The College Girl - 3

"The inside is cleaner than I thought?"

"Don't talk down to me."

"I-it's a meme, this is. Oh, you were playing along with the meme too, Unnie? 'Don't talk down to me, you son of a bitch!'"

"Are you crazy?"

"..."

I guess that wasn't used as a meme.

I tried to break the heavy atmosphere, but I didn't even get my money's worth.

The first thing that came to mind after entering the villa was that it really was "cleaner than I thought."

In the case of the Ghost House, which was an anonymous Sanctum, the interior was so grotesque it made me want to vomit, but this place just looks like an ordinary villa.

I guess just because it's a Fervent Follower's Sanctum doesn't mean the interior has to be grotesque.

Well, just because it looks ordinary on the outside doesn't mean I can let my guard down.

This is the interior space of an Anomaly.

And not just any Anomaly, but inside a Sanctum created directly by a Fervent Follower.

I have to stay sharp.

Now that I'm inside the building, there's no way I can get out until I beat ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠that college girl to death...

"But I can get out?"

I could.

The entrance was right there in its place.

I had steeled myself to enter the villa, but unlike last time, I could come and go from the villa as I pleased.

Could the entrance to the villa be like a portal that crosses dimensions?

The moment we entered the villa, Yoo Iseul and I were trapped in the infinitely expanding Sanctum of a Fervent Follower.

Therefore, Yoo Iseul's sports car parked outside could also be an illusion created by the Sanctum, not reality.

After coming out of the villa, I approached Yoo Iseul's sports car and checked its information.

It wasn't an illusion after all.

The Wiki doesn't lie. This really is Yoo Iseul's sports car.

Yoo Iseul, who followed me out of the villa, said.

"Hey, is this really that Anomaly called a Sanctum?"

"...The Wiki doesn't lie. It's definitely a Sanctum, and it's definitely an Anomaly."

"But why is it so flimsy? Even this villa."

Yoo Iseul, who had stopped talking mid-sentence, suddenly drew her sword and swung it toward the wall of the villa, saying,

"Be cut."

"Uh, uh."

This shouldn't be happening.

I'm not bragging about myself, but a Fervent Follower is a high-dimensional being.

There's no way a Sanctum created by such a great being could be this flimsy.

Leaving me in confusion, Yoo Iseul continued to swing her sword and said,

"Whatever the case, if I destroy this Sanctum, can't I cause harm to that college girl?"

"I suppose...?"

"Fine then. I'm bringing it down."

Can a human bring down a building with just a sword?

The answer is 'yes'.

I can't believe what I'm seeing right now either.

Of ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠course, Yoo Iseul isn't an ordinary human, and the 'Iron Sword No. 3' she's holding isn't an ordinary sword either.

Still, the sight of someone trying to bring down an entire building with just a sword was quite surreal, even for me, who has resolved several Anomalies.

In that short time, Yoo Iseul identified where the villa's support base was and began cutting the pillars supporting the villa one by one.

Because the sword strikes were so precise, there weren't even any cut marks left on the villa.

But seeing the entire building tilting as it was cut diagonally, the villa was definitely collapsing in real-time.

Slash!

With the sound of the final swing, Yoo Iseul sheathed her sword.

And a few seconds later.

With a roar that shook the ground and a cloud of dust, the villa completely collapsed.

"..."

I was dumbfounded, in a different sense than Yoo Iseul's inhuman performance.

It's solved this easily?

I went through so much hell to undo the summoning of that Ghost House, and she neutralized a Fervent Follower's Sanctum with just a sword.

That 'college girl' bitch, I thought she was a Fervent Follower with terrifying power, but she's nothing special.

With the Sanctum destroyed, the college girl will no longer be able to commit the horrific act of human sacrifice.

However.

Now that the Sanctum is completely destroyed, why is duty #3 still not completed?

The reason was revealed not long after.

Even though the entire structure of the building had collapsed, the entrance was still intact.

Yoo Iseul seemed to be wondering about that too, as she drew her sword again and swung it toward the entrance.

However, the entrance was not cut.

Ah, no way.

Creak.

When Yoo Iseul opened the door of the entrance that was left standing alone and went inside, her figure disappeared from my sight.

I also hurriedly followed her, opened the entrance, and went inside.

The interior of the villa, which was 'cleaner than I thought', began to appear in my sight again.

...Right.

There's no way a Fervent Follower's Sanctum would collapse that easily.

Humans are creatures with well-developed five senses, but they are not extremely developed compared to animals.

For example, an eagle, whose eyes are extremely developed for hunting prey, has an average visual acuity exceeding 4.0, while human visual acuity is only around 1.0 on average.

The reason human vision isn't as excellent as an eagle's is simple.

It's because there's no need for the five senses to be extremely developed thanks to overwhelmingly high intelligence.

Because human senses are lacking compared to animals, they cannot feel or hear their own heart beating.

Of course, one might be able to feel their heartbeat in a state of extreme exhaustion, but usually, one only thinks, 'Of course my heart is beating,' and it doesn't feel awkward just because the heartbeat isn't felt.

However.

In the case of Park Donghyun, who lost his heart due to the 'New Member Welcome Party'.

He complained of awkwardness and anxiety at the fact that he couldn't feel his own heartbeat.

He started feeling awkward after he prayed to the Great One named 'Shining Stars'.

Before that, perhaps because he was properly brainwashed by a cult, he couldn't notice anything strange even when he couldn't feel his heartbeat or when he saw the black hole in his chest.

In the protection facility inside the Awakened Association, he tried putting his finger into the black hole in his chest for no reason.

His finger went in, shove.

It wasn't just a simple hole.

It was a 'black hole' that gave off an ominous feeling.

Eventually, when he took his finger out of the black hole, his finger came out covered in a black, sticky liquid.

He had seen this black liquid somewhere before.

The victims of human sacrifice died while shedding this black liquid instead of dark red blood.

Blood no longer flows from his body.

It was proof that he was the final sacrifice for the human sacrifice.

Having returned to his senses after praying to the Shining Stars, he naturally had no intention of offering his precious life as a sacrifice.

Therefore, he obediently accepted Lee Jia's words that he 'must wait quietly at the Awakened Association until Sunday, the date of the human sacrifice'.

Perhaps, after Sunday passes, his body will return to normal.

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After the first interrogation, he was interrogated a few more times by Kim Junghwan and the high-ranking officials of the Awakened Association.

Since he had no intention of lying to them, he revealed everything he knew as it was.

The Association's decision was 'let's wait until Sunday for now', but Lee Jia's thoughts were different.

She strongly argued that they should storm the villa right now and beat the college girl to death.

Naturally, her argument was rejected.

'I didn't know Jia-nim was that kind of person.'

When I saw her on the broadcast, I thought she was just a bit unique, but a person... no, a Fervent Follower with a pretty good heart.

I didn't expect her to argue that they should beat up a college girl who was a victim like herself.

Anyway, in the current situation, there is nothing Park Donghyun can do.

He can only pray hard to the Shining Stars.

The Shining Stars exist.

Other people might not know, but Park Donghyun, who escaped brainwashing thanks to the Shining Stars, did not doubt that fact.

He prayed to the Shining Stars repeatedly.

And not long after.

The great Shining Stars answered his prayers.

Kim Junghwan, who visited Park Donghyun, said in a voice that was highly excited, as if he were very happy.

"We found the college girl!"

Ah, ah.

It worked, my prayer!

Park Donghyun also asked Kim Junghwan, highly excited.

"Where is she now?"

"I brought her with me. Please come in, College Girl-nim."

Eventually, from behind Kim Junghwan.

She, as brilliant as the sun.

And as beautiful as the moon, revealed herself.

She made a [CENSORED] expression and opened her [CENSORED] toward Park Donghyun.

"College Girl-ssi! Th-thank goodness, you were safe!"

Following that, Park Donghyun hugged the college girl's [CENSORED] without realizing it.

The college girl opened her [CENSORED] toward Park Donghyun again.

"I'm so glad. Yes, I am safe!"

The black hole in Park Donghyun's chest began to throb.

It was the first throb he had felt since losing his heart.

"Ah, the plan has been changed from Sunday to today! If so, right now... Ah, my goodness. Come to think of it, we already promised the Association to wait until Sunday..."

Kim Junghwan, who was quietly listening to this conversation-like exchange from the side,

soon put his hand on Park Donghyun's shoulder and said.

"It's fine, Donghyun-nim. If the plan has been changed to today, it can't be helped."

"C-can I go?"

"Of course."

"Thank you so much!"

Soon, Park Donghyun, whose mouth corners had gone up to his ears,

held the college girl's warm [CENSORED] tightly in his hand, and together with the college girl, he leisurely left the Awakened Association and headed to the villa.

This, too.

Is the grace of the Shining Stars.