Chapter 41
A man exhaling shallow breaths in his mother’s arms.
She stroked his head slowly. Very gently and carefully, as if handling a newborn baby.
As if handling a precious child.
As if handling a precious toy.
So that it wouldn’t break right now.
She handled the man who would soon break in her arms with great care.
【Child… my child.】
【My child, like a handful of jewels that wouldn’t hurt even if put in my eyes.】
【Please entertain your mother.】
【Show your twisted desires to this mother without hesitation.】
-So please don’t break easily.
Her touch slowly followed his black hair… and fell along his cheek.
【This mother will accept everything.】
【For minutes, for hours… as much as you want, as much as you desire… express yourself freely to this mother.】
【Mother loves you.】
-Even that unspeakably filthy lust.
When her touch stopped at a certain position.
The slow voice that seeped into the man’s ear lingered for a while, thoroughly coloring the surrounding air.
And that colored air melted the man’s thread of reason.
【Mother has already… been at her limit for a long time.】
The man gently raised his head and met her eyes.
And once again he uttered those words like a curse.
“…Mother.”
His eyes, having lost their focus, are directed only toward the sparkling red eyes.
A man’s reddened lips move toward her.
【…How cute.】
Along with a sinister smile spreading across her pale face. When the lips of the two meet.
The sensation transmitted through the lips was like.
It was soft.
【…Soft?】
At this strange sensation she had never felt before, she flashed her red eyes again to check what was in front of her.
Squeeze!
In place of the man’s lips, a cute teddy bear was desperately blocking her.
Wiggle, wiggle!
Along with the bear making gestures as if saying ‘no.’ Her gaze, which had cooled down instantly from the excitement just moments ago.
【What are you doing… Child?】
She looked at the bear’s owner with an expression she had never shown to anyone before.
『Good person! Bad mom! No!』
The one who interrupted her was none other than the being she called her child.
『Good person! Save!』
And then she ran to the man and started pulling on his clothes.
『Mom! No! Good person! Let go!』
While blankly staring at her daughter who was desperately trying to separate the man from her.
【…Sigh, I understand.】
【Let’s end it here for today. Today is not the only day.】
As soon as she released the man’s hand she had been holding.
『Huh?』
Her daughter, who had been gripping the man’s clothes, couldn’t withstand the reaction force of her pulling and immediately flew backward with the man.
Crash, bang!
『G-good person… heavy!』
It was good that she saved him.
Looking at her daughter who was flailing her arms while trapped under the man.
Smirk.
【This is unexpected. The one our daughter showed interest in first.】
A faint smile spread across her lips as she looked at the two of them, lost in thought.
『Heavy!』
But unable to keep watching her daughter still flailing under the man.
She reached out and lifted the man by the nape of his neck. And her daughter shouted loudly.
『Good person! Heavy person!』
*****
It’s dark.
Could this be my future?
But fortunately, a faint light began to enter through my gloomy darkness.
Park Yeon-jeong, who had the intuition that he shouldn’t miss it.
He reached out toward the light.
And what his hand grasped as it followed the light was.
Squelchy.
The soft touch of light.
…Squelchy?
It was an indescribable sensation beyond imagination.
Along with the soft touch of light. Someone’s voice began to reverberate.
【Such boldness… how novel.】
It was a familiar voice.
After enough time had passed for me to regain my senses.
When someone’s figure gradually appeared in my vision.
Black hair like silk tickled Park Yeon-jeong’s cheek.
【Tell me if you want it even now. Mother’s body is ready anytime.】
“What?”
Park Yeon-jeong suddenly opened his eyes to her voice telling him to say what he wanted.
Then he belatedly realized what his hand was grasping.
‘Ah, so this soft sensation was this.’
Squelchy.
We call this a ‘breast.’
!!
As I opened my eyes and was about to bow my head to her in front of me to apologize profusely.
Flash.
Like a flash of memories, everything she had just done to me quickly passed through my mind.
Among the many harsh words rushing up my throat.
Only one escaped my mouth.
“…I’ll be going now.”
I chose the option to avoid getting involved any further.
【Do you hate this mother?】
“…”
【Or were you actually… disappointed?】
Disappointed about what!
I feel like I just crossed the Jordan River!
This time I almost shook hands with the ferryman of the Samdo River for real!
I still remember the moments before my consciousness film was cut off, the blood flowing back and the pain that felt like my breath would stop at any moment.
A truly awful experience I never want to feel again.
I didn’t want to stay in this place any longer.
If only I could escape this place quickly and forget this unpleasant memory, that’s how much I wanted to forget.
I chose to hurry and escape from here before repeating the same mistake as before.
Step.
As I hastened my footsteps, she who was watching from afar opened her mouth again.
【Come to my side, child.】
Here she goes again.
Why do these ghost story characters never deviate from this repertoire.
【That person is not someone you can handle.】
Ignore it.
It’s just the ghost story’s cunning wordplay trying to deceive me again.
As Park Yeon-jeong passed through the middle door, and was about to grab and turn the doorknob.
【I will grant your desired wish.】
Flinch.
Noticing my steps that stopped momentarily—she continued speaking.
【So return to this mother’s side. Return to my embrace that you must have missed, my baby.】
“……”
There was a slight tremor in my gaze directed at the doorknob.
Park Yeon-jeong was obviously contemplating. That single sentence she uttered was like a lie.
Whether it was true.
Or false.
“…You’re lying.”
【Are there mothers who tell lies to their children?】
Lying is your specialty.
Though I knew it was clearly straight talk, I couldn’t say I wasn’t curious.
And perhaps realizing that I was hesitating, she continued to lay out stories to entice me.
【To be precise, among these numerous rooms, there is said to be a room that grants the wish that the subject wants.】
“……”
【If you return to me, mother will help you find that room.】
【Are you interested?】
“……”
My reaction to hearing those words was as follows.
Bow.
【…I see our child has already reached puberty.】
Leaving her with a final greeting, I left the room.
The teddy bears who belatedly discovered Park Yeon-jeong.
Pitter-patter!!
Came running hurriedly.
『See you again! Good person!』
With the ghost story child farewell.
Click.
The door closed and I stood there for a while, holding my breath.
And I gathered my breath.
And repeatedly exhaled again.
I spoke to the air in a low voice.
“Mr. Noise. The transaction with the client is complete.”
…No response.
“Mr. Noise?”
I called Noise once more, but the response from him was.
Only deep silence.
It might be a wild guess, but the atmosphere is quite different from when he pulled me out of ghost stories before.
The fact that he has no response so far means.
Noise is currently.
Not watching me.
“……”
Step, step.
Park Yeon-jeong’s steps quickened.
The footsteps that had been guided by the teddy bear trio until now, began to move quickly by his own will this time.
The teddy bear trio was clinging to his clothes, trying hard not to fall off.
Splash!
“Ah.”
Eventually, they couldn’t withstand the wind and fell to the floor.
“Stay in here for a while.”
Park Yeon-jeong put the remaining teddy bear trio back inside his employee ID badge.
Step, step, step!
The footsteps became busy again.
The reason Park Yeon-jeong is moving his steps so hurriedly is just one.
I had forgotten.
Like a fool, I hadn’t recognized it.
In that short time, so many events overlapped that I forgot what kind of ghost story this was.
———
Various types of rooms were prepared at the current accommodation. Among them, rumors circulated that there was a room that granted the wish that every subject wanted.
———
Of course, I couldn’t be certain.
So Park Yeon-jeong was now moving forward to verify that fact.
‘Telephone receiver… if I can just find the receiver, I can check.’
———=
/Ghost Story Journal
[Check-in is at 666 o’clock.]
:Identification code Cd-E-666
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If you need any items during your stay, or have any questions, please inquire through the telephone receiver provided on floor ■■.
Inquiry number: 666-6666.
———=
I need to find the telephone receiver.
But I don’t know its location.
I know that the location of that receiver changes randomly.
So right now…
I have no choice but to look for it aimlessly.
Before Noise calls me back to that space.
…Ring.
?
A faint sound suddenly heard in a space where only I exist.
…Rrring.
!!
This sound!
Park Yeon-jeong’s steps quickened.
Though they were slow steps like crawling, I was doing my best to move toward the direction of the sound.
…Rrrrring
The volume of the sound increases.
It means I’m getting closer and closer.
When I reached the destination where the sound was coming from.
Haa…haa…haa…
Despite running for only a few minutes, Park Yeon-jeong was panting rough breaths. But without time to breathe, he looked at the small telephone receiver in front of him.
Rrrrrring-
A telephone receiver that I certainly hadn’t seen when passing through this corridor before is now in front of Park Yeon-jeong.
Looking at the receiver and putting a little strength into my fist.
Hoo.
Along with exhaling a short deep breath.
Click.
I picked up the receiver and slowly brought it to my right ear.
【Please enter the phone number.】
Park Yeon-jeong’s fingers excluded all other numbers and pressed only one number.
666-6666
【Hello. This is customer service SRA. Please select the service you want.】
【All call contents are discarded for better service provision.】
An artificial AI voice was heard from the receiver.
-Number 1, Check-out service guide.
-Number 2, Room cleaning and rescue request.
Number 3, Facility Guide.
-Number 0, ■■■ Connection.
The service number I want to inquire about here is.
“Number 3.”
【Please tell us the facility you want.】
“……Is there a room where wishes can come true?”
【……】
I’m nervous.
Honestly, I don’t know the exact name of that wish room.
So I just spoke plausible words with half belief, and the voice that came through the receiver soon after.
【I will inform you of the room number for that room.】
!!
It exists!
If it exists, I can get out!
Finally I can get out of this wretched place.
My lips began to tremble, and the voice from the receiver that followed was as follows.
【Room number 4….】
He really felt hope beginning to spring forth that he could escape this place.
“4!”
Quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly……
Click!
Soon after, with the familiar sound of the lights turning on.
Park Yeon-jeong swallowed his tears.
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