Chapter 3 – Episode 3 – Prospective Protagonist

“Okay! Come soon… Uh? Rice? What are you doing all of a sudden?”
“No. Just. I am really sorry for being late.”
“Hmm. Okay? Well, you don’t have to do that. I’m sorry. Okay. Come quickly! A guest has arrived, so hang up!”
“Yes.”

– Pop

The phone is disconnected.

“Ha…….”

I sighed.

‘What kind of courage is this all of a sudden, Jin Hyun-ah?’

Come to think of it, it was the first time I offered a meal to the opposite sex other than when I was a student. I thought of breaking the quest, so I just let it go, but after hanging up the phone, I was a little worried.

Will I be able to complete this quest?

In fact, there was a possibility that I couldn’t even promise to buy you food now.

Even if it’s one in a lifetime, no matter how you go on a date… Will I be able to realistically go all the way to kissing?

My heart became restless.

“… And the criteria for dating are ambiguous.”

I looked at my phone.

What is the standard of dating in this app?
Does it count as a date even if you just eat with the opposite sex?

I do not know.

“Let’s go for now.”

If it’s too late to think about it here, it really wasn’t a person.

I finished putting on my clothes and looked at the heart-shaped tub I had placed next to me.

‘Candy of love.’

Come to think of it, I had to check the effect of this candy.

The heroine app was real, but I wasn’t sure about the effects of the candy yet.

I took out about 5 candies from the box and put them in my pocket, then returned the box to my inventory through the Heroine app.

And then left the house

“After.”

It was late at night, and even though it was summer, a cool breeze blew.

I got on the bus and walked a little to arrive at the convenience store where I work part-time.

When we arrived, it was almost 11pm.

“Duh…….”

Feeling apologetic, I looked inside the convenience store outside the window and saw a woman paying for her goods.

‘As expected, she’s pretty.’

Short hair that falls slightly above the shoulders, and a cool look. She was a little short, but she had a pretty face and body.

Yoo-jung, whom I called earlier, was my older sister.

“Let’s stay calm.”

– With my daughter

After taking a deep breath, I opened the door to the convenience store and entered.

“Welcome…… ! You!”

Yoo-jung, who was reflexively trying to say hello, found me and opened her eyes.

I quickly bowed my head to her and went inside and quickly changed my clothes and came out.

‘Fortunately, the anger doesn’t seem so great…….’

I think I was a bit angry when I answered the phone earlier, but it seems to have loosened up somewhat as time passed.

Are you a caretaker?

‘If it were me, I would have been extremely angry.’

I was fortunate to have a good-natured older sister.

When I came out after changing her clothes, Yoo-jung’s sister pursed her lips as if to say something to me.

But I interrupted her and held out a piece of candy in front of her.

“Come on, here.”

It was a heart-shaped candy inside the candy maker.

It was a chance to test the effect of candy.

“Yes? What is this.”

Yu-jeong’s older sister asked with a question mark on her face. I said with a calm expression.

“It’s candy. Please eat.”
“I’ve never been like this before. Hmm… Ah! Hey~ You’re not just trying to make up for being late for an hour with this, are you?”

Said the older sister, narrowing her eyes.

“Ah, please. This is just for you. It’s delicious.”

I shook my hands and denied it. Then, my sister smiled slightly and handed the candy.

“I’m kidding~ Anyway, this. It’s the first candy I’ve ever seen.”
“Yes. These are candy sent by a relative abroad.”
“Okay?”

I roughly answered.

It’s a candy you don’t even know the brand of. When asked where it came from, there was no way to answer but lie.

Yu-jeong’s sister looked at the candy for a moment while humming, then she peeled off the candy and put it in her mouth.

“Well, thanks, I’ll eat well.”

‘Ate…….’

I swallowed and looked at it.

Today, the lips of the sister who put the candy in her mouth were especially highlighted.

Cherry-colored seductive lips.

‘Is it a kiss…….’

In my mind, I imagined kissing my sister.

Our lips touch each other, and I feel my sister’s breath. I was just imagining it, but the blood rushed downward.

‘… Let’s stop.’

I shook my head.

In order to receive those lips in the first place, I had to go on a date, and in order to do that, the effect of the candy had to be real.

The effect of the candy is to feel a little liking and attraction to the one person you look at the most while eating the candy.

If the target was a member of the opposite gender, the effect was doubled.

It only lasted 3 hours, but if this effect were real, it might not be a dream to set up a date while it lasted.

“… Why are you staring at me like that?”

Let’s get lost thinking about this and that. My sister asked, tilting her head.

“Oh, no. Think for a minute.”

Inside, I laughed ahaha and ran away.

“Anyway. I’m glad you came… This is my first tardiness, so I’m going over it! Okay?”
“Yes. From now on, I will never be late.”
“Okay, let’s have a good shift.”

After that, I took over.

Fortunately, the guest did not come in.

Ever since my sister ate the candy, I was conscious of her gaze, but maybe it was because it was just the two of us at the convenience store, she looked at me a lot without realizing it.

‘This should be enough…… ?’

About 5 minutes passed.

If I just melted the candy and ate it, I could eat it in 10 minutes, so I said chewing it was delicious, and my sister followed suit and chewed and ate the candy.

‘You should have eaten all the candy by now… But when will we talk?’

I had a hard time getting the words out.

I did say that I would buy rice over the phone, but in fact, when I said that I was just passing over what I was late for in the conversation just before, it could be seen that my offer to buy rice was turned around and rejected.

Is it okay to bring up Bob’s story in such a situation?

Was there a candy effect in the first place?

If it doesn’t work, I’m sure I’ll be rejected…….

Hardly making a decision, I was at a loss as time passed.

I have to bring up the story at the right timing, but I was at a loss as to when.

After the handover was over and my sister left, there weren’t many opportunities anymore.

Just as I was feeling so restless, I suddenly heard a voice next to me.

“Ugh. But Jinhyun-ah… But didn’t you say you were going to buy me a meal over the phone earlier?”

‘OMG?’

I looked to the side in surprise.

Next to me, I saw my older sister talking to me with a calm expression, as if she had just remembered it.

‘Did the candy effect appear?’

It was similar to my usual older sister, but I felt a bit out of place.

‘I don’t think anything has changed.’

It wasn’t that his face was just plain red. However, it seemed that the atmosphere had changed a little strangely.

‘Come to think of it…….’

It was a bit odd. If it was my sister’s usual personality, I would have passed on like this, but I wouldn’t have brought her up first.

As I thought so, my sister opened her mouth again, perhaps taking my lack of an answer as a negative.

“What is it?”
“No, it can’t be. Of course you have to buy it. When do you like it?”

I couldn’t miss this great opportunity. I answered quickly. My sister put her index finger to her lips for a moment and pondered.

“Ugh. Day after tomorrow?”
“… The day after tomorrow?”
“Why. No?”

There was nothing wrong with it. I was just surprised at how fast it was.

“Today is Friday, and we both have part-time jobs tomorrow, so we have sand off. You’ll be tired because it’s nighttime, so I think the sand would be just right, not tomorrow.”

It was a very logical statement. I nodded.

“Like. Then the day after tomorrow.”
“Yes. Good night. Pick a place and time and call me.”
“Yes.”

After saying that, my older sister, who had finished taking over, changed her clothes and came out.

“There are drinks and sandwiches inside, so eat them. Then I go.”
“Yes. Goodbye.”

– My daughter and daughter

Yoo-jung’s sister left, and in an instant, she was left alone at the convenience store.
I muttered in a tone that didn’t make sense.

“Succeded…….”

All he did was give me a piece of candy, but he promised to eat with me.

In the meantime, even though we only talked face-to-face during the handover time.

‘I can see what kind of effect it really has.’

I looked at the candy with curious eyes.

Maybe it was more powerful candy than I thought.

‘I need to find out more.’

I put the candy in my pocket and nodded. Maybe, I didn’t know if I could really kiss.

******

“Why did I suddenly say that?”

Returning from her convenience store, Yu-jeong questions her actions.

She was just a younger sister who worked at the same convenience store, but she suddenly found Jinhyeon’s face attractive, so she opened her mouth without realizing it.

Even when she said on the phone that she would buy me a meal, she had no particular intention of accepting it, but she made that an excuse first and made her meal appointment.

Even if she worked later, she would get paid properly, and she got a proper apology, so she had no reason to take it.

“Okay. I was even late today…….”

She doesn’t come after 10 o’clock, and she was pretty annoyed when she called and was told she was home. Although the anger subsided over time, there was no reason why people suddenly seemed to like him.

But strangely, even now, when I think of Jin-hyeon’s face, she still looks attractive.

Am I crazy

It’s not even a handsome face, it’s an ordinary face, but today I felt a strangely strange attraction.

“Well. Is it because you ate the candy?”

Yoojung recalled the candy she had received earlier. Well, she did something extraordinary that she wouldn’t normally do. The candy was delicious too.

But that doesn’t mean I’m never going to look attractive with just that one…….

“Well, you’ll know when we meet on Sunday.”

Let’s go home and get some sleep

Yu-jeong headed home with such light steps.