Chapter 117
I wanted to take out the Flares from my bag, but because the Monster was wrapped around my waist, the bag was pressed inside, making it difficult to take them out.
It was when I was struggling to get the bag out for quite a while.
"Ah, Meg. Shall I tell you how to survive on this island for the last time? There's a Monster Mother on the east side of the north island. If you get rid of it, the Monsters will probably stop evolving."
What I'm curious about isn't how to get rid of the Monsters, but how to escape. But if I talk about it, it feels like it'll be the same old story again, so I swallowed my words and asked something else instead.
"What's a Monster Mother?"
"Go and see for yourself."
As expected, until the end, an explanation that's kind yet unkind.
"Why are you telling me that?"
"Because it looks like you're going to die anyway."
Zenas rested his chin on the window frame and pointed at the Monster holding me. Is that bastard teasing me?
"But I hope Meg survives for a long time. A kind of gamble? Let's just say it's for fun. Cheer up a bit. This is Alea Island, after all."
That son of a…!
"Ugh!"
When I twisted my body, the Monster shook me lightly. As if telling me not to move. I haven't eaten anything, but I feel dizzy and like I'm going to throw up.
At that moment, I discovered something moving inside the window at the end of the cabin's third floor, that is, the window in the room at the far right, not the left window where Zenas was.
'That place is… the location is strange. Is that the room they called the Chamber of Rest?'
While my attention was briefly taken by the shadow in the window, suddenly a huge roar was heard from the forest.
Koo-oong-!
Zenas widened his eyes in surprise and stretched his body out of the window. A low sigh was heard.
"An uninvited guest has arrived."
I followed him and looked into the forest. I don't know where that roar came from. For now, the outside of the cabin seems peaceful.
"Meg. I was just going to watch, but I can't."
Zenas turned to look at me.
At that moment, Zenas didn't look like a twelve-year-old boy, but like a man well over twenty.
"See you again."
He waved his hand at me, then snapped his fingers.
"…Huh?"
Suddenly, the Monster wrapped around my waist, along with the cabin and Zenas, disappeared from my sight. I fell helplessly to the floor. I didn't even feel the impact of hitting the floor.
At some point, I came to my senses and was lying face down on the floor. I blinked in surprise, then slowly sat up.
The surroundings were all shrouded in fog. So much so that I couldn't see an inch ahead. What on earth is going on?
There's no evidence, only circumstances, but I'm now almost certain.
Zenas might be an 'Experimenter', or the culprit who kidnapped us.