Late Night (2)

, “I’m telling you, oppa doesn’t know women’s hearts at all! Not at all!”

, “He doesn’t know women’s hearts and he has no tact. Wow, I’m really curious how he managed to seduce his younger sisters.”

, “…Now that I think about it, yeah, how did he seduce us…”

, “Hmm, he’s a bit indecisive, but when he’s sure, he’s sure?”

, “I think what Hyunji-unni said is right.”

, “I think what Hyunji said is right.”

, “I think Hyunji’s right.”

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, “I think they’re talking shit about me…”

, “Not really shit-talking, but I think they’re right about oppa. When four women get together, talking about men is fun, isn’t it?”

, “Why aren’t you joining them and you’re here.”

, “I wanted to talk to oppa for a bit.”

The warm water pool a little ways from the convenience store.

It was a short distance, only about 20 steps away.

Ji-hye said the convenience store owner manages it, so don’t worry and use it, so I came in with Eunha for a bit.

They must be talking about something, I could hear the sound of four people nodding and laughing.

At best, it’s probably just talking shit about me… but they’re laughing too much to call it shit-talking, so it’s ambiguous.

When I made a sulky face, Eunha comforted me saying it probably wasn’t.

I don’t think it’s comforting, but… I can’t hear them anyway.

The warm water pool managed by the convenience store was better quality than I thought.

Yellow lights were on, and lemon scent flowed out to match the color.

The pleasant warmth and lemon scent mixed appropriately, easily melting my body.

The spot itself was nice, but it was in a place where the table was visible, so my younger sisters occasionally glanced at me.

I wondered if they were glaring at me, thinking I was doing something weird… but I didn’t drag them here, so it should be okay.

‘Eunha called me here.’

They glared at me slightly every time they looked at me, but each time I glared back at them in return.

I didn’t call them, Eunha just dragged me here saying she wanted to talk.

That act of watching to see if I’m going to do something in the meantime.

Let’s talk about it later, Ji-hye, yeah.

, “Are you going to get a job?”

, “I have to… I’m sorry about saying I’d help you with your work, but after talking to Ji-hye, I realized I need to get a job too.”

, “You’re at that age. So I can’t ask you to help me out.”

, “I could, but it’s not like I’d become your exclusive manager just by doing that, so it’s a bit…”

, “Manager or not… ugh, I really don’t think I could make you do this for life.”

, “Even if you become more successful, there’s no reason for me to adjust your schedule. If you’re that busy, the company will assign someone to you.”

Eunha nodded and wiped her face with her warmed hands.

Actually, purely in terms of workload, a salary of around 2 million is quite good.

Just clean the house a bit and go out with the company to handle things if something happens.

It’s not like I do this all week, so it’s quite, no, frankly speaking, it’s a job where I’m coasting.

‘But doing this isn’t going to help my future.’

It’s good in the short term, but if I think about the future, there’s no job as bad as this.

It doesn’t help the company’s work, and it’s not like I’m experiencing the company.

It’s not like it helps with work or my resume either.

Eunha arranged a job that’s the best as a part-time job but really bad as a career, and I accepted it.

, “Right? Ugh… still, it’s a shame since it’s time I can legally be with you.”

, “I’ll occasionally go over and clean or something before I get a job.”

At my words, Eunha carefully looked around the table and whispered.

, “Get permission from Ji-hye-unni too.”

, “I’m too tired, but if possible before the weekend, I’ll get permission then.”

, “…That’s enough!”

Hearing my words, she nodded.

, “You’ll meet me before you get a job, right?”

, “It’s not like I’ll get a job right away, so don’t worry. Until then, I’ll be wandering around the house.”

, “That’s enough. Oh, and oppa, would you like to come to our company sometime later?”

Suddenly the company?

, “Why suddenly the company?”

, “Ah, you know the writer who came to the hotel back then? The person who helped oppa.”

, “…I don’t remember the name, but I know them, why?”

I didn’t remember the name, but I remembered that she introduced herself as Writer Yoon.

There’s no reason for that person to call me?

, “That person found and watched the story oppa uploaded to the contest.”

, “…Oh, um, uh…”

, “When I uploaded it to the company again, they said it would be good if they could say it’s usable.”

, “…Okay, sure. Then I’ll go sometime later.”

That must be more than a year ago.

To be honest, I was so flustered that I momentarily felt breathless.

It wasn’t fear or anything, but just the fact that they still knew about it.

My heart sank without me realizing it, it was a feeling that couldn’t help but be surprising.

More than anything, I was so pissed off back then that I just drank and lamented, what’s the point of it coming up now.

I put in effort and tried in my own way, but instead of succeeding, I gave up all motivation after failing.

After that, I really lived like trash, like a fucking idiot, and now it’s coming up.

‘That’s being rediscovered. I really didn’t expect it.’

Since I clearly wrote my name, it was normal for Writer Yoon to talk as if she knew me.

Of course she’d know if she heard a name that was the same as the name I uploaded to the contest.

If I’m happy, I’m happy, but the feeling of being rediscovered was a bit strange, so I couldn’t get my expression in order.

Is this my skill or connections?

If connections are added to something I’m trying to do on my own, is this my skill?

Philosophical or whatever, I did do it, but is something I did with Eunha’s help really my skill?

, “…No, Eunha, I don’t think I’ll go.”

, “Why? They said it’s probably what oppa wrote? The name is the same too.”

, “If it didn’t get popular back then, and it’s getting popular now, it’s something done with connections. With your connections.”

I wiped the sweat flowing on my forehead with the back of my hand and continued speaking.

, “If it was buried right after I submitted it, it’s buried. I’ll give you a gift later, so tell them that besides that.”

, “Oppa, did you take some kind of medicine? You’ve changed a lot.”

When Eunha looked into my eyes, I looked back and shrugged my shoulders.

, “There’s nothing really. I’m just realizing I need to come to my senses after talking at home, so I’m coming to my senses.”

, “No, really… do you know you’ve changed a lot, oppa? Is it even possible for a person to change this much in almost a few weeks?”

, “…It hasn’t even been 2 weeks since I decided to change, you know?”

, “Honestly, when I saw you after a long time, you were a fool who couldn’t even get a grasp on things, but now you’re so reliable that you’re like oppa.”

, “Stop before I poke your eyes out.”

When I pretended to poke her eyes with my hand, she turned her head and giggled.

Since it was true, I splashed warm water on my face to change my mood for a moment.

It’s clear that if a person changes this much in less than half a year, you’d suspect they’re going to die.

But I heard those words from Ji-hye at home in my own way, and it would be a problem if I didn’t change.

I’m really squeezing out all the strength I don’t have in my body to act and think in order to change… if Eunha’s saying that much, it seems like the change is visible.

, “I need to change too. It’s not like I can live without a care forever.”

, “Oh… you’re even saying it coolly, so you’re really manly. Can I steal you from Ji-hye-unni?”

, “If you make 100 million in annual salary and support me, I’ll go on my own.”

, “Make sure you’re alive until I earn 100 million, or else I’ll bring someone else?”

The cool air outside the warm water pool and Eunha’s body warmed in the warm water pool met, and a hazy steam rose.

The hazy steam that spread so much that it covered my eyes poked my eyes, and I closed and opened my eyes for a moment.

Eunha squatted down on the opposite side and watched me, smiling.

, “We’re going to talk about everything here today. It’s been a while since we met, and it’ll be hard to see each other once the semester starts soon.”

, “The three of you conspired and came, didn’t you?”

, “Of course. When else would we have this kind of opportunity.”

, “Then give me something to drink when you come. Since it’s something I did, it’s good to take responsibility and finish it…”

I fanned my forehead with my hand, and Eunha nodded instead of answering.

I had to start worrying about who would come next at her lightly walking away back.

‘Hyunji? No, then Jua? No, then could it be Sea?’

In a situation where it wouldn’t be strange for anyone to come, the person coming in front of me as I was thinking… was thankfully ordinary.

I don’t know if I should call this ordinary, but at least the most ordinary younger sister approached and started warming her body in the opposite side of the pool.

, “…”

, “Why are you looking at me like that.”

, “It’s because I didn’t expect Sea to come.”

, “Can’t I come? I’m the oldest one here in my own way!”

, “Just looking at what you do, you’re a kid next to Jua!”

In terms of age, she’s right after me.

A younger sister who’s a similar age to Jua just looking at her actions, height, and face.

, “Where do I look like a kid… well, I am right.”

, “…Just looking at the outside, you’re the biggest kid.”

, “Still, I’m earning the most. Since the talk about getting a job came up, I was going to ask you to do videos with me.”

Video uploads.

It’s a job that’s been doing the best these days, and it has the advantage of being able to be done anywhere.

Computers are everywhere, and these days, VR devices even have video recording functions built in.

If you can upload it and get a lot of views and make money, it’s definitely become a job.

It’s now responsible for the axis of jobs to the point where the priority for loans has increased at banks.

, “Me? It’s not like I’m good at anything, and it’s not like I have any special know-how.”

, “You’re close combat, close combat shield. Just uploading videos with that will be popular enough, right?”

, “Is close combat shield that rare? I saw it quite a bit when I was playing.”

, “No. Right now, when you do 3-person parties in the upper ranks, you can’t do it without a close combat shield. Even in the lower tier sections, people don’t want to do shield.”

, “…What, the fun of charging while blocking with a shield and hitting is amazing.”

, “Why would you hold a shield in a game where you can just beat everything with a weapon…”

As if she was dumbfounded, she splashed water on me slightly.

It’s strange to hold a shield in a game that’s not an RPG game… but it’s not wrong to say that.

It’s a game where you can purely throw a stone with luck and break the opponent’s weapon, so there’s no point in blocking.

Rather, it’s faster and more fun to use a weapon to attack and neutralize the opponent in that time, which is normal.

There’s nothing left if you block, and it’s not like you can block attacks for sure by blocking.

Considering that the shield breaks the more you get hit due to the characteristics of the shield, it’s really the epitome of inefficiency.

The only thing I can say to answer why you’d hold a shield is, it’s fun.

I’m the one who holds a shield for the fun of following and hitting when all the ranged weapons are used up and running away.

But if Sea, who came up to the middle tier with that job and is a successful video uploader, is guaranteeing popularity… I realized it’s definitely not a bad job.

If it’s fun and you make money, it’s the best as a job, but…

, “But at first, I’d have to ride on your popularity, right?”

, “Right? No matter how much, would a close combat shield user who uploads videos get popular without anything?”

, “I won’t do it if that’s the case.”

, “Why? You’d make quite a bit of money.”

, “In the end, it means I have to ride on you to do it. If I really can’t get a job later, I’ll think about it then.”

, “What’s wrong with making money comfortably? It’s good to make money comfortably if you’re going to make it anyway.”

, “I talked to Eunha too. I said I won’t do it with connections.”

, “…You’ve really changed.”

Sea slowly approached me and looked at me with eyes that looked at strange objects.

, “What’s changed.”

, “Really, is this the same person I saw before? Where did our oppa who wanted to live comfortably go?”

, “You guys aren’t really planning to break my resolve, are you…?”

Are their minds all connected or something.

Are they all talking this late at night to break my resolve?

It’s only two people now, but I’m already tired.