Chapter 49 - I Became the Narrow-Eyed Character in the Little Prince Game

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Anne's Diary (4)

"······."

I look down at the fox nestled in my arms.

A girl with auburn hair, her face buried in my chest, tears streaming down her face.

I gently pat her trembling back with a calm hand.

Despite her haggard appearance, there were no signs of injury or experimentation.

It seems we were able to rescue her in time.

I quietly embrace the fox's cold body.

I hoped that even with my meager body heat, she would find some comfort.

'You must have suffered a lot.'

Bergen Belsen.

How much pain did she endure while staying in this laboratory?

It had only been a day in real-time, but a week had already passed in this place where the flow of time was distorted.

It was enough time for her spirit to break.

[EP6. Bergen Belsen]

-The Lost Girl, The Monsters Who Cannot Cry-

The darkest episode in the original story.

Perhaps due to its characteristically gloomy and unpleasant atmosphere, it was a story that strongly divided opinions among users.

It was based on a real historical tragedy, after all. [T/N: Am I the only one who couldn’t realize the reference! Anne, Diary, Bergen Belsen, damn…]

As such, it was difficult to enjoy it lightheartedly.

'I should have come sooner.'

I had a hard time because it was a land not even marked on the map.

It was also a point beyond the Empire's territory.

Fortunately, based on the information obtained from the 'Abandoned Laboratory' last time, I was able to track the facility's location.

That was a relief.

"It was my negligence."

I didn't expect the fox to get caught up in this.

She was originally a character who had no connection to this episode.

I thought it would be enough to just prevent Regia's kidnapping, but a problem arose in a completely unexpected place.

I sigh inwardly.

"Miss Irene."

"······Yes."

"Have you by any chance met a girl named Anne here?"

"······."

Her expression stiffens abruptly.

Seeing her black eyes welling up with tears again, I could be certain.

'She did meet her.'

It seemed that only the characters experiencing the episode had changed, but the detailed flow remained the same.

The pilot also started his part by meeting Anne.

Irene clutches my sleeve with trembling hands.

It seemed like she was tormented by a terrible nightmare.

I quietly soothe the fox.

As I comfort her sobs, which continue for a while, I hear a voice from behind.

"Captain."

It was Neria.

She, who had gone out to clean up the surroundings, was now standing at attention, as if she had finished her role.

The bodies of the guards are strewn across the hallway.

The same goes for the other members.

They were all holding their positions as if waiting for the next order.

It was time to move.

I whisper softly.

"Miss Irene. We are going to clean up this laboratory from now on."

"······."

"I'd like to tell you to rest, but··· I'll ask you first. Will you join us?"

"······I want to go with you."

"It won't be a pleasant memory."

"I know. But still."

The fox slowly pulls away from my embrace.

Although her face was a mess from tears, her eyes were still alive.

Her pupils held a transparent sadness.

"I need to see it with my own eyes··· There's something I need to confirm."

Perhaps it was lingering attachment.

The girl couldn't bring herself to give up hope.

"I respect your decision."

I nod.

This was the fox's choice.

It wasn't something I could force upon her.

As a mere extra who appeared late, I simply turned my back and gave the order.

"Then··· shall we begin in earnest?"

A fluttering pure white robe.

As I take a step towards the tightly closed door, the footsteps of the members following me echo neatly.

A thick, lingering killing intent fills the hallway.

I mutter.

"It's time for the lumbering."

It was time to cut down the wicked tree.

***

'Bergen Belsen.'

A research facility where all sorts of inhumane experiments were carried out.

It was one of the main bases of the cult 'Baob' and also the site of a massacre that claimed the most victims every year.

It was a facility that served as a pillar of the organization.

Its location was also a nightmare.

A wilderness surrounded on all sides.

It was a land where no human foot could tread due to its rough and harsh terrain.

Numerous valleys cut through the land, and the laboratory was located deep underground in the deepest of them.

Thanks to this, it was impossible for outsiders to set foot in the facility.

Only those who were permitted could come and go through teleportation.

-If the day comes when Belsen falls, it will surely be the day the world meets its end.

It was truly an impregnable fortress.

As such, Belsen had a special meaning.

Thanks to the strangely distorted time axis, it was possible to efficiently extract the results of experiments, so there was no reason for the headquarters not to support it.

As a result, a large number of personnel gathered despite the facility's small size.

-It's a force that can easily crush most Earldoms.

-If we continue to accumulate research at this rate··· we will soon be able to realize a magnificent hell on earth.

That's how the laboratory director evaluated it.

More than 300 elite troops were stationed at the facility.

It was a level that no other branch of a similar size could match.

No one imagined the fall of Belsen.

They thought it would continue its legacy forever.

But.

"Intruders!! There are unidentified intruders in the facility···!"

"Fuck!! How the hell did they get in?!"

"Everyone, grab the experiment data!!"

"Kyaaaak!!"

A tree is a tree after all.

It will only fall helplessly before a raised axe.

The facility is unilaterally butchered.

"What are the guards doing?!"

"They're all dead!! Laboratory 17 has already been wiped out!!"

"Where did these bastards come from···!"

"Everyone, respond calmly!! Just in case, get your chanting ready!"

"Damn it! Die!!"

Elegant, fluttering white robes.

The intruders, clad in pure white, 'clean up' the facility with practiced skill.

As if they've done it countless times before.

People dance gracefully.

Effortlessly dodging attacks.

Then, with a sweeping swing of the sword, the necks of the cultists blocking their path levitate in the air.

They are swept away helplessly.

"These bastards, it's like they're reading our attacks··· Kuhuk!"

"Kyaaaa!!"

"The Chief Researcher is down!!"

"Communications··· contact Laboratory 83 and request backup!!"

"I can't get a signal! I think they're already gone!!"

"This fucking shit!!!"

A scene resembling a massacre.

Countless deaths roll across the floor.

Even in the midst of a battlefield where blood and flesh splatter, the intruders calmly move forward.

Thud, thud-.

Their dignified posture is like watching white angels.

Silver blades judge sin.

"This is impossible··· how could this···."

"We can't fight them!!"

"Hey, release the chimeras in the lab!"

"Retreat for now! Hold out until the Director comes out!!"

Where has Belsen's reputation gone?

In its current state, it was no different from cockroaches being trampled underfoot.

The dark mages eventually retreat, abandoning the front lines.

News of the intruders reaches even the devil.

"What did you just say?"

"I said there seems to be intruders in the laboratory."

"Intruders···?"

The laboratory director, Josef Kramer.

The man known as the Beast of Belsen mutters in disbelief.

The director, who had a dazed look on his face, soon bursts into laughter.

"Haha! They have guts."

"······."

"Where are the intruders now?"

"According to the last report, they passed Laboratory 37. It seems they're heading towards the stairs to the lowest floor."

"Hmm, are they going to the place where the failures are?"

The director mutters with interest.

The lowest floor of Belsen. Coincidentally, it was a space where his 'artistic soul' resided.

Do they know about this side's information?

The director smiles sinisterly.

Wheeew-!

As he clenches his fist, a dark red aura swirls around him.

The air is tainted with the pungent smell of black magic.

It was an output powerful enough to collapse the entire facility at any moment.

"We can't leave those rats alone."

The man gets up from his seat.

He prepares to greet his guests, his entire body enveloped in an explosive aura.

The corners of his mouth stretch into a grotesque smile.

"I hope it will be an enjoyable artistic activity."

The devil takes a step forward.

***

Meanwhile.

The fox was running down the stairs.

"Haa, haa···!"

Rough breaths escape her lips.

The air rising from her lungs is hot.

It feels like her lungs are on fire.

"Ugh···!"

Her consciousness flickers intermittently.

It's because of the fatigue that has accumulated over the past few days.

She feels like she could lose consciousness and collapse at any moment, but she bites her lip and endures each time.

Her slender legs stumble endlessly.

The only thing she holds onto is a single sword.

It feels heavier than usual today.

As she fights through the dizziness that threatens to shatter her, a voice suddenly brushes past her ears.

It's a conversation she overheard a few days ago.

-What will you do with the failures we worked on today?

-Move them to the lowest floor.

-Yes, I understand.

She had to go to the lowest floor.

Because there was someone she wanted to find.

If yesterday's experiment was truly successful, the girl would definitely be on the lowest floor.

The fox runs down the stairs.

"Damn it, intruders!!"

"Stop them from going down!"

Obstacles occasionally block her path.

Irene swings her sword without hesitation.

Clang! Crack···!

A fierce sword dance blooms like a flower.

Despite being pushed to her limits, her senses are heightened.

Her eyes are venomous.

She pushes forward, treading on a precarious life.

Slash-!

She cuts down another person.

Leaving behind the clean cutting sound, a tingling numbness spreads through her fingertips.

Her vision flickers.

"Ugh, haa···!"

Irene doesn't stop.

She cuts down mercilessly.

There were some opponents she couldn't handle with her own strength.

In those moments, the boy beside her helped.

"Oh dear··· We're a little busy right now!"

Snap-!

The guard disappears with a snap of his fingers.

He scatters, turning into a handful of ashes.

For a while, the fox's desperate run continues.

And then.

"······."

Finally reaching the lowest floor, Irene.

A wide space greets her.

Countless cages lined up in rows.

It reminds her of the beast cages in the basement of the slave auction house.

<Keeek-!>

<Kuruk, Kurur-?>

<Aah··· Uwaah>

Creatures that were once human, but can no longer be called that.

They are the byproducts of vile desires.

Irene frantically scans the area with her eyes.

While desperately hoping to find her, she also hopes that the girl isn't here.

A sad contradiction washes over her.

<Kweeek!>

<Hellohellohellohellohellohello?>

<Kyaaaak!!>

And so.

After wandering a little further, the fox finally finds her.

A body lying in a corner cage.

"······Anne."

She whispers the name.

But it's ironic.

What she sees beyond the bars is no longer the girl she knew.

The fox silently stares at the floor.

<Keelook··· Keelook>

A lump clinging to the ground.

Its appearance resembles a slime, but seeing it in person is far more horrifying than words can describe.

Irene doesn't have the courage to describe it.

"······."

Thud-.

Her legs give out and she collapses.

The scene she desperately tried to deny has become reality.

<Keelook···?>

Anne wriggles.

Did she not lose her kind nature even after becoming a monster?

She doesn't show any hostility towards humans.

That fact makes her heart ache even more.

"······Ha."

A hollow laugh escapes her lips.

Her vision blurs.

Tears stream down her cheeks.

It's a terrible despair.

"This is just··· too much···."

She knew it.

That it would come to this.

It was a tragedy destined from the moment she was trapped in this hell.

But.

-But still, sometimes··· wouldn't it be nice if such a fortunate thing happened?

Because she liked the words the girl had said.

For a brief moment, she wanted to hold onto a similar hope.

"Miss Irene."

But.

The reason people still seek hope, despite everything.

"It's not too late yet."

Is because sometimes, a fortunate thing might happen.

"It's too early to shed tears."

"······What?"

Words she can't understand.

Irene lifts her head and looks at the boy.

There's a gentle smile in his narrowed eyes.

The serpent sings a low whisper.

"I always like happy endings."

Thud, thud-.

The boy approaches the cage.

Before the fox can stop him, the snake places his hand on the squishy flesh.

Immediately after, he mutters.

"Shatter."

Clang-!

A sound like shattering glass echoes from somewhere.

At the same time, the shadow hanging from the boy's fingertips quickly envelops Anne's body.

"You!? What are you doing···!"

"Shh, be quiet."

Crack, crack-!

A strange noise.

The silhouette hidden by the shadow wriggles.

After an eternity that feels like a split second, the shadow covering her scatters like dust.

The fox is speechless.

"An, ne···?"

Inside the cage sits a girl.

The person she had been desperately searching for.

The name that had been by her side for the past few days, sitting there with an unblemished body.

Anne yawns softly.

"Haawm···."

Her eyes blink as if she just woke up.

Rubbing her eyes sleepily, the girl soon locks eyes with the fox.

"······Eh? Fox sister?"

"Anne···!"

Irene embraces the small body.

A warm temperature fills her arms.

As the realization that she's alive sinks in, tears well up again, fueled by affection.

Her cheeks flush with warmth.

"Hehe."

The snake quietly observes the scene.

It's a nostalgic expression.

Although life may be a tragedy.

Sometimes, even in the midst of such tragedy, a miracle that can erase it all may come.

And.

"It seems I am your miracle today."

For the two girls, it was now.

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