Chapter 7

Originally, her shift ends at 6 p . m . But today was different, Yuri closed the shop instead of Gilbert . It was dusk and completely dark . Yuri walked through the quiet street, feeling the distinctive joy of the night .

Thump… (heavy footsteps)

Then, at some point, I felt a sense of urgency, like someone was following me . I glanced sideways . I don’t think it’s a coincidence, but i’ll follow them just in case . It’s like the guy I just met…

What should I do .

Yuri agonized for a moment .

But soon, that idea seemed annoying and I decided not to do that . I was a little tired today because I left work late, so I didn’t want to deal with anyone .

She deliberately stepped into a strange alleyway . A moment later the same footsteps that followed her approached . Yuri shot out a thread as soon as the man entered the alley .

“Woah!”

Wrapping the thread around his neck like a snare, the man fainted . Yuri shoved his body into a garbage dump . It was a bonus to stop him from making any noise .

“I’ll deal with you tomorrow . I don’t feel like it right now . ”

Ruby red eyes shone alone in the dark alley . After a while she slipped out of the dark-shaded alley and walked back down the street .

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The moon is bright today . I looked up at the moon in the sky . Exactly five months and 24 days have passed since the heroine, Annmarie, moved into the house next door of mine . In the meantime, my daily routine hasn’t changed . From morning till evening, I work at the nearby cafe, then return home and take a break or handle requests . A routine that is always the same and monotonous . Anyone else would’ve said it was boring, but I was very satisfied . It would be even better, if people like that man who was following me earlier, didn’t exist .

“Hm?”

In front of my house, I saw a bunch of pretty yellow threads . I was confused, but when I approached it, I realized it was not a bundle of threads, but the head of a person .

At first I thought it was drunk dude .

“Hey, I don’t think you’re supposed to be here…”

But the moment I turned over the man’s body, feeling annoyed, I froze .

‘Am I going crazy?’

I almost let out a curse word I hadn’t used for a long time . Still, I calmed myself down and checked the address on the nameplate again .

[44 at Gray Ferrets-B04]

No matter how I look at it, it was my house .

But why is he in front of my house?

This face was definitely the one I saw in the lab .

Of course, as time passed, the boy who was beautiful at that time was transformed into a more manly young man, but there was no way she could confuse a person with this presence, with someone else . Hiding my bewilderment, I leaned down to examine his condition . The streets are narrow, and the smell of blood fills my nose . His whole body is covered in blood, but I doubt all of it is his . I really don’t want to, but I use my powers to check his body, releasing a translucent white thread from my fingertips which penetrates the man, scanning over his body . Although the injury is severe, I don’t think he’ll die immediately . I rise again after looking at his face . It appears so gentle, like an angel, that it’s almost impossible to believe he was the king of the dark world . Turning away, I look around quietly, and fortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any rats in the area .

Ugh .

I lift the man’s foot and start pushing him next door . There was a strange alarm going off in my head .

Look, you’re the villainous servant, are you not?

Then you should go pass out next door, not my house .

“Uhh…”

Just then a low groan came from the man . I quickly came to my senses and stopped dragging the man’s feet . The head of the man who was lying sideways swayed . At the same time that his head was slightly turned to the front, his fearsome eyelids were lifted upward . A clear wall appeared in the dark to the point of being transparent . Their eyes met for a moment .

It was then .

Click . (door opening)

A benefit from one ́s service .

“Yuri?”

Suddenly the door next door was opened . I reflexively kicked the man under my feet and threw him into the flower bed . Fortunately, the man didn’t move right away . I felt devastated . I did it without realizing it, because I had no experience, I couldn’t tell if he was okay .

However, I could not afford to worry more about it because the person next door showed up . A beautiful woman popped out of the door about four steps from where I was standing .

If someone unties their long hair and sticks out of an open door in the middle of the night, it might look like a ghost .

A warm orange light leaked through the door . Even in the backlight, she exuded a deep beauty like the God of the Night . The moment their eyes met, Annmarie smiled brightly .

“I heard footsteps, and came out, I’m relieved to know it was Yuri . ”

“Hello, Annmarie . ”

The man was still behind my feet in the flowerbed . It happened so quickly that luckily Annmarie didn’t seem to sense this .

“Are you going home now?”

She asked in a friendly voice . She was always friendly to me because I was the only neighbor in the same age range as her . So now we have developed a relationship .

“Yes, I finished my shift for today . ”

“It’s dangerous to be alone late at night . There’s no good security around here . ”

“I know, but I got off work later than I thought, so I was rushing back . ”

I wouldn’t have said anything to Annmarie before in the past, but I was more attached to Annmarie now than I was in the beginning .

“Be more careful Annmarie . It might not have been me out here right now . ”

“But the footsteps sounded like Yuri’s . ”

“Someone could have deliberately imitated my footsteps . ”

“Is there anyone who would do that…?”

Annmarie gave me a strange look .

There was a small chance whether anyone would do such a thing on purpose or if such a thing could be possible . But either way it was possible .

“But I’ll be careful from now on . Thank you for your concern . ”

Annmarie said with a smile .

But I was a little skeptical when she said that . According to the events in the novel, the heroine was never safe even if she stayed inside her house .

See like today .

The man right now, didn’t do anything dangerous, but he was going to roll to the front of the house and make it a disaster . Although somehow he came to my house instead of the heroine’s . When I clicked my tongue, Annmarie asked me another question .

“Did you eat yet?”

Wasn’t she only going to greet me . Perhaps this was the real reason she came out the door .

“I was having a late dinner with Hestia . Would you like to come in and eat with me?”

Hestia was Annmarie’s sister . She was 12 years old now, she was so cute that I sometimes gave her candy . For reference, I heard that Annmarie is now 20 years old .

Hm .

I sank low without realizing it . My conscience was a little sore from seeing the man who fainted in front of my house .

Don’t you know that I tried to push the villain into the main character?

If it goes according to the novel, I know what future awaits her in the future . In fact, I could feel how good of a person Annmarie is by being close to her for the past six months . Even now she invited me to dinner . In this world of seclusion, it was rare for people like Annmarie to exist . That’s why I’ve been secretly removing the bad guys stuck to Annmarie . Moreover, when I saw Annmarie and her sister Hestia, I kept thinking of Coco and felt weak . Perhaps it was because of my unconsciousness that I left Lakis in front of my house, and stuck him in a flower bed without treating him .