Chapter 78 – As Expected, Kids These Days Are Developing Well

“Sehee, do you want to play together? Huh?”

“…”

“The more people there are, the more fun it is, right? So let’s play with your sister and her boyfriend.”

“…”

“No, Sehee. Please answer me. Aren’t you guys hurt?”

“…”

Apparently, the three men seemed to know Sehee. She called her name and said with a smile on her face pretending to be friendly, but Se-hee ignored them while only looking at her smartphone.

“You.”

The Demon King, who was watching this, reached out his hand to me.

“You will take care of it.”

“I? Wouldn’t it be convenient for you to go?”

“Isn’t that what a warrior does? Come on, give and go.”

“Okay. Come on, take it.”

She handed her a lunchbox and her life jackets and approached Sehee.

“Don’t do that, huh? Let’s play together. Since you’re the only middle school student, you won’t be bored.”

“…”

“Or do you want to hang out at night?”

“…”

“If your sister and boyfriend are sleeping, let’s sneak out and drink and play. I also brought wine.”

“…”

Until I got closer, the boys focused only on Sehee. Then, after Se-hee found me, he noticed my existence.

“Brother!”

“Huh? Brother? Ah!”

When Se-hee called me, the boys finally turned their heads toward me. She was a few years older than her, but she still looked like a minor. Previously, I was mistaken for an adult because of his height and size.

… It’s really big After all, kids these days are growing well.

Thinking so, I approached them and said.

“Why, what’s going on?”

First of all, I thought it was not okay to speak casually in the first meeting, so I tried to be polite. Then, as if they had found their prey, they smiled meanly and greeted me with bright smiles.

“Hello!”

When the boy who seemed to be the leader greeted them, the other kids followed suit.

“Oh, how are you?”

“Hello.”

“Oh, yes. Hello.”

I simply nodded my head to say hello, and asked the guy who greeted me first.

“Who are you? Do you know Saehee by any chance?”

“Ah yes!”

When she said her name, the boy approached with a lively smile.

“I’m Sehee’s middle school senior!”

As soon as I got right in front of me, I noticed that his physique was considerable. Since I’m in the middle of 170, I had to look up and see, it seemed to be almost 90, and seeing as I had wide shoulders and quite a bit of chest muscle, I looked like someone who worked out. In particular, her short hair, enough to expose her scalp, added to the impression.

Like a snake measuring whether she can eat it, the boy who came close to me looked down at me and said.

“We also came here to play. If you don’t mind, can I play with you?”

Only the words were questions, but the face was smiling as if it had already been allowed. It was as if I was frightened by his own intimidation and assumed that I would consent to it.

I didn’t like the fact that they approached us immediately after we disappeared as adults, nor did they come so close to scare me.

I refused, pushing my muscular chest covered by my T-shirt with my fingertips to get away.

“Nope.”

“Yes?”

It didn’t seem like I would refuse. The boys behind him seemed to think so as well, so they looked surprised.

I continued talking while thinking in my heart that I was suing.

“I’m sorry, but we only came to play with ourselves. Just leave it alone.”

He pointed to a nearby tent. Unlike the team that came with their families from around here, it was easy to tell who it was because the luggage was scattered in a mess.

“They play with the students over there. OK?”

Then, I looked back at the demon king watching from afar.

“It’s Sohee! Come on! Guys go now!”

I looked at the boys again.

“Now we are going to play with ourselves. The students go away.”

“No, I-“

“Go.”

As if annoying, he hit his muscular forearm several times with the back of his hand. As if to drive away flies, the boy dyed her face red.

Fast

He was so angry that he could hear his teeth grinding.

I hoped he would hit me at least once here. Then he could call the police and get them out.

“… I understand.”

But unexpectedly, the boy held back her anger. Taking a deep breath and holding back his anger, he bowed his head and apologized to me.

“I’m sorry for disturbing you.”

“If you know I’m sorry, go ahead.”

“Yes. Guys, let’s go!”

As expected of a leader, the thugs obeyed the order without saying anything. As they left this place, the demon king approached from the side of the side road with both hands full of luggage.

“Shouldn’t you have kicked him out! It took too long!”

“What are you hitting? Is it a sin to love peace?”

“It’s a sin for Jim to love you.”

“What?”

“Thanks to that sense of immorality, I can love you more comfortably.”

“What bullshit. Give it.”

As she spoke, he walked over to her and shared the load she was carrying.

“Big! I love you because you are such a mean person!”

“You just said it was because of immorality?”

“You were joking. Why do you accept it as a documentary? Stop talking and sit down.”

“Okay.”

The demon king and I sat on either side of Sehee. I handed out lunch boxes to each of them and asked Se-hee.

“I’m sorry, Sehee. I should have gone with you.”

“I’m sorry Jim. Were you very scared?”

“No?”

Despite our worried eyes, Se-hee calmly opened the package.

“It’s obvious that my sister and brother will help, but there’s no need to be afraid.”

“What,”

At those words, the demon king widened his blue eyes. Soon, the surprise turned to laughter.

“Hot hot hot! You’re right! Jim and Jiheon will always protect you, so you don’t have to be afraid.”

Unlike her almost laughable laugh, I stroked Sehee’s head and said,

“Be careful, though. Next time they come while we’re gone, run right away. I will help you.”

“Yes?”

“It ended peacefully for now, but it will be different next time. Understand?”

“… No, brother.”

“Huh?”

Se-hee, who was casually eating her lunch box, suddenly lowered her head. Then he whispered in a low voice.

“Is this a revenge for what happened earlier?”

“Huh?”

“What do you mean, Sehee?”

“No.”

When she raised her head again, it was her usual arrogant face.

“I promised you earlier. A promise to keep it a secret and not tell your sister.”

“What?”

“?!”

A little while ago I had a breath holding showdown with her in her water. At that time, Se-hee kissed me for foul play, and in return for the victory, he asked me to keep what happened in the water a secret.

The Demon King, who did not know that, looked at Sehee and me alternately and asked.

“What are you talking about? You-all?”

“Even my sister can’t tell me. Did you tell me earlier? It’s a secret.”

“Hey, can you tell me what you mean?”

“No, me too…”

“What?! Tell me! Hurry!”

“You said it was a secret. Oh my goodness.”

Se-hee, who caused a stir, opened the lid of the lunchbox and checked the contents.

I exclaimed exaggeratedly while looking at the contents of the lunch box to change the subject.

“And! This looks delicious! Cheese Pork Cutlet!”

“Yes? I’m living vegetable bibimbap?”

“Jimbap is gimbap. Something, are all lunch boxes different?”

Apparently, my thoughts worked. Or maybe it made it through.

Anyway, we confirmed that each lunchbox side dish was different. Here, I was able to notice the consideration of the younger uncle. Rather than eating the same side dish, it meant sharing with each other.

Due to my uncle’s consideration and the Demon King’s generous mercy, we shared a lunch box. In the meantime, I asked Se-hee, recalling the story they had talked about earlier.

“Sehee. Do you know those boys from earlier?”

“Yes, I am a senior in middle school.”

“Were you close?”

“No. Why do you think so?”

“I’m not going to pretend to know that someone I’m not close with met by chance.”

At my words, the king said, instead of taking pork cutlet, he left gimbap.

“Do you think you pretended to know it because it was friendly?”

“No?”

“Isn’t it obvious? Box.”

Eating pork cutlet, she showed her smile with her sauce-stained mouth.

“Se-hee looks so pretty like Jim, wouldn’t you want to pretend to know her even if you didn’t know her?”

… Shit, I wanted to say no, but I couldn’t see any evidence to deny it.

As if he knew my feelings, he looked at me with eyes similar to those of two sisters, smiling and stopping his hand to finish eating. I emptied the lunch box, forcibly ignoring the happy eyes.

Finally, having finished lunch, I lay down on the mat, exhausted from the fun of playing.

“Ah, I’m full!”

“Haha! Let’s say that!”

“Are you full?”

Along with the demon king, Sehee also started to lie down. Unlike her older sister, who lays down proudly, Se-hee, who was lying down quietly while stretching, felt cute.

I turned my gaze away from the sister and looked up at the blue sky. As we saw in the morning, it was a clear sky without a single cloud.

In the meantime, the Demon King muttered blankly.

“Ah, I want to take a nap like this.”

“That’s right.”

Like her, I answered in a stretched voice. Se-hee, who heard our story, whispered as if she was about to fall asleep.

“It would be better if I went to sleep right away…”

“I wish I did too.”

“You are both right.”

The reason we couldn’t sleep was none other than Sehee’s (self-proclaimed) seniors around us. I didn’t know what they would do if I fell asleep here. I wouldn’t do anything directly, but I still hated seeing it.

“Ha~!”

He sighed and immediately got up. And he proposed to his sister, who was still lying down.

“Do you want to just go in and sleep?”

“Umm, I’d like to sleep here if possible.”

“Me too.”

Even as he said that, the Demon King and Sehee stood up. They got up from their mats with me and started clearing up our tracks.

“Shall we eat sweets from above?”

“Let it be. Let’s go to sleep first.”

“I just wanted to play more.”

“It’s okay to take a nap and play more.”

“Brother is right. Ha-am.”

While Sehee was talking, she yawned and covered her mouth. I looked at it for a moment because it was cute, then I picked up an empty lunchbox and put it in the box.

The demon king and I shared the leftover snacks and unopened items, and Sehee took the trash and folded mats. After making a final check to make sure nothing was left, we went up the side road we came down from.

When I come back, I hope they won’t be there.

“Uh, let’s go now.”

“… Did you see Sehee?”

“The dog is pretty! No, does she get prettier as she goes? And have you seen her sister?”

“Did you say your name was Sohee? Almost a hundred horses!”

“You really do have silver hair. But, then, is the bottom also silver haired?”

“Oh, fuck. I should have asked my boyfriend earlier!”

“I’m sorry. Will you be my real boyfriend? The class doesn’t match, the class.”

“Still, I’m in pretty good shape.”

“Then you eat that steamed bun. We are going to share it with my sister and her brother.”

“Come on, you idiot! You can’t even flirt anyway!”

“Can you twist it?”

“You’re fucking. Hey, this bastard is scolding again.”

“Oh, please don’t hit me.”

“Really you bastards! Do you know what my illness was called when I was in middle school?”

“It’s not a disease name, it’s probably a nickname, you idiot.”

“Did you have a nickname?”

“It was a bomber, you bastards!”