Ch.18018 – How Nice to Have Two Mothers 2

# 018 – How Nice to Have Two Mothers # 2

Bang bang, bang bang bang-.

“Open this door!”

“I gave birth to a son, but all he does is play games at home every daaaay!”

The pressure from the mothers was intense.

I was worried the door might be ripped off its hinges.

“I’ll give you my address! Come quickly! Hurry, hurry! Run over! Run! Come running!”

“Yang Juhui: Why are you being so pushy?”

I learned yesterday while visiting Yang Juhui’s house that her place and mine were in the same Cheonmun-dong neighborhood, just a 10-minute walk apart.

With Yang Juhui’s long, slender legs, she could probably run here in less than 5 minutes if she tried.

Since it seemed difficult to explain the situation through text messages, I went ahead and called her.

She was slow to answer, and I wondered where she’d gone when she was just chatting with me moments ago.

-My soft, soft heart-.

-Like clear stream water-.

After listening to the new song by some idol group as a ringtone for a while-

“Pick up already! Hurry up! Hurry!”

—Hello?

“Hey! Come to my house quickly! I’ll give you the door lock password! Come to my house! My house!”

—What? Our Yeongwon, why are you calling me to your house so early in the morning?

“Come and do something about my mom!”

I’ve dealt with quite a few ghosts and supernatural phenomena these past few days.

I’ve come up with some brilliant ideas to exorcise ghosts, if I do say so myself, but there seemed to be only one way to overcome this situation with my duplicated mother.

That was to call Yang Juhui!

“Hey! We’re close, aren’t we? Don’t you remember what happened last night? We’re not strangers! Hurry up! Please come to my house!”

We played together at the playground last night.

And Yang Juhui grabbed my outstretched hand.

This meant we had formed a partnership.

—…What are you talking about? Why are you acting so weird? Are you trying to show off because of what happened in my dream last night?

What dream is she talking about?

Before I could ask more, the call abruptly ended.

As if to fill that silent void, my mothers’ angry voices continued.

“Son! Who were you just talking to? Is it your girlfriend?”

“You used to say you’d marry mommy! Now you’re secretly calling some strange girl! There’s no point in raising a son!”

Damn, this is terrifying.

Then suddenly, a good idea flashed in my mind.

“I… I like my girlfriend! I don’t want to live with mom anymore! I want to live with my girlfriend! I’ll leave home and get married! Mom! I want to be independent!”

If a ghost was imitating my mom, maybe I should say things my mom would hate.

Just like when I repeatedly called the ajumma ghost “ajumma” and got a brief respite, maybe the same tactic would work on the mom ghost!

“Mom, just give me 5,000 won! Other moms give their kids 10,000 won allowance every day, but I don’t even get an allowance! I can’t even go to academies like other kids!”

What else?

“I don’t have a dad! And you’re only 17 years older than me, so my friends always tease me saying it wasn’t just speeding but crossing the center line!”

How could I stab at my mom’s heart?

I was usually such a filial son that I was completely useless in this situation!

But my clumsy attempts at being unfilial weren’t entirely ineffective, as the commotion outside my room quieted down.

Did my rebellious son act exorcise the mom ghost?

Apparently, I had a talent for being unfilial!

“Yeongwon, what are you doing? You need to go to school. You’ll be late. Should mom drive you to school?”

Just then, I heard my mom’s rather calm and gentle voice from beyond my door. It was a reassuring voice that made me feel like the previous situation had been a lie.

I felt the urge to open the door and confirm that face.

I unconsciously shifted my body.

However, the “Congratulations!” exorcism message didn’t appear before my eyes. The mom ghost was still outside.

I took out my phone and called my mom.

Ring ring ring, ring ring ring-.

The call was going through, but she wasn’t answering.

I should try shouting outside.

“Mom! Do you have your phone?”

“Yes, I do. I’m holding it right now. Why?”

“Is there anything strange?”

“Strange? I don’t know? The strange behavior is coming from you. Why aren’t you coming out when you’ll be late if you keep dawdling? Come out quickly. You need to go to school.”

If she had her phone, she would definitely know I was calling her. At the very least, she should have said, “Are you calling mom?”

Given the situation, I had to make a decision.

I moved my hand and left a message for Yang Juhui.

“When you come to my house, there’ll be two of my mom. Beat them both up hard”

She must have been looking at her phone because the notification disappeared immediately.

“Yang Juhui: What are you talking about? Anyway, I’m at your front door”

Beep, beep beep-.

I heard the sound of someone entering the door lock password!

Yang Juhui had definitely arrived at my house!

Click-.

I heard the door open and someone coming in.

“Hey, Ha Yeongwon, calling me over so early in the morning… oh… hello?”

“My goodness, who is this?”

“Is this our Yeongwon’s girlfriend? When did you start dating such a pretty girl!”

“Are you Yeongwon’s older sister?”

“Look at how she talks. Pretty face and pretty words.”

“Not sister, I’m his mother. We’re both Yeongwon’s mothers. Yeongwon has two mothers.”

Shit, this is driving me crazy.

I couldn’t believe this conversation was happening in this world.

I shouted toward the outside.

“Hey! Those people aren’t my mom! Beat them up hard! Beat them hard! Beat them up!”

“What? Ha Yeongwon, what are you saying? Who are you people?”

“We’re Yeongwon’s mothers, we said?”

“We’re Yeongwon’s mothers. You should become a mother too. Yes. You should become a mother too. You should become a mother too. You should become a mother too. You should become a mother too. You should become a mother too. You should become a mother too.”

“…What are you doing? Don’t come closer. Kyaaak!”

I heard a sharp female scream.

It must have been Yang Juhui screaming!

After hesitating for various reasons, I finally opened the door and went out!

“Yaaaaaaah!”

And I shouted with all my might while smashing and swinging at everything I could see!

Women screaming everywhere, something hitting me, me getting hit back—total chaos.

“Ack! You bitches!”

Yang Juhui seemed to have come to her senses and shouted loudly, followed by the mothers’ screams.

“Kyaaak! You crazy girl! Yeongwon, break up with her right now!”

“She doesn’t even recognize her future mother-in-laaaaaw!”

This was why I called Yang Juhui.

I couldn’t bring myself to hit my mother, even if she was fake. But Yang Juhui, who was used to fighting, could hit people without hesitation.

However, it was painful to see my mother being hit, even if she was fake, so I just closed my eyes, covered my ears, and crouched on the floor.

I wished that when I opened my eyes, everything would just be a dream.

# # #

Ding-.

“Congratulations! You have defeated the ‘Under the Bed Ghost’!”

“Beginning settlement for 2 survivors.”

“You gain 100P.”

The sound of the status window appearing helped me regain my senses.

When I opened my eyes, the house was a complete mess, and Yang Juhui was panting with her hair completely disheveled and a nosebleed.

With bloodshot eyes, she looked around nervously, appearing so frightening that it felt like seeing a ghost.

“Yeongwon, can you explain what just happened? Where did those women go?”

“Well, what we just fought… were ghosts. I think you beat them and won. Um, could you put down that flowerpot first and then we can talk? I’ll explain everything.”

If Yang Juhui and I had entered the Nightmare Corridor yesterday, talked, and successfully cleared it, the conversation would have been easier.

I ended up putting other people into the corridor, which meant I didn’t have time to explain to Yang Juhui what I was going through.

Still, after experiencing the bizarre situation just now, Yang Juhui must have realized that this situation wasn’t normal.

I decided to explain calmly, thinking of turning crisis into opportunity.

“As you just saw, I have a high probability of getting involved with ghosts or strange incidents. I’m not lying, they’re real ghosts. I don’t know why this is happening either. But somehow I need to survive.”

“……”

“I know. Honestly, it’s hard to believe. I know that. But it’s true! I’ll prostrate myself like this! I’ll kneel! No, I’ll bow! Please believe me! Please!”

When people desperately want something, they tend to lower their bodies and prostrate themselves. I desperately prostrated myself before Yang Juhui, and she backed away in shock.

“Then… what you said in my dream yesterday?”

“What did I do in your dream yesterday?”

Did I appear in Yang Juhui’s dream last night?

I put other guys into the corridor, so there was no way Yang Juhui and I could have met.

It seemed Yang Juhui just had a dream about me.

I wonder what kind of dream it was.

“I appeared in your dream? What kind of dream was it?”

It could possibly be related to the supernatural.

Wouldn’t it be good to hear about it?

However, Yang Juhui blushed and feigned ignorance.

“What are you talking about? Why would you appear in my dream?”

“No, you just said you met me in your dream. What kind of dream was it?”

“I don’t know! Is that important right now? Really… what a mess so early in the morning. My makeup is all ruined. Real ghosts… this is ridiculous. Ghosts…”

“That’s why I asked you yesterday at the playground. I said you might be able to meet your sister again. But in exchange, you don’t know what you’ll experience.”

“Ah, shit.”

Yang Juhui got angry.

It would be troublesome if she got scared and ran away.

Look at how she just defeated two ghosts by herself.

Yang Juhui was a talent I desperately needed right now.

“I’ll give you time to think again if you need it. Please consider it positively if possible.”

I spoke calmly, but I was secretly afraid Yang Juhui might run away.

What should I do? Should I tempt her with money? How can I persuade her?

“It’s fine. We promised yesterday. Unlike you, Yeongwon, I’m not a liar. I’ll hold hands with you.”

…Wow, she’s accepting this.

Yang Juhui is really something else.

She’s cool.

Honestly, if it were me, I would have run away without looking back.

Things are going smoothly in many ways.

Recruiting one teammate and earning 622 points!

My life was truly blessed with good fortune!

I was honestly very satisfied with the 622 points. It was enough to make me feel full even without breakfast.

I’d have points left over even after trying the “Capsule Draw” that had been on my mind since the shop opened.

Speaking of which, I should try the “Capsule Draw” at the quiet library later!

I wonder what will come out of the capsule!

With that feeling, I walked to school with Yang Juhui.

Walking to school with Yang Juhui made me feel like a popular guy who had a girlfriend in high school.

Honestly, because Yang Juhui was pretty, she naturally attracted people’s attention.

Did it make me feel proud to be walking beside her?

Vroom-.

At that moment, a car entered the alley crowded with students.

It was an extremely long and luxurious foreign car.

“Wow, who would ride such a car? Is there a congressman inside or something?”

If I earn some money with the status window and traits, could I buy a car like that?

It was funny when I thought about it. I would have to go through all sorts of trouble with the status window to afford a foreign car that someone else could buy and drive without any special powers.

While I was thinking about this…

Swoosh-.

The black car stopped, and a female student wearing the same uniform as me got out.

Is she the daughter of a wealthy family?

I was thinking how unfair life was, but looking closely, she was holding a poetry book titled “Flowers of Evil.”

“Uh…”

Wait, she’s from the library….

As I was trying to remember, the girl approached me.

“Why didn’t you come yesterday? I was waiting.”

What is she talking about?

It felt like my brain suddenly lagged.

“Who, me?”

Is she talking to someone else?

Soon, Yang Juhui muttered in a small voice.

“…Yu Dahui.”