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[Chapter 104] [A Monster with Worn-out Emotions (2)]

The cultural festival was bustling from the first day.

As Eunha expected, tickets sold to the general public in limited quantities sold out instantly.

There were even scalpers.

It meant that even though the times weren't good, people still had curiosity about players.

Hee, hee, hee, hee.

Hey, oppas.

There wasn't a booth that wasn't crowded.

Eunha and Hayang's class was no exception.

The two classes were so busy running the haunted house that they couldn't even rest properly.

Because word of mouth had spread and the haunted house's reputation had risen.

Saying the haunted house with added magic boasted considerable quality.

Including rumors that if couples visited, their relationship would become more intimate, and rumors spread that no matter who you visited with, your relationship would become closer the moment you exited.

As a result, the line never ended. The presidents of the two classes eventually had to change the policy to not allow re-entry for people who had already entered once.

Nevertheless, people kept flocking.

Want to date me if you don't have a girlfriend?

""""...."""

The haunted house constructed using an entire large dueling arena.

The dark space filled with red-tinted light exuded an atmosphere that gave goosebumps just by standing still.

The props were the same.

Men who visited the haunted house saying they would test their courage inadvertently turned their heads at the sound coming from the well.

Date me.

Hee, hee, hee, I'm so lonely.

A woman crawling out of the well.

The woman half-hanging on the corner was wearing pure white mourning clothes.

Eventually, she who had been looking down at the floor stretched her hand towards the men and slowly raised her head.

""""......!!""""

Hair disheveled messily. The eyes revealed between emitted a red glow.

Moreover, skin as white as a corpse.

The men saw her trying to come out of the well and ran away without looking back.

"Phew..."

And Jung Hayang, left behind alone, sighed while fixing her hair that blocked her vision.

The atmosphere reminiscent of a virgin ghost had already disappeared.

"Those people were really scared."

"Ah, Eunha. Did you finish there too?"

"For now."

Not long after, screams were heard from the direction the men ran.

Eunha came from the direction where the screams rang out.

Eunha with his hair dyed snow white with mana-infused dye, and red lenses worn only in one eye.

At the same time, he who covered all parts except his eyes and mouth with an iron mask was feeling stuffy from all of it.

However, there was still a lot of time left until the shift changed.

He had to keep the makeup on until then, even if it was uncomfortable.

"Let's endure a little more. Want some candy?"

"Where did this come from?"

"I grabbed a few while entering the shift earlier!"

He was craving something sweet anyway.

Eunha put the candy Hayang took out from her white sleeve into his mouth.

Seeing him eat, Hayang also unwrapped a candy.

To think this kid is a virgin ghost.

It must be frustrating to die without dating.

The sugar seeped into his body.

Eunha looked at Hayang taking a short rest while rolling the candy in his mouth.

She seems to have had a hard time mentally lately.

Her round face had become somewhat oval unlike before.

And as if filling in the parts that had gone, her mature charm was more pronounced.

No matter how sloppy her makeup was, one couldn't find the appearance of a child in her wearing just mourning clothes.

Although traces of youth remained, aspects of an adult woman blended together creating a strange harmony.

If someone asked if she was pretty.

"Eunha, why? Want more candy?"

"...Give me one more."

Pretty.

He would have no choice but to answer now.

Eunha suddenly came to his senses and spoke hesitantly to Hayang smiling gently at him.

She didn't seem to find it strange.

"─What were you just thinking about?"

"......"

Jung Hayang suddenly striking.

Her poker face had improved too.

Eunha, whose words were blocked for a moment, suddenly felt mischievous.

Let's see her flustered for once.

Eunha answered with that mind.

"That if a pretty kid like you died without dating, it wouldn't be strange to become a virgin ghost out of frustration."

"......"

Jung Hayang doubting her ears.

Eunha quietly laughed seeing her dazed appearance.

It was a shame he didn't have a smartphone.

Because he could only see her blinking with her round eyes wide open at this moment.

"...Tsk."

Perhaps realizing his joke.

She pouted her lips and counterattacked.

"Then at least help me date before I die, geez."

"Why are you complaining to me about that? You should find that on your own."

Eunha suddenly felt déjà vu.

Somehow a conversation he seemed to have had somewhere.

It didn't take long to recall the memory.

Yujung did that before too.

Lee Yujung did that in his previous life too.

Saying she might die without ever dating in her lifetime because she only followed him around.

Saying if she became a virgin ghost after dying, it would all be because of him.

Eunha vividly recalled that time.

Unfortunately, he couldn't remember how he answered her then.

"─Who are you thinking about now?"

"A really pretty kid."

"...Tsk. Prettier than Euna unni?"

"Hmm... I wonder."

Jung Hayang asking with fire in her eyes.

Eunha pretended not to notice her jealousy and thought carefully.

Whether Euna was pretty, or Lee Yujung was pretty.

Which of the two was prettier.

Of course our noona is... Hmm...

It was difficult to answer.

Eunha couldn't reach a conclusion.

Noh Euna and Lee Yujung.

Thinking about it now, the two had almost identical atmospheres.

Even more so since their hairstyles were similar.

In his previous life, Eunha vaguely remembered Euna who he lost when young.

But he remembered sensually what kind of person she was.

That sense said.

The two were similar.

That's why he might not have been able to move at Yujung's words.

"My mom is the best."

"Tsk."

He couldn't determine which was superior.

In the end, he mentioned his mother.

So Hayang couldn't press him anymore.

Moreover, guests entered with good timing.

Students playing ghost roles up ahead sent a signal.

"Let's quickly return to our positions too."

"Okay. Then good lu... Huh?"

"What? What's wrong?"

"It's Euna unni's presence."

"What did you say?"

Eunha, who was about to return to his position, quickly turned around.

He approached Hayang who had deployed her detection network and asked if her information was correct.

Hayang nodded.

"Yeah, there's no way I wouldn't know Euna unni's presence. Moreover, I made almost this entire set, right? Everyone who enters here is practically within my detection area."

Jung Hayang speaking confidently.

She actually built the maze and even created routes connecting the entrance to the exit.

Moreover, she sometimes changed the maze structure to make people who weren't scared uneasy.

It was her saying this.

Eunha couldn't sense Euna's presence wrapped in several layers of concealment magic, but with her ability, she might be able to detect it.

She had excellent qualities for reading information from surrounding mana.

But who did noona come with?

Yeonhwa noona said she'd be busy from the first day participating in the comprehensive competition...

Hayang climbed into the well saying "Heave-ho."

Eunha also entered the well and poked out just his face above the well wall as if hiding his body behind cover.

"Don't you need to go to your position?"

"Let me see noona's face before I go."

Anyway, his position wasn't far from here.

He planned to just confirm who Euna came with and return to his position.

Eventually, Euna appeared.

"This place seems even more gloomy? But they really made the set well."

"Ugh... Euna. Come to me anytime if you're scared. I'll protect you."

"Okay, thanks! I'll definitely rely on you if that happens."

As if on a date.

The distance between Euna and Han Changjin was close enough for their shoulders to almost touch.

Their hand backs kept bumping into each other as they walked.

It seemed only a matter of time before they held hands at this rate.

Han Changjin, that bastard...

Eunha gritted his teeth.

He should have been on guard against bugs swarming around Euna after hearing Yeonhwa would be busy today.

Because he forgot that, Han Changjin approached her.

"Raaaaargh!!"

"Euna, be careful!"

"Kyaa!"

At that moment, students dressed as zombies fell from a set that looked like an abandoned building.

The zombies who safely landed on the ground while manifesting mana rushed to scare Euna.

However, Euna wasn't someone who would be scared by just that much.

Yet Han Changjin stepped forward to protect her.

"Euna, are you okay?"

"Yeah. Thanks for helping. But I wasn't scared at all, you know?"

"I was worried about you."

"...Thank you."

The atmosphere wasn't normal either.

Eunha's eyes lit up.

Then he accidentally destroyed the well wall from putting too much strength in his hand.

Even though it was styrofoam reinforced with mana.

"Hayang."

"...Yeah. Why?"

"Help me a bit."

"Okay, sure..."

Separate the two.

Eunha, who decided to do that, soon asked Hayang.

She didn't express any particular complaints, as if she had expected this.

"I'm going to separate the octopus hitting on noona. When that time comes, change the maze structure so they can never meet again."

"U-um... Okay. I'll do that."

Hayang showing a reluctant look.

She nodded and sighed softly before starting preparations to change the maze.

"But how will you separate them?"

"I have my ways."

Eunha touched his eye wearing the red lens with his finger and chuckled "kekeke."

As if his mystic eye was throbbing.

Noh Eunha, 15 years old.

Mental age was so insignificant in front of the age of 15.

This was an unavoidable─

─Yes, destiny of fate.

Sometimes emotion precedes reason, some players even said it's the period of life with the most abundant imagination.

So create magic that can only be made during this period.

You dare lay hands on our noona?

Eunha came out of the well and looked at Han Changjin's eyes while hiding behind a pillar.

Changjin, who was talking with Euna, seemed to feel the gaze.

Their eyes met for a moment.

Stygian Eye

There was something he learned recently.

The providence of the 5th tier over-rank Group Image Demon matched very well with Stygian Eye.

With Stygian Eye added, he no longer had to go to the trouble of deceiving the other person to make illusions real.

Because Stygian Eye stimulated the other's deep world.

It didn't matter even if Han Changjin's mana resistance was high.

Because the Group Image Demon's providence also strengthened Stygian Eye.

The moment their eyes met even once.

Han Changjin would have felt fear even if it was nothing.

Why don't you experience the fear of being torn apart by ghouls?

Sure enough.

Han Changjin flinched.

But with his high mana resistance, he seemed to think the ghouls that appeared and disappeared in an instant were illusions.

Phantom Eye

However, even a moment was good.

If he recalled ghouls even for a moment, Eunha could use illusion magic to show him ghouls.

"Why are ghouls here... Euna, be careful!"

"Changjin, what's suddenly... Kyaa!"

Now Han Changjin's eyes would see an illusion of ghouls suddenly appearing and rushing at Euna.

Changjin didn't hesitate at all and rushed forward gripping a weapon to protect Euna.

Euna, startled by Changjin's reaction, failed to grab him.

And right at that moment.

"Hayang, now."

"U-um... okay..."

Finally the two were separated.

Eunha signaled Hayang, and she changed the maze as he told her to, wondering what was going on.

Even knowing other people who entered the maze would be confused.

Who cares about other people?

Even if Hayang worried about others, Eunha didn't care one bit about other people.

He thanked Hayang, then rushed at Euna who was left alone as the maze structure suddenly changed.

"Raaaaargh!!"

With white hair fluttering.

Red lenses flashing.

Eunha rushed at Euna while faithfully playing the role of a ghoul.

Euna, who left her stone tablet outside the booth, reflexively took a combat stance when she saw him suddenly rushing at her.

"...Eunha!?"

"I'll eat you!"

Euna showed a glad expression after belatedly realizing the ghoul in makeup was her younger brother.

Eunha shouted playfully.

The two rushed at each other simultaneously.

And Eunha tried to bite Euna but─

"Who's eating who! I'm going to eat you! Yam!"

"......!"

Euna, who hugged Eunha tightly, quickly bit his shoulder.

Eunha flinched, not expecting to be bitten himself.

It was the first time being bitten by her since he was a baby.

"This is all your doing, right?"

"...You caught me. Noona, you should have said you were coming."

"I was trying to surprise you!"

Euna glaring at Eunha with narrowed eyes and a blank face.

Then she soon smiled and recharged on Eunha content after a long time.

Eunha left her alone as she felt his body.

Noh Eunha, he─

"But why is your hair like this?"

"Doesn't it suit me?"

"No! My brother looks good in anything! Let's take a picture while we're at it!"

─May be a monster to some, but was a gentle lamb to others.