{ "dataList": [ { "id": 0, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "After stealing the key without my parents noticing, I took Kromer to the basement of my estate as I had promised." }, { "id": 1, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "From there, she led me to a dirty air vent." }, { "id": 2, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Crawling in the unlit vent for a while, a dank, grimy odor and the sounds of small critters scuttling about assaulted my senses." }, { "id": 3, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "My clothes were stained with filth, my throat was parched, and I was overcome with the desire to go back." }, { "id": 4, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "That’s when I noticed that the smell my nose picked up had just changed from the stench so far." }, { "id": 5, "model": "학생크로머", "teller": "Kromer", "title": "Student", "content": "Can you feel it?" }, { "id": 6, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Kromer whispered to me." }, { "id": 7, "model": "학생크로머", "teller": "Kromer", "title": "Student", "content": "There’s something up ahead…!" }, { "id": 8, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "This might have been the last chance I had to turn back." }, { "id": 9, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "It might have been better to dissuade her with all kinds of sweet placations to leave and come back later." }, { "id": 10, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Even if I knew that empty flattery wouldn’t work on her." }, { "id": 11, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "But before I could try, a vile curiosity came over me." }, { "id": 12, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "I was entering a world where villains belonged for the first time." }, { "id": 13, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "And for some reason…" }, { "id": 14, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "I gave up turning back." }, { "id": 15, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "All while knowing in my heart that I was squandering my last chance." }, { "id": 16, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Oh, the loathsome sight I had to witness; it was something I couldn’t think to behold twice." }, { "id": 17, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Could “monstrosity” be an apt description for what I saw?" }, { "id": 18, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "It seemed too sentient for that, yet it also seemed decidedly wrong to say that it was even remotely human." }, { "id": 19, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Huk… Guhgh…" }, { "id": 20, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Shuddering in fear, I started to regret stepping into this world." }, { "id": 21, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Sinclair, you idiot, look at yourself. Hoping by some miracle to get another chance right after you’ve wasted it." }, { "id": 22, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Along with my regret, I had the feeling that I’d never forget what I saw that day until the moment I die." }, { "id": 23, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "K—Kro…mer… I… I’ve gotta go back…" }, { "id": 24, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "On the other hand, Kromer was enraptured." }, { "id": 25, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "She was mesmerized by the scene, watching intently as though she had made a discovery of a lifetime." }, { "id": 26, "model": "학생크로머", "teller": "Kromer", "title": "Student", "content": "……" }, { "id": 27, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Leaving Kromer all enamored to herself, I crawled backward for the exit." }, { "id": 28, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Why is my basement connected to such a horrid place?" }, { "id": 29, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "How did Kromer know this?" }, { "id": 30, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Why isn’t she scared, either?" }, { "id": 31, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "I could almost hear Kromer’s spine-chilling whistles with the wind blowing from behind." }, { "id": 32, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "The very next day, Kromer came to school as if nothing had happened." }, { "id": 33, "model": "학생크로머", "teller": "Kromer", "title": "Student", "content": "Sinclair, thank you so much more for showing me precious things." }, { "id": 34, "model": "학생크로머", "teller": "Kromer", "title": "Student", "content": "Take these as my thanks." }, { "id": 35, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "She handed two mysterious coins to me." }, { "id": 36, "model": "학생크로머", "teller": "Kromer", "title": "Student", "content": "Always keep them at your side. Got it?" }, { "id": 37, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "All I could do was nod." }, { "id": 38, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Since then, the things I saw in that vent constantly haunted my mind." }, { "id": 39, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "And I began to consciously avoid Kromer." }, { "id": 40, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "I could picture myself involuntarily trembling in terror just by looking at her." }, { "id": 41, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "But there was something I needed to take back from her." }, { "id": 42, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "The basement key." }, { "id": 43, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "My parents could find out at any moment. One minute of sorting the keys is all it would take." }, { "id": 44, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "For the first time, I betrayed my parents living in a world of warmth…" }, { "id": 45, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "I was afraid that my deviation from their world would end up becoming an irrefutable fact." }, { "id": 46, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Kromer… Won’t you give it back now?" }, { "id": 47, "model": "학생크로머", "teller": "Kromer", "title": "Student", "content": "Give back what?" }, { "id": 48, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "The… basement key…" }, { "id": 49, "model": "학생크로머", "teller": "Kromer", "title": "Student", "content": "…Pft." }, { "id": 50, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "I mustered the courage to ask one day." }, { "id": 51, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Kromer burst into laughter, as though she didn’t expect this from me. Intimidated, I slowly stepped back." }, { "id": 52, "model": "학생크로머", "teller": "Kromer", "title": "Student", "content": "Pwahahaha!!! Oh, and here I was wondering what you were struggling so hard to say…" }, { "id": 53, "model": "학생크로머", "teller": "Kromer", "title": "Student", "content": "Fine, you can have it, Sinclair. We don’t need the key anymore." }, { "id": 54, "model": "학생크로머", "teller": "Kromer", "title": "Student", "content": "And besides…" }, { "id": 55, "model": "학생크로머", "teller": "Kromer", "title": "Student", "content": "Your grudge will most certainly bear fruit, Sinclair. You didn’t want to get your procedure, right?" }, { "id": 56, "model": "학생크로머", "teller": "Kromer", "title": "Student", "content": "You remember our promise? You fulfilled my grudge, so it’s only fair that I pay you back." }, { "id": 57, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "I was too absorbed in the relief of getting my key back to realize what Kromer was really talking about, and I curse my ignorance for it." }, { "id": 58, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "About what Kromer’s “we” really meant." }, { "id": 59, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "About why she said it’s not needed any more, and how she was going to fulfill my grudge…" }, { "id": 60, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "I didn’t think to question a single thing, and for that…" }, { "id": 61, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "I regret my inaction; I curse my foolishness." } ] }