155 – Stars in the Sky
“Swallow you…?”
“…Yes.”
After mulling over the meaning of what she said for a while, I eventually gave up on interpretation and asked Dice a question.
“What exactly does that mean?”
This was because it was difficult to properly understand the meaning of the words asking to be swallowed.
“I’m not really asking you to swallow me, right?”
Usually, when a person asks someone to swallow them, it is natural that it is a metaphor, unless they are a cannibal.
But as it happened, I really had the ability to swallow her.
– Kyarrreuk?
Yes, this was only possible because of the dog that was sticking out its head above my top and was fused with my body.
“It’s literally true.”
“What?”
“Use that child to swallow me.”
And as expected, it seems that my prediction was not wrong.
“I don’t understand…”
“I’ll explain from now on, so listen carefully.”
As I was looking at her with my eyes narrowed due to her ominous aura that I could not tell, Dice stretched out her hands and grabbed both of her shoulders and began her explanation.
“You don’t really know how to use it.”
“…Did I tell you this guy’s name?”
“Isn’t that important? What’s important now is the true usage.”
As I listened to her words, I immediately felt an eerie feeling and couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat.
“This guy’s true ability is absorption. To put it simply, it is the ability to swallow and digest the person he wants.”
“What is that…”
“Of course, all of the opponent’s abilities that have been digested become yours.”
Only then did the words that Lumia whispered to me earlier, ‘Please swallow me when the time comes’ come to my mind.
I never would have guessed that what that crazy b*tch said meant to extinguish herself. I couldn’t imagine it.
“Wait a minute, so what you mean by asking me to swallow you…”
“…………”
“…Isn’t it?”
But when I thought about it, Dice was saying the same thing she said.
“Are you telling me to eat you?”
“Kang Haneul…”
“You mean cannibalism?”
I immediately started to walk backwards, feeling extreme rejection, but Dice looked straight at me and walked that much further.
“You can think of it as inheritance of ability.”
“Bullsh*t…”
“So, are you going to live here alone for the rest of your life?”
The blind spots that pop out from her mouth.
“I’ve been here a few times in the past, so I know it well. Only one person can survive in this place.”
“…………”
“And in order for one person to leave, they have to kill or leave the other person behind…”
“Is it so bad that even a being as big as you can’t escape?”
“…Okay.”
“But then, how did they get in?”
She answers my question with a sigh.
“It’s free to come in. But it’s hard to go out. It’s an immutable truth that applies everywhere.”
“……..”
“So, without wasting time, will you swallow it?”
I don’t know what to say.
Is it because the situation is so unusual? Or is it because we implicitly realize that there is only one solution?
“Actually, I have a strong desire to pass on my abilities to you. In the future story, my abilities will come in handy…”
“……..”
“So hurry…”
No, that’s not true.
“Kkekeuk.”
– Kwirrr…?
In any situation, there is a way out.
“…………”
When I, who had maintained a blank expression, called out to Kkyoreuk in a low voice, Dice stopped talking and quietly closed his eyes.
“…It’s been a long time.”
Then, she quietly wrapped her arms around my waist and held me in my arms.
“It’s an honor to finally be able to save you.”
“……”
“…Let me ask you just one question.”
I asked her a question in a low voice.
“I remember I asked you the other day. Was I a bad person?”
“…Yes, I did.”
“Did you end up lying back then?”
Then, she began to stare blankly into my eyes.
“I’ll say it again, no…”
From her eyes, a single tear begins to flow.
“…Because, no matter what you look like.”
“……..”
“Because Kang Ha-neul has always been my hero…”
It was at that point that I decided what to do next.
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– Sigh….
“…..Ugh.”
Kang Ha-neul, who was quietly looking at Dice who was quietly shedding tears, quietly stretches her hand forward and steals her tears.
– Kuuk…
Eventually, just as she did, she also wrapped her arms around her waist and hugged her for a moment.
“…It’s been hard so far, right?”
“Ugh, ugh…”
“My whole body must have been sore from pretending to be mysterious, which didn’t fit my personality.”
As he muttered in a playful voice, Dice nodded with a tearful expression on her face.
Looking at that, I thought it was a remark that I could quite sympathize with.
“Good job, Ira.”
“Hwaaa…”
Kang Ha-neul, who smiled bitterly for a moment because of this, whispered that in a low voice, and eventually she couldn’t hold it back and started crying.
“I wanted to hear those words…”
Tears like chicken droppings fall from her eyes and begin to wet the chest of her river sky.
“I love you, Sky-senior…”
“…I don’t know how many confessions I’ve received in just a few days.”
Kang Ha-neul responded to her mumbling with a shy expression.
– Kwirrr…
In such an atmosphere, the cat that had been staying outside for a while began to cry without notice.
“…Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.”
In such a situation, when Kang Ha-neul quietly opens his mouth, Dice shivers with a slightly pale complexion.
“Swallow.”
“……..”
Dice, with an expression of agreement, quietly closes his eyes at Kang Ha-neul’s calm whisper.
“…No, not him.”
But as soon as Kkwarui began to extend numerous tentacles towards Dice, Kang Haneul suddenly shook his head and added to his words.
“Swallow me.”
– What?
At those words, the tentacles of the cat all tilt to the side as if they were confused.
“…..Yes?”
At the same time, Dice begins to open his eyes and make a dumbfounded expression.
“Quickly.”
– Kyuun, kyurrr…
Looking at her like that, her river Haneul urges her to cry, and as if she hesitates, the thing that was wriggling in the air for a moment begins to shoot towards her owner. .
“No!!!”
Only then did Dice realize what was happening and urgently stretched out his hand towards the river sky.
“Rang Haneul!!!!!”
It was already too late.
– Wiggle, wiggle…
This was because countless tentacles protruding from Kang Ha-neul’s body were already covering him.
“No…..”
Dice was digging through the pile of tentacles with trembling hands, but he lost his balance and didn’t sit down.
“Why… How did I find this world line…”
– Wiggle, wiggle…
“Why are you trying to become a villain again…?”
Her empty voice echoed in the dark sub-space, and soon dissipated.
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– Puh, puh heh…
“…..Tsk.”
As soon as I entered the body, what started to sound in my ears was the unlucky voice of the shadow guy I had swallowed just a few hours ago.
– This is ridiculous, Kang Ha-neul…?
“……..”
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– After ignoring my words, you finally came to become one with me…
I don’t know if it was because the voice resonated well because there was nothing, or because the distance was quite close, but now that I heard it, the guy’s voice was quite thin.
“Hmm…”
Also, because it was a shadow, it was hard to see the original shape, and the shape that unpleasantly imitated a human figure looked vaguely female.
So, is this guy actually a female personality?
‘Well, it’s none of my business.’
I really wonder why the being that originated within me is female, but now is not the time to worry about that.
‘…I guess the reason it looks somewhat familiar is because of how I feel.”
For this reason, I took a step forward, trying to ignore the feeling of disgust that started to intensify several times from the moment I realized that the guy was female, and the unpleasant feeling of intimacy for some reason.
‘For now, I have to finish what I wanted to do.’
– So, what are you going to do?
I suppressed the disgust that was about to burst out and began to listen to his voice.
– Will you join hands with me and become one?
“…If I hold hands with you, will I gain enough strength to escape that space?”
– Yes, of course… That problem can be solved with just a snap of a finger…
On the other hand, he seemed to be speaking as softly as possible, but on my part, I couldn’t bear the nausea.
“…There is one condition.”
– What is it…?
When I frowned and quickly got to the point, the shadow guy quietly tilted his head and started floating around me.
“Pandora, Spey… No, Mystic Shine. And Dice…”
– Don’t touch them…?
“Okay, if you’re going to play with it, let me be the only one playing with it.”
– hahahahaha….! Ha ha ha…
As soon as I finished speaking, the guy who was laughing out loud, made a faceless face at me and whispered in a low voice.
– It has been accomplished…
And the next moment.
“…Whoa!?”
Darkness from all directions began to seep into my heart.
“aaa……”
– Finally, finally…!
At the same time, as I fell to my seat and struggled due to the pain that felt as if all the blood vessels in my body were about to burst, I heard his joyful whisper in my ear.
– You are free…!!!
“…Damn.”
After swearing at that guy, my mind began to fade.
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[Skill automatic activation!]
“…Huh?”
It was at that moment that an opaque window that had not been visible for a while appeared before my eyes.
[The mental erosion defense has expired.]
– Gurgling…!?
“What…?”
With the embarrassed moan of the shadow guy who was overflowing with joy, I felt like my fading mind suddenly became clearer, so I put on a bewildered expression for a moment and inadvertently stretched out my hand for the message.
“……Ha.”
When my hand touched it, I checked the detailed information displayed below and burst out laughing.
[Mental Erosion Defense: Protects against fatal mental erosion once.]
[Price: 99999pt]
Even after becoming a star in the sky, she seemed determined to save me until the end.
[Buyer: Justia]
man the amount of bs plot that happens, this author truly tryna act like he writing some epic tale, but this is just mumbo jumbo mess
ah exactly