Chapter 86 – Episode 86 – Short Days With My Stepdaughter

* Episode 86 – Short days with her stepdaughter

It has been 10 days since Hong Chang-gi disappeared after contact with her daughter Leah.

Meanwhile, in the Mechanic Guild-

“Guild leader. New news has arrived.”

“… Huh?”

The guild leader’s room with alcohol bottles rolling around.

Inside are drunk Brigitta, Ian, and executives from [Mechanic].

The person reporting to them is none other than Bald Sunglasses, an executive of [Mystic Eyes].

“15th floor?”

“Yes. It was a search party sent by another guild, but it seems they encountered a [Scavenger] While wandering around Sunflower Elementary School.”

“Again? We told you several times that we would withdraw the request.”

“I contacted the drafters’ guild that was distributing the request, but they said they had withdrawn the request a long time ago.”

“Vagabond is saying this wasn’t their fault?”

“The Drafting Guild has a neutral stance, but it is one of the top six guilds like us. There is no reason to create a dispute.”

“That means it’s being distributed in some dark place…”

“I just happened to find a suspicious request on the dark web. I’m thinking that maybe they jumped at it after seeing that request.”

“… It means there is an enemy targeting us.”

While Ian was nervous, Brigitta came out of her intoxication and slammed the desk.

“Who is targeting my daughter?”

“Yes. Still, Mechanic is a large guild. They are probably asking for it not for rescue, but for intimidation.”

“Damn. What should I do with this… I can’t just leave this alone…!!”

“It’s okay so far because Changgi is protecting us. The hunters who were hit were also the ones who made a mistake, but they were subdued without dying.”

“Of all the hunters I’ve dealt with so far, who was the highest ranked!?”

“This is an overseas A-rank party. It was reported that he was a hunter with a specialty in necromancy, but was subdued after a close fight.”

Ian crossed his legs and laughed at Sunglasses’ words.

Unlike Brigitta, who was crying, this one clearly trusted him.

“She’s really amazing. Shouldn’t I contact the association and report her for rank fraud?”

“So I also looked into the situation. The association said the last time I was tested was when I was in high school.”

“The original rank is not determined by the association. If you check there, the tower responds to the system, so it is normal for it to be automatically updated here as well.”

“Well, maybe there’s something going on…”

Because he is a guy with a very twisted situation.

Even while Ian was convinced, Brigitta’s insides were burning.

What is important to her is not this story.

“After all, don’t we have to do something? Not only should we leave it to the prostitute, but we should also send our children to take care of it…”

“If we move from here, it will be like revealing everything about Leah’s whereabouts. From what I heard, the only time she comes forward is when Hunter gets angry.”

“And if she gets hurt, what happens to Leah!?”

“I’m still contacting you via text message, and I’m told there are no scratches, so don’t worry.”

Ian was comforting, but Brigitta was depressed.

“I heard. Leah told the prostitute everything?”

The bridge rider doesn’t know what she’s been doing so far, but she told everything to the prostitute.

Changgi delivered it to us via text message.

“That’s right. Auntie Zita is also really unpopular. How can she not hear what she’s saying about prostitutes?”

“Keuuuuu~!”

In her stress, when she reached for her drink, a hammer flew out and shattered it.

“… You bastards.”

“Hey.

“Sister. No matter how hard it is, you are drinking too much.”

“How are you asking me to see my deceased eldest sister?”

“But…”

Even guild members are doing this.

For Brigitta’s spirit and Leah’s well-being.

“You guys talked to the prostitute yesterday, right? Didn’t you see Leah!?”

“I couldn’t see it up close, and I just watched it hiding at the end of the alley from afar.”

“I was watching to see if my sister was there or not, and from what I could see, the baby grew up beautifully.”

“… Yeah, really?”

“It seemed like he was getting along well with that burnt hyena.”

“When we went back, the two of us held hands.”

“It made me wonder if he was the one who spoke so harshly to my sister.”

“…”

I was relieved to hear that the two were well, but it was stressful.

She is a stepdaughter who does not meet anyone.

She said she showed her face to her guild members…

“Auntie Zita, stop and talk. What did you do to Leah to make her look so mean?”

“…”

“You’ve lived in this guild and that guild since long ago. Has something happened since then?”

“…”

“Or does it have something to do with the lady ‘going around like that’?”

“Don’t…”

“The reason I didn’t mention it before is that I’m kind. I thought something like that would have happened and there must have been a change of heart. So I said I did it on purpose so as not to hurt the painful wounds. But when things happen like this, I have no choice but to ask.”

“Don’t… Don’t…”

Brigitta scratched the desk, but her Ian didn’t stop.

It’s been ten days.

“How long do I have to listen to the whining of a bitch who is no better than a child? I’ve gotten along with her enough to fit in. I also vaguely know that you did something you shouldn’t have done to a child. Otherwise, that smart kid wouldn’t have gotten out of there.”

“Ian…”

“Speak without causing any more trouble to those around you.”

Finally she asked.

“Why are you pretending to be your dead sister?”

*

-The three years I came here were enjoyable.

-It was hard to get along with the nanny because she was crazy about masturbation, but she wasn’t a bad person, so it wasn’t uncomfortable to be with her.

-All the kids she went to the same school with were all good, so she felt like she was a bad kid.

-The kids were so childish that it was difficult to keep eye level with them.

-But in the end, I was also Aera, and there were many times when we laughed and giggled when we were together.

-The vice-captain was a good kid.

-He wanted to look smart, so he imitated me and even put on glasses after me.

-She was jealous of me sometimes, but she also confessed honestly that she hated it.

-It was an impossible confession for an adult. Because it’s a baby, it can tell these unfamiliar facts.

-I don’t know about that vice-captain.

-When I first came here, I was the one who helped me when I felt awkward because I couldn’t fit in here.

-We were always in the same class, and whenever there was an event where we had to act as a team of two, we always did it together.

-I thought again that I was a kid.

-I was satisfied with all the events here that I experienced after realizing that I was a lover.

-There were times when I was tired because it was just for the kids, but that was why I played with my head empty.

-Maybe there are more days when I don’t think about the earth.

-I didn’t even want to think about things like my aunt.

-I thought that since the tower could not be conquered like this, it might be okay to continue being a child.

-At least until the 10th floor is conquered.

-People we don’t want are approaching.

….

… I took a peek at Leah’s diary.

Isn’t it a bit absurd to say that you’re peeking?

Because I entrusted it with my permission.

“Do you want to live here forever?”

“This is a heaven-like floor. If you don’t graduate, you can be a fool for the rest of your life.”

Today, I was treated to a meal by an elementary school student.

While Leah was washing the dishes, I was reading the diary.

“I like it here, so I’ll become an eumma myself?”

“There’s that too. The vice class president who helped me have been an elementary school student for 20 years already. I lost the opportunity to grow as my body didn’t grow, and my mind became fixed. But I’ve completely assimilated to the point where I don’t feel any discomfort. In a world like this, I wouldn’t mind being a cog in the wheel. I thought it was good.”

“… It’s not an idea that a child can do.”

“My biological mother, Sinead, gave me a baby bottle worth hundreds of millions of dollars. I think that was the influence.”

Baby bottles worth hundreds of millions of wins.

Is that really true?

『Baby bottles have the effect of helping young children grow. Antibodies, motor skills, sensitivity, memory… I heard that you may not excel at everything, but you will excel in one area.』

『… Aren’t baby bottles just the realm of miracles?』

“Yes. The drop rate is so low that you have to catch tens of thousands of them to only get one… You’re lucky that you got this far today. This alone is 400 million units.』

An item that Ceres and I obtained while conquering the 13th floor.

A baby bottle that boasts a hellish drop rate and an effect close to a miracle.

The time zone becomes strange like this.

“Has the Mechanical Guild been targeting the tower for such a long time?”

“What’s strange?”

“Baby bottles are served from the 11th floor. But the tower closed three years ago…”

“It took two years for the advance team to make a detour and attack. If you think about it, the 11th floor was opened five years ago. That’s why the tower owner gave a grace period of five years.”

Oh, so you said to clear it within 5 years…

It’s also surprising that it wasn’t just a period that was just released.

“But you were in first grade. You became so smart because you were given a baby bottle?”

“Ah~! I know what you’re talking about. I didn’t drink it then. When the Golden Tower first appeared, people didn’t approach it because of its danger, so high-level items were found even in shallow layers, so my mother got what was found at that time. “

He summed up the story by saying that he drank it when he was younger.

He said he was an elite born with a baby bottle worth hundreds of millions of dollars in his mouth.

“You lured outside hunters with such a cheat item?”

“Yes. By the way, this is in the history book. It is one of the training courses to become an umma teacher here.”

Why am I being taught the history of Towers by elementary school students?

It’s absurd.

Anyway-

“I know about your birth. I also know how happy you were here. I know everything now.”

The sound of water stopped.

After finishing washing the dishes, he sat on the bed and watched me rummaging around on the floor.

“Are you going down?”

I was packing.

“You’ve been here for a long time. I went down for a moment to tell you what I heard until today and then come back.”

“Are you claiming to be Jeon Seo-gu?”

“Okay. You say you don’t want to meet so much, so what can I do? I’ll call you a dove instead. Instead, I’ll call you a bird’s head, so I have to tell you honestly because you might forget?”

“Thank you. And I’m sorry for the inconvenience.”

“I’m sorry. Don’t apologize because you’re at the age where you’ll be a nuisance to those around you.”

I persuaded him to speak with confidence.

As a reward for spending nearly 10 days playing with me and listening to my stories, Leah trusted me and gave me the gift.

“My aunt killed her mother.”

It brought me to my senses.