Jelly Alien Will Save You! - Chapter 73

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The Jelly Alien Will Save You!

Episode 73

Jae Hee with an expressionless face looked up at Chae Heon.

“…I was worried you might get contaminated.”

“Ah, contamination.”

Jae Hee, who said this in a languid tone, lowered his gaze and made eye contact with the Black Octopus. As if they were having a conversation.

Soon after, the Black Octopus stomped its foot with a thud. Then it rolled on the floor laughing.

Jae Hee also relaxed his expressionless face for the first time and raised the corners of his mouth in a grin. For Jae Hee, who consistently maintained an expressionless face, this was practically bursting into laughter.

But that behavior, that laughter.

…That’s what those two do when they find something to tease about.

This time, it seemed like Chae Heon had somehow become their target.

Chae Heon seemed annoyed by Gyeol who kept mimicking him and laughing, so he raised his eyebrows and turned his body away sharply.

Regardless, Jae Hee boldly made a demand to his back.

“Heon, go boil some eggs.”

Jae Hee, who spoke like a stepmother ordering Cinderella around, added.

“Dam says she needs boiled eggs.”

Suddenly using me as an excuse?!

Bang!

Chae Heon slammed the door shut hard, apparently not feeling the need to respond.

“…”

What the heck.

I pouted in dissatisfaction, feeling like I was being teased for no reason too.

But my heart melted instantly at what Jae Hee said next.

“Little one, let’s go fishing to duplicate money.”

Duplicate money…?

Come to think of it, Jae Hee was the legendary ‘Abusing Player’ who had even been suspended for exploiting bugs.

That meant he knew hundreds of ways to make money through tricks.

“Yes yes!”

I nodded enthusiastically.

“How many coins have you collected?”

“I have about 180,000 right now.”

“You’ve collected a lot. Then want to buy a frog skin?”

“Yes.”

A frog skin was needed for the fishing bug play.

When I spent 1,000 coins to buy the frog skin, a crisp light green raincoat and boots popped out.

When Jae Hee helped me put on the raincoat, Kwon Bora said I was so cute and hugged me and gave me kisses.

While I was receiving all this affection, Chae Heon came out carrying a basket.

The basket was filled with boiled eggs.

“…”

I was speechless for a moment.

He really boiled them, Chae-derella.

“What are you going to do with these?”

Chae Heon asked, watching us prepare.

“We’re going fishing!”

“We’re going fishing.”

When Jae Hee and I spoke at the same time, Chae-derella’s eyebrows curved strangely.

“You’re going to fish in the Contaminated Area?”

“Yes.”

I spun around wearing the frog raincoat and boots.

“Frog bait fishing!”

* * *

Yongsan Park bus stop.

“Beep-“

When we arrived at our destination, we all got off the bus in a rush.

I caught some candy that a large hand threw to me.

The hand that gave me the candy started moving the bus away again. Clatter clatter.

When the bus disappeared, the entrance to Yongsan Park that was fully revealed was shrouded in thick fog. It was so dense you could barely see an inch ahead.

“The fog is thicker than I thought…”

Though his expression was stiff, Jae Hee’s tone was full of worry. It sounded like he might suggest we quit at any moment.

“This much is fine, fine~”

I waved my hands back and forth.

It’s a little scary, but if I can make big money, I can take this much risk!

I moved quickly while carrying the basket filled with white boiled eggs. A fishing hook was hanging from the back of my neck.

When I stepped forward, the line from Jae Hee’s fishing rod extended long.

What we were trying to catch today was the ‘Golden Carp’ that lived in the pond, a rarely appearing unique creature.

Thanks to this, Golden Carp gave out many coins when caught, ranging from 1,000 coins per fish to as much as 10,000 coins.

But why is this called ‘money duplication’?

It’s because you can use a bug to respawn (regenerate monsters) these Golden Carp and keep catching them.

In a game, you’d get your account suspended if caught, but there’s no administrator in the real world…!

For that reason, everyone was carrying wooden fishing rods today.

As we entered the Yongsan Park entrance, it felt like passing through wobbly jelly.

The fog was just as thick inside, but the sensation on the skin was strangely sticky. It felt like clothes were getting wet even though they weren’t actually wet.

“It feels a little, a little damp.”

Kwon Bora rubbed her arms.

“Right, it’s like we came to play in the water at a fountain!”

I bounced around while bringing up old memories.

There was a fountain at the hospital too, and in summer they would turn on the water for me to play there.

When I laughed while telling them that was the only time I could play in water, for some reason everyone gathered around to pet me.

“Let’s definitely go play in water together next time.”

“Should we all go to the beach when we get out of here?”

“Yes yes!”

Though I didn’t understand why, I was happy and smiled brightly.

Eventually we moved along the path through the forest.

But then, we heard something of unknown identity whispering in the bushes.

“It’s a frog. A frog came.”

“Looks delicious. That really looks delicious. If I put it in my mouth and chew it up crunchy and swallow, my stomach would feel full.”

“Should we eat it? Should we eat it? Should we eat it? Should we eat it? Should we eat it?”

“A frog came! Let’s divide up the limbs and share a bite each.”

I could even hear the sound of gulping saliva.

Eek!

I, the frog, rolled my eyes around.

At that moment, Fish Heads came out from the bushes and muttered.

“Should we eat it?”

“Should we eat it?”

“Should we eat it?”

“Should we eat it?”

“Should we eat it?”

I barely managed to cover my mouth before a shriek could come out.

My heart was beating wildly.

I need to be careful not to get eaten.

‘I’m a decoy frog right now…!’

The reason they see me as a frog is because I bought and wore a frog skin.

The options attached to this skin are as follows.

[Frog Raincoat Set]

-Can become extremely cute.

-When worn, treated as a ‘decoy frog’ and can understand the language of aquatic creatures.

What is a ‘decoy frog’ here?

It refers to a rare ‘universal bait.’

And that meant aquatic creatures would lick their lips and approach me.

Trembling. I grabbed onto Chae Heon’s pant leg as he approached and whispered quietly.

“Chae Heon… The fish aren’t living in water, they’re out in the forest…”

“They’ve mutated. That’s why I said it would be dangerous.”

“That’s why I’m sticking close to you.”

Chae Heon looked down at me with displeasure.

Why, what, why.

“By the way, where’s the pond? Is it far from here?”

I looked around the vicinity.

“That’s it.”

Chae Heon gestured toward one direction.

“…?”

I floated a question mark above my head.

There was no pond where he pointed. All that was around was just fog.

White, heavy fog was pooled from the ground up to waist height.

“I only see fog?”

When I asked, Chae Heon nodded.

“This fog is the pond.”

Thud-thud-thud-thud!

Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!

Just then, the sound of frantic running came from the surroundings.

“Then this sound is…”

“Those are the fish you’re supposed to catch.”

Gyaaaaaaah!

I clutched Chae Heon’s pant leg and screamed silently.

Even in that moment, thud-thud! thud-thud-thud! the running sounds continued.

“Looks delicious.”

“I want to eat it!”

“Let’s just have one bite!”

The fish were circling around me!

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