episode_0185

Thud-!

As I place the barbell loaded with discs on it on the floor, a faint vibration resonates through the floor.

“Hoo… Hoo…”

Hot sweat soaking through my entire body, and my muscles screaming over and over again that they have reached their limit.

Today, I felt like the stimulation was working properly, so I added two 20kg plates on each side to finish off the set.

“If this works, will I finally enter the 3rd generation 500?”

First target, 3 to 500.

My heart started pounding at the thought of finally reaching my goal, but I held back my excitement and gripped the barbell handles tightly.

It’s not too late to feel excited after you’ve succeeded. What’s the use of all these emotions if you fail?

With my emotions perfectly under control, I began to put strength into my muscles and began the arduous journey towards the 3×500.

“Turn it off…!”

As the barbell lifts slightly, the massive 190 kg weight puts pressure on the back muscles.

…It’s heavy, really fucking heavy. The weight of the barbell was pressing down on me so heavily that I momentarily thought, ‘Should I give up?’

But there wasn’t much left until I reached 3/500. It was too late to give up, so I gritted my teeth and squeezed out the last of my strength.

Thud-!

“Ugh… Ugh…”

Eventually, I succeeded in lifting the heavy barbell, and after throwing it down on the floor, I also collapsed on my back.

Clap – clap – clap – !

As I gasped for breath and caught my breath, I heard applause from afar.

I turned my head with difficulty to look in the direction where the sound was coming from, and there was a health trainer clapping and expressing admiration.

“Wow, you finally succeeded in getting 3 vs 500. You’re truly amazing, member.”

“That’s amazing. It’s all a result of hard work. If you work hard, you can do it like me.”

“Oh my, how many people in the world work as hard as you do? Hard work is also a talent, member!”

There is something suspicious about the constant flattery and flattery.

By any chance, did you forget to bring a protein container home?

As I squinted my eyes and looked at him with suspicion, the trainer scratched his head and asked me for two scoops of protein supplement.

“Excuse me, member? If you don’t mind, just two scoops of protein supplement…”

“Didn’t you say with your own mouth that supplements shouldn’t be shared even between parents and children?”

“Ahaha… That’s true, but you succeeded in getting 3rd 500, right? Can you give me just one to celebrate?”

It was quite disgusting to see him hunched over and showing off his cowardly side, but I was in a good mood today, so I gave him two scoops.

“Just this once.”

“Hehe, thank you. And congratulations again on 3v500, member!”

The trainer bows and laughs as he quickly disappears.

I watched his back as he left, sighed, and started organizing the plates.

“By the way, since I achieved my goal, I guess I can eat a few more boiled eggs today? Hehehe…”

Did you finish cleaning up after imagining such happy things and take a shower to feel refreshed before leaving the gym?

The little boy, who I thought would have left by now, greeted me with a bright smile.

“Are you done? You look more happy today than yesterday?”

“Yeah, I achieved one goal. But why are you here? Shouldn’t you be at school now?”

I don’t know if it’s the weekend, but today is clearly a weekday.

Even if we assume that the little boy in front of me is an elementary school student, since it is at a time when he would be at school, I asked him a question. The boy tilted his head and expressed his doubt.

“School?”

“Yeah, school. Aren’t you old enough to go to school?”

“You’re past the age to go to school. You’re older than I look, sis.”

…How old could he be with that appearance? At best, he’s 15. If he really hits as hard as he can, he’d probably be 16.

But I can’t rule out the possibility that he’s really old. I saw him use his mysterious powers with my own eyes just yesterday.

I stopped thinking for a moment and decided to focus on getting the kid out of my sight.

“Stop fiddling with your thigh muscles and get off, I have to go to work now.”

“Joe, just a little more… Sorry, don’t glare at me like that. Anyway, take care on your way back, and I’ll see you again in a little while.”

“What are you going to see in a little while? You, don’t follow me. If you interfere with my work, I really won’t let you stay still.”

“Haha, you’ll find out soon enough.”

The guy disappeared like the wind again, leaving only a meaningful smile behind. I quietly watched the street where the kid disappeared and headed to the company.

—–

Is it because I’ve been focusing on sports since I was young?

Because of that, I lost interest in studying and was at the bottom of my class in terms of grades. I decided that going to college wouldn’t be very meaningful with those grades. Instead of going to college, I started working as a bodyguard right away based on my perfect body.

My grades were a mess, and I thought I wouldn’t be able to get hired because all I had was my body. Luckily, there was one company that only hired bodyguards through interviews, so I went for the interview and came back after negotiating my salary that day.

“It’s still funny to think about it now. How did all the interviewers exclaim in admiration as soon as I walked in?”

The beginning is admiration, the middle is astonishment, and the end is salary negotiation.

I still have doubts about whether this was a normal interview, but I hope it goes well, right?

by the way.

“Why are you here again? I’m starting to get sick of this.”

“Why are you here? I called you as my bodyguard. But I’m already sick of you, right? I have to see you for another month…”

“Oh my, this is really terrible. Do you have any ill feelings toward me? We just met yesterday, why are you acting like this, really?”

“That’s because I like you, noona. I told you, right? I fell in love with you the moment I saw you.”

“Fuck.”

I’m feeling dizzy.

I went to see the boss who urgently called me, and why was this guy sitting on the office sofa?

Why is the boss bowing down to that guy?

“Boss.”

“Uh, yeah? Why, Seongju?”

“Is it just my imagination that I feel like I’m being sold out?”

“Haha, no way! Seongju knows how much of a family-like company our company is!”

It’s like a family, but it’s just a fucking company.

I clicked my tongue and began to slowly read the contract on the desk.

“You’ll be assigned to guard this guy for a month, and you’ll get double your monthly salary as a bonus… If you just look at the conditions, they’re pretty good.”

“Is it okay? I told you it’s really okay conditions?”

“But why am I the only bodyguard you’re sending? Don’t we usually send them out as a team?”

This is so revealing.

I glared at the kid sitting across from me, and he answered back with such confidence.

“The only thing I need is my sister. Is there a need to bring in people I don’t need by giving them money?”

“That’s right.”

The point.

With that irrefutable statement, I read the contract one more time, stamped my seal, and left the building with the guy, escorted by the president.

“…What are you thinking.”

He asks in a low, growling voice.

What on earth is your intention behind bothering someone you just met yesterday?

I absolutely do not believe the nonsense that it was love at first sight. I have been treated differently by other people up until now, and I know better than anyone what I look like.

“Don’t say you did this because you loved me, there’s no more amazing nonsense than that.”

“Hmm.”

When I let go of the lever, the little boy made a troubled expression and opened his mouth cautiously.

“Well, that’s all I have to say, right? I just wanted to make you mine, even if it meant doing this.”

“You’re really a novelist. Who in the world likes a woman who looks like an orc chieftain? You have to make sense.”

“Tastes vary, sis. There are men who are sexually attracted to goats and dogs and put their genitals in them, so there might be people who like someone like you, sis.”

“…”

Why does it sound plausible when you say it like that?

No, it’s not plausible, it’s true. Before Hyukjin liked that bastard, my younger brother, he liked something weird that wasn’t an animal or a human. If you think about it that way…

Okay, let’s just admit it, that kid might like me. But you know what?

“You can like me, but I can’t like you?”

It may be because of the scary existence called Acheongbeom, but I am not a pedophile in the first place. I am just an ordinary woman who likes handsome men.

You may think that a younger child is ‘cute’ or ‘you cherish’ them, but you will never feel like you want to ‘eat them’.

“I told you yesterday, even if you can’t do it, come back after 10 years.”

“I heard about it. But why 10 years? I don’t think there will be any significant changes in that short a time.”

“What?”

When I asked in a stupid voice, the little boy smiled brightly.

“I told you, you’re older than you look. You’re already well past adulthood in human years. Let me explain it more simply.”

She kept licking my lips and making cute tempting remarks that I couldn’t even accept.

“It’s a legal shota. It means that it doesn’t change from this appearance for a month or 10 years.”

How is it, doesn’t it sound a little weird when you hear it like this? You want to eat it, right?

A little boy with sparkling eyes and an expectant expression.

I sighed at his crazy behavior and gave him a stick as a gift.

“The little bird is kicking his butt.”

Taaak!

“Aaah!!!”

I thought that I would just step on the brakes a little bit, and took my eyes off the guy, but unfortunately, that was a very naive thought.

“This is the first time you’ve treated me like this!”

The guy started to act more crazy and more aggressively courting her.

What the fuck.

What the fuck.