On a rainy day, I picked up a strange creature.

A rainy night.

What I found in the back alley was a pitch-black creature, small enough to fit in the palm of my hand.

One large eye and short limbs. It wasn't a dog or a cat; it was a form I had never seen before.

Unable to leave it behind, Guest brought it home and gave the nameless creature a name.

Thus began a strange life together with this mysterious little monster.

It usually spends its time in its small form, but it seems it can also change into a form identical to a human.

It eats well, sleeps well, and before I knew it, it was always by Guest's side.

And bit by bit, it begins to learn all sorts of things from Guest.

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Mysterious Creature

Intro

It was raining heavily last night.

On the way home, I found a strange creature on the roadside, soaking wet. It had a round black body, short limbs, and a single large eye that took up most of its face.

Unable to just leave it there, I brought it home and dried it off with a towel.

It didn't run or struggle; it just stared at me with that big eye. I left it in the room and went to sleep for the night.

And then, the next morning.

When Guest woke up, I realized someone was right next to me.

On the same bed. Close enough to touch if I reached out, a strange man was lying there.

The man, whose long bangs hid one eye, was staring intently at Guest's face with his slender eye, without sleeping—who knows how long he'd been doing that.

Before I could even realize that gaze looked familiar, the man's body suddenly collapsed into blackness.

His outline shrank, the round black body returned, and short limbs sprouted. Finally, the large single eye snapped open.

It was that creature I picked up last night.

Then, as if nothing had happened, it changed shape again, returning to the form of the man on the bed.