episode_0132

“……liar.”

Sagagagakㅡ.

The sound of insect footsteps.

The noisy sound of insects mixed with the smell of grass.

… … .

I had a dream.

It’s not a sweet dream.

It is the dream of those who seek sweetness.

… … .

… … .

“Your playing brings hope to our lives.”

Our life is like a cogwheel.

Like a mechanical part that only carries out inputted commands without thinking.

In the same place as yesterday, at the same time as yesterday, and doing the same thing as yesterday.

It is a bit of dissatisfaction that is piling up.

And the boredom weighing down on your shoulders.

Other guys adapt to that kind of life and live day by day,

‘I’ was dying day by day in such a gear.

“I came here to punish the people because they say there are people who are making jokes every day… but this is an unexpected treasure.”

“…….”

“Why are you staring at me so intently? Is it because of Yeo’s eyes?”

“…….”

“Look at it to your heart’s content. It is something to be proud of. Others also praised it.”

Since when did it start?

The appearance of ‘you’ when I first met you that day,

Without even trying to hide his mischievous smile, he took light steps in front of me despite the dissuasion of the servants who followed him.

It’s like a butterfly with its beautiful wings spread wide…

“I like the saying that opposites communicate. At least I won’t be lonely because I’m alone.”

“…….”

“Do you want to become Yeo’s friend?”

Unlike people like me who spend their whole lives crawling on the ground,

He was so lovely and proud.

… … .

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… … ♪

ㅡㅡㅡ♪

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ㅡㅡㅡㅡ♬ ㅡㅡㅡ♩ ㅡ♪

The performance continues.

As time passed, winter came,

Even if everyone lies down and is buried in the cold snowflakes.

While others are working hard,

All day long, I lay in the leaves… Because I was the one who played music whether it was raining or snowing.

ㅡㅡㅡ♩ ㅡ♪

ㅡㅡㅡㅡ♬

Please, my musician,

Your kingdom is fading away,

I hope it reaches someone’s fingertips and continues forever.

ㅡㅡ♬ ㅡㅡ♪ ㅡㅡ♪

ㅡㅡㅡ♩ ㅡㅡ♬ ㅡㅡㅡ♪

The sound of leaves rustling in the breeze.

The quiet sound of insects in the grass.

The sounds of insects…

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At our center, you were smiling like a mischievous person.

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Sad yet lovely,

He was a liar.

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What is the name of ‘I’?

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“……I just said that…”

Shoot……

An evening where the rain was so thick that it made me sick.

Eunha came to her senses in a back alley near her apartment.

A musty smell stings my nose from the trash heap where she was buried.

It’s nothing.

I simply had my blood drawn on the [blood donation bus] on my way home from work.

In fact, there were only a few blood donation stickers left. Did you get 9 of them this time?

Because it hurt so bad every time I had blood drawn, I had been putting off the ‘sticker collection’ that I had started in May until now.

‘But I throw it away so I can avoid the rain… People are not flexible.’

Eunha, buried in a pile of trash, stood up helplessly. Clothes soaked in rain stick to the body.

I stood up holding on to the electric pole standing next to me and picked up the [black book] tightly tied in a black plastic bag and the umbrella rolling on the floor.

Eunha touched the area around her carotid artery, which had a hollow shape like a needle, and opened her umbrella.

Thanks to [self-recovery], my body doesn’t die from a lot of blood loss… but the [Blood Donation Bus] draws blood until I die.

I feel like I’m dying from pain, not from excessive bleeding.

‘But… there’s only one left.’

I put the blood donation card with 9 stickers in my pants pocket.

Although it hurts, collecting stickers is rewarding. How on earth did they prepare such a great gift that they made me say hello to [the person in black] 10 times?

I decided to go exploring [Rift Field] with Banharin this holiday, so I should be able to fill up 10 stickers before then.

I left the dark alley thinking that good things were good things.

She took a breath of humid air and looked around the convenience store.

What if I draw blood again now?

I’ve never donated blood in one day in a row, but I want to get sick in one day anyway.

“……There is none.”

However, the [Blood Donation Bus] that had been parked in front of the convenience store until now was nowhere to be seen, and I had to turn around with a lot of regret.

The empty blood bag seems to be of no interest.

Sagagak…

The sound of insect footsteps coming from somewhere.

The quiet sound of insects in the grass.

Eunha instinctively shrugged her shoulders and quickly turned her head.

“…….”

However, it is surprisingly quiet on a rainy evening in Euncheon-gu.

Taxis and cars driving down the road just pass by, kicking up puddles of rainwater. The insect doesn’t even have a nose in sight.

‘… Well, no matter how much moisture a bug likes, it probably won’t go out during the rainy season… Is it because of the strange dream from earlier?

A dream of becoming an insect and playing a musical instrument.

Deep sadness and resentment seep into the cold rainwater.

The strong monsoon rain bounces off the umbrella and falls to the ground, but the core in the heart continues to pull on the person’s ankles…

Eunha leaned forward with her umbrella and covered her eyes.

Shoot~.

I walked down the street. On a rainy day, with an umbrella.

Her clothes and hair are already soaked with rainwater, but she blocks the rain with her wide open umbrella.

‘My head hurts… did I eat something wrong? The only thing I took today was the pills [the person in black] gave me in the morning…’

walk on the road

I pass a blood donation center near my apartment.

I can’t see the handsome young man handing out pamphlets outside.

If you take a peek inside the blood donation house through the glass door, you can see one of the employees fidgeting and tapping on his cell phone.

“……bugs.”

Eunha, who muttered lowly, hastened her stopped steps. My clothes are wet and I want to change quickly.

My legs, which had been suffering from anemia due to blood donation, have already recovered, and I am trudging on the ground in a steady rhythm.

Trudging. Plop… plop.

I stepped on a puddle.

“Welcome, miss. You’re a little late today.”

“I drew some blood. You’ve had a hard time, too.”

As I walked, the ‘Saetstar Apartment’ came into sight.

After saying hello to the elderly person, I entered the cozy apartment building without hesitation.

Eunha swept up her wet hair and headed toward the elevator, letting the rain drop.

Two identical elevators.

If you board one of the two, it’s an elevator that takes you to the goal… but that’s okay.

Last time, the young man at the blood donation center chose a ‘real’ elevator.

Eunha boarded the elevator half confident and half nervous.

“…….”

I look up at the floor number displayed on the elevator without saying a word.

3rd floor, 4th floor, 5th floor…

My stomach turns.

Should I have just gone up the stairs?

“…….”

Now that I think about it, I wonder what that handsome young man is doing right now.

I carefully think about whether I might be having fun with my friends.

The person turns his or her back really well.

[Doll girl] smiled brightly as she rotated five times clockwise from her seated position.

Tiing…

Soon, the elevator carrying her arrived at the 9th floor,

The door opened.

It is a ‘real’ elevator.

“Wuweuuup!”

Eunha got off the 9th floor and collapsed in the apartment hallway, nauseating.

Since I haven’t eaten anything since morning, the only thing that comes out is gastric juice… But I can’t pollute the apartment that everyone is sharing, so I just raise my head and swallow the gastric juice that has come up to my throat.

Okay. It’s because I’m a little nervous.

I just wanted to live.

“……Cough. Good. I can use the elevator from now on.”

I got up as if nothing had happened.

The first thing I noticed in the dark hallway was her belongings gathered in a corner of the hallway. It was cut in half along with the carrier due to the ‘skill’ of the young man at the blood donation house.

Eunha put the things she couldn’t take on her busy commute into a suitcase that was split in half.

Crosses, amulets, prayer beads, etc… When I looked at the cutting edge that was sharp enough to cut my hand, the wound at that time felt like it was throbbing.

The young man probably didn’t know that even after being attacked like this, he would run away and beat me with a titanium club.

Eunha picked up the yellow bee doll and raised the corners of her mouth.

‘Luckily this one is fine… Should I go give ‘Fly’ a doll as a gift?’

I confirmed my future schedule.

There were only a few days left before I promised to go to the [Crack Ground] with Ban Harin.

Until then, you must study the [Rift Field] you will be heading towards and become accustomed to swinging the newly acquired titanium bat.

In addition, obtain useful items, prepare emergency food, ropes, etc. in advance…

As she cannot physically grow with the [Self-Healing] skill, this level of preparation is all she can do.

However, there are a lot of things to worry about, so I plan to finish as much of the remaining work as possible before I get too busy.

‘Buy a new broken suitcase, collect blood donation house stickers, and give out bells…’

The worry was short-lived.

How long has it been since you picked up the doll, but why haven’t you given it to me yet?

She took out her cell phone, checked the time, and moved the half-cut items home…

I took only the bee doll and pesticide and headed to the 10th floor.

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Dalkak-.

“peekaboo.”

Wow!

Saetbyeol Apartment, 10th floor.

The moment the door to [Room 1003] opened, Eunha, who had put pesticide in through the crack in the door, naturally bent her wrist.

Eunha quietly walked away, clutching her broken wrist.

“Aaaahhh…”

『I’m getting tired of the little boy’s brave pranks. Is there anything else?』

“Whoa… whoa… the power is still strong…”

『A poor brain with no learning ability is truly lovable.』

Share compliments. That’s the rule.

With the front door wide open, [Bug Princess] approaches Eunha and wraps her arms around her waist.

Sagagak…

The sound of insect footsteps.

The black veil covering the eyes sways like an aurora.

『You got drenched in front of Yeo.』

“I got wet from the rain. I was only going to give ‘Fly’ a gift and go back, so I came over as soon as I got off work.”

『… … Is that all?』

“……Of course, I came because I wanted to see [Bug Princess] too.”

Is it only poor improvisation that grows while dealing with monsters?

[Bug Princess] smiles in satisfaction at Eunha’s answer. The corners of the bewitching mouth twitch, and thin fingers caress Eunha’s back.

My body trembles as the fingertips trace along my spine.

‘What… isn’t it too close?’

Attention is drawn to the charmingly twisted lips of [Bug Princess].

The sound of rain hitting the hallway window mixes with the faint sound of insects to create a cozy smell.

I feel an inexplicable sense of crisis as my skinship becomes more sticky than usual.

… … But, why?

It’s the same as usual, nothing on the way home from work.

Today, Eunha wanted to play a prank on [Bug Princess] who came next to her.

Is it because we became friends with each other?

Sigh…

I don’t know what the future holds.

She couldn’t resist the impulse and put her arm around [Bug Princess]’s shoulder.

Rather than having arms around each other’s shoulders, it felt like she was leaning on a pedestal due to the girl’s short stature.

It was more comfortable and familiar than I thought, so I blinked without realizing it.

‘okay. It’s even in the rules. One compliment for another, another for another.’

He hesitates to touch his waist first and then his back from that side, but isn’t it possible to touch him a little from this side as well?

Ugh…

Eunha placed her arm on [Bug Princess]’s shoulder and leaned in.

The large breasts are pressed against ‘that’ head, and the rainwater dripping from the wet clothes sticks to the black dress.

Maybe it’s because she’s never once broken the [Bug Princess] rules, so she’s much easier to deal with than other monsters.

Even though I took a wrong bite of the apple and got my head broken by ‘Fly’,

Our ‘Fly’ is cute so you can look at it.

… In many ways, it was the thought of a person with a broken head.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I just happened to have a stand in the perfect place.”

『… … .』

[Bug Princess], who had been hit by something similar to a shoulder hit, looked up at the galaxy.

With her eyes covered with a black veil.

A thoughtful hand gesture that reminds you of something is a light pat on the back.

“Anyway, do you have ‘Fly’? Or, I’m giving you a doll, so would you give it to me instead?”

『… no. I’m at home, so tell it yourself.』

“I understand…and this is the only doll that’s in good condition right now. [Bug Princess] I’ll give you a new one later.”

『What. Didn’t you definitely bring Yeo’s too? You will also like ‘Fly’.』

“what?”

Sagagakㅡ. The sound of insect footsteps.

A sweet smell that tickles your nose.

‘That’ with a grinning smile suits Eunha’s joke.

Sagagakㅡ.

The sound of the footsteps had a certain rhythm, and seemed to calm the listener’s mind like white noise.

『The pranks have increased… Please keep doing it. Isn’t it just good entertainment?』

Just like that, Eunha was guided by the gentle gestures of [Bug Princess] and entered room [1003] as naturally as breathing.

Squeak… Click.

The door closes.

The rainy season in July. With the resounding sound of insects in the grass.

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“Hello Fly~… What, are you wearing the same clothes as [Bug Princess] today? Do you have any other clothes?”

“…Take it off? What?”

Until the exploration of the galaxy’s [crack field],

Next 5 days.

Sagagak…

The bugs’ concert never ends.

Maybe in the future, forever.