episode_0012

For lunch, I just had fried rice.

It was a shame that I couldn’t make kimchi fried rice because I ran out of kimchi, but it was okay.

Actually, I like egg fried rice better and I’m better at it.

After frying, coat each grain of rice perfectly with egg mixture and season with salt and pepper.

And a little chicken stock.

It’s a magical seasoning.

I’m in my mid-20s and I have a body type that can’t eat rice without soup, so I made a simple soybean paste stew.

Since there was no kimchi, there was nothing to serve as a side dish, not just kimchi fried rice.

I should make a week’s worth of side dishes depending on how I feel tonight or tomorrow.

“Jinhyeon-ah.”

“Huh?”

“Dry my hair.”

Yeonseo, who entered the bathroom later than me, came out of the shower just as I was almost done cooking.

She asked me to dry her hair while drying it with a towel.

… it seemed like it was quite comfortable for me.

The sight of her wearing a thong with dolphin pants was strangely unfamiliar and gave me a strange thrill.

Then, I thought that she was too careless because she could see her bra strap as well as her shoulder strap.

I’m confused as to what it means to say it’s okay to come closer in this state.

“My head~.”

“I’m having a hard time right now because I’m cooking.”

I even showed you how to use a hair dryer, so you should be able to do it yourself.

“Please do it.”

“I’m cooking~.”

I dealt firmly with behavior that was either childish or unreasonable.

Actually, I was concentrating as much as possible on the fried rice while wok-frying.

I don’t know about anything else, but I can’t compromise on this one thing.

Okay, not bad.

I stopped woking and turned down the heat, but I felt a thud from the side.

“I said I’d dry your hair if you were home with me!”

“Wow!”

Yeonseo, who had come closer while stomping her feet, threw another punch.

“When cooking, don’t hit the knife or fire!”

“Sorry.”

I was surprised, but I pulled myself together and tried to calm him down. He surprisingly apologized obediently.

Yeonseo opened her eyes wide and spoke as if she was amazed, almost causing an accident.

“That was a very human reaction just now.”

When I frowned slightly in disbelief, Yeonseo smiled even brighter.

“That expression just now is so disappointing!”

A woman cannot know.

He gets really angry at dawn and laughs and hits people in the morning.

Now it’s getting scary.

But I couldn’t say anything more because he was smiling and doing that.

“I’ll definitely do it next time.”

“You promised?”

I realized this as I watched Yeonseo’s back as she hummed and put down her spoon.

It’s been a really long time since I’ve made an impression on someone.

It was the first time since I turned 20 that I could express my true feelings without hiding them with a smile.

—

“What are you going to do today?”

After quickly finishing the fried rice, Yeonseo was swinging her legs around the table and playing on her phone.

When I told her about YouTube and Naver, Yeonseo got the hang of it quickly and was busy watching various videos and blogs.

On the other hand, I was washing the dishes diligently like a servant, befitting the owner of the house.

“Well? You went out a lot yesterday, and now you have housework to do? It’s your last day off, so you should do some housework.”

“Housework?”

“Yeah, cleaning and laundry. If I miss it today, I’ll have to leave it like this for another week.”

Then Yeonseo’s eyes sparkled.

“I’ll do it!”

“You?”

“Yeah, housework is for women, right?”

Here again I felt the difference in civilization.

In Askria, which was considered a medieval civilization by modern standards, the division of roles by gender was clear.

Regardless of whether women work as adventurers, mercenaries, or magicians, once they get married, unless they are exceptional cases like magicians, they naturally take care of the household and are respected for their authority as the head of the household.

When a married woman went out to work, the husband was treated like a loser who had nothing to say even if his wife cheated on him or was forcibly taken away by another man.

By the standards of this world, Yeonseo would have been a full-fledged adult and in the middle of marriageable age if she had passed her birthday this year.

If you are thinking about marriage, it is natural that you would want to take a bridal class to learn housekeeping.

There is no need to do that here though.

Although she appears to be full of enthusiasm, Yeonseo has never cooked.

Even if we exclude the time after coming here, our saintess did not cook while traveling in another world.

To be exact, I did everything myself.

Don’t let it out of your mouth.

There was another chance that I would get hit again.

Maybe it was because my body was strong, but the force of the blows was getting stronger.

“Why aren’t you saying anything?”

“You want to do the housework by yourself?”

“Yeah. Is it difficult?”

there is.

That too, a lot.

“I’m going to start by cleaning, but how?”

“Sweep with a broom and wipe with a mop.”

“There is no broom in my house.”

There is a stone.

I don’t know the exact product name, but everyone knows it’s called Dol Dol.

“Then what should I use to sweep it?”

“Suck it all up with a vacuum cleaner.”

“Cleaning… machine?”

I finished washing the dishes.

It took some time because there were two reasons.

About 5 minutes?

I wiped my hands on a dry towel and smiled the smile I make every day.

“I’ll tell you right away. It’s not hard.”

But Yeonseo warned me while slapping me with a warning.

“That smile is forbidden.”

“Why?”

“That’s hypocritical.”

I think I heard something similar from Seyun last time.

It would be better to show you directly.

I revealed my honest feelings by lowering the corners of my lips.

Yeonseo flinched and lowered her finger.

When I erase my smile, my face looks very cold to put it nicely, and uninterested to put it badly.

That’s actually true.

“No, put the smile back on.”

What do you want me to do?

Besides, he was using outdated entertainment buzzwords from something he saw on YouTube earlier.

I went into the bedroom and came out with a cordless vacuum cleaner.

After showing the power button and turning it on, it made a buzzing sound.

I pushed it hard against the floor.

Yeonseo was even more surprised than when she was at the department store, seeing the dust and crumbs of unknown origin being sucked in.

I smiled and started cleaning.

“You turn it on like this and push it around to suck up dust and small debris and clean it.”

“Ouch! I’ll do it!”

“No.”

“Why!”

As I pushed the vacuum cleaner away from Yeonseo’s hand, who was running towards me while shaking her head, she reacted violently.

It was admirable that she wanted to take the lead in housework, but Yeonseo had more pressing matters to worry about.

I pointed to the bedroom entrance with my index finger.

“Ah… .”

There was a pile of shopping bags filled with things I had bought yesterday.

Because of that, I had a hard time jumping over it when I brought the vacuum cleaner earlier.

“Should I clean that up first?”

“… … .”

Yeonseo pouts and stares blankly at the pile of shopping bags.

Then, like a wooden doll, he suddenly turned his face towards me and shamelessly held out his hand.

“Let’s do it together.”

“You want me to touch a woman’s clothes?”

“Okay, okay! You clean up! Clean it up! ”

I couldn’t even argue with something that was right, so I got annoyed and strode into the bedroom.

“Hey, don’t lie down on the bed!”

“Oh, I got caught.”

—

Even so, I really like cleaning.

I like cleaning because it gives me visible results and changes as I do it.

Contrary to what people think, a house becomes clean when it is cleaned and organized.

As long as I have a little affection and do it consistently, the house will remain clean.

It’s good because it’s clearly different from the kind of person who feels burdened or takes it for granted and doesn’t change no matter how much attention and affection you give them.

By the time I had finished running the vacuum cleaner and scrubbing the floor with a broom, the Yeonseo area was also finished.

At home, only the shell of a fancy shopping bag remained.

Let’s fold it up neatly and put it inside the shoe cabinet in case we need to use it later.

“Ah… That was so hard.”

It seems like I’m just accumulating more and more bad habits.

Yeonseo did a really good job of organizing, but there was one thing that was disappointing.

None other than sharing a closet.

The bottom two drawers of the dresser held Yeonseo’s everyday clothes, and I gave half of my clothes rack to clothes that needed to be hung, like one-piece dresses.

“I think I should buy a small piece of furniture, even if it’s just a hanger. I’ll hang mine there and let Yeonseo use the clothes.”

“Why? I like it this way.”

“Are you okay with this?”

“Yeah, I like the feeling of living together.”

It’s not like I have to share a closet to feel that way.

“If I have enough space, I don’t need enough money to buy furniture.”

“Okay, if the two of you can afford a house like this and two cabinets, that’s enough. Other people have a hard time affording one house and one cabinet. What.”

It felt like a conversation between a married couple and it tickled my nerves.

For reference, one house and one furniture unit is the configuration of a well-to-do, middle-class newlywed home by other world standards.

After cleaning, laundry came right after.

He showed me the entire process of sorting laundry by color, material, and by looking at the washing instructions on the clothes, then putting it in the washing machine, adding detergent and fabric softener, and turning it on.

“Is this the end? It just keeps going on its own?”

“Yeah, that’s the end.”

“Don’t you hit it with a clothes bat?”

“I hand wash things that are really stained, but I don’t use a clothespin.”

And Yeonseo covered her mouth as she turned on the dryer first, focusing on socks and rags that would be washed quickly.

“If machines do all the cleaning and laundry, aren’t all married women just playing around at home? If everything is solved by just pressing a button, then I won’t be treated properly as a housewife.”

Let me emphasize again that in this world, women were in charge of housework, but their status in the home was very firm.

“Uh… That’s a bit… This is a topic where opinions are divided, isn’t it? There are also some areas where people need to move to some extent.”

“If you won’t even do that, what kind of hostess are you?”

There is something like that.

It is too early to tell and it is a matter of cautious debate.

“You know, isn’t that a laundry basket too?”

While I was thinking about it, Yeonseo discovered a basket that had been hidden in a corner of the bedroom.

I hurriedly covered my gaze with my body, but Yeonseo continued to peek out and ask me.

“Why didn’t you wash that? Should I do it?”

“No, that’s okay.”

“Why? I know how to do it now. I’ll show you. From now on, I’ll do my laundry.”

I quickly grabbed her wrist as she tried to pass me by.

“… ? Just watch what I’m doing next to you and tell me if there’s anything wrong.”

But I didn’t let go.

I could never let it go.

“Jinhyun, let go.”

“Yeonseo… .”

When I called her in a serious tone, Yeonseo also waited for her next words with a somewhat nervous look on her face.

“Why…?”

“… … .”

“It’s okay, tell me.”

Permission was granted, but it was not easy to open my mouth.

I hesitated for a while and then finally gave in.

“That’s my underwear laundry basket.”

Yeonseo froze in place.