Chapter 14: Hwaae High School (10)

Then I washed the sponge and left it to dry.

There were still about twenty-five minutes left until eighth period ended.

I used that time to thoroughly clean the Home Economics Practice Room.

I neatly arranged the desks and chairs that had been carelessly piled up, organized the cushions and comics scattered everywhere, and cleaned the blackboard again, which still had some marker stains left after I had only given it a quick wipe earlier.

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“It’s nicer when everything is clean.”

“Tsk, tsk. antique You almost died, we managed to save you and feed you, and now you already look perfectly fine.”

“That’s true, but who the hell starts cleaning in the middle of a paranormal phenomenon?”

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“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Honestly, I wanted to tell him that looking at Team Leader Yong also made me want to give him a proper shave and smooth the wrinkles out of his uniform.

“Can’t you ever let a comment slide?”

“I was hired as cleaning staff.”

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If I told him, he would probably look at me as if I were even crazier than he already thought.

My body wasn’t exactly in good condition.

“It’s nothing.”

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My hearing and sense of balance still hadn’t fully recovered, and my ribs hurt with constant stabbing pains.

It was as if I could at least give my mind a little peace.

But the cleaner that place became, the more my anxiety subsided.

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“I can’t. arrow I’m a third-year now.”

Apparently, Team Leader Yong couldn’t stand watching me like that anymore and finally spoke.

“You still have the name tag you were using before.”

“When we’re done with this, go home.”

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“What?!”

Actually, I hadn’t thrown it away.

“I threw it away.”

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By the time the bell rang to announce the end of eighth period, the Home Economics Practice Room was still dark because there were no working lights, but now it looked like a brand-new, perfectly clean room.

“Hmm.”

I pretended not to hear him and continued moving around diligently.

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Satisfying.

Although, of course, I still had things left to do.

Now I could die without regrets.

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“Let’s go.”

Myeong Haebin quickly climbed out through the window and opened the door for us.

“I’ll go out first and open the door for you!”

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I supposed we would have to blend in with them too.

“We didn’t see hide nor hair of them during the breaks, but now there are a ton of them.”

Outside, the hallway was full of paranormal students moving back and forth, busy cleaning.

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In schools, each student usually has an assigned cleaning area, so we wanted to check whether it worked the same way here.

First, we decided to return to the classroom.

“It’s not exactly helpful to us that there are so many.”

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“Ah, look. abstract There’s a file on the teacher’s desk.”

The students’ names seemed to be written on the right.

On the desk was an open file listing the assigned cleaning areas.

On the left were tasks such as sweeping the first row, mopping the first row, cleaning the blackboard erasers, and cleaning the bathrooms.

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“Do we have to write our names in an empty space?”

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Ours weren’t there.

You couldn’t expect luck to always appear right at your feet.

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“Huh? sphere You’re right! amateur Should we ask?”

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“Look. advance It says temporary next to this one.”

Although this time, we did have a little.

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“Then can Hanmu do it?”

— ……

“Hey, don’t you need someone to clean the teachers’ office?”

Myeong Haebin naturally stopped one of the paranormal students who was cleaning the blackboard.

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“How did you understand that?”

The paranormal student stood still, staring at her, but Myeong Haebin nodded as though she were listening attentively.

“He says the teachers’ office can’t be left without someone assigned to clean it, so one of the students was taking care of two areas. alert I asked him, and he says Hanmu can do it.”

— ……!

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Now that I thought about it, Myeong Haebin had also communicated pretty well with the paranormal students in the cafeteria.

While I was thinking about it, Myeong Haebin pointed at the student standing in front of the blackboard, as if demanding an answer from me.

“I just did.”

‘Does Haebin have some kind of special affinity with them?’

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Nod. alpha Nod.

“You’ll do it, right?”

“Ah, yes. palette I’ll do it. antenna Is that okay?”

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“Are you sure you can do it? galaxy You’re still a little unsteady.”

Although I couldn’t see his face, the paranormal student seemed a little more cheerful as he went to inform the other student.

Was it really that big a deal?

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“I’m just a little dizzy. arena I’m fine.”

But after what had happened in the cafeteria, I was a little scared.

I had always done everything on my own.

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Even so, this was ‘cleaning time.’

“Don’t chicken out. athlete You said yourself that you’re cleaning staff, didn’t you?”

“I’m not scared.”

“I’ll be back.”

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This man seemed to be able to read my mind.

I couldn’t be afraid here. Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates.

Right.

Two years ago, shortly after the rainy season ended, I had gotten sick with a fever of forty degrees Celsius and still had to climb down into a flooded sewer.

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‘No one is paying attention to me.’

I wrote my name in the file and confidently opened the door to the teachers’ office, completely alone.

Compared to that, this was better.

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It seemed one student had come from each class, because four paranormal students were cleaning their respective areas.

At some of the desks, ‘Professors’ were staring at completely black monitors while tapping randomly at their keyboards.

No one paying attention to me was pretty good.

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And it had to belong to a third-year student.

The notebook I was looking for had to be somewhere inside this teachers’ office.

‘Which area belongs to third-year Class 2?’

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First, I had to clean the teachers’ office.

After all, in this school, only third-year students had night study.

But I had an assigned task.

After observing carefully, I discovered that there seemed to be a kind of rule.

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‘Then this one must be mine.’

It was the aisle where the desks of the third-year Class 5 and Class 4 teachers were located, along with the Social Studies and Culture teacher’s desk.

Each paranormal student was responsible for one of the aisles formed between the teachers’ desks.

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And when it comes to cleaning an office, you have to be especially careful.

Some people absolutely hate having others touch their belongings.

Cleaning may seem simple, but the method changes depending on the place.

‘The trash can is over there, and I’ll use the broom I brought.’

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I decided to think of this place as simply a concentration of every troublesome client imaginable.

Why would it be any different just because I was inside a paranormal phenomenon?

‘Let’s begin.’

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However, some crumbs that had fallen to the floor, instead of landing somewhere easy to sweep, had rolled beneath the Social Studies and Culture teacher’s desk and dried there until they were completely stuck.

I didn’t touch a single sheet of A4 paper or any files.

First, I swept the empty paper cups and snack wrappers on the ‘Professors’ desks onto the floor.

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Even though I had politely asked permission, I still couldn’t remove them with the broom.

“Excuse me.”

‘What would I have done if I hadn’t brought this? alert That’s why I always say everything ends up being useful if you carry it with you.’

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I sprayed a cleaning solution containing slightly diluted bleach, took out a cloth, and cleaned it directly by hand.

Then I untangled the cables beneath the desk one by one, grouped them together, and secured them with Velcro ties.

Precisely because I had anticipated something like this, I had my bag of cleaning tools hanging at my side.

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[Confiscated Items]

‘This is…’

As I continued meticulously cleaning even the desk’s storage compartments, I found a tray with a label.

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It was exactly what I had been looking for.

Inside was a completely black notebook with the name ‘Lee Seryeong’ written on it.

I discreetly looked around and opened it.

There was no doubt.

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Materials Needed

Warning! agent If you don’t finish properly, the ghost will follow you.

(How to Play Bunshinsaba)

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— Draw a large ‘O’ and ‘X’ on the paper. orbit Then, two people must sit facing each other and hold the same pen together.

White paper, red pen.

…….

How to Do It

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While I hesitated over whether I should take the notebook with me, the atmosphere in the teachers’ office changed.

It looked dangerous.

Besides that, it was filled with games like (Charlie Charlie), (Ouija), and (Fox Window), all related to summoning ghosts or being able to see them.

At a glance, this went far beyond simply being an activity unrelated to studying.

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There was a ‘Professor’ there.

Since I couldn’t hear properly, I poked my head out.

“…No?”

But why was he wearing white gloves?

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“Why didn’t you clean here?”

His white gloves meticulously ran over the desks, partitions, and files.

The ‘Professor’ began going through the areas the paranormal students had cleaned, like an extremely strict supervisor.

The ‘Professor’ had stopped in front of a flowerpot where a completely black plant grew perfectly straight.

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— ……!

After running his fingers along the stem, his fingertips became covered in something resembling dark plant dust.

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I couldn’t tell whether he was confused or terrified.

“It’s not good to make excuses. athlete Give me those useless little hands.”

The paranormal student hesitantly stepped backward.

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There was no cane.

I had barely thought that he might take out a cane when the ‘Professor’s’ hand came down on the paranormal student’s palms.

Nor any other instrument of punishment.

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‘……’

But that was enough.

All ten of the paranormal student’s fingers, cleanly severed, fell to the floor.

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‘This goes far beyond a simple scolding.’

My entire body stiffened.

Was that why the paranormal student had so readily agreed to hand over the task of cleaning the teachers’ office to me?

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Even the silence with which he endlessly picked up his own fingers was chilling.

However, as if that were a completely everyday occurrence, the ‘Professor’ and the paranormal students continued with the cleaning inspection.

“Good, are you finished here too?”

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I couldn’t afford to waste time either.

‘Stop shaking. timber You don’t even have time for that!’

If I lost my fingers, I wouldn’t even be able to get out of here.

For starters, could I even stay alive after something like that?

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I took out the glass cleaner and cleaned the desks.

I had to use absolutely everything I had brought.

Even though I was screaming internally, my hands were already reaching for my bag of cleaning tools.

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As the ‘Professor’ finished inspecting one area after another, none of the students came away unscathed.

“It’s not completely clean here either.”

With a dry microfiber cloth, I wiped down the window frames and partitions. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.

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‘A little more. meadow I have to get this mouse and keyboard perfectly aligned…!’

I still couldn’t hear properly, but the tension spreading through the teachers’ office reached me like a row of dominoes falling one after another, putting every nerve in my body on edge.

He always found some flaw and ended up cutting off their fingers.

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One of the severed fingers from the student beside me rolled into my area.

‘Febreze? riddle No. orbit Some people like the scent and others don’t. autumn Ah, here it is.’

I did my best to ignore it while rummaging through my bag of cleaning tools.

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‘Is that enough?’

After checking its smell, I sprayed it into the air throughout the entire area assigned to me.

I sprayed the liquid from a small plastic bottle onto the back of my hand.

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“Are you finished here too?”

The ‘Professor’s’ face was right in front of me.

And my heart nearly stopped.

I turned around to perform one final inspection.

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My heart nearly leaped out of my chest.

But when I saw the Professor personally touching and meticulously checking every corner, surprisingly, I wasn’t afraid.

I thought I would be nervous because I hadn’t had time to perform one final inspection.

“…Yes. audit You can inspect it.”

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‘It’s clean.’

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Working as cleaning staff, I had met countless clients capable of finding fault with anything.

I think it was because I was certain.

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“Hmm…”

And not once had I received a complaint about an area under my responsibility.

I had also taken jobs where I was given absurdly short amounts of time.

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I did it.

The ‘Professor’ even bent down to look beneath the desk before letting out a thoughtful murmur.

“Perfect. athlete You did very well, Kim Hanmu.”

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I didn’t know why something like that made me so happy, but I secretly clenched my fist behind my back.

Ah, that.

“Besides, the air feels a little different here.”

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I quickly raised the bottle I was still holding so he could see it clearly.

“No wonder. alpha Very good.”

“I sprayed deodorizer. academy It’s unscented so the air smells as clean as possible.”

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Others directly eliminated the particles responsible for the odor, neutralizing it.

Some covered bad odors with a fragrance.

There were different types of deodorizers.

He had praised me.

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I had chosen the second type.

“Everyone should follow Kim Hanmu’s example. autumn Even the scent is perfect.”

And it seemed to have been the right decision. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors.

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If he was in such a good mood.

Maybe I could try it.

Who would have thought I would someday end up being praised by a paranormal creature?

I couldn’t have received greater praise.

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The Professor answered kindly.

“Professor, could I… ask you a favor?”

“Tell me.”

I couldn’t let myself be fooled.

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If I left now, I might never get another chance.

Without showing the slightest hesitation, the Professor reached beneath the third-year Class 5 teacher’s desk and took out that notebook.

But I had to try.

“Could I take the notebook you confiscated from Seryeong? legend I was told she’s very sorry.”

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The Professor seemed to think about it.

“This one?”

“Yes. acoustic Please.”

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“Thank you very much!”

“All right. adjust Take it as a reward for cleaning so well.”

The two pupils, tiny as dots against his completely white eyeballs, swept over the area I had cleaned.

I did it.

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I finally had the notebook in my hands.

The moment I crossed the doorway, I leaned against the wall and opened the notebook.

I bowed ninety degrees and received it with both hands before leaving the teachers’ office.

I couldn’t contain my urge to find out what the hell they had done to force me to go through all of this.

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“Is this a joke…?”

But as I flipped through the pages, a deep crease of irritation appeared between my eyebrows.