"I wonder if I hurt someone. I

Wonder if while at college, I have hurt

One or two people while being at the top. I

Never tried to hurt anyone. I'm not that kind of chimera, but I

Don't doubt that it's

Entirely possible that someone felt hurt by my success. If possible, I would like to

Rule this option out, but

I don't think it can. Being a valedictorian despite being a chimera, and being the quiet one had a lot of people

Fuming. I suppose I understand that. But,

If I weren't the valedictorian, I wouldn't

Have been angry at all.

Ugh, in any case, I am

Ruminating and I am currently wondering who

The people who might have felt

So hurt by me.

Obviously, the nature of college, especially a culinary one is competitive.

Maybe I should say that the humans

Especially could get quite competitive

Over on campus, but

Not a lot of them actually studied.

Eh, to be honest, that's on them, but

Maybe those are the ones I have hurt.

And, if it is a bunch of humans I hurt,

Yikes? Talk about petty.

But, I don't think it's them.

Especially since a majority never spoke to me.

I know my roommates were human, but they

Didn't feel hurt by me

In the slightest. I

Doubt it, anyway. We had to share

A living space for six years after all.

No, I never moved

Dorms during my stay at

The culinary arts college. It was

Horribly expensive to do so.

Anyway, it's highly unlikely

That I harmed them. I

Simply think if I did, they

Would have told me. They were

Hardly quiet about their feelings.

Yes, so it is definitely not them.

It's probably someone who never

At any point, vocalized their feelings about

My success. I am pretty

Sure that's what would have made someone

Enraged enough to curse me.

Eh, or maybe not.

I'm probably overthinking. It's

Not like that's the only possibility.

Guess I should think about why else I'm plagued with

Food monsters each and every way.

Of course, it's likely I always just had the power,

Or something. But, I

Doubt that. If I always had the power to see food

Ghosts and monsters,

How hadn't I seen them beforehand?

Of course I hadn't been born with

Such power.

There's no way.

Someone was jealous of me, and

Now I am cursed.

Of course that's from from the only

Way, but I can

Barely think of what else it could be.

Ugh, to be honest, I don't want

To think about this.

Questioning this is making me tired.

Ugh, my grazed shoulder is going to be

Especially obvious isn't? How

Should I hide it?

There's no way, is there?

I'm certain my

Older brothers are going to

Notice something

Is off, but I can't just

Say I slipped.

Well, maybe they won't notice if I wear a

Hoodie. They tend to go

Over the shoulders,

Don't they? Maybe

I'm overthinking it. Varg

Doesn't really notice much,

I'm certain Pira won't be

Home, and Strix is

Always asleep during the day. I'm

Rather certain they

Might not notice. Ah, wait, no,

The top room upstairs is getting expanded today.

Haha, maybe it'll be too loud

And everyone will be

Too distracted to notice

Something is off. Oh, well.

That doesn't matter, I

Have an odd job to get to. I'm

Especially certain I probably have one

That's waiting for me today, I

Have faith!

I have been trying harder to advertise

Now that's I've opened up shop. I've

Got to have hope. I

Don't believe I'll get a lot

Of jobs right away, but

No need to

Think so negatively! I

Know things will work out!

Not right away, but

One day, I

Will get my multicultural restaurant in Rome! Keep hoping!"