episode_0004

“Damn… I’m really sorry. Something urgent came up. If I don’t have it, I might really be in trouble.”

It’s strange.

A sudden text message from a guy I don’t usually even contact.

He said he needs about 1 million won urgently.

What kind of trouble did he get himself into?

But this guy, a shut-in nerd who never leaves his house and has no trouble to cause.

“…Is it a voice phishing? No, his tone is too familiar. It’s weird, but he’s not the type to need urgent money, except for his broken computer.”

I pondered.

Should I lend him the money or not?

Being a loner nerd with strict money relationships, if I lend it to him, he will definitely pay it back… but why am I feeling so uneasy this time?

Continuing to ponder, I decided to check the situation he’s in first and then lend him the money.

If it’s related to something dangerous, I should immediately inform his parents.

“Don’t talk nonsense. A guy who can’t move for 10 minutes without falling apart is going out? Even a passing dog would laugh.”

After sending a dismissive text to him, the next day, as soon as I finished my day’s work, I went to his studio apartment.

“Do I have to come twice a month? It’s a bit burdensome to clean up every time I come.”

I’m not a janitor.

It’s not even funny to clean up the trash for his health every time I go.

“If he doesn’t throw it away today, I shouldn’t lend him the money. It’s a waste to lend money to a guy who doesn’t even make the minimum effort.”

Did I stand in front of the door and ring the doorbell?

Normally, I should hear annoyed words, but strangely, I didn’t hear anything.

“…Did this guy really move out?”

No, that shut-in nerd wouldn’t have the energy to do that.

He probably thought he couldn’t walk for 5 minutes due to lack of exercise and turned back.

Then the only explanation is that he’s still sleeping at this late hour.

“He’s really damn lazy. Some people work like ants from dawn.”

A trash guy who forgets his parents’ spine.

If he makes a mistake while talking today, I’ll just beat him up.

Making up my mind, I entered the password and as I entered the house, pitch-black darkness greeted me.

“…Damn, it smells so bad. Is this a raccoon den? It smells rotten.”

“Well, it’s not a raccoon den… more like a fox den.”

“What?”

I was startled by the unfamiliar voice coming from the side, but it was too late as a swinging frying pan was rapidly approaching my head.

“Damn life.”

Thud!

With a clear sound, excruciating pain started to rise from my forehead, and a few seconds later, when the pain peaked, I couldn’t bear it and eventually lost consciousness.

—–

The friend who was hit directly by the frying pan I swung, fell to the ground as if he had fainted.

I thought he might have died from falling so weakly, but fortunately, he was breathing, so I tied him to the bed.

“I bear no ill will towards you, friend. Please forgive me for making this choice.”

– There is no one crazier than someone who asks for forgiveness from a person they have already committed an act against and who cannot hear them. But why did you go as far as to make him faint instead of resolving it through words?

“Well, the moment I saw him like that, he only had two options.”

“Is it one of the two? What on earth is it?”

“Either you face it head-on like a dog, or you run away like a dog. If this guy came in after drinking, the chances of the former are very high, but if it’s a normal situation without alcohol, then the latter is more likely.”

In response, the fox god asked me with a dumbfounded expression.

“They say birds of a feather flock together, and it seems like you’re no different.”

“Don’t talk nonsense. Unlike that animalistic pervert, I’m a normal pervert who knows what he’s doing.”

“That’s the best joke I’ve heard so far. Would you call this kind of talk ‘barking’ in your language?”

“Barking? What about yesterday when the applicant called me a pervert, you saw that too.”

“…It looked like two of the same kind comforting each other.”

The fox god, who looked at me with a pitiful gaze, spoke to me while looking at the friend lying on the bed.

“You seem pretty close.”

“More like annoying than close. We’ve been friends for 19 years, so we know each other very well.”

“Hmm… Isn’t that a good relationship? It wouldn’t be bad to extract energy from your friend…”

“Don’t talk nonsense. I’m not gay, and who in their right mind would extract energy from that guy? Where is the crazy person who would choose between kissing a friend’s balls and kissing a friend’s balls?”

“I think you’re already crazy enough. Even if you do something crazier, it wouldn’t matter, right?”

Watching her trying to convince me, I took a kitchen knife from the kitchen and held it to my wrist, saying,

“Go on. If I cut my wrist and commit suicide, will we both disappear together?”

“I’m sorry… It’s all my fault.”

“No, you didn’t do anything wrong. I just want to die.”

Isn’t it absurd for a man to extract energy from another man’s genitals?

At least if I commit suicide now, I won’t feel any mental pain.

Wow, even thinking about it myself, it’s a genius idea, right?

“Calm down, my dear. You seem too excited right now.”

“I’m perfectly calm right now. I lost everything precious in just two days. Would you want to live if you were in my shoes?”

“If it’s something precious, it must be your reproductive organ. Is sex that important?”

“Do you think I’m talking about this just because of my reproductive organ?”

I glared at the fox god and took out my ID card from the wallet on the desk to show her.

“Here, this is a means of proving my identity. But my appearance has changed like this. Can I prove my identity? Can’t I?”

“…I don’t think you can.”

“Yeah, I probably can’t prove my identity. And all the human relationships I’ve built up so far will crumble. I asked my 19-year-old friend why I hit his head earlier, right? If I don’t apologize, I’ll be taken away by the police for breaking and entering. This house belongs to the previous owner, not to this body.”

It’s a very sorry story for my friend, but I was planning to hit his head from the moment I came in.

If he had drunk, there was a 70% chance of being raped, so if he hadn’t, he would probably report me for breaking and entering as soon as he saw me.

Either way, it was no different from the worst-case scenario, so I decided to confine my friend first and then take the time to persuade him.

Of course, since my life is a deadline of 6 days, I can’t spend too much time on it.

But how do I persuade him? He’s more cold-hearted than he looks, so even if I reveal all my dark past, he probably won’t believe me.

Hmm, if it doesn’t work, I’ll have to find a way, even if it means threatening him.

Was I lost in thought for a little while?

The fox god spoke to me with a worried voice.

“Are you okay?”

“What? Are you talking about persuasion? Well, what you’re doing is nothing short of a real-life yandere, so what can I do. Let’s just pretend I’m possessed by a yandere for a moment and try to persuade.”

– It’s not about that, it’s about human relationships. I appointed you as a sado too hastily, and you suffered because of it…

“Don’t worry about it. How many close humans do I have anyway? Just that guy and my family. The rest are just commission applicants I don’t even know? And once I persuade that guy tied to the bed, persuading my family won’t be a problem.”

The difference between having one guarantor and not having one is quite significant.

If I can persuade that bastard, the family members who don’t pay attention to me will be easily persuaded.

“If I just stroke his tail, will I succeed in persuading him? He does look quite fluffy though.”

– It’s not that he looks fluffy, he is fluffy! How comfortable it is to sleep with him!

“…You can sleep while hugging him?”

At the advice of the fox god, I cautiously tucked my tail between my thighs.

Let’s see.

I guess I can only sleep hugging one out of the nine tails.

If I try to tuck another tail between my thighs, I might end up feeling uncomfortable instead.

As I hugged my tail, I could feel a deadly comfort from the combined sensation of hugging a plush doll and the softness of fox fur.

This is a scam item.

If I sleep hugging him, I can really sleep comfortably.

…Except for the fact that it’s a bit itchy between my thighs.

Was I spending a happy time hugging the tail like a drug?

It seemed like it was time to get up as my friend started to wake up groaning.

“Oh, Du… What kind of crazy woman hits her head with a frying pan?”

“I’m the crazy woman, damn it. Can’t friends hit each other with a frying pan, why are you making a fuss like a crazy woman?”

“…I’ve never heard that voice before. The way he talks is similar, but that voice isn’t his.”

Speaking in a chilly voice, my friend, even in a tied-up state on the bed, looked at me with lively eyes and said, “Where did you sell my friend? You bastard.”