13 – Murphy’s Law
I shook off everything I ate from Red Vega last night, and even if there was nothing on it, I continued to empty it. The act of emptying itself had meaning.
After vomiting for a while, I was able to calm myself down.
After that, I went to the bank as planned.
I learned from the last failure and went to a place a little farther than the place where I ran amok, but fortunately it was still open.
When I checked my account, there were three bank accounts in my name. One is a beggar account with a balance of 38 won that is clearly linked to my card. The other two had enough money, but I was reluctant to spend money.
‘Looking at the details, is it the parent’s insurance money…’
It reminded me of Han Jaejoong’s past when he lost his parents due to a monster.
Guilt probably hasn’t touched a penny until now.
Still, I can’t help it anymore. It’s not the time to admit it. I decided to break that precious money.
‘I should at least make a donation to a group of victims of monsters later.’
If you want to make money, shouldn’t you start living first? Gritting his teeth in guilt, he withdrew cash from the account.
In the other, the balance beyond the insurance money was inquired, but the source of the money was unknown.
The same amount of money was remitted every month, and I felt a certain obsession.
I was afraid, so I decided to keep it sealed.
Unidentified money is not to be touched.
After that, I opened a free phone with no internet.
Device performance is of no use to me, so it doesn’t matter if you contact me. It was rather good that I couldn’t even read the Internet.
After that, I tried to sign a contract for a house, but I was too tired even though I was tired, so I just went to the jjimjilbang and slept.
That night I had a high fever and went to the emergency room.
**
“It’s ruined…”
He muttered as he rubbed the ringer mark on his arm. Emergency rooms are expensive.
money was broken It’s insurance money, but it’s money that shouldn’t be wasted. damn it
Now I know for sure. I can understand why Grivelt gave the warning. Even in a transformation state that is far superior to a normal body, if you overdo it, that much recoil will come.
That fact became even more real when I saw his legs covered with patches and bandages.
From the encounter with the dilemma to the magical girl.
I wonder how many times I used Chilseong Bogak, which had a lot of recoil. As time goes by, the pain is getting worse. My head still hurts quite a bit too.
Is it because I couldn’t sleep in pain? As I sat in the hospital chair waiting, my eyes kept dozing off.
I saw the belt floating next to me in my field of vision that was blurring like the moon in a fog. It must have been quite a while since morning, but it is quiet. It was convenient because there was no quest notification or forced transformation.
Does the quest system only proceed with the level of intensity that the performer can handle?
When my body doesn’t feel like a horse, the belt seems to refrain from judging that I don’t have the ability to carry out the quest.
‘If you know how to be considerate like this, I’ll refrain from it on a regular basis.’
I got sick of it when I thought of the quest that kept ringing even at night so that people couldn’t even sleep.
‘I’ll turn…’
It has been three days since I came to the world of magical girls in their prime. No, one more day has passed, so now it’s four days.
I still have no home and no job. Magical Girl and Dilemma became hostile to everyone, and on the third night, the emergency room.
It’s sad.
Leaning against the backrest, I suppressed the resentment and futility of life. How many deaths can be overcome in these four days.
I am not a soldier assigned to a battlefield.
I could only sigh at the situation, so I decided to laugh instead. At least if you smile, good luck will come.
“Libra…”
Contradictions say that Libra is going into action. A golden monster wandering the world in search of a justifiable sacrifice.
Now, the story is about to begin in earnest.
In the original work, it was Libra who started Dilemma’s activities in earnest, so there was nothing strange about it.
However, as much as I am, it is clear that he will definitely prepare more.
Not just magical girls, maybe they included me as a test subject.
‘It’s complicated.’
It’s something you don’t know unless it happens anyway. Let’s not think useless thoughts. He patted his forehead and cleared his mind.
The gaze went up. Just like that, a small box was caught at the end of the field of view.
A box that radiates the selfishness of civilization without hesitation and always kindly delivers the news of the world to remote places. A box in which something more terrible than Pandora’s box is sleeping to me now.
It was TV.
Even though I was tired of myself having to make a fuss about something like that, I also felt that I was fed up with it. Why did I have to suffer so much?
I forcibly fixed my gaze on it in order to become an individual who could not be defeated by civilization.
[The S-class monster that appeared in the city yesterday…]
My news was on the way.
I felt dizzy immediately. My hands and feet trembled like someone suffering from hypothermia, and on the contrary, sweat flowed like lava. A phobia that goes beyond simple fear and should be defined as a disease.
but confronted Living in this modern society and avoiding the media forever is impossible. It is a sense that I have to face someday, so I faced it when I could.
It’s a sick body anyway. I couldn’t find anything more to adorn me than an idiot if I were in more pain here. When you are sick, you should be sick at once.
[Citizens complain of anxiety…]
The content of the news was extremely simple.
It is a story that the magical girl’s defeat by the monster was broadcast live, and the citizens’ anxiety increased. It was obvious news.
Then people can lose, but they just win every day.
Nothing much was said about their struggle, which could have cost them their lives, and all they did was chatter without any countermeasures, as if the purpose was to find a countermeasure or create a mass of gossip.
Destroyed buildings and photos of them falling down, interviews with anxious citizens, and panels called experts criticizing magical girls.
It was all disgusting.
It was a struggle that did my best, and I also tried to protect the citizens at the risk of my life. Isn’t the reason why he couldn’t pay attention to me right away because he was distracted for the evacuation of citizens?
“Whoa…”
I lowered my head thinking that focusing on TV any longer would be bad for my body and mind. My head is dizzy. The speed is disgusting. It seems premature to overcome the media yet.
“Hey… are you okay?”
How bad was the expression? Was it to the point where a stranger had pity? Well, I’m worried because I’m so laggy and haggard right now.
I waved my hand and reassured the kind stranger not to worry.
“It’s okay… I just panicked for a while… Huh?”
The face I confirmed when I turned my head was really that of an unexpected person.
A perplexing expression that can be easily seen even behind the mask. Her pink eyes slightly distorted beyond her sunglasses, and her shiny black and pink two-tone hair flowed down her hat. Gorgeous piercings are embroidered on her ears, and her makeup is also heavy. Compared to such a strong impression, he was quite short and neat.
It must have been.
“Pink Denep… Ugh!”
“Shh! Don’t say my name! Can’t you see my current appearance?”
Pink Deneb. One of the magical girls who fought yesterday.
She gasped and covered my mouth and looked around. Hat, mask and sunglasses. Are you really hiding your identity? I nodded.
It was cold. My body stiffened like a mouse standing in front of a lion. Why was this person here anyway?
I’m still going to die of disorientation because of that news.
My heart feels like it’s about to collapse. It was because of guilt, and it was also because my feet were numb.
It takes more courage than you think to remain calm in front of people who beat you yesterday.
It was like that when I was in middle school. Oh, it’s full of bad memories.
“So, are you really okay? Shall I call a doctor?”
“No. It’s really fine. Just stay still and you’ll get better.”
We talked in whispers as if we were talking about secrets.
“It’s not like this just happens once or twice… it’s just fine.”
“Really? Then I’m glad.”
A bizarre way of speaking that encompasses rude language and honorific language at will. It was the first time I’d seen him, so I raised my voice, but when I saw his face, I looked younger again, so I lowered my words, and seemed to be in a state of confusion.
“Speak as you like.”
“Is that so?
“No, that’s a bit…”
“What, am I the only one who doesn’t care?”
“Okay. Don’t use slang words.”
It’s soft and it’s about half. I smiled and bowed my head. I couldn’t dare to raise my head when I thought about the contents of the news earlier.
“…isn’t it pitiful?”
“What? No. What?”
“Puh… there’s no need to fix it. It’s just… you saw the news earlier. We screwed up.”
Is this what a cushion of thorns is?
I felt like leaving this place right now. Citizens are arguing for responsibility because of me, so what face should I have to listen to her?
I’m sorry. Still, I had no regrets.
If I hadn’t acted at that time, I wouldn’t have been able to have a conversation like this now. The short-term defeat that greatly reduced their reputation now was an action that had to be taken.
So no regrets there had to be no
“One of our juniors was very upset… he lost again… while crying… Ah, I’m not like that. I’m used to losing, so what…”
For a moment, Pink Deneb laughed shyly and cut me off.
“hahahaha, I’m sorry. I said useless things to someone I met for the first time. Somehow, I resembled someone I knew… and I was disturbed… Crazy bitch, what nonsense are you talking to a sick person?”
“…”
“…Aren’t you anxious, too?”
She got up from her chair and looked down at me.
I asked if he wasn’t anxious, but he seemed anxious when he said it. I heard words to confirm it.
“But don’t worry. No matter what happens, I’ll stop you from laying a hand on you citizens. Well… I may lose again. If you don’t believe me, I can’t help it.”
“I believe.”
Anxiety was not limited to citizens.
The hero also suffered.
She too was a person, one of the citizens. A human being who is just a little special.
“I’m sure you can protect it.”
“Oh… you’re a pretty wacky guy too? He’s saying thank you. I’m happy.”
She smiled and left. Is it because she’s a magical girl? There is no barrier to conversing with someone you are seeing for the first time. Of course, this time it was more of an inside joke rather than a conversation, but…
There are things I did, and I have a fan heart, so this is a reward.
Fortunately, the other side left first. With this, it can be said that the relationship with Pink Deneb has been severed.
It couldn’t have been better.
Such a temporary conversation cannot be considered intertwined. To think that a long-term relationship can be made just by exchanging a few words at the hospital is too much, even if it is full of self-consciousness.
-Han Jaejoong
“Yeah.”
I stood up when I heard a call from the counter.
“…Han Jaejoong?”
“Oh shit, that’s right too! Someone did it!”
I had to think.
Why was Pink Deneb in this hospital? Even if it was treatment for the trauma of the last fight, it would be better if the magical girl or I bandaged it a few times.
The injury is not serious enough to be treated in the emergency room.
Then who were you waiting for?
Who among the magical girls visits the hospital often?
Who was the only magical girl Blue Sirius could rely on?
“Jaejoong… Ah?”
Life is fleeting, but it’s very instrumental.
How is it that I only meet people I don’t want to meet like this?
[Quest occurs.]
…even the words I don’t want to hear.
Doesn’t Murphy’s Law really exist? Misfortunes come and go around like the cycle of the stars.
To some, it’s just a synthesis of selective memories, but if I go through bad luck continuously for four days, wouldn’t it become a truthful proposition for me?
I heard a familiar beautiful voice from behind, but I ignored it as much as possible and finished the calculation in silence.
