Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 51



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＃Returner’s Notepad Episode 51

Recordak(3)

Meanwhile, four or five people from ‘good families’, including Elise, are being interviewed in a relatively calm reception room.

hey——!

I heard a lion’s hoo from somewhere, but I ignored it. Elise asked, clicking her pen against her notebook.

“… … “You don’t know where the treasure is hidden, do you?”

The prisoner shook his head.

“know. I know what that is. A place where treasure is hidden. Of course I know. Don’t worry, I’ll tell you. So that’s… … “Do you have any cigarettes?”

“… … .”

Elise touched her temple. Then the quick-witted guard let the prisoner go.

This is already the third time. He pretends to know the location of the treasure and asks if I have any cigarettes, and even if I give him some, instead of telling me, he asks if I have any snacks.

… … bang—!

Elise glanced at the guard.

“It’s always crazy outside. “You’ve been making so much noise since a while ago.”

“Oh, that’s right. Please wait a moment.”

The guard quickly left the reception room and came back in.

“yes. There is some trouble brewing between seniors and prisoners. “You don’t have to worry about it.”

“… … I am so different. Rather, these prisoners don’t seem to have any intention of telling you?”

“It won’t be easy. Prisoners do not want to easily reveal information about the inside of the prison. “Will I be labeled a snitch later?”

“Tsk.”

Elise rubbed her eyes.

I’m a little too tired. I barely fell asleep at 6 a.m. last night, so I couldn’t even shower properly.

She stood up, tucking her messy hair behind her shoulder. She stopped her guard from following her.

“for a moment. I’m going to take a walk. On the playground. “Are you okay?”

“Oh yeah. it’s okay.”

She came out of the reception room into the first floor hallway.

————Let go—s—two arms!

The outside was a mess and a mess.

A man is captured and dragged away by several guards. A prisoner covered in blood inside a cage, and other prisoners laughing and laughing at the scene. Gerken and the seniors take advantage of their happy mood and rush to interview him.

Elise ignored them.

I quietly came out to the playground, using the noise as a veil, and walked around the corner as much as I could.

Of course, you need a key to get there, but it’s already in her hand. This is thanks to his father’s advice to the warden in advance.

I finally arrived at the entrance of the [quarantine area] with such a feeling of deviation and my heart pounding.

As such, Elise had planned to come to this prison from the beginning. That was also why he had trouble sleeping at night.

“Haaa… … .”

After taking a deep breath to calm her mind and body, Elise inserted the key into the tightly closed iron door.

Clap—

The door opened.

I took a step beyond that.

“… … .”

Dim incandescent lights dimly illuminate the interior, and the hallways are lined with spacious solitary cells.

You are not alone.

You can’t see it, but there are people here.

You are not alone.

Elise repeated this as she walked down the hallway. I also tightly held on to ‘Cookie’, the stuffed rabbit in my messenger bag.

Trudging——.

Lecordak’s quarantine zone, where the sound of footsteps spreads in vain.

A place that most people don’t even know exists.

Trudging——.

She stopped in front of a cell.

A type of cell surrounded by tempered glass on all four sides, with a license plate number [115] attached like a nameplate.

I looked inside it.

A man was sitting on the bed. He was not wearing a prison uniform, but a pure white patient uniform.

Elise called his name as if biting her tongue.

“Yael.”

—… … ?

At that moment, he looked back. He immediately smiled brightly.

-oh. You came. You came.

He stood up, walked over to me, and looked into my eyes. He placed his forehead against the glass window and muttered softly.

-My little brother… … .

Elise gritted her teeth. The voice of her younger brother was dirty.

“… … “I shouldn’t have called you that.”

She hates this man. It’s gross and disgusting. So much so that he wants to deny the fact that this kind of monster is his blood relative.

—… … .

He opened his mouth as if he was shocked. He made an abominable cry.

-this. Is it wrong to call your younger brother your younger brother? So, am I stuck here? Am I not aware of that?

“ha… … .”

-ah. Life is okay. Sometimes I take him for a walk too. In just 4-5 more years, they will allow me to meet other prisoners. This is good enough.

Yael licked the window with her tongue. Elise closed her eyes tightly.

“I didn’t come here to ask you that-”

—I know, Elise. It’s not your fault. Your father sent you, right? Just stay still until the election is over.

It was such a correct answer that Elise was speechless for a moment.

Then Yael exaggerated her expression. As if doing a play.

-father. Ah, my father. Still, I understand. Elections were important then and now. It was very important. many… … That fucking bastard——!

thud!

He hit his head on the tempered glass. His face distorted in an instant. A cruel look of death flashed in his eyes.

Drop- Drop-

Drops of blood flowing from the forehead blend into the wrinkles on the face that have suddenly turned like a demon.

—Tell that guy. Tell this to my mom. I am… … I’m doing well.

He slowly lowered his head, not sure if he was shivering or breathing.

-just… … I’m staying… … .

“… … crazy.”

Elise pursed her purple lips.

bang! Yael hit the tempered glass with her palm.

-Answer me—!

“Stop yelling!”

Elise cried out hysterically.

—… … uh?

Yael blinked for a moment and then smiled. He went back to normal and scratched the back of his neck.

-Oh sorry. I don’t like it when my little brother yells… … .

Step by step——.

At that moment, a sound that should not exist here occurred.

The sound of someone stepping clearly.

Step by step——

She quickly looked back. Yael followed suit and rolled her eyes.

“… … you.”

Elise’s eyes were filled with astonishment. An ambiguous smile appeared on Yael’s lips.

“?”

Even entering this place is a crime for ordinary people, and he is a crazy person who tilts his head in a carefree manner.

Zion Askal.

In the darkness of the hallway, under the pale incandescent light, the wild-haired man stood.

* * *

… … It was a relationship from quite a long time ago.

An unusual relationship that started in a hospital and continued in prison.

Long ago, when I first met him, he told me that he had killed someone. He cut the man’s throat himself, he said.

At the time, I was a critically ill patient in the hematology ward, and he was a patient in the psychiatric ward.

I naturally thought he was mentally ill, but at that time, it didn’t matter to me whether he was mentally ill or a ghost.

A 14-year-old bully and cancer patient needed a friend. At least a friend to talk to.

That’s why I didn’t avoid him. Instead, I caught him saying only bizarre things. We talked a lot.

He was the only one who accepted me, and I was the only one who listened to him.

perhaps… … This may be the first friend I’ve ever made in my life.

But, on a day I can barely remember anymore, he told me a strange story. Petra University Hospital is giving me a new drug called ‘Gelt’, not the most popular treatment for leukemia, ‘Magglebel’.

He told me to go see the father of a patient in the same hematology ward as he was a reporter who was familiar with leukemia.

I did as he said.

I went to the reporter and asked.

Why is Petra giving us a new drug called ‘Gelt’ instead of ‘Magglebel’?

At that moment, the reporter’s expression changed and he was discharged from the hospital with his son, and the next week, the scoop on Petra University Hospital’s kickbacks broke.

Then what about me?

Of course I got kicked out of the hospital.

It was probably a rainy day.

I remember leaving the hospital with my head shaved from chemotherapy and a beautiful child glaring at me from the hospital balcony.

At that time, the child may still be blaming me.

… … what.

If the story had ended here, I would have been the only one with a shitty ending, but fortunately or unfortunately, there was more to come.

Has it been about three months since I was admitted to another hospital?

The reporter came again. The suit was flashy, and there was a flashy watch on his wrist. His dark complexion was clearer than before.

He said that his son was completely cured and asked if there were any other secrets at Petra Hospital. He added that he would give him 20,000 ren if he told him.

The eye-poppingly expensive offer reminded me of the man in the psychiatric ward.

At the time, I thought I had been deceived by him. He believed he was kicked out of the hospital because of his impulsiveness.

In revenge, I revealed that he had killed someone.

The reporter looked a little strange and left me.

Didn’t come back again.

There was no money promised.

I thought I had been fooled again.

The story after that… … .

Well, not anymore.

It was there but it disappeared.

Because there was a regression.

Still, to briefly tell the ‘lost story’, I was in my 20s and was imprisoned in Lecordak for committing a crime.

There was a ‘he’ in Recordak at that time.

To be precise, he was transferred from the mental hospital to Recordak ‘because of me’.

Still, he didn’t blame me. He actually helped me a lot when I was still weak.

—It was a long time ago. Because I didn’t know you would be kicked out of the hospital. Sam Sam?

I came to respect him.

Again, I became friends with him.

But he didn’t even tell me his name until I left prison. He wouldn’t even say a word about his person, let alone his name.

—Let’s not go into too much detail. If you find out, you too will die. Like that reporter back then.

He hid himself meticulously so as not to reveal even the smallest details, and I did not inquire too deeply.

It was only today that I finally learned his name.

“Yael.”

The voice flowing from Elise’s mouth.

That was my friend’s name.