episode_0095

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I couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration at the sight of the large musical instrument I’d only seen on TV or in movies.

“Boy, do you want to… … try it once?”

“Oh, can I really try?! But I can’t play the piano… … .”

“It’s okay. I’ll teach you.”

Teacher Wol-hee’s voice rang out softly. She sat down on the piano bench and motioned to me.

“Come here and touch the keyboard.”

I sat down cautiously next to her. My eyes were drawn to the vast number of white and black keys.

“Okay, this is how you do it… … .”

Teacher Wol-hee’s white fingers moved gracefully, playing a simple melody. Her sweet scent brushed the tip of my nose.

“Do you want to try it, boy? I’ll help you.”

I somehow couldn’t refuse Teacher Wol-hee’s gentle suggestion. I obediently followed her words, and she gently wrapped her hand around my waist.

“This will make your posture more comfortable.”

When I came to my senses, I was already sitting on Teacher Wol-hee’s lap. Her hand wrapped around mine and guided me over the keyboard, and the hem of her dress gently wrapped around my legs.

Everything was flowing so naturally, as if it had been planned.

This strange piano lesson continued for a while. Teacher Wol-hee’s hands and mine touched the keys at the same time. As I continued to practice the simple exercises, I felt myself getting into an increasingly strange situation.

“Like this… …Yeah. You’re doing well.”

The teacher’s voice rang in my ears. Now I was completely in her arms.

I could feel her ample breasts against my back, through the thin silk fabric of her dress.

“Ah, so… … teacher… … ?”

My face turned red. Now that I think about it, it wasn’t the first time I’d experienced something like this from female acquaintances, but every time it happened, my mind would go blank and I didn’t know how to deal with it.

Compared to me, Teacher Wol-hee laughed slightly as if she found my embarrassment amusing.

“What’s wrong? Could it be that I’m uncomfortable?”

The teacher’s lukewarm breath touched the nape of my neck. At the same time, her arms wrapped more tightly around my waist.

“Huh?!”

I flinched in surprise at the unexpected pain. Teacher Wol-hee had gently bit my earlobe.

I was slightly surprised, but she didn’t stop there. Her lips slowly moved from my ear to the nape of my neck, and each time her sharp teeth grazed my skin, a tingling sensation followed.

“Seo, teacher… … This is… … .”

Before I could finish speaking, her teeth dug even harder into the back of my neck. Then, teeth marks were carved into my shoulders and arms.

Her breathing became increasingly ragged, as if she was trying to hold something back.

“Ugh… … .”

That was it. Once again, a loud warning sound rang in my head. This time, it felt more urgent and desperate. As if someone was desperately trying to save me.

“Wolhee… … Teacher… … ?”

I called out to her, twisting my body as gently as I could. For some reason, I felt like something very bad would happen if I resisted her too strongly, so this was the best I could do.

“Teacher?”

At that moment, Teacher Wol-hee’s movements stopped. Her red eyes shook violently, as if she had woken up from a deep dream.

“Ah, ahh… … .”

She paused for a moment, seemingly confused. Then, slowly and very carefully, she let me go.

“Sorry… …I was too excited.”

Her voice trembled slightly. The color in her flushed face was slowly fading away.

“Today… …I think it would be better to sleep here. The maid will show you around.”

As she finished speaking, the maid I had seen earlier was standing at the door as if she had made a promise.

And Teacher Wol-hee turned her head as if she couldn’t look at my face anymore.

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In the bloody basement, Jin Wol-hee stood alone.

In this space, her true ‘restaurant’, where no one but her knows, she did not suppress her instincts.

The sound of flesh and bones being crushed by something like a saw and the sound of raw meat being devoured echoed through the basement over and over again.

“Boy… ….”

Red liquid and flesh that Jin Wol-hee couldn’t chew and swallow flowed out from the corner of her mouth.

She could no longer fool herself. The centuries-old conviction, the vow not to covet the flesh of intelligent beings, had long since been shattered.

At first, it was miserable. I shivered with guilt and trembled every night.

But now it was different. Jin Wol-hee’s own change was an inevitable evolution that she had to make for the boy.

“Yes, boy. This is all for you… … .”

The presence of the lovely boy changed Jinwolhee. She released the power of the race that had been sealed for a long time, and regained her original power, which was overwhelmingly strong even among her kind.

“Someday… … Someday… … .”

Pale fingers groped the air. The warmth he had felt on the boy’s nape was still vivid.

If only I had applied just a little bit of force to my teeth, I could have torn that thin skin and eaten the sweet blood and meat――

A sigh escaped between sharp fangs. At his feet were scattered fragments of a corpse doll made in the shape of a boy.

“Boy… … I will never… … eat a boy. Instead… … .”

Jinwolhee’s red eyes flashed in the darkness, but she could not continue speaking.

There is no way he can accept his true self, this ugly nature.

But, nevertheless.

Jinwolhee hoped the boy would accept her true nature.

And then,

“… … Wolhee… … Teacher… … ?”

I heard a voice that shouldn’t be heard.

… … … … …

The bed in the bedroom that the maid guided me to was so big that I could have easily believed it was for a nobleman, and it was so soft and fluffy, and the blanket was light but cozy.

But I couldn’t go to sleep. I just sat on the edge of the bed, lost in thought.

The last image of Professor Wol-hee kept coming to mind and wouldn’t leave my mind.

Why did Teacher Wol-hee bite me? As the president said, was it an impulsive act of affection bordering on obsession?

“Over there… … .”

I tried to ask the maid, but she had already closed the door and left.

Eventually, I got out of bed. I went out into the hallway in my pajamas and walked quietly. I felt a little rude, but I couldn’t help it because I was worried about Teacher Wol-hee.

As I walked down a long hallway with moonlight streaming in through the windows, I saw a familiar silhouette.

It was the maid. She was standing in the middle of the hallway like a doll, motionless in the moonlight.

“… … … .”

Every time I see that maid, I feel that she is so much like me. However, her lifeless eyes and expressionless face were the decisive differences. It was like looking into a mirror, but it was also somewhat eerie.

“That, that… … .”

I spoke to the maid cautiously. Looking at her face in the moonlit hallway, it was not just bloodless, it was gray.

“Can I go see Teacher Wolhee? I’m worried… … .”

The maid didn’t answer. She just nodded slightly and started walking slowly. Her movements were mechanical, reminiscent of a puppet.

We walked through a hallway we had never been to before and found a staircase leading down to the basement.

The maid went down the stairs without hesitation, and I followed her, feeling a strange sense of unease.

The air grew colder as they descended further and further. A faint light leaked out from afar… …and a pungent smell stung their noses.

The maid continued to walk ahead with a blank expression. The strange marks on his neck were more clearly visible from the angle of the candlelight on the wall. Like thread marks――

At that moment, a strange sound was heard from afar. It sounded like something being torn… or chewed.

As I went down the stairs, the candles on the walls became fewer and fewer, until there was only complete darkness. Even the pungent smell grew stronger.

“Excuse me, maid… … ?”

I called out to him with an anxious heart, but there was no answer. Only the mechanical sound of footsteps ahead told me which path to follow.

I went down the wall, feeling my way through the pitch-black darkness. The damp wall that touched my fingertips had a mossy texture.

In the slowly cooling air, the sound of meat being torn and chewed gradually became clearer.

Knock, knock, knock

Finally, the long staircase ended. The maid’s footsteps stopped. And after a while, the sound of a heavy door opening was heard.

The cellar door opened. In the darkness, where not a single ray of light could enter, my eyes could not see anything, but because the door was open, I could hear the sounds coming from inside the cellar more clearly than before.

The sound of something like meat being chewed, the sound of something like bone being broken, and… …the sound of someone’s heavy breathing.

“… … Wolhee… … Teacher… … ?”