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w. Angtal
. Episode 2 .
The silence stretched on longer than I expected. This extremely suspicious man rolled his eyes, seemingly struggling to decide what to say. My heart continued to pound, unsure of what to do, and I unconsciously found myself holding onto his arm. I truly regretted bringing him into my home. I wanted to kick him out as soon as possible.
“Um… what’s a gang boss?”
"…yes…?"
… It was an unexpected answer. What? He's not the boss of the organization. He might have rolled his eyes not because he didn't know how to respond, but simply because it was a new word. But how do you know if he's pretending not to know or really doesn't? That could be an ulterior motive. He pretends to be innocent and ignorant, only to get caught later... . Ugh.
“Ah… I think I saw it in a book… Um. Anyway, that’s not it… This tattoo…”
Another silence, hopefully the last, followed, and the vampire finally spoke, seemingly finished with his agonizing thoughts. Perhaps he'd finally figured out whether he'd rather go than hesitate, or whether he'd rather back than hesitate.
“You…you’re a vampire…you know…?”
“I know. That thing that drinks human blood, that’s what you were referring to. …But why…?”
I looked at the man with eyes filled with extreme wariness and answered every question he asked me. Why are you asking about vampires? You've been asking me all this time, are you a vampire or a vampire? What, this isn't a novel... I'm scared to death.
“? Human blood?……. Can you believe what I say?”
"…no."
“……. Ha…, then just think of me as a crazy person and listen to me.”
“I’m already doing that….”
“Oh… really…? I see….”
After hearing what I said, the man slumped down like a dead puppy, his whole body expressing his disappointment. If he were my boyfriend, I'd be deadly cute, but there was something creepy about this guy. It felt like Venom was acting cute.
“…….”
The man pondered for a long time, then pointed to his mouth and said, "Look at this." I briefly raised my head, which had been bent down to examine the tattoo, and looked at it. Only then did the man open his mouth.
“……? What is it?”
“Oh my?”
(Can't you see?)
“No… Your fangs are really sharp.”
“…….Because I’m a vampire.”
“……. Stop joking around.”
This guy is really immature, drunk, out of his mind, or just crazy. He keeps calling me a vampire vampire. I'm starting to get annoyed. Those long fangs are either a model, that pale skin is either natural or makeup, and those red eyes are contact lenses. It just looks like he's cosplaying as a vampire. You're a human, you're a human. Please come to your senses.
“You cosplayed as a vampire…?”
“Oh my… It’s true… Can’t you believe me?”
"Would you believe it? You crazy bastard." I repeated it over and over in my head. I really wanted to say it out loud. But I'm a polite lady.
“That…right….”
“Humans don’t know.”
“How many other worlds are there besides this human world?”
“…Why don’t you know?”
I decided to agree for now. It seemed like he'd be serious about something outrageous, and it seemed like it would lead to an exciting story. And even if I kept disbelieving him, he'd never admit he was human until he'd sobered up. Ha, why am I so kind?
“……. I don’t know about that either. It just says in the book that only vampires know.”
“What book did you read?”
“Um… I just learned it in class. I don’t remember the subject.”
"iced coffee…."
“Listen.”
This man explained that this world consists of four parallel universes: the human world, the vampire world, the half-human, half-beast world, and the mermaid world. He also said he came from the vampire world. What the hell was this nonsense? It felt like I was in a fantasy drama.
“…. Then there must be a world where animals speak. There really is a Harry Potter world. Ah, I see.”
“I don’t know what Harry Potter is, but,”
“Do you think you’re teasing me?”
“…No, haha, tell me more, a wonderful world adventure story.”
“It’s not a world adventure story….”
So the man continued to tell his dream story, from moon to sun. I'll tell you what he told me later. Damn, I'm going to school tomorrow.