episode_0049

I like holding Ellie and Arin’s hands and feeling their warmth.

And then, the words that Arin says.

What people were like while I was asleep.

What did the president of the association do, and what did the magical girls at home do?

“Oh, right. How many days have I been lying down like this…?”

“Ah, it’s been about ten days since that day… Just a moment… ”

For a moment, Arin took out her cell phone, checked the date, and told me that exactly 15 days had passed.

“15 days? You really have been lying down for so long. Oh, then home is… ”

“Um, even when my sister wasn’t around, we were getting along well. We were getting along pretty well.”

“No, from what I saw, that horrible sight was definitely not good enough. Sigh. I guess I’ll have to clean up when I get back.”

“Oh, right. Shall I tell you a fun fact?”

“Fun fact?”

“I think Seohyun unnie relied on you a lot after Binnie came. After she collapsed and was depressed for a while, she couldn’t even get up and was late. Haa. Do you know how much I had a hard time waking her up?”

“Redheads are hard to wake up, huh?”

“There, when you go over to wake her up, she says, ‘Just a little more… It’s raining…’ right? Isn’t this the extent of her being completely corrupted by her older sister? She’s really become a magical girl who’s full of spunk.”

However, the redhead who had been secretly listening from behind got angry.

“Arin! When did I…!”

“Look. Whenever I say this, you blush like that and say something. I told you that every time I woke you up, but you… Hehe… ”

Isn’t this the perfect time to make fun of someone?

“Did you really do that? No matter how much you like me… I never thought you would… ”

“No, I said that never happened? Those are lies made up by Arin!”

“Huh… Really?”

My face turns red every time I ask such probing questions.

There was no need to show so blatantly that what he was saying was a lie.

“That, that’s right! I, I wouldn’t do that… !”

Well, in this regard, I can’t lie…

“Well, I’m glad you like me. At least I won’t get assassinated while I’m sleeping, so I’m relieved. So, Arin. Do you have another story?”

“Ugh… Sister Hye-won comes by every day and asks if I’m okay… Sister Hye-won goes to work at the association, so she’s here almost every day. She went out for a bit today… She said she’d be back soon.”

“Umm, the crybaby is me?”

“Yes. But she said she thought a lot about her older sister. She would come in every day and grumble. ‘When is she going to wake up? Seriously. She’s annoying people. When she heard that her older sister collapsed, she asked where she was and said she’d come running right away…’ Sometimes she’d get angry and say she’d stop her older sister. Haha… Seriously.”

“What the… My collapse spread to Citrus. Haha… Seriously. Why are you making such a fuss over a single villain’s collapse?”

“The real fuss is, other people are shaking, but there are so many people who are worried.”

“There’s no need to worry about that for a villain like me… ”

Arin’s hand, which was holding mine, was filled with strength.

And it wasn’t just his hands that were strengthened.

“Don’t say that.”

“Arin… ?”

“If you say that, what will happen to the people who were worried about Unnie Bin? Yes. Now that I’m saying it, Unnie always says that she’s a villain, that she should disappear from this world, that she’s too much… What are you talking about?”

Huh…? What did I do wrong…?

Her voice grew increasingly agitated.

“And, come to think of it, this is also strange. Even though you already paid the price for that punishment, you still keep saying you’re a villain, a villain. Really… Sister. You’re not a villain right now… ”

“Arin… ”

“And, please cherish yourself a little more. Okay? Your body is not the only thing that you worry about! Right now, I know that Ellis over there is someone who really worries about you. And not just that person, but Yunseul, Hyewon… Yuri… The president of the association! Seriously. There are people around you who worry about you, so if you say that!”

“Mi, I’m sorry… Arin… Th, that… ”

“Ugh… Seriously… Do you know what you did wrong? Do you even know?”

“n, yeah… I know!”

“What did I do wrong?”

“That, that… ”

Arin’s gaze towards me is fierce.

Now, let’s try to avoid Arin’s gaze, which is so sharp that it can be considered as a sharp gaze.

“Sister? Why are you avoiding my eyes? Look straight ahead and talk. You know what you did wrong.”

“Yes, that… that, that… ”

While worrying like that.

“Sister.”

“Yes… ?”

“Did you hear me correctly?”

“Yes, that, that’s right… ?”

“Tell me so.. Hurry up.”

“That, that… But… Really, I… That, villain… ”

“Not that one.”

“Ah, I… I… I’m sorry for ignoring so many people’s concerns… ?”

“And.”

“That, that aside… I’m sorry for worrying you… ?”

“Haa… Okay. This is enough for now.”

“Yes… ?”

“Come here. I’ll hug you. Sister.”

Huh…?

I don’t know what this means, and I don’t know why Arin is suddenly angry.

Then, Arin, who had calmed down, suddenly hugged me…

“Ugh, hey! You, you…! That’s different from what we talked about!”

“This is always a win-win if you can get it.”

“This is foul play! Viene! Hug me too!”

“Turn it off?!”

As if being suddenly hugged wasn’t enough, he was so focused on Arin that he forgot about Ellie, and ended up getting caught between the two of them…

“Sa, save me! Ellie, let go of me… !”

“No! I heard it all. If you don’t do this, he’ll run away again!”

“Ugh, ugh… Su, breath… ! Ugh… ”

“ Sister Bin, don’t even think about running away again. You won’t commit any more evil deeds, right? Okay?”

“Ah, Arin… Lee, let me go for now… ”

“If you promise not to run away, I’ll let you go.”

“Yes, yes! Hey, weak… promise… ”

It was almost as if I was out of breath that Arin released my body.

I was barely able to come to my senses after being caught between Arin and Ellie. The two of them were holding my hands again.

Now, two hands are holding me tightly so I can’t run away.

Sigh, I guess I should give up.

I had no intention of running away anyway.

Even though I only said I was running away, I think each and every one of those words had a bad effect on Arin.

Haha… If I think about it, was this a disaster that I brought upon myself?

You shouldn’t have said that in front of Arin.

It must have just come out as a habit…

I thought about that for a moment.

The closed door burst open, and a crybaby with bright yellow blonde hair rushed in.

“Vinega happened?”

“Why are you yelling like that? Yes. I’m here.”

As I sit leaning back slightly on the hospital bed, it is easy to make eye contact with anyone who comes in through the door.

Looking at her in the sunlight, I felt fortunate, but on the other hand, I was concerned about Arin, who was holding my hand…

“You, wait a minute. Vine, that kid next to you is… ”

“I’m Arin…?”

“Not the child. That, that, that next to you… ”

“Ah, are you talking about Ellie?”

“You, no way… You brought… No, that can’t be… No way, you’re giving Bine some kind of device… ?”

“No, I heard Blanc brought it, but didn’t you know that…?”

“What, Yunseul brought it?”

“That’s what I heard. Oh, it’s right behind you. Wouldn’t it be better to ask him?”

Just then, a silver-haired woman and a sturdy middle-aged man come in.

“Hyewon, what’s wrong?”

“Eek?! What, surprise!”

The crybaby was so scared that he jumped up, as if he wanted the whole world to know that he was truly shocked.

“Are you that surprised? It’s something I’ve never seen on the battlefield. I’ll save it in a corner of my brain forever. Phew.”

“Hey, hey! Ha, don’t do that! Forget it, forget it! ”

“I want to forget, but I won’t be forgotten!”

Blanc stops the crybaby from coming closer as if to pounce on me.

The crybaby looked at Blanc with tearful eyes, asking why he was doing that, and lightly ignored her as she grabbed his top and stopped him from leaving.

“Ah, Blanc. How are you? How are the staff?”

“Oh, you said you were going to bring the inspection equipment. So I went to the president’s office first and brought the president.”

“Oh, is that so? It’s been a while, I guess? To me, it happened just a little while ago. To the president, it happened 15 days ago.”

“Yeah, it’s been a while. I’m glad you woke up.”

“Um, rather than that, I have something to say to the president of the association… Ah.”

Wait a minute, I think I just broke the floor…

I’m so angry at Ellis that I’m having a hard time controlling my powers…

Well, the materials used in this room are more luxurious than I thought.

Well, let’s just hide this for now.

“Vine? What do you want to say?”

“Ah, that… that… training ground, oh right. Is the training ground okay?”

The president’s response to my words could only be confirmed by wrapping his head around it.

Yeah, that wouldn’t be okay.

Even though it wasn’t that bad of a fight… The last thing I remember is the training ground…

Because it was… a ruin…

“Um, I finished replacing it with the spare parts the association had… but it was completely destroyed?”

“That, that’s… Sorry… Haha… ”

“No. It’s my fault for not anticipating that much fighting would happen and cutting the budget. The new training grounds that will be built in the future can be made bigger and stronger.”

“Haha… Is that so… ”