episode_0016

I was planning on ignoring it and passing by.

It was a bit annoying to see so many people cornering one person and persecuting them, but strictly speaking, it wasn’t something I cared about. I used to be like that at that age, but now I’m growing up with broken pots and broken noses.

Even if I were just their size, I would wander through the jungle called the elementary school, following the law of strength against flesh and self-respect, crushing the noses of those who dared to call me a parentless orphan. Even the reality of being judged as a teacher must have been so harsh and difficult, but if we had done more than that, it would have been more, not less.

“That…! They’re such bad guys…!”

“Soya, let’s go.”

“Yes? But…”

There is nothing more stupid and inefficient than interfering in such a place, so I just tried to ignore it and pass by.

“That’s right. Your grandfather is a man and he doesn’t even have a penis?”

“What? Really?!”

“Yes, adults did that.”

Even so, it’s not a pad lip, a pad lip,

It’s not an ordinary pad lip either, it’s ‘peanut tait, like Poppy who lives next door to Grandpa!’ ‘I heard you got hit?’

If I had seen Sunja, who argued against Mencius for the evil evil theory, I would have jumped out of the grave and started tumbling around while shouting ‘Sunki Yat-Hoo’.

“Hey, that kid looks like a pig walking on two legs.”

“···?”

“I think Chunsam is calling you?”

“What can I say, it’s you, not me.”

“I’m talking about the kid standing in the middle, not you guys. Don’t you know it just by looking at it?”

In response to the explanation I kindly added, the faces of Slim and Yapsil, who were assuming the role of a good brother and passing on to each other the role I had given them as a gift, turned pale as if they had inhaled bleach. It was right after that that the head of the lanky guy, who was still fixed towards the back of the alley despite the old man’s call, finally turned towards me.

“Are you sure you’re referring to this old man?”

“Fuck the elderly.”

“Ha…! Looking at what I’m wearing, it looks like I’m from a decent family, but you don’t know who I am?”

“What do you know?”

“Yes, there is no way you wouldn’t know… What?!”

Looking at his cheeks trembling with anger, he definitely looked like a child from a well-to-do family. In this turbulent time when the emperor, not just anyone else, was openly selling his official positions for money and eunuchs were beginning to gain power, the fact that he was maintaining a body shape that went beyond childhood obesity and looked close to extreme childhood obesity means that the family’s treasures were very rich. Because.

Nevertheless, I still didn’t know who it was.

“Do I need to know? Why?”

If I were to point out one thing that is convenient when dealing with kids, it is that their thinking circuit itself is very simple.

Just look at it now, it hasn’t even started a proper provocation yet, but it’s rushing forward with its shoulders in front like a wild boar with its tail on fire.

“Aaaa!”

That appearance was quite threatening. This was especially true because he was quite big for a kid. Most of the kids were probably so frightened by his size that they couldn’t even resist properly and ended up getting beaten up the way he waved his hands.

But it’s just a fight between kids, and even if they’re behind in a weight class, they’re so honest that they simply allow attacks on the opponent who attacks them?

Honestly, it was hard to imagine. This is especially true as the amount of time invested in training and practice has never been small.

I fixed my gaze on Tongtong, who had just gotten a little closer. Could it be that he was picturing himself crushing me under me and swinging his fists until I cried like a girl? A smile so mean that it was hard to believe it belonged to a child was written on the plump face.

I stepped lightly on the slightly soggy ground, perhaps because of the drizzle that had fallen overnight.

The feel of the moist soil crumbling like cigarette ash under the leather sole was eerily vivid.

Could it be that he didn’t know that I would avoid it?

The pouty guy’s eyes were shaking as if there had been an earthquake.

At just the right time, I kicked the foot that caught my eye like I was kicking a can.

“Kuhuh…?!”

The guy became one with the floor.

I sat down lightly on the back of the bumpy guy who had evolved into something like a wild boar taking a mud bath, using it as a bench. Then, he tried to run towards me following this guy who seemed to be the leader of the group, but he froze and turned his gaze towards the rest of the kids.

“Why? Are you guys trying to attack me too?”

“What are you doing, you idiots! Don’t just watch, get this bastard off me!”

“Uh-huh, loser, be quiet!”

Since ancient times, in matters of life and death between children, it has been a national rule handed down since Dangun that the one whose nose bleeds first humbly admits defeat, but is it because this is not Grandfather Dangun’s sphere of influence? I lightly tapped the top of the head of the grumpy guy, who was screaming loudly without giving up even though his nose was dripping with blood, with the wooden sword I was holding in my hand.

“Kehehe…?!”

To me, it was ‘Kong!’, but to him, it was ‘Boom!’ Was it closer to ‘Puck!’? The sound of someone chewing their tongue flowed into my ears.

“Tsk tsk, no matter how hungry you are, what if you chew your tongue?”

“Neueo… This Saegi…”

Even though he is big and bulky, is he still a kid? As you live your life, you can chew your tongue a little and do that, but that’s all it takes to end up with tears in your eyes.

“Hey, there’s Bisil.”

“Um, me?”

“Yes, you. You.”

Was it so embarrassing that, among kids this age, I had just knocked down a chubby guy who was probably the reigning force of violence, and that I was being singled out for making him cry like a girl? The sound of eyes rolling back and forth seemed to be heard all the way up here.

“Do you know where their house is?”

“Ah, I know what I know…”

“Good, then clean it up.”

Since he is so big, it won’t be easy even if all five of him rush at him, but if he suddenly snaps at someone, he has to pay the price in some way, right? That way, you will engrave in your brain and body the lesson that you should not scold anyone.

Tongtung’s gang, who had been keeping an eye on me so intently, disappeared with a groaning sound, and suddenly the two of them, or rather the three of them, including So-ah, who had been wide-eyed from earlier, were left alone in a narrow alley. He spoke to the child who had been cornered.

“I think it’s roughly sorted out now. Why don’t you put that stone down?”

“···.”

“Or are you trying to break my head instead of those guys?”

What can I say?

The reason why I suddenly changed my mind wasn’t just because of the abuse that Tungtung’s gang threw at that kid. That’s because I saw it just as I was about to pass by.

This is how the little boy who was pushed down by the bumpy guy picked up a nearby rock and hid it in his sleeve.

I guess the purpose was to protect myself from any danger since there were many people and I was alone… but the kid probably didn’t know. Children’s heads are infinitely more backwards than adults’, and what you think is a light hit can lead to the worst situation.

‘If I hear that a child died near my house, I’ll feel bad…’

So, despite the inconvenience, I intervened between them, and fortunately, I succeeded in dispersing the overheated atmosphere without any incident, so I said that with the intention of ending the situation…

Fortunately, my persuasion worked successfully.

A rock fell with a heavy sound from inside a black sleeve reminiscent of a crow’s wings. Following Jjangdol, a pure white hand protruded from inside the sleeve and roughly swept up the bangs that were almost scattered.

In that way, the hair that was all over the place was tidied up and what was revealed was-

‘like···?’

It was a cute, youthful face with quite impressive eyes filled with anger.

Right now, I just think she’s cute, but when she grows up and matures, her face gives off a hint that she’ll become a truly beautiful woman.

It was thanks to that that I felt it right away as soon as I saw it.

‘I guess this isn’t an ordinary kid…’

Would you like to at least make a statement about how things have come to this?

After quietly rolling his eyes and pondering for a moment, he asked a question to the little boy who was half-heartedly brushing off dirt-like things from his clothes.

“Hey, kid, what is your name?”

Was he at a loss for words at the sight of me calling him a kid when he was a kid? A look of absurdity flew to my face and I gasped, but instead, I put an iron plate on my face and straightened my chin.

And then he insisted. That this is my natural right,

“Couldn’t you at least tell your benefactor his name?’

“···Aman.”

“Aman?”

What is that name that seems to be good for female and corrupt people… hmm? wait for a sec.

Aman?

Aman?