episode_0019
by fnovelpia“It’s very chilly today.”
“……”
I turned my head and looked out the window.
Even though the year has changed, it still feels like winter.
The view outside the store, where snow is already falling lightly.
‘It may look pretty on the outside, but if you tell me to sleep there wearing only thin clothes, I won’t be able to do it. Right?’
Maybe if I sleep outside in weather like today, I might just sleep the whole time.
I turned my head again and looked at Lee Ga-yeon.
“Do you have a separate place to return to or sleep?”
“…none.”
She lowered her head as if embarrassed.
You shouldn’t just appear to be comforting her here.
Kids these days are so sensitive to that kind of stuff.
Each and every one of those sympathies can be hurtful to the children.
So, I try my best to pretend not to care.
“Then, please stay overnight at our store today.”
“!”
At my words, she suddenly raised her head with sparkling eyes.
Although he wasn’t saying anything, his eyes were asking, ‘Is that really okay?’
“It’s getting late, and it’s cold outside. I can’t sleep because I feel uneasy about sending my child out on a day like this.”
“……”
“There are many rooms, so you can sleep in any room you want. If you feel uneasy, you can lock the door, and we will provide you with a blanket.”
“……”
Lee Ga-yeon mumbles as I say that.
“…Are you a hero, oppa?”
“Unfortunately, I am not a hero.”
At her question, I took off my half-mask, looked at her, and smiled.
“Very, very evil, villain.”
“……”
Lee Ga-yeon stares at me as I say that.
“The help you gave me today wasn’t free. I plan on using you for a lot of money later.”
so.
I patted Lee Ga-yeon’s head.
There was a lot of dirt and dust. The matted hair felt like an old broom, but I didn’t care at all.
“You can rest comfortably today.”
“……”
“It’s okay to just be comfortable without thinking about anything.”
When I finished speaking, she finally began to cry out loud.
***
..I liked dreaming.
Because while I was dreaming, I wasn’t hungry, sick, or tired.
And today, I didn’t want to wake up from the dream even more.
‘It’s warm..’
When I open my eyes, I’m scared that this sensation will all be a dream.
I wonder if everything that happened yesterday was just a dream.
I couldn’t open my eyes because I wanted to feel this warmth more.
-dripping.
‘Gayeon, are you still sleeping?’
A man’s voice calling me.
He was different from other old men.
It was affectionate, soft and clear.
I slowly opened my eyes as I heard that voice.
And at the same time, I prayed strongly. Please, it wasn’t a dream.
“…woke up.”
When I finally opened my eyes.
Warm sunlight filled the room.
That was fortunate.
***
As I came out of the room and came downstairs, a delicious smell came.
“Are you up?”
A man smiling at me.
It was my older brother named ‘Kang Ian’ who brought me here.
“Come and have breakfast. I made it simple so it won’t be too heavy.”
He said what he made was a sandwich with lots of bacon.
“Is it delicious?”
..nod.
I ate everything he worked so hard to make without leaving a single bit behind.
My brother smiled at me and patted my head.
“Gayeon, would you like to come this way?”
So, I ate the food my brother made and rested for a while.
At his call, I ran quickly.
“Can you clean here for me?”
I nodded at his request.
If I can repay him even just for one day, I can work hard.
Crisp. Crisp.
“Let’s eat lunch too.”
We ate together again at his call.
Crackle. Crackle. I continued cleaning again.
“Thank you for your hard work. Here’s dinner.”
The sun has already set in the evening.
My brother cooked me food again.
I was about to eat hastily like I did at lunch, but then I stopped and looked at my brother.
‘..Is this the end?’
It seems like I won’t be able to repay the favor properly and will end up just eating and leaving.
But I thought I was happy even though I had no shame.
‘I wish it were like this all the time.’
No matter what, that won’t work, right..?
I ate slowly, so as not to forget the taste and not wanting to leave this place.
And he watched me eat everything with a smile.
“It’s very chilly today too.”
“?”
“If it’s okay with you, wouldn’t you like to sleep in today too?”
“?”
Before I knew it, I was in my room, lying down, looking at the ceiling.
That’s how I spent my second night at my brother’s house.
***
The next day, my brother gave me toiletries and a towel.
He asked me if I wanted him to wash me, but I said no and went into the bathroom to wash myself.
It felt good to have warm water sprinkled all over my body after a long time.
The next day, she asked me to clean again.
He said he was thinking of opening a cafe and made me a few drinks.
“Is it delicious?”
“…Yeah.”
The drinks he made were so delicious.
The next day, I became my brother’s conversation partner.
I told him I was bored while washing the dishes, so I gave him something to talk to.
“Are you listening?”
“Yeah..I’m listening.”
My brother laughed every time I said something, wondering what was so funny.
My brother later baked me some cookies to thank me for doing a good job.
I ate the cookies with satisfaction.
Like that for a day, two days.
A week has passed in an instant, and two weeks have passed since I started living at my brother’s house.
‘..Why don’t you kick me out?’
My brother still wasn’t dissatisfied with my presence.
Rather, I would say to tell me if there is anything lacking.
‘…I have to repay the favor.’
He helped me escape from the bad guys, gave me food and a place to sleep.
I’ve received so many blessings, but I feel like I have more and more to repay.
‘This can’t go on.’
In his current state, rather than repaying the favor, he seemed to be only causing trouble.
“Hmm.”
I steeled my resolve and went to my brother.
***
“Brother.”
“Huh? What are you doing at this late hour?”
Late at night.
Lee Ga-yeon came to see Kang Ian, who was slowly getting ready.
She hesitates when she sees Kang Ian.
Lee Ga-yeon, who had been fidgeting and avoiding his gaze, looked at Kang I-an as if she had made up her mind and asked.
“Is there anything you want me to help you with?”
‘You’re finally going to repay the favor for raising me.’
Kang Ian thought to himself, while on the outside he wore a questioning expression.
“You want me to help you? Aren’t you already helping me enough?”
Dori dori.
Lee Ga-yeon shook her head as if to say no.
“..not enough.”
Lee Ga-yeon felt that there was no way to repay his kindness now.
I wanted to repay the favor, but part of me was anxious that I might be abandoned by him.
It was also because I was worried that I would start to hate myself for not being able to do anything properly.
“Um..”
‘Come to think of it, Gayeon hasn’t shown this ability yet?’
So, what would be a good way to act in a situation where you don’t know anything?
A villain executive. A very, very kind villain executive with a soft heart.
One day, he saved a girl who was about to be harmed by a bad man, and fed her and gave her a place to sleep.
If that’s the case, then I probably didn’t have any specific wishes for her.
Although he always playfully says he will use it for a high price later, it is strange to expect anything from her in the first place.
‘I guess you won’t be expecting much.’
I just find it cute and special that the girl came to ask if there was anything I could help her with.
‘A kid with no power is offering to help me.’
Kang Ian thought that there might be a playfulness that was trivial but still wanted to tease him.
“Have you thought about what you would like to help with?”
“..anything?”
Kang Ian moved his hand and made a gesture telling them to come over.
Then Lee Ga-yeon comes running.
Kang Ian smiled playfully, patting her head.
“I told you last time that I was a villain organization executive, right?”
“Yeah.”
“Then, would you like to work for our organization?”
Just out of the blue, without any expectations.
Kang Ian started talking as if he was just teasing.
‘It’s a gambit.’
The important thing is to have the mindset that you made the decision of your own free will.
‘I’m taking the stance that I know nothing and have no intention of taking advantage of her.’
She was experimented on and used for almost half her life, and even when she escaped, she almost suffered a miserable fate.
If the person who saved you here thinks that he is using you for personal gain, then you are in big trouble.
An act that completely makes all the efforts made so far go down the drain.
That’s why Kang Ian chose a slightly more cumbersome but safer path to minimize risk.
Kang Ian looked at her, hiding his slightly nervous feelings.
and.
“I want to do it.”
‘Okay.’
But it is not good to just accept it here.
In the end, what is needed is her ‘ability’.
You can’t just make them do chores without revealing their abilities.
“..Are you really going to do it?”
“Yeah.”
“Wouldn’t it be really hard for the villain organization’s bottom-level members to not have any powers? It might be okay for those with powers, but those without powers would just do odd jobs and have a really hard time. I think I made a slip of the tongue just now. It was like nothing happened…”
Here, Kang Ian brought up negative words to create a sense of resistance.
No? I can do it? I can help you? That makes you think.
“It’s okay.”
She spoke confidently, stretching out her arms.
As I was about to use my power like that, I stopped.
“……”
‘It’s okay to show it to your brother.’
Lee Ga-yeon, who was glancing at Kang Ian, quickly gathered her wits and used her ability.
“Ugh.”
Woof-
What first emerged was a tiny spark.
It was just a spark the size of a lighter.
“You must have a superpower. But with this power…”
“Not yet. There’s more.”
What comes out after that is telekinesis. Even with the window open, it was so powerful that it was blowing away the papers around it.
Then the wind blew and circled around Lee Ga-yeon and Kang I-an.
Mental world, natural world, healing world, manipulation world, summoning world, reinforcement world, physical world, interference world…etc.
A variety of abilities, all of different strengths and powers, poured out from her hands like a storm.
At some point.
Woof-
Her and his location changed to the rooftop, and she released her powers.
“Hoo..hoo..hoo…”
“What.”
Lee Ga-yeon is out of breath as if she has exerted too much force.
Kang Ian looked at her with his eyes wide open, as if he was surprised.
“This… is… phew. Can I be… a villain? Oppa… can I help you? phew..”
‘You’ve already passed, my lucky child!!!’
Looking at her smiling faintly at him, Kang Ian found her so lovely.
But he couldn’t show it on the outside, so he held back the corners of his mouth from rising.
He just pretended to be surprised and opened his mouth wide.
***
Astra’s office exudes a cold atmosphere.
“Hoo.”
There, Astra was quietly resting.
‘The maker went to do his hobby, the trainer is training the members of the organization, and the other executives are each doing their own work.’
As the president’s secretary and de facto second-in-command, she was rarely given time to rest.
Her joy is that after processing all these large documents, she can enjoy a moment of quiet and do nothing.
‘Oh, it’s been a while, so should I ask the maker how he’s doing?’
But it was boring to just sit still, so she was about to contact the maker to change her mood.
“It seems like it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, Astra.”
“Ouch!”
Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice behind her and jumped up, startled by her response.
“Oh, the location settings are slightly wrong.”
“..Sorry, oppa.”
“No. Even though it was my first time here, I did a good job.”
Swish swish.
Astra in front of them is treated as an invisible human, and Maker is stroking Lee Ga-yeon’s head while Ga-yeon looks pleased.
Astra looked at them with a bewildered expression.
“Me, Maker? Where did you come from all of a sudden… and that kid is…?”
“Ah. Let me introduce you, Astra. My first subordinate, Gayeon.”
The girl nodded when the maker introduced her.
“Hello Chicken Coop.”
“…Wait, what did you say?”
At Lee Ga-yeon’s words, veins appeared on Astra’s forehead.
0 Comments