## Chapter 180 – Preparation
“…Delicious… Hehe… This is also delicious…”
The table, sized for four, was covered with delivery food and empty dishes. Chicken, jokbal (pig’s trotters), sandwiches…
Iria didn’t seem to care about the strange combination of foods, taking a bite of chicken and then a sip of beer.
Her face was already flushed, as if she were drunk, and her tongue was slurring.
“It seems to suit your taste, I’m glad.”
“…Whether it suits her taste is one thing, but I think we should stop giving her alcohol now.”
Whether the original Iria could handle her liquor was something I couldn’t know at this point,
but it was clear that Seorin definitely couldn’t. Just one can of beer and she’s like this…
“I guess you’re right? Then I’ll put Iria to bed in my room. Wait a moment.”
Even though she was drunk, Iria didn’t act out at all, clinging to her sister who was supporting her,
acting cute as she snuggled up, and her sister responded as if she was used to it, leading her into the room.
It seemed like it would take a while, so I sipped my beer alone and looked at the clock,
but contrary to my expectations, Iran came out of the room in less than a minute.
“…What is it? Why are you out already?”
“Ah, Iria falls asleep as soon as her head hits the pillow when she’s drunk. That habit hasn’t changed.”
Iran sat back down, smiling playfully as she recalled her friend’s embarrassing behavior.
At the end of her laughter, she didn’t say anything, just drank her beer and looked at me.
“…Is there something you want to talk about?”
“Oh, something I couldn’t say earlier because Iria was here. It’s about the four who started the war.
I told Iria that I’d explain it later, but I don’t plan to.
She’s such a responsible person that she’ll definitely try to get involved, blaming herself.”
My sister put down her beer can and stretched, taking off her glasses and pushing them to one side.
I didn’t respond to my sister’s words, waiting quietly for her to continue.
“…Why did they imprison Iria in that mountain? What’s certain is that it wasn’t just simple revenge against Hir.
‘Kin,’ who created the prison, wouldn’t do something so emotional and meaningless. There’s definitely something more to it.”
“And the other side knew that Iria was alive.
They wouldn’t not know if they had kept her locked up for 20 years, from when I was a baby until now.”
That meant that there was a creator who had already obtained a human body and been resurrected in modern times 20 years ago.
A human who imprisoned Iria in the mountains and, at the same time, bloomed the flower in modern times using her body as a medium…
The group that first discovered the fruit that had been quietly sealed and experimented with it…
“…That’s probably those weird lab people.”
“I think so too. ‘Kin’ is already mixed in with that group.”
Why hadn’t I thought of that until now? The flower that had already gone extinct.
How, where, and who had bloomed that flower? Where did they find Iria’s body?
Of course, the existence that knows all of that is the existence that experienced ‘that event.’
“…For now, what’s certain is that ‘Kin’ has been resurrected in modern times. I don’t know about the others, but…
Still, ‘Nigum’ isn’t yet. Even though he’s hot-tempered, he cherishes his comrades terribly.
Piedels was defeated by you in Busan, but it doesn’t make sense that he’s been quiet until now.”
“What about the other one?”
“…’Theresa,’ if this woman has been resurrected, honestly, the situation will become very difficult.
Nigum is out of the question, and Kin and Piedels can’t draw a big picture. But she’s not like that.
It could be Theresa who told Kin to imprison Iria and is plotting something behind the scenes.
She’s cunning and sly… Not as much as me, but she’s still good at using her head.”
“…”
So that means there might be two creators who have been resurrected in modern times…
To be honest, that purplish guy I fought in Busan was quite difficult.
I couldn’t even move a finger against his powerful telekinesis, and if it weren’t for that mysterious silver gem, I…
And now you’re saying there might be two beings at a similar level to that guy.
“…Anyway, it’s probably best to be careful for a while. Since you destroyed ‘Kin’s’ prison,
they’ve probably realized that something went wrong on their side too. For now, Iria will stay here for a while…”
“…I was going to look for them slowly, but it looks like I’ll have to find them directly after all.”
“Huh? What?”
As my sister said, it’s certain that they’re hiding among those lab people right now.
Then I have to find them before they plot something even stranger. I have to find out what they’re thinking.
“…I know someone on that side. But he’s been hiding recently, so I’ll have to go find him myself.”
Someone who knows a lot about that side, and someone who knows me well.
I have no choice but to find Jung Ah-un and interrogate him about this and that.
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“…Kyaaak!”
“Ugh, annoying…! How many times do I have to say it? Don’t interfere!”
“I, I’m sorry…”
It was a break during the cover shoot for next month’s issue, which was continuing late into the night.
The scream of a staff member who had scolded me for having dark circles under my eyes echoed in the waiting room.
“Yeonwoo-ya… They were just worried about you…! What’s wrong with you these days?!”
“Are you on that bitch’s side too…? Get out, all of you get out!!”
I pushed all the fellow models who were trying to stop me out of the room.
I slammed the door shut and locked it, then slumped down on the sofa and ruffled my hair.
Worried about me? I know that too…! I don’t even know why I’m like this.
A staff member just said, ‘Yeonwoo-ssi, you look tired, would you like to get some sleep?’
and I hit that staff member who was worried about me. It’s strange. It was just that, but I got so annoyed…
I feel like I’m not myself anymore, I feel like I’m going crazy… I’m thirsty… I want to drink something…
“…Ah, this is…”
A small bottle containing a blue liquid caught my eye as I rummaged through my bag.
My trembling hand picked up the blue bottle without listening to me.
“…Haa, haa…”
It’s that blue juice again. A blue bottle with a design that has no label or even small lettering.
A drink that I never packed is always in my bag. How did this happen…?
But why do I know the taste of this drink…? Sweet, cool… Relieves thirst…
I shouldn’t drink it, but my hand is automatically reaching for the stopper blocking the bottle.
The sweet smell filled the waiting room as I opened the lid.
No, I shouldn’t drink this. It’s like someone is talking to me…
I don’t know who it is. I’m so thirsty, it looks delicious, sweet smell, thirst,
No, if I drink it, I can’t go back, stop, I’m thirsty, stop drinking, medicine, honey.
The blue liquid sloshing in the drink bottle that had somehow reached my lips while I was trembling.
Just before I poured it into my mouth, my cell phone alarm rang. Who is it at this hour?
It’s Dad… ‘Confirming the order.’ Put down the medicine bottle and confirm the master’s order.
‘I’m in the park below the studio right now. Come down right now.’
“…Yes, ‘Toy No. 2,’ order received.”
The master is waiting. I have to go down right now…
I opened the door I had closed and went outside. A senior model standing in the hallway.
“Wait a minute, Han Yeonwoo. I have something to tell you…”
“Shut up and get out of the way.”
“What…? You really…”
I shook off the interferer who grabbed my wrist and caught the elevator to go down.
There are too many eyes watching to deal with the interferer, so the master’s order is the priority for now…
“…Mission complete… Uh, what, what is this… Where am I…?”
When I came to my senses, I was standing in the empty park below the studio.
What, I thought I was sitting in the waiting room until just a moment ago…
“Hmm, it seems like I’ve been using it for too long. The addiction symptoms seem severe…
But the visuals are decent, so the owner will be satisfied with the flowerpot that comes out.”
“…Hic…!”
The park was definitely empty, a hand approached me from behind without a sound and caressed my cheek.
I turned my head to chase the voice that was muttering words I didn’t understand, but it had already disappeared.
“W, who are you again! C, come out quickly?! You… Kyaaak?!”
“Even though I separated the two personalities to prevent the mind from breaking down due to the drug,
I’m not as lenient as Chaeyoon. Don’t bark so loudly. It makes me want to kill you and forget about the flowerpot.”
The shadow, who had been looking around and searching for the owner of the voice, reappeared behind me,
snatched my wrist, twisted it, and slammed me to the ground. The identity of the shadow was a woman.
A familiar voice and a cold attitude, this woman… I’ve definitely seen her somewhere…
“L, let go!! Who are you?! Do you know who my dad is?!”
“Ha, geez. Still talking about your dad? You and your dad are already soaked in drugs,
and you’re just toys who can’t even live a proper daily life without ‘this.'”
A blue drop fell on my face… This is…?
The sweetness of the drop that naturally wets my lips as it runs down the curve of my cheek…
“Eung-hic?!♡”
Twitch.
I let out a strange moan without realizing it and jumped up.
What is this? Strength that I didn’t have before is starting to circulate. It feels good.
What is it? Sweet, delicious, feels good, more, no. This is…!
No, what? Delicious, hehehe, more…♡
“Look, just one drop and you’re like that…♡”
Huh? What am I doing right now… I’m licking the floor…?
Why am I doing this…! It’s all because of this woman…!
“…Even though she’s a drug addict, she’s a woman with decent visuals, as much as the flowerpot Chaeyoon has…
Hey, ‘Toy No. 2.’ From now on, you’ll be my flowerpot…♡ Don’t disappoint me?”
Toy No. 2…? What crazy things is this woman saying right now…!
How dare she call me Toy No. 2…
“Yes! ‘Toy No. 2’ will carry out the order!”
…Huh, my mouth is moving on its own…? Sweet…? I don’t know, I don’t know…
