Chapter 242 – Reunion (4)

“Supreme phenomenon.”

“What’s wrong. Reason.”

“I think the air here is very good.”

“Yes?”

We were now in a plain on the border between Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. This village, which had not been developed yet and had no plans for development for the time being due to a military base nearby, was a very good place to establish a new home as the price per pyeong was as cheap as that of the province.

And now, right in front of our eyes, a house was being built for ‘we’ to live in. A house was a big bed, a kitchen, and two bathrooms, but it was a house anyway. Ichie watched as if he was bewitched as the construction workers pounded on the wooden boards.

She looked around. Since this was really a rural area near the military base, it was hard to find buildings higher than 5 stories, and famous chain stores were hard to find except for convenience stores. The advantage was that there was a snack bar open for soldiers, a cheap meat restaurant, and a delicious Japanese restaurant.

“By the way, the water phenomenon.”

“Yes.”

“Isn’t it too far? Here, it takes an hour by car from Seoul.”

I laughed at her words.

“It’s close in an hour. It’s not like I commute every day, and when I’m on standby, it doesn’t matter because I work at the guild anyway.”

“Is it so? Still, it was worth building in the city. Water phenomenon. Just live in my house.”

“If you were going to set up [The prototype field], You wouldn’t be able to do a city. If you want to install it in Seoul, you need to get a special business license because it consumes a lot of energy.”

Since all the special equipment installed in the training center consumes a lot of energy, special permission had to be obtained to install the equipment in the city. This permission was very complicated and difficult, and the review period was long. Moreover, if you receive a special business operator, the tax will increase, so I had no choice.

“But…”

Ichie seemed to regret that I lived so far away. I said as I shook her head.

“When I’m in Seoul, I can spend time with Ichie. I’m thinking of registering my residence here, but I won’t continue to live here either. Maybe the weekend? Or, when we have some free time, we will come and go together like a villa. Leave your real residence separately in Seoul.”

“Then we live together when we are in Seoul. Soo Hyun Sang. I am learning to cook.”

When Ichie said that with her shy face, I asked with a welcome look.

“Are you learning to cook? Are you looking forward to it? What kind of cooking are you learning?”

“Sundae.”

“…Where do you come from?”

“Soo Hyun-sang says he likes things like sundae gukbap, so I’m practicing the part where I make sundae with tripe. Originally, they said that cooking is more delicious when sincerity is put into it from the beginning.”

“Ah, from that part? It must be delicious. Are you really excited? How did you know that I like soup and prepare it like that?”

“You can compliment me more.”

Ichie said that and shrugged her shoulders. I looked around at the workers wiping their sweat in the shade of the construction site. The sun was strong today, so it seemed very hot to work. I said to Ichie, looking for her wallet in her pocket.

“I’m going to buy you a drink. Do you have anything you want to drink?”

“Cider.”

“All right. Cider.”

“Let’s go together.”

I turned around and Ichie clung to my arm and said so. I wrapped my hands around Ichie’s waist and nodded her head.

“All right. Let’s go together.”

The convenience store was a little far from the house. A distant sense of distance, as if a ship was looking at a lighthouse on the horizon, was also applied to this area. I asked Ichie, taking my eyes off the swaying convenience store if I stretched out my hand.

“Ichie, will you continue to live in that house?”

“Yes. I recently renewed my contract. It would be nice to live together with Soo Hyun. Now that I pay the rent with my own money, I don’t have to worry about it. Anyway, until that house is built, Suhyeon-san won’t have a place to live.”

I had to find a new room ASAP. The ownership of the previous house was transferred from Park Seong-jin to another owner who won the auction, and this landlord suddenly raised the monthly rent by 200,000 won.

When I didn’t answer, Ichie said with a slightly impatient face.

“Supremacy. We live together.”

“Of course we have to live together.”

Ichie nodded with a proud expression on his face as if he had filled a line off his bucket list. He looked so happy that I couldn’t help but smile. I asked, holding her body tightly with one hand.

“Is it that good?”

“I live with Suhyeon. It was a wish.”

“Is it so? Do you have any other wishes?”

Ichie tilted her head at my question and thought, then stretched out her arm to me and said,

“Hug me.”

I decided to grant Ichie’s cute wish.

“All right.”

As I supported her back and legs and lifted her into a princess hug position, Ichie wrapped her arms around my neck, her eyes twinkling. It was so cute how they wiggled their legs, but one of their shoes was lifted slightly and it swayed. Ichie stretched out his arms in front of my eyes and put them on again.

“It makes sense. Do you have any other wishes? I’m in a good mood today, so I’ll listen to everything.”

“Please go to the convenience store like this.”

“All right.”

I giggled and started walking as she said. Ichie would hold me tightly in my arms, look around, and even wave at the shops. Soldiers passing by the convenience store smiled as they adjusted their berets, and a waitress at a restaurant stopped at us while moving plates. Ichie enjoyed his gaze and pressed his lips against my cheek.

In the meantime, we arrived in front of a convenience store. Before I could announce my arrival, the automatic door of the convenience store welcomed our visit with a cheerful ringing. Ichie heard the familiar ringing of the bell and the helpless “Welcome” From the clerk, her eyes twinkling and she looked back at me.

“All the convenience stores are here.”

“Continue. Continue.”

Ichie seemed to want me to do the shopping as well. I thought this would be okay once in a while. As soon as we entered the convenience store, the clerk looked at the two of us with a mysterious expression as if he was dumbfounded. Ichie drew a V at the clerk as if he wanted to show off. I went to the beverage compartment and spoke to Ichie.

“See the coffee over there?”

“Yes.”

“That coffee… How many of us did that project?”

“There were eight people.”

“Then you can buy 8 of them. Please pick up eight.”

“Yes.”

Ichie used the space created by bending his legs and stomach like a basket and filled the drinks one after another. She said as she held out her hand towards her counter, which had filled all eight of her coffees.

“Now go checkout.”

“All right.”

I went with her to her checkout. I felt like a robot being controlled by Ichie’s words. It wasn’t until I got to the counter that she got out of my arms, laying out all her drinks on the counter. With my other hand, I massaged her ass, took out her wallet, and finished her checkout.

Ichie clung to my arm and smiled, and the clerk looked at us with a very uncomfortable expression. I pretended not to notice the clerk’s gaze, finished the calculation, and we moved toward the construction site again.

I asked Ichie.

“It makes sense. Is there anything else you want to do?”

“Wedding ceremony.”

“Wedding ceremony?”

“I want to get married. I get married with Soo Hyun-sang in a wedding dress while playing the wedding march. Before that, I have a meeting with my dad and mom. I get married in Japan and I get married once in Korea.”

“Ah, do you want to have a wedding wearing that hanbok?”

“Uh? I want to do that. Rouge Gonji!”

A wedding wearing a hanbok seemed different. But is it right to have such a special wedding only for Ichi? If so, wouldn’t it be right for everyone to get married like this without having to lose money? I said.

“Then, we do things like weddings several times. What. I had a separate wedding with my senior Yoo-Jung, a wedding with Ha-Yeon, and a wedding with Ichi-E. By the way, if you have so many weddings, do you have to get several congratulatory money?”

“It costs money to have a wedding. Shouldn’t it be done several times?”

“Ah, that is difficult. It’s like not receiving a congratulatory money or receiving it.”

Ichie said with a smile.

“If it’s really hard, just get married together.”

“…That would be really spectacular.”

We laughed and waved plastic bags of drinks at the workers. Workers who were working or resting in full bloom gathered at us. The construction went so smoothly. The more the house was built, the closer I felt to the Almighty.

At the time I installed the [Prototype Field], My body was so hot that I couldn’t stand it.

It was because it was time to face Almighty Emperor and, no, Choi Yeon-ju again.