19

The next morning.

When I woke up, I immediately looked for Seo-ah.

Normally, she would have been peacefully asleep in my arms even before I woke up, but today I couldn't find her in my arms or on her bedding.

Because of what happened yesterday, I felt anxious, wondering if I had bad thoughts.

I immediately threw off the blanket and got out of bed.

Perhaps because I fell asleep naked after having sex, I still didn't have anything on, but that wasn't important right now.

I flung open the closed door and went outside to find Seo-ah.

Fortunately, she didn't have any bad thoughts as she sat on the living room sofa and looked at her book.

"Haa… "

When she saw her unharmed appearance, she let out a deep sigh and felt the strength drain from her body.

I leaned against the wall and looked at Seo-ah.

If it had been before, she would have said hello with a bright smile and asked me if I slept well, but she glanced at me pretending to be friendly. She just gave me a look, but as usual, she got up without saying good morning and asking if I had a good night.

Then he passed by me and headed toward the kitchen.

As I passed by, I could smell the fragrant shampoo from her hair, as if she had washed it.

When Seo-ah arrived at the kitchen, she prepared instant rice, canned tuna, and seaweed. She took out foods that did not require cooking and placed them on her table.

In the middle of a world destroyed by the zombie apocalypse, I had no choice but to live in the same house as I did, even if I didn't want to, unless a rescue team arrived.

Even though I felt resentful as if she knew this, she prepared a simple breakfast as usual and then went back to the living room sofa and opened her book.

"I have to stand."

"…"

Even though I called her, she didn't even respond, as if she still had no intention of sharing her conversation with me.

I felt like I wanted to give her a chance to make excuses, but I felt like my situation would only get worse if I kept holding on to her since she had no intention of talking to me from the beginning, so I decided to spare her words for now.

Still, there was nothing that could be done about her sighing.

She sat back in her chair at the dining table and looked at the breakfast she had prepared.

Canned tuna, cold Hepban, and seaweed were the end.

Although it seems very meager, it cannot be anything else than a plentiful diet at the moment.

If there were people alive other than us, would they be able to prepare and eat a better breakfast than this?

First of all, I don't think so.

There is no way the refrigerator and gas range that run on electricity will work when the electricity has completely gone out and cannot be used.

Because of this, it is clear that the food cannot be stored for a long time, so it is full of food that has to be disposed of quickly or spoiled.

So, if you can save, you should save as much as possible, but eating a whole can of tuna in the morning is bound to be considered a luxury.

Nevertheless, I unceremoniously opened the can of tuna.

This is because we had so much food that we could afford to indulge in such luxuries as we had brought so much from our travels.

While eating breakfast, I looked at Seo-ah in the living room in the distance.

She would rather say something than say nothing.

Even if it's a swear word, it doesn't matter.

[Jaewon Han

Level: 12

Strength: 27 Stamina: 20 Agility: 24 Magic: 3

(Skill)

Points held +2]

[Jaewon Han

Level: 12

Strength: 27 Stamina: 20 Agility: 24 Magic: 3

(Skill)

Points held +88]

At that moment, the status window blocked my eyes.

Even last night, he appeared before my eyes as if asking what on earth happened between us.

At times like this, I felt like laughing because he looked like a normal person, but I shook my head.

"Nevermind, a store? I heard there's something new, so please check."

He said to the status window.

If anyone were to see him, he would only be seen as someone talking to himself into the air like a crazy person.

As proof, she looked at me as she suddenly mumbled something, and then looked away again.

The status window was silent for a while.

She might be upset because she won't tell you.

"I'll tell you later."

Only then did the status window move quickly.

Is this the first time something like this has happened to me? It was hard to find the status window, so windows I had seen a few times and windows I was seeing for the first time passed quickly.

Soon.

[The first mutated zombie has been caught! +10]

[Hidden achievement. The store is unlocked by catching level 10 and mutant zombies!]

I found the achievement notification that I had not seen properly because I was being chased by zombies, and displayed it in front of my eyes.

It's a hidden achievement.

I was offended by the viciousness of not opening a store just by raising the level to 10.

Honestly, the strength of mutant zombies was beyond imagination.

In addition to my overwhelming physical ability, my visual acuity to avoid a gun right in front of my eyes was at an unbelievable level. If I had learned about guns well, even that would not have worked, so I would probably not have been able to return home to Seo-ah and ended up turning into a zombie again on the cold asphalt. I didn't even know I was born.

Or maybe the mutant zombie I met was exceptionally strong.

In any case, it seems right that mutant zombies should be caught by several people rather than by one person.

Of course, assuming that a status window exists like mine.

"Let's take a look around the store to see what's available."

After saying that, the status window went straight into the store.

Naturally, the store will have everything from supplies and food needed for survival to weapons and armor to fight zombies.

By the way.

"Ha…"

When the cheapest weapon alone exceeded 500 points, I laughed out of frustration.

How about something else?

Armor was much more expensive than weapons.

The lowest price for armor that had a futuristic feel was 800 points.

The only things that feel a bit cheap are food and water.

A 1.5L bottle of water was priced at 3 points, and foods such as chicken and pizza were priced at 10 points.

This meant that you had to hunt as many as ten regular zombies, which gave 1 point each, to obtain it.

Chicken and pizza…

I wanted to eat, but I still had more than half a year's worth of food and water to eat, and it seemed much better to invest in strength, which costs 4 points per strength 1.

"Tsk…"

I decided to give up buying food and water at stores.

If I have time later, I'll buy one and eat it.

Since there were supplies in the last section of the store category, I decided to take a look at the supplies next and spoke into the air.

"Status window."

*

Min Seo-ah.

She was born into a wealthy family, but due to her parents 'discord her her, they divorced when she was fifteen, and soon after, her father brought her stepmom her into her home her her her her.

Her first impression of her was not bad, but gradually her true nature was revealed when she completely took over her father's heart.

She started constantly trying to interfere with Seo-ah, who was studying well on her own and had good interpersonal relationships.

At first, she just laughed it off, saying that she knew her, but later when she found out that she had not listened to her, her stepmom scolded Seo-ah and even hit her.

She clutched the area where she had been hit and was surprised by the sudden and absurd situation, but Seo-ah did not stay still and immediately told her father everything.

Everything that has happened so far.

However, rather than taking Seo-ah's side her, this foolish father chose to intervene with her.

She said she wasn't on anyone's side and said she wanted the two of them to get along, but she moved on.

Even though I did nothing wrong.

Seo-ah, who was so wronged and hurt by her father, was so disappointed in her father that she closed off all her emotions from that day on.

Her smiling and lively appearance as before has completely disappeared and she has become quiet.

Five more years passed, and when she graduated from high school and left home to attend college, the world came to an end.

Monsters like zombies like those seen in movies appeared and quickly destroyed the world, and soon Seo-ah was left alone.

She thought that if she stayed silent like this, the rescue team would come, and she waited endlessly, but instead of the rescue team coming, she heard shocking news on the news that the military had collapsed because they could not even resolve the situation.

Seo Ah suddenly missed her father, whom she had resented for a long time.

She even went so far as to miss her stepmother, a woman who had been tormenting her for some reason.

As the closed door of her heart slowly opens, she tries to call to see how she is doing, but no. Her smartphone battery ran out and she was in a situation where she couldn't even make a call.

She wanted to charge it, but the electricity had gone out and she had no idea what to do. She cried for the first time in five long years.

Still, she had no one by her side.

As time passed and she started talking to herself in an attempt to somehow soothe her loneliness, her dry feelings returned completely, but she was still alone.

Since she could no longer erase her loneliness even by talking to herself, she spent her days in vain wiping away tears on her bed.

I thought if I died like this, I would die, but I didn't want to die, so I felt ridiculous for eating something.

How much longer can I endure in this condition?

There were more and more foods that she could not eat, and Seo-ah had no choice but to throw them away, and when she saw the food supply dwindling rapidly, Seo-ah realized that she was about to die.

She had already experienced too much despair to despair, so she just spent her time lying in her bed in vain.

That's what she saw when the food ran out.

He saw a man standing with a knife inside a house where no one was supposed to be but him.