poison
16 Uninvited Guests (1)


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The female protagonist, who has just returned from the hospital, sits on the sofa and ponders over a business card given to her by a mysterious woman.

It's a cliché that appears often in novels.

The main character always goes to a place that looks obviously dangerous and ends up in danger.

No matter how I looked at it, I thought that the female protagonist was trapped in that situation.

That's why I was even more worried.

I wondered why my body was changing like this, but my intuition told me that it was really dangerous to go…

이여주
under…

이여주
What should I do?


홍지수
Did you have a good trip to the hospital?

이여주
yes.


홍지수
Hmm? But what's bothering you, Miss Yeoju?


홍지수
Your expression doesn't look very good.


홍지수
Maybe the results were bad…

이여주
That's not it.

이여주
All the numbers were normal.

이여주
So the doctor said he didn't know what the cause was.


홍지수
I see…


홍지수
By the way, what is that business card?


홍지수
You've been watching me since earlier.

이여주
ah…

이여주
It's nothing.

이여주
It was just given to me by someone I happened to bump into.

A person I bumped into by chance handed me a business card.

It's a strange and suspicious sentence that I can't understand no matter how hard I try.

Still, Jisoo doesn't really ask questions.

I don't really want to know that much, and more than anything, it seems like the female protagonist doesn't want to talk.


홍지수
I'll tell him the results when he wakes up later this evening.


홍지수
It seems like you're quite worried.

이여주
That person…?

이여주
Oh, Mr. Jeonghan.

이여주
I've been curious for a while, but why does Jisoo-ssi call him that person when Jeong-han-ssi isn't around?

이여주
When you speak directly to Mr. Jeonghan, you just use informal speech.


홍지수
If you receive blood from a vampire and come back to life, you must never mention that vampire's name anywhere he is not present.


홍지수
It doesn't matter if that vampire is right in front of you.

이여주
is it so?

이여주
Wow… what a troublesome contract.


홍지수
That's true.


홍지수
But that's about it... I can do it.


홍지수
I've come back from the dead, so what can't I do?

이여주
Yeah, that's true.

Somehow, Jisoo's expression seems to be a mixture of many emotions.

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이서영
…what?

Seoyoung's face is filled with bewilderment and annoyance.

It seems like an unwelcome guest has arrived, as if he were an uninvited guest.


김민규
Aren't you being too obvious about your dislike?


김민규
Even though I came here as a guest~

Min-gyu sits down, leaving Seo-young behind, who is acting dumbfounded.

Then he looks up at Seoyoung with a big dog-like smile.

Since the height was about 2 meters, I always looked down at Seoyoung, but now that I'm sitting as a guest, I can look up at her.

It's a new sight.


이서영
Oh, I… …


김민규
What's the most delicious thing here?


이서영
There are plenty of staff members who can take care of the guests, so I'll go and see another guest.


이서영
They're calling me over there to take my order.

Seoyoung smiles in the service position.


김민규
why?


김민규
I hope that Ms. Lee Seo-young will accept it.

Min-gyu loosely holds Seo-young's wrist.

Even though she didn't hold on tightly, Seoyoung found it difficult to shake it off.


이서영
Did we make a joint statement?

Min-gyu silently taps my chest with his finger.

Only then does Seoyoung realize that her name is engraved on her chest.


이서영
But please don't call my name carelessly.


이서영
I don't want to get close enough to call you by your name.


김민규
Why do you hate me so much?


김민규
Do you still hate vampires?


이서영
……that…

Seoyoung hesitates and then gives a vague answer without giving a clear answer.


이서영
Okay, I just don't like that.

Seoyoung turns her back on Minkyu.


김민규
This is Kim Min-gyu.

Seoyoung turns around again at the unexpected sound.


김민규
My name,


김민규
My name is Kim Min-gyu.


김민규
Please remember, Lee Seo-young~

Seoyoung didn't like Min-gyu, who kept acting rough for some reason.

It's the same now.

But somehow, I didn't completely hate it.

Is it because we love each other to the point of hatred?

Still, Seoyoung did not accept Minkyu's order.

Because I still don't have very good feelings towards vampires.

It seems that people's hearts do not change easily.

I've lived for years hating vampires themselves, so how could that change so easily in a few days?

There's a reason why they say that habits formed at age three last until you're eighty.

의문의 여성
Please take my order here~


이서영
Oh, yes.

The woman who bumped into the heroine earlier.

For some reason, the woman was sitting in a corner, out of sight of anyone.

의문의 여성
Are you close with that guy from earlier?


이서영
yes?

I didn't like the customer who suddenly started speaking informally to me, but I didn't panic and answered with a smile that matched my service-oriented personality.


이서영
Are you talking about that customer earlier?


이서영
We are not close.

의문의 여성
okay?

의문의 여성
It doesn't look like it to me.

Seoyoung wondered to herself, “What is this person?”

It seemed like a very different truth from the truths I had seen so far.

의문의 여성
You don't like vampires?


이서영
What are you talking about all of a sudden… …

Seoyoung was taken aback by the words that hit the nail on the head, but she still didn't lose her smile.

It was awkward though.

의문의 여성
Is that right?

의문의 여성
Then come closer.

The middle-aged woman gestures to Seoyoung to come closer.

Seoyoung had no intention of getting close to him, but she unconsciously approached him as if possessed.

Then the woman whispers softly.

의문의 여성
There are people who can kill vampires just by touching them.

의문의 여성
Find that person.

의문의 여성
It's surprisingly close, so you'll find it quickly.


이서영
What is that… …

Seoyoung is speechless at the absurd words.

There's someone who can kill a vampire just by touching him.

Where in the world would you find such a person?

If there was, he would have appeared on TV a long time ago, saying that he could kill a vampire just by touching it.

의문의 여성
It seems like he is not aware of it.

의문의 여성
Without even realizing that you are slowly killing vampires.

The woman gave a disgusted laugh and then looked straight into Seoyoung's eyes.

의문의 여성
Don't you want to be like that too?

의문의 여성
Don't you want to kill a vampire just by touching it?

의문의 여성
Then come here.

The woman takes a business card out of her jacket pocket and hands it to him.

의문의 여성
You will definitely come.

The woman leaves behind a hundred thousand won note, leaving behind a questionable statement.


이서영
What, you didn't eat anything...