Episode 235
At about 5:27 a.m.
“Manager Jeong?”
“Manager.”
Jae-heon Lee, who had a strange dream and was sitting on the sofa, ran into In-ho Jeong. Even though he was locked in a different room from me, he woke up at a good time, so I thought Jae-heon Lee must have woken up after hearing the door open, or maybe he woke up just now because the soundproofing was good.
Jeong In-ho approached Lee Jae-heon, who was naturally analyzing why the other person woke up.
“Why aren’t you sleeping…? Are you feeling okay?”
“it’s okay.”
“Don’t lie.”
“If you don’t believe me, why did you ask?”
“Ideological verification?”
“What’s wrong with you, Malbonsae? Are you still half asleep?”
“maybe…?”
Looking at Jeong In-ho’s half-asleep state, Lee Jae-heon thought that the hypothesis that “it really happened by chance” was more plausible. I’ve never read a setting where the main character is weak to sleep, but of course he’d be sleepy if he played until 2am and fell asleep and just woke up.
Lee Jae-heon looked at his opponent with pitiful eyes.
“Then why don’t you sleep any more? It’s not like you took sick leave like me.”
“…Why did you wake up, sir?”
Even in that situation, it was incredibly disgusting. Even while sleeping, he questioned Lee Jae-heon’s behavior. He was such an absurd guy that he would sleep if he was sleepy.
“I had an annoying dream, so I came out for a moment.”
“Annoying dream?”
“It was a dream about a child named Hyung.”
“Why is that… annoying?”
“Is Manager Jeong an only child?”
“yes.”
“Then you won’t know my heart.”
Jeong In-ho’s face, which was covered in sleepiness, became pale.
“I know… Most brothers don’t get along well, isn’t that what you were saying?”
“It’s fortunate that Mr. Jeong In-ho is a person who knows how to think.”
“Everyone can think, with a few exceptions.”
He must have been really sleepy because he followed along with all the nonsense he was saying.
“But aren’t you still wide awake despite all that…? If it was just an annoying dream, wouldn’t you have just gone back to sleep?”
“You disgusting little bastard.”
“yes?”
“It’s nothing.”
What the hell is sleepy about, this kid’s just pretending to be sleepy. Why are you asking so many questions when you look like you’re dying of sleep? You should just go back in and sleep.
‘I think he thought I had a nightmare or something.’
Unfortunately, it was really a trivial dream. I just had a dream where Lee Jae-hyung appeared and imitated the group dance that Han Do-yoon did at the last survivor meeting. To be honest, if it was this horrible, I couldn’t help but wake up from a trivial dream. It was pretty scary at the time.
But since it was funny to say something like that in this kind of atmosphere, Lee Jae-heon kept his mouth shut.
“… … .”
“Manager?”
“Wait a minute… I’ll think about it.”
“What is there to worry about…?”
Just after they found out that all ten of his fingernails had been pulled out yesterday, the chicks also noticed the wound on Jae-heon Lee’s neck. Of course, it couldn’t be helped since the most distinctive piece of clothing, other than his gloves, was his polar fleece. After confirming this, the chicks seemed to let their imaginations run wild.
Lee Jae-heon I don’t know what they’re thinking, but… .
‘Since it’s come to this, I’ll pretend to have had a nightmare to create a weak image.’
It was actually a nightmare.
“… It really wasn’t a dream, so go in and finish your sleep. It’s okay.”
“… If you’re still not asleep, isn’t that a problem?”
“It’s okay though.”
It was right to deny it, judging that the more I spoke, the more doubts would deepen.
‘Worry more, you little protagonist.’
I’m so worried I could die, so when you completely escape from the other world, take me with you. Contrary to his feelings, Lee Jae-heon got up from his seat with a ‘face that tried hard to hide his fatigue’ and pushed his back.
“I’ll wake you up when the time is right, so sleep a little longer. The office is close here, so you can sleep longer than usual. It’s better not to waste time worrying about nothing.”
“Don’t worry about anything. You still have a nosebleed after checking your hands and neck. Don’t you remember what your temperature was yesterday?”
“I remember, 38.5℃.”
He raised his voice tone and spoke in a light tone.
“Thanks to you, I was able to get kimbap-rolled by our Noh Yeon-seok and Ha Seong-yoon. I was just thrown into bed. Even if I had told them, they would have quietly gone to sleep, but thanks to you, I was able to understand the feelings of those who are kidnapped.”
“You’ve probably already been kidnapped… Hmm. You may have misunderstood our intentions, but this is truly a genuine visit. Mr. Ha Seong-yoon said he was a surgeon, but he’s actually a doctor. Even the injury to his hand was an external wound. If there’s anything that hurts, please tell me properly, and don’t startle people.”
“I understand, so go in and go to sleep.”
“I guess you just understood….”
“Inversion of the hierarchy?”
“… … .”
Jung In-ho sighed deeply as he was pushed hard on the back and eventually returned to the guest room. Judging from the fact that the protagonist’s signature expression, that creepy smile, was not fading, he really seemed to be sleepy. After all, in reality, there is a limit to what one can endure with mental strength.
Lee Jae-heon, who pushed Jeong In-ho into a room full of men, blinked.
“…under….”
I felt like I was going crazy because of the heat that filled my head.
“It’s so hot I’m going crazy.”
Lee Jae-heon muttered like that and took off the outer garment that had been covering his entire body and walked to the bathroom.
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This time, when he went down to Busan to go fishing, he had many wounds all over his body. From small scratches to large ones like a knife wound to his internal organs. Before the chicks came, the doctor sent by Lee Jae-hyung came and treated him again, but since he had no regenerative ability, he couldn’t recover quickly. So Lee Jae-heon chose to cover his entire body with clothes.
Of course, some of the wounds were revealed yesterday… .
‘I couldn’t help but show my hands and neck, but I don’t think it’s right to show everything else.’
Thanks to that, I was wearing long pants and a long-sleeved shirt, so it was a bit hot, but it wasn’t something I would show the chicks. If it were a world where everyone was divided equally, then it would be different, but in reality, the chicks would be even more excited.
Lee Jae-heon frowned as he gently stroked his wrist, which still had dark bruises.
“When will this go away?”
Anyway, it was really uncomfortable to have a body that didn’t have the ability to regenerate. I liked the idea of having one life, but in the end, Jae-heon Lee couldn’t die. It was a really annoying environment.
It is not good for the affected area to get water, and even though he received a suspicious look from the doctor because he took a bath instead of a shower on Monday, Lee Jae-heon, who had just taken off the gauze and small bandages that the unknown doctor had placed on his affected area, went into the bathroom again. After taking a shower with water as cold as ice like last time and soaking in the large bathtub for a while, quite some time had passed. When the throbbing pain in his head began to dull, he came out of the bathroom.
By the time I finished drying my hair and getting dressed, there was a knock on the bedroom door.
“Manager, are you awake?”
“… Ms. Kang Min-ah?”
At the cautious call, Lee Jae-heon opened the door and looked at Kang Min-ah. When he blinked as if asking what was going on, Kang Min-ah opened her mouth with an awkward expression.
“I want to shower before going to work, but one of the bathrooms is already occupied by men.”
“So you came here to use this place? There must be three bathrooms… .”
Lee Jae-heon, who was thinking about the layout of his house one by one, exclaimed, “Ah.”
“Well, there’s nothing in the hallway bathroom. I remembered.”
Lee Jae-heon mostly uses the bathroom next to the bedroom, and I don’t think he ever had guests. There are many rooms that are not used, so what’s the difference with the bathroom? It would be easy to fill up the supplies if you hired someone, but I remember kicking them out in the middle because it was bothersome to have someone come and go in my house.
‘Thanks to that, the bathroom on the hallway side is empty.’
Lee Jae-heon nodded obediently.
“It might be a bit messy because it’s still wet… but I’ve washed up, so feel free to use it. There are also cosmetics near the mirror in front of the bathroom, so feel free to use them if you need to.”
“… Thank you. But, I…”
“yes?”
“If you wash when you’re not feeling well, your condition will get worse, boss.”
“… Ah, yes.”
“I really don’t like it. It’ll make my fever worse.”
“Is that so…?”
“If you feel really uncomfortable, wear plastic gloves and just wash your hair….”
“Manager Kang, aren’t you going to wash?”
When I asked with a trembling face, Kang Min-ah looked at me with a strange gaze and quietly headed toward the bathroom. Her eyes were quite rude, but I decided not to argue. If she had been in her usual condition, I would have teased her and teased her, but unfortunately, she was not in a condition to do so now. Even though I liked her appearance, her body was still weak.
As I let out a small sigh and walked towards the living room sofa, I heard someone running towards me from the bathroom.
“What, what.”
“Manager.”
Bam.
Kang Min-ah grabbed both of my arms and her eyes sparkled as she giggled.
“Why is the bathroom cold?”
“…What?”
“The smell of blood is secondary, but why are you cold?”
Shouldn’t you usually smell blood first?
‘I had a nosebleed yesterday, so I guess they thought I had another nosebleed in the bathroom…’
Anyway, it was fortunate that the wounds on his stomach and legs were not noticed. Lee Jae-heon muttered to himself and answered without trying to hide his embarrassment.
“… Well, I washed it with cold water…?”
“… … .”
“Manager Kang?”
“Mr. Inho! Mr. Ha Seongyoon!”
“Ms. Kang Min-ah…!”
Water temperature is a matter of personal preference, damn it.
Lee Jae-heon, who couldn’t stand those words, ended up getting scolded twice.
* * *
That evening, Jaeheon Lee, who had called the doctor again and received treatment, was lying on the sofa.
“My ear hurts….”
My ears hurt in the morning because of the chicks, at lunch because of Ha Sung-yoon who called, and in the evening because of the doctor who visited the house. How can they nag so much? It was ridiculous that they were constantly being harassed about the water temperature. They asked if they all showered at the same temperature.
However, it’s not like Lee Jae-heon was completely free of hurt feelings.
“The fever is getting higher.”
With his body already tired, bleeding, and fever, he was soaked in chilly water, so it was only natural that he would have a fever. However, Lee Jae-heon also had his own excuses.
In his previous life, Lee Jae-heon had never had a cold. The people around him were the same. Of course, now it was not a simple cold, but a complex mix of body aches, bleeding, and mental stress, but to Lee Jae-heon, it was no different from a cold. That was why he was making fun of his current situation, which was his excuse.
“And water temperature is a matter of personal preference… ha, really.”
Actually, I didn’t know that the situation would get this bad just because I washed it a little cold. I knew it rationally, but I forgot for a moment. This happened because the current Lee Jae-heon rarely got sick with miscellaneous illnesses like colds.
Jaeheon Lee, who was feeling suffocated, covered his eyes with both hands.
“This won’t do….”
It would be difficult to continue in this state.
“How can you leave the company with such a monster?”
In front of Lee Jae-heon, who was muttering like that, a black, translucent monster was looking at him. Just like the one he had seen on Monday, it was the shape of a woman who closely resembled his wife from his previous life.
These monsters appear based on how strong the survivor’s individual thoughts are. However, rather than suddenly appearing out of nowhere, they accumulate and become stronger. So, considering the setting of ‘Lee Jae-heon’, who has been going back and forth between the other worlds since childhood, it wouldn’t have been that strange if the monsters appeared before the other chicks. There is no problem with the probability.
The problem was that other chicks could see this monster too.
“What if the fuss gets worse?”
Although it didn’t have a direct effect on them, they would know that Lee Jae-heon created this. It was said that he usually lingered around the survivor who created the monster.
‘It’s fortunate that it was born when there were no chicks.’
The monster reappeared around the time the chicks went to work and the doctor came to visit the house again. I was lucky enough not to see it this time, but I would definitely check it out when I went to work tomorrow.
And these monsters could directly harm the survivors who created them.
“It’s fortunate that the other employees won’t see it, but….”
I was worried that in this mental state, I might not be able to react to pain at all.
At that time, it was not only the chicks but also the other staff members who were concerned. Right now, the monster was acting docile and simply harassing them, but who knows what would happen later. If it caused a major injury, it was unlikely that the chicks who saw it would be able to maintain their composure.
The biggest problem among them was the monster’s appearance.
“… It has to be in that shape.”
It was obvious that Lee Jae-heon himself couldn’t handle it because it looked so much like my wife. It enjoyed tormenting Lee Jae-heon, but he couldn’t kill it.
But I was scared of the reactions of the survivors I would see if I took them to the company.
“… … .”
Do you think I’m crazy?
