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I was lying face down on the bed.

My body was curled up tightly, covered entirely by the blanket, and I bent the soft pillow to block both my ears.

However, no matter how much I cover my body, they somehow find me, and no matter how much I block my ears, their voices still seep in.

Even now, their voices are coming from behind the tightly locked door.

Cold sweat flowed, and my body trembled uncontrollably.

“Priest… nim…”

A frail voice, like thin ice spread over the calm surface of a beautiful lake, is heard.

A fragile voice that seems like it would snap with just a touch of a finger.

But, I know they can easily break a person’s bones as if snapping a twig.

“Priest nim.”

A youthful and lively voice, reminiscent of an innocent child, is heard.

A voice where even arrogance is packaged in purity and innocence,

But, I know that its true nature is filled with unimaginable lewdness.

“Priest nim?”

A gentle and comfortable voice calls out to me in a playful tone.

A natural voice that carries the familiarity built up over a long time.

But, I knew very well that their feelings weren’t things like friendship or trust.

“Priest nim? Why won’t you open the door?”

The frail voice started to crack and break anxiously.

“You’re not asleep yet, are you? We know everything.”

The youthful voice seemed to see right through me huddled on the bed, and started to giggle arrogantly.

“Is it because it’s late? Even so, the nuns who follow Priest nim have come all this way…”

The friendly voice was trying to ease my wariness with playful tactics.

I took a breath and held it.

I wished for morning to come quickly.

I wished they would think I was asleep.

“Priest nim… please help us.”

A feverish voice crosses the wooden door, pierces the pillow, and gently scratches my eardrums.

It was no longer the voice of an ordinary human.

“It’s… so ticklish here…”

The voice of an attractive woman mixed with rough breaths.

The voice contained the breath of a devil luring humans.

“Please, just a little… touch me with that hand.”

Yes,

They were all possessed by devils.

They willingly gave their bodies to devils.

But, the reason I feared them wasn’t because they were possessed by devils.

“Priest nim… please take responsibility…”

“You’re a priest, after all.”

“You’re the one who made us like this.”

They wanted power.

Because they wanted to be helpful to me.

I’m the one who offered them to the devils.

“Priest nim… are you really asleep?”

I closed my mouth.

I had already held my breath to the limit, and my reddened face looked like it would explode at any moment, but I clenched the blanket even more tightly and endured it.

Scritch, scritch,

The sound of long fingernails scratching the wooden door was heard.

“Priest nim, did you know?”

“…”

“That Priest nim snores when you sleep.”

“Ugh!”

I was so startled that I ended up taking a deep breath.

At the same time, one jet-black and sharp finger pierced through the wooden door and went in and out.

A small hole pierced in the center of the door.

Inside, a glistening glint of light was visible.

“So, you were awake after all.”

“Ahaha, I knew it.”

“Why are you pretending not to know?”

“Could it be, you don’t like us?”

“No, you were waiting for us, weren’t you? You can’t touch us directly since you’re a Priest… so you were waiting for us to come in, weren’t you?”

“Ah, that’s it. Honestly, Priest nim, you don’t have to worry about things like that anymore.”

“I see… that’s what it was… I’m sorry, I was so clueless… I almost mistook it for Priest nim hating me.”

“Or being mischievously teasing.”

“That can’t be, right?”

“Ah… Priest nim… please wait just a little longer.”

“Of course, Priest nim is a kind person, so you’ll wait for us, right?”

They started knocking on the door.

The frail wooden door shook violently.

As if it would break at any moment.

Morning still seemed far away.

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