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Knock knock. Knock knock.

Regular knocking sound.

The thick smell of blood.

The air becomes strangely cold,

White breath leaks sharply like an icicle from the mouth.

Eunha looked at the entrance with a stiff face.

Excited. Excited.

My heart hurts. I can’t breathe properly.

The painful trauma deeply engraved in Eunha’s mind is tormenting her.

Why? I don’t even know who is knocking on the door.

It could be someone else.

But… I thought that if I turned on the intercom, the woman covered in blood would be standing there smiling.

Opening the door and coming in, it felt like I was going to take an old jigsaw to Eunha’s limbs…

“Ugh…!”

Eunha was overcome with nausea and covered her mouth.

The smell of salty soy sauce rises like a haze.

(『It’s dyed red~ Red~』)

red woman Singing sound.

That painful feeling when your bone is cut by a jigsaw.

The feeling of having my chest and stomach cut by a kitchen knife, and blood rushing up my throat.

“Haa… haa… haaaa…!”

Soy sauce and blood mixed in my mouth.

It tasted terrible.

The fishy smell is so strong that it brings tears to my eyes.

Whenever I eat food, I keep thinking of that horrible taste, so I put salt in my food on purpose.

I wanted to destroy my sense of taste.

Maybe I should have cut out my tongue instead.

I survived for no reason.

If I had known that the aftereffects of the pain and the trauma engraved in my mind would be this painful…

It would have been better if I didn’t have the [Self-Healing] skill…

Wow!

At that time, Eunha, who was breathing heavily, broke her little finger.

My vision turned white from the exhilarating pain, but thanks to that, I was able to come to my senses.

Even if you can’t open a can of beer, you can still break your finger.

Is it because my body is weak? I don’t know.

“Ha… It’s okay. I won’t die.”

Eunha touched her swollen fingers and made her usual smiling face.

A bad thought occurred to me for a moment… but it’s okay now.

It’s nothing.

It’s just that I’m a little tired.

If you get a good night’s sleep, you will be fine.

Let’s think positively.

Isn’t there a saying that youth is because it hurts?

What do pain and youth have in common?

What you see disappears.

Therefore, she has nothing to see right now.

“Drew you bitch!”

A courage that has no roots rises.

After mentally arming herself, Eunha swallowed the sour food welling up her throat and headed towards the entrance.

It’s definitely true.

It’s him.

Has it come again?

After cutting up people like that, I couldn’t stand it any longer and came back again.

Did it taste good? Eunha stood in front of the front door, holding on to the towel that kept falling down.

Knock knock. Knock knock…

Like last time, ‘that’ doesn’t even ring the doorbell, but just knocks.

Eunha took a deep breath… and turned on the intercom.

『… … found.”

A voice came from over the intercom.

A woman in a bloody dress, holding an old jigsaw in her hand.

[Red Woman] smiles at Eunha through the intercom.

“Heh… heh… hahahaha!”

And, Eunha also burst out laughing while watching [Red Woman].

I was out of my mind earlier because of the trauma, but

It’s different now that I’ve come to my senses.

I’ve been waiting for this moment.

The moment when that comes back to our house.

Eunha recalled the terrible and unfair memories of that time.

At that moment, I ran out of salt, so I poured salty soy sauce into my mouth, and even that didn’t work, so I ended up showing off my talent.

Even now, when I think about that time, my whole body throbs.

But now?

I scraped up all the salt from the convenience store.

Flavored salt, coarse salt, sea salt, bamboo salt, dashi… I filled the cupboard with each type.

Deathly pain made Eunha desperate.

[Red Woman]’s coping method.

Hide in the bathroom with salt in your mouth within 3 minutes.

salt? there is.

restroom? there is.

There’s nothing to be afraid of.

“Hey, red girl! Come on!”

『… … ?』

“Before, I was in trouble because there was no salt, but not today, right?”

A chance to let go of trauma.

The fact that ‘that’ is standing in front of the front door makes her shiver.

My heart is still pounding and it’s hard to breathe.

But it’s okay.

Let’s get through this now.

Then, you can sleep with your feet stretched out in front of you.

After gathering herself, Eunha shouted to the [Red Woman] over the intercom.

“Do you think I can’t hide within 3 minutes? I’m not going in! I’m not going to hide here, I’m going to hold on and go in just in time, 10 seconds before!”

『… … .』

The [Red Woman], who had an eerie smile, erased her smile at Eunha’s sudden teabagging.

[Red Woman] frowns and looks at the galaxy as if she were crazy.

Eunha was so happy to receive such a response that she became even more flattered.

“Red girl, what are you doing? You’re not going to count to three minutes? Shall I count it for you?”

『… … .』

“Who told you to cut off someone else’s limbs so excitedly? Do you know what it feels like to be forced to check what your own heart looks like?”

『… … .』

“Anyway, I’m sleepy, so count quickly and come back.”

and. Eunha, who was so excited at the thought of making fun of [Red Woman], was holding her trembling hands and saying anything…

The front door opened with an eerie sound.

Kkeikikㅡ.

The front door opened.

It didn’t even last 3 minutes, but it was very smooth.

『… … .』

“…….”

The atmosphere becomes solemn in an instant.

Eunha looked at the [Red Woman] standing in front of the door and pursed her lips.

Eunha’s eyes were fixed on the [Red Woman]’s hand holding the door handle.

ah. If you just open it, it opens.

『… … Go in?”

“……No. Come back later.”

Kkeikkk… sweet.

The front door was closed.

Only then did the [Red Woman] start counting one by one.

『Three… four… five…』

A countdown echoes in my head.

Eunha grabbed the towel wrapped around her body and headed to the kitchen.

After taking out the salt bag with a gentle gesture, I walked lightly to the entrance hallway, put the salt in my mouth, and calmly went into the bathroom.

… … Just like that, the etiquette teacher instantly turned Eunha, who had been so arrogant until now, into a natural woman.

[Red Woman] finished the three-minute countdown with a relieved expression on her face, then opened the front door and entered the house.

It’s sad.

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Drurrr . Drurrr.

​The next morning.

After a quick wash, Eunha left the house and was walking along the main street of Euncheon-gu, dragging a suitcase containing [The Black Book].

Even the galaxy doesn’t know where it’s headed.

I’m just wandering around aimlessly.

… … .

Yesterday finally passed safely.

After being taught etiquette by [Red Woman], I calmly squatted on the toilet and waited for 10 minutes without making any more fuss.

This time, she kept the salt in her mouth, and the [Red Woman], who had been looking around every corner of the house, quietly left without entering the bathroom.

And I realized that if I follow the rules in the ‘Guide’ carefully, the house won’t get dirty.

Last time, I did some house cleaning to wipe away the blood stains all over the house. But today, when I came out of the bathroom, it was clean with no traces of blood.

If you get the rules wrong, not only will you die, but you will also have to clean up… There are more reasons to follow the ‘Guide’.

“Oh…my beer.”

When I came out to the living room with a sigh of relief that I survived safely, the beer can left on the table was completely emptied.

… … Was this the work of the [Red Woman]?

Last time I went there after eating soy sauce egg rice, and this time I went there after drinking beer.

Are you hungry?

If I come back again later, I will try putting a lot of wasabi in the rice balls. Do you want to eat it?

Eunha, who had once been taught manners, went to bed vowing to get such a trivial revenge.

… … .

Anyway, back to the present,

Eunha has now left Saetbyeol Apartment and is walking aimlessly down the street.

‘The weather is nice~. Now that you think about it, did you take the laundry out of the washing machine?’

I thought about that as I looked up at the sunny sky.

I was wondering if I had locked the front door or turned off the gas valve.

But I don’t necessarily go to Saetbyul Apartment.

To be precise, my steps did not fall.

I don’t want to go home.

I don’t know if it’s night, but I don’t want to interact with ‘things’ while the sun is up.

Who knows what it feels like to lose my home overnight? A beaver at a zoo whose tree house it had worked so hard to build would be demolished by its zookeeper. It wouldn’t be this unfair.

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Would you rather move to a quieter countryside? I have had that thought once.

A life of quiet farming, a step away from the secular world…

But no matter where you go, ‘things’ will follow you…

If you have a hard time moving and unpacking, the [Red Woman] is sure to knock on your front door, saying it’s a housewarming gift.

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‘No matter how much I think about it, I can’t come up with an answer… Okay! Then you just don’t have to think about it.’

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Eunha accepted reality with a half-liberated face.

Good is good.

At least I won’t have to die alone.

After all, humans are social animals.

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2. It is recommended to refrain from going out at night.

– Because the interior of the apartment is very dark, it is not recommended to leave the house or wander around the apartment after sunset.

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There is a ‘rule’ in the book that says you should not leave the house at night.

In other words, there is no problem as long as you return home before the sun sets.

You can spend some time outside and return home when the sky becomes dark.

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What should I do with my time?

Normally, I would have played with Eunbangul at the cafe, but today I was forced to take a day off because Banharin rented out the cafe. Since I had no one I could call a friend, I had nowhere to go.

My worries increase with each passing day.

Holidays are more inconvenient than weekdays… This is all because of [The Black Book].

‘Mr. Banharin was called to an emergency meeting saying that there was a fatal accident at the company… Okay. I’m going to walk a little bit and then go to Bell’s house to play.’

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I can’t go to a cafe, I can’t go to Ban Harin’s house, and I can’t even go into my own house because I’m scared.

In the end, all that’s left is our cute little bell.

It would be a nuisance to go there in the morning, so it would be okay to go around lunchtime, right?

Eunha crossed the Lululala crosswalk with the intention of taking a walk until then.

“I’m just going to the PC room~. I can’t come here because the teachers are busy teaching classes.”

“W-Is that so? Let’s go and play some… huh?”

As she passes the crosswalk, students in school uniform walking from the opposite direction pass by Eunha, staring at her face.

what? Even though Eunha felt puzzled by their gaze, she continued walking, dragging her suitcase.

It’s not even past lunch time, but the student is out of school… Is that a surprise?

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A school uniform that looks expensive at first glance… It is the school uniform of [Euncheon Academy], the hope and pride of Euncheon-gu.

Even at the prestigious Hunter Academy, there are delinquent students. Eunha smiled languidly and looked at the magnificent building seen at the end of the main street in the distance.

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