Chapter 4: Draw a picture.

Munch, munch.

I diligently chewed the chocolate cake with my small mouth.
This body didn’t exactly feel hunger, but I had asked if there was anything Park Gyutae wanted.

A cake I could only eat on my birthday.
Even then, I’d only eaten it as a slice, so I was worried, ‘What if I ask for too much?’

However, thankfully, he very readily brought me a cake, even a whole one.

…Maybe, I’m a little happy…?

As the sweetness filled my mouth, a smile escaped me.

Yes, I feel good.
Park Gyutae-nim, 10 points added to the shop…!

I was starting to like this place.
A place where I could just eat and play, what’s the difference between this and heaven?

I was so excited that I started humming to myself.
I didn’t have any songs I remembered, so it was a sound of unknown origin.

Anyway, while I was enjoying my happiness and eating cake, suddenly Lee Hyejin appeared and said,

“Angel-nim! If you finish that, I’ll tell you about today’s schedule~!”

…Ah.
Lee Hyejin-nim, 5 points deducted….

My appetite dropped instantly.

I left my room with Lee Hyejin and Park Gyutae to go to the place for the schedule.
Then I realized that the place I thought was a luxury hotel room wasn’t a hotel.
As it turned out, it was just a room connected to a very bleak research lab hallway.

…Huh?

It was a completely different appearance than what I had imagined.
As a result, I shrank back and began to look around the hallway.
It gave off the feel of a research lab at first glance, and the human experiments I had thought about before were slowly coming to mind.

With wings and even rings attached, could there be another being more suitable as an experiment subject?

I trembled slightly and swallowed.
I suddenly thought of the cake I had just eaten.
I wondered why they suddenly asked what I wanted to eat; it was clearly my last supper.

Th, that, but they said it was the pride of South Korea… I, they wouldn’t kill me, would they…?

I felt my heart pounding.
Fidgeting with my small hands as I followed Lee Hyejin,

[ Psychology ]

I soon arrived in front of a very suspicious room with a sign that I didn’t understand.

Psychology…? Psychology…? What is it…?
Am I going to get an experiment related to my mental health…?

I looked at Lee Hyejin with a frightened and tearful face.
Lee Hyejin tilted her head and opened the door as if urging me to go in quickly.

This heartless person…!

In the end, I resigned myself and trudged into the room,
and sat at a small desk holding crayons, with white paper.

“Alright~ Shall we draw whatever comes to mind, Angel-nim~?”
“…….”

The woman in a white gown sitting right in front of me smiled brightly and spoke to me in a kindergarten teacher’s tone.
I felt a strange sense of confusion at the sight of her.

What is this…?

In a situation I couldn’t understand, I stared blankly at her.

“Uh… An, Angel-nim…?”

Then I could see that she was very flustered and glanced at Lee Hyejin and Park Gyutae standing on the side.

But, to be honest, I was even more confused by the situation right now.

…What do they want…?
…What do they gain by making me do this…?

I was full of this confusion, looking back and forth between the 48-color crayons and the paper next to me.
I was still dazed, but I thought I should do what I was told.

Scribble-

In the end, I took a black crayon and began to draw on the paper.
I didn’t have many memories, so I didn’t have anything in particular that came to mind, and I was going to draw the chocolate cake I had just eaten.

But, as I drew, there were no decorations or patterns, so it ended up being finished much faster than I thought.
I had only colored it round.

‘…Did I do too little…?’

I tilted my head at the very simple result.
It was a work that didn’t seem to have much effort put into it.
So I grabbed a red crayon this time.
I was going to draw a few strawberries to add a little effort.

Scribble-

I had never eaten strawberry chocolate cake, but adding delicious things to delicious things.
It would definitely be twice as delicious.

‘Hmm… Is this enough?’

So, I quickly drew the strawberries, put down the crayon, and stared at the woman.
The woman, who had been looking at my drawing with a serious expression, gave an awkward smile and asked.

“Uh… Uh! You, you finished drawing…!? But… that… uh… what is black…?”
“Yes?”

However, I didn’t understand her question and stared blankly at her with two eyes.
Well, if this isn’t a chocolate cake, what else could it be?
Of course, she couldn’t not recognize it, so what does that mean? I was trying to figure out the hidden intention.

“Ah, ah! No! Pass! Then, shall we draw a person this time…?”

But unfortunately, it seemed like her answer was too late, and the woman quickly changed the subject.
Apparently, it was some kind of quiz that only smart people could solve.

Anyway, a person? A person…

After taking the drawing and getting a new sheet of paper, I looked through the crayons and fell into deep thought.

Well, drawing people is hard.

Until I drew the cake, no one knew, but actually, I have no talent in art.
When was the last time I drew a picture? Elementary school? Anyway, it was.

‘Hmm….’

I slowly pondered which person to draw.
Of course, I didn’t have anything left in my head this time, so it didn’t help at all.

So I decided to look around and choose one of the three to draw.
Of course, it seemed easier to draw by looking.

But there was one problem.
I was going to choose Lee Hyejin and Park Gyutae, who had a closer relationship, but it was difficult to look at them because they were standing too far in the corner.

‘Ugh, I can’t help it….’

In the end, my choice was fixed on the woman I could see directly in front of me.

Scratch- Scratch-

Glance. Flinch.

“……?”

For some reason, every time I tried to look at her to copy her, the woman in front of me flinched.

…Why is she surprised?
We’re not very close, so is it because I’m her model for the picture?
It’s too early to be moved….

I drew a white gown with a black crayon, drawing a square.
Then, I drew a circle in flesh color on top, and it seemed too plain, so I looked up and down at the woman.

Ah. Right, I didn’t draw her hair.

I began to color the hair part in black without hesitation.

Hmm… still plain…?
Ah, right! Let’s add a blush.

This time, I began to paint the sides of the face with red in a bold way.

Streak-

…Oh, it went out a little.

The blush looked like it was popping out and flowing like tears.

Well, it doesn’t matter…? I’m not going to get a prize.

Finally, I noticed the necklace she was wearing around her neck, so I started to draw it.
However, the necklace was silver, and I didn’t have a silver crayon.

‘Ugh….’

Because of that, it took a considerable amount of time to think about how to express it.
In the end, the choice was to just draw the outline in black, like the body.

Scratch-

‘Uh…?’

But, when I actually tried to draw it, the space for the neck was too narrow, so it was like I just drew a black line.
It wasn’t what I intended, but I thought it would be okay to think of it as a black necklace.

‘Completed!’

Anyway, I finished the drawing successfully.
For some reason, looking at it made me feel proud.

Hmm… This is not bad, better than I thought…?
Maybe I have some talent?

Anyway, the schedule for the day was over with the person drawing, and I returned to my room and immediately fell into a dream.

[ Psychological Test Analysis Result ]

[ First Drawing Analysis ]
[ Black represents the unconscious, red represents anger. It seems that anger is accumulating in the unconscious, so be careful of your attitude. ]

[ Second Drawing Analysis ]
[ Although it was a person with no contact, blood and tears and a severed neck were expressed. It seems that there is a negative perception of humans to the point where they feel hostile just by being in front of them. ]

[ Conclusion ]
[ It seems that deep in the heart, there is a deep-seated hostility towards humans. For the time being, all schedules should be canceled, and every effort should be made to regain mental and physical stability and trust in humans. ]

“……How is it?”
“……Ugh.”

Park Gyutae, who had just finished reading all the analysis results of the psychological test, asked with a blank expression.
Lee Hyejin, who had the same blank expression, answered.

“W, well…? What… What do you… uh… How do you think, senior…?”
“Well… Honestly, I don’t really know either.”

Park Gyutae shrugged his shoulders.
Lee Hyejin, who was watching, scratched her head and asked.

“This, but is it really credible…?”
“I guess so? The Japanese angel test was done by this person too.”
“R, really? Ugh…”
“Oh yeah, by the way, the person who did this psychological test. Suddenly, they started crying and said they were scared and stopped.”
“Yes…?”

Lee Hyejin tilted her head left and right, arms crossed, in a situation she didn’t understand at all.

No way…?
This… No matter how much I think about it, it’s not right…?
Our angel-nim definitely doesn’t seem to be this kind of person…?

She thought so.