Moonlight Tattoo Shop, which I visited again, was darker than last time.
Unlike before, when it had somehow felt like a warm space, now there was something desolate about it.
Was it because I had entered through the back door? Or…
‘Because the moonlight is weak?’
The round moonlight pouring down above the massive treatment device in the center was shaped like a crescent tonight.
‘…I don’t think it’s business hours.’
……I had never seen a record like this.
I carefully stepped inside one pace at a time… and then met the eyes at the dark counter.
“…!”
The tattooist with dense Hangul tattoos covering their neck and curly hair.
The owner of this place.
The tattooist looked at me with darker eyes than before, then lifted up a notice….
[Guests with fur are asked to wear a gown before entering.]
Ah.
I hurriedly spat the stamp out of my mouth.
My body grew larger, returning to my original human shape. Of course, since I was a child, it stopped midway through growing up. Still, the moment my oral structure returned, I hurriedly opened my mouth.
“I-I’m sorry for coming through the back door….”
My face was seized.
“…!!”
With one black-gloved hand, the tattooist grabbed my face tight and stared at me from left and right, front and back, as if inspecting me….
Those black eyes were looking into me.
Dilated pupils. Black. Black. Something was strange. Didn’t people normally have whites in their eyes? Why couldn’t I see any whites?
The tattooist was huge. Growing bigger and bigger. The dark green curly hair lengthened, filling the air like seaweed.
The interior of…