Seoul Object Story
Chapter 200: A Full Moon (9)

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A Golden Reaper sat on the railing of a nearby building and looked down at the window of a house.

Is the human okay?

Thinking of the human who had thrown it out of the window a while ago, the Golden Reaper felt like crying. However, it held it in and continued to watch over the window to make sure the human was not in danger.

Then, the Golden Reaper looked up at the yellow moon that had started to emit ominous energy. It started to emit harmful energy toward humans just recent;y, and the Golden Reaper was very displeased with that.

Humans are weak.

I have to protect humans…

However, the Golden Reaper had no means of attacking the moon that had risen in the sky.

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At that moment, the Golden Reaper suddenly felt an extremely ominous energy appear around the human.

It used its Phantom Form and Time Acceleration to approach the window of the room where it had felt the ominous energy from. However, the ominous energy it had felt just a moment ago had completely disappeared.

Even though it seemed like something harmful to humans had appeared, when it turned his head and looked around, there was not a single trace left.

The human will be alright, right?

The Golden Reaper was worried about the weak human, so it hid behind the window and peeked its head out to secretly observe.

The man, who was moving busily as if he was looking for something, looked more sick than when he had seen him before. He had no physical injuries, but his heart seemed to be in pain.

The Golden Reaper wanted to quickly run to the sad-looking human and comfort him, but the human hated him for some reason.

We had been having fun together until just recently, though…

The Golden Reaper watched for a while, then left before the human noticed.

There will come a day when I can laugh and play with that human.

The Golden Reaper tried to keep a lively expression as it imagined a happy future with the precious human it was attached to.

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Inside a hotel room in Mapo-gu, a researcher wearing a large helmet took his hands off the keyboard and stretched.

When he turned his head and looked at the mind corruption detector, he saw that the device was pointing at ‘Danger’ level.

I can’t take my helmet off.

The researcher thought that there was a high possibility that something big would happen in Mapo-gu soon. After all, the Gray Reaper often appeared whenever a big incident occurred. In addition, the level of mind corruption was unusual.

Even when there was no Golden Reaper around, the needle on the meter would rise toward the dangerous level whenever the Yellow Fullmoon rose. The Yellow Moon was spreading ‘Danger’ level mind corruption throughout Mapo-gu.

The report the researcher was currently writing was also an investigation report related to that. Of course, the association would probably not think much of it, but the researcher was writing two reports.

< Mind Corruption Observation Report on the Golden Reaper. >

< Mind Corruption Observation Report on the Yellow Moon. >

The report on the Golden Reaper was especially easy to write. Since the Golden Reaper was scattered in large quantities in Mapo-gu, it became relatively easy to find out what kind of mind corruption effect it had through changes in people’s behavior patterns.

When the researcher started the investigation, he thought that since it was an Object with a cute appearance and unique behavior, it would naturally strengthen mental contamination in that area. However, the results of the investigation were quite different from what the researcher had thought.

The researcher slowly began to check the report he had organized.

< The mind corruption caused by the Golden Reaper appeared in various ways. >

< The common characteristic was that it invigorated people and made them think optimistically. >

< It made depressed people have happy thoughts, and those who lacked confidence courageous. >

< It gave people who were obsessed with prejudice or rules a sense of peacefulness. >

< Although the effect of inducing favor towards them is quite strong, it rather seemed to be a natural reaction of the humans who had lost all their worries and concerns. >

< Even if the favor-inducing effect actually existed, it would be nothing compared to the other effects. >

“Whew.”

The researcher sighed deeply as he read the report. No matter how he looked at it, the Golden Reaper’s mind corruption did not seem harmful to humans. But even so, he could not trust the Object. It was likely a trap. Furthermore, even if it was a gift made purely out of goodwill, it was still dangerous.

Objects had a completely different way of thinking than humans, so he could not say for sure that the direction of the favor would be beneficial to humans.

Still, he could not help but think this way.

Should we even call this mind corruption that has so many benefits ‘Corruption’?

Unlike the ‘Golden Reaper’s’ mind corruption which gave him a lot to think about, the effects of the Yellow Moon’s mind corruption were quite clear.

It makes the Golden Reaper look suspicious and scary, and gives people paranoia and delusions.

The aspects of making the Golden Reaper look suspicious and scary were apparent in people who appeared after the fifth night. From then on, the researcher frantically contacted the association to vacate Mapo-gu immediately, but as always, they only replied that they were reviewing it.

The researcher gradually felt something strange. The association’s incompetence went beyond mere incompetence, it seemed more like they had some kind of a purpose.

Is it right to continue working at the association if I keep getting stressed like this? Should I go to the Sehee Research Institute instead? At least they seem happy…

The researcher sighed deeply in frustration.

In the meantime, a Golden Reaper that had a worried expression etched into its face, was peeking through the open window across the researcher.

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A huge checkpoint was being set on one of the many roads that had to be passed in order to get to Mapo-gu.

“Researcher Oh Yerin of Sehee Research Institute, you don’t have permission to enter. You need to get permission from the association to enter Mapo-gu.”

I waited in a long line and entered the checkpoint, but my entry was denied. Even when I tried to claim that where I belonged was a research institute that contained the ‘Gray Reaper’, it was no use at all.

I stood near the checkpoint and called Sehee Research Institute.

“Yes, I don’t think I can enter Mapo-gu. Jungrwi Sunbae.”

“I think you need to be a Mapo-gu resident or get permission from the association to enter.”

I roughly ignored Senior Jung-rwi who urged me to return if I couldn’t enter, and put my phone in my pocket.

Then I looked toward the checkpoint with a regretful expression.

I saw a lot of Golden Reapers walking around Mapo-gu. Just like that time when they carried spears made of water, the Golden Reapers patrolled Mapo-gu with brave expressions.

I’m jealous.

After seeing the Golden Reapers for the first time in a long time, I didn’t want to go back to the Research Institute. It was because there was no Reaper in the lab. There were almost no Golden Reapers either, so the amount of Reapers was extremely lacking.

I sneaked near the checkpoint and called out to the Golden Reaper on patrol. When I called it out while shaking the Gray Reaper pudding, the Golden Reaper noticed it in an instant and arrived in front of me in the blink of an eye.

However, the Golden Reaper stopped coming after standing about 3m away from me. It was as if there was an invisible line on the ground.

“Come quickly. Let’s eat some pudding!”

I tempted it with a pudding, but the Golden Reaper just turned its head with a regretful expression.

“Don’t tell me… It can’t walk further than that?”

When I checked on my phone, I realized the Golden Reaper couldn’t cross the Mapo-gu border. It seemed like the Gray Reaper had told them not to go outside Mapo-gu.

I had no choice but to sneak around the checkpoint and start feeding it some pudding. The Golden Reaper also started eating pudding with a very happy expression, as if it had been a long time since it had eaten some pudding. It stuffed its mouth with pudding until its cheeks were swollen.

While watching the Golden Reaper looking so happy, I slowly moved the pudding back. It was because of my slight curiosity about what would happen to the Golden Reaper if it crossed the line that it was told not to cross.

Nyam-! Nyam-!

The Golden Reaper, who was eating the pudding deliciously, slowly began to cross the line as I slowly pulled the pudding.

When the Golden Reaper took a bite, I also took a bite. As we ate like that, the pudding container that seemed so large quickly became empty.

Looking at the Golden Reaper happily eating it to the last bite, I said with a surprised expression.

“Aren’t you out of Mapo-gu right now?”

Since the Golden Reaper didn’t understand what I was saying at all, it just tilted his head. So I pointed at the ground where the Golden Reaper was standing with my finger, and its puzzled expression changed into a shocked expression.

The Golden Reaper, whose expression changed to ‘No!’, fell to the floor with a thud.

Feeling sorry due to the reaction which was more intense than I expected, I lifted the Golden Reaper, who was lying limp on the floor, onto my palm and moved it slightly beyond Mapo-gu.

I’m sorry!

I apologized to the limp Golden Reaper in my mind.

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On the secluded rooftop that had become my hideout in Mapo-gu, the Golden Reapers, who were depressed because they had been rejected by some humans, were lying down near me.

There, there… It will end soon.

I was comforting the sad Golden Reapers by patting their head one by one.

Our last night in Mapo-gu was approaching.

The number of Golden Reapers who had been rejected by humans had been increasing significantly recently, and it seemed that the Yellow Moon was spreading some kind of mind corruption that made people reject the Golden Reapers.

Except for the first day, the Yellow Moon hadn’t made any proper attacks, so who would have thought it was preparing something like this…

But the Golden Reapers were brave kids, so they wouldn’t be stopped just by being rejected.

As the full moon rose in the sky, I clapped my hands and conveyed my will to the Golden Reapers.

Now, let’s go protect the humans!

Upon hearing my will, the Golden Reapers slowly stood up from their seats and scattered in all directions to protect the humans they were in charge of. They were sad, but they were dedicated kids who ran around on their feet to protect the weak humans.

When all the Golden Reapers disappeared, I summoned the Blue Reaper and the Red Reaper before plopping down. Since this place was colder compared to my containment room, I put the red reaper on my lap. Since there was no furniture, I had the Blue Reapers make a large sofa and then I sat comfortably on it.

I turned on the TV, switched to the news, and Bam! the makeshift containment room was complete!

Ah, it was comfortable.

Maybe because I thought I was getting a treat while the Golden Reaper was suffering, but it was two times more comfortable than it should.

Hihihihi!

While I was resting like that, an ominous yellow moon rose in the sky.

At the same time, the sound of small footsteps began to echo through the rooftop.

Plop-! Plop-!

A Golden Reaper holding a golden lightsaber was approaching me.

The patrolling warrior reapers would sometimes come to where I was and rest, but it was a little earlier than before.

Just as I was thinking, ‘Is something going on?’, a strange sound echoed from my heart.

Stab-!

The golden lightsaber grew in size and pierced through my body and the sofa.

< Mom! >

A coup?

The Blue and Red Reapers were surprised and rushed at me.

In the meantime, the Golden Reaper who stabbed me had one corner of its mouth raised, smirking.

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