episode_0039

Just because it was a subsidy, it didn’t mean you could use it for anything you wanted. Of course, the local government office had already explained everything to you.

I overheard it over your shoulder, but I heard that there are people who use the support money they get from adopting a different species for useless things.

Most things you can buy at the mart are okay. Food, detergent, household items like Lux, etc. Even clothes are OK as long as they are not luxury items.

However, drinking alcohol or smoking is absolutely prohibited. Even when eating out, you cannot spend more than 50,000 won.

There are also discounts for buying books, going to amusement parks, and going to museums. It seems that using cultural facilities is recommended to help you adapt to the new world.

But doesn’t that apply to buying materials to make something? It’s far removed from experiencing the world around us.

I heard that they support the cost of learning about the culture and going to places like academies. Would it be okay if I tried to convince them about that?

No matter how much I thought about it, if Narin had received a phone call about me, I couldn’t think of anything else.

I had to order food and detergent, but I won’t say anything about that. I clearly said it was okay to buy those things with the subsidy.

Hmm, but if I think about it as an investment for business, I’m worried that I might have used the subsidy to buy more clay.

Would it be best to say that I will earn money and pay it back? But then it seems like I am admitting that I have embezzled the subsidy.

Maybe it’s better to just say I didn’t know and I’m sorry.

“Oh, weren’t you going to our office?”

“Oh, my sister was out of her mind. She didn’t tell me where she was going. We’re going to the hospital.”

“Hospital? I don’t have any pain… … .”

I guess I had a shaky expression because I didn’t have any particularly good memories of being in the hospital. Chemotherapy was so painful. And I don’t have any particularly good memories of being hospitalized and receiving treatment.

It’s not that the rice is completely tasteless, but it’s true that it’s a bit less seasoned because it’s healthy food.

So when I said that in a trembling voice, Narin climbed onto my chest and stroked me.

To be exact, he wasn’t looking at me from under my chin, but he was just guessing and coming closer with his hand. So I carefully pushed my head in and rubbed against his approaching fingers.

“Ahahaha. Don’t worry. It’s not like Na-min is going to get a shot. Should Ham-shik get vaccinated?”

“Keeek!”

“It seems like you understood like a ghost. Got it, got it. Hamshik, don’t get the shot.”

While Narin was joking, Hamsik screamed. I knew it was a vaccination and got the shot, but Hamsik probably didn’t know.

After all, no one who was there said anything. If I didn’t have any memories of my past life, I wouldn’t have known, right?

In that sense, I’m definitely more like an older sister than Hamshik, who is afraid of injections.

Oh, but you could say no. Come to think of it, I don’t know how old Hamshik is.

If you look at animals, you can tell how old they are in human years. A five-year-old dog is said to be about forty years old in human years.

With that thought in mind, I looked around Hamshik. If he were to stand up on two legs, he would probably be about the same height as me. He certainly wasn’t young.

Even if you leave aside my short height, my appearance is hardly that of an adult.

Maybe if you look at it that way, Hamshik is more mature than me. Ugh, then that’s difficult.

I’ve been acting like an older sister to you, but what if Hamshik is actually like an aunt to me? What if I have to run errands for Hamshik from now on?

Of course, I still do what Hamshik asks me to do. There’s a big difference between taking care of her as an older sister and taking care of her because I’m young.

The difference is that my mood has changed.

“Um, Hamshik. If someone asks Hamshik how old he is, just say he’s one. Okay?”

So I brainwashed Hamshik. You are one year old.

Actually, if you think about it, I haven’t been in my right mind for long, so you could say I’m one year old. But if you give Hamshik a growing age, I have that too.

I have a previous life! I can combine the twenty years of my previous life!

So anyway, I can become your older sister.

Of course, Hamshik didn’t seem to listen to what I said. But anyway, I said it. I’m your older sister.

“Hello. Yes, this is Inarin. I came with Namin. What room should I go to? Yes, room 609. Okay.”

While we were talking, Narin arrived at the hospital and spoke to someone on the phone.

Although I couldn’t hear anything on the other end of the phone, I could tell from what Narin had said that we hadn’t come specifically to see a doctor.

Maybe it’s a visit from someone who’s sick. But who wants to see me? Who could it be? Huh? Could it be the mother of this body?

Suddenly, my thoughts became complicated. I recently became a new mother, and I left a comment on YouTube to talk to my mother from my past life.

What if this body now has a mother? Wow, I have three mothers! What should I do? Which mother should I call?

While I was slurping down the kimchi stew alone, Narin got on the elevator. Everyone had gloomy faces.

After all, it’s a hospital, so people who come to visit hospitalized patients can’t always feel good.

But that depression is contagious. I can’t let it spread to Narin. So I shouted brightly.

“Hello! I guess you all are visiting the sick. You will all get well soon. Cheer up! We should only give good energy to sick people!”

I don’t know how to give comforting speeches or anything that will really touch your heart, but cuteness is a weapon that can be used in most situations.

I decided to use something smaller than my little one as a weapon. There may be mean people who are genuinely angry at innocent children. If they are like that, don’t worry about them.

People looked around to see where my voice came from, then they found me peeking out from under Narin’s coat and smiled warmly.

Like depression, laughter is contagious. People’s gloomy faces brightened up in no time.

“Yes, thank you. The student too… …, no, can I say student? The little girl also visits the hospital.”

“She’s so kind. Is she your younger sibling?”

“Oh, yes. He’s my little brother.”

I could also hear the pride in Narin’s voice. There was a seriousness in her voice when she answered the phone earlier, but fortunately, she seemed to have relaxed a bit.

Haha. I calculated it all. My positive energy went around and influenced Narin.

Thanks to that, after arriving at the 6th floor, Narin went to the hospital room with lighter steps than before. Room 609. Judging from the two men in suits standing in front of her, it seemed like someone of considerable importance was lying there.

That’s a bodyguard. Are we really here to meet a politician, a tycoon, or some second generation? Huh, the secret of my birth is here… …?

Perhaps because the phone call had already been made, the two made way for Narin and even opened the door for her.

The hospital room I entered was a single room. Single rooms are expensive.

When I was hospitalized, I tried to tell my parents that I wanted a single room, but the nurses said it was expensive, so I told my parents that I would be too lonely by myself and asked them to send me to a six-person room.

I looked around the hospital room, thinking that someone really important must be here, but for some reason, there was no one on the bed.

I called to say that Narin was coming, but did she leave for a moment? Did she go to the bathroom?

As I expected, I heard the sound of water flushing from the bathroom attached to the single room. And then a bald man in a white gown appeared.

The man bowed his head to Narin and introduced himself.

“Ah, are you Inarin? You are Inarin’s guardian. Nice to meet you, I am Dr. Lee Bit-nam from the Interspecies Research Institute. The reason I invited Inarin is that the body of a researcher who was exposed to chemicals at the research institute is getting smaller. I invited you to ask for Inarin’s cooperation.”

Oh. You need my cooperation, not Narin’s? That’s why Narin came here with me.

Maybe he called me because he was at a loss as to how to live since his body had shrunk. Maybe he had become as small as me.

“Oh, I saw the news. The whistleblower was attacked with drugs. But you said his body got smaller… … .”

“Jihyun, you can come out. You are not dangerous. Your identity is confirmed because you work for a guild affiliated with the association.”

After hearing Narin’s words, I recalled the news. The researcher was being carried on a stretcher and covered with a white sheet. That was him.

When the man heard the voice of Dr. Lee Bit-nam, whose hair was shining, he hesitantly stuck his head out of the blanket.

“But… … . I’m so sorry to see you… … .”

The pure white hair revealed along with the cute girl’s voice. I felt something strange when I saw it, so I tilted my head.

“Oh, doesn’t it look like me?”

Could it be that I had been given a potion that would make me the same species? That was the question I had in mind. The girl hid back under the blankets, and Dr. Lee Bit-nam exchanged glances with Na-rin, looking noticeably flustered.

Hmm. I guess they don’t look alike. But since I can sense it when I say it like that, I don’t know what to do.

You said you were a doctor, but you only studied so much that you didn’t learn the art of living. Tsk tsk.