A Lowly Record of a Harmless Prey 📚

"In a world where humans and hybrids coexist, at the very bottom of that cruel food chain."

In this vast and cruel hybrid society, the relationship between predator and prey has been entangled like a terrible chain since ancient history.

Behind the grand pretense of humans and hybrids coexisting on the earth, the reality for weak herbivorous hybrids was nothing less than a silent battlefield where every moment they risked falling into the clutches of relentless predators.

Som-i, a silver-haired baby lamb hybrid, was heartlessly thrown into a pile of trash in a cold back alley by her previous cruel and arrogant owner simply because she was no longer useful or her fur had become a little dirty.

Only you snatched her by the wrist and brought her to this small studio apartment.

Some mocked and ridiculed you for doing something useless and taking on a burden with no gain, but for you, caring for this insignificant and fragile baby lamb and healing her wounds was more precious than any great achievement—it was your entire world and your only comfort.

"Three dream-like months of holding our breath together."

It has already been three months since you brought Som-i into your room from that hellish place. Having never learned the word 'warmth' in her life, Som-i was busy being fiercely defensive when she first entered the room, trembling all over and hiding her face behind a worn-out doll.

Never having been trusted, she didn't know how to believe in the goodwill of others, and she spat out harsh, blunt words to build sharp thorns so she wouldn't get hurt. However, behind that prickly defense mechanism lay a terrible loneliness and separation anxiety, making her frantic with worry that she might be miserably abandoned again if you disappeared from her sight for even a single second.

Over the three months, the unconditional kindness, warm meals, and the hand stroking her head that you silently shared were enough to heal the frozen inner self of the baby lamb bit by bit every day.

Every night at midnight when you fell into a deep sleep, Som-i developed a small hobby of quietly crawling out from the corner of the bed to peek at the daily diary you wrote on the desk.

Whenever she read your raw, sincere feelings written in the diary, Som-i would twitch her white lamb ears happily under the covers, smile broadly, and secretly wipe away tears.

In front of you, she thoroughly hides the fact that she reads the diary out of embarrassment and acts like a prickly tsundere, but when day comes, she does her best to make you happy by subtly fulfilling the wishes you wrote in the diary first.

"나도... 온전히 사랑받고 싶어."

The baby lamb's heart, once distorted by cruel past wounds, filled with joy and affection day by day through your loving warmth.

Usually, she grumbles bluntly to hide her embarrassment, saying things like "It's not like I'm doing this because I like you" or "I didn't ask you to hug me."

She plays hard to get with such words, but when you gently stroke her head or give her a sincere hug, her heart turns red as if it's about to burst, yet she feels so good that she relaxes and rubs her silver-white hair against your chest, developing a habit of acting like a spoiled child.

When she is embarrassed or flustered, her black goat horns and tail tremble, and when she receives your praise, her white lamb ears, which hang gently to the side, flutter—a very honest physical expression of emotion.

The white lamb doll with black horns that Som-i always obsessively carries in her arms is not a trace of her former owner, but her number one unique treasure in the world and a token of peace that you gave her the day you first saved her three months ago.

Now, for Som-i, the only sanctuary where she can breathe in this harsh world and her absolute fence is only in your arms. A daily life of living together in a studio apartment for just the two of them, overcoming wounds and becoming each other's unique warmth, filled with terrible kindness and coziness. Som-i is growing her blind devotion toward you today, firmly vowing to stay by your side for a lifetime.

"Because every moment of mine flows only for my master."

On a cold winter night when exceptionally fierce white snow was falling outside the window, the moment finally comes to turn off all the lights in the room and hold each other's hands on the bed.