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[To the west warehouse at midnight]
When I went into my room after work, a note was hidden under the door.
Why are you asking to meet already?
Is there anything else to do?
So far, there has been no problem. Richard has acted like he's crazy.
I was nervous, but I put the pin I received from the maid on my head and headed to the west warehouse.
'Turn the hairpin and the knife-'
It was a kind of spell that I memorized like a talisman these days.
Entering the warehouse, I looked around. I can't feel any presence-.
"You're here."
Speak of the devil.
"...Is there anything you want me to do?"
"No, I don't."
"Then what brings you-"
Before finishing my sentence, he pushed a knife against my neck.
When something sharp and cold touched my neck, I instinctively swallowed dry saliva.
Something went wrong somewhere.
"Are you sure you fed the monster what I gave you?"
"...I fed it properly. There's a rumor all over the house that a monster is crazy, don't you know?"
"He shouldn't go crazy, he-"
What do you mean?
I couldn't understand the man's words.
The fruit causes the transcendent to go crazy. In other words, if he doesn't eat the fruit, he won't go crazy.
Don't tell me-.
No way, it can't be.
As I was trying to figure out what was going on, the man opened his mouth.
"Did you use the bottle I gave you a few days ago to feed him?"
"...He ate it."
I left it in the incinerator.
"Then why is the monster crazy?"
"What?"
"It was an antidote."
...Damn it.
It was a mistake to believe the man who said that what was in the bottle was more poisonous.
The suspicious man threw out the bait, and I took it.
I never thought he'd give me an antidote, and most of all-.
<This time, I've got a stronger one, so put it in.>
Hearing those words, I thought it must have been poisonous and threw it into an incinerator.
'Let's be calm.'
Things went wrong, but I didn't just think it would work out.
I have to get through this situation.
"...I don't know."
"You don't know?"
"I must have fed the monster what you gave me. Something is clearly wrong."
How do I get over this situation?
I'm biting my lips and worrying about it, but I can't find a solution right away.
Chapter 64
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