Hush Now, Saintess! - Chapter 108
Chapter 108
Translator: Yonnee
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Voices echoed through the empty hallway.
They belonged to two employees responsible for the pawnshop’s warehouse.
“Where have you been? Why’d you leave your post? You were supposed to stay until the shift change.”
The tall man scolded, while the shorter man laughed sheepishly.
“Just went to the loo for a moment, just the loo.”
“You did organize the documents before you left, right?”
“……”
The returning silence made the one who asked frown.
“You didn’t?”
“Heh heh. Nope.”
“The rule is to put everything in the safe when leaving your post. Don’t you know that?”
The shorter employee shrugged.
‘Why is he so obsessed with rules in a place like this?’
After all, this was a place where a safe wasn’t even necessary.
No one could find a warehouse hidden behind a cornfield.
With a scoff, the man put his hand on the door handle of the file room.
“Who’s going to come in here in the meantime? Anyway, there’s no way there could be an intruder in a place like…”
But as the door opened, he was left speechless.
“What— What is this…!”
Most of the documents that had been piled up here and there were gone.
This shouldn’t be possible.
“What’s going on?”
“…An intruder, there’s an intruder.”
“What?”
“There’s an intruder! We have to find them quickly!”
Shouting this, the two men rushed out, leaving the door wide open.
They didn’t seem to think anyone could still be hiding inside the room.
“…Phew.”
“That was close.”
The two people inside breathed a sigh of relief simultaneously.
Then, their eyes met.
They were very close to each other.
It couldn’t be helped.
They were both hiding in…
—Hey! Hide over there!
—Over there?
—Quickly!
…a cabinet in the corner of the room.
The narrow cabinet was already cramped with just Hildeon inside.
Having two people in such a place meant their bodies were inevitably touching.
‘…Isn’t this too close?’
It was impossible not to be aware of the other person.
The air felt hot with nervous breaths.
Roella turned her gaze away, trying to distract herself.
“What do we do now? The door’s open, but we might get caught if we leave carelessly.”
“……”
There was no answer.
She blinked and looked back at Hildeon.
Then she was shocked.
“Oh gosh, are you okay?”
Hildeon’s face was bright red, as if it was about to burst.
“Are you lacking oxygen?!”
After a moment of hesitation, he nodded.
“I’d rather deal with them all.”
“But if more people come…”
“I’ll take care of them too. So, please… let’s get out of here.”
How hard must it be for him to say that?
Roella looked at him with a sympathetic gaze and nodded.
‘We’ve already collected the evidence anyway.’
The only thing left was to find the bug-infected people and splash them with holy water.
That shouldn’t be too hard to manage.
Plus, there wasn’t much time left.
Just as she made up her mind and reached for the door handle…
“Alright. I’ll open the door as quietly as possible… huh?”
She leaned back and her back pressed against the rear wall.
And at that moment…
Creak—
The wall behind her began to move.
* * *
—Um, this wall’s moving?
—Wall?
—Yes. It looks like a secret passage….
But why didn’t those two check this place earlier?
‘Oh. Maybe the staff weren’t aware of this passage?’
It seemed plausible. It looked like the owner was obsessed with mazes…
There could be secret passages even the staff didn’t know about.
We moved quietly through the space beyond the wall.
And the place we arrived at was…
‘What is this place?’
It looked like a prison.
Small cells were packed tightly like an ant nest, and people were lying inside them.
“Bwahahaha! Aha…hahaha!”
“Hiic, uwahhh… Help! Help me… please…”
“Hehehe. Die, just die!”
Shrieks came from everywhere.
People’s eyes were rolling back, and they were surrounded by a dark aura.
These were the bug-infected people the mission mentioned. And also, the zombies I saw in my dreams.
‘The dark aura looks like a mist.’
Could this be the next stage of bad luck dust, ‘misfortune’?
Worriedly, I glanced at Hildeon.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Just wondering how you’re feeling.”
“Excuse me?”
“Is your back itchy, or do you feel something strange boiling up from deep inside?”
“No, I feel fine.”
That’s a relief.
I let out a sigh and looked around again, noticing something at my feet.
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