Chapter 346 – Episode 346 – [Ending] Me and the Girls’ Final Return

* Episode 346 – [Ending] Me and them’s final return

After some time had passed, and the move was over, I said hello to Ceres’ parents.

Her mother’s side was obviously of European descent, but her father’s side was surprisingly Asian.

“Oh my. Please get along well with Ceres from now on.”

“Okay… Was our Ceres really that close to boys like that? ?」

Seeing her daughter clinging to me, her mother’s side seemed happy and her father’s side looked uncomfortable.

However, he was a proper adult in that he did not interfere in children’s relationships.

I behaved politely to them and didn’t show them any hate. Only then did my father’s side open their hearts and accept my greetings.

“Everyone, a new friend came to our class today.”

“I heard he came here from Northern Europe for personal reasons.”

「Please welcome everyone warmly.」

Afterward, Ceres began attending the same school as us.

She showed up with her teacher’s warm encouragement, and with a quick ‘nice to meet you’, her class turned around.

“Ceres~!”

“Pretty!”

「Where did you come from~!?」

Of course, at this age, I’m a foreigner… It’s also such a beauty.

Surprisingly, Ceres was born two years early in this episode and was in the same grade as us.

Rumors about her spread throughout her school, and some boys even complimented her saying that a very cute girl had transferred to the school and that she looked like a goddess.

‘After all, I’m an elementary school student. Even though they are still children, they have eyes to see.’

‘If you see how proud you are, you’re a man after all.’

On the contrary, because they were children, they were sincere in these comments and did not hesitate to reveal their true feelings.

It was mostly a compliment, but women were jealous and envious.

But we ended up going together all the time without any major problems, and the kids noticed what kind of relationship we had.

“Hong Chang-gi, what is your relationship with him?”

“Are you dating a foreigner?”

“Why do you call the prostitute oppa? “We’re the same age.”

“Wasn’t he dating Seongyeon?”

“How can we get along when our nationalities are different?”

“What does the country have to do with it?”

“What if it’s a baby? There’s not even an age difference!”

“Hey. Hong Chang-gi. You don’t confess “I confess to Ceres.”

「「「「Oh~~~!!」」」

In the case of the latter, of course it was a same-day car.

Of course, the boys got confused, and every time that happened, Ceres clung to me, and the misunderstanding, which was not a misunderstanding, deepened.

Maybe it was because I was in the middle of puberty, but there were a lot of kids who were blatantly jealous of me.

Or, there were some kids who, with some strange logic, said that you shouldn’t date Ceres and that you should date her.

Still, I didn’t hate it.

Children being jealous of me and accepting their foolish logic are all things I can enjoy only during this time.

*

I went to school and on my way home, I sipped on ice cream.

It took a long time to return home from the city, but even that was precious time for us now.

On the way back, we catch a noisy cicada and send it away, observe a dragonfly perched on the top of our head, throw a water swallow while passing by a stream, or Seongyeon and I secretly observe a boy who blocks Ceres’s way back and confesses to her from behind the wall. A fun time continued.

“… Wait a minute. Aren’t I the one having a hard time in the latter case?”

“What’s the trouble~! I’m getting confessions from guys, and people like me are treated like a farmhand who hangs around with prostitutes~!?”

“Are you the servant who lived with me?”

“Just yesterday, I saw a prostitute and heard people say things like, ‘Why are you dating her when you’re dating Ceres?'”

Seongyeon shook her long hair and puffed out her cheeks.

However, I liked Seongyeon’s long hair, so she brushed it for me and engaged in a little skinship.

“Hehe~!”

Seongyeon, who was annoyed, was happy with just that.

She doesn’t need to praise me. Just because I act like that, she knows that she is loved.

“It’s a confession and a shame, but I’m jealous of you. In fact, the only person you and I want to be loved by is your brother.”

“That’s right~! How about it, envy~!?”

“I’m jealous. I really mean it.”

Seongyeon clung to me and laughed, and Ceres took the other side.

「「「「───.」」」

The children who were leaving school with me looked at me with cold eyes, but I ignored them.

On the way, the kids who got dumped by Ceres made indescribable expressions, but they did their best to ignore that.

I’m sure there will be chewed gum on my chair tomorrow, but I will accept that as a decoration.

“I don’t care if you’re jealous, but stop quoting me when you’re hitting on boys. Last time, I barely managed to stop you from picking a fight over our mutual crush.”

“You can hit me.”

“Are you crazy? If I hit that kid, he’ll die.”

“Ah-“

-While we were convinced that that was also the case, we looked at the field.

Even the quiet countryside can be noisy when women come out and gather together.

Ceres’s mother, my parents, and Seongyeon’s parents, who are awkwardly caught among the elderly…

‘What is the village doing today?’

We waved our hands as we passed by, and the adults also waved their hands at us.

It didn’t look particularly busy.

Since you can see something like makgeolli, it looks like adults who have some time are unpacking the canvas.

“When I just returned home, I didn’t even have time to communicate with my parents.”

“What will happen to our parents if we enter the tower?”

“… Well, since you’re not really detained in the tower, wouldn’t it be possible to see each other until you return?”

“What about the truth?”

“I have to hide it. It’s not something I’ll tell my parents.”

“Will it be hidden well?”

“Maybe our relationship will be found out someday, but it’s okay as long as I keep the important things hidden.”

I have the skills, and we will probably live for a long time without growing old after we become adults.

So, I decided to hang out with my parents at least until then and started walking again.

“Where are you going today? My house or Ceres’?”

“Shall we go to Ceres?”

“We don’t have anything at home. I don’t like games myself, so I haven’t bought anything in particular.”

“Still, let’s go~!”

“If it’s not fun, you go straight to your sister’s?”

“Okay, okay~! Off to Ceresne~!”

Seongyeon took the lead, clenching her fist and lifting it upward.

He moves forward like a warrior, holding a tree branch like a sword.

I followed behind and Ceres followed me.

“~~~~♪”

‘He looks like a young street leader.’

‘It’s cute, so look at it kindly.’

She hums and shakes the tree branch.

Although he clearly had the head of an adult, seeing him act like a child made me feel tired, so we hummed along and headed out.

Of course, Ceres felt awkward but joined this group of idiots. We walked toward home, humming side by side.

“Caw, caw, caw!”

Perhaps it was funny to see us like that, but a magpie that wasn’t afraid of people circled around us as if it was familiar.

I realized too late that there was a call, perhaps because the bell rang in sync with the cries.

“… Can’t you hear the bell ringing somewhere?”

“It’s not mine!”

“Then it must be my phone.”

An old, modern cell phone was taken out of Ceres’ skirt pocket.

The numbers of people who reunited are all saved, but the number that popped up this time had the name [Lee So-yeon] Proudly written on it.

“It’s Soyeon.”

“I finally found the contact information, but they said they were busy and couldn’t contact me for a while, so what happened all of a sudden?”

I don’t know, but there is no reason to ignore it.

If I don’t receive it now, I don’t know when I will receive it again.

Beep.

Ceres picked up his phone, turned up his volume to the maximum, and then let us hear his voice.

『~~~~♪』

The first thing I heard was someone humming.

As if Seongyeon had just sung, the other side is also humming because it is so happy.

Moreover, I could hear the sound of oil frying as if something was being grilled.

“… Soyeon?”

“Auntie Soyeon! Can you hear me~!?”

So we shouted again and here is her answer.

“Oh! The phone was connected~!』

『Hello guys! ㅇ, it’s been a while~!?』

『Ahaha, ha, ahahaha-!!』

There was something suspicious about the greeting that came out of nowhere.

Although Soyeon is a person who criticizes people, she is not a person who will get upset during this everyday conversation.

Moreover, I wondered why I was doing this after ignoring the calls from my side.

“Soyeon. It’s been a while. I must have said hello to you through Dalgi the other day. Is there anything going on?”

『Ah, it’s not that it’s something… !』

『Just wondering if you were free today~?』

“Suddenly?”

“Are we on our way home from school now?”

『Well, so? Were you on your way home?』

『Then it actually worked out well!』

『If you keep coming, you will see our baby!!』

『Follow him from there. I’ll be preparing this and that at home… !!』

“… Yes?”

“Follow what?”

“Huh?”

At first I couldn’t understand what was being said.

The same goes for Seongyeon and Ceres.

What are you preparing at home?

Where is Soyeon’s house in the first place?

“… Oppa. Someone is coming in front of me.”

“Who?”

I took my gaze off the phone and raised my head.

Right next to the field lined up. She came across a small road where only her car could barely pass.

Even though she was an elementary school student just like us, she was a pretty girl who cheekily dyed her hair platinum blonde.

“It’s been a while. How have you all been?”

With a candy in her mouth, she greeted me awkwardly, shaking only her palm.

“Ian!”

“Ian!?”

Yes, it was Ian.

The former number one in the rankings smiled with her scrawny face.

It appeared as if he had been waiting for Soyeon’s call or was timing it.

“You… Why are you here!?”

“Why are you here? It’s easier to move around with your colleagues. My mom must be emotionally unstable, and she might commit suicide without you. Anyway, don’t you think there’s a reason to stay away?”

『ㅇ, Mom didn’t commit suicide…』

『I wonder if there is no Changgi…』

“… That is emotional instability.”

Soyeon, who had not hung up the phone yet, cried, ‘Hing’.

Perhaps he wanted to surprise us, but his voice sounded somewhat happy even though he was pretending to cry.

For some reason, his voice trembled. Was he preparing a surprise gift like this?

“What are you? Why haven’t you answered the phone yet and suddenly appear!?”

“I didn’t receive it because I was preparing to move. After the broadcast that day, there were a lot of scammers coming in related to stocks. My mom is prone to being fooled by such things, so she was busy trying to get rid of them.”

“Moving!?”

“Yes. Mom just explained it to you, right? I prepared some food, so we’re going to have a nice housewarming party for a long time.”

She pointed at him, saying that her house was over there.

It was right next to the neighborhood where we lived.

‘It’s really sudden.’

It wasn’t far, but it wasn’t close either, so I didn’t even notice that someone was moving in.

“You really have amazing action skills. How long has it been since we last contacted you, and you’ve been coming here…?”

“Is the money okay?”

“I am a stock genius known to the public. I just borrowed the knowledge of the future, but thanks to you, my mom and I have a lot of free time.”

That’s right.

At that time, her MC also promoted her like that on TV.

Was it to prepare for something like this that I had been saving a lump sum of money since I was young?

“As expected, I was first place. I guess my skills in running a guild aren’t going anywhere.”

“I see… I never thought they would invade like this…”

Unlike the time of Ceres, it was not led by a god.

It was especially amazing that he had come this far by his own will.

“Oh… That’s right. One more thing before I go. There was something I wanted to do when I met you.”

“What?”

“It’s not that big of a deal. Just stand there.”

Ian stepped back for a moment and then suddenly ran towards me.

Then she jumped high and extended her feet towards me.

‘Uh? Could this be a drop-kick?’

Before I could even recognize it, my stomach was full.

“Wow!?”

“You rotten bastard!”

My body rolled along with her yelling.

It was an unusually strong blow that made her feel dizzy.

“You prostitute!”

“What are you doing all of a sudden!?”

Two people ran over and helped me.

Fortunately, she wasn’t seriously hurt, and Ian immediately explained why he hit her.

“What happened all of a sudden? That’s what I said! I woke up and found myself in my mother’s womb? Do you know how surprised I was!?”

-Ah.

“Ah.”

“Ah.”

At that one word, all three of us lost speech at the same time.

It would definitely be a funny sight to see the three of them puffing their lips at the same time as carp.

“No… But that’s…!”

I wanted to say it wasn’t my fault, but… In the end, what I did was right.

Even though I had multiple mouths, I had nothing to say, so I laughed awkwardly.

“Ugh. That seems hateful! But you did a good job, so I’ll forgive you for this!”

Then he came back and gave me a bottle and kissed my cheek as if giving me medicine.

“Hmph!”

It was a tsundere that did not fit the times.

“Is it narrow or wide…”

“… What? What did you just say? I want to get one more hit~?”

“It’s nothing…”

Fortunately, Ian seemed to be furious and forgave me with a drop-kick and a kiss.

When I think about it again, I should have stopped the gods and explained the situation to them.

“Are you okay. I was so shocked that I took medication for depression…』

『But we met safely like this, right?』

『Ian was also born safely… So now I’m happy for no reason.』

“I’m truly sorry.”

Soyeon sincerely apologized for saying that she had taken medicine.

In the end, although it was a happy ending this time, a feeling of guilt remained.

“It’s okay. I’ve barely made it this far, so I might make a mistake at least once. I don’t want to be depressed, so smile quickly.”

“Ugh!”

As if to cheer me up, Ian threatened me by kicking my butt.

Moreover, he placed his lips on my cheek and enjoyed it several times before pulling away.

Hehe.』

『Look happy.』

『I too would like to see Changgi grow smaller quickly… ♡』

Fortunately, Soyeon on the other end of the phone was enjoying the new episode without complaining about the past.

Thanks to this, I also calmed down and followed her to her house.

To the house of a married woman who looks excessively lewd and looks like she’s going to pounce on a child no matter where she looks…

“Oppa, you won’t be attacked today, right?”

“Let’s prepare a chastity belt just in case.”

Reunited with Soyeon with her two girlfriends who were worried about her.

And soon after, we started meeting other people one after another.