Episode 122
The next day, after completing the morning roll call, I was able to have a quiet breakfast since most of the training center staff had gone to the 11th floor yesterday.
In the first place, there was nothing that would change if I started training now, so after finishing the morning with a half-hearted physical training, I sat on a bench where I could rest and quietly looked at the playground.
‘What is the purpose of clearing the floor in the end?’
I was lost in thought, remembering what I had been thinking about since last night.
Clearing a floor has always been about how the story ends.
However, since all that was going on now was reliving the past, I couldn’t find any keys to clear the floor.
‘The end of the story, is there anything that can be called the end of the story at this point?’
The biggest challenge would be to kill all the lantern keepers.
Or resolving issues related to Isabella, who was the first person I met when I woke up.
‘Let’s say it’s related to that guy… … .’
At that time, I wasn’t that close to Isabella, so I didn’t know much about her.
Until then, the only point of contact between Isabella and me was the training center.
“What are you thinking so hard about?”
Even the tiger would come if I said so.
Isabella, who was sitting next to me, chewed on the sandwich she brought and asked.
I looked at Isabella for a moment, frowned, and then sighed.
Yes, I have to clear this floor quickly somehow, so I can’t just be annoyed with this guy forever.
If Isabella is really the center of the story, the story will have to center on this girl anyway.
“… … “Is there anything you’re worried about these days?”
“I didn’t know you’d ask that.”
When Isabella reacted as if it was unexpected, I looked down in frustration and asked again.
“Just say it.”
“There are people who care.”
“Not me.”
“You’re quick to notice.”
Still, Isabella seemed to be seriously considering my question and pretended to think quietly while holding a sandwich.
“But still, it’s not like it doesn’t exist. There are many things, such as the lamp keeper issue and the work with the rankers. “The 10.5th floor is also a floor with many problems.”
“It’s something to do with the rankers?”
“Do you want to listen? “It’s a story I haven’t told anyone else.”
“He said he would do that to me after only meeting him for a few days.”
“I think it would be okay if it were you.”
It’s okay if it’s me?
When she, who was at the end of her distrust of humans, said that, I became even more suspicious.
“Are you deliberately throwing this out there in hopes that I will solve your problems? “I am not the solution to your problems.”
Isabella burst out laughing after hearing what I said.
“that’s right. I would like you to solve it if possible. “I don’t get along very well with the current rankers.”
This was also my first time hearing this story.
As I stared at her, Isabella, who was smoothing her platinum hair, gazed toward the sky.
“They say trust is important among those who have to run on the front lines. As you know, I’m not good at trusting people. Maybe that’s why everyone said they couldn’t leave their backs to me. Because of that, our relationship naturally becomes neglectful and distant, so what can we do? “I couldn’t climb Crown Road on my own, so I ended up giving up first.”
In saying that, Isabella’s response was that she did not regret the fact that she could not trust someone.
Rather, she calmly picked up the sandwich again and munched on it, as if it had always happened.
Isabella is not hurt.
Since I didn’t trust anyone from the beginning, there was no reason to feel hurt.
“That’s why we’re trying to train new people who will come down to the rear and clear the floor. On the outside, I act like I opened a training center with the mission of clearing the Crown Road, but the reality is this. how is it? “Would this be something you didn’t know about?”
Maybe it was because I acted like I knew a lot about myself, but Isabella smiled mischievously.
Seeing that, I raised my hand to wipe the sandwich sauce off Isabella’s mouth and then stopped.
I can’t believe my hands moved first.
Isabella’s eyes widened as if she was surprised by my actions, but then she smiled.
“That’s kind. thank you.”
“Noisy.”
I clicked my tongue and looked away as I wrapped my fingers around the sauce.
I have already grown tired of seeing this woman deliberately bring upon herself to live a lonely life.
It was nothing new. Because I also knew why this woman became distrustful of humans.
But knowing that, even more so if I had been through a similar situation to her… … .
My lips were tightly bitten.
A useless thought entered my head again.
I don’t know why I feel this way about this woman I killed with my own hands.
“So the conclusion is that I just have to kill all the rankers? “Do you feel anxious around people who don’t trust you?”
“It’s not bad. “I also have a desire for revenge for being thrown away.”
It’s a lie.
Because this woman didn’t have any desire for revenge.
My heart fluttered again at the thought that even the smile I was seeing right now was a lie.
“But among the rankers, there is still one person who is close to me.”
Annoyingly, I know who that is.
“He was supposed to help me with this matter, but since you Ha Cheon-seong showed up, I don’t think there’s a need for that.”
I wanted to ask.
What on earth did that guy do to you that made you make that choice?
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But I forced myself to swallow those words and spit out something else.
“Isabella, do you really want to clear the Crown Road?”
After hearing my question, Isabella turned to me.
As if asking what the question meant.
She remained silent for a moment, as if in a pause, and then answered after a while.
“I think I want to do it. A bondage that lasts forever makes people feel impoverished little by little. That’s why there are very few people who make it past the 10th time at Crown Road. “I think I will be broken like that someday, so I want to clear it as quickly as possible before that happens.”
“I can clear it.”
I spoke confidently.
As Isabella first said to me, I will clear the Crown Road.
Within 5 years, I will climb all 100 floors and give Heavenly Father a beating.
After hearing that answer, Isabella looked at me and smiled slightly.
“I see. “You might be able to do it.”
“Is it because of my strength that you think it’s possible?”
Isabella, who has seen countless rankers, would have already noticed my abnormal strength.
But after hearing what I said, she slowly shook her head from side to side.
“When it comes to power, even the rankers that existed until now had it. Designated by numerous classes and constellations, excellent stats, it was a virtue that all rankers possessed. As you said, Ha Cheon-seong, it is a necessary condition for clearing the Crown Road, but in the end, it is only the foundation.”
“When you first saw me, you said that I could be the first to clear the Crown Road.”
When Isabella and I first met, she said the same thing to me.
If it were me, I would be the first to clear Crown Road.
At the time, I dismissed it as a formality to attract people to the training center, but after hearing it again, I interpreted it with a different meaning.
“What on earth did you see in me?”
“nothing.”
She spoke calmly.
“I didn’t see anything in particular. I never thought I would say something like that. It’s just a thought that came to mind as soon as I saw you. If you have a feeling that it will happen that way, it must have been a feeling.”
“You said that just based on feeling?”
“why? Do you think there was some interference from the Constellation?”
I was silent at that question.
It would have been better if it had been that way.
Everything could have been blamed on the Constellation’s intentions.
“done. “It was a useless question.”
I didn’t feel it was worth talking about anymore, so I decided to end the conversation at this point.
“Oh, by the way, the lantern keeper has been in an uproar since what happened yesterday. It was the first time that a dead person was found among the lamp keepers. “They went on a rampage to find the culprit.”
Just as the lampkeepers planted a spy in Isabella, it seems that the same thing happened to Isabella.
She had all the information about the lamp keeper.
“Then, I made up fake information about myself and leaked it to the lantern keeper. “Let those guys target me.”
“Will you serve as bait?”
“You need an excuse anyway. I’ll kill the lantern keepers, so as a police officer, if you make it up that you’ve come to catch me to protect the lantern keepers to prevent murder, you’ll have a good reason to go into their headquarters. “You can take care of everything after that.”
“Helping out already is an exceptional service, isn’t it?”
“If I have any doubts, it doesn’t matter if I wait until everything is sorted out. “Because I also have a reason to attack the lantern keepers.”
If that was the condition for clearing the floor, it was necessary.
After hearing my answer, Isabella nodded as if she liked it because it was not a bad story at all from her perspective.
“I will prepare fake information as you requested. One day will be enough. If that happens, you will only have one day left at the training center. “I brought you here, but I never thought you would leave me so quickly.”
“I’ve never been in your arms before, so don’t talk nonsense.”
“I think my arms will be quite soft.”
Not wanting to listen to any more nonsense, I left Isabella and got up.
Isabella was looking at me with amusement, but I ignored her gaze and walked away.
And soon, I opened my mouth as I felt a sign of popularity nearby.
“Hogum, how long do you plan on watching?”
He was pretending to be popular in his own way, but when I easily noticed him, he clicked his tongue and showed himself.
Tiger Sword, Lineorman.
He was the direct subordinate of Isabella, whom I saw on the first day, and had been watching me ever since I first met her.
“Can you be my stalker?”
“I am Isabella’s limb. “Unless I know what you might do to Isabella, I have a duty to keep an eye on you.”
“So what have I done?”
“I did a lot of suspicious things.”
It wasn’t wrong.
As I did not deny anything, Lineorman’s eyes began to sharpen.
“For what purpose did you approach Isabella?”
“Do you think I approached you first? “It was she who approached.”
Since he didn’t know about my first meeting with Isabella, I told him the truth, but Lineor didn’t seem to believe it at all.
This child was not as trusting of others as Isabella, so it was his master’s hands and feet.
“I also watched the process when you attacked the lantern keeper. In my eyes, there is absolutely no reason for you to come into the training center. “I didn’t even have a reason to stay with Isabella.”
It was for the purpose of clearing the Naya floor, but the fact that I approached Isabella even with this much power seemed incomprehensible to Lineorman, who did not know that fact.
“Think whatever you want. Because no matter what I say, you won’t believe it. I’m just having a bad relationship with Isabella. And I just did business with that Isabella guy.”
There was no reason for me to persuade Lineorman, so I waved my hand and tried to pass by.
“transaction? Don’t be funny. Mistress Isabella never trusts you. And you also don’t trust Isabella at all, so what’s the deal?”
When I heard that, I stopped.
“know.”
fantasy,
