Chapter 23 – Survivors
The basement was a food corner.
And it was dark.
I was going to use infrared vision, but I didn’t want to instill fear in the survivors with a dark appearance.
I took out a bright lamp from my inventory and moved.
He seemed to understand why the survivors were on this side.
With so much to eat, wouldn’t this be an advantage for survival?
Occasionally, I smashed the heads of the zombies that rushed in the dark with ease and headed underground.
‘Is this here?’
It seemed to be a room used by employees.
– Clap.
The door was locked.
– Knock. Knock.
First, knock lightly.
If I were a survivor, there would be no way a zombie would knock, so I wondered if they would think they were human beings.
“……”
There was no response.
“Hmm. Are you I am also surviving. I would like to share a story with you.”
I try to speak politely.
“……”
Still, there was no response.
Should I break it
I was worried.
I didn’t want to scare you that much.
But I couldn’t stand there staring at the door forever.
Can not help it.
– Clumsy.
First, I opened the door and entered.
No one was seen in the empty room.
However, inside the cabinet, the Awakener’s keen senses felt like someone.
It was hidden inside a cabinet.
What do we do?
It’s such a damned world.
Even humans could not be trusted unconditionally.
I did understand.
“Hmm. I am a fine… Person. You may come out.”
I tried to make my voice as soft as possible.
“……”
“……”
But still no response.
I couldn’t just be like an idiot until he came out.
– Woodeuk.
The cabinet door was forced open.
I saw it curled up inside with a musty smell.
“……”
“……”
‘Fuck….’
Honestly, I felt like I was stepping on shit.
I saw a small, skinny, gnarly little child with a small body.
He was squatting, his mouth half open, staring blankly up at me.
She seemed to be a girl, with her long hair and the messy one-piece dress of unknown color.
“……”
To be honest, I didn’t like kids.
To be precise, I was reluctant to deal with children.
Only the innocence of such children did not like their liveliness.
Children are noisy and do not know where to jump.
I know that’s normal.
I couldn’t tell the kids if I didn’t like it.
Even if you’re just a middle school or high school student, you might be able to give me a double bath.
No matter what I do to these kids, I’m the bad guy.
I’m the only one who becomes a petty guy and a weird guy.
It was a moment of great difficulty.
I wanted to close the cabinet door and leave.
However, I have already seen what I shouldn’t have seen.
Let’s just leave it, honestly, even for me, my heart was shaken.
If this little boy had been a little older, he wouldn’t have worried like this.
“……”
“……”
However, taking it with me is a huge burden to me.
There is no way to deal with this world.
If I can take her back to the original world, I can send her to a nursery school, so it’s convenient, but….
It was embarrassing.
‘What do we do?’
How many times have you been in such a quandary in your life?
It was obvious that he would suffer if he took him.
If I left it, I would feel uncomfortable forever.
Since this little boy survived, you might be able to hold out hope that there will be survivors somewhere.
‘Sibul…. After….’
I couldn’t help it.
If there is even a group of survivors, take them and throw them there.
Wouldn’t there be at least one guy who still doesn’t know the world and is full of compassion?
“What do you think. Will you follow me?”
To be honest, I had no intention of forcibly taking him if he wouldn’t follow me.
And in my heart, I hoped that you would reject me.
If you reject me, it seems that the feeling of embarrassment when you leave this child behind will disappear.
I had no intention of forcibly dragging a child who didn’t like it and suffering.
And this child can stay here as usual.
What….
Wouldn’t it be possible to say that you have done all you have to do if you bring enough supplies?
If you’re lucky, another survivor who likes this child might come and go with you.
But the little boy betrayed my expectations.
He reached out her tiny hand and grabbed her finger of mine.
“……”
‘After…. I can’t help it.’
A sigh came out of nowhere.
What you can predict by looking at the child is that it hasn’t been that long since this zombie apocalypse happened.
That this child was alive was proof to some degree.
Looking at the snack bags scattered in the cabinet, it seemed that the zombies had secretly brought and ate snacks from the food corner.
“What is your name?”
“……..”
There was no answer.
I couldn’t tell if I couldn’t speak or if I wasn’t afraid.
It was difficult.
“Can you understand what I am saying?”
– Nod.
The kid moved her head slightly.
It’s a mountain beyond a mountain.
I don’t know if it’s congenital or acquired….
Fortunately, they seemed to understand what I was saying.
It was fortunate in misfortune.
Anyway, what does it matter whether you talk or not?
Rather, it might be better to be quiet.
I had no intention of forcing him to say anything.
I didn’t even know her name, so I decided to just call her Little.
First of all, the smell was too strong, so I went to the mart to find shampoo, soap, bath products, etc., And took a bath with bottled water.
The electricity went out, and of course there was no water.
This little boy is taking a bath with bottled water, which even I can’t.
Too much time came out and a huge amount of living water entered.
It was a very luxurious bath.
Water is in the inventory and there are quite a few in the mart, so it wasn’t difficult to get bottled water, but it was a huge waste.
I thought I would give someone else’s child a bath first, not my own.
It was so dirty and smelly that a thirsty guy dug a well, so I couldn’t dare to just take this kid with me.
You came to level up and give your child a bath.
A sigh came out.
Fortunately, the child is calm.
After washing the child, I took the child to the children’s clothing store.
At first, my body stiffened when I saw the zombies rushing at me, but when I saw how I easily dealt with them with a spear, my eyes twinkled and I quickly regained my composure.
And seeing the window that was summoned from my hand and then disappearing, it seemed quite amusing.
Even when I think about doing this, it was a miraculous ability.
I wonder if anyone can see it.
However, she did not intend to go through the inconvenience of hiding her abilities because of this kid.
She bought clothes from a children’s clothing store and put them on.
But as soon as I got clean, I changed a bit like a human being.
After working as a babysitter all day, the sun was setting.
I found a clean office without zombies in the mart, cleaned it up, and set up two tents.
Uncomfortably, she had no intention of sleeping with her child next to her.
It was helpful to bring a spare tent just in case.
There was a competent vigilante, Suni, and it was a safe place because all places where zombies could come in were blocked, so it didn’t matter if I slept separately.
It seemed to be enough to eat dinner and sleep.
There were quite a few instant porridges in the mart.
She didn’t look well-nourished, but she still wanted porridge rather than stimuli, since she had been starving for so long.
Until 2024. 03. 24.
The expiration date of the instant porridge was visible.
Wouldn’t it have passed?
The original world is 2042.
I also learned that this world has a time difference of almost 20 years from my world.
The recipe for instant porridge was similar to three minutes curry.
Just warm it up and you’re done.
It smelled pretty good, and after tasting it, I thought it would be okay, so I warmed it up and ate it.
Even the little ones ate well to see if the taste was good.
After eating the porridge well, the little boy nodded off as if he was full.
I hugged him and put him in the tent to sleep.
The one on the floor of the tent is a fairly expensive mattress. You should be able to sleep well.
I came to level up and it suddenly became a parenting experience.
.
.
.
When I woke up, the little boy who had slept in the tent next to me was sleeping on top of me.
It seemed to come while I was sleeping.
Was I a face eaten by children?
‘I don’t think so….’
Children also recognize handsome men and women and feel a crush on them.
But I’ve never thought of myself as handsome.
It wasn’t even a face that kids would like.
“Coul….”
The saliva from the kid’s mouth drips onto my chest.
‘Ah…. Dirty spit….’
“……”
I lifted it up, laid it down next to it, and left the tent.
“I’ll turn.”
How do you do it?
Shall we leave the little boy here and find out if there are any survivors around here?
Or should I find it on the way to Seoul?
– Buck. Buck.
I scratch my head in frustration.
For breakfast, I ate chicken and beer in moderation.
The kid was killed again.
But this time, it was served with abalone porridge that was different from yesterday.
The little boy seemed to want to eat it when he glanced at me as I was tearing open the chicken.
But I couldn’t give it.
It seemed like he hadn’t eaten properly for a long time, so he thought he shouldn’t eat anything like chicken.
For a week, I was thinking of eating only porridge.
I’m not a doctor, so I don’t know, but from then on, I wonder if it’s okay to feed him something a little irritating.
Are the sweets okay?
It must have been okay since he seems to have lived on something like sweets while he was there.
‘Sibul. Why am I thinking these useless thoughts….’
As she ate the chicken, she could feel the child’s gaze, but she ignored it.
I am the lifesaver who saved this child.
She had no reason to prick her conscience.
