Ch.2222. My Sister is an Idiot.

“What do you mean I’m a warm person? What does that even mean?

Do I truly deserve Arin’s love, given the life I’ve lived?

No, I can clearly say no.

The blood on my hands and the screams etched in my ears will never disappear.

Such infamy that will follow me forever, my karma.

Would the evil I’ve committed interfere with her?

Yes, it certainly would.

If you give such affection to a demon like me, there’s no guarantee you won’t be tainted the same way.

People don’t change.

“Arin. Please let me go now.”

The arms holding me, that embrace, tightens around me even more.

“No. I like you, unnie.”

Someone slightly taller than me calling me ‘unnie’ is really…

Am I worthy of receiving her ‘liking’?

I am a being of darkness.

I am a villain.

“I question whether I’m worthy of receiving your love…”

“Why shouldn’t you receive love, unnie?”

“I’m not… the kind of person who betrayed evil and stood on the side of justice, as you think.”

I steady my breath and continue speaking.

I hope it gets through to her.

“I’m still a villain, you know. Haha…”

I wonder if hearing this changed her feelings.

The arms holding me loosened a bit.

Sigh, is revealing my truth always this painful?

It’s what I’ve always done anyway.

I’ve infiltrated and revealed my identity many times before.

What is this strange feeling?

This tightness in my chest.

This sensation I haven’t felt in so long.

It’s been so long that I can’t even remember what emotion it is.

Arin gently pushed me away.

Making me look at her face, she stared into my eyes and said:

“Unnie, I’m still a young child. I know that.”

“I know very well that I’m still a child who doesn’t know anything.”

“But even so, someone like me.”

“I can confidently say I have a good eye for people.”

“The unnie I’ve observed isn’t evil.”

“I believe in my judgment. You’re not a bad person.”

After finishing her words, Arin embraced me again.

“I’m so tired. Let me sleep a little.”

Soon after, Arin fell into a gentle sleep.

Sigh, do these magical girls think I’m a doll?

Still, it’s not so bad.

Just as I was enjoying Arin’s warmth,

“Arin, let’s wash… Bine. What the…?”

The redhead came in and discovered us.

Hmm, I was being embraced while rolling around on the bed.

It might look strange.

“Ah, uh… this, this is. Arin! Wake up! Arin!!”

“Haha… Bine… so… that’s how it is…”

“No, no, it’s not like that, no!”

“Sure. I’ll think of it that way. Can you wake Arin up?”

“Ah, no. Ah, ugh…”

“Never mind. I’ll wake her up.”

Hearing the redhead’s voice, Arin woke up and looked at me with her two small eyes.

Then suddenly hugging me.

“Bathe with me, unnie. Hehe…”

“What are you saying? Redhead, please take Arin away.”

I said deliberately giving her a hint.

But the redhead, oblivious, replied:

“Huh? I already bathed though?”

“Ah, no. Arin. You can wash yourself, right? Come on, get up, wash, and go to sleep. Quickly.”

“Mmm… I won’t wash unless I can wash with Bine unnie…”

Arin suddenly starts acting childish.

The mature fragments from earlier are nowhere to be found, as she begins to act like a child her age.

“Unnieeee… pleaseee? Bathe with me… I can’t move…”

Now she’s even lying.

What happened to the strength she used to hug me earlier?

“… Sigh.”

In the end, I gave in.

I picked up Arin and headed to the bathroom on the second floor.

Yes, since she said she was so tired, I should carry her like a princess.

Even without using my abilities, I can easily lift someone like Arin with my strength.

Arin, being carried in my arms, struggled and resisted.

But soon she stopped her meaningless resistance.

After all, someone being carried can’t really resist.

Rather, flailing your legs wildly would make for an even more embarrassing sight.

Realizing this, people usually do this.

They end up surrendering their body.

“…Unnie, this is really embarrassing, you know?”

“Arin, you said you didn’t have the strength to move. So be quiet and let me carry you.”

“…Okay.”

I took Arin to the bathroom, where there was already a bathtub filled with water.

It seems someone had prepared it in advance.

Why?

Sigh, so that’s it.

Redhead. I’ll get my revenge when I get out.

“Unnie, put me down now…”

“Ah, I need to undress you. Just a moment.”

“No, no, no! I, I can un-undress myself!”

“Where did the Arin who had no strength to move go?”

“Uh, uh. Ah, th-that…”

She’s cute. Really.

Is this what it feels like to have an obedient younger cousin?

Blushing and moving slightly away from me, Arin prepared herself and said she would wash first.

I joined her, saying she might get hurt.

I helped wash Arin’s long hair, and then washed my own.

I learned how to take care of long hair from Eli.

Thinking about how Eli used to nag me endlessly, then got sulky after scolding me about washing hair.

Ah, I should focus on Arin now, not Eli.

So, after washing our bodies, we entered the bath to enjoy the warmth.

Fortunately, since she was small, it wasn’t cramped even with both of us.

To begin with, the magical girls’ dormitory bathtub was quite large.

As I was warming my body comfortably, Arin asked me:

“Unnie, do you really think you’re still a villain?”

“Yes. Having been stained by evil, am I not a villain?”

“You’re not doing evil deeds now. Are you still a villain?”

“Arin, you might not understand because you’re still young, but some things can’t be helped. The fact that I am ultimately a villain. That doesn’t change. No matter where I am or what I do, it’s a label that follows me forever.”

“Unnie. I keep telling you. I have a good eye for people.”

“Haha… To pure Arin, the mask I wear might seem appealing.”

“A mask?”

“Both me and Blanc, we all have masks we wear to survive in society.”

“Unnie, how did you hear my words?”

Arin glared at me as she spoke.

“Pardon? I remember everything you said…”

“Unnie, didn’t I clearly tell you? I can recognize fake kindness, all of it.”

“Haha… Yes, you did.”

“You don’t believe me? Sigh. I guess I’ll have to show you how I know.”

Arin moved closer to me as I was leaning back in the bathtub.

Gradually approaching, she climbed on top of me and entered my embrace.

It happened so suddenly that I couldn’t react, and soon she wrapped my arms around her body.

“Ah, Arin! Th-this, uh, uh…?”

“Unnie. I have a somewhat special ability.”

“L-let’s talk after y-you let go of this…!”

“Unnie, please focus on me. Okay?”

“Th-that, uh, uh. Uh…”

Seeing me stammering in confusion, unable to think straight, Arin took my face in her delicate hands and made me look at her.

“Unnie, sigh. Come on. Look at my face properly.”

“Th-that. Y-yes, yes…”

“I can see a kind of aura around people.”

And so, Arin began to tell me her story.

“Whether people are truly good or evil. What feelings they harbor towards me.”

“I can even detect lies to some extent. Unless they’re trying to deceive me in a particularly cunning way.”

“But the aura I see around you, Bine unnie, is really pure.”

“I’ve seen villains too. I’ve only watched battles from behind Hyewon unnie or Yunseul unnie.”

“The aura you emit is the opposite of what I felt from the villains I’ve seen.”

“I truly feel a good aura. The Bine unnie I’ve seen is not a villain.”

Then, she kissed my cheek.

“Besides, you know that the unnie I’ve been watching with my own eyes is not my enemy, right?”

“I’m really glad I never met such a good unnie as an enemy. Really. Hehe…”

After saying that, Arin hurriedly left the bathroom.

Who’s the embarrassed one here…

Shouldn’t I be the one who’s more flustered…?

I clearly saw Arin being more embarrassed.

Why… am I… more embarrassed?

Really…

After erasing some of the embarrassment, I found that Arin was already asleep.

Although I’m a bit annoyed that she embarrassed me like this…

Sigh, I can’t wake her up when she’s sleeping.

Leaving Arin alone, I went down to the living room and found many eyes on me.

“… Why are you all staring at me like that?”

The first thing I see is the redhead covering the crybaby’s mouth and Blanc looking at me with strange eyes.

“Bine, you… don’t tell me.”

“What is it?”

“Don’t tell me, with Arin… No, it can’t be, right?”

“What are you thinking, Blanc?”

“You, d-don’t tell me, you have that kind of preference…”

“What nonsense are you talking about? Please explain.”

Finally, the crybaby, breaking free from the redhead’s restraint, revealed the truth behind this incident.

“Bine, were you in that kind of relationship with Arin? Seohyun told me everything! In Arin’s room, you two were… mmph! mmph!!”

She was restrained again, but it helped me find the culprit.

“You there, redhead. Come over here.”

“Hmm, Bine…? Why…?”

“You haven’t finished your studies today, have you?”

“Y-yes…?”

“Ah, not those exam studies… I mean villain studies…”

“Hmm…? What do you mean by villain studies…?”

“Blanc, could you possibly remove this collar for a moment? Just for a moment.”

“Ah, no. Why Yunseul? Huh? Why suddenly…?”

You shall know your sins.”