Seoul Object Story
Chapter 223: The Labyrinth: Epilogue (2)

Deep inside Sehee Research Institute, the owner of the containment room which had been away finally returned.

The containment room, which had been empty until recently, felt like it was full after a long time. There were always many mini-reapers staying in the containment room, so it wasn’t really empty.

Even though the Gray Reaper wasn’t particularly noisy or large, Yerin definitely felt that it was empty when it’s not there.

Om nom nom-!

The Gray Reaper was watching TV while snuggling into Yerin’s arms with a very tired expression, eating popcorn.

[ After a detailed investigation, it was confirmed that many of the missing people who disappeared without a trace were on the Red Lightning Island. ]

[ The Japanese Object Association announced that the missing people found on the island will be returned to their families after completing various investigations and health checkups. ]

On TV, the news was talking about Red Lightning Island where the Gray Reaper had been. As someone who had personally experienced the Red Lightning Island, the Gray Reaper continued to watch the news with curiosity.

[ Listening to the survivors of the Red Lightning Island, it was revealed that a Special Grade Object was the one who carried out the mission. ]

[ In Japan, the place was described as a kind of labyrinth city. ]

The moment the Labyrinth City story came up, the Gray Reaper’s antenna, hidden in Yerin’s mouth, began to sway left and right as if it were having fun.

[ The Japanese Object Association lifted the Object designation for the Red Lightning Island and hoped to develop it into a Labyrinth City tourist attraction. ]

[ Since it was a conclusion reached in just a week, there are concerns that it is a hasty judgment, not only among Korean Object experts but also from Japan. ]

The moment the news broke about the Japanese Government’s plan to repurpose the Labyrinth City as a tourist attraction, the Gray Reaper’s antenna began to dance like seaweed swaying in the rough waves.

Feeling its tentacles dancing around as if it had eaten a delicious pudding, Yerin began to make plans to visit the Labyrinth City later with the Gray Reaper.

People were saying it would be dangerous, but Yerin was sure there would be no problem. After all, most of the places the Reaper had visited so far were safe from Objects, so it was a pretty reasonable judgment.

[ The reason why the Gray Reaper, who seemed to have destroyed the Red Lightning Island, suddenly went to Japan is unknown. ]

The news was full of Japanese Objects, but then, the screen changed to show the Gray Reaper. It was a video taken the moment the giant vortex disappearing and the Gray Reaper appeared,

The video was taken by a drone as soon as it was confirmed that the clouds surrounding the island had disappeared, so the quality wasn’t very good, but it was definitely a video that showed the Gray Reaper.

The Gray Reaper in the video was being bitten all over by the Black Reapers. Of course, the body of the Gray Reaper who was currently resting in the containment room was also covered in Black Reapers.

They used their sharp teeth to attach themselves to the Gray Reaper like leeches.

Looking at them, Yerin couldn’t help but wonder just what kind of prank the Gray Reaper had played against them to make them bite it for so long.

The Orange Reaper didn’t do something like this even when the Gray Reaper transformed into the Red Reaper and set the Orange Reaper’s hair on fire…

Yerin tried grabbing the Black Reaper’s foot, pulling it away so that the Gray Reaper wouldn’t be hurt, but the Black Reaper was biting so hard that it was impossible for Yerin to pull it away.

It was as if they were expressing how angry they were toward the Gray Reaper.

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The chirping of sparrows.

The warmth of a cozy bed.

The appetizing scent of delicious toast.

The girl began to feel the elements of a ‘normal morning’ as she lay on the bed.

Even though the girl was already awake, she dug into the blanket to feel this happy atmosphere a little more.

However, from under the blanket, there was a pair of white and yellow eyes staring at her.

Biiii-!

It was the Black Reaper, crying softly as if telling her to wake up.

The Black Reaper, who woke her up every morning, was being annoying for no reason, so the girl picked it up from under the blanket and started tickling it wildly.

“Ehehe!”

Whether it was ticklish because the girl was tickling him, or because it enjoyed the girl playing with it, the Black Reaper simply smiled brightly in the girl’s grasp.

After rolling around with the Black Reaper in the blanket, the girl who had completely woken up sat on the bed with the Black Reaper sitting on her head and blankly looked out the window.

Blankly looking at this everyday scenery made the girl feel the most at ease.

This is not a labyrinth.

This is everyday life, and home.

She was relieved.

It had been quite some time since she had left the Labyrinth City and returned to Japan and her daily life, but she still often felt like she would suddenly wake up in the ‘Labyrinth City’ whenever she lay down in her room and fell asleep.

The girl who had been trapped in the Labyrinth City for only three months felt this way, so it was hard for her to imagine what it would be like for those who had been there for a year or ten years.

Unlike the girl who had already come out into society, the other victims of the Labyrinth City had not yet come out into society. She had heard that there were many things to examine because they were adventurers who had lived too far removed from the rules of society. After all, adventurers weren’t familiar with rules like laws, and they often solved problems with force.

In addition, ‘adventurers’ who spent a lot of time in the labyrinth had abilities that were different from ordinary humans, even the girl had it.

If the girl had cleared many floor labyrinths, wouldn’t she still be detained by the government?

The girl learned about adventurers’ return to society in detail because of ‘Dog Meat Uncle.’

She simply asked some people to find out when the man would be released into society. However, according to what the girl found out, it seemed like it would take a considerable amount of time for the man to be released into society.

He was someone who had cleared the most floors among the ‘currently surviving adventurers’. It had been almost 15 years since he was kidnapped to the island. So, the man had many conditions that made it difficult for him to be released into society quickly.

I want to see him in Japan soon!

While thinking about this and that, the girl put her hand on the cold window and looked outside, feeling the cold air. At that moment, she heard her mother’s voice calling from below.

“Come down quickly!”

“Yes!”

The girl changed the Black Reaper into a bracelet and put it on her wrist, and answered in a lively voice.

It was the beginning of the second round of her ordinary and happy daily life.

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In the morning when the Mini Reapers were still asleep, I woke up too quickly because I fell asleep while watching TV early last night.

Munch-! Munch-!

Then, I felt something chewing on my cheek and realised the Black Reaper was still attached to me.

They are still there.

Judging from the extremely small and regular ‘biii-‘ sounds of the Black Reapers, they were clearly sleeping, but they were still tightly biting me and not letting go. I could easily get them off if I used my Phantom Form, but they’d be even angrier if I did so.

They were angry for so long just because I buried them in sand!

They were usually kids who would calm down with a slight mention of pudding, but now it’s not the case. Were they already in their puberty?

Plop-! Plop-!

When I arrived at the courtyard of the Sehee Research Institute lab with a bunch of Black Reapers hanging on my body, a softly shining landscape under the moonlight greeted me.

The floor was covered with white marshmallows, a mini TV was placed on a table, and a chair made just for me was shining mysteriously in the colorful moonlight.

Following the light, I looked up at the sky to see  moons of all colors and three rings of light shining brightly.

At that moment, I reached out to the sky and summoned the Halo I had just obtained into my hand. It was the Halo I had obtained in the Labyrinth City. The Halo’s ability was to use illusions, just like the old man had shown. However, since it was an ‘eyeball’, it had an output that was different from the illusion of an ordinary Object.

It was not just about creating powerful illusions that could fool anyone, it was at the level of deceiving the world.

It was an ability to turn ordinary materials into illusions, like the islands that suddenly appeared in Japan or the numerous items in the Labyrinth City, and to realize them into reality.

It was a power close to ‘creation’ that was considered the ability of a god.

Of course, its limits were clear.

I couldn’t create high-level substances like the nine dais trial I had gone through, and could only do it in illusion.

Well, it was definitely a pretty great ability.

My first thought after gaining this great ability was ‘I can make a lot of pudding!’, but that happy thought was quickly shattered. After all, It didn’t make sense to wear a Halo on my head just to eat pudding.

In human terms, it would be like setting my body on fire just for a pudding.

However, I could consider using a Halo to play a fun prank.

I couldn’t think of a fun prank yet, but if it was an illusion that could even deceive reality, I could really play a fun prank.

Hihihihi.

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Crunch-! Crunch-!

The Golden Reaper, locked in the containment room, was gnawing on hard food. It was cheap food, so it was hard and not very tasty, but the Golden Reaper was still smiling brightly.

The reason was simple. It’s precious human was watching it!

The Golden Reaper ate a little bit of the hard food, gnawing on it, and looked at its precious human who was staring at it through the glass.

With the attention of the precious human, the Golden Reaper found everything enjoyable and delicious.

The woman who had kidnapped and imprisoned the Golden Reaper muttered as she stared at the Golden Reaper eating its food.

“It’s more docile than I thought.”

The woman felt a little regretful, thinking that all the facilities built to contain the Golden Reaper would be meaningless.

It would only be a proper research institute if it achieved proper containment results!

All the facilities currently in place were provided by dangerous partners, so the woman didn’t have much time.

If she had known they were such dangerous guys, she would never have partnered with them…

In fact, she had prepared to conduct dissection experiments before catching the Golden Reaper, but seeing it gnawing on cheap food with such a bright face, she couldn’t bring herself to do something like that.

“Haa… What should I do now?”

The moment the woman muttered so, a loud noise could be heard.

Thump-! Thump-! Thump-!

The sound of someone slamming the door as if they were about to break it open was heard.

The lab was well-soundproofed, so she couldn’t hear the voices, but she sure they were yelling something like ‘Open the door now!’

“Ugh.”

As soon as the woman heard that sound, her already pale complexion turned even paler.

In the meantime, the Golden Reaper, who had been quietly eating its food, got up from its seat and stared in the direction of the sound.

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