Chapter 426 – Karma #3

Alex said that with Stella’s permission, he could go to the convenience store once a day.
Yesterday, Stella texted me saying that Alex couldn’t sleep because he had been playing games all night.
If so, it was time to come down by now at seven o’clock.
Since he had just moved, there would be no side dishes, so he would try to get a quick meal at a convenience store before going to bed.

“Uh…? Hey…! No, brother!”

As I was wandering around the park, I turned my head when I heard an annoying but waiting voice behind me.
Then, seeing Alex approaching at a quick pace from a distance, he raised his hand.

“Is it Alex? Hi?”

Seeing my expression without any surprise, Alex asked with a questioning look.

“Why is your brother here? Are you on your schedule? My sister said there was one this afternoon?”

“Why are you here… I live here?”

“Yes…? I beg your pardon…?”

“I live here. It’s on the same floor as Stella. I did not know?”

“…..”

“I guess you didn’t know. I thought Stella said… Welcome anyway. Let’s be friends from now on.”

Having said that, I reached out my hand to Alex.
And, of course, Alex didn’t hold out his hand.
I just turned on a blank laugh as if it was absurd.

It is worth waiting for. Let’s break one incident today.
Thinking so, I retrieved my hand and scratched my head embarrassedly.

“What are you doing here? Are you going to exercise?”

“No… I came out to go to the convenience store… Why does your brother live here? Do you have a lot of money?”

“Why are you talking about that all of a sudden?”

“It is. This is an expensive house that the manager can’t even dream of earning…”

“…Isn’t that your business?”

“It is… Um?”

Alex, who was about to agree, hesitated.
Even with his understanding, he runs too fast… To be stupid…

“What did you just say?”

“Don’t you know anything? I don’t see the need to tell you anything personal.”

Alex is looking down on me.
Hearing this from me, who thinks like a hogu, I would be quite angry.
As expected, the guy showed a rather violent reaction.

“No, why are you talking so carelessly?”

“Don’t you think that the other person is also doing this because you’re being rude first?”

“…..”

Fuck this are you worried
Let’s hit the ball before this guy goes back on what he said.
Let’s scratch it with an unbelievable accusation that will come out of my mouth.
So when Alex tells Stella about her, she will believe me.

“There’s a reason you’ve been on your knees for two years. The child is not yet immature.”

Alex’s eyes widened as if those words were the fuse.
Yeah yeah, don’t think about it and do whatever you want.

“What?”

“Because you keep appearing like this, your sister is losing affection for you.”

Wasn’t this one a bit strong?

“What the fuck are you doing?”

My sister’s performance is certain.

“I’m cursing now. It is you.”

Clenched fists tremble.
It looks like it wants to hit you.
But I’m holding back with all my might.
I have some patience… But that’s the limit.

I shrugged and looked at Alex.
With a grinning expression as if he was pathetic.
Afterwards, he turned around and landed the final blow.

“I don’t understand why Stella raises such a bully… Is she still her sister?”

As soon as I finished speaking, I heard a crackling sound from behind.

I’m sorry-!

A very crackling sound came from my left cheek, and my face jerked sideways.
My fists are very spicy. If I had become a boxer, I would have done great.
It hurts quite a bit. But why are you trying to laugh?

**

“Brother! Good morning…?”

Stella hesitated as she tidied up her shoes and entered the house.
Stella’s voice tone descends with a gradation.
Her eyes widened when she saw that one of my cheeks was swollen.

“What…? It?”

She quickly came over to the sofa where I was sitting and squatted down as she continued her words.

“Brother…! What’s wrong with your face You’re right!?”

Stella seemed to put her hand on my face.
It seemed that he was concerned that I might be in pain.
As if one side of her face went numb, I waved my hand as I moved the muscles around my eyes.

“Nope. I tripped over a rock and fell.”

“Do not be ridiculous! Anyone could see that it was right…!”

“I fell down… It’s okay.”

“What’s going down! You fell down, everything else is fine, but only one cheek is puffy!?”

I pouted my lips as I looked at Stella, who was arguing boldly, with her loving eyes.
It means that if you come, ask for a kiss first.
She touched her lips well at my natural behavior, and eventually kissed her with a groan as I wanted.
Very carefully, so I don’t hurt myself.
After that, it haunted me again.

“Who did it?”

Perhaps this time she decided to play a good cop, her voice softened a bit.
I answered, barely holding back the laughter that was about to leak out.

“The ground was like that.”

“Brother… I’m not trying to say anything, and I’m not trying to hurt the person who hit my brother, so don’t worry. Men fight a lot when they are young. It’s a bit childish to fight as an adult, but my dad and Alex are like that, so it’s not really a problem…”

It is now.
Timing it inwardly, I let Stella’s shoulders twitch when she mentioned Alex.

“…?”

Stella’s head tilted.
Why do I suddenly want to go there?
Stella, contemplating something of hers, put on a look of almost her astonishment as I avoided her and her gaze.
I hope you are doing it

“Brother… Maybe…”

Her expression is awkward, her gaze is oblique, and her body is very slightly turned away from Stella.
After that, he tries hard to show a calm appearance, but his acting ability is like a poor actor, and he gives off a dry voice.

“Uh. Why?”

I see Stella, whose face darkens in an instant.
Evidence that she was well taken care of.
She soon interrogated me in a very subdued tone.

“Did you fight Alex?”

“No.”

“Tell me honestly.”

“I didn’t fight.”

“I’m serious? Can you put your hand on your chest and say you didn’t fight?”

I’m talking this far, but what… What kind of power do I have to lie more?
I silently looked Stella in the eye and signaled that I was sorry.
Then, confirming the fact, Stella mates her own forehead! I hit it to make a sound.

“Haa… Tell me everything about why you fought. If you lie again, I will be really angry.”

“Is it necessary to know?”

“The two people closest to me fought, so how can you stay still? Tell me because you need to know.”

“Well…”

After one spit, I reluctantly told Chuck Stella the whole story.
A story that was fabricated to my advantage.
I didn’t forget to cover Alex a little bit.
As I told the whole story, Stella, who had been listening silently, jumped to her feet.

“Hang on.”

Saying that in a sullen tone, she strode forward and opened her front door.
Bang! And closing door.
Confirming that Stella had gone to her own house, I leaned back against her backrest and spread her legs.

Now Alex is in for a great ordeal.
Because the baby was not packed with me first!
The baby was raised while scratching me!
If I tell the truth, Stella will only think that Alex is lying.
Why? Because she had what she had been doing.

Swearing, classmate assault, as well as absenteeism, habitual smoking of marijuana…
In addition to this, Alex had all sorts of accidents and rotted her sister.

On the other hand, he has never caused any trouble, has sacrificed himself for Stella,
She nurtured the love that sprouted in her heart, and I gave her even greater love than that.

Those who have steadily accumulated karma, those who have accumulated merit.
In a situation like this, no matter how bloody or bloody I am, Stella will raise my hand.
That’s what karma is.
The difference was that Alex’s karma was secretly accumulated by me.

Anyway, cheer up, nerd.
Fuck Alex for me.
I smiled and turned on the TV in a very comfortable position.

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Rattle!

Stella almost kicked the door open, pounding her chest as she watched Alex, who was calm and lost in her dreamland, despite the loud noise.
Don’t you know how serious the situation is right now?
Immediately trying to wake him up, she calmed herself down and looked at Alex’s face.

‘Aren’t you fine…?’

It is clean without any damage.
So you’re saying the two weren’t fighting each other?
Or did they fight, but did Alex unilaterally beat Ji-hyeok?

‘Nope…’

Jihyeok is bigger than Alex.
In all fights, weight class is a high priority.
It didn’t make sense for Jihyeok to be pushed unilaterally.
And crucially, there was a reason why Jihyeok should never lose.

Sehwa was like that yesterday.
It is said that Ji-hyeok, armed alone, visited a Syrian terrorist group that was conducting biological experiments on the body parts of monsters.
There was a fierce battle there.
I didn’t even dream that Ji-hyuk had such a past, so I don’t know how surprised I was.

Anyway, the important thing is not to be surprised,
A person who was captured but had the courage to fight against dozens of people alone,
There was no way a person who had the skills to do so would be pushed aside from a mere fist fight.
Putting everything together, this incident could be said to be Alex’s one-sided assault.
Ji-hyeok just hit him when his younger brother rushed at him with his fist.

And Ji-hyeok lied… He was just trying to get over the situation.
Why? He fears that he will feel sorry for him, that Alex will get into trouble.
After finishing all the arrangements, Stella,

“Hey!!”

I screamed as if the room was going to reverberate.

“Ugh! What!?”

Alex freaks out and raises his upper body.
Stella looked at him with burning eyes and said.

“Isn’t that what happened to your hair!?”

“Ah, what else… I haven’t gone anywhere except the convenience store…”

“You think that’s the problem now!? Why did you hit Jihyuk’s brother! Uh!?”

It was only then that Alex realized why his sister was angry and yawned.

“Ah… That? There’s a reason that bastard watched me kneel for two years. Besides, since I keep appearing like this, my sister is taking away her affection. Aren’t you unlucky? So I hit one.”

It’s ridiculous to say it as if it doesn’t matter.
To the point where I doubt if he’s normal.
The back of her neck stiffened, and Stella brought her hand there.

“Jihyeok oppa did that to you? That way he swears?”

“So… That bastard was something sinister and I didn’t like it.”

Stella seriously considered whether Alex had a mental illness.
Did he think he would believe it now?
Ji-hyeok helped Alex get into school by mobilizing his personal connections, and expressed concern about himself trying to discipline Alex by suppressing it.
To that extent, Jihyeok cared for Alex.

And Ji-hyeok said that he had a good reason for messing around with Alex.
Afterwards, Alex even told me not to talk too much about it because he was fighting with himself and going out was restricted.

What kind of person is that?
Is there a reason you took 2 years?
Are you saying that your sister is losing affection?
If Ji-hyeok really said that, I put a piece of paper on his hand.
To the extent that he was so confident, what Alex said just now didn’t make sense.

“It was right to scold me at this point. Don’t worry about my sister, just me…”

Stella, heartily pathetic to Alex who was about to recount her own saga, called to Alex quietly.

“Hey.”

“Yes?”

“Are you… Are you sick? Have you had a headache or… Dizziness recently?”

“What do you mean?”

“You idiot… Jihyeok oppa cares for and worries about us to the extent that he uses his personal power to get you into school…”

Alex’s expression rotted as he listened to Stella’s words.
He lifted her hand to interrupt her and raised her voice.

“If you really think that way, then you have a headache. Song Ji-hyeok pretends to be good to that bastard noona because she has a purpose.”

“For what purpose?”

“It must be my sister’s body, of course. He’s a real dog pervert. He’s a madman with dozens of serpents inside.”

“Wow… You…”

Stella pursed her lips.
How can you say something like that… It’s so absurd that I can’t continue talking.
I thought she might have come to her senses a bit, but she wasn’t.
Alex still has a long way to go to grow up.
No, can I really grow iron?

“Hey… Jihyeok oppa isn’t the kind of person you think… I can assure you…”

“Oh fuck, I’m going crazy… Then what did I hear?”

“Do not say bad word. Even if you cross the line now, you have crossed the line a long time ago.”

“No, noona, why are you on the side of such an asshole? Don’t you believe me?”

I don’t believe it. I don’t even want to believe
If Alex had known Jihyeok even a little bit, he would not have said such a thing.
He’s a mischievous guy, but he’s naive and sincere…
Stella pressed her temples to calm his throbbing head, and spoke as quietly as she could.

“Let’s assume what you say is true. Say that Jihyeok oppa said harsh things to you. Even so, the cause was in you.”

“What bullshit…”

“You said that Jihyeok did that to his brother? Do you have a lot of money, how can you live in a house like this while working as a manager?”

“…..”

It was true to see that he was silent.
I wondered if it was, oh oh ok, but it was as expected.
Stella, heartbroken, lashed out at Alex almost in tears.

“Are we rich? Is it a level that others can ignore? Don’t you know that this is the house that Boyoung’s sister saved for her? When you move in, do you feel like it’s really your home? Is that why dead-end people look like ordinary people?”

“That… I didn’t mean it… Because the manager’s salary is low… I was asking because it didn’t make sense…”

“Even so, you shouldn’t say anything rude! And what? Manager ‘same thing’? Is being a manager an embarrassing job in your eyes? Why did you speak so condescendingly? Would you be ashamed of me for being different?”

“Are you crazy, really? How proud I am of my sister being a singer…”

“Is that kind of kid hitting the manager I care so much about? Besides, you and I had an accident when we debuted… The person who covered up for the swearing at that time is Jihyeok’s older brother… Do you remember that?”

Alex’s mouth closed.
With his momentum dead, he tried to rip off his claws.
He looked up at his sister, who was sulking, and he complained.

“I remember, and I was still thankful until today. By the way…”

“By the way? Jihyeok oppa is someone with a purpose, so you really hate him?”

“…. It’s true… Noona… It’s real… He’s fucking sneaky…”

Admit it’s naughty. When I was in a relationship with myself, there was not that much perversion.
But in everyday life, it was never like that.
He is a nice guy who is caring and has drive.
The answer came when he saw that he, as well as his colleagues and even the doctor, praised Ji-hyeok to the point of drying their mouths and relied on him.

“Stop the bullshit and go apologize right away.”

“Why should I apologize to that bastard?”

Don’t let me mature again…
Feeling frustrated, Stella punched herself in the chest.

“You used violence… It’s a shame because my brother is kind, if it was someone else, I’d feel sued right away… I couldn’t have attended the school I barely entered…”

“Ha… Sister… Please wake up…”

“You really need to wake up… Please…! Please!”

Alex let out a despairing sigh as he saw his older sister getting more and more toned.

“…. Really ridiculous … The baby is really ruined …”

Then he looked around, went out into the living room, picked up the unassembled chair leg, and tapped his palm with it.
Stella, who watched her sister like that in the room, asked in a trembling voice.

“What are you doing now…?”

“To kill that bastard.”

At the harsh words that came out of her sister’s mouth, Stella, who was dazed for a moment, crumpled her brow.
She shouted as she strode into her living room.

“Hey! Alexander Haley! Are you really like this!? Do you want to be banned from going out at all!?”

“That doesn’t work anymore.”

If things went on like this, things might escalate to the point where it would be impossible to rectify.
Stella, hurried to the front door and blocking Alex with her body, spoke with all her heart.

“Get out. Go back to your old house now. Come back when school starts.”

“What are you doing?”

“You are very excited. Don’t come back until you calm down.”

“Don’t play around, get out of the way. Before pushing.”

“Just get out! Do you want to draw a red line!?”

“Are you going to call the police? Me? My older sister and younger sister?”

“It’s better than being a murderer.”

An exasperated breath escaped from Alex’s mouth.

“You know how pathetic you are right now? Do you like that kid?”

“Yeah, I like it. We will meet properly.”

The answer comes without hesitation.
Alex let out a dejected laugh and nodded her head as if he knew that.

“That’s why you took sides like that.”

“No, I’m more objective than anyone right now.”

“Does that objective person believe only one side of the story and criticize me?”

Yeah I think you’re lying
No, I’m sure it’s not an idea.
Why? Because you’ve been cheating on me all this time!
Because he never thought about the people around him and lied without hesitation for his own gain!

These words went all the way down Stella’s throat and then went back in again.
There was only one reason I couldn’t tell you.
Because she also lied to Alex.
If you are not proud of yourself, how can you expect others to be proud?

There was a long silence in the living room.
Long silence.
Alex was still holding the wooden stick as if to kill Jihyeok.
No more, said Stella, thinking she’d have to let Alex go soon.

“I’ll release everything I bet on you so far, so please go back to your old house.”

“It’s like this again… We’ve never been apart before. Do you know that?”

“Know. So let’s go away for once. And let’s think. What do we need from each other?”

“… I mean it…”

“Yes. I’m serious. Go and play to your heart’s content with the friends you cut off. I won’t say anything.”

“하… 누나 진짜 웃긴다… 송지혁 그 개새끼가 대체 어떻게…”

“I told you not to curse.”

“…..”

Pududeuk-!

The sound of grinding teeth came from Alex’s mouth as he forced himself to swallow the powder.
He grabbed the leg of his chair and threw it to the floor.

“Great. I’ll go back to my old house.”

“Good idea.”

“Instead, promise me one thing. When I meet Song Ji-hyeok, I will closely observe what he is doing.”

“Why should I listen to that?”

“Trust me just one last time. He really has something.”

“…..”

After thinking about what to do, Stella finally gave the answer her sister wanted.

“Great. I will.”

“You promised?”

“Promise.”

“Okay. Can I leave now?”

“Yes.”

As soon as Stella finished speaking, Alex went into her room and packed her clothes in her bag.
He got the job done in an instant, and he came back and nodded.

“Get out of the way.”

Stella pulling her body aside.
She quickly rummaged through her pockets and handed her two 50,000 won bills to her brother.

“All I have now is this. I’ll send the money to your account later, so make sure to eat healthy.”

“…. In the face of a great fight, Shinpa…”

Tick-tick-dan Alex burst into laughter.
Taking one look at his own sister with a complicated look, he left the house.
Living room after a storm.
The broken furnishings end with one chair leg, and it feels like shit has broken out.

Stella moved her wobbly legs and stood her sprawling legs in the corner.

Pounding!

She tried to calm herself by taking deep breaths as she suddenly heard her own heart beating very loudly.
What emotion is this? Anger? Sadness?
I don’t know what it is, but her whole body is so hot.
How did Alex and himself end up like this?

‘My heart hurts so much… It’s frustrating…’

She wanted to believe in her brother too.
But I can’t because of what Alex has shown so far.
Even now, the thought is the same.
Seeing that she tried to kill people in her rage, it seemed that she was good at disbelief.

Today was a really big disappointment for Alex.
That’s a lot… Enough to make you think it’s disgusting for a moment.

“Huh…!”

Sitting miserably on the sofa, she finally burst into tears that she had been holding back.

“Ahhhhh! Whoa!”

And her sorrowful wailing, which immediately followed, echoed through the quiet living room.