Chapter 21: Piece.

Two days after settling in at the orphanage, the people here weren’t overly wary of me.

Even though I was a stranger, I had a history of helping them before,

And maybe it was because my impression wasn’t suited for doing anything suspicious…

I don’t know if I should call it the only advantage of this petite girl’s body that I didn’t intend and wouldn’t have liked originally.

Of course, not everyone was optimistic.

For example, the ex-detective ajusshi, who was full of unnecessary sense of justice as if he were trying to interrogate me right now.

“I was going to just let it pass, but I don’t think I can without getting this straight.”

‘Is this really that important?’

“My belief that you won’t do any harm hasn’t changed. But that doesn’t mean I can condone everything you do. There’s a minimum ‘line’ that shouldn’t be crossed.”

The source of the problem was the Silkie chickens and shotguns that I had given them.

‘When I arrived, everything was already over. The church was burned down and there were no survivors.’

‘Do you think I’m lying?’

I don’t know about the shotguns, but the situation is different for the chickens.

I had to manage them regularly by giving them feed and water, and I couldn’t leave them indefinitely in the middle of zombies who don’t have reason except for me, so I had to take care of them quickly.

“Before this situation happened, I used to deal with a lot of people. The people I was in charge of at the time…”

Of course, I agree that my story doesn’t make sense.

But that doesn’t mean that it makes even more sense that I killed all the cult fanatics alone, so the people at the orphanage believed my words.

No, rather, if you only consider the results, it’s welcome news from the perspective of the orphanage, which had a hostile and opposing relationship,

And I’m in a situation where I should be thanking them for bringing them strong firearms, which the orphanage was lacking, and livestock, which are hard to obtain anymore.

In fact, even the director of the orphanage was a little reluctant, but he was very happy that he had a means of regular protein supplementation.

‘If you have nothing more to say, I’ll be going now.’

“Wait a minute, I’m not done tal…”

‘Whack!’

It happened in an instant.

It was to reflexively shake off the hand that pulled my hand and step back because I wanted to get away from the atmosphere of being interrogated as quickly as possible.

“Ah. No, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to do that.”

I shook off his hand even though I knew that he wasn’t going to do anything bad to me because I couldn’t let him catch me any further.

I overreacted in order not to reveal the cold sensation of a corpse whose heart no longer beats.

“I swear I wasn’t trying to threaten you! Really…”

Perhaps even the fact that a girl who was about the age of a middle school student shook off the power of an adult man, who was also a trained detective in the past, without any difficulty could be suspicious, but fortunately, it didn’t seem to be a situation where they had to pay attention to even those things.

‘You don’t have to worry anymore, I’m leaving here tomorrow anyway.’

“What? Suddenly…”

I didn’t intend to stay here for a long time in the first place.

It was just to check if Rebecca, Yu-jeong, and So-jeong were doing well, and to confirm if I could exclude them from the targets I had to attack.

‘Thud!’

‘It’s the record that I found in the room of the boss at the warehouse base. The reason I went to the church was because I was looking for someone, and it’s the same here.’

I didn’t come here to have a hostile relationship with the people here.

For that reason, I have no intention of antagonizing them at all.

Especially, I don’t even intend to reveal that I’m a zombie.

‘Don’t misunderstand, I’m not leaving because of you, ajusshi.’

Maybe I just… wanted to feel a warm affection among people for the last time…

“Ah! You came at the right time, the modification you asked for yesterday is finished, so would you like to check if you like it?”

A man turned around at the sound of a voice and smiled brightly after confirming me.

The man who had taken on the modification of the K1A submachine gun that I used to use is a disabled person with a leg disability and the only mechanic in this orphanage.

“First, I attached a new Picatinny rail and replaced the scope with an optical device. Even if the battery runs out, it’s a little blurry, but it’ll be better than the iron sight anyway.”

The K1A submachine gun I received had completely lost its original appearance from when I handed it over yesterday, and the space was replaced by gun accessories that can be seen in modern gun games.

“I couldn’t modify the magazine separately, so I made it into a double magazine by connecting them, and I made the silencer with an car oil filter, but the durability isn’t high, so only use it when you need it…”

The weight has become even heavier thanks to the accessories that were attached, but the performance has improved more than twice as much, and it has become easier to handle.

It’s a shame that the advantage of the submachine gun, its light weight, has disappeared, but it doesn’t matter to me, who can now handle any weight without problems thanks to the increased strength stats in the status window.

“The inside of the gun is well cleaned, so there’s nothing much for me to do, and I just replaced the firing pin because it was worn out a lot…”

“It’s enough now, you don’t have to do any more.”

“Huh? Oh, I’m sorry, I talked too much, didn’t I? I got too excited because it’s been so long.”

Fortunately, he had been working and living in the Disabled Persons Administrative Welfare Center right next to the orphanage since before the zombie incident, so he’s been living here ever since.

His job happened to be in mechanics, so he took charge of managing cars, generators, and all other equipment at the orphanage,

I was able to get help by chance with my military hobbies that I had because I had to give up my dream of becoming a soldier due to my disability.

‘Thank you for modifying it, it’s easier to use thanks to you.’

“This is nothing~, you’ve brought so much to the orphanage. Rather, I’m grateful to have this opportunity.”

‘Have you been interested in this kind of thing for a long time?’

“I wasn’t that interested in this from the beginning, but I wanted to be a soldier, so I ran 100m in 12 seconds when I was a high school student.”

“Oh, I think I ran 100m in 16 seconds.”

“Well…

That’s what happened before I lost my leg in a traffic accident on graduation day.”

‘Ah, I’m sorry.’

“No, it’s all in the past now. Thanks to that, I changed my career path to mechanics, but it’s not bad… Ah, that’s right!”

He suddenly turned his head to me as if he had thought of something.

“Can I ask you for one more favor while I’m at it? It’s not a difficult task, but as you can see, it’s hard for me to go.”

If he says it while holding his crutches with empty pants at the bottom, I can’t refuse…

I came to pick up the modified item before leaving, but suddenly I got a quest.

“If it’s something that Uncle Dong-gyun asked for, it will be helpful to everyone.”

‘Are you really okay with me going alone?’

“Well, let’s go to the 3rd floor now.”

The 3rd floor of the Disabled Welfare Center, it’s right next to the orphanage, only 30m away, so there are no zombies, but

No, there’s nothing wrong even if there are, but Rebecca followed me just in case, which is the current situation.

“There are some tools I used to use in my old job on the 3rd floor of the Welfare Center, they were custom-made, so I can’t get them anymore.”

“I can modify your bullets with that, can you bring them?”

“Of course I’ll go, yes, of course.”

It’s not that difficult of a request, and it’s something that will help not only me but also the people at the orphanage in the future.

I had cleared them all out before, so there were no zombies left inside the building, but I was told to be careful, and Rebecca secretly followed me as I was coming out, which is the current situation.

“Uncle Dong-gyun’s place is here, I’ve been here before.”

‘Can I take all the equipment here?’

“Well, wouldn’t that be okay?”

Actually, I was also going to check if s*ave unit number 1 was doing well while coming alone, but there’s no other way. Still, I was able to find the equipment right away thanks to Rebecca.

‘Rummage rummage’

“I heard from Uncle Hyeon-cheol earlier that you…”

Ah, that detective ajusshi is bothering someone who is leaving tomorrow again.

“He told me to tell you that it’s definitely not out of malice… More than that, are you really leaving tomorrow?”

I didn’t say anything because I was worried that you would hold me back, but it was eventually revealed.

“After all, is it uncomfortable for you here?”

“I won’t stop you, I respect your choice. Instead…”

That’s unexpected. You’re not going to stop me?

“You can come back anytime if you’re having a hard time. I’ll be waiting for you.”

‘Thank you, Rebecca’

“Well, is this everything you brought? It’s heavier than I thought.”

‘Nod’

“You don’t look very heavy.”

I’m kidding, why are you so serious, I’m going down first.”

Honestly, maybe it’s because my stats have increased a lot, but it feels surprisingly light…

Well, Rebecca is waiting, so I was about to follow her out.

‘Sparkle’

On the desk at the end of the office, the key chain reflected in the sunlight and made me squint.

“Is this a car key, Sh…”

I couldn’t finish my words.

‘Swish!’

In the faded photo inserted between the keychains, someone familiar was smiling brightly with a strange man, and

“Ha…”

That someone reflected in the mirror located on one side of the welfare center was none other than me.