304 – [5] Mysterious Scroll
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This was a truly unfortunate text.
Then I turned the paper over.
Statistics related to research were printed on it, as if revealing that it was a double-sided paper.
It seemed like something terrible that came out of the lab.
– “Kkieeeeek─”
– “Kaaaaa”
– “Professor, how long do we have to bake Maseok…?” ….”
– “I have a question. “Why on earth does the Academy want our baked magic stones?”
– “Evil! Ride the magic stone! Fire extinguisher! Fire extinguisher! “Mommy!!!”
No, it was clear.
Otherwise, there was no way the strange sound could have rang out from beyond the door.
It was truly a creepy thing.
I put down the rescue request written by a slave to survive.
– “Hey! The Academy requested that you do not spray fire extinguishers on stones! “I have to use that when I make something later!”
“You are very busy.”
Just hearing his voice made him seem busy.
Knocking and entering in this situation could have been a kind of deception.
If we are being exploited mentally, is it any good if free people come and chat and then leave?
It would be better if the person in the corner doesn’t break his head.
At the uncomfortable reality, I shook my head and took my steps in the opposite direction.
I wanted to leave altogether.
I think it would be okay to just keep waiting in front of the door.
It was an unavoidable action for me.
I lacked slave-sensitivity to the liberation of slaves.
When I later encountered my sister with abusive slaves, I did not have the confidence to speak confidently.
In the end, I left, ignoring everything.
Suah’s older sister was excluded from the list.
“Now, who can replace Su-ah…… “He is the only one.”
Then he added another person to the list.
I headed to someone’s house, constantly thinking, ‘It would be nice if I was a little more sane.’
Of course, that person is our not-so-cute discriminator.
It was Ines Corseiro.
“Oh, why did you come?”
But recently, since people are not discriminating against me, I feel like I can now get rid of the label of a discriminator.
Anyway, what is this guy doing in front of his house?
“Uh…… I came because I wanted to ask you something. “Are you very busy right now?”
“No, it’s not urgent right now. “After all, it is my duty as a citizen of the United States to protest against the introduction of the metric system.”
This is truly a great protest.
Now I thought it would be enough to label him an asshole instead of a discriminator.
I glared at Inez.
Then she rolled her eyes as if asking if she had done something wrong.
“Ugh, what could I expect from you?”
“What, what! “What’s wrong with me!”
“No, tsk.”
Since there were no suitable candidates among her acquaintances, she put Ines on the list.
For this reason, I decided not to hope for anything big right away.
Even if the person becomes the main character in the future, it doesn’t seem like he or she will be of any use right now.
Honestly, I think it will take several years to fix that mentality.
“I should just give up.”
“What? Give up? Hey!”
Next, angry people called him a slob and a bastard, but it was easily ignored.
Whether I was feeling red or blue as someone who had been openly ignored, I opened the document saved in my phone.
“Why on earth would I help a guy like this! “If there is no business, I will go!”
“Now, this.”
It was a document related to the invasion of Seongchong that had been shown to Cheonma-ri.
It was a summary, and as soon as Ines glanced at the outline, a question mark appeared above his head.
“…… ? So what should we do?”
“Read until the end. “This is why I came today.”
I handed over my cell phone.
It was not long after that that Ines began reading the document.
“Hey, there is such a thing?”
“I’m even holding it right now.”
“What?!”
“If you scroll all the way down, it will appear, but this skill can be learned by up to 4 people by tearing the scroll.”
If I tell you this far, you know what I mean, right?
Ines could not continue what he was saying and kept pointing at her cell phone.
“That…… “You didn’t come here to learn skills together, right?”
“That’s right. “Why would I show you this if I didn’t do it in the first place?”
“Ah… ….”
His hands were somewhat put together as if he was embarrassed.
I returned the phone in that state.
“That…… “Would you like to go home and make me some tea?”
“That’s enough. “You little bastard don’t eat things like that.”
Hmph, Xian is upset.
I’m just going to go home.
When he showed such intentions, Ines clung to him even more.
As if he was sorry, as if he was crazy, as if he was asking me to just look at him once.
“Hey, I guess I went crazy for a moment. I’m sorry about that part. So, let’s go home and talk slowly—”
“Anyway, you said you were going to protest the Yard and Pound Act.”
“Oh, no. “There are more than one protest anyway, so all you have to do is call your acquaintances and tell them that something has happened.”
“… ….”
“And this is not a protest against the imperial system, but a protest against the introduction of the metric system. “An American-style poem that also preserves Puerto Rico’s traditional units.”
“Ugh.”
Our Ines goes back and forth between liking and liking.
There was no separate guardian of balance.
“…… “Aren’t you angry?”
“I’ll just assume you agreed. “You go do your own thing.”
“You’re angry. Sian, I’m truly sorry—”
“Hey, hey, hey. “Stop clinging to me.”
Ines held my left arm.
Eventually, he went beyond wrapping his arms around her and buried them in her chest.
I tried to pull it out right away, but Ines held on, sweating profusely.
But since my mind was already somewhere else, I tried to force it out.
“Really, really just wait a moment. I will serve you tea and snacks. “Let’s talk slowly at home, okay?”
“No, I said it was done. Hurry up and let go… ….”
But beyond my arm, I couldn’t even pull Ines properly.
Was he this strong?
In the past, the difference in power was so great that he was not even a match for me.
It was impossible to even hold on to them, and subduing them was as possible as stepping on an ant.
But, it wasn’t anymore.
Ines repeatedly pulled me in her direction, towards the inside of the house.
I felt like I could escape if I used all my strength, but it felt like my arm would fall off if I did that.
In the end, after holding on here and there, I was dragged into the house.
“Hey, this…… !”
“Huh?”
I frowned and only then did I let go of her hand.
Then she looked around her and stared at her own hands.
“How is this…?” ….”
“It’s really strong. “You can skip the gym now.”
“…… Are you strong? “Didn’t you just not use your strength?”
“Her arms turned red like this. She won’t give you anything if she doesn’t give you strength. “Stop talking nonsense and say whatever you want to say.”
“No, that…” ….”
She swallowed her saliva and her expression gradually hardened.
I could feel the cold depth of water in her eyes.
I tried to shake my body by rolling her eyes while holding her fist, as if I was delusional about pressing her with some kind of force.
The vulgar gaze made me feel like I was going to do something right away.
It was a time when I had some doubts.
She shook her head quickly as if something was wrong.
Extreme internal conflict.
It’s strange.
What on earth are you delusional about?
Now that you realize that you have your own power, are you trying to hit me?
Anyway, that’s true.
How many years have I been training, and how many years have I been grappling with a thousand horses?
If so, it was a big mistake.
He looked at me with suspicion.
As soon as her eyes narrowed like strings, Inez’s strange expression disappeared.
“Uh, uhm! Would you like to sit down and talk first?”
He also became strangely kind.
So it feels even more suspicious.
But what can she do since she does not fully reveal her intentions?
I thought I was being too kind and had no choice but to endure it and sit down.
As soon as Ines saw me sitting down, she ran into the kitchen.
I quickly boiled the tea, and the tea was tasteless, as if it represented the image of a person in confusion.
Let it boil a little more slowly.
* * *
Anyway, I don’t like it.
With Ines agreeing, it was confirmed who would acquire the skill.
Me, Cheonma-ri, Shannon, Ines.
And the sacred act of acquiring the skill was decided to take place at Ines’ house.
Why is it not my house?
Ines whined that we should do it at her house because she would treat us to food.
And so the three of us headed to Ines’ house.
When I entered the house, a different scenery was revealed than before.
“Oh, are you here?”
“…… “What is all this?”
“This? Nowadays we gain technology through consciousness or something, right? So I organized the living room.”
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It was nice to organize the living room.
But the way it was organized was truly unique.
“It looks like I’ve seen this somewhere… ….”
“Wow, it looks like I prepared it in my living room to summon a devil or something from a horror movie!”
It was like that.
In many ways, it was reminiscent of the ‘living room’ unique to horror movies, including the four chairs arranged neatly in each direction and the strange things drawn in chalk around it.
“Mr. Ines. “What did you write in chalk here?”
“It was so strange that the living room felt empty. So I just drew it.”
This is stranger than being empty.
I wanted to get rid of it, but it was difficult to erase because it was drawn so large.
I endured the feeling of discomfort and sat down.
In the meantime, Cheonma-ri smiled sinisterly as if some unpleasant prank occurred to her.
“Kang Si, do you know what? “If you watch a horror movie, what are you doing in a place like this where someone dies from the beginning?”
“You know. And I know from the beginning that the person who dies is usually a blonde woman with big breasts.”
He answered kindly while looking at me.
Cheonma-ri looked at her own chest and hair like an idiot.
“Well, I have big breasts and I’m a girl too. “It’s not blonde, it’s platinum blonde.”
“Whether I have blonde hair or platinum hair, the only difference is between mint and mint chocolate. “That’s it.”
And even if it wasn’t for the platinum feet, if anything happened, I planned to throw a thousand of them as her first sacrifice and run away.
You’re going back anyway, so I ask you to give me a coin called life for my childhood friend.
Before a thousand birds answered.
I took out a ziplock bag containing a scroll from my pocket.
“First of all, this is the scroll I told you about.”
“It looks a lot more ordinary than I thought?”
“It may look ordinary, but the contents are not.”
“Wait a minute, this scroll. “Is this really a scroll that puts technology into your head?”
Of course it is.
But Ines stared at the scroll, as if she had no trust.
“Could it be possible that you brought something that wasn’t me? Even if a problem arises, it will end up with the house being destroyed. Don’t worry.”
“Hearing that makes me even more worried.”
“And anyway, you decided where to tear the scroll.”
“No, it’s my house, so of course I’m worried. Of course…… I was confident in choosing the location itself…….”
I needed to finish it quickly before I changed my mind.
I took out the scroll from the zipper bag and held it in the center.
“Everyone, please hold one corner of the scroll with one hand. And with your other hand, hold the side of the person next to you.”
This was content that was not in the game.
In the game, it just ends with tearing it up, but the problem is whether that happens in real life as well.
Technology may not be available to everyone.
So, I thought that if we connected each other, it would be conveyed to some extent.
Just like that, I held on to Shannon’s soft side.
Shannon’s body trembled as if he had goosebumps, and even his tail stood up.
“What, Gangshi’s side is stronger than I thought? “It feels like he’s touching my side.”
“Huh? “Xian, does your side feel like that?”
“Uh…… What does strong side mean?”
“All three of you, be quiet.”
These people are just criticizing other people’s sides.
To prevent more nonsense from coming out, I gave them a look telling them to get ready.
“I’m going to count to three. When I say three, I tear it up. Got it?”
The faces moved slowly.
Then my mouth opened.
One.
Two.
Three!
A crackling noise spread from the center.
The center of the scroll glowed blue and then disappeared in less than a second.
The color has disappeared and the remnants remain.
The paper was torn in four directions, and some parts fell to the floor.
That was the end.
Some knowledge flowed into my head, but there was no additional feeling except that it settled into the realm of memorization.
Each person.
I let go of the side I was holding on to.
Shannon and Ines held their heads as if something strange was happening.
Cheonma-ri and I just scratched our heads as if we were tickled.
“Eh…… ?”
“Xian, this isn’t the end, is it?”
“This is the end, right?”
There was no common complaint of pain.
That made it even more strange.
“No, wait. “If you look at things like hunter stories, people go crazy over scrolls or mysterious objects.”
“Okay…… Ji?”
“But there is no headache with this. I’m not consumed by madness. I don’t feel like I’m being flooded with knowledge. “What on earth is this?”
Sseu-eup.
It’s nothing special.