episode_0086

[Oh, is this it? Your brother’s taste was really good?]

[Kissamaaaa …

“Ha, Sister Haru’s Mace!”

“Huh… Huh? I’m probably weak because I lack strength… .”

A lizardman runs towards you while shouting “Hey you!” in Japanese. Oh, because it’s a Japanese game, the sounds are in Japanese.

“Just give me a little bit of time!”

Fortunately, today’s looting target was not human. If Narin had just held back her provocation until the end, the day would have been incredibly smooth.

In the end, Narin ended up incurring the wrath of her raiding target by eating lizardman meat in front of the wretched lizardman.

“Hey, I’ll give it a try!”

“Yes! The scroll activation time is a bit long… .”

Kaang─!

The iron mace that Narin bought clashed with the lizardman’s claws. The game, which was unnecessarily elaborate, did a good job of portraying the lizardman’s facial expressions, so seeing the reptile’s tear-stained eyes gave me goosebumps for no reason.

“Okay, wait a minute! I’m going to die?”

“It’s coming soon!”

The ominously shining claws were coming right up to my nose. Even the tips were lightly touching, so my stamina was slowly decreasing. The priestess girl, ‘Gambler 1’, who lacked physical strength, was fending off the lizardman while shaking her arms, but if this continued, her face would be torn to pieces and unrecognizable within 10 seconds.

“Ah, no more… .”

At that moment, when I started to push the buttons haphazardly to compete with others, I started to get pushed back.

Hwaruk─!

A fireball the size of my body rose from Narin’s hand.

“It’s a deficit if I use this, but… .”

Narin, who was calculating the pros and cons of a matter involving the life or death of her comrades, still used up the scroll all the way and blew up Hellfire.

[Keeek─!!]

A desperate scream echoes through the forest. My younger brother, the Lizardman, is engulfed in flames and in pain. I feel a moment of pity and want to heal him, but I quickly give up because I know I will get scolded by Narin.

Knock, knock.

Tiring─!

The Lizardman shrivels up and turns black, and you obtain [Roasted Lizardman Meat] along with a refreshing notification sound.

“Um… I have a potion, but I used up the scroll, so I guess I’ll have to go back now for today.”

“Yeah, yeah. Please go back.”

We came to Daesurim to get medicine for the sickly princess, Hannayeon, but it was impossible for us to defeat the ‘Lizardman King’ on our own.

First of all, I was a cleric who was a gambler with not very good stats, and Narin was a thief who was, to put it nicely, multi-talented but ultimately not special in anything.

Hannah Yeon was reincarnated, so she was useless now. If Mirae, an outstanding dealer, had been there, she would have been conquered right away, but unfortunately Mirae was absent at the moment.

“I wonder if the future is having fun… .”

I saved the game with my character still in town and put down the controller I had been holding all morning.

“It’s been a while, right? Mirae is going to meet a friend.”

“No, it’s my first time leaving the house alone on the weekend.”

I was also surprised. I had been worried that Mirae might not have any friends, but when she actually said she was going to meet her friends, I felt a little lonely.

“What a homebody… Oh, sis! What if I eat all the fried dumplings!”

“Come quickly.”

Narin, who was muttering in shock, ran towards Hannayeon, who was eating delivery food alone at a makeshift table.

Tteokbokki in soup, sundae, assorted fried food, fish cake.

Yesterday you prepared a great meal, today it’s just a snack.

“Unnie Haru, come quickly!”

“No, you’ve already eaten this much?”

Hanna Yeon was almost finished eating.

Well, Hanna Yeon has nothing to do right now.

Hanna Yeon’s character is currently trapped in the palace. She is practically lying in bed, unable to move. The sickly princess is so weak that even a shoulder bump could kill her.

“I just want to die.”

“No. Give the reward and die.”

Is this really the kind of conversation that sisters should have while eating together?

Hanna Yeon wanted to die quickly and be reincarnated, but she couldn’t die because of the phrase in her character introduction that said, “A player who cures an incurable disease will be awarded great wealth and fame.”

“What… There aren’t many ingredients left. And even that will be gone in no time once the future comes.”

“I want to die… .”

This morning, I went out looking for ingredients to make the princess’s medicine. We worked together until Mirae left, but since then, there has been no progress.

It’s a game so you can take your time, but for now let’s go eat lunch.

I put the game out of my mind and focused on eating.

Dip the fried vegetables in the tteokbokki broth and eat them.

Chewy sundae and squishy lungs dipped in seasoned salt, yum yum.

And after eating one liver, the roughness is washed down with hot fish cake soup.

“Uh, why, why?”

As I was filling my stomach with such a perfect diet, Hanna Yeon, who had been staring at me, suddenly reached out her hand.

“Ask.”

“Why are you wiping it with your hand? It’s dirty.”

I instinctively stepped back and wiped my mouth with the tissue that was in the delivery bag.

Then, Hanna Yeon looked down at her hands, then looked at me, muttering in a voice that seemed somewhat depressed.

“My hands… are dirty… ?”

“Oh, no, I meant your hands are dirty! Your hands aren’t dirty at all! You can just lick them!”

I guess that could be true.

“Lick… … .”

“Oh, my, it’s delicious! Where is this?”

It was my sincerity without a single lie, but I was embarrassed to ask her to really lick it, so I turned my attention in a panic.

“Does your sister remember things like anniversaries?”

“Anniversary? Um… birthday or something… ?”

I don’t know if it was intentional, but Narin’s assist came at an appropriate time.

He took his gaze off Hanna Yeon, who was still staring intently at his hand, and slowly ran to the seat next to Na Rin while continuing the conversation.

“Birthday… . Then, since it’s a rare opportunity, wouldn’t you like to go buy some candy?”

candy…?

I felt like the conversation wasn’t meshing well. Anniversary, once in a while, candy. The three had no connection at all.

“It’s annoying… .”

“Why candy? I have a lot of candy in my bag. Should I give it to you?”

“Hey, don’t do that. Tomorrow is White Day, right? I think she’ll like it if I buy it secretly while Mirae is out.”

White Day… .

I haven’t taken care of it separately lately, so I completely forgot about it.

“Oh, oh, it’s White Day. Why is there so much candy in front of the convenience store?”

There were certainly quite a few things like candy baskets that you don’t normally see. They say that if you don’t pay attention, you don’t even notice them. I just ignored them all and passed them by.

“Then you’re going? Sister, don’t lie down and change your clothes quickly.”

When I felt like I was going to go out too, Hanna Yeon stretched out her body and lay down on the sofa.

“You’re still eating… .”

“All, all… gulp… gulp… .”

As Narin urged Hannayeon to change her clothes quickly, I also inhaled the remaining food to keep up the pace.

The food didn’t decrease because of the sudden change in the middle.

“Ah, ah, slow down! It’s okay to eat slowly… !”

Knock, knock.

Narin patted me on the back and handed me the peach juice that had been delivered with the tteokbokki.

That’s why I want to do my best to meet Narin’s request. Narin is like an angel. If Narin asks, I can take out my liver or gallbladder!

* * *

“What kind of candy does the chairman like?”

As I came out to the large mart located downtown, the first thing I did was call the president.

The chairman has a unique taste. As expected, the chairman would like red ginseng candy… No, our chairman doesn’t have that kind of image.

[I… am the type of person who doesn’t eat snacks often…]

“Is that so… .”

This was a problem before the red ginseng candy and all. I didn’t know you would say you wouldn’t eat it at all.

[ah…….]

After a few moments of silence, a small sigh escaped. Perhaps he had realized that tomorrow was White Day.

[But I won’t refuse. I will prepare myself too…]

The chairman approved the candy gift in a slightly stiff voice.

“Oh, no! You don’t need to prepare anything! I’m just going to buy something really simple!”

[Okay. Then I will prepare on a light line.]

I called for nothing.

I feel like the chairman’s lightness is different from the usual lightness. If I had received a response like, ‘I won’t give you anything in return,’ I would have been able to choose comfortably. Of course, the chairman, who always values formality and face, would never say something like that.

“Ji, seriously, don’t prepare anything! That… Can I come to the company tomorrow?”

[Yes, it doesn’t matter.]

“Yes, yes. Then see you tomorrow.”

After exchanging a few greetings and hanging up the phone, I approached the sisters who were standing friendly together in front of the candy stand.

“This is pretty. A Chuchu candy basket. There’s a doll in it too?”

“If you want to buy it, buy it.”

Is Hanna Yeon still hiding the fact that she likes Chuchu? She already has so many Chuchu dolls in her room. She probably bought them one by one under the pretense of being a child.

Um… What should I do instead?

I have to give some to Mirae and the Chairman, and to Hannayeon and Nalin, and this year, let’s send one to Seohu’s house. And to my guild mates… I guess it’s better not to do it like before. It’ll be a waste of time worrying about it.

Oh, Tachibana was there too. When I thought about it slowly, there were quite a few people I wanted to give it to.

“One day, unnie… over there… .”

As I was mentally organizing the list and choosing candies, Narin suddenly came up to me and grabbed my sleeve.

At the same time, a finger stretched straight out beyond the display case.

Where that slender finger was pointing, there was a very familiar face.

“Chairman, how about making it with chocolate? Or cookies? Anyway, just tell me anything! I’m good at making desserts. I want to be your strength even at times like this.”

“Thank you, but… I’ll think about it a little more.”

Two female students are looking at the market while clinging very closely to each other.

It was Mirae, with a pink-haired girl with a face that looked very feminine and cute, and a faint smile on her lips, as if she didn’t mind the girl’s sad attitude.

“Onee-chan…? Why are you making that expression….”

“Let’s go. It’ll just be a nuisance.”

What’s my expression like?

He tried to smile as if asking that question and put down the large lollipop he was holding in his hand.

“Candy… .”

“There must be some in other marts too. Hurry up before they get caught.”

I forcibly dragged Hanna Yeon, who couldn’t take her eyes off the Chuchu candy basket, and I ran away from the mart so as not to be caught by Mirae.

I don’t know why that happened.

It’s just… I find it hard to look into the future.

All I wanted to do was get out of that place as quickly as possible.