Infidelity Purifier (Final Model) #WeeklyShortShortNote

"Hey, I bought this."
What she placed down was a pitch-black box. Unlike the previous white model, it was strangely heavy and lacked any luster. It was engraved only with the words: Infidelity Purifier Ver. "End".

"The previous one was incomplete. It could only erase the traces of infidelity."
I had a bad feeling and couldn't bring myself to laugh.
"This time is different. It removes it from the source."

The switch was pressed. There was no sound. Only the temperature in the room dropped sharply.

The lamp was bright red from the start.

"Wait a minute, I didn't do anything—"

Before I could finish, I felt a sensation as if the depths of my body were being torn apart. It wasn't my memories or my emotions, but something like the power to choose that was being scooped out entirely.

The impulse to fall in love, the wandering eye, the guilt—all those vague things.

Looking down at me as I collapsed to my knees, she nodded with satisfaction.

"This will be fine. The option of infidelity has been erased."

Even when I tried to speak, nothing came to mind. Not the reason I fall for someone, nor even the reason I chose her.

I just stood there, empty, as if waiting for an order.

She tapped my cheek lightly.

"Good face. You've finally become the ideal boyfriend."

At that moment, the doorbell rang.

A new man walked in. She turned around and made a slightly troubled face.

"Sorry, this is a prototype."

Then, looking at the black box, she said quietly,

"I'll perfect it with the next person."

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