Chapter 285 – The Bottle Cap Game

The employee who brought me a glass of cold soju and a glass of beer that was about to overflow left. I asked Mina as soon as he left.

“What is that concept?”

Mina, who returned to her original tone after placing a new order, answered in a blunt tone.

“I tried it because I thought Jiheon would like it. Didn’t it suit you?”

“No. It was a great match.”

“It is an honour.”

“It suits you so well, really.”

“This is the result of research after study. Thank you.”

“What the hell did you look at and study?”

“Can you tell me the part number?”

“It’s okay.”

“It is the duty of a strong man.”

“It’s true. Let’s have a drink.”

“Yes.”

Thinking that my body would tell me anyway, I raised my beer mug. Mina also raised her glass, and we bumped into each other.

Widely!

The full glass rang with a dull sound. It was not a clear sound, but it felt more pleasant than when a wine glass was bumped.

Just before putting the cold beer glass to his mouth, he glanced across the street. She lowered her captivating eyes to the glass and drank a golden drink with white froth.

I drank a beer as a snack while watching the white foam go down. It was lukewarm and slightly steamed compared to when it first came, but it was definitely more delicious than then.

Mina and I lowered our beer glasses and ate the fried karaage with a fork. Crispy fried clothes and rich gravy were no different from frozen food sold at large supermarkets.

I muttered, remembering the time I lived there and the prices on the menu here.

“I thought I would eat it myself.”

“There is an atmosphere here, isn’t it?”

“Nevertheless it is. The price is too high for the food.”

“You don’t have to worry. This ‘sister’ will buy it for you.”

I laughed out loud because of Mina who said she was my older sister. She was a little dumbfounded, and it was a mischievous laugh that came out of being lovely.

After laughing like that, I ate one more beer and karaage. I asked Min-ah, feeling a little upset because of the carbonic acid.

“But why did you ask to meet here? At the hunting carriage?”

“If you do hunting, isn’t it a hunting gun game?”

“I didn’t mean to ask you to meet here just because of that. Is not it?”

“Jiheon knows me too well.”

“Who am I? I stuck with you for 7 years in another world.”

“I was so attached to you that you didn’t even know my heart.”

“I-I’m sorry about that.”

“No.”

When Minah shook her head, her bobbed red hair swayed slightly. She looks at it, mesmerized, as she speaks to her.

“Are you curious about why we chose this place as our meeting place?”

“Yeah, I’m curious. Why did you meet here?”

“That may be a bit of a joke, but…”

She hesitated for some reason what she said. Still, I waited for Minah to speak.

“Actually, I always wanted to come.”

“You? Here? To the hunting pocha?”

“Yes that’s right. Since leaving the nursery school, I have never played properly because I have been working all day. Now that I’ve found some free time, I don’t know how to play even if I want to play.”

Well, even when I tried to think of Minah playing, I couldn’t associate it well. Even as an assassin, the only thing he enjoyed was when I gave him candy.

But this is a little bit outrageous.

“You said you wanted to come to the Hunting Pocha while I was there?”

“It may seem that way, but it is not.”

“Does it look that way to me?”

“No, Jiheon. Absolutely not. You came here with Jiheon because you had an opportunity.”

“You said you always wanted to come here?”

“I don’t mean that. It meant that I felt sorry for the youth that passed by in an instant.”

“Are you saying that your youth was sacrificed because of me?”

“My youth disappeared to make a living. And as a result, you’re sitting and drinking in the same place as Jiheon.”

“… It is, it is.”

Saying it bluntly, I held out my beer glass again.

I knew what you meant. Minah usually showed a complex about being older than us. Because she understands that, she tried to erase her resentment with this.

“I’m sorry, Jiheon.”

“No.”

“I’m really sorry. I didn’t mean that.”

“Okay, come on. Come on, have a drink.”

“Sorry.”

She apologized again and clashed glasses with me.

Widely!

The dull sound didn’t sound as pleasant as before. Still, it seemed that my hard heart was breaking little by little.

“…”

“…”

After drinking beer, the table was filled with an awkward atmosphere unlike before. Unable to bear this, I forced a smile and spoke to Mina in a bright voice.

“Ah, okay. Minah. What do you want to do?”

“Yes?”

“No, you said you wanted to come here. Then there’s nothing you want to do. Say it. I’ll listen to you.”

“Well, would that be okay?”

“Are you okay. It’s really okay, so tell me quickly. If you don’t, I’ll just quit here and go home.”

“Wait a little, wait a little. I will think about it.”

At my words, Mina looked around her with a look of bewilderment. She was very different from how she used to be emotionless. When she saw that, she thought, ‘I’m really just envious of going to a hunting pot’.

Looking around her, she came out again and met her eyes.

“Jiheon, would you like to look at 7 o’clock from here?”

“By whom? You? Or me?”

“This is Jiheon.”

“Okay, hold on a second.”

I looked back at 7 o’clock in my standard. There, the men and women who were seated were playing a simple drinking game with the lid of a soju bottle.

Pointing to it, he asked Mina.

“You want to do that? What about bottle caps?”

“Yes that’s right.”

“Then let’s have a beer first. Because it doesn’t taste good when it’s dry.”

“Yes.”

After she finished speaking, she immediately drank the beer. Seeing her drinking hastily, I laughed and emptied my glass too.

“Jiheon, kkeuh. Excuse me.”

I expected so much that Minah even burped in front of me, which she didn’t normally do. She looked like a child who couldn’t sleep with excitement the day before the picnic.

“Oh, oh, sorry.”

So as not to be embarrassed, I also burped and put the empty beer glass down. And she opened her bottle of soju right in front of her eyes.

Tadak!

The light sound of a thin iron lid being ripped off echoed in my palm. After opening the bottle, I handed out the bottle of soju to Mina.

“Okay, take it.”

“Yes.”

I poured her soju into the small glass she held out.

Every bit

And mine too.

“I will follow you.”

“Ah, thank you.”

Every bit

My glass was also filled with soju, and Minah, who had poured it for me, put her bottle down on the table and said,

“What should I do now?”

“Wait for a sec. Twist this.”

Putting down the glass, I lifted the cap of the bottle in my hand. The thin tail on the lid painted green was twisted to make a small cylinder.

“Done.”

He handed it to Mina and said.

“If you flick it with your fingers and drop it,”

Tick!

“Yes, but I dropped it before I could even say it.”

As I was talking she dropped it all at once with her finger. The twisted tail fell onto the table in vain, and we both looked at it.

Mina apologized as she removed her outstretched hand.

“Sorry. I was so excited.”

“Oh, no, it’s okay. You can do one more.”

“By the way, Jiheon. Did I win in this case?”

“It depends on the situation, but let’s make this a loser.”

We were able to easily open the lid with our own strength. So I thought that if I hit it while controlling it, I wouldn’t be able to drop it easily.

At my explanation, Mina nodded her head.

“All right. Then, what should I do if I lose?”

“It is usually a penalty. Drink, or if you don’t want to drink, tell me a secret or something fun. But usually it will be alcohol.”

“Is that so. Then I will drink.”

Saying that, she drank all at once the soju I poured her. Mina, who drank her contents at once and put her empty glass down, asked me.

“Can I do this?”

“That’s right. Would you like to continue?”

“Great.”

Just as I was about to order another bottle of soju, the food I ordered just came out.

“Chicken and Golbaengi Somen Set is here! Bon appetite!”

I ordered in a loud voice to the employee who was about to go.

“Here, one more bottle of soju, please! With dew!”

“All right! Please wait a minute!”

He immediately brought me soju. I locked the already torn lid on the old soju bottle, opened a new bottle, and twisted my tail like before.

“Done. Then, shall we begin?”

“Yes, good. Do you want to do Jiheon first this time?”

“It’s good.”

As soon as I finished speaking, I hit the bottle cap right away. At the same time as the ticking sound, the tail that had been twisted into a cylinder broke.

Seeing that, Mina took the bottle cap and asked.

“Jiheon, aren’t you hitting me too hard?”

“Isn’t it fun if you hit me too lightly?”

“Yes, but…”

Tick!

“Ah.”

“You lost again.”

Just like before, this time too, it seemed that it was difficult to control the power. Mina frowned slightly and looked down at her hand, which had beaten her so hard.

When I saw it, I suddenly thought of this. It would be fun to play a drinking game with the sisters.

After looking down at her hand for a few seconds, Mina turned her gaze to me.

“Did I lose?”

“Yeah, I lost.”

“Then should I drink?”

“Huh. I’ll follow you. Ah.”

I didn’t refill her soju after she drank earlier. She took her freshly opened bottle and tried to pour it, but she was rejected.

“No. It’s okay.”

“Are you okay?”

“Yes, you can do this.”

After saying that, she suddenly snatched the soju bottle from my hand. She didn’t stop there and started blowing her nabal.

“Gulp gulp gulp!”

“Hey, hey?!”

“Pufuuu… !”

Despite my protests, she did not lower the bottle until Mina had finished drinking. Then she lowered her glass, she said, exhaling her breath laden with the scent of alcohol.

“Why are you like that? For us, drinking from a glass is the same as not drinking.”

“That’s true! What if you suddenly blow on it!”

“Was it rude?”

“Of course excuse me! Next time, talk and eat!”

“I’m sorry, Jiheon.”

“I wish I knew. So now you eat with a bottle instead of a glass? Understand?”

“Yes, I understand.”

She was surprised and bewildered, but at the same time she felt a little fortunate. She had to order another shot of soju to continue the game, but it was difficult to handle the remaining soju with one glass. It was better for her to drink one bottle at a time like this.

“Then do you want another one?”

“Great. We will win this time.”

“Can’t I just stay still?”

“Jiheon.”

“Huh?”

“Jiheon seems to have played drinking games often.”

“Okay? I just followed what I saw on OT or MT. I did it with Sohee from time to time. I don’t now.”

“Why?”

“Because he likes drinking more than playing games.”

“It is an honour.”

“Yes, I am also honored. I don’t know what honor is.”

“By the way, Jiheon. Wouldn’t you like to play a drinking game with So-hee and Se-hee?”

“It’s good. However, the punishment should not be blatant like this time. Especially Sehee.”