Chapter 17: Exit Music
The three of us fell into confusion.
“Why… why can’t I get out?”
Hwang Juyeon and I could enter and leave without any problem.
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“What the hell is wrong…?”
Even if we grabbed her and pulled, her hands would slip free right at the boundary of the doorway.
But Kim Gilyeong couldn’t get out.
When she was dead, she could come out.
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“Y-yes? altitude Yes…?”
“Librarian.”
Suddenly, my gaze fell on Kim Gilyeong’s employee ID badge.
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“What do you mean?”
Just like the students of Seonghwa High had to complete the graduation ceremony to escape the labyrinth.
“Maybe librarians have different rules. riddle Different from normal visitors like us.”
“No, I thought maybe it’s because you’re a librarian.”
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“So… is there a separate condition for Gilyeong to be able to leave? All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com arena And how are we supposed to find something like that…?”
Hwang Juyeon let out an exhausted sigh, and Kim Gilyeong burst into tears for real.
Invasion-type labyrinths reflect people’s identities and the original characteristics of the place in their rules.
Just like the masked monsters of each grade could not enter the teachers’ office.
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I felt like I couldn’t breathe.
The despair of the one left behind. advance The helplessness of the one being evaluated.
I know that fear.
“I’m sorry… sniff… I’m really sorry. august I know this is selfish but… don’t leave me here alone… don’t leave me here alone…! meadow I… I really am trash… huuuaaa…”
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“I’ll stay here with you. athlete So don’t worry too much. airport We’re not going to abandon you, okay? voyage There, stop crying. silence Seon Yuhan.”
While I only bit my lips, Hwang Juyeon hurriedly hugged the librarian to calm her down.
“I…!”
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Hwang Juyeon let me go just like that.
“Go first. anxiety What was the name? voyage Jipo? absorb Jiho? acoustic Anyway, you said you knew a child, right?”
The freelance magician and piano teacher waved her free hand toward me.
“Yes?”
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Telling me to hurry and check on the child, without making me feel guilty.
Even though Hwang Juyeon was probably already like that even before reading my story.
“Understood. alpha Then I’ll come back…”
Faced with that consideration, the first thing I felt was shame and an unpleasant discomfort. arctic I lowered my head while muttering and left almost as if fleeing.
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The short distance between the library and the daycare felt unbearably long.
Finally, I opened the daycare door and entered.
Sshk.
I shook off those thoughts and ran toward the Woorisaenal daycare.
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The teacher, whose personality was as wicked as her appearance was ridiculous, raised those black pupils toward me.
“Oh!”
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Damn. academy It seems she doesn’t recognize me.
Did I really skip the daycare?
“Hi! meadow Could you tell me what brings you here?”
That makes no sense. alpha That couldn’t have happened.
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“No. auction I…”
“Or are you perhaps the guardian of one of our children?”
“Did you perhaps come for an enrollment consultation?”
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“Yes. legend Isn’t the child Jung Jiho here?”
Guardian.
The moment I heard that word, my mind, which had stopped for a moment, started working at full speed.
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That I obtained the role of Jung Jiho’s temporary guardian and that we performed choreography shows to exhaust the toys. arch Of course, this time without making Hwang Juyeon suspicious.
Of course.
I am completely sure that, even in this loop, I came to the daycare first with Hwang Juyeon before going to the library.
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Then the goose teacher became completely still for several seconds.
“I’m sure I’m his temporary guardian.”
“Hmm. canvas I think there’s a misunderstanding.”
Like an artificial intelligence processing a request impossible to understand.
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“There is no child named Jung Jiho in Saenal daycare.”
Let’s accept, even if only as the slightest possibility, that for some reason I don’t even remember, I went to the library first.
Finally, the goose tilted its white neck and spoke.
A horrible chill ran through my stomach and I swallowed involuntarily.
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A child whose name was written on his locker?
But even so, it’s telling me it doesn’t know a child who clearly attended here?
And coming from a labyrinth monster whose rule consisted precisely of tormenting him?
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“Are you perhaps an employee of Yuwi Guild?”
Its penalty was not simply erasing memories. arctic It was completely erasing someone’s very existence and manipulating all the memories and situations related to that person.
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And if the labyrinth were resolved like that? beacon What would happen to him? antenna And to his parents?
“Saenal daycare prohibits entry to outsiders.”
So Jung Jiho simply disappeared? zenith As if he had never existed here?
“From your silence, I assume you are not.”
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After that, everything flowed similarly, though more smoothly than in the previous round where Hwang Juyeon had disqualified me as a companion because of my comment about “because you know how to play piano.”
***
As I was already used to it, I explained the current situation and necessary precautions to the interviewer, activated the fire alarm, and went down to the second floor, where I met Hwang Juyeon.
“If it were possible to turn back time, what would you do, Mr. auction Seon Yuhan?”
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We found the child Jung Jiho while he was receiving punishment disguised as education inside the daycare, obtained permission from the goose for him to leave early, and started performing clumsy choreographies to play with the “children” until they got tired.
“……the child stays alone……”
And from here on, everything was new.
At least, according to my current memories, this had never happened before.
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We managed to make the “children” finally fall asleep peacefully, resting their arms beneath their heads to the rhythm of the lullaby.
“My goodness, they fell deeply asleep. academy They must have had so much fun.”
For the first time, the ridiculous-looking goose monster spoke softly, almost in a whisper.
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I hugged the exhausted Jung Jiho, asleep in my arms, and answered vaguely.
“Thank you for playing so well with our children. arcade Then have a safe trip, guardian sirs. beacon Jiho, you take care too.”
“Mm.”
It stared directly at me with those bean-like black eyes and slowly bent its white neck.
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The entrance to Saenal daycare opened smoothly, as if it had never been blocked.
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“Huff……. atlas Uuugh, my hands hurt. echo I was more nervous than during a piano competition, seriously.”
Sshhk.
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“No. auction Let’s go down quickly.”
“Seon Yuhan, you should sit down and rest a bit. accent Are you okay? acid You look completely exhausted.”
“It’s possible that saving Jiho was the condition for getting down to the first floor.”
I gently patted the child on the back as he slept with my shoulder as a pillow.
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To summarize it, we went down those stairs whether they were stairs to heaven or hell, who knows carrying the child on my back, but nothing changed.
“Ah, that could be it. alert Let’s hurry.”
Only my arms and legs ended up trembling even more.
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With the cursed characteristics of those stairs, if I stopped halfway down, we would probably end up falling.
And I couldn’t wake a child sleeping that deeply either.
I don’t understand how parents carry children like this.
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Ah, damn it.
“Miss Hwang Juyeon, then I……”
“Ah, right! arrow Wait, the librarian was there. anchor Don’t tell me she’s still trapped in the library…….”
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I also couldn’t ask Hwang Juyeon to wait outside with Jung Jiho.
In the previous round, I should have confirmed first whether finishing the reading club was the condition for getting down to the first floor.
I was just about to say I would go to the library alone when I realized my mistake.
But I was in such a hurry that I went straight to the daycare.
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Current time: 3:54 p.m.
“A-ah, no. arcade Let’s go in together. abandon There might be clues there about the condition for going down, so let’s take the opportunity to check.”
Maybe only those who completed the reading club could go down.
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“It is time for the reading club.”
***
The three of us opened the library door.
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Now it was exactly 4:00 p.m.
Once again, that voice impossible to distinguish as either a divine revelation or narration echoed out.
Even though other times it had started at 3:50.
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So they check participants every ten minutes and then the meeting starts?
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“No additional participants will be accepted until the reading club is over.”
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“The participants of the reading club read their respective books.”
“Yes. amber Let’s read them. abandon Ah.”
“D-do we just have to read……?”
When the explanation ended, a white book fell into the hands of all four of us.
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How old is he exactly?
“Jiho, can you read Korean?”
Can he even read a book this thick?
Suddenly, I thought of something and looked at the child sitting to my right.
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The child nodded with a nervous expression.
Thank goodness.
Maybe he wouldn’t understand every word, but it’s not like adults always understand everything they read either.
At least he could read a little.
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I looked at that tightly closed mouth and added,
“Then read slowly. amber And if there’s something you don’t understand, ask me or the teachers here.”
“You don’t necessarily have to speak. antenna Understood?”
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[Kim Gilyeong was born on September 16 at 7:32 p.m.]
“But this book…….”
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The moment we opened the books, everyone except me looked up in confusion.
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Hwang Juyeon received Jung Jiho’s.
Kim Gilyeong received Hwang Juyeon’s book.
Jung Jiho received mine.
And I received Kim Gilyeong’s.
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[“Munrim Elementary students who will write a new story!”
Even though I had already finished this book before, I was careful not to skip any parts.
The days when they listened to the principal’s boring speeches in front of the podium and sang the school anthem.]
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Dark skin, a huge smile that showed even her throat, steps always full of energy. armor Hong Donghui became Kim Gilyeong’s favorite friend.]
“It looks like only you and I came from the same elementary school in our class. abstract Let’s eat together later!”
[“You came from Sangnim too, right?”
After the middle school entrance ceremony, someone cheerfully approached Kim Gilyeong, who was sitting alone among noisy classmates because of her introverted personality. agent Hong Donghui. advance Kim Gilyeong glanced sideways at the name tag.
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“The participants of the reading club read their respective books.”
Something…….
Hm?
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I think I chose the seat well…….
His eyes were pointed at the book, but he was completely distracted.
Clearly, he was struggling to focus on a book filled with nothing but text and not a single illustration.
I looked at the silent child sitting to my right.
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I really am a horrible adult.
“Jiho, even if it’s difficult, you have to read. album It doesn’t matter if you go slowly.”
I spoke while trying to force away that thought crawling through my mind like an insect.
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“Ah, this?”
“Hm? amateur Is there something you don’t understand?”
As if he had been waiting, the child pointed at a section in my book.
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The moment I took the book in which I myself was the protagonist, the voice echoed like a warning.
“Can I really only read the book I was given……?”
“The participants of the reading club read their respective books.”
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I have no idea what the proper level of explanation is for a preschool child.
I tried to keep a calm expression.
“Well, in short, this means something like a legal guardian. acoustic In other words, like a mom or dad. attic When a child doesn’t have a mom or dad, other close relatives or other adults have to take on that role. echo Those people are called that.”
Although, to begin with, this doesn’t seem like an appropriate story for someone his age either.
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I turned my attention back to the book.
“If there are words you don’t understand, keep asking. album Mm, it seems they do allow quick glances at other people’s books.”
The child’s expression, as he obediently nodded, darkened a little more.
[Kim Gilyeong won a school literary review contest.
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Even rereading it, it still seemed strange to me, but I continued reading.
《Alice in Wonderland》 became Kim Gilyeong’s favorite book.]
It was one of the parts that had been considered a spoiler in the previous reading club.
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Flip, flip.
[Kim Gilyeong absentmindedly watched the white snow falling outside the window, scattering like flower petals. avalanche As if celebrating her birthday.]
……Wait.
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Kim Gilyeong remembered a memory as clearly as if it had happened yesterday. acid A friend with skin as pale as someone who had never seen sunlight, with charming dimples when she smiled. academy Hong Donghui. amber Kim Gilyeong wrote the answer without difficulty.]
Frrp.
I carefully turned pages forward. legend Then back.
[“What was the name of your best elementary school friend?”
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Forward. athlete Further ahead. galaxy Then back again.
Forward. arctic Then backward again.
[Stopping in front of an empty space on the bookshelf, Kim Gilyeong placed a novel by C. wizard S. arctic Lewis there. agent Secretly reading the book she had loved most in childhood, even though it no longer had demand among users of the corporate library, was a privilege exclusive to the librarian.]
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My forehead soaked with cold sweat itched, and the fingers holding the pages trembled.
Pretending to scratch the back of my hand, I forcibly hid the trembling while moving my eyes.
“…….”
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……That I realized it.
My palms were damp with sweat and my mouth was drying rapidly.
I can’t let them notice.
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