MDOF | Chapter 1.2

It felt like it took forever when it was happening, but once it was over, it seemed like nothing. To be eaten by a monster, though. At least there won’t be a body left, but it hurt like hell. Now, there won’t be any trace of him left in this world.

“What’s this? Seeing weird stuff right after waking up.”

His body, which should have had limbs, moved grotesquely. The sticky pain that came with the drying was beyond what could be described as just ‘painful’. It felt like his wounds were burning, the sensation shrinking from his scalp down.

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“Hu… huuuh… Kill… Just kill me…”

The mountain’s darkness came quickly. Right before the faint light disappeared, what little light was left was blocked by a figure that suddenly stood up.

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The man, looking at Seon-woo crawling on the ground, said cheerfully, clapping his hands.

“Ah, it’s you!”

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His blurry vision was filled with something waving about, making him feel dizzy.

“Thanks to you, I woke up. What’s your name?”

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Crazy bastard, can’t you see this mess? He wanted to curse, but his mouth wouldn’t move. What’s the difference between opening a coffin to chat with a corpse? His vision darkened again. He felt like he was really going to die now.

He didn’t try to hold onto his fading consciousness.

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“Hoho.”

A high-pitched exclamation came from the man with suspiciously red lips. A finger with long nails touched his lips, then poked Seon-woo’s crouched body in the puddle of blood, saying “Eh?” before poking again. Then, he bent down to sniff with his high-bridged nose.

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His actions resembled someone picking out fresh meat at a butcher shop, creating an eerie feeling. After the inspection, the figure stood up indifferently, looking over the entire blood puddle, pondering whether to buy this or not, his lips pouting.

Grrr Grk Grrr

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At the sound of boiling close by, he lifted his long eyelashes and turned his obsidian-black eyes to spot the source of the unpleasant noise.

“All sorts of goblins roaming around…”

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So, this human was chased by a goblin and touched the sacred tree? Was it that easy to touch?

His gaze fell on the hand smeared with dried black blood. Noticing the crumpled piece of paper in his grasp, he grimaced, showing sharp teeth in disgust. He shivered, then alternated his gaze between the ‘meat lump’ in the blood puddle and ‘Bad Breath.’

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Hm, this one’s better…

Finally deciding, his slender finger snapped in the air, and the dark mountainside suddenly brightened.

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***

Blink

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This time, it must really be the underworld. Since it didn’t hurt, it couldn’t be the mortal world. Seon-woo, lifting his upper body groggily, blinked his hazy eyes and then, in shock, looked down at his body.

The dried, sticky blood flaked and crumbled with every movement.

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His arm and leg, which had been so helplessly swallowed by Bad Breath’s mouth, twitched back into place. While checking his limbs in a daze, Seon-woo’s head whipped around. The white ceiling and walls contrasted with the clothes scattered haphazardly against the neatly arranged items.

“Huh…?”

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The house he had looked at with sentiment, thinking he’d never see it again when he closed the front door that morning.

Judging by how stiff his body was from lying on the hard floor, he must have been there for quite a while. Checking his pocket just in case, his phone was still there.

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He left on the day after the vacation started, so it was Wednesday… What? Why is it Sunday? Seon-woo, staring at the small screen with his mouth agape, chuckled and ran a hand over his face. Black dust fell to the floor.

The only messages he’d received in those five days were advertisements. As expected.

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He stood up, his body aching, and went into the bathroom, peeling off his ruined clothes. He splashed water over the blood-soaked clothes, which would have caused a misunderstanding if thrown directly into the trash. Dark red water flowed down the drain.

This wasn’t a dream. His limbs were definitely torn off. If this isn’t reality, whose blood is this?

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With a shiver of unease, Seon-woo rubbed the spot where his arm had been torn off and slowly looked down. Water from the dropped showerhead sprayed upwards, wetting his face, but he was busy feeling where his limbs had been torn.

The part above his shoulder, which hadn’t been torn off, felt warm like a human body. In contrast, the newly grown arm and leg were chillingly cold, like holding a metal cup full of ice. Seon-woo took a deep breath and slapped his cheek.

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It hurts. It’s real. Seon-woo mumbled quietly to himself, his face blank as he doused himself with water. The cold water ran down from his head, and fainter red marks dotted the white tiles.

“So…”

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The bus ticket from his wallet, the rope from his crumpled bag, and the washed-out bloodstains, all screamed that this wasn’t a dream. He was almost eaten by Bad Breath, somehow survived, and his limbs were fine, and he woke up at home.

A shadow fell over Seon-woo’s youthful face. Pressing down on his throbbing head, he decided to escape reality for now. He wanted to clean up the messy house first before thinking about dying.

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He gathered the clothes scattered around the floor, threw them into the washing machine, and ran the vacuum cleaner. He scrubbed the remaining bloodstains with a thoroughly soaked rag until they were spotless. Then he started dusting the corners and tidying the crumpled bed sheets.

Did he leave without making the bed out of habit when he woke up? He might not have had the presence of mind for that. No, stop thinking about it. He was trying to clear his mind.

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Seon-woo, having neatly straightened the white duvet by tapping it and aligning its edges, frowned as he caught a few white hairs in his hand after bending down.

***

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“Ice chocolate, with whipped cream, right?”

Seonwoo quickly nodded and was about to put the straw in his mouth when he paused at the friendly words of the part-time worker.

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“I added a lot of whipped cream since you come here often. Isn’t it too hot? Have a drink to cool off before you leave.”

“…Thank you.”

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With the sound of the bell jingling behind him, Seonwoo walked down the road radiating heat, sucking up the drink through the straw. Instead of the usual sweet sugar high from chocolate, a lukewarm curiosity poked at him.

His back itched so much he wanted to die, but his hand couldn’t reach, so he scratched somewhere nearby, feeling vaguely satisfied even though water was dripping down his hand holding the drink. He just kept walking.

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It was strange. A girl who seemed his age talking to him in a friendly manner, and the cream overflowing from the lid.

For someone, this might be an everyday conversation and a small service for a regular customer, but for him, it was unfamiliar, making him feel dazed as he wiped his wet hand on his pants and looked back at the cafe’s sign, now quite distant.

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“Oh my, student. Are you here to run errands? Try this, it’s very sweet.”

A well-ripened red plum shone in a wrinkled hand. Seonwoo blinked, awkwardly bowed, and then escaped the bustling market alley.

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He rubbed the smooth plum skin with his thumb and then rolled it into the black plastic bag with groceries. Since he just had chocolate, it would be super sour if he ate it now. Just the thought made his mouth water.

As he opened the front door, the remaining cool air from the morning’s air conditioner welcomed him. Seonwoo cooled his flushed face with his hand like a fan, flapping his shirt’s collar.

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After quickly putting away the groceries he’d bought and turning off the noisy vacuum cleaner, he rummaged through his bed sheets, only to find a strange white hair stuck to his palm. Horrified, he gathered the sheets and ran to the laundry room. After setting the sheets into the dryer on the dust removal mode, he took out the dust roller and began rolling it vigorously over the mattress. His face turned pale, then red, then blue as he checked the hair sticking to the roller.

“Argh!”

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Being quite tidy by nature, Seonwoo dragged out the bed to clean every nook and cranny, obsessively sweeping and wiping down the whole house. After several hours of being drenched in sweat and collapsing, he glared at the mattress.

‘Get rid of it, or don’t.’

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His eyes lost their strength after staring for a while. Letting out a hollow laugh, he only then felt a sense of déjà vu while looking at the shining, clean house.

Something’s definitely in here. Something that could shed white hair. A cat or a dog? If there were, he couldn’t miss it. But with that uneasy feeling, as he searched every possible place for a furry creature, something crossed his mind.

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Usually gray, but with various colors, hiding when people are around and appearing to crawl around and disappear without a trace when people are gone. In this case, though, it did leave hair behind.

Get rid of it. I need to throw away the mattress. Rats are not allowed. No, let’s throw away the whole house.

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Forcing himself up as his legs shook weakly, sweat dripped down his tense cheeks like in a spy movie scene. He narrowed his eyes, estimating the distance to the front door while grabbing only his phone and wallet.

He would run full speed, putting on his shoes outside… Is there anything else I need? I don’t know, think about it later.

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Taking a determined breath, Seonwoo pushed off with his feet. As he tried to straighten his tensed calves, he screamed, frantically rubbing his ears, and then tripped over his own feet, falling flat.

“Where are you going?”

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Thanks to barely catching himself, he avoided breaking his nose, but his whole body trembled, and he couldn’t even respond to the voice from behind.

A shadow approached one step, two steps, then passed him, squatting down in front of where his head had fallen. There was a sound of something slicing through the air, like the swing of a blunt baseball bat.

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“Eh?”

As he counted the wood grain patterns on the floor, his eyes hesitated before looking ahead through his disheveled bangs.

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“What, what, what is that…!”

White skin like a sheet of paper, black eyes, and white hair covering the nape of his neck. When he tilted his head with a smile, sharp fangs stood out. Seonwoo, more shocked by what was swaying behind him than by the sudden appearance of an outsider, covered his gaping mouth in confusion.

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“…A tail?”