I Became a Stalker in a Yandere Dating Sim

81 – 81. Nightmare in the Mind

You might have heard that a white space can drive people insane.

But experiencing zero gravity in such a situation?

“Is this a dream?”

Screaming as if fainting, when he came to his senses, he found himself floating in the white space like a dead fish.

The words he spat out did not echo, nor did they seem to be heard again.

Not feeling any sense of direction was an added challenge. He simply floated around, moving aimlessly.

‘If I stay like this, I might go crazy and end up with a mental illness. Is this some kind of hell?’

In this way, he faced the truth about the afterlife.

At that moment, regretting that he had lived a little too kindly.

[“Hey.”]

“?”

A call that seemed to be a combination of thousands of voices struck him on the back of his head.

As he looked, for some reason, the hero’s mask sparkled and stared back at him sharply.

‘Is it that when you die, the items in your inventory come to welcome you?’

[“…..”]

In response to Rockser’s wild speculation, the hero’s mask fell silent.

As if not knowing, Rockser, with an expression that seemed to genuinely consider the idea, nodded his head alone.

‘Quite courageous.’

However, the hero’s mask didn’t seem to mind this strange behavior as it evaluated Rockser highly.

It was quite common for individuals to be greatly flustered when chosen by the hero’s mask.

All those who had been chosen so far had been like that, and there was no exception.

“Do you have any other items? Is this what happens when you die while possessed?”

But that guy, as if he had expected it someday, sat there saying strange things about considering death.

‘Is it saying that all this wasn’t just a coincidence for nothing…’

The hero’s mask approached Rockser, who was trying to call up the status window, looking around.

“You don’t seem to show any reaction to being chosen by us. Are you calm? Or just stupid?”

And with that sudden question, Rockser finally realized that he hadn’t died.

The hero’s mask overheard Rockser muttering, ‘Oh, so you’re not sending me back to reality,’ as he floated in the air.

“…I see.”

The hero’s mask floated slightly in the air, seeming to understand why Rockser was having such strange thoughts.

Although it wanted to tell him the truth, it couldn’t reveal it because someone had used Rockser’s truth as a sacrifice for ascension.

‘The truth can only be revealed by the one who received the sacrifice… Well, judging by how the relic is flying, it won’t be long.’

Thanks to one of the chosen from the cultists who had taken a different path after being chosen by the hero’s mask, the hero’s mask, familiar with the cultists’ grip, looked down at Rockser.

“!?”

Immediately, the area around Rockser changed into something in the white space.

As if a natural disaster had occurred, a dense smoke covered the sky in a sinister, grotesque manner.

The smell of iron piercing his nostrils, the smell of something burnt, the sticky smell of blood made him tense.

And around, as if several meteors were falling…

“Here…? Ugh!?”

It felt as though something was distorting the space, causing the surroundings to warp and bend dramatically, resembling the collapse of a huge building.

The sight of bodies strewn all around and the horrifying scenes of carnage made the heart race as if it might stop at any moment.

The pupils dilated involuntarily, eyes widening to take in the gruesome scenes vividly.

Shaking as if witnessing a shocking murder scene unsuitable for a child, Rockser’s hands and feet trembled uncontrollably.

And oddly, this sensation felt familiar to an experienced viewpoint, despite the clear low perspective.

[“This is the past your body has seen.”]

A voice, muffled by the hero’s mask, reached Rockser’s ears, but instead of instilling valor, it only added a vague sense of alarm and surprise.

Even Rockser, with the mind of an adult, was left breathless by the horror that transcended all limits.

Sensing that Rockser had experienced this at a young age, the words from the hero’s mask made Rockser shudder involuntarily.

As if that wasn’t enough, his small body was being embraced by a man and woman, both charred black, as if protecting him.

“Mom…? Dad…?”

Although clearly strangers, Rockser’s lips uttered the names of these two as if involuntarily, amidst the trembling voice filled with confusion and terror.

It was a moment of utter confusion and fear, not knowing what to do.

{“Kii- Kigigik-!”}

Just hearing the eerie scream that could not possibly belong to this world sent shivers down Rockser’s spine from behind.

Even without looking back, Rockser could instinctively sense it.

The presence responsible for this gruesome scene was right behind, oozing a sickening sensation, with every breath signaling an impending suffocation…

And Rockser could only conclude that the culprit behind the brutal scene was the one embracing his parents to protect him.

[“……”]

The hero’s mask trembled, wanting to reveal the truth of the current situation to the bewildered Rockser, but it was a truth that had been sacrificed to ascend the distorted clergy and could not be revealed.

Having to endure the most agonizing time again and pass the test he must now face.

All the hero’s mask could do was watch over Rockser.

Rockser was too tense at the moment to process any thoughts.

But his heartbeat gradually increased.

{“Kigigigik-! Kya-gagakigik-!!!”}

As the monstrous creature bizarrely rushed closer from behind, with each stride quickening, Rockser’s heart rate soared.

Finally, with a great leap, a grotesque shadow swiftly passed over Rockser’s vision.

A nauseating sensation, like stomping on filthy mud, halted before Rockser, emanating from the repulsive figure contorting behind a veil of mist.

A horrific figure that seemed capable of shattering one’s humanity just by sight writhed unpleasantly in the mist.

As if feeling a fear of the unknown lurking in the abyss, Rockser was engulfed in a sensation of impending cardiac arrest.

“It’s dangerous, his heart rate rising could lead to a dangerous explosion. He can’t handle it.”

The hero’s mask thought of stopping the test, but…

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[‘?????’]

Somehow, that grotesque monster did not disappear.

[“Could it be that this grotesque monster is materialized through the bond of the mask and the child’s memories!?”]

Mashin’s hand, forcibly implanting Misteltain’s prototype into Rockser’s body, separating his mind from his flesh after the shock, attempting to seize his physical form.

He resonated with the origin of Misteltainn and connected with its power to be able to take it with him, resonating with the origin of Misteltainn.

In other words, the hero’s mask transformed the origin of Misteltainn into a form used by Roxe without attacking.

It was a way of transforming Roxe into a form used by the hero’s mask, while waiting to be absorbed while maintaining resonance with the origin in a space with only the hero’s mask to test the hero’s qualities.

However, the hand of the demon did not give up on this and invaded the space, manifesting in Roxe’s mental world as the monster of his trauma and most painful memory.

[“Stop!!!”]

{“Grrr!!!!”}

The hero’s mask tried to forcibly stop the test, but as it was already resonating with the origin of Misteltainn, the mask, which had consumed a lot of power, could not stop the hand of the demon.

If forcibly interrupted, the resonance with the origin of Misteltainn, which was melting into Roxe’s black heart, would be severed…

If that happened, it was almost certain that something similar to forcibly transplanting an unsuitable heart into Roxe would occur.

During that time when Roxe’s heart irregularly stopped and beat painfully repeatedly,

Something writhed within Roxe.

Something suppressed by the demon’s power began to manifest forcibly.

Since the heartbeat was something that could not be removed by anything,

“….Th… This!!!”

The horror of stopping his heart actually made his heartbeat skyrocket like crazy, and the young Roxe, with bloodshot eyes, roared towards the monster in front of him as if howling.

The heart, which occasionally stopped and beat repeatedly, eventually thrashed as if going mad.

As a result, the outburst contained all the pain remaining in Roxe’s body.

And soon, it turned into pure rage to the point where he couldn’t recognize what was in front of him.

“You!!! You bastard!!!!”

{“Grrr!?”}

With nothing but anger, Roxe writhed towards the demon’s hand that had manifested from his painful memory of the demon.

Sensing that he might be hit, the demon’s hand quickly rushed to engulf him.

{“Grrr!?”}

In an instant, a dark shadow pierced through the demon’s hand manifested by fate with a white flash, blocking its movement.

In the shadow, Rika’s energy was strongly felt, and the flash coming from the shadow inexplicably felt like Jane’s power.

Not missing the opportunity, Roxe effortlessly manifested something that seemed to be wildly powerful in his hands using the power he possessed.

Like flames made of unmelting glass shards, like a sea made of glass shattering and reforming repeatedly, a dark and twisted energy.

It darkened to the point of becoming an abyss so deep that it seemed transparent.

“Die!!!!!!”

At the end of Roxe’s rushing gesture, strands of crimson and crimson spiderwebs and blue threads shattered into pieces, igniting the space.

At that moment when his mental world shattered.

“Gasp-!!!!”

Lying on a hospital bed, Roxe suddenly woke up as if from a dream, his body covered in cold sweat.

And one of his hands was holding onto something warm.

“Ah….”

Soon, Rika’s calm voice flowed out from the person holding Roxe’s hand.

At the end of Roxe’s breath, Rika, with a sorry yet somewhat resigned expression, looked at him with inexplicably sad eyes.

‘Ugh… My head, but the shadow that pierced through that monster I saw earlier and the nature of the flash… Could it be Rika…? Jane?’

While swallowing his disbelief, Rokseo first asked Rica about the situation.

“Ugh… Surprise, what’s happening?”

Perhaps due to too many events passing by, he rambled on incoherently.

“Huh??? Rica?? Why are you crying?? Rica??”

Tears seeped from Rica’s reddened eyes.