episode_0040

“Oppa, what are you doing?”

“Make a crossbow.”

To make a crossbow, I printed out a photo to use as material and stood in front of the tool.

As if I was bored, Nayoung came out next to me.

“Crossbow? Is it mine?”

“You can take it too.”

He keeps snooping around and giving me attention,

It wasn’t boring, but it was true that it was annoying.

I brought the raw wood, drew a rough sketch, and ground it with a hand grinder to create the rough shape of the body.

Classic crossbow-shaped body.

“Oh~ Oppa, you’re good.”

“Really?”

Why would a kid who seems to have the least interest in weapons be like that next to him?

Come to think of it, I was dressed nicely.

A gray checkered skirt with black stockings that emphasizes shapely legs.

For her top, she wore a tight-fitting black neck collar.

When I take a quick look at his body, he appears to be posing as if he is showing off.

“Isn’t it pretty?!”

“uh.”

“Why is the reaction like that!!”

“I heard you’re pretty?”

The reaction may have been weaker than expected, and the lips protruded slightly.

She keeps making fun of me while I’m working, and if she wasn’t pretty, I would have kicked her out already.

Still, I leave it alone because it’s eye candy.

“Why are you here like this, playing with other kids?”

“Is there anyone to play with me…”

“Are you an outcast?”

“…No.”

Even as he said that, he kicked his toes on the floor.

“You’re being bullied.”

“… Sohyun and Aram became close friends while visiting Seoul.”

“You can fit in there.”

“…Women are awkward.”

When I raised my head and glanced at him, he blushed and avoided my gaze.

He seems to know that he is an outcast.

He always gave a cold tick to Sohyun who spoke to him first, so it was a self-satisfaction.

“A little further away, it’s dangerous.”

“Ugh…”

I moved Nayoung away and used a blowtorch on the PVC pipe to slightly melt it.

Then, press it with wood and shape it so that it becomes flatter toward both ends.

“Can that make a crossbow?”

“Maybe?”

When I was doing research, I saw bows made using PVC pipe a few times.

Perhaps a crossbow would also work.

The plan was to make up for the lack of tension by attaching a spring.

After adjusting the left and right sides as symmetrically as possible, I took out the bow string that I had saved as a spare part for the compound bow and hung it up.

I pulled it straight with my hand and tested the tension.

“I guess around 50.”

“Are you done?!”

“Not yet.”

“Still..?!”

I was getting irritated because I kept talking nonsense.

“Hey. Are you saying just go? Why are you here installing it?!”

“Well…I’ll be quiet, sorry oppa…”

In the end, it becomes quiet only after hearing a sound.

I fixed the bow at an angle to the carved wooden body and then used string to finish it as much as possible.

Springs connecting the bow and main body were also installed on both sides to add tension.

Now it looks somewhat like a crossbow.

However, there were still many shortcomings to call it complete.

We need to install scaffolding and make a launcher so we can step on it and pull it.

I also had to make a belt to use when reloading.

It’s a bit primitive, but I’m thinking of using the method of attaching a loop to the waist belt and loading while standing up as if doing a squat.

Since you are loading with your legs, it will be easier than using your arms.

I thought about finishing it, but it seems like it’s already been a while.

The sun was slowly going down.

“What time is it now?”

“Wait a minute?! I’ll be back soon!!!”

He rushed home, looked at his watch and quickly came back.

“Five o’clock!!!”

“More time has passed than I thought.”

“Yes!!! Are you going to rest now?”

It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long, but 4 hours have already passed.

However, seeing that it now vaguely resembles a crossbow, it appears that the time was not in vain.

I would probably be able to complete it by tomorrow.

“Is that so?”

“Yes!!!”

It wags its tail next to me like a puppy asking to go for a walk, and makes a fuss.

Even though Nayoung was annoying at times, she waited patiently for 4 hours.

“But what are you waiting for?”

“Well? just? Because there’s nothing to do anyway… .”

Then he clapped his hands as if he remembered something.

“That…is…”

Nayoung slowly approaches me, stretching her tongue out.

With a flirtatious smile, he gently poked my chest with his finger.

“There is something I want to do… but I can’t do it alone.”

Although it wasn’t said, it was a temptation that was clearly felt.

“Really? You can do well on your own.”

“Ugh…! I did it because my brother told me to do it!!!”

He crosses his legs and makes a fuss.

When I was surprised that he had waited by my side for a long time and tried to match the music.

Dayoung’s voice was heard from far away.

“Hanseong oppa~!!!”

“Uh~ Why???”

Dayoung approached me holding a bow and quietly grabbed my hand and pulled me.

“Oppa, can you teach me how to bow??”

“Why isn’t it working?”

“Yes… It doesn’t fit as well as I thought”

His voice was full of sadness, as if he was upset that things didn’t work out as he had hoped.

She looked up at me with clear eyes and had tears in her eyes, but I couldn’t say no.

“Okay, let’s go.”

“Nayoung, I’m resting in my room.”

“Uh…yeah…”

*

“Do you want to give it a shot?”

“Yes~~!”

A smile appeared on his face, which had looked gloomy just a moment ago.

He set the arrow with a bright smile and shot it with a neat posture.

A clean hit.

He said it wasn’t working out, but it seems like that was just a lie to steal me.

“You shoot well?”

“It’s because my brother looked after me!”

“Really?”

“Woong!!!”

Is it because I learned how to be cute by watching my older sister?

She shows a bit of cuteness similar to Nayoung.

He looks up at me with eyes full of anticipation, like a child being handed a 100-point exam.

As I gently stroke my head with my hand, I close my eyes and take a deep, wide breath as if savoring this moment.

“Hey~ Did I do well?”

“Okay, good job. You’re good at shooting a bow.”

I guess this was the reason they brought me here.

Practicing with a bow alone must have been a bit boring.

Did you want to brag about it because it was going well?

“You actually brought me here to show off, right?”

“… It’s true that I can’t shoot better than my brother. That speaker, I can’t do that speaker!!”

“Really? Then, would you like to stand upright?”

“Woong!!!”

“Cute.”

“Hmm…”

When I started to act cute, I stroked him and said he was cute, and his face turned bright red.

However, seeing him smile brightly brought a smile to my face.

“First of all, how to hold an arrow, if you want to fire continuously, you have to hold 3 arrows in your hand at once.”

Three arrows were placed in Dayoung’s hands.

He held all three at once, as if holding them between his fingers, and guided his hand to the bow.

“After that, put one foot at a time like this and pull it as soon as you walk.”

He pressed his body closer, pretending to help with his already perfect posture.

“Hold your stance and aim. Shoot.”

Tung.

“Don’t look at the arrow, reload right away.”

“Ah, yes!”

He quickly attached a second arrow to my horse and shot.

“Still, I think it got a little faster because I changed the way I catch it. But the hit rate… .”

The second arrow, shot in haste, failed to hit the tree, let alone the target, and ended up hitting the wall.

“If you practice, you will become a little more accurate. Still, you’re doing really well for your first time?”

“Hi…thank you~”

With just one compliment from me, his depressed face immediately brightened again.

I also brought a bow and stood next to Dayoung.

3 shots in rapid succession, as if showing off.

Fortunately, the arrows all hit the target.

“Wow… As expected, oppa!”

The way they clap their hands and praise me makes me smile.

Foam magazine in this taste.

Well then.

Archery date after standing together like that for so long?

Shooting date? Anyway, when you are enjoying a date full of sweet atmosphere.

Suddenly, Dayoung made a suggestion.

“Oppa… Shall we make a bet?!”

The bet was simple.

I shoot 5 shots, Dayoung shoots 10, who among them scores more by 10?

Considering the difference in skill, I thought this was fairly fair.

“If you bet, does the person who wins get something?”

“There is!”

Perhaps out of embarrassment, he lowered his head and continued talking while writhing his whole body.

“…Give me a wish ticket.”

“Is there anything you want?”

“Yes. There is.”

“You can listen if I just say it?”

“That…it’s a secret!”

It seemed like it was far from just an ordinary wish.

…It’s true that I’m a little worried when I think about last night, when I left a lot of kiss marks.

Unfortunately, I don’t think I can lose.

“Okay, let’s do it~”

That’s how the bet started.

Dayoung fired two shots and I shot one.

So we took turns shooting arrows.

“Ugh…!”

Maybe it was because I was nervous, but it didn’t go as well as I thought.

Dayoung, who missed the center twice in a row, bit her lower lip.

“So now it’s my turn?”

The arrow, which was shot cleanly, went straight to the center and stuck.

“Ah… ”

I enjoy watching Dayoung go through each and every step,

We barely made it to the last round.

Current score 3:2

Dayoung fired an arrow when I was ahead by one point.

“Wow~!!!”

As soon as it hit the center, I cheered and hurriedly covered my mouth, probably because I thought it was too thick.

“Hihi… Oppa, I’m nervous!”

The second arrow I shot carefully missed, and I hit the center neatly, game three.

With a score of 4:3, the right to wish was mine.

“Too bad it ended up?”“… You can get it again next time!”

Even as he said that, his expression was full of regret.

It seems like he was just burning with a desire to win rather than simply wishing.

Dayoung shook her head as if to shake off her regret and wrapped her arms around me.

“I’m hungry~ Let’s go eat~!”

“Okay~”

*

“Please share some with the house next door.”

“I’ve already been there~!”

Sohyeon, who is full of kindness, seems to have already taken care of the next door house before I even asked her to.

I was planning on giving them food anyway, so…

I looked at the plowed fields as I went, and progress was slower than expected.

Why does the man who was working on the construction site have so little strength? .

I don’t know if I’ll pay for the food.

This time too, Dayoung took the seat next to me.

Nayoung, who always took the seat next to me, was in the middle of the table.

I sat alone in a place that looked like a table of heads.

His lips were sticking out, as if he was pouting because he waited for 4 hours and got no results.

The whole time I was eating, I was not eating, and was pounding the rice with my chopsticks.

Even after dinner, Dayoung followed me into the room as if it was natural.

Because I can’t sink in as much as I want yet.

I didn’t want to have awkward sex.

“Shall we watch a movie?”

“Yes~ I like it. What movies do you like?”

“What do I do, action movie? There isn’t much to cover.”

“Me too. It’s the same?”

So we lay in bed and watched a movie together.

Dayoung cut my arm over the pillow.

The feeling of heavy weight on my arm wasn’t bad.

By the time I finished watching the movie.

Knock knock.

There was a knock on my door.

“…Can I come in?”

It was Nayoung.