Chapter 90: It’s raining so much

Whooooosh…

It was still early afternoon, but under the sky, darkened by clouds,

Large raindrops began to pour down violently, becoming fierce streams of rain.

A villa in the mountains, far away from the city, not easy to find even if you were determined to.

Amidst the absence of the sounds of countless people living, which had become so familiar, and the extreme quiet.

What could be heard was the sound of rain pattering on the window,

The small sound of gas being released from the burner as if exhaling,

The small commotion of water droplets bubbling in the pot.

Inside the dining room, where a slightly cool air lingered because the heating wasn’t intentionally turned up high.

The burner was like a bonfire occupying the center of the table.

The faint warmth of the sake, subtly raising the body temperature from within.

Everything was picturesque, like a campfire in nature, but the most beautiful thing was human.

A girl clearly revealing a flushed red color on skin that was so transparent and thin it seemed like it would tear.

A smile that was dreamy and giggling was so sacred and beautiful that it naturally brought to mind religious paintings in memory.

Like, well, works like The Creation of Adam or The Last Supper.

At the same time, the thought that came to mind was the mischievousness of wanting to scribble on top of those great works.

Overwhelmed by reverence, did she feel the urge to destroy in reverse?

The base and ugly desire of humans, wanting to break something because it was too perfect.

“I’ll never forget this grudge against you ugly traitors for abandoning Magical Fight!”

……Yeah.

It seemed like it would be really perfect if only she would shut that mouth.

No, if you didn’t try to understand the content and just listened to the sound, it would be like the whisper of a fairy…….

There’s no way it could be, huh.

The drunken ramblings she spewed barely managed to drag the scene of mythology back into reality.

“You were the first to disappear.”

“I didn’t betray Mae Pa, I just couldn’t play the game!”

“Were you sick? What kind of situation would prevent someone who was playing games with me even the day before the college entrance exam from being able to play the game?”

“…….”

Silence flowed for a moment.

Even people who had eaten their brains with rice could tell that it meant an unspeakable situation.

Instead, Lee Joon asked with feigned concern.

“Is it okay for you to drink alcohol?”

Jeon Seol Ah frowned in disgust at his suddenly softened voice.

“Ugh! Don’t be so sweet all of a sudden. It makes me want to puke! Uweeek!”

“I’d worry this much even if I was just with other guys. Don’t you know because you don’t have any friends?”

It was just a casual, flowing comment, but the other party happened to be Seol Ah.

A critical hit that grazed her!

The effect was very excellent!

“Baaad Nooooob! Don’t attack me with facts in such a cowardly way! Baaad Nooooob!”

Seol Ah’s expression as she shouted didn’t seem that angry.

No, if you look closely, the corners of her lips were subtly tilted.

If you looked even closer, you could see that she was secretly smiling.

Yeah, right now, it’s a truly long-awaited inssa event.

Wasn’t she in the middle of enjoying a drinking party with her friends?

She’s an introverted person who can never get used to the party atmosphere of mingling with people. However, it was still nice to drink with friends who had an internal intimacy that was close to max level.

Even her shoulders and collarbones, which were revealed above the string tank top, were turning red.

It was truly as if her whole body had been heated up by the magic of alcohol.

Huh?

Shoulders and collarbones aren’t places you should look at?

No, to be exact, it’s not that they’re in places you shouldn’t look at.

It’s just that it’s a crime if you look down at them at that angle.

In the case of Lee Joon, who was tall, if he looked down at that side…….

Lee Joon hurriedly raised his gaze to the ceiling.

There was an appropriate mood light on the ceiling of the dining room, and the brightness could be adjusted in three stages.

Right now, a moonlight-like light that was perfect for drinking was turned on.

“Is there some kind of bug in the sky?”

“Yeah. It’s like a hornet.”

“What!?”

Seol Ah’s gaze scanned the surroundings, looking around in fear.

Each of her diverse expressions, like a high-end omakase where you can taste various fish and parts, was a very delicious girl.

Lee Joon corrected her only after sufficiently enjoying Seol Ah’s petrified expression.

“Actually, there’s nothing like that. It was a lie ping.”

“You crazy bastard! You scared the sh*t out of me!”

Does this person hate bugs?

Like common girls?

That’s truly, fitting but also strange.

I’m still confused.

That this small girl in front of me is like a demon king in the gaming world who makes people feel walls and delivers despair.

It doesn’t suit her appearance at all.

I imagined going to a PC cafe with her.

I thought she would sit next to him and say, ‘Are these kinds of things fun? Isn’t it more fun to play with me than those things?’

In reality, it would probably be like this.

‘Agh! You’re frustrating me! Move! I’ll show you how to do it!’ In that kind of way.

Lee Joon, who smiled while imagining it on his own, wiped his lips in embarrassment and turned his gaze away.

‘Why has Wooseung been so quiet since earlier?’

Lee Joon briefly checked on the state of his comrade.

Wooseung’s expression was extremely serious.

To the point that he looked like someone taking a test that his life depended on.

‘Why is the universe so vast and humans so small?’

He couldn’t possibly realize from his facial expression alone that the concerns that started with ‘Why do I think Seol Ah is beautiful’ had already reached cosmic insight.

Because he’s not a mind reader.

As for why he started having those concerns, it was because he felt that if he didn’t have those thoughts, he would just blankly stare at Seol Ah’s face.

He felt that he needed more fundamental reflection.

Sitting here right now was a monk.

He had become a seeker of truth.

At any rate, because most of them were drunk, there was only one person who was still maintaining their sanity.

Chills.

Jeon Seol Yoon, who sometimes felt like an unfamiliar existence, for example, a CCTV, gave him a strange feeling.

She was very pretty and he was confident that he could get her to fall for him in 3 seconds, but even so, she gave him a strange sense of foreboding.

Lee Joon gave an awkward smile because their eyes had met for no reason.

I’m innocent. I properly looked at the ceiling, you know.

Seol Yoon responded with her eyes curved like a crescent moon, but somehow, it felt like her mouth wasn’t smiling at all?

“People, they all have their own lacking parts and painful parts……. But the people I’ve seen, they’re like, ‘You’re better off than me, so you can’t whine.’ They have a misery contest, competing to see who’s more miserable. The losers who can’t prove that they’re more miserable in that contest aren’t even allowed to pretend that it’s hard for them, even if it is.”

Fortunately, Seol Ah opened her mouth again, so Lee Joon was barely able to escape the strange tension.

“Hmm.”

It’s just that it’s more extremely revealed on the internet.

The kind of humans that Seol Ah was talking about were hiding everywhere in society.

People who think so easily about other people’s affairs that they haven’t experienced and speak so easily.

People who believe that only the pain they have is the most terrible and painful tragedy in the world.

“Where did you meet those weird people?”

“It’s just, almost all of the people I’ve met in my life are like that.”

“You have no luck with people.”

“As much as I felt that other people weren’t good, those people must have hated me. I’m just after all.”

Seol Ah, who just at a glance seemed like a puppy that had been rained on and gave off an anxious atmosphere that he couldn’t leave alone.

At this moment, her eyes were so empty like a puppy that had witnessed its mother die,

If he hadn’t repeated it to himself dozens of times that he absolutely couldn’t move according to his instincts,

He would have unconsciously gotten up, walked over, and hugged her. She had such a heartbreaking expression.

If it were a man and a man, if it were a woman and a woman, he would have definitely hugged her tightly.

It was just that it was between a man and a woman.

Because it was a situation that was easy to be misunderstood.

It’s a regrettable thing.

“Because I’m a misfit who can’t blend in with my surroundings.”

No, you were just unlucky.

If I carelessly put those comforting words into words.

What do you know about my life?

It felt like a difficult question to answer would come flying.

Lee Joon couldn’t open his mouth.

It seemed like he needed to choose his words more carefully.

“It’s good to be just good enough to break when you collide.”

Wooseung, who had broken free from his cosmic insight and barely returned to reality, said.

“It has to be that much to be qualified to be my rival.”

I’m jealous. To be able to put the word rival in his mouth.

“Don’t go into your own world. I’m here too. Because the one who laughs last is me.”

Honestly, even though he wasn’t confident, Lee Joon was trying to be as bluff as possible.

Come to think of it, this gathering.

Wasn’t it a gathering that was formed because he shed tears, before this friendship?

Then there was definitely something he had to say.

“I’m going to win this year. Wash your neck and wait.”

Ranking 1st? Of course that’s good.

But as a professional, the tournament comes first.

“I absolutely won’t give it up easily. But, Seol Ah, you’re not going to be a pro?”

Since the topic came up, Wooseung asked Seol Ah.

“That can’t happen. If I become a pro, everyone who watches the tournament will fall in love with me.”

Hmm. There’s persuasiveness to it.

Men are inherently critically weak to women who understand their hobbies.

To go beyond the level of someone who does those hobbies with them, she’s so good that she’s competing for 1st place.

Let’s say she shows a cool carrying scene in a pro match.

That’s too much of a cheat key.

That really seems like it’ll be a big problem.

“I declared that I’d double my broadcasting hours until I got 1st place.”

Wooseung grinned.

“Are you sure you’ll be okay? It seems like that double event won’t end for your whole life.”

It wasn’t a tournament teaser video, but a trash talk that suddenly started!

“Press like if you think that Victory, who’s terribly afraid of Jeon Jeonseol, who’s already chasing right behind him, is actually trembling.”

“Are you not even looking at the fish that you’ve already caught? What’s the point difference between you and me. Always be nervous.”

“Khehehe. Then, should we cheers!”

Suddenly a toast.

And immediately a one-shot.

Drinking with a friend after almost only drinking alone is much better.

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“I’m sorry. The rain is too heavy, so it seems like you’ll have to stay at the villa tonight.”

Kim driver was conveying some news to Lee Joon and Wooseung with very polite honorifics that were so burdensome.

The mountain road is rough, and it’s raining so much that they’ll have to stay at the villa.

What, it’s not like it’s an island where the boat has been cut off by chance and they can’t get out.

Suddenly, something like this?

Under the same roof as those ultra-beautiful sisters!?

Even if you say that, nothing special is going to happen.

It’s not like this is some sh*tty light novel, right?