episode_0104

A fact I realized again.

Taking a bath for a long time is not good for your health.

In many ways.

Splash!

Slender arms rise from the cold bathtub.

Something that is not underwater, but something that pops out of the calm surface of the water.

A startled Eunha tried to step back, but she was immediately grabbed by the shoulders as she was still sitting in the narrow bathtub.

The force was so strong that I thought my collarbone might be broken.

Ouch…!

Hands as cold as ice press down on my shoulders.

The galaxy tilts like lying in a bathtub… and begins to sink beneath the cold water.

“Mmm…! Sleep…!”

『It’s my place.』

The woman reflected in the water spoke.

A beauty with two moles under her left eye and a few strands of hair dyed in sunset color.

The woman who was always looking through the mirror lives and moves as she pleases.

The bath water lapping in time with the body’s movements seemed to be looking down at a translucent mirror, and the ‘Eunha’ reflected on the surface of the water with a creepy smile… stuck its head out of the water.

Something that resembles Eunha in both face and body.

‘Eunha’ sank the galaxy below the surface of the water.

As if they were trying to swap places.

『It’s my place.』

‘Eunha’ completely escaped from the surface and boarded Eunha’s ship.

Cold skin touches. Eunha coughed due to the pressure on her stomach and urgently held her breath as the bath water entered her airways.

I was taking a good bath in warm water, but wouldn’t it be too much to say that I dozed off for a moment?

It’s hard to shake your body because of the ‘eunha’ that cleverly presses down on your forehead and chest.

Kururururuk…

Eunha, who vomited out air bubbles, even used her body strength to try to push ‘Eunha’ away.

However, ‘Eunha’ did not shake in the slightest, and only pressed down until Eunha completely stopped breathing.

Because the posture is posture, there is nowhere to focus your eyes.

Why is it so big?

‘Now I can’t even take a bath comfortably…!’

Grumbling.

A large air bubble bursts from the galaxy’s mouth.

Would this be what it would feel like if you died while taking a bath?

Cold bath water enters through the airways. The cold water accumulating in the lungs interferes with breathing, and the skin on the hands and feet turns white from the tips.

A heart that lacks oxygen complains of pain.

Even the water is cold.

If possible, I’ll send it to you warmly, but where does it last?

Eunha decided that struggling was too much for her and turned on the shower with one foot. Then, I secretly turned the faucet and let hot water come out.

Shoot…

The hot water pouring from the shower wets ‘Eunha’s’ hair.

This is a little better.

Eunha raised the corners of her mouth in satisfaction.

Grumbling……

Soon, after about 5 minutes,

The movement of the galaxy gradually decreases.

‘Eunha’ still presses down on Eunha with a smiling face.

I intend to take my breath away for sure.

『It’s my place.』

It’s my place. What are you talking about earlier?

Eunha let out her last breath in suffocating agony.

Consciousness fades.

The feeling of your five senses disappearing as you submerge in water.

It’s as if each cell is dissolving into water, and an unknown comfort embraces her.

It seems that the brain that has succumbed to the pain is struggling, saying it does not want to be in pain anymore.

Did I really want to live like that?

Bubble… Bubble……

So, after a few minutes…

The movement of the galaxy completely stopped.

It takes my breath away.

『Now… it’s my place.』

Time has passed.

‘Eunha’ looked down at Eunha who had stopped breathing while submerged in the bath water.

With a smiling face.

With a satisfied expression.

With the joy of releasing some of my resentment into this world.

‘Eunha’ laughed.

『… … ?』

But, why?

Not long after, Eunha’s smiling face becomes distorted.

Sigh!

‘Eunha’ lifted Eunha, who had taken her breath away.

Her cold upper body rises out of the water.

“……Cough!”

Then, Eunha, who had been submerged in bath water for over 10 minutes,

I vomited out the water in my lungs.

The breath that had stopped comes back.

『… … ?』

Splash!

‘Eunha’ frowned and dipped in Eunha again.

Phew~ wow. Let the bath water go deep into your lungs.

Eunha lay calmly in the water without struggling.

1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes… 30 minutes…

After an hour passed, the galaxy was taken out of the water again.

“…Kolok.”

『… … ??』

Eunha spat out water again and looked at ‘Eunha’.

As if this is the end.

As if looking into a mirror, two people look at each other with only the left and right sides switched.

“Is… is this really it? Dropping it in the water?”

『… … ?』

This isn’t it.

Eunha also must have been quite embarrassed by the current situation, so she scratched the back of her head and avoided eye contact with Eunha.

A situation in which one is submerged in water without being able to resist one’s reflection on the surface of the water.

It was definitely painful. It’s hard not to feel pain when a person can’t breathe.

But… that’s all.

“You won’t die from not being able to breathe…?”

『… … why?”

Embarrassment.

The awkwardness that soon followed.

Because it is a single-person bathtub, things keep hitting it.

Eunha and ‘Eunha’ sat across from each other in a narrow bathtub and were in trouble.

You break the rules, but you don’t die.

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… … .

“Phew… I’m almost finished with the potions to be delivered…”

Meanwhile, at that time,

Kang Na-ri, the youngest daughter of the [Blue Dragon Family], was making potions while staying in the damp semi-basement.

After returning from work at the cafe, her daily routine is to make potions, which was her original job.

Although I have no free time and am tired, I can sleep with a proud heart.

Kang Na-ri hummed happily as she made potions to be delivered to the association today.

I am so happy every day these days.

A cute cafe owner, a vicious regular customer… and a daily life of working with a beautiful person I care about.

I enjoy memorizing coffee recipes and selling my own coffee to customers.

It’s fun to get out of the stuffy semi-basement and work in a small, sunny cafe.

These days are truly like a dream for her, who lived with the label of being the youngest child of a chaebol family, but was reduced to a debt collector overnight.

“Ha…what are you doing, Eunha?”

I looked outside through the only small window in the semi-basement.

Right in front of the window, a plump brown cat was lying down and scratching its belly, and behind it, you could catch a glimpse of the dark night sky.

Maybe the galaxy is looking up at the night sky as blankly as you are…

I think like that sometimes. Because just imagining it warms my heart.

Kang Na-ri looked up at the pitch-black night sky through the narrow window.

What is Eunha doing right now?

It’s already late, so maybe you’re lying in bed and looking at your smartphone?

… … .

Cheongbeong! Cheongbeom!

“why…? why not…??”

“Cough… can you finish it quickly? I want to sleep soon.”

“for a moment.”

with a splash! with a splash!

… … .

Nari Kang blushed as she imagined Eunha lying seductively on the bed.

Then he shook his head as if to shake off distracting thoughts, and began to neatly pack the potions he had made today into a box.

After selling the potion store I was running because of a private loan, I began to regularly supply recovery potions to the Hunter Association.

The recovery effect is similar to other potions, but it is her own creation that sets it apart from others by adding a pain-relieving effect through the [Ingredient Replacement] skill when removing the toxins contained in the monster’s blood.

Sales seem to be good, as the word seems to have spread among hunters.

It was enough to barely pay off the loan interest that was accumulating every month.

“Whoa…”

Suddenly, Kang Nari remembered her days as a debt collector and sighed.

I don’t want to be like that again.

I will leave this damp semi-basement as soon as I have enough money.

I’m munching on boiled potatoes and saving up as much of my cafe salary and potion sales as possible, so if I do well, wouldn’t I be able to find a decent studio apartment within the next month?

‘Or… it wouldn’t be a bad idea to save up more money and move into Eunha’s apartment.’

Wouldn’t you be surprised if Eunha secretly moved into her apartment?

Kang Na-ri raised the corner of her mouth lightly, imagining Eunha’s embarrassed face.

Good! Good!

Meanwhile, Kang Na-ri’s hands continued to pack the potion.

Eunha, a cafe employee, admired the precision of her hand movements, making not a single error.

The packaging was completed in an instant, and Kang Na-ri, who carefully checked the condition of the potion once again, took off her work apron and sat down on the hard mattress.

An old, misaligned spring screams in pain.

‘Packaging is also work… It’s hard, it’s hard.’

Combining and creating something is always fun.

Nari Kang looked at the potions that were beautifully packaged and ready to be sold with a happy face.

If you ask why the packaging is so meticulous,

This is because it is an item to be delivered to the Hunter Association.

It must not have any flaws.

Until last year, it was an association that only supplied potions of a quality that was difficult to sell in stores.

This is because after the introduction of an incredible item called the [Galaxy Potion], the quality of potions supplied to the association went up ridiculously.

Simply put, you want to look good.

The appeal of being able to make a potion of this high quality.

By showing off well to the association, wouldn’t he be able to make a [Galaxy Potion] someday? That expectation.

As the overall quality improved, it was difficult to accept poorly made items even if they were delivered to the association.

Kang Na-ri, who sold her potion store and had no place to sell her potions, also pays attention to each and every packaging to ensure that delivery is not interrupted.

[Galaxy Potion] had such a huge impact.

So much so that it burns the sorrow of potion makers and jeopardizes the position of the ‘recovery hunters’ who were treated like nobles.

‘What kind of monster’s blood was it made with?… But, it doesn’t matter anymore! ‘Because I have this that Eunha gave me.’

After finishing packing, Nari Kang walked through the narrow semi-basement with light steps and picked up a test tube placed on a pure white machine.

A test tube shining brightly under the light of a semi-basement…

He gazes at the blood sample contained within and smiles ecstatically.

Not long ago, Eunha gave me blood to make into a potion.

I don’t know what blood it is. But I didn’t intentionally look into it. Because I believe in the galaxy.

Unlike the blood of ordinary monsters, blood cells are easily damaged, so the basic work was done as slowly as possible, so preparations were only completed today.

Kang Na-ri, who relaxed by stretching, took out a potion bottle and a box of painkillers and took a seat in front of the test tube.

I swallow the saliva forming in my mouth and concentrate.

Finally, we make a potion with this blood.

Scarily free of any impurities… perhaps the cleanest blood in the world.

The nature of the potential mana was also unusual,

How amazing would a potion made from this be?

“I must succeed and show it to Eunha first!”

Kang Na-ri gathered her strength and raised her mana.

… … .

… … .

“What… what on earth is this!! Eunha!! What on earth did you give me!”

After a while,

Nari Kang, who had a wound on her arm, let out a cry of shock as she dropped the finished potion on the wound.

… … .

… … .

『… … It’s my place.』

“Good! I made it!”

And, Eunha, who was fighting in the bathroom bathtub,

He let out a powerful shout towards Eunha, who was returning with a wait-and-see expression.

It was late at night.