Zongman: Flandre's Room at the Beginning

In the light music club, four girls are practicing here, but today, one of them seems to be out of shape.

Akiyama Mio was the first to notice her condition.

"??, what's wrong with you? You've already made several mistakes."

"Ah! Sorry, I was thinking..."

While speaking, his eyes kept looking at the pair of shoes on the table, behaving extremely unnaturally.

This situation immediately attracted the interest of their department head, Ritsu Taino, and he came over directly.

"What's wrong...Huh? You have shoes like these, and you brought them to the activity room?"

"Those shoes are not mine, it's just..."

I recounted the situation, but of course, I didn't mention what happened in the 'dream'.

I just talked about falling asleep while looking up information at night, and what I found.

"So, these shoes should have been on the table in your room, and you didn't bring them with you, but they appeared in our club room?"

"Yes, that's right. I'm pretty sure I didn't bring it with me when I left the house."

"That's a bit strange..."

Snapped!

After hearing what the others said, Akiyama Mio threw away the red embroidered shoes she was holding in her hand.

Now she felt a little regretful, regretting that she had picked it up and looked at it out of curiosity.

At this moment, Tianzhong Ritsu quietly came behind her, with a wicked smile on his face, and said something in a very gloomy tone.

"Since you touched my shoes...I'll follow you from today, hehehehe!!!"

“Ah! Ah!!!”

boom!

The frightened Akiyama Mio turned around and punched Tianzhong Ritsu behind her.

The punch hit him hard on the forehead, and a big bump appeared.

Hirasawa Yui and Kotobuki seemed to be accustomed to this scene. They just smiled and said nothing.

Thanks to this little incident, everyone finally forgot about the embroidered shoes for a while, and they can now train normally...

It was called training, but in fact it was just a few people eating snacks together. During the entire club activity, they didn't even touch the musical instruments next to them.

When the club activity was over and everyone was about to leave, Hirasawa Yui suddenly discovered something.

"Huh? Mio, remember you just threw those shoes away? And then you put them back in place?"

"What? I didn't... No, no way? It appeared, it appeared!!!"

"Wait! Stop shaking, I'm going to throw up... Ugh!"

Mio Akiyama grabbed the shoulders of Ritsu Tainaka beside her and started shaking her, almost shaking out the snacks she had just eaten.

"Calm down, Mio. Maybe it's just a coincidence. It just happened to be thrown away like this. It's possible."

"Huh! You're right, don't scare yourself. There aren't any ghosts or monsters in this world."

"Yes! I've seen monsters before."

"only!!!"

Although what Hirasawa Yui said was true, and that she and her sister had just gone to see monsters and gods from another world not long ago, such words were obviously not accepted by Akiyama Mio.

The few of them finally left. After locking the door of the activity room, the four of them walked together for a while and then went to their respective homes.

Qinchui? It’s different, there is a butler to pick you up in a special car.

...

"Mom, Dad, I'm back!"

"Welcome back, dinner will be ready soon, Xiao Mio, go wash your hands."

Mio Akiyama returned home, had her meal as normal, and then went back to her room.

As soon as the door opened, there was a scream. On the floor at the door, a pair of red embroidered shoes lay neatly placed there, with the toes pointing directly at the door, as if...

It was as if he was waiting for her here.

"What happened to Mio?"

"Mom! Shoes... There's a pair of red shoes at the door to my room!"

"Huh? What are you talking about? There's nothing! Are you hallucinating because you've been too tired lately? Go get some rest."

"..."

Eh?

What... happened?

The shoes were clearly placed right at the door, so why couldn't I see them? Was it really an illusion?

Looking back again, Akiyama Mio breathed a sigh of relief when she found that the shoes were really gone.

She now believes it was a hallucination after hearing a horror story.

While taking a bath, Akiyama Mio discovered something unusual again. While soaking in the bathtub, she suddenly heard knocking sounds on the wall next to her.

The sound came from very close, as if something was knocking on the wall.

When she heard the sound, she was so scared that she curled up in the bathtub, not daring to breathe.

After waiting for a while for the sound to stop, Akiyama Mio quickly got out of the bathtub, drained the water, and then dried her body.

As soon as I opened the bathroom door, I saw the pair of red embroidered shoes neatly placed at the door, just like before, with the toes facing the door.

"..."

Hallucination, hallucination, hallucination, hallucination...all hallucinations.

Keeping hypnotizing herself in this way, Akiyama Mio avoided the shoes by sticking to the edge.

After leaving the bathroom, he quickly closed the door, ran back to his room, got on the bed, and covered himself with the quilt.

I originally thought that I wouldn't be afraid as long as I fell asleep, but I didn't expect that I couldn't sleep no matter what. The more I tried not to think about it, the more I thought about it.

Finally, unable to bear it any longer, she simply opened her phone and searched online for things related to red embroidered shoes.

It would have been fine if she hadn't searched, but when she did, she found a lot of creepy messages and stories, as well as some ghost pictures that scared her so much that she almost screamed.

Boom boom boom!

"Mio, are you asleep?"

"Mom? Not yet. What's wrong?"

"Open the door, Mom has something to say."

"Oh, here we come."

Mio Akiyama turned on the small desk lamp, then got up to put on her shoes, went to the door and opened it.

But it was pitch black outside the door, and there was no one outside. Only the pair of shoes were standing straight and neatly facing the door.

This scene made her gasp and quickly close the door. Feeling uneasy, she pushed the table over to hold the door shut.

Boom boom boom!

"Xiao Mio, open the door quickly. Why is it still locked? Mommy has something to tell you."

"You're not mom at all. Who are you? What are you?!"

“…Hehehe~!”

After a period of silence, a strange laugh suddenly came from outside the door. The sound seemed to penetrate the bone marrow, making Akiyama Mio feel cold all over.

The sound of knocking on the door continued. Mio Akiyama wrapped herself in the quilt on the bed and closed her eyes.

This scene lasted for a few minutes, and the knocking on the door suddenly stopped. The whole house was quiet, and only the faint breathing of Akiyama Mio could be heard.

She had unconsciously imagined a lot of things, and it was precisely because of this rich imagination that she was so scared that she dared not move.

After this silence lasted for a while, when Akiyama Mio felt safe...

(To find out what happens next, please listen to the next episode. 'Slanting Smile.jpg')