Old People Don’t Hold Hands - Chapter 134



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Episode 134, The Frost Queen’s Crown (6)

Let’s call it Plan G.

Oh, and the G in Plan G here stands for Gaeko.

… … Actually, there wasn’t really a plan.

I just hung on to Inozen and wandered around the area.

Because when I smell a familiar scent, I’ll stop at that spot and search.

When I told this story, Inozen.

“Hey, human… …! How on earth do you see me!”

… … He got angry and said that, but that doesn’t mean he has another way.

For that reason, Inogen began to explore the surroundings, holding me and Biella in both arms.

Of course, if there are any pitfalls during the exploration process… … .

“Hey, there’s a monster over there! Open fire!”

“Poetry, implementation!”

They would be soldiers who would hear reports from the shelter and then rush around looking for us and shoot us.

Even if it was true, I had no choice but to move.

I tried touching King Net’s mirror to see if I could use Viella’s stealth ability again while moving.

It seemed that Biella’s consciousness had been cut off, and her connection with this side had also been cut off.

… … So, even if I have to get hit a little, I have no choice but to push forward while avoiding the weak points.

Bang, bang, bang!

Chook-!!

This time too, the hemorrhage near the calf where the bullet narrowly missed was stopped for a moment.

Inogen looked around and started sniffing.

“… …Can you feel anything?”

“I don’t know why, but there’s a familiar scent here. I’m still not sure where… … .”

“Then let’s get off for now.”

At my words, Inogen landed on the ground shortly thereafter.

As I broke free of her arms and stepped onto the ground for the first time in a while, my body stumbled for a moment.

“Ugh… … !”

If it were a normal labyrinth, you would just have to drink a few potions and be done with it.

Without that, recovery was not easy.

Since the gunshot wounds accumulated while the steel transformation was not activated, the damage was not small.

Unlike me, Inogen seemed relatively unharmed.

It appears that the arms and legs are transformed into the shape of a dragon, protecting the other parts that maintain the human form.

Thanks to Inogen wrapping his arms around her, Biella also didn’t suffer any major injuries.

This is fortunate, but… … .

It’s just that Biella is fine and I’m the only one who ended up like this.

Aren’t you saying that you intentionally didn’t block the attacks directed at me?

He wrapped a cloth around his bleeding leg to stop the bleeding, and glared at Inogen.

“Oh, if only you had stopped me like that, I wouldn’t have gotten hurt like this.”

“Human! How can you hold it with both arms and protect it at the same time? Th, this is the limit!”

… … It seems like it gets more and more shameless as time goes by, anyway.

Although I didn’t like Inozen’s behavior at all, I decided not to say anything.

Key, keyeeeeeek!

“Fire!”

“practice!”

Toodoodoodo, toodoodoodo, taang!

“Come this way! I’ll take you to the shelter!”

Even though we had come quite far, there were still spores and soldiers everywhere.

… … But if you tried to join by pretending to be a civilian, you would get bullets all over your body from the rifle fire of the soldiers who must have been informed of the events at the shelter through a quick and accurate reporting system.

“… … Human, what are you going to do? What are you going to do with this woman?”

Inogen asked, carrying the drooping Biella on his shoulder.

I pointed to a building that looked particularly fine.

“First, hide your body in a suitable place. It will be better to move around when it gets dark.”

Of course, it’s night so the spores don’t come out of the hall.

It’s not like the soldiers don’t shoot, though… … .

Still, it wouldn’t attract as much attention as flying through the sky in broad daylight.

After thinking about that, I entered the building I had pointed out earlier.

The building itself seemed similar to where I used to stay.

I’m talking about a cheap officetel building with small studio apartments built right next to each other.

As soon as I entered the building, I climbed the stairs and hid in room 201, whose door was open.

I laid Biella down on a reasonably clean bed and sat on the floor next to her.

Inogen sat on the gaming chair in the room as if he was curious and spun around repeatedly.

“The chair here is really weird. Why does it spin like that?”

“… … At least it doesn’t seem like it was made to be used like you.”

“Hmm, I guess so. It feels a bit dizzy when you repeat it?”

While saying that, Inogen, who had been turning his chair until he got tired of it, suddenly stopped.

“But, human. I have something to ask you.”

“What is it?”

“Have you ever been to this world?”

“……what?”

As I asked back without realizing it, Inozen sat firmly on his chair and stared blankly at me.

“It’s true. You, a human, act as if you know a world that even I, an old dragon, don’t know.”

“… … That’s nonsense. This is my first time here.”

“I don’t think so at all… … .”

“Aren’t humans naturally highly adaptable?”

Inogen seemed to think for a moment at my words.

He nodded.

“That’s true. So are you a great person?”

……uh.

If you ask with such an innocent face, it’s hard to lie to their face.

“… … You could say that, right?”

As I answered like this, a sense of self-loathing suddenly came over me.

“Then is this woman also excellent?”

With those words, what Inogen pointed to was Biella, who was suffering with a frown on her face as if she was having a terrible dream.

I followed Inogen’s fingers and stared blankly at the Viella hanging on the end.

Hmm, well, maybe something like Biella… … .

“I guess you could say it’s pretty good.”

Although he sometimes acts like a child, objectively speaking, Biella is like that.

The problem is that people are easily deceived because they have so much materialism and a desire to show off.

“… … I see. So, you are the one who takes humans as your companions?”

“That’s what it is.”

In fact, I ended up taking Biella as a colleague by chance.

If he was someone who wasn’t going to help in the first place, this wouldn’t have happened.

… … By the way, when does Biella wake up?

Let’s unintentionally remove Biella’s hair that was soaked with sweat and stuck to her face.

“Ugh… … .”

Biella tossed and turned as if uncomfortable.

I hastily pulled my hand away again.

Inozen tilted his head at the sight for a moment, then started sniffing again.

“… …Why do you keep doing that?”

“I’ve been smelling a familiar scent for a while now. If you look closely, it seems to be coming from a strong scent nearby… … .”

“……where?”

“I don’t know.”

… … You don’t know?

“To be exact, I don’t know because it didn’t come out.”

“You’re saying I’m not going to come out?”

When you start to question whether you can trust Inozen’s olfactory abilities.

Inogen suddenly got up from his chair and started circling around.

“That’s strange. I’m sure I came from here… … .”

Inogen was going around and around in one spot, repeating the same words.

Suddenly, I fell face down.

Even in that state, he continued to sniffle.

“… … Humans, this is below.”

“bottom?”

At Inozen’s words, Biella left him in the studio and moved to the first floor.

But room 101 was locked from the start.

Kwaaang!

Inogen had no choice but to break the door lock and enter without permission.

Even after arriving there, Inozen lay face down and sniffed several times.

“There’s a space down here. I guess it smells like that?”

“There is space below here… … .”

At Inogen’s words, I went back into the hallway and looked for the emergency stairs.

When we reached the emergency stairs, there was… … .

There are only stairs leading up to the second floor.

The stairs leading to the basement level were nowhere to be found.

“… … Inogen, there’s no space down here?”

“Hmm? No, human! There’s definitely space underneath here.”

At my words, Inogen muttered while putting his ear closer to the floor.

“I could clearly hear the sound of the wind, down here… … .”

Let’s just look at Inogen with our arms crossed.

Inogen also seemed frustrated and sat up to face me.

“There is definitely space underneath here.”

Hmm, that’s right.

“Then break it.”

“Uh, where?”

“Here, on the floor.”

As he said that, he pointed to the floor of room 101.

“Oh, I see!”

Inogen immediately raised his arm, which had transformed into the shape of a dragon.

It hit the floor straight away.

Zzz, zzz!

Let’s look at the concrete floor that is cracked so much that it looks like it could shatter at any moment with just one punch.

Inogen noticed and threw two more punches.

Kwaaaaang!

… … Before long, the floor of Room 101 was completely destroyed.

The floor collapsed and dust flew for a while,

What appeared there was… … .

“Human, have you seen? The greatness of this body?”

Behind the arrogant Inogen… … .

As she said, the appearance of the basement level hidden below was revealed.

For a moment, I looked at the passageway revealed beneath the collapsed floor.

“Now that there’s a loud noise, let’s go inside.”

“Oh, that’s a great idea!”

Before the soldiers got here, we planned to quickly move to the basement level.

And before entering, I went to pick up Biella who was on the second floor… … .

When I found room 201 again.

Biella was nowhere to be found.

While I was searching the second floor hallway for a moment to find Biella.

“Uh… …, sir?”

I ran into Biella, who was walking unsteadily with her hand on her forehead.

Judging from his condition, it seems he hasn’t come to his senses for very long.

“Mr. Biella, are you awake?”

“Ugh, my head hurts… … . Please speak more quietly, sir.”

… … Well, I guess I remember.

“Where on earth am I?”

“This is the Frost Queen’s hallucination. Miss Biella was just discovered with amnesia.”

“… … I lost my memory?”

“Yes, well, that’s true, but I don’t have time to explain for now, so let’s move quickly.”

Fortunately, let’s go to the first floor with Biella, who has regained consciousness and her memories.

Beyond the previously locked front door of the building, flashing lights were swimming here and there.

It seems like the soldiers outside heard the noise and came rushing in… … .

Before I got caught, I quickly went to room 101 and threw myself down to the basement level.

Percussion!

Of course, it wasn’t that there was no ceiling, but it was just the right height for landing.

The basement level, unlike the ground level, was a space like a bunker, covered in gray cement.

Besides, the hallway we were in had fluorescent lights on.

“… … Human, you came in here, but what are you going to do now?”

“Let’s move to a place with a familiar scent, straight ahead.”

In response to my words, Inozen grumbled, asking what kind of dog he was.

I ignored them lightly and followed Inozen, who was leading the way.

After walking for a while like that, Inogen suddenly stopped at one point.

“… … It smells around here. No, isn’t it here?”

“… … ?”

“No, this doesn’t seem to be the place.”

Inogen, who had been wandering around with a confused expression on his face, suddenly raised his head.

“Oh, it smells right up here!”

When I raised my head following Inogen, who was pointing at the ceiling.

Percussion!

All the fluorescent lights in the hallway went out in an instant.

Just as I was trying to look around quickly and be on guard when my vision suddenly went dark.

“… … !”

Before I could even react, I felt a cool sensation on the back of my neck.

And at the same time with this feeling.

“It would be better for your health to remain silent. Who are you?”

… … A very familiar voice was heard.