Isekai Online's
Interlude - Black Room

In this dark and foul-smelling hallway, for the umpteenth time my eyes were opened. The dark and cold eyes of this place made me speechless.

The sobs I could easily hear, my classmates who even kept quiet and quivered in fear beside me made me remember about the incident.

When we all came home from school together and were stuck somewhere all of a sudden, this new experience made my memory quickly process what had happened.

And what I clearly remember from this incident is...

We were given something very unpleasant to eat. Something shaped like a lump of liquid, smelling pungent, and very difficult to accept the taste.

Not only that, even some of the slimy creatures in charge of delivering our food had a monstrous shape. They were like slime monsters but with a hard thorn shell on top.

They were in charge of delivering our food and leftovers. Not infrequently, I could hear them eating the remains of our uneaten food.

When the voices of the adults were heard, I could hear them drinking and eating. It became a marker of the turn of the day that had occurred. Honestly speaking, determining the day in this dark room and the sound of crying was very confusing.

I don't know how long I've been in this place, which is for sure.

An ominous feeling came as the group of beasts confined in this place began to move actively, letting out a sinister moaning sound and a fiery red gaze that pierced through this darkness.

I'm scared but there's not much I can do.

This feeling of fear that covered my body made my body petrified, while my friends dissolved in their long fainting. The pressure the creatures exerted was terrifying and dominated this room.

But why don't they try to escape?

They should be powerful creatures, right?

I don't know anymore.

My hope right now is for a savior to appear to set us free, like the hero stories my grandmother would often tell me.

The hero?

Why do I still believe in such stories?

Whereas in the history of our kingdom never appeared a hero.

What does that mean, I'm still an innocent girl?

Is this the reason why I'm in a place like this?

I don't know anymore.

Slowly, my thoughts were disappearing and filled with despair.

[...]

A strange thing happened.

One by one the creatures that disturbed us no longer let out their voices. His small breath became a gauge of his current condition. Although we were given food, but with small portions and suspicious size like that makes us reluctant to eat it. Not infrequently, the slimy creatures that carry our food clean up the leftovers.

They didn't mind it, what was food for these creatures?

I don't know anymore, in dark conditions like this only sound and touch can I rely on.

I want to get out of here. But, why did I put my hope in this?

It didn't occur to me if there would be such a situation.

From the darkness, the sound of the door opening. A light I had not seen for a long time slowly appeared in front of me.

A person wearing armor and sword clothes on his waist walked through my cage. At first glance I could see the slimy creatures that were carrying our food. It turned out that it was a slime monster bound by something on its body. Turns out that's what makes it feel a little rough to touch.

Looking at the armor and the noble emblem on their chests, I finally found some clues as to who they were.

In the end, we were the victims of a noble who was doing his small business. The King of this Kingdom should pay more attention to the conduct of his nobles, events like this have become commonplace in this filthy kingdom.

But, why should we?

Why should we be part of your business?

What's our fault?

Some people passed by carrying their illumination, until it finally became a source of light that shone on this place.

The circumstances that surprised me were in front of my eyes.

This room.

This jail.

And. the source of this uncomfortable smell is all around.

A huge and ferocious-looking monster was in front of my cage. This monster looked limp with his condition now. I could see the sparkle of the large chains around his body. The conditions are much more dire than our conditions.

If our condition is filled with dirty clothes, messy hair, dirty face, and unsightly appearance. The monster was much more apprehensive than us.

For the first time, I felt sorry for a monster.

They forced the monster out of its confinement.

“Why does our Master want to take material from this monster? isn't selling it for the entertainment of royal nobles more profitable?”

“How do I know, this is our Master's request. Just clean!”

“Gah! Do you want to bother taking this smelly part of her body?”

“Who do you think this is wrong? Isn't it your job to take care of it!”

“You think I want to go inside this rotten room?”

The words of those who seemed to be enjoying this situation made me angry. With this condition, they played us like we were worthless in their eyes.

My feelings arose to fight them, but with their firm and filled posture. What can I do?

I lost before I even tried.

This creature tried to resist by flapping both its wings and the groans of its sharp fangs. His voice intimidated us.

But, what's going on?

The group of people only laughed when they saw him. Until the sound of an iron bang was heard and when I saw it, the monster fell down and stopped fighting.

They continued laughing while dragging the creature out of his cage.

[...]

An unusual situation occurred.

Slime-slime which used to deliver food, now brings some warm water, towels, and lighting.

Several other slimes came carrying clothing equipment and mirrors.

From this unusual action, I could feel that something bad was about to happen. My instinct to detect danger arises when this abnormal condition occurs.

Some of the children who were unable to clean themselves were slowly devoured by the slime monster. As if cleaning himself up, some of the dirty stains on his body and clothes disappeared instantly. I don't know what's gonna happen next. But, did this slime monster eat anything other than dirt?

I mean, I haven't had a bath in days and as a girl who still thinks of the shame and disgust of the rest of her stomach digestion process.

Self-esteem as a girl slowly tarnished.

But because we were forced to do so. Forcibly, I obeyed the order of this slime monster.

Someone entered our room, behind this little room of light. The figure of such a beautiful girl appeared in front of us, her beauty could not be unraveled with words, yet something that stood out from the girl was engraved clearly on my head.

Such a graceful figure.

Such a charming figure.

The hair is so smooth.

The horn that carved her head, looked so sweet with her pretty face.

Her teeth fangs that appeared with a smile that was soothing to the heart.

The wings on his body were swinging so gently, as if hypnotizing my gaze.

As well as his tail that was swinging around after seeing our condition.

This figure is not human. I was so sure of what my eyes saw.Our eyes met, as if she was attracted to me, she smiled gently at me.

“Ara~ sweet girl ♥” she said that while looking at me.

Beside him, there was a noble person I knew. He was famous for his rottenness and also his cunning.

Viscount Barknelyn, I've seen her enter Grandma's study. I think the relationship between Nekoya Inn and her is fine.

But why did he kidnap me.

I can think of no other reason than his greed for money. I'm pretty sure, what's on his mind right now is the money earned after using all of us.

He was truly a rotten human figure that needed to be exterminated!

[...]

Once we look clean enough from the dirty stains that stick to our clothes and bodies. We were directed towards the room filled with a pungent smell. At a glance, the room was filled with books, strange equipment, and strange writing engraved on some papers.

Some chairs and tables have been prepared for us. I'm not gonna dispute that. But something on the table bothered my mind.

The object located on the table was a glass glass filled with white liquid. Just looking at its shape, it gave off a disgusting scent. Not only did it smell on my nose, I imagined how disgusting it felt.

“Ara~ ??”

“You're silent only~ ?”

“Padahan Mama has prepared this delicious food loh ♥”

“What hard work Mama ignored ♥?”

Hearing him call a “Mama”, makes me a little uncomfortable. How could he possibly be so confident before us? Someone who was a victim of kidnapping.

Because of the pressure given, we were forced to sit in the chair that had been provided. The scent from the liquid was very appetizing, it looked like warm chicken porridge. As I lifted it, the increasingly delicious aroma prompted me to taste it.

When the first droplet, a taste I had never felt flowed through my tongue. This taste that was so hard to forget made me drink it to the end. Seeing myself so voraciously drinking it, some of the other kids tried this liquid.

In between their sense of satisfaction. I glanced at the figure that led us into this room.

She smiles.

Behind that smile, I felt a bad feeling.

I think I made a mistake drinking this liquid.

Suddenly, my body felt weak and sleepy. The sleepiness was so heavy that it forced me to fall asleep immediately. Some loud bangs were heard, it seemed like some other children were fast asleep and fell from their seats.

“Ara~ these naughty kids fall asleep after eating ♥”

“It is not wrong for you to punish you after this right? Fufufu ♥”

My hunch is getting worse.

After that incident, I don't remember what happened after that.

I woke up in my cage with a body that was hurting. My head, neck, chest, hands, and legs are moving so actively. In fact, a sound like my bones began to move through the darkness of this room.

Not just myself, but the sounds of the other children's movements were heard. Some of them talk in their sleep, it would be better if I fall asleep like the others. However, my body moved as if growing this resisted the drowsiness of the curse.

I couldn't move my body, my sense of feeling was dead, and my body slowly narrowed. I don't know what has happened to my body, it seems like the liquid is slowly changing my body. I remember what my grandmother said that forbade taking someone else's gifts on the street.

It became a lesson for me to refuse gifts to unknown people.

I slowly got used to these horrible sounds. It seems, I am the only one who experienced this terrible event.

[...]

Without me noticing, a strange flesh was growing on my chest. I don't know what's going on, it feels like my hair is getting longer, my hands are feeling longer than usual, and my legs are getting denser.

After I woke up from the screams of a girl I didn't know, I became panicked about this sudden change in my body. The figure of the girl who was not human came back into my mind.

What liquid is that, actually?

What has happened to me?

Amidst the panic, a shocking voice pierced through our ears. It sounded like a small explosion right next to our room. I don't know what's going on, but my gut feeling is that this is a good sign.

Usually, my heart beats without certainty. But somehow, this time my heart seemed so calm.

The small explosion was heard again.

There seemed to be six small explosions going on next to this room. And if calculated by the previous explosion, it becomes seven small explosions.

What happened in the room next to us?

After that small explosion, this room became quieter. Now there was only a dark silence accompanying us.

Moments later, an open keyhole sound caught my ear's attention. This was the same as usual, could it be that they would give the strange food again?

However, an oddly shaped light entered our scene. The light is not the usual illumination entering this room.if usually the light beam directly enters the surrounding view, this light is more elongated and widened.

A figure so mysterious entered my view.

With his face covered in headgear, the figure walked in watching our confinement.

“Bloody Hell! They not only kidnap children but kidnap girls too?”

The figure looked shocked as the light shone through my cage.

I guess, I know why the figure was shocked when I saw this cage.

I saw that my body had grown into a mature woman, the heavy feeling I had felt was that my chest had grown so big.

My female instincts called out and right then and there I screamed with all my might to endure my embarrassment.

“KYAAAAAAAAA!!”

[...]