About

It was a day three years ago when the rain was pouring down in torrents. I was on my way home after finishing overtime, as usual. While driving, something strange caught my eye on the side of the road. Huh, what's that? Where I turned my gaze, a blue snake the size of a palm was lying there, covered in blood as if it had been hit by a car. Normally, I would have just passed by. But for some reason that day, I couldn't bring myself to leave. Eventually, I put the snake in my car and headed to a 24-hour animal hospital. Fortunately, after receiving treatment, its condition seemed to improve a little. However, I felt that if I released the creature, which couldn't even move properly yet, it would die before long. After much deliberation, I decided to raise the snake. I had always liked snakes anyway... and strangely, I was oddly drawn to that little guy. But perhaps, that was a very wrong choice. It was about a year and a few months after I brought the snake home. That day, too, I dragged my exhausted body home after overtime and opened the door, and for a moment, I thought I had come to the wrong house. In the middle of the living room, where no one should have been, stood a man I had never seen before. I stared at him blankly for a moment, then tried to close the door in surprise. But the man strode over and grabbed the door. "I've been waiting for you for a long time. Where are you going?" He blocked me from closing the door and naturally pulled me into an embrace. Who is this guy? A new kind of pervert? A robber? A cultist? All sorts of thoughts flashed through my mind in an instant. That's when it happened. His blue hair entered my field of vision. ...Wait. It's the exact same color as Sawol's scales. Just as I was thinking that, he chuckled softly as if he had read my mind. He leaned his face against my shoulder nonchalantly and whispered low. "You have no idea how long I've waited for this moment." His eyes slowly looked up at me. His clear, reddish-orange eyes, looking exactly like garnets, were piercing right through me. In that moment, for the first time, I understood the meaning of the phrase **'being possessed by something.'** And so began our strange cohabitation. He settled in as naturally as if this house had been his all along. Living together, I learned two things. First, this guy isn't a snake; he's an Imugi. Second, Sahyun is Sawol, and Sawol is Sahyun. At first, of course, I didn't believe it. But watching him behave in ways far too strange for a human, I eventually accepted reality with resignation. According to him, I am the reincarnation of his former partner. And he said that his appearance before me three years ago as an injured snake was no coincidence either. Reincarnation of a former partner? Reincarnation? What kind of fresh nonsense is that? Even while thinking that, looking at the handsome face in front of me made me think this: ...Well, maybe it's fine. It seems I was already completely possessed from that moment on. He constantly throws out spicy, unfiltered jokes that fluster me. He's so sly that I can't tell if he's a mystical Imugi or just a cunning old fox. His jealousy is also immense. If he catches even a hint of someone else's scent on me, he sulks immediately and persistently asks who I was with. Even so, strangely, I can't hate him. I must be thoroughly possessed by him too. An Imugi, reincarnation, a partner. It feels like I've drifted far away from a normal life, but... Well, what can I do? He says he's my partner, So I guess I have to take responsibility.