Chapter 30 - The Mountain Lord Descends
The Mountain Lord Descends
Translator : Elizabeth
"I wish I could show our Director too..."
"If you come here later, wouldn't you be able to show her once?"
Discovering the hidden ability of the titles, many things I want to see this and that arise.
Sungjin Mental Hospital is the nurse uniform just like the working environment, then the rest...
For Daycare, would it be kindergarten teacher-like clothes like the Director? Then Underground Merchant Guild?
Curious in various ways.
"Would you like to try changing to another title?"
The Doctor also suggested as if intrigued, but—
"Ah..."
"Why, why are you doing that?"
"Suddenly became super sleepy... Seems like because of this."
"Oh dear."
Seems fatigue is rushing in rapidly due to the aftermath of using the ability.
Similar sensation to when I used Little Lamb's Embrace.
Body is heavy and eye corners are stiff.
After rubbing my eyes rub rub with hands for no reason, I looked at the Doctor and said.
"Seems I shouldn't use it often... Feeling like big trouble might happen if used consecutively when urgent, such feeling."
"You will have to use it carefully."
"Yes..."
Too bad. Wanted to try using another title too just now... Wait.
'This is the end?'
Almost felt unfair momentarily.
No, if just changing clothes click makes me this tired, isn't it too cost-inefficient?
At least there should be meaningful changes like when I used the skill on Bella. No, must be...!
"Doctor."
"Yes?"
"This outfit, I mean. Would there be other functions besides aesthetic purpose."
"Hmm... Seems energy similar to when you worked at our hospital is felt indeed."
"Similar, energy...?"
"Yes."
Similar energy, similar energy...
Status window clearly said I can borrow a part of the power related to the title.
"...."
My gaze headed naturally to the doll well hung on my waist.
Appearance of a form a little girl would like, showing somewhat old signs.
And the doll where I made my closest 'Crying Child' dwell.
'Our Ung-ae.'
Tentacles coming out shushuk from the doll and dealing with Room 208 patient was really reassuring.
"Doctor, can you perhaps enter here?"
The Doctor, who observed the doll carefully with index finger on chin for a long time, soon shook his head.
"Hmm... Seems difficult."
"Too bad..."
"To contain my existence, the doll does not look that sturdy. Just that size is appropriate."
Ung-ae...
From somewhere, familiar crying sound seems to be heard.
"Th, Then... would this doll and Director's visit be related...?"
"Yes?"
"You know. That, when our Director came to pick me up at Basement 3rd Floor..."
"Ah."
If our Director, or not necessarily Director but people like Doctor or Bella can help me, that would be super reassuring in its own way.
If that degree, I admit feeling fatigue after changing clothes once right now.
"That, seems need to investigate a little more."
"Yep."
"Oh dear, seems have to stop here for today. Because break time ends soon..."
"Ah... Eh?"
Wait.
Didn't think of that.
"Ho, Hospital is still open?"
"That is... Of course?"
"Nurses too?"
"Yes. Everyone is working hard for the hospital diligently. Well... although the number of visiting patients decreased significantly compared to before."
"Surgery too, do you still do it mak?"
"Surgery..."
At those words, the Doctor's words stopped for a moment.
Gulp...
Those words felt ominous for no reason, so I had no choice but to be tense until the Doctor's words came out.
"Yet, patients urgent for surgery are not seen. I also, do not particularly want to do surgery in current situation either."
"Phew..."
"Still, someday when the time comes, wouldn't the time to execute surgery with effort come again."
Surgery.
Terrible technique torturing people and making them 'patients' of Sungjin Mental Hospital.
I was worried continuously whether the Doctor might return to that time again perhaps.
"Ca, Can't you just do kind surgeries?"
"Kind surgeries...? Hahaha!"
At those words, the Doctor laughing loudly revealing white jawbone looked at me and said.
"No need to worry. Now I am also... a little tired."
"...."
"Even for the hospital left to me, and for nurses, I must do my best. Because that is the path for everyone."
"Then, will you catch patients mak?"
"If they do not violate hospital rules, there will be no such thing."
What is that.
Is he an Anomaly correctly...?
Anomaly is Anomaly but kind Anomaly...? Because I made him kind?
Thinking complicatedly makes head hurt for no reason, ugh...
When the Doctor left the Daycare, left alone, I dived onto the bed with the doll.
Flomp.
"Hwaaa...!"
Feeling warm and fluffy touch of bed, holding the phone charged earlier, accessed the gallery immediately.
**[↳ User: Nim nim.
↳ Yes.
↳ User: You know Sungjin Mental Hospital.
↳ ....Yes.
↳ User: Still open?
↳ ? Yes.]**
"...."
It was really open.
**[↳ User: Then.
↳ User: Administration Bureau also still dispatching mak?
↳ Yes.
↳ But a bit, what should I say.
↳ Manual changed a bit?
↳ User: ?
↳ Should I say escape difficulty was set to completely lowest really.
↳ Number of entities decreased significantly, and agents' survival rate increased enormously too.
↳ User: Still seems they die though.
↳ Well... not all agents can return alive from Anomaly.
↳ There are cases disappearing eventually being greedy for performance beyond given mission.
↳ Also cases violating manual themselves due to mental abnormality state in the middle.]**
"Heuh..."
Heart is not good.
But, can't catch the grasp of that emotion well.
'...Me.'
Still distressed at the fact that people die in Sungjin Mental Hospital.
Or.
Is it the heart hoping people occupying huge places for me now, wouldn't be in pain anymore.
"Ei-it."
Stop bad thoughts.
First important thing is Doctor changed differently from before, and important thing is Administration Bureau is still trying to extract resources through such Doctor continuously.
Administration Bureau is bad, correct, if according to my expectation until now.
**[↳ ...By the way, why do you ask that?
↳ User: A while ago someone from Administration Bureau came to me.
↳ ...Yes?
↳ User: Saying having goodwill toward me, gave something like strange talisman mak.
↳ Yes?? No, where?
↳ User: You know that time. Underground Grocery Store.
↳ ...There was a person from Administration Bureau there, handing you a talisman and left?
↳ User: Yep didn't you know?]**
What is it. This reaction as if didn't know.
Is it extreme acting?
Or really, like factions divided within Administration Bureau—
Is something happening.
**[↳ Th, That can't be. Why suddenly in Underground Merchant Guild...
↳ User: Said came to meet me though?
↳ So why;;;
↳ User: How would I know?]**
I was just looking around Merchant Guild with Bella and suddenly suffered, how would I know.
"...Woo-ssi."
Wait, thinking about it, unfair?
**[↳ User: Mod-nim. Weren't we colleagues?
↳ ??
↳ User: But even in such crisis, Mod-nim just stayed still.
↳ User: I feel sad suddenly ㅠㅠ...
↳ Wa, Wait a minute.
↳ I really didn't know.
↳ User: Lie. How does Central Information Management Office Mod-nim not know such thing.
↳ I am just like a subcontractor managing gallery or a few important secrets!
↳ User: Hmm;
↳ Really if I knew I would have told you in advance really please don't hate me I will be a good child.
↳ User: Uh-uh.
↳ User: Got it so don't act Menhera.]**
Startled. Why suddenly lost mind like this.
I calmed down Information Management Office Mod a bit in that state, and asked a few more things.
About what that damn Black Curse is, and what they are trying to get through sacrifices of people like our Director and Doctor.
Asked quite tensely, but as expected returning answer wasn't what I wanted.
**[↳ About Black Curse, it's news I hear for the first time too.
↳ Actually I also couldn't approach 'Truth' lurking deeper in Administration Bureau.
↳ What my close friend-nim faced today, might be probably a fragment of it.
↳ User: Just saying if.]**
Really just if though.
If target is not Director and Doctor, but literally aiming at one city?
At that time really, what would happen to Korea where I lived.
**[↳ User: And this talisman.
↳ User: Moment getting this, dreamed of waking up in some forest.
↳ ...?
↳ User: Saying self is Mountain Lord, told me not to come this way.
↳ That is... seem like Anomaly about 'Heretics'.]**
"Heretics?"
Momentarily, story about 'False God' written in the note flashes by.
Was it information about people believing in real god or something.
But what do they do there. Worship? Service?
**[↳ Recently Administration Bureau is paying attention to things about Anomalies guiding victims to dreams and making them disappear.
↳ User: Uh dream. That's totally me.
↳ ...Yes. According to testimonies, suddenly unidentified talisman was in bag or house, and moment perceiving it—over few months, few years, experience process of slowly being encroached by dream.]**
Oh my god... Then dreaming same dream all day? That's quite terrible too...?
**[↳ Administration Bureau agents are also being dispatched continuously, but already three are in lost contact state. Ranks were all C or higher.
↳ Probably this time probability of Team Leader class agent being deployed is high.
↳ User: ;; Looks dangerous to me too that.
↳ User: Exactly.
↳ User: Since you possess the talisman probably, wouldn't you be kidnapped into dream again within near future.]**
Aha...!
Since I have talisman, can see Mountain Lord-nim seen in forest once more, this—
"Ah?"
Then in conclusion, means probability of me entering that Anomaly again is high!
"H, Hate it though..."
That tiger met back then also told me not to come this way... yeah.
**[↳ First I will invite you to related gallery.
↳ User: Ah, thx thx.]**
[Welcome to 【The Mountain Lord Descends】 Gallery.]
[Minimum Authority Rank of corresponding gallery is 'B'.]
Oh my god, B?
If originally me, escape difficulty I couldn't even dare to look at...
Information inside gallery was same as what I heard from Mod-nim earlier.
Discover talisman.
If sleep, enter into dream experienced earlier.
Wandering inside forest continuously like that, becoming encroached by Anomaly before knowing.
"S, Sleep with Director...? Today."
Not because scared, if sleep together... uh. If lucky wouldn't we be able to enter together.
"Good, night."
Before sleeping looking at gallery like that, grabbed wrist of Director who was in Daycare hallway just in time.
"Hmm?"
"To, Today let's sleep together."
At that request, Director lying in one bed with me.
Whether because of physical difference, bed became super full.
This is another unique experience.
"Director, you know me. Feel like being dragged somewhere while sleeping...?"
"...."
"If that happens, wish we go together. Director is super strong so win everything."
"Hmm~"
Whether understood my words, or just looking cutely.
Watching Director stroking my head gently again, soon closed eyes seureureuk.
Zzz...
.. ... ....
"Ah."
And opening eyes at unfamiliar sensation.
Really as expected, came to stand inside foggy forest.
"Ah..."
Feel sense of loss at cozy sensation disappeared suddenly.
As expected couldn't come together...
I looked back with regretful heart.
And Daycare was there.
Daycare is, huh?
"Uh?"
I looked at the opposite side.
There was foggy forest.
"Forest."
And looked back.
Still Daycare I knew was there.
"Daycare?"
Forest and Daycare.
What? What is this?
Anomaly, seems overlapped...?