Upon arriving at Area A, I realized Kim Yeo-ju had tricked me. If she were taking me, I'd naturally assume she'd take me to a place with fewer zombies. But here... I couldn't quite grasp what Kim Yeo-ju was thinking.
***
There were more zombies than I expected. I brought the author here because I knew they'd definitely swear at me if I went alone, and I thought he might be able to find his abilities in a crisis.
“You are here.”
I planned to place Ji-eun on the alley wall and go rescue the living. But then I remembered that even the wall wasn't safe. But taking Ji-eun to battle would be difficult, as there were too many things to worry about.
I glanced at the author and saw that he was biting his fingernails. He looked anxious, but there was nothing I could do. As I tried to move forward, I felt someone grab my wrist. I turned around and saw the author staring at me intently.
“Ha.. Okay, you should go too.”
This was my best choice.
***
I grabbed Kim Yeo-ju's wrist. She might have taken it as a warning not to leave me alone. But that wasn't it. I had to follow her and find an opportunity to kill her.
“Ha.. Okay, you should go too.”
As expected, I knew exactly how Kim Yeo-ju would react. That's why planning was so easy. It was as if Kim Yeo-ju was in my hands. No, she is in my hands.
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I clearly came out when the sun was up, but it was already setting. I wonder how many hours I've been circling the same place, searching for living people, and yet I haven't found a single living person.
“At this point, isn’t there no one alive in Area A?”
Kim Yeo-ju's expression darkened in an instant at my words.
“It could be.”
This is why I hate Kim Yeo-ju. For her stubbornness and pretense of being kind. For her copying my mother. For her use of the same weapons as my mother. For her pretending to be my mother's daughter.
“Stop being stubborn! Do you have any idea how many minutes you’ve been walking around here, meticulously inspecting everything?! You need to be nice in moderation!!! I understand pretending to be nice in front of the boys, but why are you pretending to be nice when the boys aren’t around?! You… are so disgusting..”
Unable to contain my anger any longer, I screamed, saying the words I'd always thought. I couldn't understand why they were killing zombies, who never seemed to diminish no matter how many times they killed them, all in search of those who had lived peacefully and comfortably while causing my mother such hardship. It was simply disgusting to me.
“...”
Kim Yeo-ju just stared at me without saying a word. Her gaze seemed ready to kill me at any moment.
"You know the fairy before we showed up? That fairy is my mother. The fairy who was used as a zombie-killing machine by people is my mother! People think she died giving birth. But that's not true! They made her kill zombies nonstop. They were so exhausted that they had no choice but to kill them!!"
To summarize, what I'm saying is that people were simply wrong. I fully understand that's an inappropriate statement in this context.
“But I don’t understand why I have to spend hours wandering around looking for the people who killed my mother!!”
"hey."
It was the first time. Kim Yeo-ju spoke to me in that tone... I flinched without realizing it.
"what."
But I spoke confidently as if I had done nothing wrong.
"You know what you just said doesn't fit the situation. Make sure there's someone out there who has the time to say something like that."
Tears welled up in my eyes. Kim Yeo-ju was no different from everyone else. I wanted to kill her quickly.
“You… that’s what you’re saying now!!”
There was no need to hold it in any longer. So I just screamed.
***
I was dumbfounded. How could she be thinking like that, let alone looking for someone? The people in this area raised me after I was abandoned. To repay them, she's working so hard... I couldn't believe she even thought that way about people. I understood why she hated people because of what her mother had done. Then why didn't she just not come with us in the first place? She followed us home and killed zombies as we moved together... It sounded like Lee Ji-eun had been with us from the beginning to kill us.
“...”
Lee Ji-eun looked at me with a sharp gaze. She looked like she might burst into tears if I said it one more time.
“...!”
I saw a zombie running madly at us, hearing our loud noise. Without realizing it, I placed one of Lee Ji-eun's arms on my shoulder. Then I grabbed her waist with my other hand.
“What are you doing!!! Don’t let go of this!!!”
Ignoring Lee Ji-eun, who seemed excited, I jumped up onto the wall.
“Let go!! Let go!!!”
“If you don’t want to die, keep quiet.”
Lee Ji-eun became quiet at my words.
***
Kim Yeo-ju ran and ran, her long hair swaying. As we entered the alleyway we'd come from, I suddenly lost my balance and felt as if I was falling sideways. She let go of me and reached out, seeming to grab something. A sickle appeared as she touched it.
Kim Yeo-ju, who had descended from the wall, was diligently killing zombies. It went quite a bit differently than I planned, but a perfect way to kill her suddenly occurred to me.
“Hey lady!”
I reached out to Kim Yeo-ju, who was surrounded by zombies due to the wall behind her. She stopped killing zombies as I'd planned and grabbed my hand. I pretended to pull her up. When she was almost there, I gave her a smirk and pushed her towards the zombies with all my might before letting go.
“Pfft.. Puhahahahaha!!”
Kim Yeo-ju's expression was amusing. She fell backwards while facing me, and as she fell backwards, she made a flustered expression, an expression as if she'd been hit in the back of the head... Watching Kim Yeo-ju like that made me feel relieved.
'thud-!!'
Kim Yeo-ju fell to the ground. Then the zombies rushed at her. They turned around and ran towards Jimin.
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I saw Jimin, Taehyung, and Jungkook sitting on the rooftop, looking exhausted. I forced myself to hold back tears. The thought of sadness made my tears flow like crazy, and I ran to them in that state.
“Wh..what is it..!”
When Taehyung saw me crying, he looked embarrassed and hugged me.
“But... what about the female protagonist...?”
As Jeong-guk cautiously asked about Kim Yeo-ju, I pretended to cry even more sadly.
“Stop crying and talk.”
Jimin said.
“The heroine... The heroine....”
After helping me up the wall in the alley, Kim Yeo-ju tried to climb up too, but she was attacked by too many zombies, so she waited for a few hours just in case, but he didn't come out.
“What...what did you say...?”
Jimin and Taehyung spoke in disbelief, and Jungkook was already crying. It seems simple-minded people are easily fooled. They suggested we go back there, so we did. The floor was covered in blood, and as expected, Kim Yeo-ju wasn't there.
From now on, I will take them outside the safe zone and live there.If the people in this area are alive, Jimin, Taehyung, and Jungkook will secretly kill them.