Chapter 79
The white librarian placed a note on their palm.
Standing in front of me.
……
I didn’t expect much.
Still, a tiny piece of paper is a bit…
While I was blankly staring at the note in front of me, my ears were turned toward the speaker.
What on earth…
What kind of grand story Noise would tell about this note.
As I looked at the note and waited quietly.
Static
A faint static noise brushed against my ear, tickling it.
[Go ahead and unfold it. It will surely please you, Employee Park Yeon-jeong……definitely.]
The voice from the speaker carried a slight hint of laughter.
Thinking about it, among the things I’ve received from Noise so far, not a single one has been useless.
Well, there was one…
I looked again at the librarian’s palm, still standing motionless in front of me, waiting for me to take the note.
‘This…looks useless.’
But,
…Snap.
I picked up the note.
Rustle.
Carefully unfolding the note, I checked what was inside.
What was inside the small note was…
<Noise’s Curiosity Consultation Center!>
……?
Curiosity Consultation Center?
Is it the name of a new TV program?
The note had the words ‘Noise’s Curiosity Consultation Center’ written on it in a rather playful tone.
But aside from that playful phrase, there was no mysterious energy or anything like that coming from the small piece of paper.
Flap, flap.
I fiddled with the paper in my hands, but…
It didn’t suddenly emit a blinding light.
It didn’t suddenly transport me somewhere.
It didn’t do anything like that.
It was just…
A really ordinary piece of paper. The kind of plain white paper we all know.
When Noise saw me checking the note and looking puzzled.
Static.
It let out a voice mixed with noise.
[It’s exactly the ordinary piece of paper you’re thinking of, Employee Park Yeon-jeong. Nothing special about it, just a simple scrap of paper.]
“…….”
After hearing Noise’s answer.
My gaze turned to the watch on my right wrist.
The second hand of the watch…
Wasn’t moving.
The fact that the second hand wasn’t moving meant…
That there wasn’t a single lie in Noise’s words just now.
So, Noise really just played a prank on me, the kind you’d expect from an elementary school student.
Why?
Just as I wanted to ask if this was really just a simple prank.
Click.
Noise’s explanation continued.
[However, the content inside is real. It’s a very, very good opportunity for Employee Park Yeon-jeong to resolve any questions you’ve had so far.]
Noise explained it as if it would answer all the questions I’ve had up until now.
Static.
[Since this is a place for serious conversations, the atmosphere of the location is also important.]
[I anticipated this and have already prepared a place. A place with beautiful natural scenery. As an excellent supervisor, I must also excel in preparation.]
As Noise’s voice from the speaker faded.
Thud!
All the lights, including the one illuminating me, turned off at once.
Instantly, darkness enveloped the entire space, swallowing me whole. In the pitch-black darkness where I couldn’t see even an inch ahead.
I silently stayed in place.
After all, this was clearly another one of Noise’s surprise performances.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
With the sound of the lights turning back on.
As my vision gradually adjusted to the sudden brightness.
The first thing that came into view was.
A room with white walls and a white wooden floor.
In addition, a white table is placed in the center.
And chairs facing each other, the only things emitting any presence in this empty room.
Aside from the table and chairs, there was no other furniture.
And also.
A square window for some reason.
‘There’s no door, but there’s a window.’
Whoever designed this room must have made a very fundamental mistake.
But what was slightly surprising was.
That the scenery outside the window was visible.
Outside, a vast grassland filled the entire window.
So, this place is…
A small white cabin placed on a vast grassland.
‘It has a certain charm.’
Standing alone in this charming room, I called out the name of the person who brought me here.
“…Noise.”
…….
?
No response came from Noise to my question.
The characteristic static noise was also absent.
Just…
I was left alone, standing in the middle of the white house, unable to comprehend this strange situation.
Slowly, I turned my gaze toward the white chair.
For now…
‘Should I just sit down?’
Noise didn’t respond when I called.
And it was clear that my legs would hurt if I kept standing until Noise answered.
So.
Until Noise arrives.
‘I’ll just rest for a bit,’ I concluded.
Thud.
I walked over to the white chair and plopped down onto it.
After that,
How much time had passed?
As I silently waited for Noise’s response in this place.
Knock, knock, knock.
?
A knocking sound came, filling me with doubt.
It couldn’t be…a person, right?
Knock, knock, knock.
A rhythmic knocking sound came from somewhere.
The direction of the sound seemed to be.
From the white wall.
Knock, knock, knock.
It came again.
Not from anywhere else.
Exactly from behind the white wall.
But,
‘What am I supposed to do about it?’
I realized there was someone behind the wall, but there was nothing I could do.
At best.
I could only wait for the presence outside to notice the window, the only thing connecting this place to the outside.
There was no need to help someone who might not even be an ally.
But,
The presence behind the wall entered the room in a way I never expected.
Creak.
!!
‘What the!’
The perfectly fine wall just…
Opened.
To be precise, it opened like a door.
And the presence began stepping into the room without hesitation.
It was fascinating to see a perfectly fine wall open like a door, but something more important was at hand.
The identity of the person who opened the wall and entered this white room.
I opened my mouth softly.
“……Who.”
Are you?
It was someone I had never seen before.
Not someone from any ghost story or person I’ve encountered.
A stranger…a woman.
With long, dark hair flowing down. Her eyes filled with a melancholic emotion as she stared at me.
Her Victorian-style black dress, adorned with dazzling lace and ribbons, caught my eye.
-Long, dark hair flowing down.
-A woman in a dazzling black dress.
Who are you really?
Despite my guarded gaze toward this new character.
Click.
The sound of high heels began closing the distance between us.
The figure approaching me was truly.
Elegant.
Which only reinforced the idea that this was not a human being.
In just a few steps.
Really, just a few steps, the distance between me and the woman with melancholic eyes was reduced to just a step.
The one who spoke first was.
The woman.
Moving her glossy pink lips, the first thing that brushed past Park Yeon-jeong’s ears was.
…Static.
Noise.
And not just any noise, but a very familiar level of static.
The kind I’ve heard countless times.
Too familiar.
And,
The woman’s gaze, having recognized her existence at a glance, held a warm smile on her lips.
“…Employee Park Yeon-jeong. I’m truly glad to meet you face to face like this.”
Hehe.
A laugh brushed past my ears.
In this situation, the only voice I could muster was.
“……No, Noise?”
You…
Are a woman?!
This is shocking.
No, it’s a cultural shock.
Until now, the deep male voice coming from the speaker made me assume, naturally.
No, it was just too obvious, I thought you were a man like me…
Grin.
Contrary to her melancholic eyes.
The woman, who indirectly revealed herself as Noise, had a bright smile on her lips.
Swish.
The woman in front of me fluttered her dress and began pacing around me.
She spoke again.
“Were you surprised, Employee Park Yeon-jeong? Is it because I look very different from what you imagined? Or…is it because I’m too beautiful?”
“……Yes, a little. I was surprised.”
No. Actually, I was very surprised.
For some reason, I feel a sense of betrayal knowing that you, Noise, are a woman.
Even after witnessing this situation with my own eyes, I still couldn’t adjust.
I had no idea how to handle this person in front of me.
But,
Hehehe.
The woman in front of me…no, Noise, seemed to be enjoying this situation, a smile plastered on her lips.
“It seems my little surprise worked well.”
Static.
With a sudden burst of intense static brushing past my ears.
The woman who had been standing in front of Park Yeon-jeong was now covered in intense noise.
For a while, the faint static noise lingered around my ears.
Click.
With this final noise.
In the place where the woman in the black dress had been standing.
“This form is the most comfortable, after all.”
Click.
A man in a black suit, just like me, appeared.
His face and body were heavily distorted, as if shattered.
This phenomenon looked like this.
A visual representation of noise, and in front of me was no longer a woman.
But a tall, sturdy man, well over 2 meters, looked down at me.
Click.
“How was it, Employee Park Yeon-jeong? Were you satisfied with my surprise?”
“…….”
“You must be so satisfied that you’re speechless.”
Click.
Noise continued to explain the situation step by step.
Staring at me, who was still in a daze.
“Then, let’s take a seat. The story might get long.”
“…Yes, understood.”
Noise and I sat facing each other in the chairs.
We looked at each other.
And once again, the first to speak was.
Noise.
“Then, let’s begin the story. The story you’ve been curious about, Employee Park Yeon-jeong.”
And,
Static.
The next voice from Noise.
Pierced through my eardrums, striking my brain with a massive impact.
[You only get one question. Be careful, be calm…I trust you’ll ask a question that won’t disappoint me, Employee Park Yeon-jeong.]
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