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Forest Toto, who had fainted for a moment, woke up and I sat the rabbits on the bed and explained the situation.

Shuboma here…

No, Hanabi is a friend I met through a game, and coincidentally, we were neighbors living in the same studio, and in real life, I also invited my friend to my house.

For your information, I just found out that Shuboma’s real name is Hanabi.

“Carrot···.”

“Lotus root···.”

The rabbits are staring at Hanabi.

There was disbelief in his eyes.

The rabbits asked Hanabi with a skeptical voice.

“Is it really a coincidence? Didn’t you approach Kang Ha-hwi under the pretense of coincidence?”

“Isn’t this an intentional approach with a strange purpose? Lotus root!”

“I swear to heaven, it’s really a coincidence. Do I intentionally approach a man because I have some kind of personality?”

“Umm… That’s also true. Carrot.”

“Are you sure? If you don’t tell the truth, I’ll stick a carrot in there! Lotus root!”

“It’s really a coincidence. But the Forest Toto instructor says why would you put a carrot in there… Dirty…”

“Lotus root? What were you thinking? I said I would put it in my mouth. Hanabi, your head is still full of lewd thoughts!”

“I will trust you for now. Carrot.”

Santoto gave up his doubts.

Still, as a former student, he seemed to know that Hanabi wasn’t the type of person to do that.

Forest Toto continued to doubt in vain,

“Oh really! It’s just a coincidence, you crazy rabbit!”

“What a crazy rabbit for a heavenly teacher! You have no manners! Lotus root!”

“No, you don’t seem to be swearing anymore? Are you openly treating people like sex offenders?”

“···So, they were not treated as sex offenders! I was just suspicious!”

“Ha. That’s how it’s treated as a sex crime site.”

“Is that so…? Well, then I’m sorry… Yeongeuun···.”

When Hanabi got truly angry, she dropped her ears and admitted her mistake.

It was a rabbit that became timid when pushed hard.

More than that, Hanabi is good at talking to rabbits.

Just like me, he only turns into a jerk in front of the opposite sex.

If we met often in real life and became closer, I thought we would be able to have normal conversations.

anyway.

“I’m really sorry. Let go of your anger… I will shower you with forgiveness, lotus root…”

“Okay, okay, don’t stick around. It’s hot.”

I was glad that the strange misunderstanding that I was cheating was resolved.

We weren’t even dating in the first place, so it’s absurd to say that we cheated… Since they were crazy rabbits, I decided to move on.

***

“After I dropped out, I thought we would never meet again because we lost all contact and lost interest, but I never thought we would see each other again in a place like this. Carrot.”

“TrueTrue! Cha Seol-yu I don’t know why that bitch kept the fact that you live here! Lotus root!”

I asked Hanabi earlier because I was concerned about the word ‘dropping out,’ and she said that she was a dropout, not a graduate.

I am in the same class as Jang Moo-geon’s older sister, and I am in the 65th class, one rank older than me.

It is said that Hanabi died in the illusion dungeon shortly after entering school and was traumatized. Nevertheless, the rabbits said that they persevered for a few months, but when there was no sign of improvement, they felt that they had reached their limit and dropped out as if running away.

I knew that I was constantly taking medication for trauma, but today I learned for the first time that it was dungeon trauma.

I glanced at Hanabi with sad eyes and then asked Santoto.

“Ah… Is that why you became a reclusive loner?”

“No. That bitch was a hikikomori from the beginning. Even playing games was something I had always done. Carrot.”

I guess it wasn’t because of trauma that I was stuck at home.

anyway.

Hanabi’s reaction was unexpected.

I thought he would get angry and ask why he was telling the rabbits such things, but he just listened to the story in silence.

“Butterfly. are you okay? You said you didn’t want to reveal your past.”

“It doesn’t matter… Anyway, I was planning on telling you about it someday… But I like it when people call me without their last name… Can I call you Ha-hwi too?”

Hanabi asks with a perverted look on her face.

I felt burdened by that gaze, so I turned my head and answered.

“···Do whatever you want.”

“Yes. Hehe.”

“Don’t laugh stupidly. Carrot.”

“It looks stupid. Lotus root.”

The rabbits approached Hanabi, who was smiling brightly, and tapped her arm with a carrot.

“Evil! Don’t hit me…!”

“I don’t like it. I’m going to beat you up because I feel bad that you’ve been ignoring our contact for so long. Carrot.”

“Special Carrot Punch!”

It looks good.

Seeing them joking around like that, it seems like they had a pretty good relationship when they were in school.

Hanabi and the rabbits bickered for a while, then spread out their seats on the floor and sat down. I told him to eat and go since it was lunch soon.

I was cooking a simple meal in the kitchen and overheard their conversation.

“Phew. I’m still shaking…”

“Why are you nervous, Carrot?”

“Is it cold, lotus root?”

“Actually, it’s my first time coming to that man’s house.”

“You poor bitch. Carrot.”

“Jintta. Lotus root.”

“Yes. That’s right. But now that I see Ha Hwi’s house, it’s really neat. Do all the men keep things organized like this?”

“We visit and clean regularly. Carrot.”

“That’s right. They bring side dishes and clean the place. It’s my rabbit. Lotus root.”

“Ah… Now that I think about it, I heard that the professor and instructor often come to Ha-hwi’s house, but they don’t really like Ha-hwi, do they?”

“What are you asking again? Of course I like it. Carrot.”

“I love you. Lotus root.”

It was a shocking confession.

I understand Santoto’s statement that he likes her, but the fact that Forest Toto said he loves me made me dizzy.

I can’t believe you had those feelings for me.

“That’s strange. Didn’t the professor and instructor say you don’t like men? I definitely remember it that way.”

“You only remember one, but you can’t remember the other. It’s not that we don’t like men, it’s that we can only like one man in our lives. It is a racial characteristic. Carrot.”

“The reason I wasn’t interested in men until now was because I didn’t have a partner with whom I felt love. Lotus root.”

The rabbits spoke quietly so that I couldn’t hear them.

Of course, you can still hear it anyway.

As I chopped green onions, I listened intently to their conversation.

“···Wait a minute. So, you’ve never had a man you liked in hundreds of years, but now you’re saying that you developed feelings of love when you saw Ha-hwi?”

“Yes. We were both drawn to Kang Ha-hwi. Carrot.”

“It was love at first sight. Pervert Angel is the best. Lotus root.”

Unfortunately, I cannot accept that feeling.

Because although I like animals, I cannot love them rationally.

I don’t have any special tastes.

It was clearly an ordinary taste for sexual desire towards human women.

Although there are cases of people marrying monsters…

Except for a few, most of them marry monsters in human form. Because it is difficult to feel sexual desire for a creature that looks different in the first place.

The professor and instructor may be human-shaped monsters, but as long as they are animal-shaped monsters, there was absolutely no way they would connect with me.

“And I’m only telling this to you, but actually, Kang Ha-hwi and we are dating. Carrot.”

“I’m in a secret relationship. Whisper whisper lotus root.”

“···Yes? Are you dating Ha Hwi?”

“Hehe. Since they are a teacher and a student, they are secretly dating. Carrot.”

“When Kang Ha-hwi graduates, I plan to reveal everything and officially date. Lotus root.”

I stopped what I was cooking and looked back.

What are these rabbits talking nonsense all of a sudden?

When Hanabi made eye contact with me, she looked shocked and asked a question with her lips quivering.

“Ha, hahwiya… Is it true that you’re dating these rabbits?”

“Is this true? Those are rabbits with paranoia, so just ignore them.”

He frowned and immediately denied it.

Because I don’t want to get into some weird misunderstanding.

I almost turned into a furball.

Hanabi, who believed the rabbits’ mischief, was also very naive.

“Hehe. Kang Ha-hwi must be embarrassed. Carrot.”

“You’re really shy. Lotus root.”

This must be a joke, right?

***

“Your cooking skills have improved, Carrot!”

“Slurp slurp! It was worth teaching you, lotus root!”

“Delicious…”

Hanabi and the rabbits inhaled the soybean paste stew I made and praised it highly.

I felt like the seasoning wasn’t right…

Do you like to mix all three together?

Or maybe I force myself to say it’s delicious to save my energy.

No matter what it was, I was grateful that they ate the food I worked so hard to prepare without complaining.

So we sat together and continued eating.

“By the way, Hahwi…”

Hanabi spoke up.

“Do you not feel burdened when professors and instructors come to visit you like this every time? Still, she’s a woman…”

“Not at all? They’re rabbits. What? ”

Hanabi tilted her head at my answer.

Then, he narrowed his eyes and looked at the rabbits in turn, then shifted his gaze to me again and spoke.

“Ha-hwi. I’m asking just in case, you… Do you know that these rabbits are actually human?”