-Thiazi’s POV-
By the time we finished watching all the endings of the game, the sun had already set.
In the end, we had spent the entire day playing a game that had only sound.
Upon completion, we realized that besides the first playthrough, everything else was a bad ending.
The girl was deeply moved by the ending where the male protagonist sacrificed himself to save the heroine.
I didn’t understand why she was crying so much.
It’s not like anything would happen if you died.
From the girl’s perspective, maybe it meant that someone had saved her.
But even so, there is nothing that can be done if the person she “doesn’t want to lose” dies.
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The girl was sleeping on the couch.
As I looked down at her peaceful sleeping face, an unbearable appetite welled up within me.
I had a decent breakfast this morning, and I should have been able to survive for several days without eating.
It must be because this girl was so attractive.
In the dim light, the girl’s presence tugged at something unfamiliar within me.
Was it her unique reaction, different from all the humans I’d consumed before?
Or perhaps it was the simple companionship she offered.
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Yet, no matter how close we became, she’s nothing but mere food.
Humans keep pets, don’t they? Is this similar? I can’t fathom human emotions.
Regardless, consuming her would be wasteful.
So, is this what they call love?
If I can’t feast on something delicious, love seems like a pain in the ass.
Oh well.
For now, let’s go out to grab a meal.
And why not play along with those Boogeyman protesters?
If they end up as my next meal, they’ll die content.
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……I was thinking.
Why are there so many formidable individuals around?
Among them, the three high school students were particularly dangerous.
Concealed within the crowd, they are suppressing their magic powers.
Yet, I could discern their extraordinary strength.
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With this intuition of mine, I’ve survived without unnecessary battles against the Variant hunters.
I promptly left the scene.
The other Variants might call me timid, but what do they know?
They, too, live disguised as humans.
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I had no choice but to move to the downtown area where I found a suitable human and devoured him.
Certainly, my hunger was sated.
Yet, the desire to consume that girl only grew, refusing to be quelled.
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