episode_0067

After a while, Princess Hongryeon and I changed into our going-out clothes and came out of Hyehwadang. It was spring, so it was perfect weather to go out. There were many people like us out on an outing today. Princess Hongryeon looked around the residential area where Hyehwadang was located and spoke.

“Jinwoo. This is where your younger brother and Jinwoo live, right?”

“That’s right. This is Seungcheon-gu, Seoul. Is there anything you’d like to see?”

“I wonder how my younger brother lives in this world. If there is a place your younger brother often goes, please take him there too.”

Should we really call them sisters? Princess Hongryeon seemed to be curious about how Sarah, who had been reincarnated in this world, was living. Princess Hongryeon came out and showed her curiosity by asking me about Sarah.

“A place you go often? Then, you can go to school first. We must go to school before we become adults. The place I go most often is school.”

“Oh… . The answer comes right away. As expected, I am trustworthy because I have Jinwoo.”

“Let’s go, princess.”

It was when I was about to go with Princess Hongryeon to Seungcheon High School, which we were attending.

A mother and daughter who were passing nearby seemed to have heard our conversation. A little girl was holding on to her mother and whispering to her.

“Mom! That oppa said to my sister that she was a princess.”

“Go, princess? Oh my.”

“Why do you call me princess? Is that really a princess?”

The innocent girl asked her mother.

The child’s mother looked at us, smiled, and opened her mouth.

“Yeji. I think that older brother likes you very much. A man can call the woman he likes princess. It’s an expression full of affection.”

“Do you like it? But why doesn’t dad call mom princess?”

“Mom and Dad can’t say embarrassing things like they do… . Wow, kids these days are truly beyond your imagination. Oh my.”

The words the mother said to her child were heard in full in my ears. I felt embarrassed for no reason. I didn’t call her princess because I particularly liked her. They only called her that because she was a real princess, but for no reason she was being misunderstood by people around her.

“Keuhm.”

I cleared my throat and looked back.

Princess Hongryeon was laughing as she listened to the child’s mother’s words.

“Hahaha. I think people think Jinwoo likes me.”

“That’s not what I meant when I called you princess. Outside, I should call you something other than princess.”

Looking at the mother and daughter’s reactions, it was quite embarrassing to call them princess even outside.

I wanted to change my name before I get further misunderstood.

‘If I call you Hongryeon, it’ll be a big problem, right?’

Of course, it was not possible to comfortably call the spirit that Sera served as Hongryeon. Princess Hongryeon was the goddess of heaven. It seemed better to be polite than to be rude.

“How about the title ‘Mr. Hongryeon’?”

“Good. Jinwoo, please call me whatever you prefer.”

“Okay, Hongryeon.”

That’s how the external name was decided.

At least I didn’t call her princess, so I didn’t have to face embarrassing misunderstandings.

I took Princess Hongryeon to Seungcheon High School.

Today was Saturday.

The school building was empty on the weekend. I could only see a few citizens exercising in the open playground.

“This is Seungcheon High School. This is the school we attend.”

“Oh. Are you studying here with your younger brother every day?”

“I don’t go every day, and I don’t go on weekends like today.”

“I wish I had possessed Sarah while she was at school, but it’s a bit disappointing.”

“Why?”

“If you possess then, you can meet a lot of your younger brother’s friends.”

“Uh… .”

They are Sarah’s friends.

In fact, I was the only person Sarah could call a friend at school. This was because Sarah had never been friendly to kids other than me. There were unavoidable circumstances there. People who become close to Sarah, a shaman, will see ghosts.

I told Princess Hongryeon the truth.

“Sera has no friends other than me.”

“Yes?”

The moment she heard those words, Princess Hongryeon looked embarrassed.

“My younger brother has a friend… Is Jinwoo the only one?”

“Yes.”

“Well, even when my younger brother was in heaven, he wasn’t very sociable. But I didn’t know that even if I was reincarnated, I would still feel like a loner.”

Are you saying Sarah was a loner in her past life too? Actually, if I had the same cat-like personality, I probably wouldn’t have many friends. However, there was a special reason why the reincarnated Sarah lived as a loner.

“It’s not that I don’t have friends just because I have a bad personality. Sarah has magical powers, so people she becomes close to see ghosts. That’s why I usually don’t make friends.”

A person who is close to a psychic with magical powers will see ghosts. When Sarah was in kindergarten, she had an accident where her friends were attacked by ghosts because of her unfortunate constitution. From then on, Sarah became reluctant to make friends.

It was a pity. Even though Sarah didn’t express it in words, she wanted to hang out with other girls. When I was in elementary school, I still remembered Sarah not going to Ayoung’s birthday party and being left alone. At that time, Sarah definitely looked lonely.

“Ah… .”

Princess Hongryeon heard the situation from me and responded with pity.

“It’s because I feel sad about not having friends. I know what you mean.”

“Is there no way to solve this problem? I feel sorry for Sarah if she has to spend her whole life like a loner.”

I asked Princess Hongryeon how to solve Sarah’s problem.

Princess Hongryeon readily gave an answer.

“There is a way. Sarah just needs to communicate with me perfectly.”

“You say it will be resolved if you contact me?”

“The reason people who become close to her start seeing ghosts is because Sarah unconsciously spreads her magical energy around people. This is because you cannot control the energy inside your body. If we make perfect contact, Sera can use her powers. You can also control divine energy with the power of authority.”

Surprisingly, there was a solution.

Sera was in perfect contact with Princess Hongryeon. Once Sera was able to use the power of God, it was possible to control divine energy.

“Not now?”

“Right now, the communication is unstable, so Sera cannot use her powers as she wants. I can control my sacred energy, but when Sarah regains consciousness, my sacred energy will flow out unconsciously. You can continue to practice while accumulating good karma.”

“Umm… .”

In the end, it was said that it had to be done. Anyway, it was Sarah’s practice to go to exorcism with me. One day, there would come a day when I would perfectly contact Princess Hongryeon and control my divine energy. I was relieved that Sarah didn’t have to live her whole life ignoring people.

“Wait a minute. But what happens when Sera is able to use her powers? Are you going to become a fairy and fly through the sky?”

“That’s natural. Flying is basic and you can use various powers. Our sisters have the power to destroy unclean things. I can show you my sister’s power later.”

A flying childhood friend.

I saw Sarah flying in the sky in a dream in my past life. But it was just a dream and there was no sense of reality at all. I would be very surprised to see Sarah flying in real life.

“Thank you for the explanation. Mr. Hongryeon.”

“I am more grateful to Jinwoo. I’m glad Jinwoo is my younger brother’s friend. Please continue to be close to your younger brother.”

“Okay.”

After a while, we left school and went for a walk around the neighborhood. During lunch time, we went to a restaurant that Sarah often visits and had a meal. As we walked around the neighborhood talking, time passed quickly.

Around sunset, I showed Princess Hongryeon most of the places that Sarah frequented in the neighborhood. The last place we went was the movie theater.

There was a big movie theater in our neighborhood. It was a place where Sarah and I often went to watch movies since we were young. When we arrived at the movie theater in the downtown area, I introduced myself to Princess Hongryeon.

“This is a movie theater. You can see something like a moving picture here. Sarah loves movies so she comes here often.”

“The picture is moving?”

“Yes. That’s the movie.”

“Sounds fun.”

Princess Hongryeon opened her mouth while holding my arm.

“Jinwoo. I want to see that movie.”

When I heard that, I paused slightly. Originally, I had no plans to watch the movie with Princess Hongryeon. But it wasn’t a difficult request.

“Then which movie would you like to see?”

“Jinwoo please choose.”

I went into the theater building with Princess Hongryeon and bought tickets. At the theater, new movies released recently were scheduled to be shown. It was a movie depicting a confrontation between an angel and a devil.

We went into the theater and took our seats.

Soon it was time and the movie started showing on the huge screen.

It was a movie where a fierce battle between angels and demons began from the beginning.

“Oh… !”

“How do you feel?”

“It’s colorful and fun. There was quite a bit to see in this world.”

Princess Hongryeon, who saw the movie for the first time in this world, was immediately immersed in it and enjoyed it.

Perhaps because they were sisters, their taste in movies seemed to be similar to Sarah’s.

“But why do all angels look like humans?”

“Doesn’t it look like a human?”

“Not all of them look like humans. Some angels only had big eyes on their wings… .”

Princess Hongryeon criticized the angels that appeared in the movie, but it was only a minor thing.

I also liked movies. However, as I sat in the dark movie theater seat, I kept feeling drowsy. I remembered staying up until 3 a.m. while studying for an exam last night. I wasn’t able to sleep much back then, so I was drowsy now.

“Um… .”

After dozing off, I fell into sleep.

“Jinwoo.”

How much time has passed?

I woke up hearing the voice of Princess Hongryeon.

The moment I came to, I realized my head was resting on something soft.

It was Sera’s shoulder, where Princess Hongryeon resided.

Princess Hongryeon smiled brightly as she looked at me.

“Did you sleep well?”

Her face was too close.

I never thought I would be sleeping leaning against Princess Hongryeon.