Chapter 145 – #31_City Life (5)
#143
One.
The meaningless walk on the streets at night now has a purpose.
It was none other than grasping the existence of the homunculus.
There is awareness that it is presumptuous and dangerous behavior.
There is no certainty that all the homunculus that have killed countless witches can be disposed of with Siu’s hands.
But isn’t this better than sitting around doing nothing?
Thinking negatively doesn’t make anything better.
“Let’s have a good idea, a good idea.”
Homunculus drops new magic knowledge with a certain probability.
It can be a new breakthrough for Siwoo, who has a limit in breaking through the wall by himself.
Siu forced himself to read and put on his sunglasses.
It was important to read the flow of magical power first in order to pinpoint the location of the homunculus.
However, it was not possible to advertise ‘I have a stigma in my left eye’ with my eyes exposed, so I wore it as a temporary measure.
“It doesn’t look dirty.”
Do celebrities put up with this discomfort when they go out?
I put my idle thoughts aside and start moving as far as I can.
In fact, there was no great harvest.
I searched every nook and cranny for about two hours a day, but at most I found out that there are many dark places even in this bustling neighborhood.
Secluded alleys of one-room villages, citizen parks with few visitors, underground parking lots and parking towers that are not used and left unattended.
In the roundabout in front of the university, there are as many as three large buildings that have been in the process of holding a lien for a long time, and there is also a commercial building that is waiting for demolition because only stores have completely moved out.
“Is this enough?”
I searched every nook and cranny from Sinchon to Hongdae as if it were a citizen crime prevention team, but I couldn’t find any signs of abnormality.
It was a very sad feeling.
I am relieved that I no longer have to risk my life to fight for the lives of strangers.
Uncomfortable at the question of whether or not they have not been found because they are searching in the wrong way.
Combining the two is really embarrassing.
Siu sat down on a nearby bench.
In Gehenna, he inhaled 5 liters of water a day instead of drinking cola, as if he had a disease that would kill him if he didn’t drink cola.
He flicked the collar of his shirt, which was heavy with sweat, and put a cigarette in his mouth.
In front of your eyes, a modern landscape like nightfall flows.
I could see office workers rushing to the last train after the overtime shift was over, and female college students heading to their own rooms from the library after studying for exams.
“How are the twins doing?”
It was a little regretful that they parted without spending enough time due to Count Gemanai’s restraint.
Since about 4 months have passed since I came here, I wonder if I will have to repeat this 15 times before I can meet the twins.
At first, he was a ferocious bad boy, but he got used to it.
Basically, he has a good heart, and above all, he has a cuteness that seems to pop out.
Even compared to the present world, there are only a handful of people who have had such a close relationship.
When the twins officially inherit the stigma and play, they have a list of restaurants to take them to.
There are a lot of dessert shops around here that the two of you will like.
It was a bit ironic.
She used to paint this figure gazing at the wide meadow, but now she sits in the landscape and misses her connection in Gehenna.
“In addition….”
When I think about this, there are many things that come to mind.
Right before returning to her present world, I also think of Yebin, who gave me sticky intercourse with her erotic body and active appeal…
Now that she came to think of it, she was a very nice woman.
She set up her sanctuary for the citizens of Gehenna.
What witch would think that?
I also secretly want to see Takasho.
If her adaptability is at the level of a cockroach, Takasho, she will do well no matter where she is or what she does.
I don’t know what the time difference is, but if the time is the same as here, I’d probably be in the witch’s bed by now.
Shi-woo, who throws the cola can she drank into her trash can, suddenly encounters the memory of a person she has been suppressing.
Amelia Marigold.
Thinking back on her, she is such a mind-blowing person.
She was captured by a slave trader and when she was given the janitor of Trinity Academy, she came to her free night to attend.
When Si-woo, embarrassed, refused, she teased people with all sorts of truth.
Her most speculative thing is that she had her deer hunted in the deer forest south of the academy.
She can’t openly use magic, and at least a shovel as a tool.
In the end, she gnashed her teeth all day chasing only the back of a deer that was leisurely running away.
If Sophia, who was passing by, hadn’t listened to her circumstances and hadn’t caught her deer for her, she probably would have suffered an extra scourge from Amelia.
Amelia also changed little by little as she went through this and that for five years after that.
The most dramatic change was when Siu was rendered half-dead by Ea Sadal Melik and reverted to her childhood.
She treated Siu, who had no memory of her, kindly as if she were her own apprentice witch.
We look at the stars together, draw pictures, and swim together.
They stayed together in a cabin in the forest of oyster trees, leaving happy memories every day.
And the moment Siwoo’s memories fully return.
Those memories shattered into sharp fragments.
It was a fragment of betrayal and the name of love and hatred.
There was one thing Siwoo couldn’t forgive the most.
Her abomination when she asked if she would forgive me even if she regained her memories.
Of course I knew.
With Siwoo’s sense of time, it’s natural since they’ve been together since childhood.
That Amelia, who seemed so lofty and picky, was actually a very clumsy person.
Also, he didn’t say that with the intention of playing with Siwoo, who doesn’t know anything.
However, there was a gap between accepting with reason and feeling.
She gave a glimpse while leaving a note in hesitation, not knowing how to face it.
You’ve probably read it by now.
She thought it was up to her how to receive the note.
“This is why I hate it.”
Siu put his thoughts to rest.
Whenever she thinks of Amelia, her heart becomes agitated.
Seeing that he has all kinds of thoughts, he must have missed a real person.
– Tuk-tuk, tuk-tuk
My hair felt moist and when I looked up, raindrops trickled down my cheeks.
“Oh, I didn’t bring an umbrella.”
I thought the wind was bad, but it looks like it’s going to rain.
The gray sky, which at first sprayed a few thick drops of water, soon began pouring rainwater as if crying.
“Emotions are bursting.”
When paying the bill, when ordering, how long has it been since you talked to anyone other than talking to yourself?
It also seems a bit lonely.
People who urgently take out their umbrellas, and people who wait for a shower to pass under the eaves of the store.
Everyone must have a place to go.
The current Siwoo was in the middle.
The ambiguity of not belonging anywhere began to be perceived as discomfort.
“Uh?”
A distortion entered Siwoo’s eyes as he gazed at the sky.
Sinchon Gyeongui Line train station located across from the roundabout.
Next to it is a five-story historical building that connects to the train station.
Even though it seems to be a yolk land, the vacancy rate is so high that it has turned into an abandoned house except for the movie theater operated on the top floor.
It was a building that I had visited several times, thinking that the homunculus was lurking there.
I could see the black shadow wriggling as if climbing on the outer wall of the building and crossing over to the roof.
Siwoo jumped up from his seat.
Found.
He starts running right away.
It’s also a place with many eyes, so I didn’t use magic, but I headed for history at full speed.
Passing between the containers placed at the entrance for demonstration purposes, they quickly start running through the emergency stairs.
From here on, I didn’t have to worry about other people’s eyes.
Actively using the steps of a water lizard, it jumps up to the roof almost as if flying.
It wasn’t until the street got closer that the noise of the city passing through the open stairway disappeared as we entered the translucent curtain.
From here, it is the realm of the double barrier naturally generated by the homunculus.
“Bloom.”
At the same time as Siwoo’s chanting, the armor of shadow extending from his back wrapped around his body like a snake.
Even though I’ve done it a few times, it’s much more natural compared to before.
Grasp the rooftop handle with the grunting gauntlet.
Seeing that it doesn’t return, it looks like it’s locked, but that shouldn’t be a problem.
If Siwoo borrowed a little bit of armor’s strength, it would have been possible to tear through an iron gate this thick like cardboard and go out to the rooftop.
Actually, the problem is different.
The question is whether this homunculus has enough fighting power that Siu can catch and kill him.
No matter how much innocent citizens hate to lose their lives, they volunteered to act as vigilantes, but if they were prepared to die… I’m not sure.
-Clap!
“If you have to, just bounce.”
Even so, Siu twisted open the locked door.
The door opens with the touch of a broken lock.
As for the structure of the rooftop, there was nothing special about it.
You can see a circle enveloping the entire history.
The circle was spreading around the homunculus making a fuss on the rooftop.
“Kreung… Keureung… Keureung…”
The homunculus, moaning and licking its body like a poop-hungry puppy, was very familiar to me.
It’s the same monster I saw on the promenade of the Citizen’s Park the other day.
Appearance resembling a large hunting dog.
It was so black that even the texture of the skin, as if it were made of sticky mud, was very similar.
You sure killed that last time?
I even confirmed the appearance of dying and disappearing leaving only crystals behind.
I knew that each homunculus had a different form, but was this knowledge wrong?
Siwoo was taken aback, but firmly packed his arms.
As before, it is a combination of full body armor, helmet, shield, and longsword.
If it’s an opponent similar to last time, there’s no need to run away from this side first.
You have to deal with it calmly.
Siu quietly approached him.
However, even after moving forward for a long time, the homunculus was just licking my body hard instead of attacking towards it.
When the distance between Siu and the homunculus narrowed to about 5m, Siu finally saw it.
The side of the homunculus is split.
A tar-like bodily fluid leaked out of the gap, making the floor sticky.
Besides, when I approached it, it seemed that it was already half dead.
It’s natural, but there’s no such thing as a heartbreaking heart.
I don’t know if this is a trap, but I’m just thinking about it a little.
Then I heard a cracking voice from behind.
“Hey! I don’t know where the year rolled. That’s mine!”
It was a very high, nervous woman’s voice.
