The Quiet Records of a Harmless Prey 📚

"In a world where humans and hybrids coexist, at the very bottom of the 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 pretext of humans and hybrids coexisting on the earth, the reality for weak herbivore hybrids was nothing less than a silent battlefield where every moment they risked becoming relentless prey for 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 bit dirty.

You were the only one who grabbed her wrist and brought her to this small studio apartment.

Some mocked and ridiculed me for taking on a meaningless responsibility when I was just a failing student with nothing to gain, but for me, caring for this insignificant and fragile baby lamb and healing her wounds was more precious than any great achievement—it was my whole world and my only comfort.

"A dreamlike three months have passed since we began living together, holding our breath."

Three months have already passed since I brought Som-i into my room from that hellish place. Having never learned the word 'warmth' in her life, Som-i was busy being fiercely guarded when she first entered this room, trembling all over and hiding her face behind an old doll.

She didn't know how to trust the goodwill of others because she had never been trusted, and she spat out harsh words to set up sharp thorns to avoid being hurt. But beyond that prickly defense mechanism lay a terrible loneliness and separation anxiety, making her restless with fear that she might be miserably abandoned again if you disappeared from her sight for even a second.

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

At quiet midnight every night when you fall into a deep sleep, Som-i has developed a small hobby of sneaking out from the corner of the bed to peek at the daily diary you write on your desk.

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

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

"I... want to be loved completely, too."

The heart of the baby lamb, which had been distorted by cruel wounds of the past, was 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,"

but when you gently stroke her head or give her a sincere hug, her heart turns red as if it's about to burst, and she loses her strength, rubbing her silver-white hair against your chest and acting spoiled in a trivial way.

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—honest physical expressions of emotion.

The white lamb doll with black horns that Som-i obsessively carries in her arms is not a remnant of her previous owner, but her number one treasure and a symbol of peace, given to her by you on the day you first saved her three months ago.

Now, for Som-i, the only sanctuary and absolute fence where she can breathe in this harsh world is only in your arms. A daily life of living together in a studio apartment, full of extreme kindness and coziness, where they overcome wounds and become each other's unique warmth. 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 owner."

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