Chapter 164

Zzzzzz…

I woke up to a horrible sound. Then I quickly got out of bed and turned on the light. A mosquito had appeared. It was already past May, so mosquitoes were flying around. But how did it get up to the 10th floor of the building? What kind of mosquito flies at such high altitudes?

Did the mosquito really fly that high? With a question in mind, I searched every corner of the lit room for the mosquito. But it was nowhere to be seen. The room was so spacious that if a small insect like a mosquito hid, it was impossible to find.

“Ugh…”

I lay back down on the bed and rested my head on the pillow. Then I closed my eyes. I had been woken up by the sound of the mosquito for no reason. I had barely fallen asleep, and the mosquito had immediately disturbed my sleep. I started counting sheep again.

Eeeeeek

“Ahhh!!!”

I had no choice but to scream and run out. I had been defeated by the mosquito. The mosquito had a small body that could be killed with a single clap, but that was only if it was visible. As soon as the light was turned on, it would hide, and I couldn’t find it. If I turned off the light and tried to sleep again, it would appear out of nowhere and torment me.

“Maru!!!”

I had no choice but to call Maru in the office. I was hoping for a hero to exterminate the cruel mosquito. Maru welcomed me when I came to the office.

“Hana~ Aren’t you sleeping?”

Maru was working. I showed Maru my arm, which had been bitten by the mosquito. It was a very vicious mosquito, as there were swollen bite marks. Of course, as a Korean, there were nail marks in the shape of an X on the bite.

“Oh dear, oh dear. Hana, what if your pretty skin gets scarred! Don’t scratch it, just wait!”

Maru said that and rummaged through her handbag to pull out something. It was a soothing ointment for insect bites. Maru carefully applied the ointment to my mosquito bite.

I felt so cool that I stayed still. As she applied it, the itching seemed to subside. Just a moment ago, it was unbearably itchy, but after applying the ointment, the itching had significantly lessened.

“It’s so cool! The itching is almost gone, Maru!”

I exclaimed in admiration at the miraculous effect of the ointment. The area that had been unbearably itchy just a moment ago had calmed down.

I grabbed Maru’s sleeve and said,

“Maru, catch the mosquito in my room!”

It was impossible for me alone. I needed adult help at this point. With the height and strength of a child, it was difficult to catch the mosquito that was tormenting me.

“Alright, alright. Let’s go catch the bad mosquito that’s bothering Hana!”

Maru took my hand and went back to my room, where the terrifying mosquito was. I had closed the door tightly so the mosquito couldn’t escape. It was even more frightening to think that it was hiding tightly in my room.

If I turned off the light and fell asleep again, it would crawl out and torment me… I hated myself for not being able to react to the mosquito flying around. Of course, it was normal for people not to notice when they were bitten by mosquitoes.

Maru held a giant electric swatter in one hand. I watched from the side as Maru bravely swung the electric swatter. Her posture was quite clumsy, so it seemed like she hadn’t done it much before. She was still swinging it in the air.

“Maru, you have to swing it when the mosquito is there!”

I couldn’t help but give her advice. Maru nodded at my words and said,

“Got it, Hana.”

She stopped swinging and slowly searched for the mosquito’s hiding spot. I had heard somewhere that mosquitoes have poor eyesight. So, when the light is turned on, they temporarily lose their vision and stick to the nearest wall. It wasn’t certain, but it seemed somewhat true.

I confirmed that the wretched mosquito that had sucked my blood was stuck to the wall. I grabbed Maru’s sleeve and whispered quietly,

“Maru, Maru! The mosquito is over there!”

“Really!”

Maru carefully raised both hands and showed the mosquito stuck to the wall the taste of human electricity.

Zzzzzap!

A burning squid smell rose, and sparks flew. With that much electric shock, it must have gone to the afterlife in an instant. I grinned and looked at the swatter to see the mosquito’s corpse. But the mosquito’s corpse was nowhere to be seen.

“Huh?”

I definitely saw sparks flying, but the mosquito wasn’t stuck to the electric swatter. I even checked the floor to see if it had fallen, but it wasn’t there either.

No matter how tough a mosquito is, it shouldn’t be able to withstand an electric swatter…

“Huh? Where did the mosquito go?”

Maru also thought she had caught it…

When it happened, I was panicking like me because the mosquito corpse was nowhere to be seen. Then, the mosquito flew around right in front of our eyes. It was flying around arrogantly, as if mocking us!

I tried to slap the mosquito with my palm. But the mosquito showed off its dodging skills, zigzagging away. And its speed was different from a regular mosquito. If a regular mosquito is a sedan, this mosquito was like a sports car.

“Ah!”

I couldn’t help but express my frustration as I saw the mosquito stuck to the ceiling. The ceiling was too high for me to reach even if I jumped. Maru, seeing such a mosquito for the first time, clicked her tongue and said,

“I’ve never seen a mosquito this fast in my life.”

But we couldn’t let it go. If we didn’t catch it today, I would collapse from frustration. Because that mosquito had sucked my precious blood. And a mosquito that doesn’t die even when zapped with an electric swatter! If we let it live, it would be a great regret for humanity. A mosquito that renders mosquito swatters useless!

Maru muttered a word while looking at the mosquito.

“Did it become a mutant from sucking Hana’s blood?”

Well, my hair and teeth are special, so why not my blood? Did the mosquito really become that strong from sucking my blood?

Maru brought some insecticide and sprayed it directly where the mosquito was. But the mosquito was fine even after being hit directly by the insecticide! Of course, it wasn’t completely fine; it was flying around like a drunk person, staggering.

Seizing the moment, Maru swung the electric swatter again. Maru didn’t kill the mosquito with electricity but physically. It was squashed by the electric swatter. No matter how much it sucked my blood, if it’s physically crushed, even a mosquito has no way out.

“Maru, you’re the best!”

I gave Maru a thumbs up. If I had tried to catch it alone, I wouldn’t have been able to catch it even if I stayed up all night. Because the mosquito was abnormally fast and resistant to insecticide. I whined to Maru.

“Maru… what if another mosquito comes out?”

“Hmm… wait a second, Hana! I have something prepared for this.”

Maru went somewhere and quickly returned. What Maru brought was a high-quality mosquito net.

“I prepared everything for Hana!”

Saying that, Maru carefully set up the mosquito net on my bed. I couldn’t help but cheer when I saw the mosquito net. No matter how super-ultra the mosquito is, it can’t cross the thin space of a mosquito net.

The holes in the mosquito net were smaller than a mosquito. There’s no mosquito that can pass through a mosquito net. After setting it up, Maru said to me,

“Now, no mosquito will bother Hana!”

Maru was really reliable. Maru was indeed the best. I clung to Maru’s thigh and said,

“Maru is the best!”

“Hehe.”

Maru laughed happily, pleased with the compliment. At times like this, you could tell Maru was young. Maru was in her early twenties. Girls around that age are either in college or just preparing to get a job.

If it were a guy, he would have finished military service and be back in school. But I wasn’t really curious about guys, so I moved on. I grabbed Maru’s sleeve.

“Huh? What’s up, Hana?”

Actually, after doing all sorts of things to chase away the mosquito, I was wide awake. Even if I lay down and closed my eyes, I wouldn’t fall asleep easily. I looked up at Maru and said,

“Maru! Can we watch a movie together?”

I even used my ultimate move. With tears in my eyes, I desperately looked at Maru. Using this skill, whether it’s Maru, Bora, or Haru, they all grant my wishes. Even now, I could see Maru’s eyes wavering intensely.

“Of course! Let’s watch a movie together, Hana!”

“Hehe!”

I snuggled into Maru’s arms and went to watch a movie. Indeed, life is easier when you’re cute. This is a universal truth.