The Espers Who Regretted Losing Me Chapter 107

The first place I went was Room 310 where I had been staying.

I was going to take my bag and coat, but as soon as I put them on and lifted the bag, something felt strange.

‘The weight feels different.’

Was it just my imagination? Or was I not feeling well? It somehow felt heavier.

I tilted my head, put the bag down, and opened it. Then I was shocked.

‘The items are still here.’

The grenades I had used, the emergency kits I had given to Suyeong, and all the supplies were still inside.

There was no way Suyeong had put them back.

And even if she had, it didn’t make sense that used survival kits and even the chocolates the kids had eaten were all still there.

“…What?”

No, seriously, what is this?

I stared at the bag for a while, confused. Then I decided to test it.

I took most of the items out of the bag and put them into the sink cabinet.

If the bag filled itself again after this…

‘That would be amazing.’

Yes. It really would be amazing. I wasn’t imagining things—this bag was clearly special.

I decided to tell the director later and went down to the first floor.

There, I met Lee Seung-gwon in the lobby.

“Hyeya-noona? Where are you going?”

“Oh, I’m going outside for a bit. The director said I should tell you and Suyeong-noona, so can you tell her for me?”

“I can tell her… but you’re going alone?”

“Yeah. The monsters are moving in groups. If I go alone, I can escape even if I’m found. But if I’m with others, it might be more dangerous. Don’t worry, I won’t do anything strange.”

When I repeated what I told the director, Seung-gwon looked surprised and shook his head.

“I’m not worried about anything strange. I’m just worried you’ll get hurt alone. But… I guess that makes sense. It might be better if you go alone instead of us slowing you down. I’ll just hope you come back safely.”

“Okay, thanks. I’ll be back.”

“Oh, noona. Some monsters are active at night… so it’s better to come back before sunset.”

I nodded and thanked him again. Then I left the building with him seeing me off.

I looked around and checked where the monsters were nesting.

‘Most areas are controlled by orcs, trolls, and goblins.’

Since they usually move in groups, the other monsters were pushed out.

Stronger monsters were sharing the gate zones.

The crocodiles I saw yesterday were living in a park-like area inside the base.

But what I focused on most were the minotaurs in the east side of the base.

Orcs were like two-legged pigs, and minotaurs were like two-legged cows.

‘Crocodile meat, pork, beef… a good variety. And if I catch a female minotaur, maybe I can even get milk…’

But getting fresh food in this world was still difficult.

I even saw young ones, and I thought maybe I could raise them.

Even monsters might become friendly if you raise them from young… maybe.

‘I got along with baby snakes in the “paradise” too.’

Of course, that would need a lot of preparation, but starting is always the hardest part.

I planned to make this base a comfortable, cozy place.

And after that—

‘Then I’ll go find them.’

It’s not like I missed them or was worried.

But they probably still think I’m trapped inside the gate. If they lose their minds waiting, it would become a problem for me later.

Most importantly, they were strong.

‘Make this place a base, close gates, gather people… and restore the world.’

It wasn’t impossible.

Because now, everyone had become awakened.

If that only happened inside this base, it was still fine. Then people would naturally become awakened here.

‘If experienced espers teach them and they keep fighting monsters, they’ll gain experience and become stronger.’

One of the main reasons the gate disaster happened was because there weren’t enough espers.

Even armies couldn’t stop many monsters, so a few hundred people were not enough.

But what if anyone could fight monsters?

‘Then espers would no longer be seen as special.’

Of course, there were other problems.

Like guides and the pain espers felt.

‘With “guide hunting” happening, who would want to be a guide?’

Even I would never say I was a guide.

But without guiding, espers would suffer. Then they would go berserk again.

‘If only a stabilizer had been developed…’

There might not be research left in this broken world. It would also be hard to find researchers.

I decided to think about that later.

Right now, improving my living area was the priority.

I climbed a tree to look around, then jumped down quietly.

‘Today… I’ll take beef.’

Orcs were near the living area, so they might already know about them.

But minotaurs were far away, so they probably didn’t.

‘I’ll show them the minotaurs and suggest raising young ones.’

I put grenades into my pockets and pulled out my collapsible baton.

 

 

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‘Hyeya-noona is so cool…’

Lately, Im Dain (15) started and ended her day by watching one person.

That person was Yun Hyeya, an esper who suddenly appeared two weeks ago.

She said she had been trapped during the gate disaster three years ago and escaped.

Because of that, Hyeya felt different from other espers Dain had seen.

Most espers looked like they were holding something back.

They were even scary to be near.

But Dain wanted to become an esper because she had once seen them destroy monsters with their bare hands.

When her parents died, she could do nothing.

So her vague dream—“I want to become an esper!”—became clearer after meeting Hyeya.

Dain wanted to become “an esper like Hyeya.”

‘She pats my head, says I’m good, gives me chocolate, takes me outside, brings meat…’

She had only been with Hyeya for two weeks.

But many things changed in those two weeks.

Now they had meat every day—pork, crocodile meat, and beef.

They had enough food, and since they didn’t have to fight monsters, everyone felt more relaxed.

In Dain’s eyes, all the adults there were good people. Even Baek Juwon’s father was kind.

But they had still been under stress because they might get hurt or die fighting monsters.

Then Hyeya said, “I will take care of all dangerous work. Don’t argue, just do your jobs well.”

After that, everything changed.

Dain thought even as a child that it was amazing.

‘She’s making sure adults don’t feel pressured.’

The atmosphere in the base really did become better.

And under Hyeya’s lead, the building itself was changing.

Hyeya would bring debris from broken buildings, and the adults would use it to build barriers.

They slowly expanded their area.

A few days ago, she even brought a very small cow!

Dain later learned it was a minotaur monster. They said if they raised it well, they could get milk.

‘Baek Juwon really liked it.’

That short kid.

But Dain still believed she would grow taller than him anyway.