Chapter 475

Episode 475

: This visit to the secret world was a little different from the previous two visits.

“....”

“...Oh.”

Because it was the weekend.

“Wow, I almost screwed up.”

At Vivian’s words, Seo Jang-hwa, who was holding Vivian’s collar, muttered while breaking into a cold sweat.

“I thought I was going to be alone this time, so I was so freaked out...”

“How did you know and catch me?”

The moment she was swallowed up by the secret world, Vivian was suddenly grabbed by Seo Jang-hwa, who was working next to her.

A million thoughts crossed my mind, like what on earth did I do so wrong, but I think it was Seo Jang-hwa’s struggle to not be left alone again. Even so, it is a little suspicious that he was grabbed by the collar rather than the shoulder or arm, which are the easiest to grab.

Seo Jang-hwa sighed in relief and let go of Vivian’s collar.

“Fuck, I don’t know. “I took it because you felt like you were blurring and the world was shaking.”

“Praise to your intuition.”

“Rather, praise my visual acuity.”

“Oh, Janghwa.”

Vivian, who was clapping, soon blinked. Something was strange.

“...? Was that something you could see with the naked eye?”

“Then what did I see for nothing?”

“I did it because it was interesting, Mr. Janghwa. “Please calm down your anger.”

Seo Jang-hwa’s statement that the moment of being consumed by the hidden world can be observed with the naked eye was surprising. But that was no reason to endure her friend’s wrath and her powerful smashes. Vivian, who was guilty of being fooled by Song In-myeong last time, cried in front of Seo Jang-hwa.

Seo Jang-hwa clicked his tongue and looked around.

“...It’s been such a long time.”

The sensation of your brain being eaten by a spoon and your cornea being broken. The feeling of my solar plexus becoming heavy as if I was tired was not something I was used to, but it was definitely a feeling that Seo Jang-hwa knew.

“Is the other side of the world like this wherever you go?”

“Probably so.”

This was Seo Jang-hwa’s first time in the other side of the world since the last time he was at the park.

Although Seo Jang-hwa frowned at the disgusting sensation of maggots crawling inside his ears, he regained his composure. These were things I had decided from the moment I decided to follow Vivian back to this world. I had no intention of losing my strength due to the hardship that had just begun.

She grumbled for no reason.

“Nara, I don’t know what the fuck you are doing. They won’t remove anything like this. “If a disaster occurs in the country, something has to be done.”

“You have to be aware of it to think about dealing with it. “Everyone who knows the other side of the world must have died.”

“That too.”

A room of just the right width where paintings on large and small canvases come alive and creep out, making strange noises. The place they were at was none other than the studio on the second floor of the Department of Western Painting at Hankuk University.

Looking at the shaking canvas, Seo Jang-hwa called his friend.

“Hey Gomtaengi.”

“Yes, Janghwa.”

“You left this building the last time you fell into the underworld.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Did you have any trouble getting out?”

“Not really...?”

Vivian rubbed the back of her neck.

“Even when I lifted something like a hammer out loud, there was no reaction. There were no rules blocking my path like there were at Unhak High School. “I was so out of my mind at the time that I didn’t pay attention to it...”

“Then what about those paintings?”

“How do I know that? I haven’t even touched it? Touch it knowing what will happen if you touch it. “I just remember the last time pictures flowed out of the canvas like that.”

“Well, it didn’t look like it would be okay to touch it.”

A large sunflower blooming with indistinguishable pistils and stamens, a gentleman cat creaking and twirling his cane, or a pregnant woman whose belly and flesh are so swollen that it is difficult to determine her shape.

The paintings on canvas that other classmates had drawn during class or during everyday life had come to the other side of the world, each one strangely transformed and moving. Seeing how it was slowly approaching us, it didn’t seem like anything good would happen if it reached us or caught us.

“Ugh, I hate it so much. Hey, get out, get out.”

“It was a good thing I left the door open.”

“I admit it was a wise decision.”

“Yes yes yes it’s okay.”

I felt some of the strength loosen from my tense shoulders.

Even though I was trying to think of a way to survive by recalling old memories, that didn’t change the fact that I fell into this crazy world alone. Even in real life, it was the worst environment for Kwon Yeon-hee, who withered away when she was alone.

―Where are you now...

“Namyang, Gyeonggi-do... Mirinae’s garden... I went out to play with my friends...”

―Aha.

“I’m asking just in case, but I’m sure there are no survivors in Namyangju like me, right?”

Hong Gyeong-jun, who was silent for a moment, answered the question in vain.

―Unfortunately, yes. That’s right.

“I knew so. “I will try to survive on my own, so don’t worry too much and everyone stay in the park...” ―It’s

another unfortunate story, but not all of the survivors are in the park.

“yes?”

―Maybe because it was the weekend, there were people like Kwon Yeon-hee who went out to the outskirts. We haven’t contacted everyone yet and need to find out more, but a total of three people have been confirmed so far. If you include Yeonhee Kwon, there are four people.

“Three or three people...”

― Moon San-gun and Jin Dal-rae went to the Han River for an outing, and Ha Seong-yoon went mountain climbing with his co-workers and ended up in the other side of the world. Fortunately, I think I’ll be able to meet these three people if I do well...

“I’m glad. “It makes me sick to my stomach that everyone has company but me.”

-sorry.

“...I’m fine....”

Kwon Yeon-hee, who was trying to say she was fine, burst into tears again.

“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu... What should I really do...”

―If you can wait, I will form a group including myself and Yeonwoo Kim and go find you. If you could just tell me the exact location.

“The bad side world. “The evil side world!”

―Please calm down. A monster may hear and come looking for you.

“The bad side world...!”

I lowered my voice to a whisper, but the crying sound was still there. Sensing Detective Hong Gyeong-jun’s confusion on the other end of the phone, Kwon Yeon-hee continued speaking without further delay.

“It’s okay, it’s okay... I’m not just saying this, I really mean it. How far is Namyangju? I’ll be lucky if no one dies along the way. “It seems like it will take a very long time.”

―Are you okay?

“I just tried whining. Oh really, my friend... I feel like I’m going crazy because I’m scared of being alone, but it’s not to the point where I get comfort at the expense of others. There’s a convenience store nearby where people can communicate well, and the place we went to play is a park, so the risk is probably low... Even now, I don’t see monsters very often. “It’s scary to see the flowers fluttering about as they please, but I don’t think they will attack.”

-The flowers are moving.

“Move. It feels like dancing. “It’s amazing.”

―Indeed...

Kwon Yeon-hee whimpered and composed herself.

“But really, really, it’s okay. We won’t know until evening, but there don’t seem to be any dangerous monsters, and there’s a lake nearby, so there’s water, food from a convenience store, and we’ve built a shelter. I was in a hurry so I made it roughly, but it was hard so I’m taking a break and I’ll make up for it. “I’m not saying this out of humility, it’s because I’m not really in that dangerous situation.”

-I understand what you mean.

“Just contact me more often. “I’m so scared because I’m alone...”

Kwon Yeon-hee, who was muttering despondently, asked.

“Oh, by the way, how did you get this phone call?”

-I’m at school.

“Uh... Unhakgo?”

-yes. It happened to be nearby so I stopped by.

“Is it okay to say ‘I stopped by for a moment’? “I guess this isn’t a school you can stop by for a moment?”

-You are correct.

“....”

Kwon Yeon-hee took the cell phone from her ear and looked at the call screen with embarrassment and absurdity. She said, putting the cell phone to her ear again.

“You know what? Detective, sometimes people get funny.”

―I hear this often.

“I hear it often...”

Kwon Yeon-hee gave up on understanding.

Well, this guy wasn’t in his right mind either.

(Continued in the next part)