episode_0315

Recently, Eunha thought.

If it seems like the frequency of the monsters squirming has decreased, is it just my imagination?

Every day is so fucking long.

She wanted to become friends with the apartment residents, but the countless requests for attention and handshakes became burdensome.

If this continues, won’t it end up being everyone’s property, broken into pieces for easy sharing?

I had that worry.

‘Hmm… It’s okay. I like it. The ending where my whole body gets torn to pieces? Since it started with me getting torn to pieces by a saw from the beginning, it’s good to keep the balance.’

I thought positively.

Something will work out.

“disgust?”

“Hey~ What do you mean you don’t like it? I’m glad I can hug babies.”

But perhaps,

One of the reasons why the monsters approach without hesitation is none other than the galaxy itself.

She had recently started to think seriously about it.

… … .

Beep!

The sound of insignificant, young footsteps.

During lunchtime, Eunha returns to her apartment after leaving her wallet behind.

She encountered [Doll Girl], who was lying in the 9th floor hallway, rolling around helplessly.

A baby polar bear lying on the ground, raising both arms as if to play together.

The girl, swaddled in fluffy polar bear pajamas, looks as fluffy as an animal shedding its fur.

“… … You’re not missing yet, are you?”

Nod nod.

At the gaze of ‘that thing’ that nodded with pure eyes, Eunha quickly picked up the baby polar bear and walked down the quiet hallway.

“What’s wrong? Are you still scared? I’m sorry I asked you to open the window at dawn.”

“Cow. Don’t get sick.”

The [doll girl] who was quietly held in his arms slowly closed her eyes and buried her face in Eunha’s collarbone.

Beep!

Time passed.

Several days passed after the arduous night patrol.

These days, there are more and more monsters coming to the galaxy without regard to the ‘rules’.

Could it be because there were more than one or two ‘pills’ handed over from [the black man]?

Those things that once had a grudge against the galaxy show up without being bound by the ‘rules’ and are sticky to her.

Beep!

The [doll girl] in her arms is fiddling with the ‘leather choker’ around the cow’s neck.

A day without a single day of good wind.

But I don’t hate them. They are all people with sad stories.

Although there were occasional murders for breaking the ‘rules’, there was no ill will.

‘Well… I’m crazy too.’

Swish…

A polar bear with pure eyes filled with loneliness.

Eunha reached out and opened [Doll Girl’s] small mouth.

The neatly placed molars were very clean.

“… Is it a permanent tooth?”

『… … ?』

“Tell me later if your teeth start to shake.”

Choop.

[Doll Girl] bit the Galaxy’s finger that entered her mouth and squeaked.

Why do these apartment kids keep trying to suck on something? Is it some kind of lack of affection?

Eunha patted the girl in her arms, saying that she should pay a little more attention to the children.

Stop…

At that time, Eunha was walking down the 9th floor hallway while holding [Doll Girl] in her arms.

Suddenly he stopped walking.

“… … .”

There are windows lining the hallway, and a view of the scenery beyond them.

Euncheon-gu seen from the 9th floor.

The distant feeling that came closer than expected made a cold sweat form on the nape of Eunha’s neck.

‘It was much higher than I thought.’

One day while on night patrol.

It fell from this height.

How many times. How many times.

I fell into the backyard of my apartment, breathing through damaged lungs.

Couldn’t stop.

The monster chasing his footsteps, ‘that thing’, jumps down on him and crushes him flat.

I crawled along the ground, struggling to get away from the crash site.

Because I was afraid that if I got caught I would be punished, I couldn’t even rest properly and had to climb the stairs.

And then it crashes again.

Repeat again.

… … .

… I was in a lot of pain.

『… … .』

Huh…

[Doll Girl] held Eunha’s trembling hand.

A cold hand, like a corpse, touches him, and only then does he realize that he has stopped breathing.

“Haa…! Haa…! Cough!”

Just a little cough.

A bloody wad of cotton comes out of his throat.

“Friend. What are you thinking?”

“Sigh… Just. Thinking of ‘you guys’.”

『… … .』

“He was a really scary guy… but I won in the end.”

Thump. Thump.

A brief thrill.

Rapid breathing is no longer unfamiliar.

Galaxy, who had stepped back from the window, looked down at [Doll Girl] with an indifferent expression.

Moving away from the hallway window,

He crawls with his back against the cold wall and smiles languidly.

“So it’s okay. It didn’t hurt at all.”

『… … .』

Later, I’ll learn how to lie well from Banharin.

Huh…

The girl in his arms was as cold as a corpse.

… … .

… … .

“Miss, did you find your wallet?”

“Yes. I’m going to go eat lunch now.”

12:50 p.m.

Eunha picked up the wallet she left behind in the morning.

She left the apartment and chatted with the old security guard.

The old man cleaning in front of the security office has a back as straight as a castle wall.

“Don’t just fill up on convenience store food because it’s too much trouble. Go eat at a proper restaurant. Don’t you have a lot of money, young lady?”

“I was going to eat at [Euncheon Restaurant] anyway. These days, family restaurants are more cost-effective than other stores… Do you want to go with your elders?”

“Please pack it.”

The voice of an old man asking for take-out food made Eunha laugh.

… … .

After the night patrol,

The old security guard approached me more friendly than before.

I should say that I feel less awkward, and I often talk about things other than apartment security… for example, I often talk about personal things.

Whenever Eunha left the apartment, he would look at her with a strange look.

Although I seem to have been nagging more as if I was dealing with a naughty granddaughter…

Eunha actually thought that the current distance was good.

[ Don’t be fooled, Byulnim. That monster only smiles in front of Byulnim. ]

The ‘rabbit stuffed animal’, who had returned from cleaning the backyard of the apartment, hopped up and down and showed Eunha the message written on a memo.

Beep!

A pure white rabbit stuffed animal.

A girl with a guard’s hat perched on her fluffy hair shrugs her shoulders in a discontented gesture.

“Ahahaha… Is security work worth it?”

[ I’m just helping out with the cleaning. The ‘security monster’ knows everything about this apartment. ]

After the night patrol, Mr. Rabbit often came to the guardhouse to help the old man.

I heard you even got permission from [Doll Girl].

Instead of helping with work, it seems like they ask the elderly about various things or check the security office CCTV.

When asked why, he turned his head slightly and tapped Eunha’s large chest.

[ (〜￣▽￣)〜 Just think of it as something like an observation diary.]

“… What are you observing?”

Knock. Knock.

Galaxy, who had been pounded by the soft palms, left the apartment with an uneasy feeling.

I don’t know. I’m sure you’ll figure it out.

As I passed the security office with that thought, I felt the strange gaze of an old security guard behind me.

A look of longing for something.

When I turn around, goosebumps running down my spine from the eerie resentment, the old security guard is smiling kindly as usual.

“… … I’ll be back.”

『Take care on your way back.”

A greeting to say goodbye.

As soon as Eunha finished speaking, the eerie feeling that had been weighing on her shoulder disappeared.

What the heck? Have I finally lost my mind?

I definitely feel less awkward.

I’m just happy to think that I’ve become close with the elders.

Knock knock.

Eunha went to have lunch with an excited heart for no reason.

… … .

… … .

Time goes by.

It’s nothing,

But it extends a little differently.

Just another day.

Knock knock.

“Huh?”

After having lunch at [Euncheon Restaurant], Eunha spends some time walking around Euncheon-gu.

She looked back down the dark alley, feeling a strange pull pulling at her hair.

A daily life where the gazes of people around you gather with every step you take is strangely jarring.

I touch the corners of my lips that are swollen.

“… What is it.”

I looked into the back alley.

Not the way to the cafe, but the way back.

But strangely enough, the attention is focused on it.

Like a student who can’t concentrate on his studies because he’s worried about a mole on the back of his hand that he accidentally discovered.

The urge to poke the back of your hand with a sharpie.

Something similar to that impulse is beckoning the galaxy into its back alleys.

“… … It’s still lunchtime, so let’s go for a walk.”

The worries were short.

Eunha went into the back alley, dragging the carrier containing the [Black Book].

Knock knock.

A strange attraction draws her in.

It is a path where someone’s footsteps remain.

What comes to mind is the ‘shadow mass’ I encountered during the night patrol.

The ‘thing’ that had been following her footsteps had shrunk to the size of a puppy by the time dawn broke.

The resentment I felt was shriveled up like clothes that had been washed in the wrong washing machine.

Why did that monster get smaller?

Did the galaxy chase after the ‘guy’ and get a grudge?

‘That can’t be true.’

Eunha followed someone’s footsteps down the alley.

“… … is!”

And, around the corner of the alley,

Two voices are heard.

Swish.

A galaxy guided by footsteps.

She hid behind a telephone pole and eavesdropped on the women’s conversation.

“… Why me.”

“Are you the person who lives in Saetbyeol Apartment? The woman who looks at Eunha every day from the corner of the cafe!”

A beautiful woman in a pure white dress, Eunhong.

Silver bells with pure white rabbit ears perking up.

Two people who seemed to have no connection at all are talking.

“Would you please give this to Eunha for me? It’s okay to leave it in front of the house. I’ll give you as much as you want in return.”

“… … .”

Rustle.

Eun Bang-ul, smiling brightly, hands a paper bag to Eun Hong.

Objects towards the galaxy.

An object that contains the heart of another person.

Eunhong frowned and glanced at the contents with a curt expression.

“… What is it.”

“This is a nutritional supplement for hunters. I prepared this because Eunha unnie missed the cafe a few days ago and looked tired. ”

“… … .”

“If I go to the apartment myself, my sister will scold me.”

A girl with rabbit ears hanging down smiles.

The shadows that had been covering the back alleys were pushed to the corners by the sunlight high in the sky.

The pitch-black, unfocused silver-bell eyes stare at the blunt Eunhong.

“Unnie’s skills mean that any medicine she takes won’t be effective… but this is all I can do for her. I hope that Eunha Unnie’s heart will feel warm after receiving the gift.”

“Why don’t you hand it over to me directly?”

“… … I can’t do that kind of thing.”

The bunny girl smiled brightly.

bashfully.

He covers his eyes with his droopy rabbit ears.

“Until now, I’ve never been able to give my sister a present in person. I’ve always sent it to her by courier or left it in front of her house and ran away.”

“Why.”

“When Eunha unnie smiled and said thank you at that spot, I felt like my heart would burst and I would die.”

Come to think of it, have you ever received a gift directly from a girl?

The galaxy hidden in the telephone pole thought absentmindedly.

Knock… knock…

And then, as if drops of blood were falling from the sky,

‘Eunhong’, whose part of her pure white dress was dyed red,

I received a paper bag containing nutritional supplements for hunters.

“… … Okay. I’ll tell you.”

“Wow! Really? Thank you!”

A woman with the world’s most blunt expression.

A girl who laughs brightly and bounces around.

Two people who are strangely awkward but seem to have a lot in common.

‘You came for nothing.’

My heart was pounding.

It must be because I visited an unfamiliar place.

Eunha was lost in thought as she eavesdropped on their conversation.

… … .

Time goes by.

It flows without stopping.

Eunha looked back at the people she met today one by one.

[Doll Girl] holding Eunha’s hand with worried eyes.

‘Mr. Rabbit’ learning security work.

The old security guard has become more uninhibited.

And, the silver bell and [the red woman].

Everyone is changing little by little.

As time goes by, we somehow move forward.

Eunha realized it again.

People change.

“… … .”

I looked down at my palm.

Her palms were soft and free of calluses.

[Self-healing] skill. No matter how much muscle you increase,

Even if you get cut by a blade or chopped by a saw… even if you get older, you will eventually return to your ‘original form’.

She was the only one who remained unchanged.

He was always a cafe employee, had soft fists, and a body that never ages.

It will continue to be like this in the future.

‘I wonder if this is what the old security guard felt like.’

Like a castle wall forgotten by time.

Eunha was absentmindedly… absentmindedly leaning against the telephone pole,

It was like looking at a silver bell smiling brightly.

… … .

… … .

“Then I will ask you often in the future, so let’s be friends! I am Eunbangul!”

” is red.”

“Wow! Your last name is the same? Where is your last name? You could be a relative!”

“I don’t know.”

“Me too! Wow, awesome!”

Meanwhile, the Eunha Love Group members were chatting away after finishing a small transaction.

Knock knock…

In the midst of their delirious conversation, the two heard a familiar carrier sound.

Eunbangul and Eunhong, startled, looked back at the alley where the sound came from.

A single electric pole erected in front of an alley.

A good obstacle for one person to hide under.

“… … .”

Next to the telephone pole,

Her large breasts and pelvis were sticking out unnecessarily.

‘It’s my sister Galaxy.’

‘Galaxy.’

The two immediately recognized the identity of the person hiding in the electric pole.

Soon, Eun Bang-ul exchanged glances with Eun Hong and quietly retreated, leaving the paper bag containing the nutritional supplements in Eun Hong’s care.

I guess I’ll run away because I’m embarrassed.

“… … .”

Eun-hong holding a paper bag, Eun-ha hiding behind a telephone pole.

Do you think you hid well? [Red Woman] burst into laughter and quietly approached the telephone pole.

Cook.

“Eww!”

Then, I poked the moss sticking out from the side of the electric pole with my finger.

A galaxy appears, screaming insignificantly.

“Hey, Eunhong. Hello. How did you know I was here?”

“Chest.”

“You felt it in your heart? If that’s the case, then it makes sense.”

What might be better?

I pressed the corners of my twitching lips with my hand.

Knock… knock…

A drop of blood falling from somewhere.

The woman’s pure white dress turns red.

What I feel is one fate.

Little fingers connected like a red thread.

In an instant, ‘that thing’, whose dress had turned red, strides towards Eunha and hugs her waist.

Their lower abdomens were pressed against each other, and while Eunha was flustered,

He thrust the ‘paper bag’ he had received from the rabbit in front of her eyes.

“Take it. Give it to me.”

“Wow… Thank you…… That’s unexpected.”

“what.”

“I thought you’d ignore a favor like that.”

“Because they look alike.”

The smell of blood tickles the bridge of my nose.

Blood soaks my cheeks, and the cold air licks my lips.

[The Red Woman] looked around the deserted alley.

“What does it resemble?”

“The lying bug liked the liar so much that it took out its own eyes.”

What does that mean?

[Bug Princess] is saying that she will help Eunbangul just like she helped Banharin.

I don’t know much about it, so I hope you don’t do anything weird.

I should’ve just gone straight to the cafe.

“That rabbit. Are you worried that he’ll come to the apartment ‘again’?”

“… … .”

“I’ll stop it.”

[The Red Woman] said.

A silver-gray cross decoration flutters from the waist of her red dress.

A monster that reached the North Star.

Certainly, if [the Red Woman] were to approach the apartment, it would be possible to stop her in ‘reality’ before the girl could recognize the monster.

“But, in return.”

“… … .”

『… Next time you donate blood… let’s go together.』

“… … ?”

“I should say hello… to… my mother.”

[#232] I think the name [Red Lady] is really well-chosen.

As its name suggests, ‘that thing’, which was looking at the galaxy with a red face, bows its head shyly.

I don’t know.

Wouldn’t it be a good thing if Bangul became safer?

Galaxy, who had given up on the idea, nodded with her usual smiling face.

Kuk…

Then, [the red woman] who hugged Eunha’s waist,

He took her into a dark alley and disappeared.

… … .

… … Nutrients for hunters.

It was helpful.

… … .

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Time goes by.

Daily life that changes little by little.

There is no such thing as unchanging.

Today, that one fact remains unchanged.

Daughter~♪

“Welcome, Eun-h… Why did the person who went out to eat lunch come back like that?”

“I’m thirsty.”

After lunch, Eunha returned to the cafe and walked to the kitchen to drink some cold water.

She felt burdened by Banharin’s gaze ‘observing’ her, so she fixed her disheveled clothes and headed to the break room.

An ordinary day.

That was all there was to it.

So, somehow, the galaxy moved forward,

Head to the break room to change into your uniform…

Click-.

Let’s open the closed door and enter the break room,

I was able to encounter an unexpected sight.

“Oh, Eunha, you’re here? I was just talking to Yuhee for a bit.”

“I was wrong.”

Break room scene.

Kang Na-ri, sitting on a soft sofa like a rich girl, with her blue hair tousled,

Five Dark Dragon members kneeling before him.

The orange cat ears of the dark dragon commander Kim Yu-hee perk up pitifully.

“… … .”

Squeak… Click.

At the unexpected sight, Eunha stepped back with a smiling face and closed the break room door.

The Dark Dragon Corps of the [Blue Dragon Guild] and the youngest daughter of the family, Kang Na-ri.

I see. It seems like we might know each other.

‘I’ll take a deep breath and think about it.’

Why is it? I’m tired.

Eunha sat down in front of the break room and took a deep breath.

It was an ordinary day.

… … .

… … .

Next story.

The story left behind by the Blue Dragon.

“Team Leader! No! We’re completely trapped!”

“Who is that kid who brought that ‘guide’?”

Of the pure white laboratory,

The story of a ‘guidebook’ picked up in the basement of an orphanage.