The Diary (5) ****
Author: Ares
Title: How ridiculous
Anyone would think I stripped Ellie's mama and was licking and sucking on her or something
No, I'm just saying her clothes come off, she moves, there's saliva, and she has no body odor!
Comments
[So you're saying you didn't do 'that'?]
ㄴ[Ares: Of course I didn't do that]
ㄴ[StudentCouncilTerrorist: You didn't do 'that'? Then…???]
ㄴ[NightRat: No, that's enough, just seriously don't cross the line]
ㄴ[NightRat: I don't know about anything else, but the possibility of you actually dying is too high]
ㄴ[Ares: I'm telling you I won't!]
ㄴ[Ares: Geez, anyone would think I was a person dying to do it.]
"Hmm…, I guess I really shouldn't cross the line…."
I checked the gallery comments and was lost in thought for a moment.
Right, no matter what, let's not make a bet with my life on the line.
I saw on the gallery that there were tons of guys who couldn't hold back, crossed the line, and ended up dead.
"Hah…, holding back is hard, though…."
I turned my body around.
As I did, I felt a soft and squishy sensation at the head of the bed, and a white dress came into my sight.
Ellie's mama's lap pillow.
The soft, springy sensation and the somehow comforting feeling made it the best pillow.
The downsides were that it had no body heat and no scent at all.
I slightly turned my body and looked up.
As I did, two huge lumps blocked my vision.
Thanks to that, Ellie's mama's gaze, which was looking down at me, was also blocked.
After various tests, I realized that this lap pillow was the optimal environment to minimize the scary parts of Ellie's mama.
'Her face is pretty, though.'
She died when Ellie was around five years old.
She also got married when she was young, so her appearance only looked to be about twenty-five.
Hey, hey, a mama-attribute at twenty-five.
It became even harder to hold back.
"...."
"Hmm...."
And so, I was lost in thought for a moment.
And in that instant, something flashed in my mind.
"Ah…!"
I immediately sat up.
Squish~
For a moment, a soft and heavy lump brushed past my head.
Wow.
No, this wasn't the time to be marveling at that sensation.
• • •
Author: Ares
Title: A good idea came to mind.
Am I a genius??
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Comments
[NightRat: What is it?? Did you think of a way to solve it??]
[StudentCouncilTerrorist: Is this bastard's unique intuition kicking in again lolol]
[Ooh, I'm so hyped]
After habitually writing a post on the gallery, I immediately prepared to go out.
'According to the diary, Ellie is supposed to eat lunch with a friend today, so… I probably won't run into her near the dormitory.'
And I immediately left the boys' dormitory and headed for the girls' dormitory.
"Ah, excuse me!"
"Yes?"
Just as I arrived in front of the girls' dormitory, I spotted a female student entering the dormitory and called out to her.
"Could you possibly call for Lana from the 1st year?"
"Lana?"
"Yes, she's a female student with a purple ponytail. Just tell her Ares is here."
"Okay, sure."
I wonder what year that person was in.
Anyway, the female student who readily agreed went into the dormitory, and a short while later.
Lana came out of the dormitory and approached me.
"Kyaa! What is it, Ares? What brings you here so suddenly on a weekend? Are you here to ask me on a surprise date?"
Lana approached me with a happy-looking smile and hugged my arm.
Squish~
'…It's not that great compared to mama, but this is also quite….'
No, no, that's not what was important right now.
"Lana, could I possibly borrow something?"
"Huh? Borrow?"
"It's something I really need right now."
"What~, and here I thought it was a date proposal."
Still, Lana granted my request.
"What are you going to do with this…? Hehe, are you perhaps thinking of me while…."
"...Thanks! I'll return it on Monday!"
"Ah, ah! Stay a little longer~!"
I was momentarily swayed by Lana's temptation and hurriedly returned to the boys' dormitory.
Fortunately, I didn't run into Ellie.
And so, after returning to the boys' dormitory.
"Hmm...."
"...."
I had Ellie's mama sit on the bed and sprayed what I had borrowed from Lana on her body.
Chk, chk!
• • •
Author: Ares
Title: Sharing experiment results
Wow, fuck, I sprayed Lana's perfume and got a lap pillow, and it feels like I'm lying on Lana's lap
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Comments
[NightRat: Are you fucking crazy???]
[StudentCouncilTerrorist: Ah, fuck lolololol, of course it would be this]
[Two feelings from one person??? This bastard is a genius]
ㄴ[Ares: But the scent is slightly different from Lana's. Is it because of body odor?]
ㄴ[Hikikomori: Sir, are you not thinking of a way to solve the ghost story??]
ㄴ[Ares: I'm just taking a short break after trying a bunch of things ㅡㅡ]
"Snnniff…, haaah…."
I hugged Ellie's mama's waist tightly and took a deep breath for a moment.
I could smell the unique sweet scent I felt whenever Lana was next to me.
"Hmm…, now what do I really do…."
And so, after finishing my short break, I lay there and was lost in thought again.
In reality, I had been trying various things since the morning and was really just lying down for a short rest.
'My D-day is tomorrow, …if it's the same as the homeroom teacher's, it's around sunset tomorrow.'
I had to solve the Ellie's mother anomaly somehow before then….
I slightly turned my head and looked at Ellie's mother's face.
Of course, her face wasn't visible, blocked by her chest.
"Mother…, why on earth are you doing this…."
"...."
As expected, no answer came from her.
Because she was an anomaly with no body odor, no body heat, and not even a heartbeat.
A real anomaly that only existed as a physical form.
'...Why does she have a physical form?'
At that moment, that thought suddenly occurred to me.
According to Ellie's diary, Ellie's mother was a ghost who held a grudge against Ellie and made the people around her unhappy.
It was natural for that ghost to have no body odor, no body heat, and no heartbeat.
But why was physical contact possible…?
"...."
I was lost in thought, feeling the soft sensation at the head of the bed.
Ellie's mistake.
The mother's death.
Ellie's self-blame.
Bad luck, misfortune, death.
Ellie's self-blame….
Diary….
Various thoughts floated in my mind.
And in the midst of that, one thought flashed through my head.
'…But this time, this anomaly, ...is Ellie the anomaly?'
The moment that thought popped into my head, my mind cleared as if something had clicked.
"Lana was definitely…, Lana was the anomaly…."
The female students at this academy could be anomalies or not.
If so, what about this anomaly I was experiencing now?
Was this Ellie's doing?
What if.
It wasn't Ellie's doing?
"...."
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Author: Ares
Title: Question
In your guys' opinion, this diary ghost story
Whose doing do you think it is?
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Comments
[StudentCouncilTerrorist: What, are you being serious this time??]
ㄴ[Ares: ㅇㅇ I'm fucking serious]
ㄴ[StudentCouncilTerrorist: Isn't it the mother's doing??]
[ForGlory: Ellie could actually be the main body]
ㄴ[This one has a high possibility]
ㄴ[Ares: But Ellie, there was nothing suspicious about her at all. It didn't seem like an act either.]
Fortunately, when I asked a serious question, the gallery members also began to think seriously with me.
From the familiar fixed-nicks to the dynamic users, they presented their opinions one by one.
And just then, NightRat's comment came up.
It was the opinion of the ill-fated veteran who had made it to graduation but died after making the wrong choice.
ㄴ[NightRat: It would be one of three cases]
ㄴ[NightRat: Ellie, Ellie's mother, the diary]
ㄴ[NightRat: For now, it seems one of these three is the anomaly.]
"...."
Ellie, Ellie's mother, ...the diary.
At that moment, I felt like a missing puzzle piece was fitting into place in my head.
"No way…."
The reason the dead end flag appeared for me was because the future Ellie had observed it and written it in the diary.
But even now that I was hiding from Ellie and not being observed, the dead end flag had not disappeared.
Then why?
Where did it go wrong?
What did I need to modify?
…Where did I need to write it?
• • •
Author: Ares
Title: A good idea came to mind.
Am I a genius???
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Comments
[NightRat: ....]
ㄴ[NightRat: It's a familiar pattern, so it's hard to believe]
[StudentCouncilTerrorist: What kind of perverted thing are you going to do to the mother this time…!]
[Sir, the video please, it's urgent]
I ignored the gallery members' bullshit that didn't believe me and approached the diary.
I opened it to the very first page.
It was the page where Ellie had first written in the diary.
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[ㅁㅁMonth ㅁㅁDay]
Father said I was sick
He said writing a diary would help with my treatment
But is it really because I'm sick?
Is that mother really a fake?
She must have come because she hates me
• • •
I continued to read the diary after that.
One page at a time, one page at a time.
Looking for the right moment.
• • •
[ㅁㅁMonth ㅁㅁDay]
Mother was here again today
In front of the dead cat
I had just given it a name yesterday
Mother was smiling
I guess she hates me
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[ㅁㅁMonth ㅁㅁDay]
There was a fire at the house next door
I had just received warm cookies from the old lady next door this morning
She was a good person
There was a fire
And they said she almost died
Inside the window where smoke was pouring out, I thought I saw mother for some reason
Mother was definitely smiling
Is she not allowing people to be around me?
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• • •
[ㅁㅁMonth ㅁㅁDay]
In the end, father got hurt
The doctor said his right eye would probably be in bad shape
Mother was definitely there, too
This isn't my delusion
Mother really exists
Because she hates me, because she can't forgive me
That's why she's smiling like that even though father got hurt
• • •
• • •
[ㅁㅁMonth ㅁㅁDay]
It's been a week since I've come out of my room
So there's nothing to write in my diary
But if I don't do this, people will get hurt
Because of me
Because I made mother die
The reason mother is smiling must be because of that
• • •
"...."
As I read through the diary like that, the time had become evening before I knew it.
The sun was beginning to set outside the window.
But even so, I continued to read the diary.
And when the sun set and it was time to light the lamp.
I picked up the pen.
I chose the place where I had to write.
Would it work? I wasn't sure.
Maybe it wouldn't work.
But for some reason, my gut was telling me to do it like this.
—It was a moment where I had to make a decision.
• • •
Author: Ares
Title: It worked
It's solved
It actually worked….
• • •
Comments
[Hikikomori: ???????]
ㄴ[Hikikomori: You solved it?? How???]
[Explain what you did!!]
ㄴ[Ares: Wait, I'll tell you with photos in a bit]
[NightRat: Are you sure you solved it? Double-check because you'll be fucked if it's a mistake.]
ㄴ[Ares: I'm sure, the mother is disappearing]
ㄴ[StudentCouncilTerrorist: Wow, what did you do?? I really have no clue]
"Thank you for everything today."
"...."
Faintly sparkling particles filled the room
I faced Ellie's mother, who was disappearing in those particles.
At some point while I was continuing to modify the diary, I felt a faint light from behind me, and the mother was disappearing.
This must be the end.
I was certain of it.
Because, mother was smiling.
• • •
Author: Ares
Title: I did this
[Photo]
[Photo]
[Photo]
[Photo]
[Photo]
…
…
…
…
I'm sweating buckets taking and uploading these photos
Curious bastards, have a read
• • •
I let out a small sigh after uploading the contents of the diary I had modified so far to the gallery.
"Phew…."
And I looked at the diary on the desk.
It was open to the first page I had modified.
• • •
[ㅁㅁMonth ㅁㅁDay]
It's been a week since I've come out of my room
So there's nothing to write in my diary
But if I don't do this, people will get hurt
Because of me
Because I made mother die
The reason mother is smiling must be because of that
But this afternoon.
Suddenly, from outside the window, I heard someone shouting towards our house.
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