episode_0080

“Ah, wow! It’s raining?”

“Citrus. What is it about me that makes you welcome me so well?”

Citrus greets me while sitting in a wheelchair.

I’m sure you welcomed me this warmly when I saw you last week.

“Hey… How did you guys come up with that? A schedule for using Vine? I was surprised when I saw the picture Hye-won sent me. Hehehe… Vine is having a hard time too?”

“Yes, I’ve had a hard time. So please be a little lenient on the doll dress-up routine today.”

“Hey, the only thing that moves my heavy butt is your shopping. Bin.”

“… Is that what you were aiming for just now?”

“Huh…? My butt is heavy? I’m in a wheelchair, right? ”

“I guess you were right… Haa. Should I laugh at this… Isn’t it awkward? Doing that to me again… ”

“Why, it’s not really your fault.”

“I’ve already heard from Hye-won.”

“Really? Hey, I could have teased you more… Wait, you called my sister Hye-won?”

She looked at me with surprised eyes, knowing full well how I called magical girls.

Then, as if to let her know that he was flustered, he went to Hye-won’s side in a wheelchair and grabbed Hye-won and shook her roughly.

“Hye-won, are you weak? You didn’t train because you got a job at the association? You didn’t go to practice, you didn’t go to the training center, did you? Are you going to the association president’s office again?”

“No, sis… I asked you to call me that… ”

I guess Citrus hates it when her little brother is undervalued by me.

No, no matter how much I thought about it, I thought it was really strange that someone who had rated themselves highly would lower themselves to a lower position.

Nana Citrus was thinking the same thing. My thoughts were not wrong.

“What…? Why? How great is it to be recognized by Bine… Ah. Ah. That’s what happened?”

“Sister!”

“Ah, I don’t know, yeah yeah. If that’s the case, then I’ll admit it!”

“Huh? Citrus, what else do you know?”

“No, that’s something our little brother should tell you himself. Our cute villain?”

“Haa… It’s hard for sisters to have weird hair in pairs. I guess this is an exception. So Hye-won said she didn’t have anything set in stone today, but you… Are you at a department store again this time?”

“Yeah. But you look a little different today? Your eyes used to be pretty amethyst, but umm… today you look like obsidian?”

“I asked Ellie because I don’t like being noticed. And, of course, a necklace would be better than a leash for a normal person. Hye-won maintains the illusion magic. I think I can walk around without being noticed at this level, right?”

“Yeah, just looking from afar, she looks like a pretty little sister. That’s good. It’s okay if there are a lot of people today, right?”

“Hmm… If only those people wouldn’t look at me. I’m still a person, so if I get too much attention, I might get picked on and fall over.”

“No one will recognize me at this level. The atmosphere is similar, so I think I can wear the same clothes. Haa… Alright. Let’s go quickly.”

“Ugh… Do I have to keep putting on clothes?”

“Of course. I’ll buy you something delicious instead. Let’s go?”

“I’m not a kid… ”

“Okay, Bin. Let’s go with my sister and buy some clothes. If there’s anything you want, tell me. I’ll buy it for you.”

“Ugh… If you talk, I have to listen, right? Okay. Let’s go… ”

* * *

The start of the day wasn’t so good.

It’s annoying to think that I was sleeping with a cute, fox-like junior who was still young and was after Binette.

Although she surprisingly didn’t show it, Arin was definitely smiling.

We clearly agreed not to touch each other’s days when we made the agreement. But you broke your promise from the first day and came out like this.

Living with Arin, I thought I knew a lot about her, but it seems like that wasn’t the case at all.

I wonder what kind of nonsense it is to feel jealous of a junior when you are a senior… but when I think about what kind of person Bine is to me.

Our first meeting… no.

Eden, no. The first sight of Bine after seeing her collapse.

The axis of evil that I have been fighting so hard against.

He must disappear from this world and be completely buried in Marina.

The weed that broke my sister’s wings.

I thought so. After my sister forgave me for everything, she stopped looking at me like that.

He was just a little kid.

A body that was thinner than the Eden days when I thought I was small, smaller than a small child, but still had a decent amount of flesh.

Do I really need to break branches and clear away a tree that has already fallen?

Revenge that has already lost its meaning, revenge that had no meaning to begin with…

Since then, Vinay has been staying with us.

My older sister, as if she didn’t think anything of it, said that she had a new little sister and was very affectionate towards her for a long time.

He would call Binette out of the blue and ask her to go out with him, and because Binette said she had a hard time meeting people, he would rent out an entire department store.

Then I threatened my boss and made him go shopping with me.

Vinnie should have seen the president of the association being terrified when he saw his sister coming in a wheelchair that day, seemingly breaking down the door.

Yeah, I never thought I’d run like that, leaving the bakery I was running to a part-time job with the sole purpose of going to buy clothes with Binnie.

At that time, my older sister, who was rolling the wheels of the wheelchair, was running with the dream of becoming a track and field athlete, and she was smiling so happily that she couldn’t speak.

Every time she sees her older sister’s smile like that, does she realize that her younger brother’s revenge is becoming more and more futile?

After finishing her soul-sucking shopping trip, she comes back exhausted and takes care of other people first.

Even if it wasn’t necessarily a day with my sister, the sight of her waking up every morning and having breakfast.

The kindness that I can see longer on my days off.

For some reason, it just felt heavy to me.

If I had known this would happen, I shouldn’t have drawn my weapon the moment I met you that day.

It seems like I’ve become a bad person.

Yes, when I first met you, you looked even more shabby and haggard than you do now.

Besides, I collapsed once.

The day Binnie collapsed. I had already forgiven her, so I had no ill feelings toward her, and I thought we were just living as normal people.

I was thinking that it didn’t have that much weight in my mind, or that I couldn’t even calculate the ratio.

After finishing training, I saw Binette collapse.

First of all, the feeling of panic and for some reason… my head starting to feel anxious.

Clearly, he is not a precious person to me.

She’s just a housekeeper. The old villain was released a long time ago. There’s no such thing as fate anymore.

Why are you so flustered because Bine collapsed?

When I was fighting in Eden and seeing someone fall, I would cheer, so why am I worried?

Without even having the presence of mind to think about such things, I was nursing Binnie until she woke up.

When Arin wasn’t around, I was worried that things would get worse.

When I wake up, I’m worried that I might collapse again.

So I tried to help Binette.

“Ah, crybaby you. Didn’t you come from work? This is something I should do since I have spare time. No, it’s my job to begin with. Go inside quickly and rest comfortably.”

“Cleaning is my job. You don’t have to worry. Oh, if you say you collapsed. If you collapsed like this, you should have collapsed a hundred times already, so don’t worry and rest.”

“Are you having a hard time? Would you like some tea? I have some healthy chamomile tea. I’ll have it ready right away. Would you like it sweet?”

“Thank you for working hard today. Please give me your coat and rest for now. If you are tired, it will be a headache.”

Even though there were some slurring remarks in between, that concerned heart.

Obviously, I did something terrible on the first day.

Because I like it so much.

But I was still wondering if I could accept this feeling.

As luck would have it, Yunseul gave me a good opportunity.

On this occasion, wouldn’t it be a bad idea to find out what’s on my mind?

“There, it’s raining.”

“Yes?”

“If it’s hard, you don’t have to wear clothes. Why are you being stubborn, Sister? Just give it a try and let it go.”

“No, well… I don’t wear out my clothes. It’s not that hard.”

“Do you know that you always look haggard when you go shopping for clothes with your sister?”

“Yes? Me? Hmm… That’s okay. Don’t you like citrus? Then I’ll have to make that sacrifice. Oh, if that’s what you want me to be today… I won’t wear it.”

It gave her an excuse to avoid doing something she was having a hard time with.

She decided to sacrifice herself for her sister’s happiness.

And it is not because of a self-consoling attitude of atonement for one’s own sins.

Just out of pure good intentions.

The changed appearance of Vine that I have observed so far is completely different from when she was in Eden…

ha…

“What are you thinking? Let’s go. Oh, Citrus. Should I push your wheelchair?”

“What are you dragging me with? If I get dragged by you, I’ll get cursed at by people. I don’t want to hear things like I’m hitting on elementary school students.”

“What, you said you didn’t like it?”

“And anyway, I have a free elevator pass. Hehe… ”

“Ha, I guess you’re really happy?”

“Yeah. It’s so comfortable. Let’s go. Should we go all the way down from the top? No. Let’s just go straight to the children’s clothes!”

“I can’t wear adult clothes either. Sigh… My body is like this.”

“Let’s go quickly, it’s better than not being able to move your legs.”

“Yes… ”

Now, I think it’s a little more certain.

This heart.