24-Hour Friendly Market, Specializing in Dimensional Items - Chapter 186

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24-Hour Friendly Market Specializing in Dimensional Items Episode 186

 

Episode 186. Troublemaker (3)

 

With my prison break experience accumulating, even my resolve comes quickly now.

 

‘Is this what they call growth?’

 

It’s somewhat amazing even to myself that I naturally arrived at this conclusion.

 

Good kids shouldn’t watch this and copy it though.

 

“A Griffin?”

 

That’s when Tommy asked back with a puzzled look in his eyes.

 

I worried that my tone sounded too suspicious when I first said it.

 

“Oh, the Griffin should be at the airport, shouldn’t it…? I haven’t been under Lady Siena for very long, so I don’t know exactly.”

 

Tommy answered while staring up at me with very innocent eyes.

 

Maybe it’s because I’m tall for a woman, but Tommy is quite short for a man.

 

The way he looked up at me with innocent eyes made Tommy seem like an even purer person.

 

I feel this every time I try to extract information from someone, but he has a face that makes people feel particularly sorry.

 

‘But I can’t not ask because of that.’

 

I moved my steps and asked very naturally.

 

“Is the airport close by?”

 

“Well, I’m not sure…? I don’t go there often either, so I always look at a map when I go. If you follow Route 1 all the way, you’ll find it.”

 

Even while saying he doesn’t know, he still tries to recall and answer me – somehow I feel a strangely Korean warmth from this.

 

“Oh, but the airport is obviously huge and looks newly built, so you can’t miss it when you see it. It’s the biggest building in Seiporamonium!”

 

Such kindness, even adding other information on top of that.

 

As expected, every scenario seems to have one helper character who spills information freely.

 

I widened my eyes as if curious and nodded my head.

 

Not having done social work for very long, Tommy’s expression gained more confidence as he became pleased.

 

‘If I clapped for him, he’d probably tell me his bank account password too.’

 

I maintained innocent eyes and a face that knew nothing while naturally asking.

 

“But Lady Chloe travels with a Black Wyvern, and Lady Siena travels with a Griffin. Do the Chief Managers each travel with different monsters?”

 

“That’s right, usually monsters are raised for shipping. For riding monsters, things like bonding with the breeder and intelligence are extremely important. Seeing that you don’t know, you’re not from the Livestock Pen side, are you?”

 

“…Oh, yes. I’m more on the support side, if I had to categorize it.”

 

“I knew it! I thought so.”

 

Even though my answer was slightly delayed, he doesn’t suspect anything at all.

 

He’s cheerful even after giving me information that will get him caught like a mouse by Siena when I escape.

 

Though it’s completely wrong information, he seemed proud that he matched the information in his own way.

 

‘As long as you’re happy.’

 

I tried not to look at him pitifully and threw out another question.

 

“Since you mention bonding, Lady Siena was originally just a breeder too, I suppose?”

 

“Of course, the Griffin was also a monster that Lady Siena was in charge of. When she got promoted to Chief Manager, there happened to be no shipping schedule for the Griffin. The timing was good!”

 

Indeed.

 

Since I met you who answers my questions freely, my timing is good too.

 

Then there’s a high possibility that the Griffin and Siena have quite a strong bond.

 

‘Can they even talk?’

 

Setting aside Brother’s conversation as a special exception, if Siena can communicate with the Griffin, that would be the easy path of ‘getting information by talking to monsters.’

 

In other words, a shortcut!

 

I asked with a slightly hopeful voice.

 

“She must have been breeding for a very long time. So can she have conversations too?”

 

“They say there’s some kind of item for it, but I don’t really know. It’s not conversation but just emotion sharing, I think? I’m a trainee breeder, so I don’t know much about riding monsters!”

 

Tommy’s face as he cheerfully says he doesn’t know is very refreshing.

 

“You can only take the rider test after becoming a top-level breeder. I’m having a hard time just adapting to the Livestock Pen right now…”

 

He even shares his complaints and lets out a deep sigh.

 

‘We haven’t even known each other for an hour.’

 

Am I comfortable to be around?

 

Or do I have a somewhat trustworthy face…?

 

Having lived my whole life only hearing that I look fierce, this is quite moving.

 

Anyway, it doesn’t seem like Siena properly communicates, just emotion sharing…

 

To summarize, when Brother and the Griffin had their conversation, the Griffin would have been in breeding.

 

Siena, who was in charge of the Griffin at that time, might have shared the Griffin’s emotions then.

 

‘She might have some vague knowledge about a strange man.’

 

Maybe Siena, who seems like she’d act coldly toward me and not leak any information, might know something.

 

It would be best to ask directly, but that depends on the situation.

 

Right now, escape comes first.

 

…If I escape, I won’t be able to create a situation to talk with Siena in the first place.

 

Just as I belatedly realized this fact, Tommy’s footsteps stopped.

 

“We’re here, Lady Lee Hae. Please go in and wait!”

 

In front of the familiar white door I had come out of following Siena earlier.

 

“We got here quickly!”

 

Tommy said with a bright smile.

 

The audacity to boldly shout “We got here quickly!” after wandering around for exactly 34 minutes.

 

I should learn from that attitude and try pestering Siena once…

 

‘She won’t kill me just for escaping, right?’

 

I silently entered the isolation room.

 

The sun had set a little in the meantime, so the direction of the sunlight coming in had changed.

 

“Please wait. Lady Siena will return soon.”

 

Tommy bowed down to his waist with an innocent face until the very end.

 

As soon as I heard the rattling sound of the lock from outside the door and all presence completely disappeared, I took a deep breath.

 

What I pulled out was the iron dagger.

 

It was time to demonstrate the escape magic I had shown Clara in Casabl’s prison again.

 

I gripped the iron dagger tightly with both hands and prayed with all my heart.

 

‘Sorry, Tommy.’

 

Though you’ll get scolded by Siena because of me, I hope your future after that will be clear without a single cloud…

 

* * *

 

‘Emergency.’

 

A huge problem occurred just 5 minutes into my escape.

 

Even though I don’t know exactly where the airport is, I thought it would be easy to find since it’s the biggest, most glittering building that appears when you follow the main road.

 

Not being able to find that building is one problem, but the bigger problem is none other than my appearance.

 

Here, everyone is pure white – everything except their pupils is pure white.

 

But I have black hair and am wearing a black robe.

 

Plus my skin color is apricot.

 

In this pure white city, I’m the only one in full color.

 

Me, an all-black enthusiast who has never once been told I have “many colors,” am the only source of color in Seiporamonium.

 

I thought about trying to imitate their faces with the Mask of All Faces.

 

But Siena is too famous, and I met Tommy just 5 minutes ago so I might run into him.

 

I don’t want to cause a doppelganger incident in this building.

 

I had no choice but to pull my hood down deep.

 

Though I haven’t used it for a while thanks to the Mask of All Faces, the Shadow Knights’ robe still functions faithfully.

 

Only after carefully wrapping my hood so it wouldn’t come off did I slowly move down the stairs.

 

Several pure white humans passed by me, but fortunately they didn’t seem to sense my presence.

 

I was worried they might do magical power detection like Aetheria at the building entrance.

 

‘…It’s really lax.’

 

They don’t even do identity checks, and the doors are wide open.

 

They haven’t even noticed I escaped from the isolation room yet, so it’s incredibly peaceful.

 

Colorless humans passed by me laughing and chatting.

 

Well, that’s good for me.

 

I strode out of the building with large steps.

 

The scenery that came into view was overwhelmingly white.

 

I’ve been to all kinds of worlds, but this place felt strangely unsettling.

 

Streets paved with pure white gravel, pure white streetlights, and even pure white buildings.

 

The expressions of people coming and going on the streets are peaceful, but only I feel this sense of déjà vu.

 

‘No, that’s natural. This is everyday life for these people.’

 

I’m just the one who can’t accept the novelty after being dropped into this world that looks like it was made from folded drawing paper.

 

‘Let’s not worry about it.’

 

I pretended to ignore my awkward feelings and continued walking.

 

Anyway, my destination is the airport.

 

If I follow Route 1 straight, I should be able to spot the largest building right away.

 

I thought finding where Route 1 was would be the first problem.

 

‘This city is really considerate.’

 

Fortunately, there was a large signpost in front of the building with the isolation room.

 

This place is really kind in every way except for Siena.

 

It seemed quite far, so I wanted to travel using the Emerald Skywalk, but unfortunately the robe wasn’t big enough to cover it.

 

I walked slowly following the signpost as if taking a leisurely stroll.

 

As I walked around, I was able to confirm the information I’d heard about this dimension.

 

It really was a dimension that existed solely for monster breeding, as every shop was related to breeding.

 

After passing a bulletin board with rider exam announcements and apprentice breeder recruitment notices and turning the corner, I finally saw my destination.

 

Tommy’s words were true.

 

“Damn, this is crazy…”

 

I unconsciously let out an exclamation and hurriedly looked around.

 

Good thing there was no one around.

 

At the end of the pure white boulevard that stretched out wide and straight like a path meant only to reach that place, a building shaped like rough stones stood majestically.

 

Though it had a rough shape like an unprocessed gem, the sparkling exterior walls that clearly looked newly built naturally drew out exclamations.

 

‘Ah, so blinding…’

 

There’s no other glare quite like this.

 

The other buildings somehow blocked light reflection well, so even though they were pure white, they weren’t particularly blinding.

 

But that building reflected all the sunlight, making me feel like I’d go blind even from the end of the boulevard.

 

Who would have thought the greatest pain I’d experience here would be from glare.

 

I hurriedly quickened my pace.

 

The closer I got to the building, the more people wearing clothes like Siena and Tommy appeared.

 

And the building gets bigger.

 

…Wait, it’s getting too big?

 

I thought it would be about the size of a school at most, but this is the size of a university campus.

 

Is it okay for a building to be this big?

 

No, since it’s a place where flying monsters come and go, does it need to be this big?

 

My head became complicated, but my feet faithfully headed toward the building.

 

[Airport]

 

When I finally arrived in front of the building, incomparably more people than before were coming and going from the building.

 

It was almost as crowded as Yeoksam Station during rush hour, making me feel drained just standing there.

 

‘No, get it together, Lee Hae-won.’

 

I need to think about meeting Griffin, cleanly hearing about Brother, and escaping.

 

I steeled my resolve and entered the building.

 

Apart from bearing the name airport, this place also seemed to be a supply depot that delivered breeding supplies to Orphium.

 

Carts loaded with various equipment, feed, and supplies.

 

And countless people wearing breeder clothes were busily moving around inside the building.

 

The problem was there were no signposts to help me understand the internal layout.

 

‘How am I supposed to find where Griffin is from here…’

 

It would have been nice if I could have gotten more information from Tommy.

 

For now, there’s nothing I can do except search on foot… right?

 

Just as I thought that, a loud shout came from somewhere.

 

“I told you Griffin has no flights today, so let him rest in his cage!”

 

What did you say, our Griffin?!

 

I quickly turned my head toward where the sound came from.

 

There was a middle-aged man with his hair tied up high like a topknot, frowning.

 

The man wearing a uniform that looked like a suit was severely scolding someone in front of him.

 

“Siena didn’t even give instructions, so why did you bring him up to the airport?!”

 

A woman who looked about my age pushed up her pure white glasses frames and answered.

 

“Ah, that’s because I thought just in case…”

 

That fierce uncle is yelling, but she doesn’t even blink and talks back confidently – I’m somehow drawn to that spirit.

 

I carefully walked toward them.

 

At the same time, the man shouted once more as if annoyed.

 

“Take him to the cage right now!”

 

“Ah yes, I’ll take care of it right away…”

 

Yes, Lee Hae-won will follow along too!

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