episode_0265

“It’s nice to have two moms.”

“[Black person], do you want to be a mom too?”

“Don’t worry about it. Just take this.”

Today, I went to a fortune teller after donating blood with a good heart.

[The black man], who had been staring at Eunha with complicated eyes, not knowing that his life was precious, handed something over to her.

Gray pill.

A pure white ring.

Engraved with a pattern in the shape of an ‘inverted cross’,

Perhaps a ring for the ‘mouse’ who opened his eyes this time.

“Those who follow the cross… don’t trust too much.”

“… … ?”

“They are those who have chosen to live with loss.”

Even today, [the black man’s] words are so meaningful that it is difficult to properly understand their meaning.

Eunha, who swallowed the ‘gray pill’ without much suspicion, receives an ‘inverted cross ring’.

Clap clap.

Immediately afterwards, ‘that thing’ clapped its hands,

The only light begins to blink, signaling that it is time to go back.

Rattling windows and countless will-o’-the-wisps approaching in the darkness.

“… …Can I finish the snacks?”

“I see.”

However, Eunha deliberately ignored [the black man’s] advice not to trust others.

I just stared at the flickering lights while eating the snacks on the table.

Blink. Blink.

And then the lights went black.

Darkness has come,

After all, darkness is always

There was nothing.

… … .

… … .

And now.

Just after finishing donating blood and waking up in bedroom 904.

“I don’t have a driver’s license… But you don’t have bus keys, do you?”

Eunha, who returned home after collecting 20 blood donation stickers, blankly looked down at the ‘gift’ she received from the [blood donation bus].

The pungent smell of blood is overwhelming my senses.

A smart key with a car start/stop button and a horn button that fits easily in your hand.

And one unidentified land document.

‘Smart key… surprisingly, it’s state-of-the-art.’

The next thing I got at home was a car.

Plus one more land document.

I received two because it was a ‘second gift’.

Is it okay to spread it like this?

It’s much better than [Euncheon Restaurant], which doesn’t even pay daily wages, but it’s still a bit burdensome.

‘My life was so expensive.’

I felt better after changing my mindset a little.

Eunha, who was fiddling with her car smart key as if it was new, picked up the ‘land document’ on her thigh.

A bundle of documents in a format similar to the register of real estate for ‘Saetbyeol Apartment’.

It’s crisp and wrinkle-free, as if it was just printed.

I put the documents down on the bedside table, worried that blood might get on them.

Eunha looked over the contents of the documents one by one with a pounding heart.

Previously, what was received as a ’10 sticker gift’ was an item proving ownership of nearby land including ‘Saetbyeol Apartment’.

Simply put, it is a document that contains both a house deed and a land deed.

And this one… is a document that only proves ownership of ‘a certain land’.

‘… … It’s not written what kind of land this is.’

But something is different.

Eunha frowns as she struggles to read the land document that is full of complicated words.

The land document contains no information about the land.

As if they forgot to do it because they were making it in a hurry.

Or, as if the galaxy were telling me to write it down.

I rubbed the back of my neck, which was so sore from the ‘gift’ that it made my head spin.

“Um… Let’s ask the security guard later.”

I thought it was easy, easy.

There are so many adults around you to ask, so why worry alone?

Even if you don’t know it now, you’ll find a use for it someday. If it doesn’t work out, you can go to [Grandpa Park] and ask him.

There are many ways.

Swish…

How many times have I stared at the ‘Landless Land Document’?

Eunha got out of the bloody bed and put her hand under the dark bed.

Then, a box comes into my hand.

I took out a wooden box with bright yellow amulets stuck to it from under the bed.

After a while, Eunha, with her lips pursed, carefully took out the amulets and opened the lid of the box.

The documents from the ‘Saebyeol Apartment’ that were previously placed there welcome Eunha.

Just looking at it makes me feel at peace both physically and mentally.

Isn’t this the true meaning of a talisman?

“Did my baby sleep well? My little brother is here.”

It’s money like blood, and a child born of pain.

The ‘territory’ expanded by the galactic veil,

An object that proves her hard work.

Eunha carefully placed the ‘Landless Land Document’ on top of the apartment documents and covered the box lid like covering a child with a blanket.

My heart feels much lighter.

After attaching the amulets he had removed and sealing the box again, he chuckled and pushed it under the bed.

Bam…

But then,

The box was halfway full but got caught on something and wouldn’t go in any further.

“Can you please step aside?”

I shouted without thinking.

Just one word.

Rattling…!

At that moment,

The bed shook because of ‘something’ that was hiding under it.

“… … Oh.”

Thump. Thump. Thump.

My heart is pounding.

Eunha hurriedly climbed onto the bed and hid her body so that ‘that thing’ under the bed could not see her.

There’s something under the bed.

[The Saint of Oblivion]?

Or is it some other monster?

I said it without thinking, but I didn’t know it would actually happen.

Eunha bit her lip and pushed the box containing the documents under the bed without making a sound.

“… … .”

The smell of blood filled the bedroom.

It was an afternoon when the sound of fingernails scraping could be heard coming from the iron gate connecting the house next door.

… … .

(All things have no master. They are just trivial promises made between life and life.)

(It’s like children drawing lines on the dirt to shout that this is their land. When evening comes and the children leave, the dirt they walked on still exists.)

( But this place… this territory is now yours. The ‘gift’ I received today was only to let you know that fact. It doesn’t really matter if you burn it. )

… … .

anyway,

I decided to put the landless land document under the bed.

After soaking the blood-stained blanket and bedsheets in the bathtub with detergent, I finished preparing to go out while fiddling with the ‘car keys’ in my hand.

This is already my second time going out today.

I don’t know the identity of the land document or anything, but I’m worried about the ‘smart key’ right now.

What car fits this key?

You have to go out to find out.

‘Today is a holiday. If I drive around a bit while pressing the horn button, something will come out.’

The worries were short.

Eunha left the house, changing her bloody boxy shirt into a new one.

Knock knock…

The sound of carrier wheels.

While taking the elevator down to the first floor, I press the horn button on the ‘smart key’ here and there.

“Friend. Toy?”

“If you think about it, it’s a bit of an expensive toy, right? Maybe?”

I met and greeted [the doll girl] wearing a pure white polar bear pajamas on the first floor.

I hugged the [doll girl] who was half-asleep and clinging to my thigh,

I also tried pressing the horn button towards the girl’s forehead,

After protecting the car key from a sleeping polar bear that was biting the smart key in its mouth,

After giving the girl, who was looking up at him with innocent eyes, a key instead of something else in her mouth and letting her chew on it to her heart’s content,

We parted ways with a smile, saying we would see each other again next time.

‘Ah… I want to suck that baby’s balls and make it disappear.’

I wipe the ‘smart key’ that got wet from the attack of the scary polar bear on my clothes.

Eunha fixed her disheveled boxy shirt and left the building.

Knock knock.

As always, the apartment parking lot is empty.

In the distance, you can see the brightly lit security office.

The back of the elderly security guard fixing the collapsed wall near the apartment entrance feels especially small today.

“… … Uh. This car is…”

and,

In the gaze of Eunha, who was passing by the quiet parking lot without thinking,

A gray forklift pulled in, just sitting there.

… … .

A forklift with a plain design.

One day, members of the [Black Bungpa] organization came to the apartment to kidnap Eunha.

Two people came, one was caught by the [silhouettes] in the apartment window and fell,

The other one became food for the [Bug Princess].

This is a story that Eun-ha, who was sleeping at the time and unaware of the world, did not know.

‘How long has that forklift been there? I’ve never seen it move before.’

He turned away as if possessed by something.

Eunha approached the ‘gray van’ parked in the parking lot and checked its condition.

Something that always stood in the same place like a background.

But even though it hadn’t moved for a long time, not a single speck of dust had accumulated on the van.

It’s as if someone has been maintaining it… no, if you look closely, you can see a lot of dust and cobwebs accumulated on the inside of the wipers and rearview mirrors.

Rather than saying that ‘someone’ has been maintaining it, it’s more like the van was recently cleaned.

“… … .”

Traces of recent cleaning.

A smart car key in your hand.

After a moment of thought,

Eunha pressed the horn button on her ‘smart key’, which was soaked with the spit of a polar bear.

Beep.

The lights come on in the forklift.

‘It was this car… It was more… hmm. It’s ordinary.’

I got a used car.

Left in one place for several months.

… … something,

I can’t help but feel a little disappointed,

Eunha thought positively.

If I had received a nice car without even a license, I would have been upset.

Rather, when I receive a used car, I feel an overwhelming urge to drive it at least once.

‘There are no cars on the roads in the monster world anyway. I think it would be a good idea to practice driving after getting your license.’

Beep!

The worries were long.

Galaxy, unable to control her curiosity, opened the forklift door and got into the driver’s seat.

Rattling.

The door closed, and I calmed my pounding heart.

Eunha, who felt refreshed by the different scenery from the passenger seat, turned her head with a smile.

“how is it?”

And the woman in the doctor’s gown sitting in the passenger seat,

Respond to the galaxy’s smiling face with a smile.

“… … Uh…”

“how is it?”

“The inside is cleaner than you thought?”

Rattle, rattle, rattle, rattle!

I tried to open the door naturally and get out, but the driver’s door wouldn’t open.

It broke because it was left standing for a long time.

Galaxy, who had given up easily, leaned back comfortably in the chair.

What’s so special about monsters?

If I get the number wrong, I’ll donate blood again.

“Haha… Ha… Is this ‘gift’ a land document and a forklift? It’s setting the mood.”

“no?”

“… … Then?”

『Bus keys?』

But then, the ‘blood donor doctor’ tilted his head and asked what she was talking about, tapping Eunha’s chest, which was larger than her head.

A bus key.

Then why is this forklift’s door open?

Galaxy, who didn’t quite understand what ‘that’ meant, made a smiling face.

Vroom…

Just in case, I put the key in and turned it, and the car started.

“The bus key is so versatile?”

“Want to see you later?”

Their question marks are intertwined.

Could it be because I swallowed the ‘pill’ I received from [the black man]?

The woman in the doctor’s gown pointed to the back seat, paying no attention to Eunha’s question.

“… There’s no ‘rule’ that says you can’t look back, right?”

“maybe?”

“I’ll believe you.”

I don’t know.

If you just turn your head, I’ll continue explaining.

Eventually, Eunha stopped worrying about the increasingly awkward situation and looked back at the back seat.

… … .

The interior was cleaner than I expected.

The chair and handle have been mopped.

The hospital’s unique disinfectant smell is strangely comforting.

A small ‘cross’ necklace dangles from the rearview mirror.

and,

The back seat of the forklift that ‘that thing’ is pointing to.

Instead of a regular chair, there was a blood donation chair like the one seen on the [blood donation bus].

A blood collection device and a dirty, thick needle can be seen next to it.

Has the space itself changed?

Galaxy, who protected her neck from the pain that was rising like trauma, licked her sore palate.

Sasa Sak…

In the rear view mirror, something falls down from the rear window and crawls under the van.

“All the unclaimed cars, our daughter takes them?”

“Oh… Anyway, thank you. I’ll try to use it well somehow.”

『… … good kid.』

“Then, since you’re so kind, could you explain a little more…”

Asked for an explanation.

Because it was difficult to understand what was being said.

The smart key is smarter than it needs to be.

Does this mean that any unattended car can be opened with the ‘smart key’?

Pat… Pat…

But unfortunately, there was no answer to the galaxy’s question.

“Good boy…”

Like a mother looking at her grown child, only happy gazes extend from the dusty passenger seat.

“… … .”

The driver’s seat where Eunha was sitting was spotlessly clean,

The passenger seat was less cleaned, and the white doctor’s gown was covered in dust.

For some reason, my mouth wouldn’t open.

… … .

What can you hope for when all that remains is resentment?

Who is the monster in the passenger seat looking at in the galaxy?

‘The ownerless van’… no, ‘that thing’ that was looking at the [blood donation bus] with complicated eyes caresses Eunha’s arm.

“My daughter, shall we go for a drive?”

I don’t know.

Eunha, who grew up without a family, couldn’t know.

I just didn’t want to get stabbed in the carotid artery by a needle because of a slip of the tongue.

Just adding a little rhythm to the monster’s resentment.

That’s enough.

I thought that was enough for now.

“… … You used to say I was like a daughter, but now I’m just a daughter… You don’t have a license, right? ”

“Can I learn it?”

What you see before your eyes is the territory of monsters.

A road without a single car.

It’s nice weather for a drive.

‘How did it end up like this… What happened? Who else but me would learn to drive from a weirdo on a holiday?’

Eunha thought positively.

Learn to drive from a monster.

It may be sudden, but it will be a pretty good memory.

Swish.

Eunha, with a complex smile on her lips, fastened her seatbelt.

The belt digs into my large breasts, making it difficult to breathe.

“Tsk… I don’t know. Are you leaving without a license?”

“Step on it?”

Boo-ang-!

like that,

A forklift that had not moved for a long time roars with a powerful engine sound.

Kuung!

I raced down the road, barely passing a wall and breaking it down.

“Oh my, young lady.』

“I’m sorry!”

The first time I ever held a steering wheel,

It wasn’t as bad as I thought.

… … .

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… … .

Do you know how a mother feels when she sees her child off first?

I lived each day even though my heart was torn apart.

Because it wasn’t my heart.

… … .

“Good kid…good kid…”

A tiny little kid.

A child who was unusually afraid of needles.

Even though I didn’t do anything,

Because you flew in like a dandelion seed and came into my arms,

‘I’ considered ‘you’ a gift from heaven.

“Sh-re! I hate injections! ”

“My daughter. You need to get a shot. Then you will get better quickly.”

Just a little more,

I wanted to do something,

All my bad mother did was,

All it did was prick the little boy’s arm with a sharp needle,

“Okay, our princess. Does it sting? Sting?”

Just a little more,

If we had time,

just a little…

Just a little bit more,

I wanted to do something.

“Good kid…good kid…”

That child, as clear and light as a dandelion seed,

It wets its poor mother’s heart and goes far away.

… … .

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Time goes by.

Like a bell ringing in the morning.

Time passes equally for everyone.

“Yes, Kang Nari. Why are you calling?”

– That… That’s right… There’s [Eun-gang Potion] that Eun-ha and I co-produced, right?

“Are you saying that it’s more effective than the now discontinued [Galaxy Potion]? I used it well last night anyway.”

Holiday afternoon.

Ban Harin left the convenience store, feeling her left eye covered by a blindfold.

A ‘mouse’ with a complicated expression looks around next to her.

“So what’s going on? Is there something wrong with the potion?”

– Oh, no! That’s not it… At Eunha’s request, all of the [Silver Potion] supplied to the Hunter Association are mainly used for emergency patients, right? After all, the quantity is small.

I can hear it over the phone,

[The Blue Dragon Family] The voice of the youngest daughter, Kang Na-ri.

“That’s why.”

– I think I’ll have to go to the hospital with Eunha soon.

“… … Why are you telling me that?”

– Eunha, you said you hate hospitals. That’s why I called to ask how I can bring it up.

In Kang Na-ri’s worried voice,

Banharin, who had been wiping her face as if it were a habit, smoothed out her expressionless face.

… … .

“… Blood donation sister. Where is this?”

“Step on it?”

“Okay. I guess I’ll get there if I keep going. Am I doing well? ”

“Yeah. Step on it?”

Just so-so,

It was a leisurely holiday.