After being spun around in all the tests, I had no choice but to collapse weakly onto the cold floor as soon as I opened the door. I can’t take it anymore! It was my own declaration of a strike.
Now, I was moved to another room that felt like an isolation room but had a bed and a TV. Still, I liked this room because it was close to the research institute. If I had been sent back to an isolation room that took 30 minutes to walk to, I would have just laid down on the ground and prepared for a desperate fight.
As I tried to climb onto the fluffy-looking bed in the middle of the room, someone grabbed my arm. Turning my head, I saw Kim Bora’s face.
Right, Kim Bora had been assigned to follow me around like a manager, constantly observing me. Anyway, like a child watching someone fail, she scolded me, saying, “Hana! You can’t climb up in such a dirty state!”
Come to think of it, I hadn’t showered since I got here. I had just been spun around, and my clothes and cleanliness were the same as when I was at the gate.
But what if I’m dirty? Even if I mess up the bed and pillow, it’s not me who cleans it up, it’s the researchers! I didn’t do anything!
With that thought, I shook off the hand holding me and ran to the bed. Despite all the humiliation during the tests, I had been waiting just to climb onto that bed. It was a bed just for me.
But sadly, my short legs couldn’t beat Kim Bora’s long legs, and after a few steps, she caught me again. Kim Bora lifted me up and dangled me by her side.
Unable to resist, I was dragged somewhere. My feet didn’t even touch the ground. With my feet off the ground, there was nothing I could do.
I waved my legs, signaling to be let down, but Kim Bora subdued me with one word: “Shower!”
“Eeeeeek!”
I screamed in despair, but Kim Bora didn’t budge and dragged me out of the room. No, my cozy bed! My fluffy pillow! My healing life!
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“Hana. Close your eyes! Don’t open them until I say so!”
Kim Bora must have thought I was a child who could understand her. I didn’t want to act like I understood because if I did, she might make me do more annoying things. So, out of defiance, I kept my eyes open. Life should be lived like a rebel.
Hot water poured over my head, and the shampoo suds from my hair were washed away.
“Eeeeeek!”
I couldn’t help but scream in pain as the shampoo got into my eyes. If I had known this would happen, I would have closed my eyes! My eyes burned, and tears streamed down. It was inevitable with shampoo in my eyes. Rebels always get punished.
“I told you not to open them!”
Despite her words, Kim Bora massaged my scalp with shampooed hands, and it felt amazing. It was more stimulating and refreshing than having my back or shoulders rubbed.
As the water poured again, I tightly closed my eyes this time. Thankfully, no shampoo got into my eyes again.
Kim Bora, wearing a white shirt and dolphin-like pants, was washing me. When she first tried to take off my clothes, I desperately resisted, but in such a small space with my small body, it was a fight I couldn’t win.
So, I had no choice but to give in. If I had to shower, it was better to do it with a pretty woman. Showering with the muscular Park Deok-gu from last time was out of the question.
“Why is Hana so cute? I wish Hana was my child~ I just want to take her home.”
Hearing such a vivid child abduction statement made me shiver. Kim Bora might have meant it kindly, but I didn’t feel the same.
Earlier, the test results showed that I wasn’t human. I didn’t know what she might do if she took me home. Behind every kind person, there’s often a cruel side.
“Okay, you can open your eyes now~”
The warm water from the shower stopped, and I regained the freedom to open my eyes. Thankfully, the mirror was fogged up, so I couldn’t see my reflection. With such a dangerous body, I had to be careful.
As I tried to escape, Kim Bora, who had anticipated this, caught me again. Every time I tried to run, she caught me perfectly. Kim Bora wasn’t just a researcher; she was…
I thought I should have become a police officer.
“Now, time to wash my body~”
That’s right. I had only washed my hair, not my body yet. Kim Bora picked up the bath towel hanging on the shower and tried to squeeze out some body wash.
*Tap tap*
“It’s all gone.”
Saying that, Kim Bora held the empty body wash bottle and tried to go outside. There was only one door, so my escape route was limited.
If only there was an open window, I would have aimed for that. But the window here had iron bars, and my strength was F-grade. Exaggerating, I couldn’t even crumple paper properly.
“Go play with the duck in the bathtub first.”
Kim Bora left the bathroom to get another body wash and disappeared somewhere. My eyes grew gloomy. After all, I was forcibly taken here, and I had the freedom to escape.
I played with the floating duck toy in the bathtub, thinking about how to escape. She probably had to go far to get a new body wash.
*Tap tap*
This is surprisingly fun…?
As I fiddled with the duck toy, it made a squeaky sound as air escaped. It was oddly addictive. How did they make such a fun toy?
I lost track of time playing with the duck toy. As I was engrossed in playing, Kim Bora appeared with a *drrr* sound.
No way! My plan to escape while Kim Bora was gone was ruined by this devilishly captivating artifact. My escape plan had turned into a bubble.
She was a master of enchantment magic. Otherwise, there’s no way I would have been so captivated by a duck toy.
“Come out of the bathtub and wash up~”
I desperately resisted, but I couldn’t win against Kim Bora’s strength. And so, I was thoroughly washed with body wash. As the hot water poured over me, I vowed not to lose next time.
As the hot water poured over me, I felt my thirst being quenched. I hadn’t even drunk water, so why was my thirst being quenched…?
I still didn’t fully understand my body, so I had to learn slowly as I lived.
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“Huh? Was the bathtub water always this low?”
After washing Hana, Kim Bora returned to the bathtub to clean up. But the water level in the bathtub was strange. She had filled it almost to the top, but now half the water was gone.
It wasn’t because Hana was heavy and caused the water to overflow, so the disappearance of the water was odd. Kim Bora reached out to check the bathtub plug. Maybe it was loose or worn out.
She had told the manager before, but that guy was so stingy with money. She even felt like buying a new plug with her own money.
‘It’s fine…?’
But contrary to Kim Bora’s expectations, the plug was doing its job. It wasn’t loose, and the water wasn’t leaking. The color of the water was also a bit strange. Shouldn’t water be transparent?
Now it looked like a pale green, as if bath salts had been added. Was it because of the bathroom light? Kim Bora decided to let it go. After all, she had already checked everything. Maybe it was some unique ability of Hana’s body.
Or maybe it was because Hana hadn’t washed in so long that a greenish light was coming from her body. For Hana’s dignity, Kim Bora opened the plug and drained the water.
She thought it might be dirt from Hana’s body. Hana looked like she hadn’t washed in months. There was no foul smell, but her body was covered in something like dirt.
