episode_0048

In the presence of a young elementary school student, a man appeared before him. Witnessing the serious expression on the boy’s face, Jiwoon began to contemplate.

“Hey… It can’t be you, right?”

Seeing the boy’s earnest attempt to fight, Jiwoon felt the need to intervene.

Approaching Jiwoon, I told him that this wasn’t right.

“Jihoo… I have something to tell you.”

“What is it?”

“I always give my best when facing anyone in a brawl, no matter who they are.”

“Does that mean… even if it’s an elementary school student?!”

With these words, Jiwoon clenched his fists tightly and started to prepare for a fight.

He then charged towards the elementary school student.

“Stop it!! You fool!!”

**

“No, the student did wrong!”

Following this, Jiwoon, the elementary school student, and the boy’s mother came to apologize.

The reason being…

“It doesn’t make sense for an elementary school student to humiliate someone like this!”

Although Jiwoon threw a punch in-game due to an argument, he couldn’t land a hit and ended up receiving blows instead.

Eventually, the PC room owner had to call the police to calm things down.

“I’m sorry.”

“No, I’m the one who should apologize! Seungmin! You should apologize to your sister too!”

The elementary school student also bowed apologetically to Jiwoon.

Even though I wanted to say “I’m sorry,” looking at Jiwoon’s state, it didn’t seem appropriate.

“Hey… Jihoo, drop it. Don’t kill him.”

“You might end up dead. Stop now.”

Continuing to swing punches into thin air, Jiwoon kept insisting that he was fine and not killing anyone.

In a situation where it’s unclear who should intervene, I was at a loss for words.

After calming Jiwoon down and apologizing, I decided to end it.

Once the investigation concluded, we left the police station and returned home.

Back at home, I applied ointment to the wounds on Jiwoon’s face.

While Jiwoon insisted it would have been a fair fight if he were originally a man, I simply nodded and applied the ointment.

I don’t quite understand his thoughts, but I praised him nonetheless and even applied some Madecassol.

With Jiwoon fully revived, he started browsing his phone in the room.

Having been beaten badly by a child, perhaps feeling drained was inevitable.

Since feeling drained was unavoidable, let’s make something he wants to eat today.

Thinking this way, I decided to buy meat to make what Jiwoon desired and headed to the mart.

**

Arriving at the mart, I picked up some snacks, beverages, and meat.

“I want to eat Korean beef today.”

Jiwoon followed me.

Although I initially said I’d go shopping alone, he insisted on coming along.

He filled the cart with everything he wanted.

I guess I’ll have to save a bit more starting next month.

“Meat~ Meat, let’s go~”

After finishing shopping, Jiwoon started singing a strange song and began packing up.

As we prepared to head back home, Jiwoon’s feet slowly veered off in another direction.

“Wait. How about taking a walk before we go?”

Considering that a walk wouldn’t hurt, I agreed, and we headed to a nearby park from the mart.

Upon reaching the park, we saw children playing around.

“Hmm… Did we come here for nothing after all?”

Saying this, Jiwoon expressed regret for coming.

If you asked me to come, how can you say that now?

I suggested we just take a quick stroll around the park before leaving, so we set off with our bags, planning to do a lap around the park.

Halfway through, we suddenly heard voices from the kids nearby.

Were they just playing around, I thought.

“Every time, this darn dog!”

Suddenly hearing a sarcastic comment, I unconsciously turned my head.

As I turned my head, I saw children fighting.

Shouldn’t I stop that? I thought.

“Hmm. Interesting,” said Ji-won, looking pleased, which didn’t make sense.

I couldn’t understand what she wanted to do at all, unsure of what to say.

In the midst of the children fighting,

One child started pushing another.

Seeing the fallen child, Ji-won handed me her bag and approached the fallen child.

She had just been talking about how fun it was as if she would wear 3D glasses.

But when the kid fell, she seemed worried.

Thinking like that, I looked at Ji-won.

Ji-won picked something up from the ground and approached the fallen child.

“Wait… damn it.”

Before I could stop her, Ji-won reached the fallen child.

“Kid, are you annoyed and angry?”

Ji-won started talking to the fallen child.

“Don’t you want revenge?”

“Yes! I want to hit him back once!”

“Do you seek power, young boy?”

Saying that, Ji-won started handing the pebble she had just picked up to the child.

“Here. I have given you strength. All that’s left is your… ack!!”

Thinking of stopping her, I firmly grabbed her head.

“That’s not it…”

And then, I snatched the pebble Ji-won had been holding and threw it elsewhere.

I quickly took Ji-won and decided to go back home.

**

“Are you crazy? Why did you hand a pebble to that kid?”

Upon my words, Ji-won bowed her head and remained silent.

She seemed to have some thoughts behind her actions, but I couldn’t understand, so I couldn’t say anything.

“No… If you’re being bullied, you should retaliate.”

Soon, Ji-won spoke up.

Instead of making excuses, she began to explain.

“I… also got bullied like that when I was young, so from the perspective of not wanting that kid to be bullied…”

“The approach was wrong. Don’t do that again in the future.”

“Yes…”

It’s like saying, “Don’t put a cat in the microwave.”

Although I only heard about Ji-won’s very early years, she probably has at least one unfortunate past incident.

“Dinner tonight is pork stir-fry.”

Upon saying that, Ji-won’s previous gloomy expression disappeared, replaced by a smile.

Well, she does love meat…

After clearing up dinner with Ji-won, we went back home and ate pork stir-fry.

Ji-won seemed to be in a better mood.

This should have somewhat lifted her spirits, so it seemed like a success.

After finishing dinner, Ji-won suggested playing a game on the console after a long time.

It seemed like a long time since she played a game.

“Alright, one round should be fine, right?”

So we started the game and played together.

It was originally my game, and since Ji-won had only seen it in videos, I easily won the first couple of rounds.

However, things started to change slightly from the third round.

“What the hell?”

I lost. It was a close call, but this kid is evolving.

He’s growing on his own.

So we decided to play another round.

Ji-won looked at me and said, ‘You lose,’ with a smirk.

Seeing that face, anger started to rise within me.

“Oh… I really lost my touch.”

“I won’t lose this time for real.”

“Fine, loser goes next.”

I thought seriously about not going easy this time.

But from the second… to the third round, I started losing.

“Why…? Why did I lose…?”

Seeing me flustered, Ji-won looked at me again.

“Do you seek power, young boy?”

Then she handed me her gamepad.

“I’ll rest now, get stronger through practice, you weakling.”

And with that, she got up and went into her room.

“I… that bastard…”

He pressed the pad so hard it felt like it would break.

It had been so long since I last did this; my hands were not as nimble as before.

I’ll improve my skills until we play again tomorrow.

**

Nothing good has happened since this morning.

Got into a fight with Jaemin, then Jaemin got into a scuffle and I got scolded by Jihoo for no reason.

But eating something delicious, playing games with Jihoo, made me so happy.

Returning to my room, taking off my clothes, pulling up the blanket.

Closing my eyes, recalling the happy moments with them.

There have been many happy times with Jihoo.

Today was so happy and relaxing that I think I can sleep better than usual.

“Ahh!! Damn it, call an ambulance! Finger artery burst!”

“I’ll win against this damn dog no matter what!!!”

Jihoo’s angry voice from the next room.

That’s why I can sleep even more comfortably tonight.

The noise that might sound loud to others.

To me, it sounds heavenly above all else.

ASMR of a loser you can listen to before bed.

Come on, try to beat me.

At least because I don’t have the confidence to lose, no matter how many times you try to challenge me, I can win.

Thinking like that, I closed my eyes again.

“Ahh!! Damn it, artery burst!!!”

Listening to Jihoo’s agonizing cries.

What should I tease him about tomorrow?

Looking forward to tomorrow evening…