Chapter 4
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 4
Chapter Title: Bellierd Library
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[This fucking red monster kid is trying to eat me? Hurry up and help..!]
What? Getting eaten by a monster?? Should I drop my pants now?
No, dude. Please.. My arms and legs are all tied up. You really wanna do that??
What the? How do you know all that? Doesn't my nickname show up separately?
Yeah.
Yeah, your nickname shows up.
No, I just want you to tell me how to take a photo.
I came here expecting something from the title... Why aren't you getting eaten..
I thought you get eaten if you go out during lockdown, but it was just bait..
Woo~ Pulling such low-level bait is cowardly. You think we'd fall for something this cheap?
Didn't you come because you fell for it?
Yeah.. But it's intriguing when you say you're getting eaten.
lolololololololololololololololol
If I seriously tell you, you'll drop this boring roleplay gimmick?
For real, it's not roleplay, but yeah, it'll end.
Type CA in the input for the status window to take photos. Taken photos gather in PE. It's linked to the gallery and photo album, so you can upload pics easily.
Thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx
It's a fun newbie gimmick, why drop it.
The latest newbies all died without lasting. That's why the newbie gimmick feels off now. You're doing this knowing they all died.
Kid pulls bait well. Serialize a novel here. Permission granted. Rough plot: guy gets gender-swapped.
Ugh..
We need to uncover this guy's identity. Who is he?
Anon3 who came to see human get eaten by monster vs Anon7 who wants to see guy turn girl, real titty showdown with majestic swelling..
What?? Titties swelling majestically?? Pics or lol
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Looks tasty
Titties are tasty, yeah
I mean that one
Then what else is tasty, huh?
This is that guy I said fell into the library earlier. I'm seriously asking again.
I'm dead serious—I woke up this morning in some weird library with a rulebook.
I seriously want to take pics and upload them to get some help, so I'm asking again for real.
Tell me... How do I take photos with the status window?
Yep, looks like you gotta bait with a clickbait title.
I figured one person among the hordes drawn by the sensational headline would help me out.
"Let's see... Type CA in input. Oh, it's just like a phone camera."
I typed CA into the input field just like the community said.
Sure enough, a camera turned on that let me take real photos.
Now that I'd confirmed the camera worked, all I had to do was snap a pic.
Kiiiik—
I cautiously cracked open the door to peer beyond.
'...This is scary as hell for real.'
The library stretched out before me, swallowed by pitch-black darkness, barely visible at all.
'Good enough.'
I snapped a shot framing the library just right.
Then I slammed the door shut, dove onto the bed like it was a pool, and started typing up a post for the community—but only for a moment.
Looks tasty (Edited)
Titties are tasty, yeah
Not that one (Edited)
Then what else is tasty, huh?
"Hm? What's this?"
When I returned to the community.
I realized the bottom comment on the screen I'd last seen had been edited, giving me a creepy vibe.
"...Not a roleplayer, huh?"
Anonymous 10.
This unknown guy had written his first comment weirdly.
'Looks tasty' as 'Looksth tasty' or something garbled.
'I mean that one' as 'I meen that' mixed up.
I'd assumed the jumbled writing was for gimmick, but now editing it to proper text?
Normally I'd just think 'weird guy' and move on, but...
In this bizarre world, it felt off no matter what.
"It said I could send DMs, right?"
Before posting, I long-pressed Anonymous 10's nickname.
Confirmed the DM function...
...
[It's night now so the photo's hard to see, but I'm locked in this library right now]
(Photo)
It's the middle of the night so it's hard to see, but if you squint knowing it's the library, you can kinda make it out.
(Photo)
This is the rulebook.
It's the Bellierd Library. If I really survive a week here, I can leave, right?
Everything I said earlier is 100% true, not a single lie.
Believe me now.
?????????
???????????
What the?? No for real what?? I put my pants back on at least.
This is faked? Does the status window have photo editing too?
That's why we're freaking out—no such thing exists?
Don't treat me like a retard who doesn't even know that. Before I don't untie your wrists.
????????????No for real, only my nickname shows up separately??
Yeah, I see it.
This guy's thinking we're joking lol nicknames showing and all lolol
Whoa.. Real Bellierd Library. Nostalgic memories flooding back lol
Have you worked at this library too, teacher?
No?
?
Phone nostalgia lolol
No, I just meant childhood library memories popped up, that's all?
But why are you actually tackling an urban legend.. Nobody said they'd go for it during exchange time?
I'm really a total noob on exchange, lockdown, all that. First time in my life here.
But he does seem like a real newbie. Bellierd Library wasn't among the legends we've uncovered so far.
So the first guy to enter a legend found and opened the status window?
Isn't that the real legend? Ffs guy wakes up in monster-infested place yelling "Status window!"? Screws up and dies yelling "Status window!"??
Something's misunderstood. This place is pretty peaceful in its own way.
Look at this. Crazy bastard calling an urban legend "peaceful"??
"Why is there not a single helpful person here."
Maybe because I sensed a human touch.
I hadn't gotten any solid help, but oddly it put me at ease—and now I felt a bit foolish for it.
"By morning, there should be some useful info at least."
Current time: 5 AM.
I had to head out for my 10 AM shift, and I couldn't really pull an all-nighter here.
I decided not to fight the crashing fatigue anymore, closed my eyes for a moment...
"...?"
Before I knew it, the clock read 9:10 AM.
"...What? Did I fall asleep?"
I seriously hadn't even realized I'd dozed off, but...
The telltale post-nap grogginess lingering in my body said otherwise.
"Guess I did..."
I realized I'd fallen asleep.
"...And the food's refilled."
A fresh bento box sat on the desk as if it were the most natural thing.
Maybe... to hide the swap, some entity here had knocked me out forcibly.
The thought started creeping in.
"...Not trying to kill me, at least. Didn't touch me while I slept."
Well...
I'll call it considerate in its own way.
Refills my meals on the regular.
Lets me sleep deep so I don't wake mid-rest.
Doesn't kill me during sleep, my most vulnerable time...
'...If only it hadn't kidnapped me, it'd be super hospitable.'
"Haa..."
With that pointless musing, I dragged myself from bed to desk.
I checked the rulebook just in case for any additions, but...
'Nothing changed.'
No updates to the rulebook.
I naturally peeled open the bento wrapper and shoveled down just the rice inside.
That's when I went to check yesterday's community post...
"...What. Why are there this many alarms?"
Were comments still pouring in on my post?
Notifications piling up in real time... What the hell..?
"...What?"
[Unread Notifications: 4120]
[Unread Notifications: 4121]
[Unread Notifications: 4122]
[Unread Notifications: 4123]
[Unread Notifications: 4124]
[Unread Notifications: 4125]
[Unread Notifications: 4126]
Alarms ticking up one per second—I sensed something wrong and tapped the alarm button right away.
The button showed...
"...Huh?"
Mass messages from Anonymous 10, the one I'd curiously DM'd yesterday.
And the unread ones...
[4105 unread DMs exist: Where are you?]
[4106 unread DMs exist: Where are you?]
[4107 unread DMs exist: Where are you?]
[4108 unread DMs exist: Where are you?]
[4109 unread DMs exist: Where are you?]
[4110 unread DMs exist: Where are you?]
[4111 unread DMs exist: Where are you?]
Chilling content that made my skin crawl.
Ding~
[4159 unread DMs exist: Foun-dit]
[4160 unread DMs exist: Foun-dit]
[4161 unread DMs exist: Foun-dit]
[4162 unread DMs exist: Foun-dit]
[4163 unread DMs exist: Foun-dit]
[4164 unread DMs exist: Foun-dit]
[4165 unread DMs exist: Foun-dit]
[4166 unread DMs exist: Found you]