The Jelly Alien Will Save You! Chapter 14

“Oppa, you know I worked really hard at that game, right?”

 

At my sudden words, the tip of the tentacle tilted to the side. It looked as if he were cocking his head.

 

“Are you talking about that thing where you went around catching ugly monsters?”

 

“Yeah. It’s a game called <Squishy Squishy! Planetmon!>, and in it, a jelly alien collects things called Planetmon. And that jelly alien is me right now.”

 

My brother floated a large question mark over his tentacle, as if he had no idea why I was bringing this up now.

 

“I think this place has merged with that game world, and you’ve become the game’s boss, Oppa.”

 

“What?”

 

“So, do you know how to beat an unbeatable boss in <Squishy Squishy! Planetmon!>?”

 

I lifted my gaze and met his bright yellow eyes. Then, I broke into a grin.

 

“You use a cheat to tame the boss.”

 

“What kind of—?”  

 

Looking at my brother as he asked back in a daze, I lifted the S-rank egg I had prepared beforehand above my head.

 

The S-rank egg, which was on the verge of hatching, was emitting a fair amount of heat. Since Planetmon are created through the concentration of purification power, it meant that a massive amount of purification energy was condensed within this egg.

 

“Like this.”

 

Saying so, I slammed the egg onto the floor.

 

Cr-crack! 

 

Whirrrr—!

 

The light pouring out from the broken egg surged like a storm.

 

As the surrounding darkness was torn apart, the bright yellow pupils began to be dyed in the colors of the rainbow.

 

My own purification power was insignificant.

 

My brother, who said he could see the essence of things, probably knew that all along.

 

That must be why he was so determined to send me out of here.

 

However, he likely hadn’t expected that I could obtain purification power from somewhere else.

 

In <Squishy Squishy! Planetmon!>, when taking on a boss with a significant level difference, players supplement their lacking purification power by breaking a Planetmon egg.

 

You sacrifice the egg to tame a higher-level boss. 

 

My brother’s massive true form flinched and shook at the storm-like flow of power.

 

—Grrrrraaaaagh! 

 

It wasn’t a sound coming from something like a speaker as before. It was a groan coming from his actual body.

 

At the same time, cracks began to form on my brother’s body.

 

—Aaaaagh! 

 

Rainbow light exploded outward from within his body.

 

I hugged my suffering brother tight.

 

“Purification—!”

 

I’m going to save you, Oppa. 

 

Even if I have to add every bit of my meager strength. 

 

I felt power leaving my body in chunks and flowing into him.

 

—Kuaaaaaaaaaah!

 

It felt as if all the moisture in my body was being squeezed out. Simultaneously, my strawberry-milk-colored body began to turn pale white.

 

The power was being sucked out to a point where I could no longer handle it.

 

A fierce wind whipped around us, but my body, which was strongly adhered to him, showed no sign of letting go.

 

The rainbow light grew stronger and stronger, and I squeezed my eyes shut while holding onto him.

 

It was the moment I thought I might actually die like this.

 

I felt someone suddenly grab the scruff of my neck and pull.

 

“…!”

 

I was lifted up just like that, dangling in the air.

 

“Gasp…!”

 

As I clenched and unclenched my hands, the pink hue began to return to the jelly that had gone pale white.

 

“I—I thought I was going to die……”

 

The person who saved me from nearly dying was Cha Haeeon.

 

With a grim expression, Cha Haeeon was staring at the place where my brother had been.

 

“What on earth did you do?”

 

“Ah, that is……!”

 

Was he curious? He must be.

 

I was about to tell him with a triumphant air when, as if the purification had been successful, light exploded from my brother’s body.

 

So bright!

 

We covered our eyes and turned our faces away.

 

Something like a scream rang out piercingly next to my ear before gradually fading away, as if sinking into water.

 

‘Oppa didn’t get hurt, did he?’

 

Suddenly struck by fear, I flailed my body and escaped Cha Haeeon’s hand. It was to check on my brother’s condition.

 

Plop!

 

Dropping to the floor as if tumbling down, I immediately opened my eyes. 

 

Fortunately, the light had already subsided, allowing me to see the surroundings.

 

The old concrete walls, the tumbled-over display stands, and the sight of the desolate shopping mall were revealed as they were.

 

Where is Oppa? 

 

While a drum-like thumping echoed in my chest, Cha Haeeon asked thoughtlessly.

 

“Did you kill him?”

 

“No!”

 

Kill him? How could he say such a thing!

 

Just as I was fearing that something had truly gone wrong, a rustling sound came from a pile of concrete.

 

Over there!

 

Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak!

 

I ran over there and cleared away the concrete debris.

 

Cha Haeeon approached late and helped me clear it.

 

With his help, the figure of the person I was looking for was soon revealed.

 

“Oppa!”

 

It looked like a squishy jelly doll with a smooth, round bald head and tiny fins on either side.

 

He was much smaller than me, and his appearance was incredibly cute.

 

When I lifted my brother up, his eight plump legs dangled down.

 

He looked weak, but fortunately, he was breathing regularly.

 

Tears welled up in an instant.

 

‘I’ve found you again, Oppa…….’

 

I hugged him tight.

 

He was warm.

 

“Sniff!”

 

After sobbing for a moment with teary eyes, I thrust the flapjack octopus (a hand-sized small deep-sea octopus) in front of Cha Haeeon.

 

“Cha Haeeon…… sniff!”

 

Sniffling, I spoke with a beaming smile.

 

“It’s my Oppa.” 

“….”

 

Cha Haeeon seemed speechless as he looked at the plump flapjack octopus.

 

Regardless, I hugged my brother, who had become a Planetmon, once more. I burst into tears at his warm temperature.

 

Thank goodness. Thank goodness.

 

It was just as I was repeating those words over and over.

 

Suddenly, Cha Haeeon looked around with a serious face.

 

There were only corroded abandoned buildings and debris around us, but Cha Haeeon seemed to have felt something.

 

“Let’s go back for now.”

 

“Sniff? Why?”

 

“The atmosphere is strange.”

 

As if to prove his words, screams suddenly erupted from here and there.

 

Now that the Calamity of Yongsan Station had disappeared, the monsters that had been holding their breath began to move again.

 

To claim the new throne.

 

I tried to move quickly at the roars of the monsters, but my body swayed heavily.

 

It felt as if my squishy body was following a beat late.

 

“Uh…… something’s wrong with me……”

 

When I put strength into my hands, it felt like the jelly was flowing like pudding instead.

 

The pink color that had returned was fading again, as if the color were being drained out.

 

Cha Haeeon let out a sigh, picked me up, and tucked me under his arm.

 

“You really are a handful.”

 

“Eheheng……” 

 

While tucked under his arm, I clutched my brother and laughed woozily as if I were drugged.

 

I felt Cha Haeeon snort as if he found it absurd, but it didn’t matter.

 

Because I had safely rescued my brother.