Alluring red
Ep.2 • A Gorgeous Night, the Source of Encounters
[This content is a fictitious work of fiction and is not factual.]
June 12, 20OO.
People in medical gowns are seated in front of a long table that takes up a large space in a large conference room.
And among them, one person wearing a turtleneck under the doctor's gown is a woman named Woo Yeo-ju.
“Let’s end today’s meeting here.”
"Tomorrow, the hospital will have lights out at 7 p.m. As I said before, the obstetrics and gynecology department should step up a bit. Dr. Woo Yeo-ju, please stay."
When the person sitting in the middle called for disbandment, people started leaving their seats one by one. Next to Yeoju, a middle-aged man was leaning back on a few empty chairs.
우여주
“Do you have anything to say?”
"Teacher, according to the statistics, your grades have been declining since that day."
A subtle tension flowed between her and the middle-aged man who appeared to be of high rank.
That day was June 13th, several years ago. It was the anniversary of the death of Yoon So-jeong, Yeoju's colleague and friend.
When the man mentioned that day, a slight wrinkle formed between her brows and her voice became stronger.
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"Professor, that day is a private matter. I hope you don't set it as a standard."
"While the passing of Professor Yoon So-jeong is regrettable, Professor Woo Yeo-ju is the person who will brighten the future of Il Hospital."
“It’s not the time for vampires or curses.”
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“......”
That day, the female protagonist, who saw two holes in So-Jeong's neck, returned to the examination room and thought quietly.
It's clearly a tooth mark, but it's not quite that of an animal or a human, and there's a wound of that size right on the blood vessel?
I asked a dentist I know and he said it was a canine tooth.
Is there anyone whose canines are so sharp that there are only two holes, or who can accurately locate blood vessels?
As I took a sip of cold coffee and slowly sorted out my thoughts, one thing flashed through my mind.
And at that moment, the coffee she was holding slipped out of her hand and landed on her thigh, but that wasn't the point.
Found the owner of that fang.
The one who is more sensitive than anyone else in blood_
vampire
Yes, it was a vampire.
She was convinced of the existence of vampires, and she proposed this as a meeting agenda several times, wrote a paper, and put a lot of effort into making this fact known.
The only response was the description, 'delusional doctor.'
“Isn’t it time to come out of the land of imagination?”
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“......”
She wanted to spit on the person who called So-jung's death a delusion, but as the person in the relationship between A and B, she had no choice but to grit her teeth.
She decided it was no longer worth listening to and got up.
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"I think I've said it all. It's not a delusion, it's reality."
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“I am the one facing reality, not you, professor.”
“.........”
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“Then I will wake up first.”
She knew, too, that while she still deserved the title of elite, her performance had clearly declined compared to before.
But you can't catch two rabbits at the same time.
She simply chose to give up her grades and come forward with a specific issue.
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"...ha...."
She lay face down, sighing deeply, then took a key out of her doctor's gown pocket and opened the second drawer of her desk.
A necklace case, an item important enough to be locked, a palm-sized picture frame, and a few pieces of paper were placed in the drawer.
The woman on the left was Yoon So-jeong, and the one on the right was Woo Yeo-ju.
She touched her little face for no reason, but all she felt was cold glass, so with a bitter smile, she opened the case for the red pearl necklace with a red ruby in the center.
It was no longer a luxurious white, but a rough, coarse reddish brown.
Her gaze shifted from the unwashed blood on the necklace to several sheets of paper, filled with information the heroine had compiled over the years about vampires.
[Vampire; A legendary ghost that comes out of the grave at night and sucks human blood]
The word 'legendary' was underlined in red and the word 'existing' was added underneath.
Beep be ...
At the sound of the 5:00 surgery bell, I put everything I had in my hands back in the drawer, not forgetting to lock it.
Yoon So-jung's friend turned off the alarm, and the elite surgical professor left the examination room.
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“Professor, I have something to say...”
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"suction. Yes, please speak."
*suction: a machine that sucks up liquid
As the surgery neared completion, a colleague approached her cautiously, and she cast a multi-cast that allowed her to talk to the surgery.
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"Are you free tomorrow?"
His hands, which seemed to reveal the hidden meaning of his words, paused in mid-air for a moment, but then moved again and answered.
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"I'll be staying home. I won't be going out on company dinners, let alone on special days."
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"I know it's rude to say this, but Teacher Sojeong also likes the way teachers are tied down to her..."
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"Surgery complete. Teacher Kim, please finish up. I'll leave first."
Before he could even finish speaking, the female protagonist put down the medical equipment she was holding and left the room.
That gentleman who brought it up even though he knew it was rude, the unchanging fact that So-jeong would hate me like this, that damn Mortday. It all annoyed me.
I know, me too. The hospital's mandatory lights-out order must have been a way to force people to enjoy Mort Day.
If I didn't go out, I'd be out of luck for a few days. So, I didn't have a choice in the first place.
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"Professor, could you please think about it again?"
He approached the female protagonist, who was leaning against the corridor in front of the operating room, to see if the sutures were complete.
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"...Let's go, let's go. Just go."
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“Really?!”
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"What's with that reaction? If I don't go this year, it'll happen again next year. This persistent obsession is enough for today."
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"Okay, then see you at the company dinner tomorrow! Be sure to come dressed up!"
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“....You have to tell me where to go and by what time.”
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"Oh, look at my mind."
He was scratching the back of his head and smiling awkwardly.
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"You can come to Jayhope by 7:30!"
Unlike him, who was excited about playing tomorrow, Yeo-ju sighed as she could picture herself in the future staying up all night to finish all the work she had to do tomorrow.
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“Wow, there are so many people.”
The next day, she stayed until just before lights out and got off work a little after 7 o'clock, and she was among the crowd, still dressed up.
The only makeup I had was a doctor's gown I was wearing at the hospital and a slightly darker red lip than usual.
“Professor-! Over here!!”
As I entered the hopeful room, which was so crowded that I couldn't hear the tinkling of a bell, I saw hospital staff preparing to toast.
"Huh? Teacher Woo is here too? Hurry up and have a drink!"
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“Oh, yes. Hello..”
Before even taking a seat, the female lead was already shaking the draft beer in her hand with her colleagues in the blink of an eye.
“For Mortday-“
The night of the splendid Motday dawned.