I Wished for Non-Face-to-Face Lectures

When several major courses switched to recorded lectures, my life became incomparably more comfortable than before.

Well, waking up around lunchtime with bleary eyes was still a struggle.

But it was much better than waking up at 8:30 AM to attend first period classes.

That was practically like telling me to wake up at 2:30 AM to attend class.

Forest Engineering (O)

Conflict Resolution and Understanding (O)

Forest Management (O)

“This is what an attendance record should look like.”

Unlike Monday, I smile happily looking at the attendance record with circles in all the parentheses.

It’s not like I received A+ in all subjects, but I’m this happy just because I attended all classes.

I briefly thought that my standard for happiness had become too low, but I shrugged it off and erased the thought.

Well, it’s not strange to feel happiness from such trivial things.

Honestly, since becoming a vampire, the world had become much harsher.

My second outing was coming up soon.

Recalling what happened during my first outing made me hesitant to go out again.

The cross neon signs that exist everywhere I go.

People who keep approaching me, captivated by my beauty, trying to confess.

And the suffocating, disgusting garlic scent that wafts over every time that happens.

I really, truly didn’t want to go out, but unfortunately, this was unavoidable.

I couldn’t keep stealing Jaehyuk’s clothes, and it’s not like I would never go out again.

Ding!

While I was letting out a “gyaaak” sound of anguish while hugging a thick blanket, I heard a notification for a message.

The current time was 6:30 PM.

The sender was probably Hye-eun, urging me to go shopping.

Sluggishly unlocking my phone screen, sure enough.

[I’m in front of your apartment, when are you coming out?]

A message had arrived saying they had already arrived at the apartment.

[Coming out soon, wait 3 minutes.]

Unless it’s a special occasion, a man is a creature who always dresses casually and just applies one lotion before going out.

After finishing my preparations simply, I left the apartment, and a pure white angel waiting in front of the door greeted me with a face that said “as expected.”

“…Why are you looking at me with that kind of gaze?”

“Just thinking how typical of you this is.”

“Is that a compliment or an insult?”

“Hmm, it’s closer to a compliment.”

After lightly bickering instead of greeting, we immediately headed to the subway station to go downtown.

On the way to the subway station.

Hye-eun opened her mouth while looking at me with a pitying face.

“Ah, I heard the news. Your apartment is gone, so you’re living with Grumbler?”

“Yeah, I was thinking of going back to my family home… but the conditions were good, so I was tempted.”

“Oooh… But I was also an option, right? Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I don’t want to be purified without a trace while living together. Could you put away that damn halo first? I’m really about to die from the strain.”

“Ah, sorry.”

When I frowned intensely, she seemed to realize her mistake and put the halo in her bag.

As I was catching my breath for a moment due to the reduced pressure, Hye-eun began spouting nonsense in a serious voice.

“But, isn’t this exactly ‘that route’?”

“…What now.”

“Living together, then ‘hey’ becomes ‘darling’, and ‘darling’ becomes ‘honey’…”

“What the hell is ‘honey’, haven’t I told you to cut back on your fantasies? Besides, is it okay for an angel to have such thoughts?”

“Haah… Haah… But the sense of blasphemy every time I have such thoughts is no joke…! And a vulgar angel, uhuh… this is also a turn-on point…!”

“Please.”

This is… an angel?

If devout religious people saw this obscene appearance, they would be unable to hold back their wailing.

Perhaps they would lose their faith, fall from grace, and start believing in demons.

“Could you please pretend not to know me in the subway?”

I felt so embarrassed that I tried to distance myself, but she smiled broadly and stuck close to me.

Pretend not to know me.

Please.

The first thing we did after arriving downtown while bickering was to fill our hungry stomachs.

Didn’t they say that even Mt. Geumgang is best viewed after a meal?

Since I was hungry and had no motivation, I ordered an ice cream waffle at a dessert shop near the subway station.

As we were walking toward the clothing store while munching on ice cream waffles, Hye-eun asked me a question with a curious face.

“But vampires need to drink blood, right? Is it okay to keep eating other things like this without drinking blood?”

“…Well, I’m not sure about that myself. I haven’t felt the desire to drink it yet.”

There is a mild thirst.

An irritating thirst that never gets satisfied no matter what I consume.

The identity of this annoying feeling is probably the thirst for blood that vampires must feel for their entire lives.

Yes, Hye-eun is right.

The reason vampires are called vampires is because they are monsters that consume blood.

True to that name, I definitely needed to drink blood, but…

“Ugh, I have a feeling like I’d rather not eat it if possible? I passed by someone bleeding over the weekend, but I didn’t feel any impulse at all.”

No matter how hungry you are, you can’t eat a poisonous creature.

To vampires, Korean people were exactly that kind of existence.

The thought “Do I really need to eat that?” came to mind, and at the same time, the thirst somewhat subsided.

“The saying that Korean veins flow with garlic juice instead of blood might actually be true.”

As I shook my head, remembering the garlic scent that was stronger than usual at that time, Hye-eun laughed cheerfully and made another vulgar joke.

“Then, to drink Korean blood, do you need to get a child’s blood? This is totally oneshota…!”

“You’re such a crazy woman… But I don’t think that would work either. Look over there.”

I pointed to a child at a Korean barbecue restaurant that caught my eye as we were passing by.

A child who looked about five years old, very neatly wrapping ssam (lettuce wrap).

“Lettuce with chili pepper, onion, garlic, and even ssamjang… Wow, one wrong bite and you’d be done for.”

Properly educated from an early age, the child put the entire large ssam into their mouth and chewed it.

The pure white angel who was blankly watching that cute scene suddenly started looking at me with pitying eyes.

“What, what is it.”

“Nothing.”

“No, why are you looking at me like that?”

“Just… I feel like I should be nice to you.”

“…?”

As I tilted my head and gave a questioning look, she cleared her throat a few times and quickly changed the subject.

“By the way, do you have any concept in mind for your clothing? With that body, any concept would suit you well.”

“What’s a concept?”

“…I’m the fool for asking. Can I just dress you up as I want?”

“Within acceptable limits. Of course, things like skirts or dresses are absolutely out.”

It feels a bit like crossdressing, and above all, I’m paying for it.

When I added those words, she licked her lips as if disappointed.

“Hmm, then I’ll style you with a simple casual look. Other concepts… regrettably, we’ll have to save those for later.”

“I just felt like you were looking at me like a giant dress-up doll.”

“Hehe, it’s just your imagination! How could I treat a precious friend like that?”

“You would and then some, you crazy woman.”

As we were talking, we arrived at the clothing store.

Passing by the employee with a business smile, we went inside and were greeted by countless clothes.

Wow, I already feel overwhelmed.

How should I choose clothes here?

Should I just pick comfortable clothes that fit my size?

As I was mindlessly fingering some pants hanging nearby, a store employee approached but then hesitated.

Maybe because the customer was a woman with exotic silver hair and red eyes, she seemed to be wondering which language to use.

…This is also a problem since becoming a vampire. People keep treating me like a foreigner.

I sighed and weakly opened my mouth.

“I’m a native Korean, so please speak Korean comfortably.”

“…Ah!”

The employee, who let out an exclamation, finally came closer and began to fulfill her duty.

From a brief explanation of the clothes to tempting flattery to stimulate the desire to purchase.

I thought the pants were quite nice and was about to pick them up, but my action was stopped by Hye-eun.

“Stop right there, put those pants down first.”

“Why?”

“There are so many other pretty clothes, why choose such dull pants? They barely suit you because it’s you, but honestly, they’re really not good!”

“I’m fine as long as they’re comfortable to wear? Look at this, they stretch really well!”

Aren’t these quite good for casual outings?

It’s not like I’m trying to seduce anyone, just going to the convenience store in front of my house, so there’s no need to wear pretty clothes.

Looking at her with a face that couldn’t understand, she made a fuss as if she had heard something she shouldn’t have.

“There’s a limit to dressing comfortably, Han Jiwoo. Your attempt to wear those pants is on the same level as a pot-bellied old man trying to wear a crop top.”

“…Are they that bad?”

“Yes, they’re really bad. You look better in bright clothes than in such dull ones, or you could go for a sophisticated formal style.”

Hye-eun confidently continued speaking while handing me clothes that I didn’t know when she had picked up.

“Go to the fitting room and check. You can see which ones suit you better when you look in the mirror.”

In response to her words, I laughed dejectedly and pointed to one of the mirrors nearby.

“Do you know what, Hye-eun?”

“Huh?”

“Vampires don’t reflect in mirrors?”

My reflection in the mirror looked like an invisible person wearing casual clothes.

The pure white angel, who checked the direction my finger was pointing, muttered in a dumbfounded expression.

“…Isn’t that too many disadvantages? Is daily life even possible?”

Is daily life possible, she asks.

I didn’t expect to hear that question in this way.