Chapter 69 – Meeting (1)

One more chair was added to the table.
It is the fourth chair after me, mom, and Seunghee.

As the number of people increased by one, there were many things to live for.
I can’t say for sure that I’m a person yet, but even a customer needs basic things.

Will she be a guest or a companion?
That will be settled in the next few hours.

“And.”

Seeing the woman who came out of the shower, Seung-hee widens her eyes.

Her tangled hair was shiny and her skin was red. Of course, it doesn’t smell bad either. As she was washing, her posture, which had been stooped, also straightened.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that he became a different person than he was before washing.

“Um, can I wear this?”
“Yes. Aren’t you uncomfortable?”
“Yes.”

The clothes are a sports bra top and leggings.
Did your mother choose you? If I bought it, it would be sexual harassment.

It is a style commonly worn by women who are confident in their bodies at the gym.
Maybe she’s used to dressing like that, so she acted confidently even when I was in front of her.

“Aren’t you, by any chance, Kaylee Wilson?”

Seung-hee, who was staring at her stupidly, spoke to her woman.
What? Who?

The woman hesitated, then nodded her head.

“Uh… Yes. You’re right.”
“Ah! Also! I wondered when I first saw it! I am a fan!”

For some reason, Seunghee took her hand and shook it.
I stabbed Seunghee in the side and called her to the back.

“Hey. What are you talking about?”
“Brother, don’t you know? AX construction volleyball player.”
“A volleyball player?”

Keep yourself by your side and share information in whispers.

I do not know. I’ve never seen a women’s sports game in the first place.
Looking at his body, he was tall and had a good body, so I thought he might be a basketball or volleyball player, but it seems he was a real player.

“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Because I didn’t know. It’s not the team I support, so I don’t know that well… But since he’s famous, only his name and face are known.”
“Are you a fan?”
“That’s just what you do.”
“Did you ever have a son?”
“I’m fine with that…”
“That doesn’t help.”
“Woo.”

After roughly gathering information, he released Seung-hee.

I didn’t find any information very helpful.
In women’s volleyball, it’s like a famous foreign player?
If that’s the case, that tall height and strong stamina also matched.

It’s Kaylee Wilson.
Do you usually call foreigners by their last name?
Wilson? Sounds like a volleyball name.

“And. Seeing them up close, they are really big.”

As Seunghee said, the size was enormous.
Seunghee, who was already on the small side, had to look up in the distance.

“How tall are you?”
“It is 191.”
“Wow. Oh my god.”

But it wasn’t height that Seunghee was looking at.
It’s her breasts

It must have been because her eye level was right near her chest, but like a volleyball player, there were two volleyballs attached to it.

Seunghee puts her hand on my chest as if to compare.
Stop it because it will only make you sad.

“Sit down for now. Didn’t you eat?”
“Uh… Yes.”

At her mother’s words, everyone sits around the table.

The meal was prepared more generously than usual, probably because they cared about the guests.
Chicken soup, grilled sausages, bread and fried eggs.
There are many kinds and the quantity is generous. It was obvious that he cared about the tastes of foreigners.

“I eat a lot. There are still a lot, so if it’s not enough, let me know.”
“Thank you for this food.”

Instead of a customer who couldn’t pick up a spoon, we started eating first.
But when she started to eat, she was still hesitant.

“You said your name was Kaylee, right?”
“Ah. Sorry. This is Kaylee Wilson. Call me Kaylee.”
“Kaley. No appetite? Or even something you can’t eat?”

My mother asks
Caylee hesitated before she opened her mouth with difficulty.

“Noah… From how to save a child…”

Mom smiled softly, as if it were expected.

“I know the heart. But that doesn’t happen in a day or two, so for now, I first eat to build up my stamina. It will take weeks and months from now, but can’t Mom collapse first before Noah can be saved?”
“… Yes…”

Persuaded by her mother, Kaylie barely lifted a spoon.

The three of us peeked at Kaylee as we each ate our food.
Serving a meal to a special guest is nerve-wracking.
In particular, the mother was anxious about what she would do if she did not suit the tastes of foreign guests.

“… It is delicious.”

Kaylie calmly tells us how she feels, perhaps knowing that we care.
Phew. She could see her mother’s light relief.

Dalgrak, moongrak.
So we focused on eating without talking to each other for a while.

In particular, unlike the first time when Kaylie was reluctant to eat, she ate the food quickly.
Tearing bread and swallowing it, drinking water and milk alternately, biting into a whole sausage.
She was the first to empty her own bowl of soup.

“I’ll give you more soup.”
“Ah, I’m fine, I am.”

A mother who takes away Kaylee’s bowl regardless of her refusal.
She then brought back a full bowl of soup.

“Eat a lot and get rid of it. It is difficult to deal with if left behind.”
“…”

Kaylee froze in front of the refilled plate.
Am I stifled by giving too much?

“Did I give you too much?”

Mom laughed as if she was in trouble.

“No… Ugh…”

Kaylee, who tried to deny her mother’s words, choked her.

“Oh. Sorry. Shall I relieve you?”

Kaylee shook her head and started to eat her soup again.

One spoonful, two spoonfuls.
Tears fall as she opens the spoon.

“Oh.”

Mom sees Kaylee like that and she doesn’t know what to do.

“Sorry. Sniff.”

Kaylee roughly wiped the tears with the back of her hand.

“Noah was only fed fish. So Noah got sick and died… Am I the only one who eats something so delicious…”

The dining room became solemn at once.

Seunghee looks at me for some reason.
I don’t know if the soup goes in the nose or the mouth.

“I wish I could have fed Noah too… Ugh…”
“Now, let’s talk about that later, and when we eat, let’s just eat deliciously.”
“Sorry. Black.”

Somehow I lost my appetite.

“Seunghee, you eat another sausage. Because I have to gain weight.”
“… Brother. Are you leaving it because you don’t want to eat it?”

Seunghee is also surprisingly quick-witted.

*

After cleaning up after the meal, we sat down at the table again.

Clockwise: Me, Kaylee, Mom, Seunghee.
Kaylee is across from me.

For some reason, Seunghee was holding Peepy.
Pip-yak is dozing off in Seung-hee’s arms.
Why don’t you let me sleep?

“Um, should I introduce myself first?”

The meeting started as the mother’s moderator.

“I am Snowfall. I am the mother of this child, Kang Chang-jae. Feel free to call me.”
“Kang, Seol, Liyoung?”

Kaylee was fluent in Korean, but her mother’s name seemed difficult to pronounce.
Mom smiled generously.

“If she has a difficult name, she just calls her sister.”
“Sister… Can I?”
“Sure.”

Sister Kaylee’s son was 7 years old.
So, no matter how little you hold onto Kaylee, she’s probably in her late twenties or early thirties. Maybe she’s about the same age as her mom?

… It would be inconsiderate to ask your age here.
Let’s just assume mom is her sister and move on. That way it’s easier to organize the sequence.

“I am Kang Chang-jae. This is his son.”
“I am Han Seung-hee. It’s a bonus to this house. Can I call you Kaylee?”
“Mr. Changjae, Ms. Seunghee. Yes, feel free to call both of you.”
“Yes, sister. Ah. He’s a pimp A chick raised in our house.”

Peep was sleeping soundly.
After her brief self-introduction, the real story began.

“Well, first of all Kaylee. How far do you know?”
“How far?”
“Yes. About this island. How was your first visit?”
“Uh… At first…”

Kaylee started talking sparsely.

It starts in a cave similar to ours.
However, the location of the cave was by the sea, with a helpless young son.

At first, she didn’t know anything and just wasted her time. Then, unable to hold back her hunger, she bought emergency food from a store, and from then on, Kaylee seems to have noticed the unreality of this island.

After that, he struggled to live with his son somehow.
I bought a trident, caught fish, gathered grass on the stone floor, and slept.
Ah. It is said that when a fish is caught, it turns into a fillet that has been trimmed. That’s new information.

I somehow managed to hold on for a few days, but things got serious when my son Noah started to develop a fever.

A full day of wandering around looking for someone to somehow find help.
I managed to find our hideout and get the medicine, but my son was already dead.

So Kaylee’s story ended gloomily.

“Hmm…”

There was an important piece missing from Caylee’s story.
Her mother seemed to be contemplating how she would tell the story.

“Kaley. Did she ever get a ‘mission’? It’s a sudden mission.”
“Ah.”

I guess I got it.
Well, even when I ran into her earlier, she was on a mission to kill me.
She had received it before, so that must have been the reaction.

“That is…”

Kaylee is not ready to answer.
Her mother nodded her head knowingly.

“She doesn’t have to tell me everything. She must have been given a mission that would be difficult to carry out anyway, right?”
“That… Yes. Couldn’t. It’s illegal. To Noah… It couldn’t be.”

It’s roughly expected.
I was given a mission when I was injured. Seunghee was also given a mission when she had a heart attack.

Maybe Noah got a similar mission when he got sick.
However, Caylee failed to carry out the mission, and Noah died because he could not take the medicine in time.

“Kaley. Eat heartily and listen.”

It was time to get to the point.