episode_0181

“Let’s go back.”

“What?”

“What is it! Of course I have to go home!”

Ilho continued to insist on his return, but Darae rarely gave permission.

‘…house?’

The alliance was not as easy as Darae thought.

The primary reason was that the power difference was much larger than expected.

Secondly… .

‘He didn’t seem interested…?’

Hanseong’s attitude of only scratching people’s minds instead of showing interest was definitely something Darae had never experienced.

It goes without saying, but I didn’t feel good.

[You are the first to treat me like this.]

That kind of thing only happens in romance novels, but when it actually happened to me, all I could think of was that he was crazy.

Objectively and subjectively, he’s just crazy.

However, the reason why they could not easily give up the alliance was simple.

ability.

The winter I saw on my way to Gangwon-do, Hyeji, Jisoo, and Baekhwa.

The level of even the four talented people was beyond imagination.

His power is comparable to that of Il-ho, who raised his abilities by eating adrenaline.

And there was something the four of them always said.

“Hansung oppa? My brother… there’s just no comparison.”

The way they spoke was different, but what they said was exactly the same.

The word overwhelming.

‘What on earth is it like and how long is it…?’

Although it was not an easy thing to believe, the reverence they showed was clear.

“Oh, you saw the faces of that person’s girlfriends!”

“Hey!!! What’s wrong with me!”

“In a way, she has a dirty personality.”

Ilho also knew that Darae’s appearance was objectively not bad.

Of course, only ‘objectively’.

As someone who has been dragged around like a dog on a leash ever since I was born…

“Ugh….”

Ilho slightly drops his body as if he was having a terrible dream.

“You? Hey, just stand!! Just put it on your back!!!”

They were going around the room like that for a while, making a fuss.

I saw Hanseong walking outside the window.

Shoulders drooping, as if somewhere downcast.

Weak steps.

It looked like he had suffered a broken heart somewhere.

“Uh…? Just wait a minute… Mr. Clothes…! At times like this…!”

I looked down at my shabby sweatpants for a moment, but it was already inevitable that I was dressed like this.

‘Let’s go first and see.’

“Where are you going!!!”

Darae, who disappeared like that, returned to her lodgings only after about 30 minutes had passed.

“If I do well, everything will work out, right?”

“What?

“There you go, dude!”

*

Why did it have to be today?

Of course.

“Ha….”

If it weren’t for today, I probably wouldn’t have been this angry.

I wouldn’t have been so disappointed.

I wouldn’t have been so suspicious.

Why today?

why?

why??

“Fuck.”

A single swear word uttered in a hostile atmosphere was like lighting oil on fire.

Dayoung’s cries, which she had been struggling to suppress, filled the kitchen.

Inside, Yuna lowered her head and only adjusted her collar.

Aram curled his body into a ball and was trembling.

Sohyun too.

Even in summer.

Nayoung too.

Each person was expressing anger, worry, and sadness in their own way.

It wasn’t something that should have been resolved this way.

Taking out the stress of things not going well with your lovers, or even with anger… .

“…Ha.”

What am I doing now…?

I’m already 31 years old.

Pathetic.

I left like a child trying to avoid an uncomfortable situation.

As I opened the door and went out, I heard urgent footsteps following me.

“Oppa…. Let’s talk for a moment.”

“….Let’s do it later.”

Yeoreum’s hand held me.

I lightly shook off the hand and tried to walk away, but Yeoreum’s hand grabbed my collar again.

“Let’s talk?”

“So let’s do it later, after we cool off!!!”

The second refusal, which was slightly irritated, was followed by Yeoreum’s growl.

Ringing loudly in the hallway,

A loud voice rang with the force of tearing through my ears.

“Stop!!!!”

I stopped in my tracks at the words that seemed to be full of sincerity, more than 100%, but 10000%.

Let’s look back.

Sigh—!

A sharp palm hits my cheek.

Even my thoughts stopped at that touch.

All sounds felt muffled in my ears, as if I had tinnitus.

“Are you out of your mind?”

Violence from a loved one usually causes great pain.

Sometimes it comes as a shock.

In this case, it would be a shock.

“What’s wrong? huh? There’s no reason to be this angry… Dayoung is only 21 years old. He must have only been in his second year of college.”

“… Are you okay?”

“Me?”

He furrowed his brows for a moment, then confessed his feelings openly.

“Irritating!!! It’s not that I didn’t expect a proposal… but I’m annoyed.

I’m annoyed…!!!

Still… it was a mistake.”

Why does Yeoreum believe so deeply in Dayoung’s sincerity, which I didn’t believe in?…

“It’s not intentional… right?”

“Intentional?”

Instead, he snorts at my worries and asks again.

“Is he?”

“…Uh.”

He shakes his head as if it makes no sense and drags me back into the kitchen.

“Take a look for yourself.”

The door suddenly opens and the women are visible.

“Look!! You came, right? Am I right?? Are you just saying you were angry for a moment? It’s not a big deal?!”

“That’s right!!! Is he just acting like a brat?!”

Dayoung in Yuna’s arms.

Nayoung and Sohyeon were working hard to comfort Dayoung.

The same goes for Aram, who stamps his feet without knowing what to do.

When he saw me come back, he ran over to me, looked at me, and started talking to me.

“Master…? There is a proposal… right? I’m fine!”

“…Really?”

“Yes!!! So please don’t scold me too much.”

That look.

Tears flowed from those words.

“Ah.”

The tears were so embarrassing and unfamiliar that I realized I had shed tears when I felt them flowing down my cheeks.

A relationship that lasted more than half a year was short, if not short.

But it was definitely a high-density moment where I had to put my life in danger several times.

While sharing those moments… .

Why couldn’t I believe it?

Why were you worried in advance?

Like a criminal being dragged to the scaffold, I was dragged in front of Dayoung.

“You have something to say, right? Now, speak quickly.”

“…Yes.”

Yeoreum slaps me on the back as I can’t spit out an apology while trying to soothe my mouth.

“Quick!!!”

“I understand…!!!”

I swallowed my saliva once and carefully spit out an apology.

“I’m sorry… I was too emotional… I was wrong.”

“Ugh… I’m sorry… Sigh… So… With Sohyun and Yeoreum… With Aram… With Baekhwa… Everyone was looking forward to it, but only once in a lifetime. It’s just a proposal… . I… I ruined everything…”

Dayoung cries more sadly than me who apologized.

Saying sorry for ruining the proposal.

I suspected that I might be a pretense… .

This is a pretense…? Is it possible?

My heart ached with guilt.

“Marriage is not easy…? I think it can be stressful.”

“My stomach is full like this, Sohyun’s is too.

I don’t have time, but I have a big desire to do well. But the hydroelectric power plant is in trouble… It’s worth stressing about.”

The other women nod their heads at Yeoreum’s words.

“Yes!”

“That’s right…!”

“Oppa, that’s because you want to do it alone…?”

“Yes!”

“That’s right…!”

Summer squeezed my cheeks, made eye contact, and spoke.

“You want to marry us. You can look forward to it.”

“…Yes.”

I guess I was a lot more blessed than I thought.

*

“Intake….”

Even while wiping away her tears, Dayoung held on to the returned ring with both hands.

“Stop popping!”

“Yes….!”

Summer is the first time in a long time that we can show off our elder charms.

Yuna still seemed anxiously worried that all of this might be because of what she said.

“…I’m sorry, Yuna too.”

“No… I suddenly said that…”

I briefly explained what happened this morning and my thoughts to Yeoreum, who had a curious look on her face as if asking what I was talking about.

“Ah, so…”

In some ways, it could be seen as half-full… .

Yeoreum nodded, cautiously, as if that was the reason for my confusion.

“… I agree that you have to decide on your fidelity.”

“So…?”

In some ways, it was not a topic suited to the atmosphere of calm after such a storm.

What it means to decide on the right thing to do is,

It was like a worry that this current atmosphere might one day be broken.

“I think our relationship could get worse… Because that’s reality.”

“…right.”

But even as he says those words, he holds my hand tightly.

“I wish it wasn’t like that either.”

“Me too!!!”

“Me too!”

“Yes!”

He glances at the women who are nodding vigorously, then spits out the rest of his words with a smile.

“But it is more certain if you prevent it in advance.”

Ah, it’s different, it’s different.

It felt a little different from Darae’s words that our relationship would worsen.

“Okay…. Let’s decide.”

Everyone was swallowing their saliva while waiting for my decision,

The answer I spit out was not an answer.

“Let’s decide together.”

“Huh?”

“Let’s vote. Because we are getting married.”

After we became together like that,

For the first time, proper voting was held.

“I do it too…?”

Baekhwa, who belatedly realized that he was also included in marriage, asked a vague question,

Well… it wasn’t a bad reaction.

At least I didn’t reject it.

A total of 6 votes were cast.

The number of subjects was 6.

Nayoung, Dayoung, Aram, Sohyeon, Yeoreum, Baekhwa.

She could not break Yuna’s stubbornness, saying that she had no right to get married because she refused to become pregnant.

Each of the six lovers clearly wrote the name of the person they supported on a piece of paper.

I read the paper, presented it, and…

That’s how voting ended.