Chapter 115 – Pumpkin (3)

“… “Why don’t you quit now?”

I couldn’t understand the actions of the goddess who stopped me with such a serious face.

No, didn’t you have to solve it often? Why are you so uncooperative?

Suddenly, the goddess started looking at me with a somewhat disapproving expression.

… Also, I read your thoughts.

Before the goddess who read my thoughts could nag, I hit the player first.

“You probably saw it too! “I heard this is the first time you’ve seen Hyeon Hayeon so happy?”

At best, I only gave her a kiss, but I probably won’t forget Hyeon Ha-yeon’s face, which had everything in the world, with tears streaming down her face.

I liked Hyeon Hayeon even when she debuted and saw her chart ranking rise in real time, but this was the first time she looked so happy.

She came over more easily than I thought, so a little steam leaked out…, Isn’t good something good?

This time, the goddess read my thoughts and narrowed her eyes and spoke softly.

“… I’ve said this time and time again, but karma does exist. And then really…”

“Are you okay? If I’m careful, I’ll never get caught, it’s not like I’m cheating, so what’s the risk?”

“Now that…, No, no, hehe…”

I ignored the goddess shaking her head and sighing as she flopped down on the floor and thought about how to proceed with her next plan.

Although I have already spoken to Hyeon Ha-yeon, I clearly expressed that I have no intention of breaking off my relationship with Lee Ji-yeon.

When I think about Hyeon Hayeon, who smiled brightly even though I nailed her like that, I wonder if she just wanted me to love her.

If I had known it would be this easy, I wouldn’t have suffered so much…

There was nothing to worry about Hyeon Ha-yeon, so now the problem was with the one-person left, Baek Ga-eun.

Since she was hanging around Hyeon Ha-yeon, she was able to understand her feelings to some extent, but she hasn’t been able to spend much time with Baek Ga-eun recently.

At best, when she stopped by her office, she only saw her face or had lunch with her, and most of all, she didn’t really hear about her most important dreams.

I only heard about her indirectly through the story of the goddess, but it seems strange that she went to see me and asked if I was having strange dreams.

Luckily, Baek Ga-eun had a script reading schedule, so she decided to go along, so we had some time to be together.

However, since Baek Ga-eun rarely shows signs of hardship, I had no reason to approach her first.

She drew the line arbitrarily, and it was a bit strange to approach her now.

She had to do something, but since there was no answer, she ruffled her hair in frustration.

Ah…, What do we do… ?

I slowly turned my gaze towards the goddess with a look in my eyes asking for help.

The goddess was standing still and watching me, and when her eyes met, she slowly averted her gaze.

… You don’t like this, right?

It felt cruel to see the goddess complaining that she didn’t like the plan, even though her sincere help wasn’t enough.

I stretched out on the floor and looked up at the brightly shining sky.

A cozy and warm light emanating from somewhere continued endlessly, filling the top with her head.

While I was staring blankly at the sky, a thought suddenly occurred to me.

… What was I like in the past?

Until now, thousands of lives have been repeated, and the curse has been repeated over hundreds of thousands of years.

Although there were many times when his life ended in a cruel and painful way, not all of those times would have been painful.

The goddess still hasn’t explained what I did to be cursed by the evil god.

The evil spirit must have harbored such hatred that he had to risk his life to place a curse.

Listening to the goddess’s words, it seems that in the past I was not a monster like a warrior or a demon king, but I could not guess what I had done against God.

… What, did you commit fraud?

Even though I thought so, I ended up laughing out loud because it was so absurd.

Fraud against God…, If you really fooled God, the scale would not have been small.

Even since I have nothing left, there is no loss like this.

After thinking about nonsense, I felt like my head had become lighter.

A thought crossed my mind that Baek Ga-eun could do something since we’ve done well so far.

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[Well, I’m having a nightmare…, Repeatedly … My brother is coming out.]

[… Mine, me?]

[… A person who looks exactly like my brother…, Came out a few times, … Come on, honey…]

There was a part I didn’t want to hear, so I skipped it.

[Oppa! He’s rolling around with another woman in front of me, and I can’t do anything…]

Beep-

[Oh, my brother…, I don’t need a woman like me…, I don’t like it…]

Beep-

[So, when I told you not to throw it away, my brother said, I’m crazy…]

I kept flipping through it, and before I knew it, it was over.

She took her hands off the keyboard and leaned back deeply in her chair, gently reaching for the glass she had placed there.

The slightly melted ice clattered and rolled around in the glass.

I swiveled the glass around out of habit and tilted it slightly towards her mouth.

The cool, dull scent of alcohol and the faint scent of wood passed the tip of my nose, and then the cool liquid flowed into my mouth.

With my keen senses, I picked out each and every taste of whiskey spreading in my mouth.

It seemed like the medicine I used to keep from falling asleep still had some residual energy.

She quietly put down her glass and stared at the monitor, recalling the conversation between her brother and Hyeon Hayeon that she had heard hundreds of times.

… Hyeon Hayeon said.

I had a dream, a nightmare, over and over again…

Coincidentally, I was having a hard time suffering from nightmares just like Hyeon Ha-yeon.

The important thing is that there are more than just one or two similarities.

The fact that ‘oppa’ appears in dreams…, And the story about finding love with your brother and living happily ever after…

… In the end, it always ends up being taken away…

By coincidence, I was having a dream with similar content.

Even the time when I started having those nightmares was similar, so there is no such thing as a coincidence.

“Whoa…”

I let out an alcohol-laced sigh and closed my eyes.

Recently, I couldn’t sleep at night due to recurring nightmares, so I ended up turning to medicine.

It was so painful to go to sleep that I felt like I was going to go crazy if I didn’t do this.

They deceive me by saying they are waiting for the right time, and when I lie down in bed embracing my bitter heart, another nightmare comes upon me.

It was an inevitable choice in order to hold on to the spirit that was becoming more and more exhausted day by day.

However, strange words were heard from the listening device planted in my brother’s car.

The story is that Hyeon Ha-yeon is experiencing the same phenomenon as me.

I even felt a strange sense of kinship with Hyeon Ha-yeon, who desperately asked her brother not to abandon her.

Seeing Hyeon Hayeon like that, I was able to have a little confidence.

Hyeon Hayeon and I are entangled in something.

I wasn’t sure exactly what it was, but I was confident that it had something to do with my brother.

… I feel bad.

I didn’t like that.

I thought that the fact that my brother kept appearing in my dreams every night was my love for him manifesting itself in dreams, but when I heard that Hyeon Ha-yeon was also having such dreams, I felt somewhat uncomfortable.

I picked up the glass I had put down and took a sip, moistening my dry mouth.

In the meantime, the ice melted more, so it had a slightly bland taste.

While I was waking up from my daze by rolling the alcohol in my mouth, my eyes suddenly caught the hand holding the glass.

My hands are shaking, ever so slightly…

I immediately shook off the remaining alcohol in one gulp and threw the glass away.

The anxious sound of a glass breaking with a clang sound and the unknown emotions in my heart made me nervous.

My heightened senses became even more sensitive, and I felt like I could even feel the flow of air in the room.

I don’t know if it’s because of the drug that hasn’t gone away yet, or because of the faint intoxication, but I felt dizzy.

Because my mind was blank, the question I had desperately tried to put to rest suddenly surfaced once again.

… Why, why…, Would my brother have accepted Hyeon Ha-yeon?

Even though the justification was to manage stress, there was something strange about it.

As if the person had suddenly changed, the older brother, who had been acting differently, declared that he would continue his relationship with Lee Ji-yeon and accept Hyeon Ha-yeon’s heart.

Idiot Hyeon Ha-yeon, I didn’t realize how big a deal it was, but I was suspicious of my brother’s behavior that was 180 degrees different from his usual behavior.

It is not easy for a person’s values ​​to overturn in an instant.

Even the fact that she came up with such an idea while Lee Ji-yeon was tied up like that was so abnormal that I thought she had hurt her head.

However, seeing such an abnormal brother sparked a spark in her heart, and it quickly burned into a huge fire in her dry heart.

… Me too, like Hyeon Ha-yeon…, If you show your weakness…, Won’t you accept me… ?

I don’t know whether the feelings of the older brother who accepted Hyeon Ha-yeon were sincere or not.

Even if my brother accepts me as I wish, I cannot know whether his feelings are sincere or not.

But whether it’s real or fake is a question later.

If my wishes really come true…, You can kiss with affection like Hyeon Ha-yeon did, and you can covet each other and whisper love like Lee Ji-yeon did.

Not the oppa who lies still like a doll, not the oppa who hugs me and calls Ji-yeon Lee’s name, but my name…, The older brother who sings Baek Ga-eun…

I was just imagining that, but I felt a thrill of electricity penetrating my body.

The hair on her whole body stood up, her eyes opened brightly, and an inexplicable feeling of excitement surged through her, and it felt like her head was spinning.

I felt extremely dizzy and fell down on my desk, but I accidentally pressed the keyboard and the recorded voice ended up playing.

[Uh, how can you trample on someone like that? Just opened the lid of my head…]

Unknown scenes that pass through Hyeon Hayeon’s mind along with her voice.

[That sneaky woman is the worst…]

Hyeon Hayeon’s voice overlapped with that of the woman she saw in her dream who was raping her brother.

“Ha…, Ha…”

She was breathing heavily and clutching her head due to the dizziness that was so intense that she couldn’t come to her senses.

Hyun Hayeon and her brother’s sweet voices echo through the speakers.

My brother’s kind voice penetrated my ears and began to turn my head into mud.

“Huh…, Ha…”

When the dizziness finally subsided, and I opened my eyes, my eyes were filled with blue light, as if there was a filter.

… Huh?

A blue light that does not disappear no matter how many times you blink.

At the same time, before I knew it, the voice returned to the beginning.

[Brother is…, Do you believe there is fate?]

Destiny.

The words Hyeon Ha-yeon said were engraved in my mind.

[… You know, there are things like enemies from a past life or reincarnation.]

Unknown memories visible beyond the blue light wandered around and at some point, they turned off as if the power had gone out.

“… Ha… Ha…”

I was completely exhausted by what had suddenly happened.

Suddenly, a dream I had before began to come to mind.

The content of the dream in which I captured him, who had no talent for magic at all, and carefully taught him magic…

Little by little, it came to me vividly.