Exact Copy (3)
Exact Copy (3)
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Author: Ares
Title: The wounds appeared on the original Lana
NightRat was right
If I just kill this bastard, it seems the original Lana will die
I think I have to find another solution
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Comments
[But Lana’s an anomaly anyway]
ㄴ[Wouldn’t it be fine if she died?]
ㄴ[Ares: Should I kill you too?]
ㄴ[No;;]
ㄴ[StudentCouncilTerrorist: Wow, this bastard seems genuinely pissed lolol…]
ㄴ[fr, I’m definitely dead but I just got scared lololol]
ㄴ[LunchboxCollector: That Ares bastard is fucking scary ㄷㄷ]
[NightRat: I'll say it again, don't get too attached to a girl confirmed to be an anomaly]
ㄴ[Ares: I know ㅡㅡ]
ㄴ[Ares: I just don't want her to die]
To be honest, the gallery members were right.
It was 100% confirmed that Lana was an anomaly, and therefore, it wouldn't be a problem if she died.
It was also right that I shouldn't get attached to her.
"……."
But when I imagined it, a strange sense of displeasure welled up in my heart.
Could it be that Lana was aiming for this and seducing me?
Just as NightRat said …so that I would choose her in the end like this.
'No…, in the end, it's over if I just choose a real human, isn't it.'
It was a simple story.
I didn't want Lana to die.
So I would protect her.
I didn't want to die either.
So at the graduation ceremony, I would choose a human.
Right, it was no big deal.
If so, then as expected, the only thing that mattered right now was how to get rid of the Doppelgänger.
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Author: Ares
Title: So about this Doppelgänger bitch
Does anyone know how to get rid of this anomaly??
Or a similar case
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Comments
[NightRat: There are so many anomalies that copy appearances that there isn't one set solution]
ㄴ[Hikikomori: For starters, isn't death supposed to happen when the original and the fake meet?]
ㄴ[NightRat: That's the standard theory]
ㄴ[RedNightSky: Then couldn't it be the type that's solved just by avoiding death?]
ㄴ[Ares: Until when?]
ㄴ[RedNightSky: Dunno?]
ㄴ[Ares: You son of a bitch]
"Do I need to investigate more…."
It seemed like I was short on information.
Some kind of decisive information.
Still, the one huge relief was that I had captured it before Lana and the fake Lana could meet.
Since Doppelgänger-type ghost stories generally seemed to involve death upon meeting.
"Shall I give it my all today too."
After the next class, it would be time to go home.
From then until late at night, I could thoroughly investigate the fake Lana again.
"……."
For a moment, I recalled lunchtime today.
My teeth marks that had appeared all over Lana's body.
'That…, just how far is it shared…?'
With a slightly pounding heart, I spread the wings of my imagination.
No, no, this was purely to save Lana.
Right, Lana would understand to a certain extent.
Well, she probably didn't know what the situation was right now.
"Hehe~."
Like that, with my mood greatly lightened, I returned to the classroom.
Tonight would surely be fun, wouldn't it?
What should I test?
Ah, perhaps if I tormented the Doppelgänger to the point it couldn't stand it, it might change its appearance on its own.
Right, I should test that angle too.
It seemed to hate being touched yesterday.
"A~res, you're going with me today, right?"
"Ah, yeah. Let's do that."
After that, when the last class ended, it was time to go home.
I accepted the invitation from Lana, who had approached me.
As it was, my body felt grimy from having spent the day in the night duty room yesterday.
I planned to take a shower at the dormitory and then head to the night duty room.
"Tonight, you know."
"Yeah…."
"Do you think that ghost will appear?"
"……."
"Hmm? Hmmm? Do you think it will appear? What do you think? Ares?"
"……I-I don't know."
As expected of an anomaly.
She seemed to have a slight inkling of what was going on.
No, she couldn't possibly know.
How could she possibly think that doing this and that to a Doppelgänger's body would make the symptoms appear on her own?
"Well, see you tomorrow~."
"Yeah, get back safe."
Afterward, I parted with Lana.
I finished my shower in my room, which I had entered for the first time in two days, and then slipped out of the dormitory again.
The sun was just beginning to set.
There was plenty of time to get to the school.
"Key is ready, okay."
For reference, I found a suitable string for the master key and wore it around my neck like a necklace.
This way, I could carry it with me at all times without losing it.
"…Ah, I'm looking forward to this."
Like that, with pleasant thoughts, I lightly walked back to the school.
The school was as quiet as yesterday.
Because most of the students had returned to the dormitories.
I headed straight for the night duty room, and.
Clack!
Creeeak~
"Hello! Fake Lana! Were you a good girl and waited?"
I greeted the Doppelgänger cheerfully as I opened the door.
And…
Only an empty chair was there to greet me.
"……Huh?"
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Author: Ares
Title: Fuck, this bastard escaped!!
[Photo]
What is this???
I'm sure I tied it up properly so it couldn't possibly get loose??
I locked the door too???
How did this bastard escape??
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Comments
[StudentCouncilTerrorist: Since it's an anomaly, didn't it just disappear like smoke??]
ㄴ[Ares: If it could do that, it would have escaped when I was doing all sorts of things to it;;]
[Anomaly-ah… you did it…]
[NightRat: Are there any traces around??]
ㄴ[Ares: Hold on]
ㄴ[Ares: Wow, fuck]
ㄴ[Ares: There's a dead rat in the corner, don't tell me this is it???]
ㄴ[NightRat: That's probably it]
"Goddammit…!!"
Thump!
I slammed my fist on the floor of the night duty room.
A single rat, lying dead and lonely in a corner of the duty room.
No matter how I thought about it, it was unnatural.
It wasn't like it had eaten rat poison, and it couldn't have coincidentally died in this spot.
And besides…, this rat.
Its chest was torn open.
Shredded.
As if an animal of a similar size had gnawed on it.
"Don't tell me it turned into a rat…, and then they immediately met and it died…?"
It was the most plausible story.
"No…, how it escaped doesn't matter right now…!"
I immediately shot up from my spot.
A sense of unease.
The fake Lana had escaped.
If so, would it just disappear as a rat?
…Probably not.
It would definitely target the original, the real Lana.
Because that's what anomalies were.
"Never…, I won't let that happen…."
Fling!
I immediately opened the door of the night duty room and ran out into the hallway.
Where was it?
Where could it be?
The rat still had warmth left in it.
That meant the time it escaped by turning into a rat was just before I entered.
It was still in the school.
Tatadadadat!!
There was still plenty of time before the sun set.
Before then, I had to catch the fake Lana again and lock it in the night duty room.
Where could it be?
Inside the school?
Outside the school?
'Right…! It might be heading to the girls' dormitory right now…!'
Like that, I immediately ran down the hallway, down the stairs, and headed for the school's central entrance.
A Doppelgänger was a ghost story where it copied an appearance and stole the original's existence by killing them.
The probability of it going to kill Lana right away was high.
Tatadadadat!
Like that, I ran down the hallway, turned a corner.
And the hallway's central entrance came into view.
And…
I found it.
Sway, sway~
The back of Lana, her purple ponytail swaying.
Tatadadadat!!
"Where do you think you're going—!!!"
Grab!
"Kyaaat?! A-Ares?!"
"Ares?! Ha, look at the reflexes on this anomaly bastard?! I just walked the real Lana home a little while ago, you know?!"
Kwaang!
"Kyaaaa!"
I roughly pushed the fake Lana I had caught against the wall.
Thank god.
I caught it before it headed to the dormitory.
With this, Lana was safe.
"Haa, haa, I didn't think you'd escape by turning into a rat…, you must have let your guard down, walking so leisurely, huh?"
"W-wait a minute, Ares! It's, it's me…! It's really me!"
"Ha?! Really you? Lana doesn't know anything about Doppelgänger anomalies, you know?! So how would you know about fakes or real ones?!"
"Because I experienced it at school the other night! Ah, I can infer that much from hearing what you say, Ares?!"
"It's weird that you're flustered too…!! In the first place, do you think Lana would get that flustered just by being caught by me?!"
"I would be flustered!!"
"Don't make me laugh—!!"
Grab!
I grabbed Lana's arms with one hand and roughly raised them above her head.
At that, the fake Lana was in a restrained position with both hands raised high.
"You dare to try and kill Lana…?!"
"Eh, ehhh…?!"
"I won't let that happen even if it kills me—!!"
"W-wait, wait, wait, wait…! Ares…!"
"Look at this, ha! Do you really think the real Lana would blush and get shy like that? Sorry to say this, Doppelgänger anomaly bitch, but your imitation of the original is too sloppy, you know?"
"But…! Right now, Ares, you're…!"
The fake Lana's breathing became rough, and her pupils trembled.
It was certain.
This bitch was a fake.
The real Lana I knew wouldn't react like this just from being captured by me.
Of course, because if it were Lana, she would be seducing me at a time like this.
"Then can you answer this?"
"Wh-what…?"
"—Your preferred length and girth!!"
I threw the question with a smile, as if delivering a death sentence.
Until now, no fake had been able to get past this question.
"……."
"See, you fake bitch. You can't answ—"
"A-average…."
Huh…?
"……."
"Because if it's too long …I think I'd hate it."
"……."
Huhhh…?
Why …does she know?
"Ha, haha! You fucking anomaly bitch…! Did you peek into Lana's memories in that short time?!"
"…I'm real. Ares."
"Th-th-th-then try answering this too!!"
A cold sweat trickled down my spine as I spoke, as if denying reality.
"Last time in the cabinet…! You kissed me before I went to sleep, didn't you…!! How many times, and where?!"
"Twice on the cheek, and once on the chin, neck, and collarbone…."
"……."
"…Do you want me to add the kiss marks from while you were sleeping later, too?"
Silence filled the central entrance.
My once-confident hands began to tremble, and Lana, blushing even more, carefully looked up at me.
Huh-huh…?
Why does she know…?
No, no, no, if she had peeked into my memories, she could know.
But….
What if that wasn't it…?
'A more, certain…, piece of evidence….'
Gulp!
Tense, I slowly moved my gaze to the nape of her neck.
And slowly.
I raised one hand and untied her necktie.
"Ngh…!"
I unbuttoned the buttons at the nape of the trembling Lana's neck, one by one…
"A-Ares…."
"……."
And…
I carefully grabbed the collar of her shirt and pushed it to the side.
"……."
"……."
Inside the shirt.
The teeth marks I had left last night remained faintly.
"Eh…?"
"I told you I was real…."
Wounds don't remain on a Doppelgänger.
Because the original bears them.
No, no, no, don't tell me it turned into a rat, then back into Lana, and copied the teeth marks too….
……No.
Let's not deny reality.
This.
Was the real Lana.
"Y-y-y-y-you, th-then why are you here at this hour?! You went back to the dormitory with me!"
"But…! I went through a strange thing…, and I was scared and wanted to sleep with Ares, so I went to the male dormitory…."
"……."
"But I saw Ares smiling as he went back to the school…."
"……Ah."
"So I got worried and followed you."
Lana looked up at me with a flushed face and trembling eyes.
A sight I could never see normally.
At that precarious appearance, my heart somehow began to pound.
What is this? Why…, is she different from usual…?
"Then…, why, why are you acting like that…?"
"Like what…?"
"Why…, are you blushing and all that…, it doesn't suit you…."
"That's because…."
At my question, Lana avoided my gaze.
And with a quick glance.
She looked at me and spoke carefully.
"You know very well…."
"……."
I know well?
Me?
Know what?
"Ah."
It suddenly came to me.
The questions she and I had exchanged at night in the dormitory.
The answer to one of them.
—Being pounced on is her preference.
"Waaaaaah!! I'm, I'm, I'm sorry!!"
"……."
Only then did I let go of Lana's hands and hastily step back.
I turned around and clutched my chest.
Thump-thump-thump-thump!!!!!!
No, really, could it be?
Because she was roughly caught by me…, and so…?
"S-sorry, I misunderstood. Lana. …I-it's just. …I thought you were a ghost that was copying your appearance."
"Mm-hm, no. I know, so. It's okay."
"……."
"……."
Lana, behind me, was quiet.
Why was she reacting like that today of all days.
Why wasn't she playfully seducing me like usual.
I was confused.
…Confused and.
My heart was pounding.
"Ares…."
"……."
Just then.
Lana, who was behind me, slowly approached and placed a hand on my back.
I could feel her warm, soft touch.
"I have a question."
"……Y-yeah?"
"A little while ago…, you said it wouldn't happen even if it killed you…."
"Ah."
"That, were you serious…?"
"……."
The words I had blurted out without thinking, believing she was the Doppelgänger anomaly.
Looking back now, it was the real Lana.
So.
I had unabashedly spewed such embarrassing words at the real Lana.
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Author: Ares
Title: I want to die…
Idiot
I'm an idiot…
Why couldn't I be more careful, fuck…
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Comments
[NightRat: You are an idiot, but you don't need to blame yourself so much for losing the Doppelgänger]
ㄴ[Ares: No, it’s not that. Haa…]
ㄴ[NightRat: ???]
ㄴ[LunchboxCollector: Why is this bastard acting like a guy who got rejected after confessing lolol]
Afterward, Lana and I headed back to the dormitory again with a slightly awkward atmosphere.
We had definitely just walked home together a little while ago.
To be walking home together again felt like I was dreaming.
"Well then, I'm going in, Ares."
"Yeah, get back safe."
"……."
I walked Lana to the front of the girls' dormitory.
Of course, I had to be able to deal with it if we met the Doppelgänger on the way.
However,
"……Aren't you going in?"
"……Just because."
Lana kept glancing at me but didn't go into the dormitory.
…This was awkward.
I had to say something….
Ah.
"That's right, Lana."
"Yeah? Why…?"
"Tomorrow. How about taking a day off from school?"
"Huh?"
"Take a day off, and don't come out of your room."
It was a simple matter.
If Lana skipped school and stayed inside her dormitory room, the chances of her encountering the Doppelgänger would decrease significantly.
Then I could come up with a countermeasure during the day tomorrow.
And…
At my words, Lana finally smiled playfully like she usually did.
"Eeeh~, what's this, what's this? Is this…, an extension of what you said earlier about protecting me with your life on the line?"
"Keuk…."
"Are you going to protect me? Even if it kills you?"
"No, that was just…, the mood of the moment…."
"Hehe, you're blushing."
And in that moment.
Poof!
Squish~
"Ugh?!"
"Thank you, Ares. …I'm really happy."
"……."
Lana hugged me tightly once, then gently pulled away.
Only then did Lana smile, as if satisfied.
After that, Lana waved her hand and returned to the dormitory.
"……."
That fox bitch….
I might have been severely bewitched by a fox.
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Author: Ares
Title: For now, reviving the diary is the right move, right?
I told Lana to stay in her dorm room for a day tomorrow
Then tomorrow at school, the bitch that looks exactly like Lana is the Doppelgänger, right??
If I still can't find it, if I revive the diary and search with Ellie, I should be able to find it somehow, right?
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Comments
[Wow, you're using the diary really fucking usefully]
ㄴ[Hikikomori: I wish I had magic like that too ㅠㅠㅠ]
[NightRat: That's good]
ㄴ[NightRat: But do you have enough money??]
ㄴ[Ares: If I use it this time, I'll be completely broke…]
ㄴ[Ares: Fuck, 300,000 cocoon…]
ㄴ[StudentCouncilTerrorist: At this point, isn't this bastard already in too deep with Lana to be saved??]
ㄴ[Ares: Shut up]
The next day.
I ran straight to Miss Rapori early in the morning.
"Popo? I'm seeing you often these days, huh? Little friend."
"Please! I really want to use the magic early this morning!"
Miss Rapori was busy preparing for classes since morning.
That was why magic was usually used after school.
But this time, using it after school would be too late.
Because the Doppelgänger had to be found as quickly as possible.
"Hmm~, that's a problem~, I'm an expensive woman, and it's a burden if you visit this often~?"
"C-could you somehow…! It's really urgent today…!"
Jiggle~
Miss Rapori crossed her arms, shaking her enormous chest as she looked down at me bewitchingly.
And,
Grin~
She smiled with an inhuman gaze and licked her lips once.
"Then…, if you pay the same price as last time, I'll do it for you right now. Popopo."
"Last time…?"
"You remember, don't you? You paid with your body…."
Swoosh~
Miss Rapori's huge finger slowly traced up my chest and then gently lifted my chin.
At that, I gulped down my saliva and.
"I-I'll do it…."
I enacted the contract with the witch.
"Popopopo~, good, ahh~ how fun. My cute little friend? I'll make sure it doesn't hurt today either♡"
"Hiiik…!"
Grab!
Miss Rapori grabbed my waist, lifted me up, and held me to her chest.
Squish~
"Uuuuph…!"
I was buried in her enormous chest, to the point I felt the illusion that I had become a baby.
My head grew hazy from Miss Rapori's unique, mature fragrance.
…And on top of that, a somehow sweet, milky scent.
And…
She slowly began to undress me.
"Popopo, popopo…."
"Miss…, uuph, g-gently…."
"It won't hurt♡ It will definitely feel good♡"
Afterward.
I was once again ravaged by Miss Rapori.