Jelly Alien Will Save You! - Chapter 58

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The Jelly Alien Will Save You!

Episode 58

Chae Heon smoothly turned his head.

“Washing machine?”

“Yeah. I made a water heater too, didn’t I? A washing machine is nothing.”

I blinked my eyes prettily.

“Chae Heon, you trust your big sister, right? I’m an alien with powers. Besides a washing machine, is there anything else you need? Just tell me~”

“….”

Chae Heon pressed his lips together for a moment, seeming to roll something around in his head, then asked bluntly.

“What are you going to the Central Bank for?”

It worked! My face brightened.

“Mmhm! To buy peppers!”

Chae Heon’s face scrunched up.

Thinking he might have misunderstood, I blinked my eyes.

“I meant the crop.”

“I know that!”

Chae Heon got angry with a burst.

Never mind then. I shrugged my shoulders and flew around in circles on the spaceship.

* * *

I placed the bottle of collected seeds, the Hamster Drone, and Older Brother in a corner of the spaceship. The Hamster Drone was sleeping for solar charging due to battery issues.

The spaceship is getting pretty cramped now.

‘Or maybe Older Brother gained weight.’

When I pressed down on the plump Black Octopus, Older Brother wiggled his tentacles. He must be ticklish.

“You’ve gotten cute, Older Brother.”

I politely said he was cute instead of saying he’d gotten fat.

Then I tied a string to the spaceship so it would follow me like a balloon. Now that the spaceship could fly, it was nice not having to drag it around anymore.

After putting on my fur slippers and finishing my preparations, I waited in the courtyard, and Chae Heon came out having changed clothes.

Pulling the zipper of his zip-up hoodie all the way to his neck, Chae Heon said.

“We’re walking, so follow me well.”

“Walking? We’re not taking the bus?”

“The bus doesn’t run on that route.”

“Ohh… You know a lot of things.”

When I said that, for some reason Chae Heon pressed his lips tightly together.

“…?”

I approached Chae Heon and held out my hand.

Then Chae Heon glanced down and lowered the hand that had been pulling up his zipper.

I tightly grasped Chae Heon’s large hand.

“What rules do I need to follow at the bank?”

“The bank is nothing special. But the way there is dangerous. So don’t let go of my hand, don’t look elsewhere, and don’t get enchanted.”

“Enchanted?”

“Yeah.”

“Ooh-“

I gave him an interested look. Chae Heon shook his head and stepped outside the house.

“We’ll be back-! We’ll bring lots of delicious things, so wait for us!”

When I shouted loudly, Kwon Bora and Gong Ju Won greeted us.

“Be careful!”

“Have a safe trip!”

I pattered along behind, led by Chae Heon’s steps.

“Isn’t it nice now that the house is bustling?”

“It’s annoying.”

“You like it but you always act aloof.”

Ahaha! When I laughed heartily, Chae Heon glared at me with a sullen expression.

What, why, what.

* * *

We soon entered the deserted Yongsan Downtown.

Street lamps lay fallen, and traffic lights were dark and off. Whenever the cold wind blew, tilted signs creaked and groaned.

I looked around.

There were no traces of people, but it felt like there were many watching eyes. An indescribable feeling tickled the back of my neck.

“From here, be careful not to step on any stairs.”

“Stairs?”

I thought it was a rather strange warning.

Something glinted in the middle of the road. Looking closely, it was an advertisement board. A woman was smiling inside it. Brightly.

‘It’s Lovely Uni!’

When I stared at the face of the star I hadn’t seen in a long time, Chae Heon’s grip tightened.

“Don’t look.”

It was a firm voice.

At the same time, the smiling Lovely Uni’s eyes blinked and moved.

Hiiiiik!

A chill ran down my spine.

“Didn’t it just move?”

“It didn’t move.”

Chae Heon pulled me toward him, blocking the advertisement board from my view.

I trembled and stuck close to Chae Heon’s side as I moved.

“Is that what you mean by getting enchanted?”

“Mostly. They follow you more if you look weak, so it’s better to act normal.”

“Mmhm!”

I gripped his hand tightly, trying not to look toward the advertisement board again.

After that, crow-like shadows seemed to fly toward Chae Heon’s head, but Chae Heon stood calmly without closing his eyes or dodging. The approaching shadows faded away like smoke.

‘Good. Calm and composed like Chae Heon.’

I pondered Chae Heon’s attitude and moved my feet confidently.

“Kiiiii-“

Clank. Clank.

From the coin laundromat came the sound of something eerie spinning, and on the fallen traffic light someone was sitting and muttering ‘Red light. Red light,’ but!

‘Don’t mind it. Don’t mind it.’

Just as I was walking looking only ahead.

Something caught under my foot with a click.

“Huh?”

Why are there stairs here?

When I looked up, stairs were lined up densely all the way to the sky.

‘Then I should go up…’

Just as I was about to step onto the stairs without thinking.

Older Brother smacked me.

“…?”

I blinked my eyes.

Why did you hit me.

Just as I was about to grumble, something suddenly came to mind.

Wait. Didn’t he tell me not to step on stairs earlier?

Goosebumps rose and my heart sank with a thud.

“…Hey, Chae Heon. I can see stairs.”

Chae Heon turned to look at me with a surprised face.

“Did you step on it?”

I was startled and shook my head vigorously.

“N-no!”

Chae Heon let out a sigh of relief.

“Just get on my back.”

“Okay!”

Chae Heon bent down.

I tried to climb onto Chae Heon’s back without complaint.

But.

In front of me as I moved toward Chae Heon’s back, two small stairs had appeared like stepping stones.

I couldn’t get on his back without stepping on those stairs.

My foot unconsciously tried to step onto the stairs.

Smack!

At that moment, Older Brother’s tentacle flew over again.

“…!”

I turned blue again as I had unconsciously tried to step onto the stairs.

“Huh, I was trying to give you a piggyback ride but the stairs are blocking it!”

Chae Heon quickly straightened up and stepped back several paces.

I swallowed.

As soon as Chae Heon moved away from me, stairs appeared all around where I was standing. Making it impossible to take even a single step from where I stood.

“….”

Gulp. After swallowing, I slowly explained the situation to Chae Heon.

“Right now stairs are blocking everything around me. I don’t think I can move even one step like this….”

The stairs blocked my view so I couldn’t even see Chae Heon’s face anymore.

I’m scared….

I drooped my ears. My eyes trembled.

“Hey, Chae Heon…. What happens if I go up these stairs?”

“You don’t need to know.”

Chae Heon said coldly.

His tone was stiff, but he was clearly not telling me on purpose to avoid scaring me.

Whatever happened, I understood that I absolutely must not step on the stairs.

“Chae Heon, can you see me from there?”

“Yeah.”

“Then could you, could you hug me?”

My voice came out trembling. I raised both arms up into the invisible air.

As if someone had grabbed my hand, I felt something slightly cold.

“….”

Chae Heon’s silence lasted a bit longer.

“If I lift you up right now, stairs might appear under you and you could end up stepping on them.”

“Th-then what should we do….”

Until now, I had been underestimating the Contaminated Area. I never expected something like this to happen.

It seemed Chae Heon felt the same way as a bewildered silence continued.

Then, when I thought the grip on my hand had gotten a little stronger.

“Close your eyes and cover your ears.”

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