Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 86

(EP-86.1) Club #5

086 – Adventure Club #5

The metal ladder was so old that it creaked even if you just put your hand on it.

Seuk-.

The red rust clinging on my hands made me worry of getting sick from tetanus if I accidentally got wounded.

Just one glance was enough to tell that it had not been touched for decades.

“Then Marmar, I’ll go down first. Just shout if anything happens.”

“Will you be alright? That ladder looks very old.”

I could only hope that it wouldn’t suddenly break on me.

I was very careful in moving my limbs.

Kiiik, piguk-.

The further down I went, the louder the creaking noise was. As if the nails and screws that drove the ladder into the wall were on the verge of snapping.

“Uuuuh.”

“Comrade! What’s the matter!”

“Nothing, it’s just that the ladder is old and dangerous. We can’t go down together, otherwise it’ll break. Stay there for now.”

Fortunately, Theo’s weight was on the lighter side for men, so I was able to reach the bottom somehow.

There was a door in front of me.

There were words that said “Underground Shelter”. It was the thickest and most sturdy of the doors I had seen in this building.

Tuk tuk-.

Kicking it a few times made my feet throb in pain. From this, one could tell just how thick the door was.

It was like the entrance to an underground bunker built to avoid disasters or wars.

“That door looks tough.”

At this time, Marmar came down next to me.

“How do you open this?”

Marmar tried to move the reinforced bar-shaped locking device that was inserted outside. But because it was rusted, it wasn’t loosening or moving at all.

“It doesn’t budge!”

“More importantly, Marmar, isn’t this door a little strange?”

“Really? Well, it certainly looks old, but it doesn’t look strange.”

Marmar tilted her head in wonder. At first glance, it looked like an old bunker entrance, but there was definitely something off about it.

“No, think about it. Why is the lock on the outside?”

“You’re right!”

Marmar nodded as she finally realized my point.

Most locks would usually be installed to prevent people from coming in from the outside.

And yet, this door looked like it was the opposite and was instead blocking something from the inside.

I couldn’t tell what was there, but if I carelessly opened the door, wouldn’t we be in big trouble?

In horror movies, it was always some vacationing college students opening these things out of curiosity, and ended up awakening ancient curses or mutant monsters, before finally getting horribly murdered.

Maybe that would happen to me too...

If I died because of some s†upid ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) shi† like this, my soul wouldn’t be able to rest.

“Should we just come back next time? At least, we now know the location.”

It was better to come back in the future, after doing more preparations. After all, it would be too reckless to enter this place with just me and Marmar right now.

With that thought in mind, I climbed the ladder with Marmar to the third floor.

Then, my fairy sense suddenly noticed that the place was different from before.

“Comrade, can you see that?”