“Yes, I am. I’m interested. But that’s all,” Jenas replied like it was no big deal.
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‘Lie.’
Anata had hoped that perhaps Young Lady Floné would be an easy key to dealing with Jenas.
“I am different from you. Huh? Don’t you think so, Anata?”
Anata took a closer look at Jenas’ expression. But still, she couldn’t guess what was going through his mind. Due to his habit of speaking slowly, he didn’t seem to be serious about every word he said.
“……you seem to be mistaken about something. Alea Island was built by me. Did you forget? I was the one who created the Alea system.” Anata gritted her teeth.
In terms of power, her magic is far below Jenas’s. Thus, she visualized magic that would stand out on the ‘technical’ side. If Jenas was originally in charge of the world they lived in and the overall work of the experiment, it was Anata’s job to research other dimensions.
So, Jenas does not know all the meaning of ‘Alea’.
“Yeah, I know. That’s why I didn’t kill you.”
“What…?”
“You don’t think I saved you just because we share the same blood, do you?”
Hearing Jenas’ arrogant question, Anata bit her lower lip to keep the swear words out.
‘You son of a bitch.’
“Yeah, well. Because Alea Island was made up of luck and chance……”
“……”
“You’re lucky that you’re still alive.”
“You…!”
“Congratulations. You are still alive thanks to the system you created.”
“Hey…!”
“Anata, you know what?”
Anata, who was struggling with her legs tied to the chair, stopped moving. Jenas was still kneeling in front of her, looking at her.
“Among them, there is one who can use mana.”
It was something that Anata did not know.
However, if only one can use mana, it’s most likely Young Lady Floné. Because she had been to another dimension.
“So I sent them to the place where the mother of the monsters is.”
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Anata, lost in her thoughts, stared at Jenas in shock.
“What?!”
“We can’t clean it up with our hands anyway.”
“So you sent the test subjects there? Whether it dies or all the test subjects die, if the experiment is ruined, we’re done for.”
“A lot has already gone wrong. You know best what I mean.”
Anata gently bit her lower lip.
The Return Gate is a door that cannot be opened without Jenas’ interference, but she sacrificed Yuanna’s soul to force the gate open.
It’s clear that’s what Jenas meant.
“Ignore the rules of the experiment for now. It’s our last experiment. We can’t mess it up here. This is Alea Island, Anata. Leave it to luck.”
When he was at a disadvantage, he always brought up Alea. Anata glared at Jenas in disgust.
“You haven’t found another way to get off this island, have you?”
“What are you talking about? I can go off soon. The experiment is coming to an end.”
Jenas’ firm answer seemed like a self-suggestion.
They have lived on this island for a thousand years, confined to rules they made voluntarily. Since it was designed so that you can leave after all the experiments are over, it is not wrong that Jenas said that he can leave if the experiment succeeds.
They just didn’t know it would take this long.
“Don’t put too much trust in ‘those people’ over there. Do you think they’ll just sit idly by after the experiment is successful? You know that.”
“Hahahahaha!”
Jenas burst out laughing at Anata’s words. For some reason, Anata’s stomach hurt seeing him like that.
“You must see me as a fool. You may have built this island, but I was the one who designed the experiment,” said Jenas while stroking Anata’s head with his small hand.
With a pretty smile, Jenas said slowly in a calm tone, “There’s no way ‘those people’ are above me. They’re just my chess pieces. Are you wondering what I’m going to do?”
He added, “I’ll show you something interesting.”
“……Jenas, we will be punished. We have committed too many sins,” said Anata, afraid of Jenas’ madness.
Jenas only responded with a smile without a hint of agitation.
“I know. I am going to hell.”
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***
The flower field is large enough that you can’t see the end of it. Moreover, the ceiling is very high.
Diego, whom Enoch said he had seen, was nowhere to be found.
“It’s too wide.” Ruzef looked around and muttered in a deadpan tone.
After wandering around the flower field together for a while, Kayden eventually lost his temper and became irritated.
He said, “We’d better split up. It’s too wide, so I guess it’s fine to split up as long as we’re not too far from each other’s sight. What do you all think?”
Enoch turned to us and said, “I agree. I think it’s fine as long as we don’t get too far from each other.”
I also agreed to a certain extent, so in the end, we had no choice but to split up to find Diego.
It’s so quiet in here that I wonder if Diego is really here.
I took a flashlight and walked slowly through the flower field. This place is so large that it gives goosebumps and has the power to overwhelm people.
In addition, it’s not difficult to look ahead even though there is no light except for the flashlight I am holding.
As if magical power is gently circulating throughout this cave.
-flapping.
Suddenly, there was a loud flapping of wings inside the flashlight.
I looked at the flashlight with the fireflies in it. “What’s wrong?”
When I waved the flashlight, I noticed that these fireflies were shooting light in one direction: toward behind me.
“……huh?”
I hesitated for a moment at the ominous feeling. In the distance, Enoch, Kayden, and Ruzef could be seen intently examining the surroundings.
Is it okay for me to check it alone? We need to find Diego.
I slowly turned my feet. I’m nervous and my hands are sweaty.
When I turned around completely, I saw someone kneeling in the middle of the flower field.
Even with his head down, I can tell that he is Diego.
“Sir Diego!”
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I immediately shouted his name, ran to him, and then grabbed his shoulder. Diego slowly raised his head and looked at me with a haggard face.
“Everyone, come here!”
I urgently called the others. But Enoch, Kayden, and Ruzef couldn’t seem to hear my cry. This is weird. Since it’s a cave, there must be a sound echo.
“Young Lady.”
Then Diego called me.
I looked back at him. His condition looks unusual, with a very pale face and unfocused eyes.
“What happened?”
He said as he got up, “I, I was tied up over there, and there was something strange. Please follow me.”
Um… why all of a sudden?
Diego seems to be possessed by something.
“A moment. I’ll call the others too.”
I turned around and called out to the three men again. But they didn’t even look at me as if they couldn’t hear me at all.
Diego grabbed my arm and said urgently, “Now…! Every second counts. Please hurry up. They’re all in sight, so why not call them back later and follow me first for now?”
His eyes are still unfocused, and his dry, chapped lips are trembling as if enduring something.
No, this is really strange. Isn’t the situation too strange to trust Diego here and blindly follow him?
-hiss.
At that moment, Eunji who had coiled around my leg slithered up and bared his teeth as if to be wary of Diego.
Yes, Eunjii’s with me……
I took a flare gun from my crossbody bag and loaded it with the spare bullets, then followed Diego. I didn’t forget to glance back to see the three men over there.
It may not be a wise choice to shoot a flare in here, but this is the only weapon I have.
Fortunately, Diego stopped not far from where we met. However, the ‘something strange’ he said was nowhere to be seen.
I wonder if this is really a trap…?
Diego turned around and looked at me, then fell back on his knees. His hands are trembling.
“S-stop…!”
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“Yes? Stop what? Sir Diego, are you really okay?”
Diego gritted his teeth and closed his eyes tightly. He looks like he’s enduring something again this time. As if he’s fighting himself……
“Sir Diego?”
Diego lowered his head. Tears dripped down his lap.
I was taken aback, speechless.
Diego, pale-faced, was frightened. He reached out his right hand and grabbed my bomber jacket as if it were his lifeline.
“Sir?”
His left hand grabbed his trembling right hand and–
“……blargh.”
he coughed up blood.
“Sir?! Are you okay?”
“Sorry. I can’t control my body right now. I was threatened. They’re targeting you.”
They? Who are they?
“I think they intend to use me as bait to extort your mana– urgh!”
“Sir!!”
A white tree trunk sticking out from the flower field was seen through Diego’s abdomen.
I was speechless in shock and could only stare at him with my mouth open in a daze.
“Urgh…! I’d rather…”
What?
“Young Lady, please survive. I, I guess my time has come.”
Blood was continuously flowing from Diego’s mouth.
While I was still shocked and unable to move, Diego limped to pick up the flashlight that had fallen on the floor. Then, he made me hold it with my hand.
“You’d better keep holding the lantern. They are weak to light. G-get out of here. Urgh…!”
At the end of his words, the tree trunk pierced Diego’s abdomen and dragged him away without hesitation.
“Sir Diego!!”
“Yes, I am. I’m interested. But that’s all,” Jenas replied like it was no big deal.
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‘Lie.’
Anata had hoped that perhaps Young Lady Floné would be an easy key to dealing with Jenas.
“I am different from you. Huh? Don’t you think so, Anata?”
Anata took a closer look at Jenas’ expression. But still, she couldn’t guess what was going through his mind. Due to his habit of speaking slowly, he didn’t seem to be serious about every word he said.
“……you seem to be mistaken about something. Alea Island was built by me. Did you forget? I was the one who created the Alea system.” Anata gritted her teeth.
In terms of power, her magic is far below Jenas’s. Thus, she visualized magic that would stand out on the ‘technical’ side. If Jenas was originally in charge of the world they lived in and the overall work of the experiment, it was Anata’s job to research other dimensions.
So, Jenas does not know all the meaning of ‘Alea’.
“Yeah, I know. That’s why I didn’t kill you.”
“What…?”
“You don’t think I saved you just because we share the same blood, do you?”
Hearing Jenas’ arrogant question, Anata bit her lower lip to keep the swear words out.
‘You son of a bitch.’
“Yeah, well. Because Alea Island was made up of luck and chance……”
“……”
“You’re lucky that you’re still alive.”
“You…!”
“Congratulations. You are still alive thanks to the system you created.”
“Hey…!”
“Anata, you know what?”
Anata, who was struggling with her legs tied to the chair, stopped moving. Jenas was still kneeling in front of her, looking at her.
“Among them, there is one who can use mana.”
It was something that Anata did not know.
However, if only one can use mana, it’s most likely Young Lady Floné. Because she had been to another dimension.
“So I sent them to the place where the mother of the monsters is.”
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Anata, lost in her thoughts, stared at Jenas in shock.
“What?!”
“We can’t clean it up with our hands anyway.”
“So you sent the test subjects there? Whether it dies or all the test subjects die, if the experiment is ruined, we’re done for.”
“A lot has already gone wrong. You know best what I mean.”
Anata gently bit her lower lip.
The Return Gate is a door that cannot be opened without Jenas’ interference, but she sacrificed Yuanna’s soul to force the gate open.
It’s clear that’s what Jenas meant.
“Ignore the rules of the experiment for now. It’s our last experiment. We can’t mess it up here. This is Alea Island, Anata. Leave it to luck.”
When he was at a disadvantage, he always brought up Alea. Anata glared at Jenas in disgust.
“You haven’t found another way to get off this island, have you?”
“What are you talking about? I can go off soon. The experiment is coming to an end.”
Jenas’ firm answer seemed like a self-suggestion.
They have lived on this island for a thousand years, confined to rules they made voluntarily. Since it was designed so that you can leave after all the experiments are over, it is not wrong that Jenas said that he can leave if the experiment succeeds.
They just didn’t know it would take this long.
“Don’t put too much trust in ‘those people’ over there. Do you think they’ll just sit idly by after the experiment is successful? You know that.”
“Hahahahaha!”
Jenas burst out laughing at Anata’s words. For some reason, Anata’s stomach hurt seeing him like that.
“You must see me as a fool. You may have built this island, but I was the one who designed the experiment,” said Jenas while stroking Anata’s head with his small hand.
With a pretty smile, Jenas said slowly in a calm tone, “There’s no way ‘those people’ are above me. They’re just my chess pieces. Are you wondering what I’m going to do?”
He added, “I’ll show you something interesting.”
“……Jenas, we will be punished. We have committed too many sins,” said Anata, afraid of Jenas’ madness.
Jenas only responded with a smile without a hint of agitation.
“I know. I am going to hell.”
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***
The flower field is large enough that you can’t see the end of it. Moreover, the ceiling is very high.
Diego, whom Enoch said he had seen, was nowhere to be found.
“It’s too wide.” Ruzef looked around and muttered in a deadpan tone.
After wandering around the flower field together for a while, Kayden eventually lost his temper and became irritated.
He said, “We’d better split up. It’s too wide, so I guess it’s fine to split up as long as we’re not too far from each other’s sight. What do you all think?”
Enoch turned to us and said, “I agree. I think it’s fine as long as we don’t get too far from each other.”
I also agreed to a certain extent, so in the end, we had no choice but to split up to find Diego.
It’s so quiet in here that I wonder if Diego is really here.
I took a flashlight and walked slowly through the flower field. This place is so large that it gives goosebumps and has the power to overwhelm people.
In addition, it’s not difficult to look ahead even though there is no light except for the flashlight I am holding.
As if magical power is gently circulating throughout this cave.
-flapping.
Suddenly, there was a loud flapping of wings inside the flashlight.
I looked at the flashlight with the fireflies in it. “What’s wrong?”
When I waved the flashlight, I noticed that these fireflies were shooting light in one direction: toward behind me.
“……huh?”
I hesitated for a moment at the ominous feeling. In the distance, Enoch, Kayden, and Ruzef could be seen intently examining the surroundings.
Is it okay for me to check it alone? We need to find Diego.
I slowly turned my feet. I’m nervous and my hands are sweaty.
When I turned around completely, I saw someone kneeling in the middle of the flower field.
Even with his head down, I can tell that he is Diego.
“Sir Diego!”
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I immediately shouted his name, ran to him, and then grabbed his shoulder. Diego slowly raised his head and looked at me with a haggard face.
“Everyone, come here!”
I urgently called the others. But Enoch, Kayden, and Ruzef couldn’t seem to hear my cry. This is weird. Since it’s a cave, there must be a sound echo.
“Young Lady.”
Then Diego called me.
I looked back at him. His condition looks unusual, with a very pale face and unfocused eyes.
“What happened?”
He said as he got up, “I, I was tied up over there, and there was something strange. Please follow me.”
Um… why all of a sudden?
Diego seems to be possessed by something.
“A moment. I’ll call the others too.”
I turned around and called out to the three men again. But they didn’t even look at me as if they couldn’t hear me at all.
Diego grabbed my arm and said urgently, “Now…! Every second counts. Please hurry up. They’re all in sight, so why not call them back later and follow me first for now?”
His eyes are still unfocused, and his dry, chapped lips are trembling as if enduring something.
No, this is really strange. Isn’t the situation too strange to trust Diego here and blindly follow him?
-hiss.
At that moment, Eunji who had coiled around my leg slithered up and bared his teeth as if to be wary of Diego.
Yes, Eunjii’s with me……
I took a flare gun from my crossbody bag and loaded it with the spare bullets, then followed Diego. I didn’t forget to glance back to see the three men over there.
It may not be a wise choice to shoot a flare in here, but this is the only weapon I have.
Fortunately, Diego stopped not far from where we met. However, the ‘something strange’ he said was nowhere to be seen.
I wonder if this is really a trap…?
Diego turned around and looked at me, then fell back on his knees. His hands are trembling.
“S-stop…!”
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“Yes? Stop what? Sir Diego, are you really okay?”
Diego gritted his teeth and closed his eyes tightly. He looks like he’s enduring something again this time. As if he’s fighting himself……
“Sir Diego?”
Diego lowered his head. Tears dripped down his lap.
I was taken aback, speechless.
Diego, pale-faced, was frightened. He reached out his right hand and grabbed my bomber jacket as if it were his lifeline.
“Sir?”
His left hand grabbed his trembling right hand and–
“……blargh.”
he coughed up blood.
“Sir?! Are you okay?”
“Sorry. I can’t control my body right now. I was threatened. They’re targeting you.”
They? Who are they?
“I think they intend to use me as bait to extort your mana– urgh!”
“Sir!!”
A white tree trunk sticking out from the flower field was seen through Diego’s abdomen.
I was speechless in shock and could only stare at him with my mouth open in a daze.
“Urgh…! I’d rather…”
What?
“Young Lady, please survive. I, I guess my time has come.”
Blood was continuously flowing from Diego’s mouth.
While I was still shocked and unable to move, Diego limped to pick up the flashlight that had fallen on the floor. Then, he made me hold it with my hand.
“You’d better keep holding the lantern. They are weak to light. G-get out of here. Urgh…!”
At the end of his words, the tree trunk pierced Diego’s abdomen and dragged him away without hesitation.
“Sir Diego!!”
