Chapter 31: Spectacular Vote Counting Broadcast
by NovelpiaIn Korean politics, there is a word ‘daimyo’.
The origin is the Japanese local lord, the daimyo.
And in politics, daimyo is used in a similar sense.
It usually refers to people who are so well-versed in a specific constituency that they get elected even if they run as an independent.
My dad has also been called a daimyo in that sense in the political world.
Elected once from the Daehan Party, re-elected from the Hanguk Party, elected for a third term as an independent, and then for a fourth term from the Hanguk Party again.
Cheonan, where he gets elected just by attaching the three letters of his name, ‘Jung Ji-hoon’, whether he’s a conservative or a progressive.
My dad was the daimyo of such a Cheonan city.
It was a result that came from knowing the geography of Cheonan better than the Cheonan taxi drivers, and also from bringing all sorts of vested interests to the constituency.
But in this general election, a definite victory could not be predicted.
My dad, who left the party due to conflicts within the Hanguk Party and ran from a third party.
The Hanguk Party leadership was very displeased with him.
So, the Hanguk Party nominated Ji Nam-cheol, who was a presidential candidate in the election before last, for Cheonan city.
I didn’t understand why a man who had even been a presidential candidate would come down to the provinces.
But I accepted it, thinking he must have been caught with some weakness.
But, that’s not what’s important right now.
What’s important is that the opportunity to finally retire my dad from politics has come.
My father, who has been eating all the insults he would ever eat in his life for the past few years, being called a traitor and whatnot.
Therefore, my mother, who wanted a normal life, had been plotting for my father’s defeat.
Of course, she didn’t cause any trouble or campaign against him.
It was just at a level where she would vent a little of her dissatisfaction in her heart, and to us.
[10, 9, 8…!]
Now, it’s time to see if my mother’s dream will come true.
“Phew… please…”
Dad looks really desperate too.
[3, 2, 1]
[Exit poll results show the Hanguk Party with 133 to 153 seats, the Minguk Party with 131 to 151 seats, the New People’s Party with 3 to 5 seats, and the United Socialist Party with 0 to 2 seats!]
“Alright, we’ve at least broken the proportional representation blockade…”
My dad’s lips moved up, and my mom’s lips moved down.
Until the results for the Cheonan area come out, it will be the same as now.
[Chungnam Cheonan City Gap. Hanguk Party candidate Ji Nam-cheol 35.2%, Minguk Party candidate Park Nam-hee 28.7%, New People’s Party candidate Jung Ji-hoon 34.3%. A super close race is predicted!]
…I’m not sleeping tonight.
Not a 3 or 4% difference, but a 0.9% difference?
Since the exit polls are not accurate in a general election, it means we have to watch until the end.
Did my parents and sisters realize that too?
After a moment of silence, a sound of exclamation is heard.
“Ah…”
Except for my younger sister, everyone made a fed-up expression.
“Kya… this means we’re not sleeping tonight? Then I’ll bring out the beer.”
Why else, she’s excited at the thought of starting a drinking party like Gragas.
“Yujin, do you need more education?”
“S-sorry…”
As expected of our mother.
She’s a master of disciplining ruffians.
I gave a faint smile and continued to watch the vote counting broadcast.
[Seoul Seocho-gu Eul, Hanguk Party candidate Seo-hee 56.1%, Minguk Party candidate Lee Ji-baek 43.9%. Candidate Seo-hee is predicted to be 1st!]
Our neighborhood, as always, the Hanguk Party candidate will be elected…
[Seoul Gangnam-gu Gap, Minguk Party candidate Bae Hyun-sook 49.1%, New People’s Party candidate Park Ga-eun 50.9%. A super close race is predicted!]
Wait a minute, what is that?
The woman smiling on the TV.
The woman I ate with and played games with.
Her identity was Gaeun, who became my friend on the day of the CSAT.
“Huh? What’s wrong?”
My oldest sister threw a question at me, who was staring intently at the TV screen.
“Ah, I think I know that person.”
“How do you know that person?”
“We became friends at the CSAT test center last month.”
“Really? That’s strange.”
I think it’s strange too.
The probability of coincidentally meeting an 18-year-old girl at one of the 1,282 CSAT test centers, coincidentally becoming friends, and that girl coincidentally having a slight lead in the neighboring district’s parliamentary election.
What would that probability be?
I think it would surely be lower than the probability of winning the lottery.
I mean, considering there’s no candidate from one of the two major parties, the Hanguk Party, there must be something more.
I scratched my head and looked up related information.
[Hanguk Party candidate Shin Doo-ik voluntarily resigns due to controversy over sexual harassment of a minor.]
I don’t know what kind of probability she broke through.
At this rate, wouldn’t even the goddess of luck shake her head and say it’s an impossible probability?
…I think that’s likely.
“There was a lot of talk when they nominated that kid, you know? Saying whether it was right to nominate a high school student even if there were no other candidates.”
Oh, are we getting into the behind-the-scenes story?
My dad, who was listening to our conversation, soon smiled and opened his mouth.
“In the end, we decided to nominate her, and then an opportunity like this came up. Life is 90% luck.”
I thought he would reveal some very confidential stories, but in the end, the story ended with his usual theory of everything being luck.
But this time, that theory of everything being luck seemed to be right.
For such unbelievable things to happen at the same time.
It’s a situation where you can’t help but insist on the theory of everything being luck.
And if she gets elected there, it’s an even more unbelievable situation.
I sincerely wished for her victory.
Because it’s fun to watch, setting everything else aside.
I just thought it would be fun.
Chick
That being said, what was that sound just now?
I turned my head towards where the sound was coming from.
Where I turned my head, I saw my younger sister opening a can of beer while glancing around.
“Yujin?”
“Mom, I’ll really just drink this one can.”
“…”
Perhaps because that was within the permissible range, my mother sent a look of displeasure but didn’t say anything more.
“You should know that if you open that, you’ll have a talk with me later.”
I don’t know when he brought it, but my dad was also secretly trying to open a can of beer.
“I… won’t drink.”
As expected, even Dad can’t win against Mom.
Whenever I see her, she’s a charismatic mother who befits the head of the household.
Around 2 in the morning, almost all the votes had been counted.
The result was…
[Chungnam Cheonan City Gap, New People’s Party candidate Jung Ji-hoon is projected to win with 36.1%!]
[Seoul Gangnam-gu Gap, New People’s Party candidate Park Ga-eun is projected to win with 51.1%!]
‘The plan to retire Dad from politics has failed’, and ‘Gaeun’s victory’.
It feels like the community is going to explode today.
Because of the topics of ‘Ji Nam-cheol’s defeat’ and ‘The birth of a high school girl assemblywoman’.
…I’m curious, should I take a look?
I glanced around and logged into the community.
[Ji Nam-cheol’s defeat, yes!!!!!]
Did you think the king of Cheonan, Ji-hoon-haem, was a joke, Nam-cheol-bro? lol
[-The moron b*stard is finally gone lol]
[-You.red.commie.b*stards.did.it.feel.good.to.suck.traitor.Jung.Ji-hoon’s.ass???]
ㄴ[Hey old-timer, just go to sleep lol]
[-(A dumpling laughing hysterically.icon)]
[Has the high school girl assemblywoman appeared?]
(Photo of candidate Park Ga-eun’s confirmed victory.jpg)
I’m posting it because she has lol
[-Heu-eung… nunna…]
ㄴ[You should check in at the court lol]
[-What’s this all about?]
ㄴ[This guy hasn’t been keeping up with the political gallery’s topics.]
ㄴ[Gaeun-nunna is a 18-year-old high school student, she hasn’t graduated yet.]
[-Where did Shin-doo-bro go?]
ㄴ[He got caught touching a middle schooler’s butt at an apartment playground and resigned.]
ㄴ[What a crazy b*stard lol]
ㄴ[How has this guy been in politics until now lol]
[This general election’s results]
Hanguk Party 146 seats
Minguk Party 147 seats
New People’s Party 5 seats
United Socialist Party 2 seats
[-The swing voter is amazing]
[-???]: [What, a traitor? Your bills will never pass, not even if you die lol]
[-Is there a National Assembly where you have to bow your head to a small party with 5 seats for a bill to pass?]
[-???]: [The New People’s Party has become a party with veto power.]
[Real-time reason for hiatus, legendary]
(Screenshot of streamer ‘Eunbi’s long-term hiatus notice.jpg)
How the f*ck is the reason for hiatus ‘becoming an assemblywoman’ lol
[-?]
[-What crazy talk is this?]
[-Isn’t it Park Ga-eun?]
[-This is the first time I’ve seen a b*tch whose red pill is an assemblywoman.]
[-This is a real legend lol]
[Why is Yub <— on hiatus!!!]
Come quickly and mine diamonds!!!
[-Is Yub-nim your friend?]
[-This guy is mentioning the cult leader lol]
[-Yub-dogs, please just mess around in your own gallery.]
ㄴ[Who are you to say that?]
ㄴ[This guy is a Nata-dog lol]
ㄴ[Sigh, the Nata-dogs are out in full force.]
ㄴ[Who was the one who started the trolling first? lol]
…It’s burning up as always.
The politics-related communities are basically all on fire.
And the unrelated broadcasting-related communities also caught fire.
The reason was streamer Eunbi, in other words, Gaeun.
She had mentioned trying to be a Twitch streamer while we were eating before.
But I didn’t know she was actually doing it.
Anyway, the topic from earlier was something that happened when Gaeun debuted as a streamer.
Even though Gaeun was just a small-time VTuber when she was broadcasting.
The fact that the identity of that VTuber is a prospective assemblywoman is a very interesting story.
So that’s why it’s burning up like that.
“Kids, how about we go to bed now?”
Dad said with a face drenched in happiness.
“Okay.”
For now, I’ll follow that suggestion.
Actually, I’m quite sleepy right now.
I’ll have to think about the rest later.
“Ugh…”
The morning sunlight brightened.
What I’m feeling now is a slight fatigue, warmth, and heaviness… huh?
Why do I feel heaviness?
I turned my head to the right, where the heaviness was felt the most.
“Koro-rong… poo…”
Why is this human sleeping here, hugging me?
To my right, my younger sister was peacefully sprawled out.
Ugh, how gross.
“Hey, wake up.”
“…Khek!”
…Did I hit her too hard?
Fortunately, this human didn’t even realize she had been hit.
“Ugh… what, why am I here.”
Did she black out?
I thought she had finished with one can of beer yesterday, but it seems not.
“It’s already 10 o’clock, we have to go home.”
“Oh, right.”
For some reason, she didn’t act grumpy and it ended there.
I was once again reminded of how amazing my mother’s educational skills are.
“Mom, but where are the clothes I wore yesterday?”
“Those? I put them in the washing machine.”
What do you mean by that, mother…
Are you telling me not to go home?
My mother had already run the washing machine in that short morning.
And she put the clothes I had worn in with them.
I have to go home…
What I’m wearing now is children’s pajamas that I have no idea why they’re at the main house.
I can’t go home wearing this.
It’s not just pink, it even has frills.
I wasn’t going to wear this either, but I wore it because my mom gave me a look.
“Want me to lend you some clothes?”
As if she had already prepared, my younger sister was standing behind me, holding some clothes.
Unlike her usual behavior, it was a normal white sweatshirt.
“But why are you carrying something like that?”
“Just because.”
It’s a bit suspicious, but I have no other choice.
I put on the clothes my younger sister handed me and headed to the train station.
It seemed my oldest sister wouldn’t be able to drive either because of her hangover.
I felt more stares than usual for some reason, but I ignored them and went home.
Clunk
“Phew… it’s hard to even come home when my body is like this.”
Still, I was able to return home safely without any accidents.
Should I just wash the clothes I borrowed today and return them later?
A thought I had while changing my clothes.
However, that thought ended there.
Because after taking off the clothes, I saw the text written on the back of them.
‘I am the cutest baby cat in the world’
This crazy b*tch, no wonder she was carrying clothes that fit me perfectly.
I closed my eyes, filled with a desire for revenge.
You… I’ll see you later…
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