“What map is this?” asked Kayden.
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“I don’t know. Could it be that the ghosts kidnapped Sir Diego and dropped this……”
Ruzef didn’t finish his words because of Kayden’s glare at him.
“You know how absurd that is, don’t you?”
Ruzef frowned and replied dissatisfiedly, “There’s always more absurdity than you can imagine here.”
In fact, what Ruzef said is right. Whatever you can imagine, there are always more absurd things going on on this island.
“This mark seems to be the mother of monsters,” I said while pointing at the grotesque drawing of a monster on the map, to be precise in the eastern part of the North Island.
Enoch asked with a puzzled face, “The mother of monsters?”
“I heard that this island is in ruins after repeated experiments for a thousand years. The evolution of monsters is one of the precursors. Jenas said that there is a mother of monsters in the eastern end of the North Island, and if you get rid of it, the monsters will stop evolving.”
After listening to my words, Kayden asked me with a curious expression like a student solving a difficult problem. “What is the mother of monsters?”
“I don’t know. He told me to go there myself.”
Once again I held back my swearing for Jenas. Damn you Jenas.
Enoch, who had been listening to our conversation, spoke in a calm, heavy voice. “Margaret, do you know the reason why Jenas told you about the mother of monsters? That’s suspicious, it might be a trap, so I think we should be careful.”
Enoch’s words made sense. I was lost in thought and recalled what had happened at the time.
“I think he told me because he thought I was going to die then. I almost got eaten by a monster.”
“What?! Why didn’t you say that before?”
At my words, Kayden got up from his seat in a fit of anger.
-crack.
At that moment, the canned food Enoch was holding was roughly dented. His thick forearm, delicately woven with muscles, was full of tendons. Kayden, Ruzef, and I were left speechless as we stared at Enoch.
He asked me calmly, “That wizard tried to kill you?”
His voice was soft, but somehow his eyes seemed to have a faint glint of madness. Bewildered by his response, I slightly averted my gaze.
“Oh… well… to be more precise, I was abandoned. Jenas didn’t directly threaten me, but when I was dragged away by a monster that invaded the cabin, he didn’t save me and left me alone.”
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“I didn’t like that damn brat from the start.”
I jumped up from my seat and pulled Kayden’s hand as he was about to run out, trying to sit him down, then looked back at Enoch.
“This map is our only clue, so how about we find the mother of monsters? If what Jenas said is true, we need to get rid of it to eradicate the monsters. Then Jenas will no longer be able to borrow the monster’s eyes to watch over us.”
“Margaret’s right. This is the only clue we have, it’s pretty close from here too.”
“How about meeting the Saintess before finding the mother of monsters?” Ruzef carefully expressed his opinion.
“The Saintess’ map has supplies location markings. I remember one of them is in the eastern part of the island where the mother of monsters is said to be,” he continued.
Enoch stroked his chin and looked at the map spread out on the floor again.
I followed Enoch’s gaze. There are no supply marks on the maps we have, but as I recall, there are three places on the North Island that have supply marks.
One of those three places is located in this bunker. I wonder if the things we packed might be ‘supply items’.
Then Enoch opened his mouth. “I also remember there’s a supply location mark near the mother of monsters.”
He looked at me and asked for my opinion. “How about we go there first while looking for Sir Diego, then find the Saintess? The place where the mother of monsters is located is a very dangerous place, so let’s plan again after grasping the situation well.”
Everyone nodded at Enoch’s words. While thinking about the mother of monsters, I recalled what Jenas had told me.
“I’m just borrowing the monster’s eyes, not manipulating them. They just like you.”
“Why do monsters like me?”
“You must smell delicious, Meg, different from the others.”
He said monsters like me……
It’s not liking that makes them follow me everywhere like Eunji, but because they think of me as delicious food.
Is it really okay for me to go to the mother of monsters?
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“And I think there is someone in your group who can use mana.”
“How did that person use mana that I can’t do in this body?”
If Jenas eventually found out that my soul is different, wouldn’t he have noticed that I am the one who can use mana?
I want to meet Jenas. I still have many questions I want to ask him.
“What is the mother of monsters?”
“Go there yourself.”
“I hope you survive, Meg. It’s kind of a gamble? Let’s just say it’s fun. Try your best here, on Alea Island.”
My head hurts remembering what Jeans said.
‘You son of a bitxh!’
***
-pitter-patter.
It was an afternoon of heavy rain.
If monsters appear in this kind of weather, there is a limit to using flares. This is because the flames of the flares quickly faded in the rain.
‘Damn it, there’s no umbrella or raincoat in the bunker.’
I put on the hood of the bomber jacket I was wearing. However, the three men had no hoods, so they couldn’t help but face the rain.
Kayden and Enoch each had large backpacks, and Ruzef was holding Eunji. Realizing the crossbody bag I was wearing was wet, I put it in my jacket.
Flares and lighters were stored wrapped in a shirt-like cloth, but even that could get wet if it rained so mercilessly.
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The amount of rain pouring was extraordinary.
We struggled on the muddy paths. Fortunately, we found a cave near the river and entered it.
“Dammit. It rained suddenly as if it had been waiting,” Kayden muttered irritably, squeezing his wet robe.
I sat idly at the entrance to the cave, gazing wistfully at the falling rain. It was a real disaster as soon as we put our plan into action.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen rain. I don’t think it has ever rained since I woke up on this island.
-swaaash.
The sound of rain is so refreshing contrary to my gloomy heart.
I opened my crossbody bag and took out the contents and examined them.
Yuanna’s record and the novel 《Something More Important Than Survival》 was partially wet. The lighter, flares, and first aid kit seemed to be still intact, and the telescope Jenas gave me was fine too.
“What’s the point of giving me a flashlight without a battery.”
I tapped the non-working flashlight on the floor and sighed. I don’t know why Jenas gave me something that can’t even be used.
Besides, it’s even more uncomfortable since it’s something he gave me.
‘I think I’d better throw away the telescope and flashlight.’
I left the telescope and flashlight behind and put the rest back in my bag. Then I looked back at the men cleaning the cave diligently.
I guess they can’t stand dirty things. How can men who never raise their hand for things like this clean up with such great effort?
Thanks to them, I don’t really have much to do.
I saw Enoch gather some wet wood and struggle to light it. Then I took the lighter out of my bag and lit the wood.
Ruzef, who was watching the situation quietly, asked, “Is the reason why you know how to use those things because you have lived a different life as someone else– no, I mean in another world?”
At Ruzef’s question, Enoch and Kayden looked at me at the same time. I guess they are curious about that.
I nodded in affirmation. “Yes. I don’t know how I ended up living a different life in that world. I wonder why things from that world are here……”
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“In that sense, let’s talk about Margaret’s soul which has disappeared beyond the dimension. Only Jenas can open the dimensional door. It can’t just be opened… After all the experiments are over, it’s possible to gather the mana of the dead. It’s not a door that opens with one or two people’s mana though.”
“That doesn’t mean there aren’t other ways to open the dimensional door. If you open the Return Gate with that key, the dimensional door will also open. I’ll bring Margaret then. Jenas doesn’t know about our plan yet, so we need to move fast.”
The Anata in my memory that I saw through the magic circle must have said that.
Sitting in front of the bonfire, I looked at the three men.
“Of the two doors in the bunker, I think the one with the magic circle on it is the dimensional door. It’s the door to a world I’ve lived in for a while. I think things from that world come every year through that door. I heard that the experiment is repeated every year. The other door is the Return Gate as I said before. I heard that if you open the Return Gate with the key the Saintess has, the dimensional door will also open.”
After hearing about the Return Gate, Yuanna, and Anata from me, Enoch and Kayden nodded while seriously listening to my explanation.
Ruzef had a puzzled face, but I could see him nodding his head as he tried to understand.
“By the way, what does it mean that the experiment is repeated every year? Is that what Anata said?”
Kayden suddenly asked me a question. I took out the novel 《Something More Important Than Survival》 from my crossbody bag and opened the first chapter.
— Every year, a door to get off the island opens. And they have to survive on the island in any way and method until the ‘door’ is opened.
These are the words written in the introduction to the novel from the first-person perspective.
It’s a novel written by someone in handwriting, but it’s strange that only those words are in a different font.
In addition to the words in the introduction, there are some differences in the handwriting in the middle, but it is a subtle difference, and I never expected it to be because it was written by two people.
“These words must have been written by Anata. I think it’s a system that opens the door every year to bring the test subjects in. However, looking at the situation, it seems like we are the last test subjects, so a door that opens every year wouldn’t mean much.”
“If we open that door, will we be able to escape?”
Enoch shook his head at Ruzef’s question. “Didn’t Margaret say that one is a Return Gate and the other is a dimensional door? It doesn’t seem like a door through which either of you can escape.”
“My thought exactly. There must be another way to escape. For instance, we might have to destroy this island, but that would be tantamount to suicide.”
If there is another way out, where would it be? Could it be the mysterious ‘door’ in the basement of Jenas’ cabin? As for the most suspicious is there.
“What map is this?” asked Kayden.
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“I don’t know. Could it be that the ghosts kidnapped Sir Diego and dropped this……”
Ruzef didn’t finish his words because of Kayden’s glare at him.
“You know how absurd that is, don’t you?”
Ruzef frowned and replied dissatisfiedly, “There’s always more absurdity than you can imagine here.”
In fact, what Ruzef said is right. Whatever you can imagine, there are always more absurd things going on on this island.
“This mark seems to be the mother of monsters,” I said while pointing at the grotesque drawing of a monster on the map, to be precise in the eastern part of the North Island.
Enoch asked with a puzzled face, “The mother of monsters?”
“I heard that this island is in ruins after repeated experiments for a thousand years. The evolution of monsters is one of the precursors. Jenas said that there is a mother of monsters in the eastern end of the North Island, and if you get rid of it, the monsters will stop evolving.”
After listening to my words, Kayden asked me with a curious expression like a student solving a difficult problem. “What is the mother of monsters?”
“I don’t know. He told me to go there myself.”
Once again I held back my swearing for Jenas. Damn you Jenas.
Enoch, who had been listening to our conversation, spoke in a calm, heavy voice. “Margaret, do you know the reason why Jenas told you about the mother of monsters? That’s suspicious, it might be a trap, so I think we should be careful.”
Enoch’s words made sense. I was lost in thought and recalled what had happened at the time.
“I think he told me because he thought I was going to die then. I almost got eaten by a monster.”
“What?! Why didn’t you say that before?”
At my words, Kayden got up from his seat in a fit of anger.
-crack.
At that moment, the canned food Enoch was holding was roughly dented. His thick forearm, delicately woven with muscles, was full of tendons. Kayden, Ruzef, and I were left speechless as we stared at Enoch.
He asked me calmly, “That wizard tried to kill you?”
His voice was soft, but somehow his eyes seemed to have a faint glint of madness. Bewildered by his response, I slightly averted my gaze.
“Oh… well… to be more precise, I was abandoned. Jenas didn’t directly threaten me, but when I was dragged away by a monster that invaded the cabin, he didn’t save me and left me alone.”
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“I didn’t like that damn brat from the start.”
I jumped up from my seat and pulled Kayden’s hand as he was about to run out, trying to sit him down, then looked back at Enoch.
“This map is our only clue, so how about we find the mother of monsters? If what Jenas said is true, we need to get rid of it to eradicate the monsters. Then Jenas will no longer be able to borrow the monster’s eyes to watch over us.”
“Margaret’s right. This is the only clue we have, it’s pretty close from here too.”
“How about meeting the Saintess before finding the mother of monsters?” Ruzef carefully expressed his opinion.
“The Saintess’ map has supplies location markings. I remember one of them is in the eastern part of the island where the mother of monsters is said to be,” he continued.
Enoch stroked his chin and looked at the map spread out on the floor again.
I followed Enoch’s gaze. There are no supply marks on the maps we have, but as I recall, there are three places on the North Island that have supply marks.
One of those three places is located in this bunker. I wonder if the things we packed might be ‘supply items’.
Then Enoch opened his mouth. “I also remember there’s a supply location mark near the mother of monsters.”
He looked at me and asked for my opinion. “How about we go there first while looking for Sir Diego, then find the Saintess? The place where the mother of monsters is located is a very dangerous place, so let’s plan again after grasping the situation well.”
Everyone nodded at Enoch’s words. While thinking about the mother of monsters, I recalled what Jenas had told me.
“I’m just borrowing the monster’s eyes, not manipulating them. They just like you.”
“Why do monsters like me?”
“You must smell delicious, Meg, different from the others.”
He said monsters like me……
It’s not liking that makes them follow me everywhere like Eunji, but because they think of me as delicious food.
Is it really okay for me to go to the mother of monsters?
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“And I think there is someone in your group who can use mana.”
“How did that person use mana that I can’t do in this body?”
If Jenas eventually found out that my soul is different, wouldn’t he have noticed that I am the one who can use mana?
I want to meet Jenas. I still have many questions I want to ask him.
“What is the mother of monsters?”
“Go there yourself.”
“I hope you survive, Meg. It’s kind of a gamble? Let’s just say it’s fun. Try your best here, on Alea Island.”
My head hurts remembering what Jeans said.
‘You son of a bitxh!’
***
-pitter-patter.
It was an afternoon of heavy rain.
If monsters appear in this kind of weather, there is a limit to using flares. This is because the flames of the flares quickly faded in the rain.
‘Damn it, there’s no umbrella or raincoat in the bunker.’
I put on the hood of the bomber jacket I was wearing. However, the three men had no hoods, so they couldn’t help but face the rain.
Kayden and Enoch each had large backpacks, and Ruzef was holding Eunji. Realizing the crossbody bag I was wearing was wet, I put it in my jacket.
Flares and lighters were stored wrapped in a shirt-like cloth, but even that could get wet if it rained so mercilessly.
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The amount of rain pouring was extraordinary.
We struggled on the muddy paths. Fortunately, we found a cave near the river and entered it.
“Dammit. It rained suddenly as if it had been waiting,” Kayden muttered irritably, squeezing his wet robe.
I sat idly at the entrance to the cave, gazing wistfully at the falling rain. It was a real disaster as soon as we put our plan into action.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen rain. I don’t think it has ever rained since I woke up on this island.
-swaaash.
The sound of rain is so refreshing contrary to my gloomy heart.
I opened my crossbody bag and took out the contents and examined them.
Yuanna’s record and the novel 《Something More Important Than Survival》 was partially wet. The lighter, flares, and first aid kit seemed to be still intact, and the telescope Jenas gave me was fine too.
“What’s the point of giving me a flashlight without a battery.”
I tapped the non-working flashlight on the floor and sighed. I don’t know why Jenas gave me something that can’t even be used.
Besides, it’s even more uncomfortable since it’s something he gave me.
‘I think I’d better throw away the telescope and flashlight.’
I left the telescope and flashlight behind and put the rest back in my bag. Then I looked back at the men cleaning the cave diligently.
I guess they can’t stand dirty things. How can men who never raise their hand for things like this clean up with such great effort?
Thanks to them, I don’t really have much to do.
I saw Enoch gather some wet wood and struggle to light it. Then I took the lighter out of my bag and lit the wood.
Ruzef, who was watching the situation quietly, asked, “Is the reason why you know how to use those things because you have lived a different life as someone else– no, I mean in another world?”
At Ruzef’s question, Enoch and Kayden looked at me at the same time. I guess they are curious about that.
I nodded in affirmation. “Yes. I don’t know how I ended up living a different life in that world. I wonder why things from that world are here……”
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“In that sense, let’s talk about Margaret’s soul which has disappeared beyond the dimension. Only Jenas can open the dimensional door. It can’t just be opened… After all the experiments are over, it’s possible to gather the mana of the dead. It’s not a door that opens with one or two people’s mana though.”
“That doesn’t mean there aren’t other ways to open the dimensional door. If you open the Return Gate with that key, the dimensional door will also open. I’ll bring Margaret then. Jenas doesn’t know about our plan yet, so we need to move fast.”
The Anata in my memory that I saw through the magic circle must have said that.
Sitting in front of the bonfire, I looked at the three men.
“Of the two doors in the bunker, I think the one with the magic circle on it is the dimensional door. It’s the door to a world I’ve lived in for a while. I think things from that world come every year through that door. I heard that the experiment is repeated every year. The other door is the Return Gate as I said before. I heard that if you open the Return Gate with the key the Saintess has, the dimensional door will also open.”
After hearing about the Return Gate, Yuanna, and Anata from me, Enoch and Kayden nodded while seriously listening to my explanation.
Ruzef had a puzzled face, but I could see him nodding his head as he tried to understand.
“By the way, what does it mean that the experiment is repeated every year? Is that what Anata said?”
Kayden suddenly asked me a question. I took out the novel 《Something More Important Than Survival》 from my crossbody bag and opened the first chapter.
— Every year, a door to get off the island opens. And they have to survive on the island in any way and method until the ‘door’ is opened.
These are the words written in the introduction to the novel from the first-person perspective.
It’s a novel written by someone in handwriting, but it’s strange that only those words are in a different font.
In addition to the words in the introduction, there are some differences in the handwriting in the middle, but it is a subtle difference, and I never expected it to be because it was written by two people.
“These words must have been written by Anata. I think it’s a system that opens the door every year to bring the test subjects in. However, looking at the situation, it seems like we are the last test subjects, so a door that opens every year wouldn’t mean much.”
“If we open that door, will we be able to escape?”
Enoch shook his head at Ruzef’s question. “Didn’t Margaret say that one is a Return Gate and the other is a dimensional door? It doesn’t seem like a door through which either of you can escape.”
“My thought exactly. There must be another way to escape. For instance, we might have to destroy this island, but that would be tantamount to suicide.”
If there is another way out, where would it be? Could it be the mysterious ‘door’ in the basement of Jenas’ cabin? As for the most suspicious is there.
