episode_0217

“Is that all you have?”

“Yes, I bought daily necessities when I arrived in Seoul.”

“Okay, well thought out.”

If I was going to move up and live here, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to clean out the warehouse and take everything that seemed useful to save money, but for now, I decided to only stay for a month.

If you take all these things with you, it will only be difficult to dispose of them later, so it would be better to keep your luggage to a minimum.

“Now, give the bag to your brother and go get on.”

“Oh, I can do it…”

“That’s it. Quickly.”

“Hehe…❤️”

The only things in the bag were clothes and underwear, so it wasn’t that heavy, but I guess he felt good that I was taking care of him.

Ari, who was twisting her body with a cute laugh, looked around for a moment, then ran up to my side and kissed me on the cheek until I made a sound…❤️.

But before I could say anything, he ran away and got into the car.

“Ugh…”

As I smiled wryly at Ari’s incredibly cute moment, I suddenly felt a shiver run down my spine.

When I turned around, what caught my eye was the director, who was clutching the veranda railing tightly with both hands and with a smile on his face.

‘···I need to jump out quickly.’

If I dilly-dally here any longer, he might come running out with that signature pata.

So I shoved Ari’s bag in my hand into the corner of the trunk, got into the driver’s seat, and started the car right away.

Was it strange that I looked like I was being chased by something?

Today again, as usual, I received a puzzled look from Rahee, who was sitting in the passenger seat, but for now, I focused on driving, or rather, on walking away.

After driving hard like that and entering the highway heading to Seoul, I was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

“No, someone would think they were filming something like a chase.”

“How did you know?”

“···?”

“I just succeeded in eluding the chase.”

“Damn.”

Rahee immediately scolded me as if telling me to stop talking nonsense, but I was proud.

Fortunately, Ari only kissed the cheek, which would have been a shame. If he had kissed the lips instead of the cheek, it would have been a real thriller movie.

“By the way, aren’t you all hungry?”

“Well… I’m definitely a little hungry.”

“Then, if you see a rest area on the way, should we stop by and buy something to eat?”

“So.”

Despite the sudden decision to go to Seoul, or rather, perhaps that was why I was more excited.

Ari, who was sitting in the backseat, stretched out her upper body and came between me and Rahee.

“I want to eat deli manju!”

“K… Deli Manju… That’s another cheat.”

Anyone who has ever been in charge of this will agree.

The destructive power of the smell emanating from freshly baked deli manju.

To be honest, even a monk or priest wouldn’t be able to stand that smell.

Well, unlike the smell that is actually close to cheating, the taste is a bit subtle.

“And squid too!”

“Malbanseok? Or grilled with butter?”

“Oh, of course it’s Macbanseok!”

“As expected, Ari knows something.”

If you tear the squid, which is well-cooked on a hot stone, into bite-sized pieces with your hands, then dip it in the included red pepper paste sauce and pop it into your mouth, isn’t that the essence of a vacation?

“What can I say, when I think of a rest area, I mean whole potatoes.”

“Salt? Or sugar?”

“Of course it’s not sugar?”

“Ah… I’m a bit of the opposite. Honestly, isn’t sugar too sweet?”

“That sweet taste is what you like, right? Just when it feels a little dry, the sugar sprinkled on the outside of the potato melts on your tongue and the sweet taste spreads in your mouth! Don’t you know?”

“First of all, Rahee, I know that your taste is close to that of an elementary school student.”

“This…?! Someone told me I was an elementary school student!”

When we stopped at a rest area, we were having a heated discussion about what to eat, but then the bulletin board for the rest area caught our eye, so we drove straight there.

“What is it, my whole potato…Deli Manju…Give it back to me…”

What actually greeted us was not the bustling and friendly scenery we had pictured in our heads, but the appearance of a rest area that felt somewhat eerie.

The lights are all off, and the only places that are illuminated are the bathroom and the convenience store.

“Strange…? Why are they all closed?”

“Isn’t it because it’s the weekend?”

“What can I say, since it’s the weekend, I have to work even harder on business.”

If the restaurant had been open, I would have bought something like ramen or udon…

It was a bit difficult to fill up with cup ramen or something like that at the convenience store, so I decided to just buy something to drink and plan for next time.

The problem is that the rest area I stopped by next, and even the place I stopped by the next time, was in a state of closure.

Thanks to this, I was able to enter Seoul with only a hungry stomach, let alone squid or whole potatoes.

“No, how can it be possible that every place I can hear is closed?”

“So, did something happen? There didn’t seem to be much said in the news…”

“Now that I think about it, I think I heard somewhere that there are a lot of stores that are closing down due to the recent difficulties in rest area business…”

“Ehyo, it’s done. What is Deli Manju? Let’s go home and cook some ramen.”

Still… I wanted to eat at least some squid…

“Ugh… We don’t have ramen at home?”

“What? No, how can there be no ramen at home…?”

Is this a golden spoon?

The mindset of not even eating low-quality common food like instant ramen?

“···If you eat ramen, your face will swell.”

“Then you should not eat it.”

“Huh… I really… It’s my house? And who wouldn’t eat it?”

“If you’re dissatisfied, just pretend it never happened or live together.”

“No, I mean, who said you can’t eat it?”

Maybe it’s because we were all starving because we had to leave so quickly that all three of us couldn’t even eat breakfast.

Sharp words were exchanged momentarily, but the atmosphere itself did not last long.

That’s because there was nothing in my stomach, so I didn’t even have the strength to fight.

“Do you have kimchi at home?”

“I don’t have any ramen, but I have everything I need, right?”

“Then all I have to do is buy ramen.”

“My toiletries and daily necessities!”

“That’s right, I should buy that too.”

After stopping by the supermarket and purchasing the necessities, I arrived at Rahee’s house and ate some ramen before I was finally able to relax.

‘They say that when I eat ramen, my face gets swollen and I don’t eat well…’

As long as you eat well.

Did something like lightning strike my head at the unique, violent taste of ramen that I had tasted for the first time in a long time?

Rahee slurped once, but from then on, she not only inhaled the noodles in an almost trancelike state, but also rolled up the rice and ate it.

“Hmmmm… I have to wash the dishes.”

“I will do that, so Rahee, please show Ari the room she will be staying in from now on.”

To be honest, it was a bit annoying, but I guess it was something I was glad to hear.

Rahee heard what I said and immediately nodded.

So I left Ari in the care of Rahee and immediately started organizing things.

“&!@@&$@&!”

“#&@#@&!”

No, it’s been so long since they went up that they’re having another row.

I had almost finished washing the dishes, so I put the rubber gloves on my hands back where they were and started to slowly climb the stairs leading to the second floor, when I heard something…

“No, why am I the only one on the second floor!”

“I told you. This is the only room left right now.”

“Lie. I saw it all before?! Are there a lot of empty rooms on the first floor?”

“···It may look like an empty room, but in reality, it is fully occupied.”

“That’s not it, you’re planning on putting me on the second floor and secretly doing dirty things with your brother…!”

These were comments that made my head dizzy just by hearing them.

Thanks to this, the argument between the two gradually turned into an emotional one as I kept my hand on the railing and frowned while climbing the stairs.

“What…! Do you think I’m always in heat like you?”

“What?! Have you finished speaking now?”

“Okay, it’s all done! What should I do?”

That’s why I decided to intervene.

If things continue like this, the two of them are really going to grab each other’s hair, so what can they do?

The country has no choice but to intervene and stop the situation.

So, I quickly climbed to the second floor, and then slightly released the inner energy that was sleeping inside the danjeon and released it to the outside…

“···!”

“···?!”

The movements of Rahee and Ari, who had been growling at each other like a cat and a puppy, stopped when they ran into each other in what they thought was their own territory.

“What kind of ssamdak is this? If you make eye contact, will you fight?”

After checking their reactions, I retrieved the inner energy I had released, and their awkwardly stiff heads immediately turned towards me.

“Oh, oppa…? Did you just do that… your brother?”

“That’s right.”

“···So what was that just now?”

The corner of my mouth curled as I took in at a glance the images of Ari and Rahee expressing their emotions of surprise in such different ways.

“Oh, this?”

And then he opened his mouth.

“It’s one of the things I’m going to teach you from now on…”

Rahee and Ari’s eyes widened slightly as if they were surprised by my remark.

Without missing the opportunity, I continued speaking.

“How about it? Are you interested now?”