Lovely Monsters Chapter 41

There was no room left for shame. The black shadow pried open the panting entrance once more. A slippery, cold iron ball slid inside, following the path within his body. The size was an issue, but the greater problem was that each individual iron ball was heavy enough to make it feel as though his insides were falling out. Because he was hunched over, that weight was being applied entirely to his lower abdomen.

“Ah… Ah, ah, hik…!”

Kim Heejo, who had been feebly shaking his head, could not bear it and began to struggle. His internal organs swayed back and forth along with the balls. It felt as if he couldn’t possibly take any more.

“Heu, aaaagh!”

The black shadow used its palm to press down on the hole that was halfway harboring an iron ball. The twitching wrinkles of the entrance eventually swallowed one more ball, but seemingly unsatisfied, the shadow held up a piece of paper with something written on it and shook it in front of Kim Heejo’s eyes.

[Buck up a bit. I heard there are bastards who move gold bars by putting them in here; is this heavy? ―Black Shadow 3―]

[If you can’t endure it well this time, I’m calling that thing back again. That XXX… XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. ―Black Shadow 1―]

Even though the letters at the end were clearly invisible, from that moment on, Kim Heejo complied with all the demands of the black shadows. Not only did he allow them to keep inserting iron balls, but he also readily said the words he was told to say.

“M-my name is Kim Heejo. My height is 182 cm… My age is 26, and m-my occupation is a student. My favorite thing these days is receiving urine in my hole. If you want to go to the bathroom, please make sure to do it in my hole instead of a toilet. I beg of you.”

Things like that.

“I-I really wanted to do it with big dogs, so I did volunteer work. D-dog cock, thank you for p-pu-putting it in again today.”

And things like that.

“Ugh, huaaaagh!”

Compared to what he had experienced since falling into this place, it was almost minor, yet Kim Heejo screamed and jerked his body upright.

Was it a dream?

Kim Heejo raised his head. Perhaps he had fallen asleep in the passage between guest rooms; a door was visible right in front of him, and a warning sign was stuck squarely upon it.

[※Warning※

This room is mine.

I have not permitted the use of or entry into this place. I express deep anger at the fact that Statue used it as he pleased. Do you wish to experience conflict with me?]

Instead of just expressing anger, I wish you would just fight and kill each other.

Kim Heejo, reading the warning, let out a hollow laugh. Judging by the tone, it seemed to be Chains. Furthermore, the doorknob was tightly wound with Chains.

Fortunately, the knife given to him by Lion Head remained, so Kim Heejo attempted to open the door with it, but far from cutting anything, it felt like the blade would get damaged, so he stopped. Moreover, thinking back carefully, it seemed as if Statue had thrown him inside this room.

“…….”

Let’s not go in.

Although he couldn’t remember well what had happened inside, Kim Heejo, who didn’t even want to recall it, shook his head violently. Then, he began to pick up the clothes scattered here and there one by one. His body was clean, but he was naked.

However.

How was I supposed to wear this?

A baffling question spread through his mind. Even while being here, the thing he had obsessively tried to look after was clothes—clean clothes at that. Yet, even while looking at an ordinary T-shirt, he agonized for a long time over whether he should put his head or his legs in first.

It felt as if he hadn’t worn clothes for a very long time. No, that’s not it, that’s not it… Even as he muttered to himself, Kim Heejo was wandering in confusion, not knowing how to dress, when Stacked Books approached him. As if he had been looking for Kim Heejo, he was carrying a large basket in one hand.

While Stacked Books pulled over a nearby table and set it up, Kim Heejo looked at the clothes Stacked Books was wearing and remembered how to put on a T-shirt. Arms into the small holes on both sides, then the head into the large hole.

While it was absurd that he had struggled because he didn’t know something so simple, he was struck dumb by the sense of heterogeneity felt throughout his entire body. He had only put on a single T-shirt, yet light goosebumps rose on his skin.

In the meantime, Stacked Books, who had finished setting the table, gave Kim Heejo something to drink. It looked like tea made from the juice of that red fruit. Taking the teacup, Kim Heejo gulped down the contents. His throat was stinging, perhaps because he had screamed until his ears felt muffled.

However, like most of the pains he had experienced so far, it became fine before long. Of course, that wasn’t the only change. It was all a bit late to notice, but even though he hadn’t eaten, he wasn’t hungry, nor was he thirsty. His sexual sensitivity had become abnormally acute. No matter how roughly the monsters thrust into him, it didn’t hurt. Rather, his insides welcomed it.

As if his mind were following the changes in his body, Kim Heejo was not the least bit afraid of the monsters. The fear that had been gradually fading had completely vanished. Now, honestly, he couldn’t even tell if he was feeling things like reluctance or disgust anymore.

Suddenly, Kim Heejo burst into laughter as a line from a novel he had read for fun came to mind. He remembered the content being something like, ‘It was a month in this world, but it was one day in the human world.’

…If only a month spent here were a day in reality.

He suddenly thought that and fervently hoped for it. If that were the case, only a few days would have passed in the real world.

Then, it felt like Kim Heejo could live as he originally did again. He vaguely had that thought.

But the reason he had intentionally provoked Statue’s nerves was because he wanted to die. Since the guy had even cut his own neck, he thought if he kept making him angry, he might snap his neck for him. But in the end, he only experienced the same things he always suffered.

What on earth do I have to do to die?

No, I have to get out of here.

“…….”

Kim Heejo, lost in contradictory thoughts, stared blankly at the door in front of him. And he opened the door. When the sight of a guest room that wasn’t much different from the ones he had passed through came into view, his two legs moved on their own. Thud, thud, thud; as the short sounds of footsteps continued, he grew closer to a new door in front of the door. This time, too, he reached his hands forward and pushed the door.

…And so, an innumerable amount of time began to flow within the train.

Times so vast that Kim Heejo could no longer count them.

During the long passage of time, he continued to meet monsters. Lion Head, Stacked Books, Chains, Statue, then Lion Head, Stacked Books, Chains, Statue, again, and again… this time Stacked Books. Occasionally, he met other monsters.

He met the monster with a monitor for a torso only once. This time too, he had run toward it in a flurry thinking it was a normal person, but as soon as he got close, he knew that wasn’t the case. Feeling an indescribable sense of futility, Kim Heejo grimaced and laughed.

[After 102,839 years and 53,734,451 days, an innocent thing has entered the train.]

[Do you know what is done to things with guilt?]

But there was no way the monster would understand Kim Heejo’s heart. The old monitor flickered and listed characters that Kim Heejo couldn’t understand, and didn’t want to understand.

[Ultimately, it is predated]

[Without leaving even a single bone fragment]

“…….”

Even if it has the face of a person, it is a monster in the end. Was that why? Kim Heejo pulled out his knife and struck down at the monster without hesitation. Until it finally stopped moving and no new characters appeared on the monitor.

Then he laughed. No one would listen or respond to him, but he laughed alone until his throat ached, and when the laughter would no longer come out, he stopped laughing and began to walk.

[Room 12: Lion Head

Room 26: Stacked Books

68 > 62: Chains

Room 182: Statue

※ Entry of general monsters into these rooms is prohibited. ※]

Kim Heejo was picking up a flyer dropped on the floor and reading it, then he also read the text written on the back.

[Amazing Fact! If you pierce a hole, you can create a passage! If a passage is created, you can move! If you can move, it would also be possible to drop an object at the start of the passage and receive it at the end, right?]