Jelly Alien Will Save You! - Chapter 50

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The Jelly Alien Will Save You!

 

Episode 50

 

Is my purification power shining through? Or is it my alien technology?

 

Either way.

 

“Chae Heon… are you finally going to trust me?”

 

“Yeah. You’re the most reliable one here.”

 

Chae Heon answered seriously.

 

My eyes widened.

 

My body suddenly felt hot.

 

A dungeon that only I can clear? I can’t resist that!

 

“Let’s go, let’s go! I’ll clear it for you!”

 

“Are you really going?”

 

“Yes!”

 

“I’m really fine though…”

 

Older Sister Bora looked worried, but Chae Heon seemed unusually nonchalant today, saying he “needed supplies” as he went into the room.

 

What he brought out was rope.

 

The very same rope I used to pull my spaceship around.

 

Chae Heon wrapped the rope around me, spinning me round and round as he tied it.

 

“…?”

 

“It’s supplies.”

 

“Do we really need this?”

 

I pouted while wearing what looked like a baby harness across my chest.

 

This really makes me look like a puppy.

 

But Chae Heon didn’t care and spoke after tying the rope securely.

 

“Yeah. You might get lost.”

 

“Ah, like the ‘Labyrinth of the Minotaur’?”

 

Theseus brought a ball of thread into the labyrinth so he wouldn’t get lost.

 

Chae Heon glanced somewhere else and shrugged.

 

“…Well, it might be similar.”

 

“I see.”

 

So the dungeon we’re going to is like a labyrinth.

 

“Good. Finding paths is my specialty.”

 

Because I have a map!

 

When I acted confident, Chae Heon seemed to be holding back laughter for some reason.

 

What? Why is he acting like that?

 

I narrowed my eyes.

 

Then Chae Heon returned to his usual stoic expression.

 

“Heon, but won’t you really explain what kind of dungeon it is in detail?”

 

“It’s better not to know.”

 

“But Dam might be in danger.”

 

Older Brother bounced up and down on my head, agreeing with Older Sister Bora’s words.

 

“It’s fine, I’m okay. It’s a place only I can clear, right? I’ll figure it out.”

 

With my nose held high, I said this to reassure Older Sister and Older Brother.

 

Up until this point, I was confident I wouldn’t be surprised by whatever appeared.

 

Until I faced ‘that thing.’

 

* * *

 

“Beep-”

 

Getting off the bus, I received another candy from Xion.

 

I put the candy in my spaceship, then folded the spaceship small enough to fit in my pocket.

 

Older Sister, who was riding Xion’s bus for the first time, looked somewhat dazed.

 

“Amazing.”

 

“You’ll get used to it soon, Older Sister.”

 

Having ridden the Xion bus three times, I patted Older Sister’s hand like a veteran.

 

Looking up, I could see the building forest where tall guild buildings were gathered.

 

“This place is full of variants, so be careful.”

 

Saying this, Chae Heon took the lead. We carefully followed behind him.

 

Queisa Headquarters wasn’t far away.

 

“Queisa…”

 

Older Sister muttered quietly.

 

A large building right next to a small park that seemed forcibly squeezed between the building forest.

 

Older Sister turned her head toward the fountain.

 

“I used to come out here briefly when I needed to clear my head…”

 

The fountain was filled with leaves and dirt instead of water.

 

The building forest, untouched by human hands, had various trees and vegetation growing throughout.

 

Then, I noticed my shadow on the ground moving one step behind my actual movements.

 

“…?”

 

“Careful.”

 

Chae Heon’s hand lifted me up.

 

Unlike before when he grabbed my ears, this time he grabbed the harness on my back.

 

“…!”

 

Grrr! Being treated like luggage, I bared my teeth and struggled.

 

Chae Heon skillfully avoided my struggling and said.

 

“This is convenient? Keep wearing it.”

 

“No!”

 

Put me down! Put me down!

 

As I continued struggling, Older Sister Bora took me and held me in her arms.

 

“Heon, you can’t hold Dam like that. You have to hold her like this.”

 

Though she spoke as if teaching how to hold a puppy, thanks to her I was safely put back on the ground.

 

I adjusted my harness once. I don’t like it, but right now this harness serves as ‘Ariadne’s thread (the ball of thread Theseus brought to the labyrinth).’

 

Holding the harness tightly, I raised my hand toward the two of them.

 

“You two wait here. I’ll clear it and come back.”

 

“Heon, our Dam will really be okay, right?”

 

“Yes. She’s the best option here.”

 

At those words, I lifted the corners of my mouth.

 

“Then is there anything I should know?”

 

“You’ll naturally find out when you go.”

 

Good. Nodding my head, I boldly headed toward Queisa Headquarters.

 

Passing through the automatic doors into the marble lobby, I looked around.

 

I think I’ve only been here twice…

 

Back then, many people were coming and going.

 

Lost in thought, I stood quietly in front of the desk. I was waiting for an anomaly to occur.

 

However.

 

‘What? Nothing’s happening?’

 

Just as I was thinking that.

 

I heard something going boing! boing! from the stairs.

 

“…?!”

 

Turning my head, I saw round, fist-sized slime-like creatures.

 

Not just one, but several. No, enough to call them a legion.

 

“Huh!”

 

Older Brother bounced frantically on my head, telling me to run.

 

As the slime army swarmed toward me, I stumbled backward.

 

What do you mean I’ll naturally figure it out! Figure out what!

 

At that moment, the slime army charged at me.

 

“Kyaaaah!”

 

Chae Heon, this bastard! He was trying to assassinate me…!

 

Just as I was struggling to escape from the slimes’ grasp.

 

The slimes suddenly changed form.

 

“…?”

 

They wobbled and shifted shape, and I began to see a familiar color.

 

‘Why am I seeing pink?’

 

I blinked in confusion.

 

It was about my size. And it had a pale strawberry milk color.

 

Just like me.

 

Of course it did.

 

It was my appearance.

 

The slimes had all transformed to look like me.

 

Long ears. Round, sparkling black eyes. A jelly-like round body.

 

Pink aliens were swarming all around me.

 

“…Ah.”

 

I get it.

 

I narrowed my eyes.

 

I know this. It appeared in 【Cute Cute! Planet Mon!】 too.

 

These are doppelgangers!

 

They looked at me with sparkling eyes.

 

“Yap!”

 

“Yap yap!”

 

“Yap yap yap!”

 

Small fists came flying one after another.

 

Thud.

 

Thud thud.

 

“…?”

 

I just stood there.

 

There wasn’t any particular reason. It just felt like jelly bouncing, nothing more.

 

It didn’t hurt or itch, so I didn’t bother dodging.

 

On the other hand, when I reached out my hand-

 

Thud-

 

One doppelganger rolled backward. Then it hit the floor and bounced with a boing.

 

“Haha! How pathetically weak!”

 

The moment I pointed and mocked it.

 

Yap yap yap yap!

 

Suddenly they all charged at once.

 

Yap yap yap yap!

 

Yap yap yap!

 

Punching.

 

Body slams.

 

Headbutts.

 

…They were all like soft cotton swabs.

 

I stood still in that scene for a moment. Because reality hit me.

 

Squishy aliens were pushing each other, pushing me, falling over each other, getting back up and fighting while going “yap yap.”

 

Suddenly anger surged through me.

 

“So.”

 

I grabbed the ears of a nearby doppelganger and shouted.

 

“So because of this!”

 

Yap yap yap!

 

“Because of this, you said only I could break it?!”

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