episode_0153

“Oh my gosh. Jeff. Did you spray it?”

Amy, who came back early in the morning, looked at me and said.

I started to examine my body here and there, listening to her words.

The red marks covering my entire body told me that the bugs had been biting me like crazy that day.

“I did root it though…”

I muttered softly and rubbed the back of my neck.

The red marks showed no signs of going away.

“Am I the only one who got bitten?”

I looked back at Shine and Rain and asked.

Lane nodded awkwardly, but Shine raised her arm.

An arm with several marks similar to mine.

Shine also seemed to have been bitten by a bug.

But unlike me, the marks that covered her body were very minimal.

“Have you ever been bitten on your neck or stomach?”

“Yeah. I think I only got bitten a little on the arm.”

“Should I use a stronger spray?”

Amy muttered quietly as she looked at me.

Then Shine got up from her seat in a hurry and started talking to Amy.

“That… If the medicine is stronger, isn’t it bad for your body?”

“The ones that come out these days are harmless to the human body so they’re okay”

“But still, the medicine can seep into the skin.”

Shine was desperate.

I don’t know why I’m desperate though.

If I use stronger medicine, the bugs might not come into my body anymore.

“I like it.”

It didn’t hurt or itch, but the problem was that other people could see it.

I nodded, placing a hand around my neck.

As expected, a strong medicine was needed.

“Jeff.”

Shine’s hot gaze flies in.

I tilted my head under her gaze.

Because I couldn’t understand why he was looking at me like that.

“Shine, do you wish I had bitten you more?”

“That’s not it, but…”

Shine answers my question.

But the feeling I got from her was the exact opposite.

She didn’t want to use stronger drugs.

“Hey. Rain. Have you seen any bugs biting my body? Or maybe flying around the room?”

Rain opened his mouth in surprise at my question.

His gaze moved quickly from side to side, passing Amy and Shine.

“Huh? Yeah. I saw it…”

“Really?”

Everyone’s eyes turned to Rain’s answer.

In particular, Rain flinched in surprise at Shine’s intense gaze.

“Did you really see it? Rain.”

As Shine approached Lane and asked, Lane opened his mouth urgently.

“That, that. It was dark so I couldn’t see it well.”

“Anyway, you saw it?”

“No. That’s it.”

The more he answered, the redder Rain’s face became.

It seemed like Rain wasn’t completely over his cold yet.

I approached Rain and grabbed Shine’s hand as she asked questions.

“Jeff.”

“Shine. Rain still seems to be sick. Don’t push her too hard. ”

“But, I told you I saw it.”

“Why don’t you take a look at it? It was so dark that you couldn’t see it very well.”

“But…”

Shine, who had been thinking for a moment, nodded to my words and sat down on the end of the bed.

Rain let out a small sigh at the sight.

“Okay, Rain. What does the bug look like?”

“It was dark… so I couldn’t see it well.”

Amy started asking Lane about the bug’s appearance.

“What size is it? Was it big? Was it small?”

“That…was quite big.”

“How much? As much as a thumb?”

“Ah…”

As the questions continued, Lane found it difficult to answer.

Rain began to watch Shine’s expression.

Shine hadn’t taken her eyes off Lane since Amy started asking questions.

Amy’s questions, like twenty questions, seemed never-ending.

I let out a small sigh and headed to the bathroom.

I had to brush my teeth this morning because Amy was there.

Hold a toothbrush in your hand that is dry because you didn’t use it yesterday and squeeze some toothpaste onto it.

Today’s toothpaste has a subtle lemon scent.

This toothpaste will help you start your morning refreshed.

As I was leaving the bathroom with my toothbrush in my mouth, I ran into Shine, who was just about to enter the bathroom.

“Amy’s questions are all answered?”

“Yeah.”

“What was the bug that Rain saw?”

Shine didn’t answer.

A gaze that has been looking at each other for a long time.

The first one to turn his gaze was Shine.

Normally, it would have been normal for him to look at me until I turned my head first, but this morning, for some reason, it felt strange.

Shine avoided my gaze and ran into the bathroom.

“Are you wiping it?”

Chikachika- As I was brushing my teeth, moving my hands diligently, Amy came over and asked.

I couldn’t open my mouth because it was full of foam, so I just nodded in response.

As I was cleaning my mouth thoroughly as Amy had told me, I couldn’t hold back the foam that had built up to its limit and ran into the bathroom.

Shine standing on the step and brushing the hull teeth.

She looked back at me and said.

“Are you trying to spit out bubbles?”

I nodded and jumped up onto the step.

Spit out the foam that was filling your mouth and rinse your mouth.

A faint, refreshing lemon scent lingers.

I smiled brightly enough to show off my sparkling teeth, showing off my gums.

“Jeff. Don’t laugh like that anywhere.”

“Why?”

“Who’s watching?”

“Why don’t you take a look?”

Shine frowned at my answer.

Shine hesitated for a moment, as if she didn’t like the answer.

She said, spitting out the foam at her mouth.

“That’s weird.”

“Do you think my smile is weird?”

Shine, who had been thinking for a moment, slowly nodded her head.

I was shocked.

Did my smile look that weird?

I looked in the mirror, pushing up the corners of my mouth with both fingers.

But to me, it just looked like a cute girl acting cute.

“That’s not weird.”

As I said that, I got down from the step and left the bathroom.

The breakfast preparations are roughly finished.

Now, all I have to do is change my clothes, go to work, and eat breakfast.

I took off my dinosaur pajamas as if I was shedding a skin and picked up the clothes Amy had prepared for me.

A neat black and white dress fluttered slightly.

“Um…”

I stood in front of the mirror and looked at my body.

It’s really bad.

There was no place that was not bitten by bugs, even in places that were not easily visible.

Even under the thighs and behind them.

No, this wasn’t today, was it a few days ago that you got bitten?

I started to get dressed, caressing the now fading marks.

“Amy. Is today a day off from training?”

“Yeah. I probably won’t be able to train for the next few days.”

I nodded.

On days when I didn’t have training, I had no choice but to wear clothes that were very Amy-styled.

Because it was Amy who prepared the clothes for me and Shine.

I couldn’t refuse her favor.

But there was still something I didn’t like.

This type of clothing was comfortable to wear.

Just stick your head in from the bottom and you’re done.

If you take your arms out and straighten your clothes, it will be perfect.

The color of the dress was white on the arms and just below the neck, and black from the chest down.

A large red ribbon was tied to the border between white and black, waving cutely.

“Jeff. You don’t like stockings?”

“Yes.”

I declined the stockings Amy offered me and picked up the white socks next to them.

The texture of the stockings was a bit subtle and made me feel uncomfortable.

The socks were less objectionable because they still took the form of socks.

The sensation of it coming up to above my knees and slightly covering my thighs was subtle, but it was less repulsive.

I took a quick spin in place, looking at myself objectively.

There was a sense of familiarity in the hand gently stroking the fluttering hem of her skirt.

“Um…”

“What do you think? Do you like it?”

I nodded to Amy’s question.

The appearance itself was pretty and pleasant to look at.

But becoming that person was a different matter altogether.

“Why? What’s inconvenient?”

“Um. No.”

I was biting my lip in response to Amy’s question, then let out a small sigh and answered.

Amy nodded, looking at me with satisfaction.

Shine, who came out after washing her face, was also wearing the same clothes as me.

When we looked at each other with the same appearance, it felt like looking at a mirror.

The only difference was that there was a faint red mark visible around the neck.

There was no mark left on Shine’s white neck.

Lane went back to his quarters, saying he needed to change his clothes.

Now that only the three of us were left, we left the room and headed toward the office.

As expected, the hallway was deserted.

Where did all those people go?

I looked around and thought.

“What are you looking for?”

“Um… It’s nothing.”

The friendly old man who always greeted us at the same time is nowhere to be seen.

I don’t know the name, but I know the face.

Also, I couldn’t see any of the people I was close with.

Where did everyone go?

I walk past a restaurant filled with delicious smells.

The awkward sight of a dark shelter comes into view.

The area where the offices are densely packed like that.

The hallway, which would normally be filled with people talking, was quiet.

The usual sound of footsteps wasn’t even heard.

It seemed like few people showed up for work on time, so it was common to see offices with their lights off.

“Gasp…”

The moment I entered the office with the Team Harmonize emblem on it, I took a deep breath.

Because the inside of the office was a total mess.

From the small desk that me, Shine, and Rain used, to the desk that Amy and Victor used.

Every single drawer was torn out and rolling on the floor, and files that had once been neatly organized were scattered across the floor.

Shock. And shock again.

Could it be that a thief has broken in?

Thinking about that, Amy sighed and said.

“I need to clean up.”

Amy wasn’t surprised.

He spoke as if he already knew.

“Who… who is this?”

I asked, holding onto Amy’s leg.

She answered my question by looking down at me.

“Very bad people.”

“Bad people?”

“Yeah.”

“Who is that?”

Amy answered, patting my head.

“The people who locked you up.”

I was filled with vengeance at Amy’s answer.

In the middle of the office, there was a large dinosaur I had drawn, Tyrannosaurus, torn apart with footprints on it.