Chapter 62 (1/2)
Chapter 62 – Day 13, 10th Floor Price-Performance Ratio
The moss from Lewin Castle was able to be dried and drank as a tea. According to Mino, the drink used to be exchanged with other regions. Now that the other areas were gone, they ate it to gain as much nutrients as possible.
Anyhow, it wasn't bad when I drank it. It was like a herbal tea with a slight sweetness. I didn't like hot drinks like coffee, but it was a taste that I would buy at a cafe.
”….”
I drank it and the sweat on my body dried.
I suddenly felt like it was a waste.
“Your Majesty.”
I turned my head and saw Mino. This was her office. She was standing next to the desk while holding a kettle.
“Would you like some more?”
”…Yes.”
Unlike me, Mino had already washed. However, her skin was still damp and I could smell the scent of her body. As I became aware of the smell, I felt something rising inside me again. I hurriedly drank the cup again.
“Ahh, it is too hot…”
Yes. So please drink up.”
I looked at her mouth and neck before suppressing the boiling feeling inside me.
What was this? It felt like something was crying out in my heart.
A little bit more. A little bit more.
It seemed like the body and mind had become one.
It was a natural physiological reason. I could have just explained it as a lot of stress acc.u.mulating in the meantime. I was a man and it wasn't strange for a man to like a woman. But I had Jin Soo-young a few hours ago. It was a few times. Now I couldn't stop thinking about correcting the mistake that I made before in rejecting Mino. Therefore, I ended up drinking as much tea as possible.
”….”
”….”
Mino looked down with a red face like she knew what I was thinking. Fortunately, it seemed like she wasn't offended. Anyway, I would investigate this strange feeling after I finished my task. The thing that I was working on…
Pak.
”…!”
Mino retreated with a look of surprise.
[There is an invasion from outsides.]
[You can expel them using the command – Expel.]
The Chinese man had returned on one side of the office. It was the same place that I tore his ticket 12 hours ago.
“Can you go outside? It is dangerous.”
Mino immediately followed my instructions. The Chinese man had recovered to some extent. His HP was 2/3 restored and he was holding a ticket in his hand, as if in preparation to flee. I appeared in front of him and kicked out.
”Ack!”
The ticket fell to the ground. I grabbed the groaning man and placed him on a chair.
The Chinese man spat out curses. Even though the sacred creature had eaten his unique talent, he was almost completely recovered as he glared at me.
“It is fun to have a conversation in a language we both know.”
I spoke in English.
”My… My unique talent, how…”
“I ate it.”
I made the gestures of eating something.
“Yum yum yum.”
“Bulls.h.i.+t.”
He said with an expression that asked me not to joke around.
”That isn't possible.”
“Isn't it reality? You can check with your own eyes.”
If he wanted to get it back then he needed to answer my questions. Then I would be able to extract the information I wanted.
”You… I know you killed Yan. Then you don't have my talent.”
”….”
”Your eyes… Why…?”
I felt something strange. I changed my words.
“I don’t know what you are talking about. I have both your talent and Yan's. I also have two more unique talents.”
In fact, one of them had become the dog's food.
“That is crazy!”
It was the same reaction. He really didn't believe it. I had to pay attention to the nuances in his words. It wasn't the fact that his talent was taken away, but denial that 'I' had it.
“Why, are you so envious that you can't stand? Do you feel envy that I have four unique talents?”
There was something obvious.
China might be different from South Korea. If they made a system that collected explorers quickly like Director Oh guessed, they might have a lot more information than me. And there was a discrepancy between that information and what I knew.
”People… Fool… I know.”
Let's do a little bit more. Just as I was opening my mouth,
Duguen.
My heart started to beat very quickly.
”…!!”
What?
I took one step back and touched my chest. It wasn't just my heart running wild.
More violence. Don't let anyone command you. Become stronger. Train harder.
My own voice was ringing in my head. I was burning with familiar feelings. But there were also some feelings that weren't boiling over.
Impatience. The emotion that emerged when I was started something and waiting for it to pay off. Regret that the future would be over if things didn't improve right away. What had I done so far? I had to do something right now.
Right now.
Right now.
Right now.
”Ek…”
The desires for things that couldn't be done right away constantly rose inside me. It felt like someone who could control my emotions had artificially manipulated me. Now I got it. These impulses were the reason why I kept on thinking about sleeping with those two women over and over. Now it was a dozen times worse than before.
Tak.
I staggered back. The countless impulses were creating errors in my body's computer, meaning it couldn't follow any simple orders.