Chapter 45 – I Made a Mistake.

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How long had I been bickering with my sister?

Realizing we had wasted too much time at my place, my sister immediately brought out a large delivery box and clear tape and placed them in front of me.

“Stop talking nonsense now and quickly get in the box. If we’re late for dinner, there’ll be no way out. You know how scary Dad is when he hasn’t eaten, right?”

“A hungry Dad is scary indeed. He gets so irritable that his actions become unpredictable. Alright, I’ll get in quickly.”

I grumbled as I got into the box and crouched down, and cautiously asked my sister who was about to seal the box with tape.

“By the way, sis, I have something to ask you.”

“Say it quickly, we don’t have time.”

“What would be the best way to buy some time from Dad, even if just for a moment? I want to use the safest method possible.”

If I didn’t take any measures, the moment the box was unboxed, I’d be grabbed by Dad’s pot lid-like hands and dragged to the room of truth.

Then, I’d surely be beaten like a dog on a hot summer day while receiving mental education.

Since I’d done so much wrong, wouldn’t I be thoroughly disciplined for days and days?

Thinking about how I could use that time to read more fox doujins… I couldn’t help but feel like being caught would lead to a huge loss in life.

You say that’s nonsense? Can’t I just wait a few days and binge-view them?

But in those few days, an arousing fox doujin might be uploaded and then taken down due to various reasons.

What if that removed doujin was a life-changing work?

What if it was an amazing work that could guarantee happy time ten times over?

I might end up hating Dad while shedding tears of blood.

So,

“I can’t receive mental education from Dad, sis. Please, tell me a way.”

“I’m empty-handed.”

“You have more money than me, what do you mean empty-handed? Help me out, think of it as saving your sibling once.”

When I earnestly pleaded with sparkling eyes that were hard to refuse, my sister seemed to think deeply about something and slowly opened her mouth.

“First, you need to secure Mom somehow. If you can take Mom hostage, Dad will turn from a monster into a docile sheep.”

“I know that too, but the process of taking Mom hostage is the problem, right? I’ll be dragged into the master bedroom before I can even reach Mom after being unboxed, so there’s no way!”

“That’s why you need to think of a way to stop Dad even momentarily. Prepare a devastating line that will shake Dad’s mental state, or have someone else stand in as a substitute to block Dad’s actions.”

My sister grinned and came close to me, whispering quietly.

“Why not bring Hyukjin along? He’s your reliable boyfriend, right?”

“Don’t talk nonsense! Why would I date a bastard like him?”

Although lately, he acted reliable and somewhat cool….

“I’m a man! And he’s a man too! That kind of relationship can’t be established!!!”

“But you’re a woman now, right? Isn’t there enough possibility?”

“Rather than doing it with that bastard, I’d rather have hot steamy incest sex with you who has firm abs… Gack!!!”

My sister silenced me by hitting my crown strongly once more, then drilled a few air holes in the side of the box before completely sealing it.

“From now on, keep quiet until I say it’s okay. If you open your mouth, I might go to the police station, and you might go straight to a research lab. Got it?”

“…”

“I said, got it?”

“Yes.”

A moment later, I felt weightless as my sister lifted the box.

At the same time, I heard the sound of the door lock opening, and outside air began to flow in through the air holes.

The very refreshing outside air, different from the stuffy indoor air that only gets ventilated once every few months.

Addicted to that freshness, I took a deep breath and….

“Cough, cough… gasp…?”

I ended up coughing because of the cigarette smell that came in through the air holes.

…Totally screwed.

What if the smoker reported me?

Would I be taken to a research lab where they dismantle my soft, fluffy, luscious tails one by one, and conduct all sorts of experiments on me like in those ruination novels?

I wrote a whole ruination novel in my head out of extreme fear during the trip, but fortunately nothing happened, and I felt myself being thrown onto a seat as I heard the sound of a door opening.

Then, I heard the sound of a car starting and my sister’s irritated voice.

“You fucking bitch! How could you cough in there? We were almost caught!”

“I couldn’t help it! Do you know how torturous it is to smell cigarette smoke with a body that has never smelled it before?”

How should I describe the feeling?

Was it like entering a burning house and inhaling smoke with all your might?

Perhaps because my body’s senses were so sensitive, cigarette smoke smelled like the smoke from a fire, which was why my best effort was to barely hold back my coughs.

As I growled with my voice trembling from the unfairness, my sister tapped the box as if telling me to stop.

“No matter how I look at it, with a personality at the level of a rabid dog, this bitch is not a gumiho but a chihuahua.”

“You should compare comparable things! Chihuahua tails aren’t this fluffy and luscious….”

“Just shut up! You tail fetishist!”

My infuriated sister shook the box frantically with her right hand as if telling me to be quiet, and I had no choice but to close my mouth, abandoning my plan to unfold a thesis on fox tail studies.

The motion sickness was so severe that if I spoke, I would vomit, and that would obviously contaminate my precious tails that I had spent 2 hours meticulously grooming.

And so, the awkward silence returned.

My sister, seemingly disliking such awkwardness, spoke to me in a serious yet cautious manner.

“By the way, are you going to continue living like that?”

“You told me to shut up and now you’re starting trouble? Are you dissatisfied with how I live?”

“Well, to be precise, I don’t want to interfere, but it’s somewhat concerning.”

“What’s concerning? Living like a hikikomori? Or living while giggling and drawing adult images?”

Wasn’t it fine as long as I was satisfied?

Besides, as long as I was helpful to others by living this way, there was no harm done, right?

Was there something wrong with doing the noble work of providing masturbation material to others? I didn’t think so.

As I tilted my head and stared at my sister, she sighed and shook her head.

“Never mind, I think I said something unnecessary. It’s stranger for me to criticize when you’re living satisfactorily, even if not well.”

“There’s nothing to criticize in the first place.”

“That’s not true. In your case, there are too many things to criticize which is why I can’t criticize.”

My sister tapped the box and told me to take care of my conscience, which irritated me, so I retaliated.

“So, when are you getting married, sis? Have you found a decent person?”

“You fucking bitch?!”

I got punched by a merciless fist that penetrated the box after carelessly adding that one comment.

“Kyaaang!!!”

…Damn sister, this was exactly why you couldn’t get a boyfriend!

I was about to proudly tell her the reason for her lack of boyfriends, but seeing the killing intent in her eyes….

I buried that reason deep in my heart and didn’t open my mouth until we arrived at our family home.

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“We’ve arrived. I’ll tap the top of the box twice when we get inside the house, so stay quiet until then, okay?”

“Sis, could you help me one more time?”

“If you’re thinking of using the sister shield, abandon hope. I don’t want to receive mental education myself by getting in the way.”

“I’ll give you 100,000 won, no, 200,000 won as payment! Please block him!”

“I wouldn’t do that even for 1,000,000 won. Do you think I’m crazy enough to stand in Dad’s way?”

“Weren’t you a crazy bitch, sis?”

“…”

Seeing her silence, it seemed my sister’s help was out of the question.

I didn’t expect much, but it was still a bit disappointing.

If my sister had helped, things would have ended easily.

During the short time from my sister’s car to our family home, I quickly began searching for a plan to stop my father’s rough handling.

A way to shake my father’s firm mental state….

If I use ‘those words,’ wouldn’t even my father’s iron will be pulverized in an instant?

Having found a method, I smiled vilely, and hearing that laughter, my sister anxiously asked me:

“You’re not thinking of something strange, are you? Please end this normally, okay?”

“It’s okay, sis. With just one line, I can stop Dad, even if only for a moment.”

Even though I might die afterward.

When I spoke confidently, my sister whispered to me in a voice mixed with half curiosity and half worry.

“You’re speaking so confidently that I’m more scared, you brat. Before you say it to Dad, give me a little hint of what you’re planning.”

“You’ll know if you wait a little, be patient for the finale.”

I refused to answer. Eventually giving up on getting an answer, my sister had arrived at the front door and began entering the doorlock password.

After a while, I heard the sound of the door opening, and simultaneously, my father’s hoarse voice.

“Did you bring him? Put him down in the living room.”

I got goosebumps from my father’s voice, which was frightening just to hear, but I tried to maintain my composure and waited for my father to unbox the delivery box.

And, right before my father’s rough hands touched my golden hair after the box was unboxed….

I, acting with a wistful expression, spoke quietly in a voice only my father could hear.

“Dad, I made a mistake.”

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