security.

Because, I deliberately play a prank,

I tried my best not to do anything that would upset my elders.

“Do you have a lie prepared?”

“I was doing something else on my way to work and ended up being late, so I came back to work by car.”

……of course,

What is the old man’s grudge?

Until you start wondering.

『… … So, what kind of anger did you suddenly build up and slam into the wall? ”

“You said you were going to fix the apartment yourself.”

“… … ?”

“I thought you would ask for help if you made the work too difficult to do alone.”

8 o’clock in the morning.

It’s nothing.

An elderly security guard who finished cleaning the parking lot.

When he, with his old body, entered the building to repair the 9th floor of the apartment that had been damaged by the rabbits’ rampage.

Boo-aang!

Eunha, who had returned to the apartment without realizing it, crashed into a wall while trying to drive the ‘gray van’ out.

“Red, red… Oh my gosh, this is surprising. What is it, I like it.”

“Hello, Eunhong.”

Eunha, lying down quietly next to the security office.

The woman in the ‘pure white dress’ who happened to be leaving the apartment at that moment spotted Eunha and backed away in surprise.

But soon he comes up next to Eunha, who is lying face down, and hugs her quietly.

Wait a minute, I heard a strange sound of finally standing on all fours.

He stares at the old security guard intently, then takes a few steps back with a gesture full of regret and disappears.

Not bad.

Eunha raised one hand with difficulty and made a shrugging gesture.

“Anyway, I was just trying to bump into something.”

“And then?”

“The brakes were different.”

Creepy and thrilling.

An old man with his hand on his forehead examined the collapsed wall.

The wall near the parking lot is in a state of disrepair.

The forklift is surprisingly sturdy and doesn’t show a single dent.

The commotion started in the morning.

I wasn’t angry.

It would be over if it was fixed, because that was the old man’s job.

Rather, I’m a little happy that I have more work to do after being cooped up in the security office all day and making clay dolls.

‘But… yeah.’

However, the old man tore down the fence he had worked so hard to build.

The sight of Eunha approaching him, knowing that she would get in trouble with him.

And yet, the clarity of checking the wall to see if it was properly torn down since it was already done,

It just brings back bad memories.

Memories of some time ago.

An old man with a kind smile pats Eunha on the back.

“Heh heh.”

“Are you angry?”

“I’m past the age where I get emotional over things like this.”

“Then can I get up now?”

“Hehehe…』

I just laughed.

The old man slightly adjusted the broom in his hand.

… … .

… … .

“Next time I’ll break it a little!”

“Are you going to do it again?”

After a while.

Eunha got up and waved to the old security guard as she headed towards the cafe.

A strangely limping gait.

The saying, “I will break but not be broken” was said of her.

It broke because it had no intention of breaking.

She is a girl with a strong will in a strange way.

“You too are old and have a hard time.”

Sagak-.

An old man watching the galaxy departing.

He turned his head with a kind face at the voice of ‘something’ approaching from the side.

“… … Huh.”

She is a beautiful woman.

A woman wearing a black one-piece suit that looks exactly like the suit that Eunha wore in [Crack Field].

The softly flowing hem of her skirt falls to her ankles, slightly revealing the tips of her black shoes.

The two eyes visible under the jet-black hair are softly closed,

No one could look into the woman’s eyes.

“Even though you look like that, your eyes are still closed.”

“I decided to show it only to the person I love.”

Sagak-.

Something resembling a queen from a fairy tale.

The black bug took in the distant view of the galaxy in its mind.

[Bug Princess], who finished seeing off the galaxy secretly, smiles happily.

“He was a fool who did all sorts of stupid things to try to lift up Yeo’s skirt. He broke his wrists several times.”

“… … .”

“This time, I’m hooked on you, so all I can tell you is to work hard.”

A woman who laughs elegantly.

At [Bug Princess]’s words, an old man wearing a security guard’s hat looks up at the sky.

It’s quite unfamiliar to see a broken wall.

“… Then what should I do?”

“What can I do? No matter what I do, the monster keeps crawling and won’t die. How can I stop it?”

“… … .”

“Just face her.”

The process of mixing resentment.

It’s a rather strange and scary feeling.

The old man stroked the wrinkled back of his hand.

Sagak-.

The sound of insects flying away.

The sound of happy crickets fills the air with shyness as we follow the footsteps of the galaxy to a cozy cafe.

“… … .”

The old security guard.

An old man with an impressive back straight like a castle wall and a kind smile.

(Because he said he would fix the apartment himself.)

(I thought you would ask for help if you created a task that would be difficult to do alone.)

‘It’ thinks.

What should I do with that mischievous girl?

It’s difficult, awkward, and embarrassing, but

It’s a happy worry.

『Ugh…』

At that time, ‘something’ gathers at the wall that the galaxy collapsed.

Things loitering outside the apartment.

Leaning against the broken wall,

He pushes his body into the apartment complex, pushing past the ‘gray van’ that has stopped in front of him.

Crackle. Crackle.

A gap in the wall.

A mass of resentment, tangled here and there, with flesh torn apart.

Do you really want to come into an apartment like that?

It’s a given.

What more could one need when the North Star they longed for lives here?

“… … .”

『Ugh…』

Pass…

At that time, something was trying to climb over the collapsed wall.

I knocked on the wall to widen the gap.

Pieces of stone falling down.

Boom!

At that moment, an old security guard was blocking the collapsed wall.

He grabbed the head of the ‘something’ that was trying to break the wall and pushed it down.

Ugh…

As if pressing a paper crane made of paper with your fingers,

The old man’s palms touched the ground.

The ‘something’ that was gently crushed made a terrible sound and turned into bright red blood.

“Uh…”

The ‘things’ that had gathered at the wall run away in a hurry.

“… … .”

I don’t like seeing walls break down.

Because it contains the old man’s past years.

Booths…

The old security guard turned his head after wiping the blood from his hands.

A broken wall, a ‘gray van’ quietly observing.

(I’ll break it a little next time!)

After a while, the words that Eunha had shouted earlier came to mind,

An old man who has suppressed his anger smiles warmly.

“Hehehe… Yes, please come and break it quickly.”

As time passed,

The old man, who had fixed the wall as if he were molding a clay doll, took the ‘clay doll’ he had left in the security office and headed to the 9th floor of the apartment.

It was an ordinary morning.

… … .

… … .

… … Glance.

and,

The old security guard who was repairing the apartment on the 9th floor,

Will Galaxy ever return to the apartment and counterattack against the wall?

I wonder if the ‘next time’ I mentioned earlier is not now.

I had to keep looking out the window with a pounding heart.

“Hehe, this crazy girl.”

Thanks to that, I wasn’t bored.

… … .

… … .

“Hello, Eunha. You’re quite late today… Why are your legs like that?”

“I got spanked by my grandfather.”

“What on earth are you doing?”

“Apartment remodeling.”

Early morning work.

Eunha goes to work at a cafe,

Banharin was worried about her, who was shedding tears as if the sting of the whistle was stinging her.

Each person’s morning comes together with [Rabbit Latte].

“What about Bangul?”

“They said they were late because they had to go to the hospital for a bit.”

“Ahhh…… But, Mr. Banharin. You drive well.”

“I do as much as others.”

So, the ordinary cafe routine continues,

As each day continues,

6pm.

Eunha returns to her apartment after work.

“… … Haa… Miss. If it’s okay with you, could you help this old man?”

“Wow, okay. What’s going on?”

“If I don’t ask for help, it seems like you’re going to tear down all the walls. How is that a little bit?”

Raising up Eunha who was lying face down in front of the security office,

The old man took off his guard hat and placed it on her head.

Falak-.

And a piece of paper was accepted.

It is coated with a delicate touch,

It was a ‘Euncheon-gu Night Patrol Guide’.