episode_0098
by fnovelpia“Wahaha! I see. So that’s how it happened?”
A young girl who laughs heartily like a warrior and puts a lump of rice in her mouth.
It was my younger sister Seong-ah who came up from my hometown.
Seong-ah wakes up and it’s already dinner time.
After a bit of training, we were huddled together around a small dining table.
In the meantime, I had just told Seong-ah a plausible plot for a novel based on facts.
Somehow I got a hero license. Somehow I met a woman named Lee Yuri while working a side job. Somehow I ended up living with her, etc.
To be honest, if you dig a little deeper, it’s a third-rate novel-level story full of holes in the setting…
“Is this pretty person our new sister-in-law? Since we’ve been living together for half a year, why don’t you tell mom and dad? They’ll really like it.”
“You know very well… … . Our parents’ personalities… … .”
“Ahh.”
Seong-ah was easily convinced by my words.
Although I was already thinking about the distant future with Ruina, I felt it was still too early to tell my parents.
That’s understandable, because the moment I mention our relationship, rumors will surely spread all over the country, to everyone I know and everyone I don’t know, even to the stray dogs passing by.
The people with such an unusual personality that was 3000 times more irritating than that were the parents of our Jo siblings.
“Hehehe.”
It was the shy laughter of Ruina, who was more focused on Seong-ah than on the meal right next to me.
“Oh, what’s wrong, new sister? Is there something on my face?”
“Huh? No, no. Just. Hehe.”
I’m embarrassed just by the fact that my little brother in the world is being watched.
Ruina’s bright smile even flusters Ms. Jo Seong-ah.
“That title’ rather than that. Can you say it again?”
“Title? Ahh… New sister?”
“Uhehehehe… … .”
That’s why Ruina was happy.
At Seong-ah’s embarrassed address, Ruina’s face was filled with a smile that seemed like she was melting from where she was sitting.
“But you know, oppa.”
As if trying to arouse Ruina’s interest, Seong-ah shot an arrow at me, changing the subject of the conversation.
“If you’ve been living together for half a year, you’ve already gone too far with your new sister-in-law?”
“What do you want to say?”
“Should I say that with my own mouth?”
“Then should I say it with my own mouth!?”
Seong-ah’s pouting voice was returned with the same words.
Surely that would be it. It’s a question that older relatives might casually ask about how far you’ve come as a couple.
However, I thought there was no need to reveal such personal details to my younger brother.
“Hehe. We’ve already been ‘one’ together countless times.”
“Huh!?”
Ruina’s unexpected gank made me spit out the water I had been holding in my mouth.
“Heh, heh… … . Oh, I see. Our Mosulada Jo Seong-hoon is like that.”
Seong-ah also showed a rather embarrassed expression.
Isn’t it strange to think that nothing happened while living with a naturally beautiful woman like Ruina for half a year? What on earth does she think of me…?
“I’m single.”
“Don’t read my mind.”
Seong-ah’s short answer was quickly accepted.
People around me say they’re really good at reading my thoughts.
“Anyway, oppa. New sister. Please take good care of me for 3 nights and 4 days?”
“Hey. Why are you asking for my favor on your own──.”
“Yeah yeah! After four days of rest! Little brother!”
My words, which contained a subtle rejection, were immediately buried in Ruina’s cheerful voice.
This is… … . wrong.
* * *
My younger sister came without permission and ended up staying at our house for the four-day holiday.
It’s not an empty promise to be treated as a guest, I was truly receiving all the courtesy I deserved.
“Oppa~ Remote control~”
He lay down on the sofa and asked for the TV remote control.
“Brother~ Don’t you have any potato chips~?”
Don’t you want sweets that weren’t even brought into the house?
“Brother~”
He kept initiating things like that, testing my mental strength just like at home.
I wondered if it was okay to show such a raw appearance when Ruina, who called me “new sister,” was right next to me.
“Yeah, yeah. Do you need anything, little brother?”
It was Ruina who answered her little sister’s call on my behalf, smiling brightly.
“Ah… It’s okay, new sister.”
“Call me again if you need anything?”
Seong-ah seems to want to order me around. Thanks to Ruina’s active involvement, her call didn’t reach me.
I silently thanked my girlfriend for her help.
Well, Ruina is just happy that her little brother came to visit, so she’s acting like that out of pure emotion.
Plus, Ruina ended up taking charge of the Seoul tour that my mother had originally asked me to do.
Actually, I also have a lot of time because it’s the Lunar New Year holiday, but I have no idea what to do if I take my little sister out. Ruina took on that difficult problem herself.
“Then I’ll be back, honey~”
“Brother, you are guarding the house well!”
Ruina, who was dressed up like that, and Seong-ah, who seemed to admire Ruina as a woman, left the house.
“Sigh.”
After Ruina and the reckless guest left the front door, I collapsed on the sofa in the quiet living room.
“How long has it been since our house has been this quiet?”
quiet.
That one word explained everything.
It’s only been a few months since I’ve been with my villain girlfriend who promised me a future and my secret agent/maid. Because of those few months, this alone silence feels really awkward.
Beep beep beep beep.
While I was enjoying a moment of solitude, the front door lock started making an electronic sound on its own.
“Ah. Are you trying to sleep? Should I come later?”
The person who broke into our house without permission was Team Leader Jang Se-hee, still dressed in a maid outfit. It seems like she found out that my younger brother was out. No, there’s no way she didn’t know.
“No. Will you clean it?”
“Yes. Since your younger brother is out, you have to do your duty.”
The task assigned to someone like the head of a secret agency of the National Intelligence Service was to clean the house. I thought it was a task that suited the fancy maid outfit perfectly.
“Team Leader. How long are you going to wear that maid outfit?”
“Probably before I step down from the front line?”
When I asked Team Leader Jang Se-hee, who was in the middle of cleaning the floor, I got a vague answer.
“What do you mean, stepping down from the front line?”
“When will it be proven that Ruina is completely harmless?”
“What is the proof?”
“There might be something like this. For example, if Ruina starts a family with you, you’ll lose something.”
It was a slightly awkward answer, as if it were the Strategic Crisis Response Team.
Still, from a national perspective, her words made sense. If you have something to protect, like a family, you can’t do villain activities.
That means, it was to make me suppress her even more strongly than before.
“So personally, I hope you guys start a happy family soon. Then you can take off this stuffy maid outfit.”
That’s just you being punished for your foolish actions… … .
I was the one who just swallowed those words.
* * *
“Ah~ Tomorrow I have to go back to that countryside again.”
Seong-ah, dressed in light clothing, let out a heartfelt sigh.
Time passed by and by. Tomorrow would be the day when this rambling would return.
As for me, I really wish she had gone a little faster. Thanks to this girl, I couldn’t have too much skinship with Ruina.
“Are you calling your hometown where you lived for nearly 20 years a country town?”
“Mr. Jo Seong-hoon, who said that, was the first to escape.”
“Write.”
As expected of my little brother. Just so I don’t lose a word.
“Dinner is ready.”
“Ah, yeah. You worked hard, Ru─Yuri.”
I sat down at the small table, calling her name, which I had been trying to call without thinking.
After receiving Ex Machina’s special gloves, she was able to show off her cooking skills that she had learned from time to time. Thanks to this, they now take turns preparing dinner.
“Are you feeling unwell?”
But something was strange.
Ruina’s usually bright and cheerful face was covered in ashen hues. It wasn’t an illusion, it was certain.
“You idiot brother. You’re really not delicate.”
“Huh? Delicacy?”
Why are you pointing out my sensitivity here?
I looked back at Seong-ah with a face that said I really didn’t know. Then my younger brother slyly pointed to his lower abdomen.
“Ah.”
Fortunately, my understanding was delicate.
Perhaps it was the magic day for Ruina. It was Sung-ah, a woman of the same name, who pointed that out.
“… … … … .”
But wait a minute. Putting aside why Seong-ah knows about Ruina’s date, I heard that Ruina doesn’t really have period pain?
As a man, I had heard interesting secrets about the opposite sex. I still clearly remembered the secret of women that Ruina had told me directly. Thanks to the body modification at the laboratory, she said that unlike others, she had almost no pain that day.
“Are you okay?”
“Uh, yeah… … . Maybe… … ?”
When I asked Ruina about her condition, a question came back.
She, who knew her own body so well, doesn’t know herself exactly. What the heck is this…
“I’m fine so dinner─.”
Before I could even finish saying that.
“Ugh!?”
Ruina suddenly covered her mouth and hurriedly ran into the bathroom.
“Ruina!?”
“New sister!?”
I called her real name without realizing it, but that’s not important right now.
Seong-ah and I followed Ruina, who was vomiting into the toilet almost at the same time.
“Laugh, woo woo… … .”
“Are you okay!?”
“I… … . Woof!?”
It doesn’t look okay at all.
Could it be that the side effects of the special gloves that seal abilities are only now showing up?
“… … … … No way.”
While I was seriously contemplating whether I should call the maid from room 401, Seong-ah raised her eyebrows and quickly walked towards my room.
And a few seconds later.
“Brother. Step aside for a moment.”
“Huh?”
Seong-ah appeared holding something long in her hand, pushed me away roughly, and slammed the bathroom door shut.
“Stay away! Don’t even hear me!”
“Oh, I see… … .”
At Seong-ah’s scolding, I scratched the back of my head and walked away from the bathroom.
What on earth are you trying to do… … .
How much time has passed like that?
While I was waiting for them in front of the cooling dinner, the door opened with a click.
“Are you okay?”
“Ugh… … .”
Ruina had regained her composure in the meantime, and although her face was red, she didn’t appear to be in any major pain.
“Hey Jo Seong-hoon.”
It’s been another year since then.
Seong-ah was staring at me with an expression that was vague and indescribable.
“Why are you like that again.”
“This.”
Soon, what Seong-ah held out before my eyes was the long plastic stick that my younger brother had been holding in his hand.
“Do you know what this is? By the way, it’s not a contagious disease test kit?”
As if trying to cut off my nonsense, Seong-ah struck first.
As he said, what was thrust into my sight was an object that looked very similar to a test kit.
Even the two lines floating around indicating a positive result were the same.
“… … … … two lines?”
“Yeah, congratulations on your purchase. Baby daddy.”
“Huh?”
Ruina’s embarrassed expression. And then Seong-ah’s expression, giggling.
“Huh?”
I still can’t understand this situation.
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