I'm the Only One With a Different Genre - Chapter 39
Chapter 39 – He Fainted from the Shock
Totogen could not overcome the shock and fainted.
Totogen had lived as a prisoner for a very long time. Once, enthralled by a woman he was stalking, he was caught and nearly beaten to death by her husband before escaping.
Enraged, he chose a night under the full moon to release sleeping incense into the couple’s home, ensuring they were all asleep, and then he murdered them.
Afterward, he began a spree of serial killings targeting newlywed couples or women who were to his taste.
Eventually caught, he was dragged off to what was called the worst prison, only to taste freedom when the prison crumbled during the invasion of the Demon King.
That sweet freedom, however, didn’t last long. He was captured by a slave trader and became a slave himself.
Living day by day like a walking corpse, being unable to even eat properly, one day a child approached him.
“Mister, eat this…”
The child smiled innocently and offered him half of their food. Beholding the child’s pure kindness in this filthy and vile world, Totogen felt an uncontrollable surge of murderous intent.
Totogen killed the child. He reveled in the child’s eyes filling with shock, fear, and despair.
‘Oh, I want to kill more, far purer and more beautiful children.’
Totogen, who was already walking the path of corruption, was completely consumed by darkness in that moment. He killed the slave trader and began to masquerade as one.
In the land of the Demon King, where mad rubbish reigned, Totogen flourished and came to handle vast amounts of money.
‘How shall I torture them this time?’
Unable to hide his anticipation, Totogen repeatedly clasped and unclasped his wrinkled hands. A dizzying excitement clung to his mind.
‘There are two, so it could be fun to break one at a time. The other will tremble in fear.’
Recalling the two slaves he had seen, who appeared to be siblings, Totogen cracked a chilling grin.
‘Or perhaps – make them fight against a stronger monster. Oh! Making them commit a murder would be fun too!’
Totogen unclasped his hands and leisurely pressed and parted the tips of his fingers. After some time had passed,
Knock knock.
With a cautious knock, the door opened and the eagerly anticipated two slaves entered the room.
The first thing that caught his eye was the girl with snow-white hair, expressionless. She was beautiful from afar, but up close, she was startlingly stunning.
But there was one flaw. Her eyes were hollow as if she were dead.
Th i s w a s co p i e d f r o m k i n gm t l .or g
Totogen enjoyed watching innocent, lovely children either being crushed into the dirt or becoming thoroughly corrupted, foul beings – he was not interested in possessing a breathing doll.
“Oh…”
Unlike the girl, the boy holding hands with the girl had exceptionally bright eyes. Eyes that seemed untouched by a single terrible event – so clear!
Not realizing those were the eyes of a mad clear-sighted person, Totogen was ecstatic.
‘Ah! I want to see those eyes die!’
He trembled with excitement as he recalled the many children he’d killed.
“I choose this one.”
“What? Y-yes! Understood!”
The hunchback quickly nodded, shoving a manual full of fabricated product descriptions into his pocket. The identified Lian blinked, gazing at the man draped in the robe.
‘What? Am I being sold?’
Lian broke into a cold sweat, eyes rolling around.
‘Just when I found Iris, I’m separated like this? Ugh! He even promised a full course!’
As Lian internally screamed, Totogen pointed at him and said,
Th i s w as c o p i e d f r om k i n g m t l .o rg
“Bring him here. I want a closer look.”
“Ah, yes!”
Th i s w a s c o p i ed f r o m k i n gm t l .o r g
The hunchback approached Lian quickly, his movements resembling those of a noblewoman running soundlessly.
“If you’re rude in front of this man, your head will fall off. This isn’t a warning.”
The hunchback whispered as he pushed Lian’s back. Reflexively, Lian thought of a time when his head fell off and he had the displeasure of attaching it back the wrong way.
‘If it falls off, I’ll have to be careful putting it back on.’
Trying to straighten and reattach a head while looking at the ground was quite the difficult task.
“Leave us to talk for a moment.”
“What?”
T h i s w a s c op ie d f r o m k i n g mtl .or g
Totogen fished a heavy purse from his pocket and tossed it. The hunchback bowed at 120 degrees, snatched the purse, and hurried out of the room. The attendants and secretaries quickly exited as well.
Iris was reluctant to leave Lian behind but eventually moved to leave after Lian conveyed, through his best body language, that he’d be back shortly.
Only Lian and Totogen remained in the room. Totogen pulled Lian in front of him and chuckled, flipping back his robe.
“Hehehe, now – what reaction will you show?”
Burn scars, slashes, and not just sunken eye sockets but also horrific skin, as if someone else’s had been grafted on, were visible. Hideous smiles lingered around the chunky lumps scattered over his face, chin, and neck.
The children who saw his appearance had typically one of two reactions: either they were terrified and collapsed, or they felt pity.
Filled with anticipation, Totogen stared at Lian. Lian also looked at Totogen.
Tensely –
‘Come on! Tremble with fear already!’
Snickering –
‘Ah, frozen solid in terror? Now you’re going to wet yourself and collapse.’
Tensely –
‘…Why is there no reaction? Have you fainted?’
Not a hint of fear or pity existed on Lian’s face. Instead, indifference was present.
A glance as if he had just passed someone on the street. Cold sweat began to trickle down Totogen’s face.
‘Th-this can’t be happening. Surely, if I pull a more gruesome face…!’
Totogen bared his jagged teeth in a repulsive smile. He was certain this time Lian would either burst into tears or fall to the floor.
Grinning –
“…?!”
But the response was nothing but a beaming smile.
‘What? Is he a good person?’
T h i s w as c o p i e d f rom k i n gm t l . o r g
In Lian’s world, not only ghosts but also zombies were a common sight, especially since Halloween came around once a year.
They usually lived near graveyards, working part-time during Halloween or dreaming of world domination.
Lian’s fondest memory of the zombies’ endeavors was the plan to take out every couple. He looked at Totogen, recalling a zombie friend he once had.
‘This is pretty decent.’
An organ popping out? No.
A crushed head with brain exposed? No.
Walking around with a tongue hanging out over 1 meter long? No.
Yes, by Lian’s standards, Totogen resembled just a somewhat ordinary zombie, which is why he returned Totogen’s smile with his own.
At the sight of Lian, Totogen began to quake.
T hi s w a s c op i e d fro m k in gm t l . o r g
Totogen reveled in children’s despair because they responded like toys when pressed.
Children unsheltered by adults couldn’t possibly endure the cruel torment of the savage Totogen. No, not until now.
‘I am not frightening? Am I… a joke to you?!’
True to the pettiness of a cowardly criminal who always targeted the weak rather than the strong, he interpreted Lian’s laughter as a mockery.
“Squeal…!”
He gritted his teeth, withdrawing a surgical knife from an inner space within his robe.
“How dare you look at me like that!”
He plunged the knife into Lian’s stomach, then dragged it downward. Red blood soaked his face.
He should not have done that.
“What’s all this, another one?”
Totogen, hoping to see terror on Lian’s face, tensed at the sound of a strange voice.
“Is this your private room or something? What’s with all the ruckus?”
“Whoa, take it easy, bro. How would that guy know? Can’t even use a knife—must be intellectually challenged, right?”
“What are you doing? Aren’t you going to bow?”
“Gak gak! A virus, is there a virus? Are you also a virus?”
Totogen stared with a dull expression at Lian’s stomach.
“What… is this?”
Intent on scaring Lian to death, Totogen had become pale and started trembling.
He took pride in his monstrous face. Once everyone saw it, they’d freeze in fear.
T h i s w a s c op ied f r o m ki n gmtl. o r g
But now, as if nothing, organs with eyes and mouths yammered at him.
T hi s w a s c o p i e d f r o m k in gm tl .o r g
“A, aberration…”
They say that when you’re too startled, words won’t come out right. That was precisely Totogen’s condition.
‘It’s a dream, yes, it’s just a dream. These must be side effects from the drugs I took recently!’
With false hope, Totogen shifted his gaze to Lian’s face.
‘Certainly, this kid must be already dead -…’
“Sorry about our kids. They tend to get a bit harsh when frail people come close. Oh, but still, you shouldn’t just open someone else’s belly like that.”
Lian calmly apologized for the way his organs spoke, then educated the unknowingly rude zombie on basic etiquette.
T h is wa s c o p i e d f r om ki n g m t l . o r g
“It’s getting chilly in the belly, so the organs might get a cold – Oh?”
“Gurgle…”
He fainted from the shock.
“Hmm, the kids were a bit too harsh.”
T h is wa s c o pi e d f r o m ki n gm tl .o rg
As Lian muttered, his organs spouted curses. Ignoring them, he removed the knife from his abdomen and closed the sliced flesh.
With a simple rub, his stomach healed as if nothing had happened.
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