086 – Lots of fun during exam period! #3

086 – Lots of fun during exam period! #3

Most of the older thieves were veterans.

As a thief and thief, enjoy a natural life?

It’s clear that you have some special talent.

In that sense, Phrygia’s ‘elder thief’ had a knack for it.

“I don’t forget what I’ve seen once. Ever since I was young, I benefited greatly from this memory. I was particularly good at memorizing maps and blueprints.”

The old man stroked his beard as if lost in thought for a long time and stared into space.

A few seconds for the past to flash past in his eyes.

“I’m getting older these days, so I’ve been forgetting a lot, though. I remember this instrument vividly. Who bought it?”

The old man looked around like a foreign spy cautiously making contact with a colleague.

As those white eyebrows began to tremble and create a strange tension, he added, perhaps realizing that there was no one around to overhear our story.

“He was definitely a demon. Although he was in human form, my eyesight couldn’t be fooled. It’s a rule of thumb not to care about the buyer’s business, so I haven’t told anyone.”

The devil bought 1.5 billion musical instruments—d.

It could simply be that this old man mistook an ordinary person for a demon.

It was clear that anyone who would pay 1.5 billion won for an instrument would be far from ordinary.

I asked.

“Do you have any information about the buyer or something?”

“Yes. I was concerned about it, so I attached a few trustworthy disciples. According to the information my students have uncovered, the buyer lives here on the outskirts of Number 61.”

“Street 61.”

Even if I was in 61st, I had a lot of kinship now.

It’s a place full of vampires.

“Cecily, let’s go.”

Thinking I had heard enough information, I grabbed Cecily’s wrist. It was the same with Naru, but children’s wrists are very thin——just as I was thinking about it, the old man stopped me.

“Please pause. This isn’t the outermost outskirts of your average number 61. Do you know why number 61 was erased from records as an unnumbered number in the Principality of Phrygia?”

“I don’t know. Wasn’t it just that they numbered them from 1 to 60 in order of importance? Number 61 is a slum among slums.”

“It’s not like that. But there’s a reason why Route 61 is abandoned and sealed off. It’s because of the abandoned laboratory. The laboratory where all sorts of strange phenomena take place is located at number 61.”

it’s a research institute

Is it a factory or something?

Soon after, Cecily, who had been listening to my conversation with the old man for a long time, opened her mouth as if she knew something.

“I have heard from my grandfather and grandmother. There was a Magical Engineering Lab at 61st Street. It was said that the experiment was wrong and a huge accident occurred and it was closed.”

Roughly I know.

It looks like there was a radioactive leak or something.

That’s why it was abandoned and underdeveloped, becoming a hideout for criminals like vampires and Tenebris.

I thought it was an interesting story, but the old man added a comment.

“It was near this abandoned laboratory that I lost contact with my students. The devil who bought the instrument entered the laboratory. I sent ten disciples, but only one returned.”

“Have you been attacked by the devil?”

“Looks like it didn’t. It just felt like being swallowed up by the lab itself. After a few days talking about incomprehensible nonsense… .”

The old man was about to say something, but glanced at Cecily.

Then he spoke in a low voice that only I could hear.

“… took his own life And this is a note from my student. They told me not to open it until I went inside the lab. I hope this will help you.”

I accepted the note the old man gave me.

It was an ordinary piece of paper folded into a scab.

I was going to open it up and see what was inside, but I didn’t feel very good about it, so I gave up. It felt like a spooky spider crawling down the back of my neck.

“Thank you, sir.”

I thanked the inspiration for the information in many ways.

Information on the purchaser of the flute, a story gained while losing a lot of disciples-.

It’s probably information you shouldn’t have told anyone in the first place.

Telling me this also meant that this inspiration also took some risk.

“Cecily, you should say thank you too.”

Tuk-tuk-.

When I patted Cecily on the back, Cecily bowed her head and gracefully thanked me.

“That Cecily von Regdoll. A body that has been educated to repay grace with greater grace like a noble. If one day I find my parents, I will greatly reward them. You can look forward to it.”

Soon the old man chuckled.

“What a cute little girl… ! I only learned about it when I got older, but it’s surprisingly fun to watch children grow up. Little boy, I wish you good results.”

* * *

“You’re going to the abandoned lab at 61st? You’re crazy. I don’t know.”

“You want directions? No. There is no place for people to go. Don’t you know that those vicious vampires didn’t even come close to the lab?”

“Hey, are you saying you want me to die with you? I won’t go no matter how much you give me!”

The conversations above were the answers that came back when I said, “Please guide me to the research lab in Address 61.”

Even though they were the people of number 61 who survived that terrible night of the vampire hunt.

They didn’t even seem to want to get involved with the lab.

Even if I give you money, you say you don’t like it.

Is it because the amount is small?

I had no choice but to look at the signs on the street or ask around to arrive at a place called the Institute.

Caw, cack, caak-!

The building with a lot of crows was quite large.

How big is the city hall?

By comparison, it felt like that.

Of course, unlike the neat city hall buildings, the abandoned research center had broken windows, the paint on the walls peeled off, or the concrete was shattered, exposing steel bars.

“It’s more like a mental hospital than a lab.”

The moment I spoke lightly of my sentiments, a whistling wind from somewhere rattled and shook something.

Sign?

「Frysian Institute of Mental Science」

“I see.”

It was a place to study the human mind.

It’s a building that looks like a perfect hideout for robbers, thieves, or the homeless. There was no sense of popularity in it at all.

Even though it’s still broad daylight, it seems that only this area is particularly gloomy.

thru-.

Seeing that my heart was strangely agitated, it seemed that it was not an ordinary place.

“Cecily, will you wait nearby?”

“Are you doing this to fool around while Cecily isn’t looking?”

“no.”

I moderately shook my head.

I was going to leave Cecily behind because I didn’t know what would happen if I went in here.

Cecily had no intention of falling from my side.

“We need to find Mom and Dad! If the demon with the flute is in here, you better go and get it!”

As she said that, Cecily’s shoulders were now trembling a little.

He seemed frightened.

If Cecily had a tail like a real cat, she would have been hiding it between her legs.

Even so, it seemed that the reason he did not back down was because he wanted to meet his parents more desperately than the fear of this building that looked like a nightmare.

I had no choice but to rush into the building with Cecily.

After all, there is no safer place in the world than next to me.

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Jeobuck, Jeobuck-.

I passed through the lab’s abandoned garden and stood at the entrance of the building.

“Look at this! It’s locked!”

The entrance to the building was locked with chains and padlocks, as is the case with abandoned buildings. This degree of sealing was like wide open to me, so there was no problem.

Shuk-.

I pulled the chain with my hand and broke it.

With 14 physical strength, it could be said that he was a superman in his own way.

Kii Profit -.

When I opened the locked door, the wind mixed with the musty smell of the building passed by my face.

It was as if the wind was licking the whole body with an unpleasant tongue.

“Is anyone there?”

Cecily asked inside the building.

Of course, there was no such thing as an answer.

The only thing that can be heard in the silence is the tick-tock-tock of the clock.

To be honest, it was pretty good.

Now, let’s quickly search for the traces of that demon or something.

Brigitte said she would make sweet and sour pork for dinner tonight.

I have to finish work early and go home, pour sweet and sour pork, dip it in, eat it, and just eat it and enjoy it very much.

I walked with that feeling.

Then Cecily asked, pulling my arm.

“A note from his grandfather. Can I open it now? You said it would help. Maybe it has information about demons. Pirina!”

“Ah, yes.”

I almost forgot, but it worked out.

I unfolded the paper I received from inspiration.

Then, I saw letters scrawled in dark red on soiled paper slightly smaller than A4 paper.

Could this be the handwriting written in blood?

No, in the current situation, what matters more than what the letters are written on is the content.

「Must Read, Code of Precautions When Visiting the Phrygian Psychiatric Institute

1. Let’s follow the rules.

2. There is always an access permit for visitors hanging near the entrance on the first floor. Be sure to hang it around your neck and wear it.

3. The working hours of this institute are from 9:00 to 18:00.

4. When remaining in the main building after 18:00, researchers and visitors should move to the ‘pantry room’ located on the 3rd floor of this building and wait until 9:00.

5. There are no mirrors, telephones or clocks in this research building. The laboratory where the above items were found can be used again after 34 hours of closure.

7. The top floor of this research building is the 3rd floor, and the 4th floor does not exist. If the elevator is stopped on the 4th floor and you are waiting, call the manager immediately. If the elevator you are boarding stops on the 4th floor, please operate the ‘door close’ button promptly.

8. All researchers are trained to memorize all codes. If someone calls you a researcher and asks for your code of conduct, never reply and avoid eye contact.

9. The entrance to this building is only on the first floor.

10. If there are contradictory items or abnormalities in the papers and templates on which these guidelines are written, please evacuate and close the research building as soon as possible, and then contact the Emergency Response Office of the Principality of Frisia.”