Chapter 37
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 33
Chapter Title: A Plan of Escape
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I led Ethan to my room and rummaged through a desk drawer. Inside was a map of Brunel village I had prepared in advance.
Spreading the map out on the carpet, I sat down haphazardly and had Ethan sit beside me.
“Do you think Mr. Ludpersher is safe?”
At my question, Ethan only stared at the map. He was silent for a long time before finally answering.
“If he was lucky, he survived. And that man tends to have luck on his side.”
But Knox wasn't the brawn, he was the brains. The chances of him surviving alone among the monsters were slim.
Saying he wouldn't have died just because he was the most important supporting male lead in the original novel was far too irresponsible.
I had to face that fact now. This wasn't a novel; it was reality.
I glanced over at Ethan.
No matter how hard I tried on my own, there was no point in struggling to survive in a world without a cure. The number of monsters would just keep increasing, and unless someone developed a treatment, they would devour humanity to the very last person.
And again, just because Ethan had the antibody didn't mean he couldn't die. It wasn't as if getting a vaccine made you immortal.
In that sense, I decided to treat my life and Ethan's as equally important. Whether he wanted me to or not.
“I have a way to distract the ones outside.”
Ethan, who had been staring at the map, looked back at me. I pointed to Happy House, marked on a hill on the map.
“I've set up some bells on the mountain behind Happy House.”
This time, I pointed a finger to the mountain marked behind the mansion.
“They seem to be sensitive to sound. If I pull the string from here, the connected bells will ring. When the sound comes from the forest, it should draw their attention, right? That's when we'll make our move.”
As I explained about the bells, Ethan looked at me as if he had a million questions. Yes, you must be wondering why I'd install something like that. But in the end, he swallowed his words and didn't ask.
Good, smart move. Since it's come to this, don't pester me with questions. Just accept it and move on. I muttered inwardly, gladly overlooking his silence.
In any case, there was one problem. The bells were only meant to be a temporary distraction to keep the monsters from approaching the mansion; they wouldn't actually drive them away.
“For now, I think we should keep an eye on them from the observatory and make our move when their numbers thin out, even a little.”
“I agree. They're still gathering right now, so it could backfire.”
In the end, Ethan and I had no choice but to keep checking the observatory, waiting for the monsters to either grow tired or for their numbers to dwindle, even slightly.
But their numbers didn't decrease as easily as we had hoped.