episode_0076

“I wonder if it would be okay to set rules for cohabitation when two of the four of us don’t have one. But since there are four of us, if we take charge of cleaning and cooking two days a week and one of us only does it one day, there will be less major complaints.”

Yumina said while drawing with a ballpoint pen. I was making seven squares, perhaps representing a week.

“Personally, I think it would be very annoying if only one person did it for one day.”

“Well, I guess that’s what our lady would do.”

“What? What does it mean?”

“So wouldn’t it be best to choose our lady as the person who will only do it for one day?”

“…I feel a little bad when you take my personality so seriously. Even if I don’t have a good personality, I’m not a bad person, right?”

I was hurt.

“I’m kidding!”

Yumina laughed bitterly. Yes. It may be a joke, but I wonder how much sincerity was put into it.

“A real joke! Since it’s a structure where one person benefits too much, it’s good to have a rotation, but it’s easier to keep the basic rules simple. So the landlord just does it for one day. How about that?”

“So it’s not because of my personality?”

“Besides, no one expects our lady to clean and cook, so there will be less complaints even if it’s only for a day.”

“I think you think I’m very incompetent, but that’s not the case at all.”

I quenched my thirst with Americano. Ugh, it tastes bad.

“I am confident that I can eat well and live well even if I become independent right now. Cleaning and cooking are the basics of living on my own.”

There may be a misunderstanding, but the cooking is top-notch and cleaning can be solved very easily with magic. Since I have a past life, I have a lot of experience living alone. Of course, even more so than the teenagers in front of me. Although we are both middle school students.

Yumina smiled softly and scribbled with a ballpoint pen. Each person is responsible for two days. Just one day for the young lady. This person’s name is Cha Ha-neul, but I don’t know why they wrote it as Miss.

“Wait. But why do I have to do a day?”

“Huh? Like I just said, that’s the only thing that’s better. If you start rotating, things will definitely go wrong. Besides, if there’s a problem, you can gradually fix it.”

“No, that’s not true, why should I do it for a day? Think about it, I provide you with a home.”

I opened my arms and emphasized the living room.

“then……?”

“I won’t do it.”

Yumina opened her mouth.

“I don’t particularly have a hobby of cooking or cleaning, so why should I do that?”

“But that…”

“It’s just one day anyway, so it’s not that difficult.”

“That’s it!”

“So, just one person can do it in one more day. It’s not that difficult.”

Yumina’s eyes wandered here and there.

“Cooking and cleaning are not my hobbies, but since there are three of us, there must be at least one person who has similar tastes, right? Then that person can do it. If not, it would be a good time to create a new hobby.”

Yumina magically lifted the ballpoint pen she was holding and drew a strikethrough on the existing text. Below that, I wrote the new rules. The week is divided between three people. Let someone who likes or has the aptitude for cleaning and cooking take on a little more responsibility.

When I stopped the magic, the ballpoint pen started rolling around.

Yumina remained silent and stared intently at the newly written rules.

“how is it?”

Instead of answering, an awkward smile came back.

There was silence.

The response is not good.

“I’m just kidding. You kept teasing me, so I tried it too.”

“……I knew it!”

My hand was grabbed tightly.

I was a little surprised because it was so sudden.

“There is no way our young lady would use the Prisoner’s Dilemma situation to create structural conflict just because she wants to live alone!”

You live your life thinking like that.

Yumina nodded exaggeratedly, agreed to herself, and tore up the paper on which she had written the rules. As if tearing it once wasn’t enough, I folded it and tore it several times. Come on.

“I think there’s a problem for the two of us to decide.”

“Two out of four is a majority.”

“No! Not a majority.”

I’m picky.

“Anyway, two smart and reasonable people are enough.”

“There are four of us, but what if two of us are missing?”

“Originally, once a rule is set, it is easily followed.”

Yumina grabbed this shoulder and shook it violently. My vision wavered back and forth. Gaaa.

“No! Bring Do Yu-geon right now!”

“Wait a minute, I’m crazy.”

was let go

OMG… … .

I roughly cleaned up my stray hair.

Call him? Are you having fun with your grandfather right now?

Why do we live in this world?

I want to sleep in bed.

Then shouldn’t I just go to sleep?

That’s right.

I have to go home.

“……Where?”

“at home.”

The shoes he was wearing were taken off and he was dragged away and made to sit on the sofa. Is it really this miserable to not be able to even go home?

“Why are you saying I’m going home?”

“I’m calling Do Yoo-geon now and making up the rules. Make the call.”

“Then, since there is no Laplace, one person is missing. Setting rules is meaningless if everyone doesn’t get together. I don’t think today is the right day, but let’s do it next time.”

“Since Laplace sent me instead of himself, if Do Yu-geon comes, there will be four of us.”

“Well, then, out of the four, three people have the authority, so it’s a majority. We can decide between the two of us.”

Yumina shook her head.

“But you have tormented Laplace so much that he has no desire for life? If you use space-time magic, you will be transported here, but instead of coming directly, you act on behalf of him.”

The side that copied the magic doesn’t move their bodies through space because it’s too risky, but Laplace uses it well.

“…It’s because it hurts.”

Yumina muttered gloomily.

They lost real power over that area, but they don’t want to admit it out of pride, so aren’t they just faking it by saying they have no choice but to take over because they’re sick? Then, I miss the right time to bend my pride and admit it, so I find myself wandering around. I’m guessing I’ll be wearing a blanket at night in agony because I’m accumulating black history in real time.

Now that I think about it, I told this person that I didn’t think he would live long, but since he’s still alive and well, I might be embarrassed to meet him face to face. Well, she gave off a sad atmosphere as a terminally ill beautiful girl, but it would be embarrassing if the announced date passed by. Still, I’m a middle school student anyway, so I live confidently like Do Yu-geon. Oh, I guess I’m a middle school student because I don’t go to school.

“But how old is Laplace? I don’t remember ever hearing of him.”

“I don’t know. He’s a little taller than my lady, so he’s probably a year or two younger than me. He could be the same age.”

“If you don’t tell me your real name or your age, why do you buy me?”

It was the perfect night.

Apod.

“Ugh… I’ve never been beaten by my parents before.”

“That should be natural. Anyway, call Do Yu-geon.”

“But now we are distancing ourselves.”

“My baby, we have too many excuses.”

“He doesn’t call in the first place, so why should I? He’s playing alone, having a sword fight with his grandfather. He’s not a kid.”

… … It’s true, though.

Still, we’re the same age. Of course, this is a middle school girl. Soon to be a high school girl.

Yumina touched her forehead and sighed.

“Young lady, please listen carefully.”

I was speechless at the unexpected words.

“Me…?”

“Is there someone else here?”

“If you think about it, you are also a girl with a golden spoon.”

If you ask other magical girls, they’ll probably tell you that it’s Miss Bonamana. As a matter of course, coming from a highly educated family, the logical system and cultural knowledge acquired are in themselves objects of envy. You must have benefited greatly from the integration of the Seoul region. Yumina lacks understanding of cultural capital. This is why it is a golden spoon.

“Don’t talk back, call me now.”

I lay down on the sofa.

“I’m just not going to grow up.”

Yumina looked dumbfounded. It’s an answer I couldn’t have imagined.

“I wish I wasn’t even in high school at this point. Why do I have to get older? Should I skip tteokguk this Lunar New Year? Do you want to eat my tteokguk instead?”

“I’m not going to eat.”

* * *

Depressed. Being influenced by others is inevitable, but it shouldn’t start already. Where have risk management and self-control gone?

I crossed the gate holding the flower pot. As we went further in, the sounds of impacts and swords clashing became louder and louder. Without having to concentrate, I could feel magical energy coming from behind the mansion. Instead of going any closer, I just walked around in the garden. The tree is pretty. Should I plant some green onions here?

The chief secretary, who was passing by, approached me.

“You’re here, lady.”

“I don’t know how to answer if you tell me that I didn’t make an appointment and now I’m here.”

The chief secretary laughed briefly.

“Please follow me.”

The chief secretary took the lead.

“I know where it is.”

“It’s been a while since I assisted the Chairman. Do you mind if I give you some advice?”

“Just one word is okay.”

“Ignorance is a sin. Why not be afraid of the price?”

When I glanced at him, the chief secretary just smiled. Most times when people laugh, it seems like they are annoyed.

“You’re reading the trends of the times a bit wrong. These days, we live in an era of information overload, so active ignorance is the trend.”

“Maybe so.”

“You’re right. The brain has limits, so if it takes in too much information, it loses its rationality.”

I felt the shock of magical power. I stopped talking and looked at the vacant lot. Do Yu-gun was thrown away as if he had been hit by magic. I was startled and tried to help by activating my magic power, but the guy was quick enough to sink his sword into the ground. There was a sound of the ground being scraped and the flying body stopped.

As Do Yoo-geon took a step forward, a shock wave ripped through the vacant lot. The ground shook slightly.

“Come!”

With the grandfather’s excited voice, a pile of dirt rose to form a wall. Do Yu-geon kicked the ground again and climbed over the wall. Fire arrows attacked from all directions in the air.

Sword energy formed on Do Yu-geon’s sword.

The flow was cut off with one blow.

Space was created in separation.

A sword strike that knows where to cut and when to stop.

Do Yu-geon kicked back one fiery arrow and rushed towards the ground. Sword and sword, sword and sword energy collided. A storm blew. The garden was swept away and sand was scattered.

I can not see.

I don’t know how the swords collide, not because of the sand, but because I lack visual acuity. I thought it got a lot better as the level went up, but I can’t see it.

I rubbed my eyes for a moment to get the sand out of them. I closed my eyes and felt the sensation.

Do Yu-geon raised his sword and the grandfather’s sword was pushed upward. The remains of the sword energy scattered into fragments.

As if there was an opening, the guy pulled his sword back and stabbed me hard. The tip of the sword was pointed towards the armor.

Just before the sword energy and armor collided, sparks flashed from the armor and destroyed the sword energy. The sword and armor, which lost their sword energy, clashed. The sword that could not withstand the impact shattered.

The grandfather’s sword struck straight down.

Do Yu-geon received a sword strike with his broken sword and caught the falling sword fragments with his other hand. The moment when the grandfather’s sword energy cut off the broken sword. Sword energy condensed on the sword fragment and stabbed towards the armor.

The sword and armor clashed.

The armor that had been stabbed in the same spot was crushed, magic was generated from the armor, and a shock wave was released. The shock wave was aimed at the grandfather, not Do Yu-geon. The grandfather naturally accepted the shock wave and flew backwards, landing.

Do Yu-geon looked blankly at his grandfather in a stabbing position and threw the sword hilt and sword fragments on the floor.

“Aaaah! What is this? It’s a scam! Where can I find something like this!”

I was screaming and shaking my head.

“It’s not about fraud, it’s about getting the right price. After all, I like things that are expensive.”

The grandfather seemed to be senile and smiled.

“As expected.”

The chief secretary next to me added a word.

what’s this… … .