Chapter 118 – 118. Livestock Entry and Registration Process?
Asking to show your butt.
There are countless people just by turning your head,
It is not a question worth hearing in a space like this.
This is not a hospital, nor is it a public bathhouse.
This is the entrance to the office I was in a little while ago.
Also, it is a very open space.
“I’m sorry if you felt bad. Ah-young Lee! Or, for any other reason…”
I am. It’s a woman.
Obviously, I am a woman.
I am a human being who knows shame.
Soft, soft, soft…
“Whoo, whoo.”
It’s only been half a day since I came to this building.
I never imagined that such a cruel crisis would come so quickly.
This place had to be Park Yun-ji’s hell.
Tormenting me,
It was a space where Park Yoon-ji, who had driven me into endless hell, would be punished.
But… Why? Why?
Has this situation already approached me?
“Huuuuu. Huuuuu.”
Take a deep breath.
And, again… Ten breaths.
I think.
I am,
You shouldn’t just tremble in fear.
You shouldn’t just be ruled by fearful emotions.
It comes to mind.
The lives of my livestock where every moment was terrible.
All the pasts that I didn’t want to think about, those pasts that I tried to forget even if I had to.
At this moment, they are passing through my head one by one.
“Whoa.”
The ‘mindset’ we wanted to have as livestock.
I think back to the ‘resolution’ I made a little while ago.
‘I truly ruin Park Yoon-ji.’
‘As Kim Hyo-jin said, I act confidently.’
Two resolutions.
“Whoo, whoo, whoo.”
Kim Hyo-jin, who just disappeared.
She told me to be confident.
I was trying to understand the meaning of those words subjectively,
I still can’t read her thoughts at all.
I keep thinking.
The female employee in front of me was looking at me quizzically, but I avoided her gaze for now.
“Lee Ah-young? . Butt. ., Um. Ah, um.”
This situation.
Again, the situation right before it became known to others that I was a livestock.
The terrible reality.
Can I overcome this situation?
Is there another way?
. Nothing.
My experience speaks for itself.
There is nothing I can do.
Kang Joo-hyuk.
Lee Ji-yeon.
Park Yoon-ji.
And, even Kim Hyo-jin.
In front of those humans, there was nothing that Lee A-young, a domestic animal, could do on her own.
It just has to go the way they want,
My fate of becoming a livestock.
Probably, until the three years that Kang Joo-hyuk promised are over.
My fate may not change.
‘There is nothing I can do.’
Togak, ttogak.
“. Write.”
The female employee who was standing next to Ayoung turns her body and returns to the desk she was originally at.
Shaking her head… The female employee mutters to herself.
“I guess it’s livestock. Well, there are all sorts of strange things happening.”
Flinch!
My body trembles when I hear that voice.
Lee A-young = Livestock.
. That fact cannot be hidden in the end.
The female employee must have already guessed it by seeing my reaction.
I am silently trembling,
You may have remembered that they are livestock.
So what should I do?
“Whoa! Phew!”
The more I think about it, the heavier my breathing becomes.
However, my thoughts were gradually heading towards a conclusion.
It is highly likely that Kim Hyo-jin planned this situation from the beginning.
In the end, this situation was inevitable.
In the first place,
This means that Kim Hyo-jin had no intention of hiding the fact that ‘Lee A-young is livestock.’
Anyway,
This means that no matter what action I took, this office would have known that Lee Ah-young was a livestock.
If so…
There is only one action I need to take.
The person holding my leash right now is Kim Hyo-jin.
To Kim Hyo-jin, it looks good.
Listening carefully to what she says.
In other words.
. Be confident.
As a domestic animal, be confident.
Softly.
“Whoo, whoo.”
Finally, I take a deep breath and close my eyes tightly.
My heart was still shaking, but…
As I let go of my heart, my heartbeat definitely became slower than before.
About the attitude I should take,
Now, I completely understand.
You can’t run away anyway.
I must conform and submit completely to every situation that comes my way.
Clear your throat,
I speak to the female employee with my sincere desire to be confident.
“. That’s right!”
“. To? Yes?”
“I am a livestock.”
“. Ah.”
Grinning!
I smile.
Smile and comply confidently.
That is my conclusion.
“Ah, ahaha! That’s right! Ah-young Lee! Then, I will explain about entry and exit registration~”
“. Eh?”
However,
Even though I revealed that I was a livestock…
The female employee’s kind voice did not change.
ㅡㅡㅡㅡ
“Mr. Lee Ah-young, please go down to the 10th floor and tell them that you are here to register livestock!”
“. Who can I talk to?”
“Well, I don’t know who is in charge. This is my first time registering livestock in person.”
“. Ah, I see.”
“Yes! Lee Ah-young, I’ll explain it to you when you get back!”
Even though I revealed that I was a livestock, the female employee’s attitude did not change.
She was still kind to me.
. I wonder what that means.
That kindness made me feel foreign.
I thought attitudes would change right away…
Rather, it feels strange.
Wow!
Ayoung gets back on the elevator.
As she boards the elevator alone, she feels her inertia.
She forces herself to straighten her shoulders and stand proudly, but fear still creeps through her body.
Although I was clearly aware of the attitude I needed to take,
In the end, it is true that the situation is just before it is revealed that Ayoung is a ‘livestock’.
. There was no way it would be okay.
I thought the right answer was not to be afraid,
Her body doesn’t move as expected.
. Because I am a woman. And a human.
It would be strange not to be nervous in a situation like this.
I look down at my body.
My appearance fully dressed.
This is…
I hope it doesn’t change.
Please.
ㅡㅡㅡㅡ
An elevator that went down only two floors.
The door opens, and Ayoung arrives in a new space.
The 12th floor was a space that was closed off with a gate.
On the other hand, the 10th floor where Ayoung just arrived looks very different from him.
Unlike the 12th floor, which was a completely open space without any walls or doors,
On the 10th floor, there are several walls and doors separating large spaces.
. If I hadn’t just come down from one floor above,
It was so different that I wondered if it was the same building.
This 10th floor was designed as if it had recently been remodeled,
It has very clean walls and doors.
. More than anything,
There was no one here.
The silence felt as soon as the elevator doors opened.
. Of course, I could feel the presence of people in several rooms in the hallway,
It is so quiet compared to the 12th floor, where you could hear loud noises.
“. Haa.”
Which door should I open?
Heck, I don’t know anything…
Which of these many rooms should I head to?
Togak, ttogak, ttogak.
Walking down the hallway.
Check the name written on the door you pass by.
10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, …
. I have no idea what is what.
The letters just say what room number is on the 10th floor.
This content alone is not enough,
I had no idea what room I had to go to ‘register livestock’.
“. Haa.”
A sigh comes out.
So, should I go into these rooms one by one?
. If you open the door and meet the person inside.
What question should I ask?
. Where do I register livestock access.? Should I ask that.?
. I really hate this method.
Even though I knew what was best for my situation,
Because it would be such a terrible thing to tell strangers that I am a livestock.
Togak, ttogak, ttogak.
Lost in thought, I walk to the end of this long hallway on the 10th floor.
. And in the end, I can’t solve it alone.
In this unfamiliar space, there is nothing I know.
“Ha, ha. How. Do we.”
At the end of this quiet, long hallway,
I am in trouble.
I couldn’t muster the courage to go into another room.
When I opened it, I was afraid of someone seeing me and saying hello.
No matter how much I try to remember the promise I made, the promise I made to be confident, my body doesn’t move.
. Time passes.
Tick, tick.
Even though it is a hallway without a clock,
It felt like I could hear the hands of a clock.
I can feel the passage of time throughout my body, and as time goes by, other fears come in.
Time delay.
Kim Hyo-jin’s face comes to mind.
If it’s too late, won’t she be angry?
. I have to start now.
I still didn’t know what access registration was,
Still, I have to do it.
A head-on breakthrough was the answer.
Even if you avoid it like this, nothing will change.
Thinking this, Ayoung looks back.
At that moment,
Squeak.
. Huh?
. The door of a room opens.
Plop, plop.
The door located in the middle of the hallway opens,
A woman walks out from inside.
When that door opens and someone appears,
What should I do?
. The moment that worry comes to mind, Ayoung runs towards her.
Togak, ttogak, ttogak, ttogak!
Footsteps echo in the hallway, and the woman approaches Ayoung’s sight.
At least
There is only one person,
At least
It’s a woman.
Just like that, Ayoung runs towards her.
“. Ah, hello!”
“. Ah, yes. Nice to meet you.”
Ayoung came running and said her greeting without realizing it,
At the same time… The female employee roughly accepts the greeting and turns her back on Ayoung.
It’s ordinary indifference.
It may be a normal attitude that a person who receives a greeting from a stranger can adopt.
But.
Ayoung had to do it.
Even though the purpose of coming to the 10th floor was scary and terrible for Ayoung, she had to do it.
“I’m sorry! Ho, by any chance. Where do I register livestock?”
“. Yes?”
The female employee who heard my voice turns to me again.
“. Um. Isn’t this Ms. Lee Ah-young, who I greeted you earlier?”
Jjoaaaaa!
Goosebumps appear all over her body.
What does that mean?
This woman meant that she worked on the 12th floor.
She meant that she was the person I greeted with Kim Hyo-jin earlier.
An employee who has already seen me.
And,
Employees working on the 12th floor where I work.
Why, why…
. It’s like this.
Should I cover up?
Should I say no?
No.
I… Can’t help it.
It should not be avoided.
Wasn’t that the resolution I made a little while ago?
Anyway, if it’s despair you have to face…
The answer is to do it.
“Oh, hello… Ma, that’s right. My name is Lee Ah-young. Well, by the way… Livestock registration…”
“. Hey, do you know what livestock registration is?”
“. Yes. Yes.”
Gulp!
Tears well up in my eyes.
What I will do now.
It will bring hell to me.
Even though I know that…
I feel so sad and miserable as I keep talking about myself.
“I am a livestock. So what should I do to register for entry?”
. She looks at me.
He looks at me in silence for a while.
“. Ah, I see.”
The texture of my skin with goosebumps.
. It does not return to its original state.
My hair stands on end, I am convinced that this moment is a great crisis and inevitability.
“Follow me.”
She walks.
“Ah, my name is Jeong Hyeon-ju. “I am a member of the livestock management team.”
“. Bar, nice. Nice to meet you.”
I.
Still, I want to be confident.
Straighten your shoulders and raise your head.
However,
My throat is clogged.
Just the word ‘livestock management team’ makes me feel like my throat is being tightened.
“You were a livestock~ Everyone was going crazy because you were so pretty… It’s amazing that you were a livestock.”
I… Couldn’t say anything.
She doesn’t walk that far, but the distance feels so far to me.
A female employee named Jeong Hyeon-ju,
Open a door somewhere on the 10th floor.
Ayoung didn’t even have the presence of mind to check what room it was and where she was.
It’s good.
Boom!
. The office with the lights off.
A female employee named Jeong Hyeon-ju turns on the light.
Tak!
