Mistaken for a Catastrophe-Level Ghost Story Employee 50

Chapter 50-

Holy Night.

As if black ink covered the sky, countless starlight dimly illuminated the interior through the cabin’s window.

A man held a revolver with a wicked smile on his face, and a slender woman in armor had collapsed on the cold floor—a chilling scene.

If others had witnessed this sight, they would certainly have called it a murder scene.

Now, the gaze of the mastermind, Park Yeon-jeong, was fixed on the woman who had become a cold corpse.

But not long after.

Twitch

The fallen woman’s finger moved slightly.

Jolt!

With our princess’s lively spirit, she raised her upper body so effortlessly it was hard to believe she’d just taken a bullet to the forehead.

Park Yeon-jeong quietly asked the princess who had risen.

“Princess?”

【…….】

“…Princess?”

【…….】

Why isn’t this woman speaking?

Is she scared?

No, more importantly, did the purple bullet hit properly just now?

Suddenly, doubt about himself grew.

Park Yeon-jeong immediately checked the chamber of the revolver in his left hand.

The chamber was… completely empty.

The absence of bullets in the chamber meant that the purple bullet had definitely passed through the barrel and been fired.

…Then.

He could only observe the situation now.

He continued to watch for the princess’s reaction.

Clatter

The princess stood on her feet and slowly rose.

And when she slowly raised her head and our eyes met.

She was looking at me with a smile as bright as a sunflower.

【My prince, you play such mischievous pranks.】

The princess misunderstood that a man who had aimed a gun at her forehead was playing a mischievous prank.

And simultaneously confirming the clear heart mark in the princess’s eyes.

I whispered quietly to myself.

‘It worked.’

I let out a sigh of relief.

That heart mark was proof that the purple bullet had definitely hit her.

The princess is currently in a state of ‘enchantment’ due to the effect of the purple bullet.

This will do.

Now, Park Yeon-jeong’s next action was virtually predetermined.

Rustle

His right hand took out the quill pen he had kept in his inner coat pocket.

Originally, it should have been used on that judge at the ghost story gambling hall.

‘I suppose now I just need to capture any ghost story.’

Noise would understand.

Let’s believe that.

…I’ll think about the rest when the time comes.

Right now, what matters is taking back something, anything.

As soon as I took out the pen.

The quill pen immediately responded.

『The quill pen identifies the material to be used as ink.』

I never expected it to respond so quickly the moment I took it out.

【Prince, what is that?】

The princess looked up at me with her glass bead-like eyes sparkling.

I answered her question with a short reply.

“I’ll show you something good.”

The quill pen soon began to display words.

『Valid material identification… complete.』

Our Mr. Quill Pen seemed to hesitate slightly in identifying the target before me.

I was also internally anxious, wondering what would happen if this ghost story princess wasn’t specifically identified as a source material for the quill pen.

『Replenishing ink.』

The fact that this phrase appeared meant.

‘Done. It’s done.’

It meant it was almost over now.

【Oh, Prince? Why is black ink—.】

Gulp!

Before the princess could finish her curious words, black ink from the quill pen swallowed her whole.

With our ghost story princess, who became the quill pen’s material without any resistance until the end.

Soon after, the feather attached to the quill pen began to take on a black color, as if symbolizing the princess’s ebony-like hair.

…It’s over.

‘It’s over.’

Fortunately, the capture of the ghost story princess ended safely.

Although more things got complicated than expected, now that a ghost story has been captured, Noise will soon call me to the library.

It felt like a deep sigh was flowing through my lungs.

Somehow, with all situations wrapped up, it felt like the tension was washing away as a sensation of all the strength draining from my body enveloped me.

When I was closing my eyes tightly, imagining going home right away and soaking in warm water.

Shake!

Soon after, the ground shook, and the collapse of space began.

I held my breath for a moment, waiting for Noise’s call.

Hop!

Somehow having made himself smaller, our bear ran to my body and held onto me.

‘Let’s really go back.’

So, Mr. Noise.

Please let me out of this dreadful space quickly.

…….

Mr. Noise?

…Crash!

!

Just now, a wooden pillar that had been supporting the cabin ceiling fell next to Park Yeon-jeong, barely grazing his shoulder.

Crack!

!!

Cracks formed between the two legs that had been standing on the ground until just now.

“Mr. Noise! I’ve captured it!”

Crackle!…crash!

The wooden pillar disappeared as if being sucked into the cracks.

Mr. Noise?!!

If this continues, I’ll really die!

Stop joking around, I’d appreciate it if you’d help me escape from here!

…….

Noise’s response is slower than usual.

At this rate, I might be sucked into the endless darkness with this collapsing space and disappear forever.

But in the current situation that seemed like it couldn’t get any worse, misfortune began to rush at Park Yeon-jeong like a chain reaction.

Slide

?

My attention was drawn to the white text that suddenly appeared before my eyes.

『Day of ruined luck.』

“What?”

The moment that phrase flashed before his eyes, Park Yeon-jeong’s gaze moved naturally from the text to his left wrist where the skull mark was.

The skull mark, which had been white until just now, had turned black again.

A phrase that could be interpreted as the exact opposite of the ‘Lucky Day’ message from earlier.

-Unlucky Day.

…Clank!

The sound of armor clashing in the distance started to become more audible.

【The prince’s left arm!】

【The prince’s right leg!】

【The prince’s head!】

【Only for the princess!】

Clank clank clank clank!

‘Who are you guys now!’

The sound of heavy, sharp metal gauntlets clashing from these crazy body-part-obsessed knights. And between them, twisted voices leaking out, mixing grotesquely, approaching from afar.

【Only for the princess!!!】

Once again, the floor where Park Yeon-jeong was standing collapsed.

Taking advantage of this gap, the unnecessarily diligent knights’ frenzied voices grew louder.

But.

Even in this situation, there was still no sign of Noise.

It was strange.

No, it is strange.

Normally, it would have been time to summon me to that library by now.

……Could it be.

Because of that judge?

Boom!

The crack had now grown to the size that could fit a person.

【Only for the princess’s love!!!】

Our loyal knights were shouting at the top of their lungs, and their attack was not far away.

The situation was getting worse by the second.

Noise’s absence.

Unlucky Day Park.

Crazy knights too.

There’s no time.

Nowhere else to run.

I’ll fall through the crack like this.

All of my body parts will be torn apart by those knights.

One of these two will definitely happen in this place.

Missing ending.

Dismemberment ending.

I need to think of another way to escape from here right now.

No matter what.

To survive.

Park Yeon-jeong quickly surveyed his surroundings.

Getting out of here was the top priority.

So far, the only things visible in the hut were:

A full-length mirror.

The princess’s dummy.

Wooden furniture.

Miscellaneous household items.

……Mirror?

Mirror!

Whoosh!

Park Yeon-jeong’s gaze turned to the window showing the outside.

The current time outside the window was night.

And if by chance, Park Yeon-jeong himself was in the ‘Unlucky Day’ worst luck state…

I can do it.

I can escape from here.

Another ghost story that is always connected to the current ‘Seven Knights’  ghost story.

I’ll summon that one.

Right here, right now.

Tap!

Park Yeon-jeong immediately moved and grabbed the full-length mirror that was still intact in its original circular form. Then he shouted in a loud voice.

“Bloody Queen! Bloody Queen! Bloody Queen! I have captured the princess!”

……

No response.

‘You damned queen, respond already!’

Crack-!

!

Once again, the ground beneath his feet disappeared into endless darkness.

Clank, clank, clank!

【Princess!!!】

The footsteps of the knights were close.

Too close.

At most a few dozen seconds. The knights will soon burst into this hut.

Grind-!

Teeth grinding.

“Bloody Queen!”

Please, just once!

Swish.

!

A sound that couldn’t come from the hard surface of the mirror just brushed past my ear.

And then shortly after, a woman’s voice coming from beyond the mirror.

〖Show me the princess.〗

The voice flowing from beyond the mirror asked to show the princess.

But.

Right now, that princess is in the situation where Park Yeon-jeong herself put her into the quill pen.

He doesn’t know how to take her out again.

〖Show me the princess.〗

Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn!

He needed someone who could deceive this queen’s eyes right now.

If there was someone here who could be mistaken for the princess even for a moment…there is.

There is one here.

Isn’t there a fake here that has the same appearance as the princess?

The dummy figure that the princess made based on herself.

“Bear!”

Swish!

In that moment, with my shout.

The teddy bear that jumped off my shoulder immediately grew its body.

Then it picked up the princess dummy lying on the bed and thrust it in front of the mirror.

“Look! I have captured the princess! I’ve caught the princess you’ve been so desperate to capture!”

My words became faster.

But the situation was urgent now.

〖……Princess.〗

“Yes! It’s the princess!”

‘So hurry up and invite me into your space!’

Slam!

……Shit.

When our eyes met with the orange armor that broke down the hut door and the colorful knights behind it.

【PrㅈNᅟᅵᆷ!!!!】

Damn!

Just before my limbs were about to be torn apart by the knights.

〖Well done.〗

Swish.

With a ticklish tone brushing my ear.

Grab!

!

A long hand wearing a white glove leaped out from beyond the mirror I was holding, grabbed my collar, and pulled me in.

Swoosh!

Seeing me being dragged in, the bear first threw the princess dummy into the mirror.

Then, as the bear was putting its body into the mirror.

That incident happened.

【■ㅈ■■ᅟᅵᆷ!!!!】

With the knight’s voice starting to tear.

Grab!

The orange knight immediately seized the lower half of the bear’s body in one go.

Riiiiip-!

“Teddy Bear!!”

With the sound of tearing fabric brushing past my ears.

We all fall into the mirror space

Thud!

Park Yeon-jeong, who fell from a slightly elevated position right after passing through the mirror, winced in pain as his shoulder hit the ground, but.

“Teddy Bear!”

Park Yeon-jeong’s gaze went to the bear that had fallen here with him before focusing on his pain.

The bear sprawled on the floor.

But it was no longer intact.

Only the upper body remained, its torn body collapsed powerlessly on the floor like rags.

‘This can’t be happening.’

Seeing the figure with no lower body remaining, a despair he had never felt before rose up, crushing his chest.

Park Yeon-jeong cried out like a tragic protagonist.

“Beaaaaar!!!”

Wave!

……Huh?

Wave wave!

“You’re, you’re alive?”

The bear, which he had thought was dead due to its miserable state, was casually waving both arms at me.

Had I been looking at it too much from a human perspective?

But well.

At least it was alive.

For now, just escaping from that collapsing space was a good situation.

Swoosh.

Flinch!

At the sound of a fan hitting my ear, I froze again.

‘…Right.’

Although it was certainly good to have saved my life from that collapsing space right now.

〖You may honestly tell me your impression upon seeing me in person.〗

The real problem starts now.

〖…Do I look beautiful to you?〗