Seoul Object Story

As I walked slowly and arrived at Gwanak-gu, the morning sun rose above the horizon and casted a golden glow over the landscape as if to welcome me.

The warm light also bathed the ruins in a soft glow, illuminating the intricate shapes of the broken buildings scattered around the area while shadows danced playfully among the debris, creating a mosaic of light and darkness that decorated the desolate ruins.

However, in that serene and quiet morning landscape, the sticky black mucus also made its presence known. The ‘evolution fluid’ rippled smoothly like well-maintained synthetic rubber and shone with a unique luster. It looked as if a lot of smooth rubber had been laid out on the ruins.

It could have been a beautiful sight, but the foul stench that permeated the air tarnished the beauty of the scene.

The stench, filled with the smell of petroleum and malice, seemed to gnaw at my sanity, it was a terrible smell that I could never get used to.

Because the liquid was harmful to both living things and Objects, there were no living beings found in the ruins. Not only were there no bugs crawling on the ground, there were also no birds flying in the sky.

I thought there would be many people flocking to Gwanak-gu after seeing the notes of the Director of Trinity Third Research Institute and the ‘Evolution Liquid’ used in Mount Odae, but the ruins were more deserted than I thought.

There were Trinity Research Institute camps and research camps belonging to the Association set up around the area, but there were no researchers working in them. There were also almost no security guards guarding the area.

Looking at that, I thought It would be easier to remove the ‘Evolution Liquid’ that had seeped into the ruins than I expected.

I should have cleaned up that disgusting mucus a long time ago! But, I never thought that there would be so many people trying to recycle the liquid that had destroyed an entire area.

In particular, after reading the records from the Trinity First Research Institute, I couldn’t just leave it alone after reading a report that the Association was also researching it in order to use it to suppress Objects.

However, when I actually thought about removing every single drop of it, I felt a little regretful. After all, I wouldn’t be able to play the mini reaper drop game anymore.

Then, which mini reaper should I throw in for the one last time?

I’d used the Golden Reaper so often that it became boring, so I chose one of the younger ones. The weak ones wouldn’t die even if they touched the black mucus, but they would have a hard time. So I thought the ‘Black Reaper’, who was as tough as the Golden Reaper but hated black mucus so much, would be the one who would give me the best reaction.

When I summoned a Black Reaper to my palm, it quickly bared its teeth and made a fierce expression as it looked at the environment filled with black mucus.

Then, the moment I gently picked up the Black Reaper and tried to slowly put it into the black mucus, the Black Reaper turned into slime and escaped from my grasp.

Punch-! Punch-!

The Black Reaper, who had climbed up onto my shoulder, clenched both of its fists and punched me in the cheek. While doing so, its expression was as if asking how I could do such a cruel thing.

Then, I started to feel a little angry.

It might be hard to throw the Golden Reaper with time acceleration, but wouldn’t I be able to do it against the Black Reaper?

However, when I tried to throw it using time acceleration, I failed every time. The Black Reaper, who could freely change its shape, was much stronger and more agile than me.

Hing-!

It seemed impossible to just grab it and throw it.

Who would have thought the Black Reaper would be more agile than the Golden Reaper, the eldest…

Why do my children all have better athleticism than me?

Just as I was about to give up, the Black Reaper conveyed his will.

Why are you playing such pranks, Mom?

Well… because it’s fun.

The Black Reaper nodded and slowly walked towards the black mucus.

Watch closely, Mom!

As the Black Reaper trudged towards the black mucus, it turned to me and conveyed its will.

It wanted me to watch closely.

“?”

The Black Reaper looked solemn and scared for some reason.

Stop!

I urgently conveyed my will, but the Black Reaper had already knelt before the mucus and put its trembling fingers into it.

Gurgle-!

Then, the black reaper began to melt. Starting from its fingertips, the black mucus gradually crept into its body and melted it. At the same time, the Black Reaper fell to the ground like a doll which had its strings cut.

I was so startled that I ran and hugged the Black Reaper.

!

The Black Reaper opened its eyes slightly as if it were dying and let out a small sound.

Squeak-!

Now that you know how harmful it was, you shouldn’t play pranks with it, Mom.

At the same time, I could feel a faint will coming from it.

I’m sorry! I won’t do it anymore!

In a situation which was more urgent than I expected, I kept apologizing while throwing firewood into it.

Even though the black mucus couldn’t affect the Golden Reapers, it turned out to be fatal for the Black Reapers.

I thought all my children were immune to it, but maybe it was just me and the Golden Reaper who were special?

I’m sorry! Don’t die!

After some time passed as I kept injecting firewood to fill the Black Reaper’s body hundreds of times, one of the arms that had disappeared slowly began to regenerate.

Ha… Thank goodness.

I thought so as I slowly stroked the Black Reaper’s head, who was soundly sleeping.

It must have hurt a lot…

Black mucus really needs to disappear from this world!

Even though half of it was my fault, the fact that such a harmful substance existed on Earth was simply a problem.

I summoned a black sphere with my anger and started destroying the black mucus. The smooth black mucus was sucked into the black sphere like liquid being sucked into a water hole, and its very existence disappeared soon after.

Each particle of the evil mucus was broken down by the power of the black sphere and evaporated, leaving no trace of its existence or remnants of its malice.

I looked back at the cleaned-up Gwanak-gu while caressing the Black Reaper in my arms.

We shouldn’t leave such harmful substances behind for our children!