145 – New Family (2)
“Is this the sky’s home? It’s bigger than I thought~”
No. 1 In school rankings. Justia, probably the world’s strongest hero, is expected to be the next number one upon graduation.
“Wow, but it’s really clean. There’s not a speck of dust. The dormitory I lived in is like a pig pen. hehehehe…”
When I came to her senses, she came out with her eyes sparkling and was walking around my sister’s house.
“…The way you organize things is like a girl.”
“Hey, you promised before you came, right? We won’t fight at least for today.”
“Tch…”
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“Ah…”
No, it’s not my sister’s house anymore, but my own house.
“…Hey, you know. Kang Ha-neul.”
“…………”
“I came here earlier and unintentionally saw a slightly sensitive scene…”
As she was thinking such things and making a blank expression, Justia, who was sitting on the sofa and quietly looking at me, asked a question in a low voice.
“…..There’s nothing to hide. My sister left home just now.”
“Ah…”
“Now he says he will break ties with me and live with me. He said he will never come back home again.”
As she answered in a low voice, silence began to sweep around her for a moment.
“That’s such a f*cking b*tch…”
“…Hey.”
Mystic Shine’s murmur, sitting on a chair in the distance, lingers in my ears.
“Don’t talk nonsense about your sister…”
…What?”
“Because I am the bad one…”
In such a situation, why on earth did I mutter in a quiet voice?
Was it because she still loved her sister even though she left me, or was it because her self-loathing had increased several times since what happened yesterday?
I’m not sure, but it’s most likely both.
“…You came here because of what happened yesterday?”
Of course, now it is time to focus on the customers rather than the words in front of them.
“Compensation and hospital expenses… I will prepare it by the end of this week.”
“”…….?””
“My sister left all the furniture in the house. If I dispose of it all, I will make some money.”
Justia, who said she had never been injured beyond abrasions in all her hero activities, had a cast on her arm, and Mystic Shine, who had been thrown at me, had a compression bandage on her waist.
At this point, when even the basic insurance system has disappeared due to the disappearance of the nation, the hospital bills would have probably been quite high.
“b*tch. Do you think it’ll just be that much?”
“If it’s still not enough, I’ll work part-time to make up for it…”
“…Really?”
Mystic Shine, who had been shooting nervously, lost in thought for a moment after hearing my additional suggestion.
“In that case… Huh!?”
“What do you mean, sky?”
She eventually opened her mouth with a smile on her face, but was blocked by Justia who was next to her.
“You don’t have to pay for our hospital expenses. I already paid for it all.”
“…But.”
“It was an accident that occurred while we were sparring under agreement. Well, I have no obligation or reason to pay you.”
“There is such a thing as human duty.”
I was having a conversation with Justia that was out of focus, and then I quietly lowered my gaze and said something.
“I’m not human, but I want to protect you.”
“…Hmm.”
Then, she suddenly lowered her gaze and walked next to Mystic Shine, who was sitting on her chair.
“I’m not good at cool vibes like this…”
“What are you talking about? He said he’s paying the hospital bills. Why would he refuse to pay for it anyway… Eup.”
“…Sky. I understand how you feel, but there’s really no need for it!”
She, who was quietly muttering in that state, once again blocked Mystic Shine, who was next to her, from speaking, and spoke to me like that.
“The hero office I belong to has already taken care of everything. So you don’t have to worry about this matter.”
“…………:
“Then, could you tell me what brought you here?”
If the purpose was not to pay hospital bills or protest, then why did they come to my house?
“Before you say that, what are these?”
“…That.”
“Yes, actually, I know without even asking.”
I slowly became curious as to why Justia came to see me with Mystic Shine in tow, so I asked her a question, but before I knew it, she was focusing all of her attention on the table right in front of her.
“It’s Kang Ha-neul’s style of home cooking, right?”
“……..”
“It’s also quite steamy. hehehehe…”
To be precise, the food was made with all my heart to somehow appease my sister’s anger, but was actually getting cold because no one was there to eat it.
“Are you hungry?”
“That’s right, actually, I starved all day while cleaning up after yesterday.”
“…I’m sorry.”
“No, it’s not something to bow down to and apologize for…”
She sat in her seat and quietly observed me, then asked me a question in a low voice.
“If it’s okay with you, I was wondering if I could eat some of this lost food…”
“My food?”
“…Yeah! It looks so appetizing. I think I’ll be a little disappointed if I can’t eat it.”
Now that I think about it, has anyone other than my sister ever eaten the food I made?
Seeing as I have no memory at all, I think this is probably my first time.
“…Then eat it.”
“Thank you!”
As she silently nodded her head with that thought in mind, Justia smiled brightly and held up a spoon and chopsticks.
“Eup!?”
“…What’s wrong with you? Is it too salty or bland?”
Eventually, the girl who put the stew in front of her into her mouth started to look at me with her eyes wide open, so I thought that she was not suited to the taste of foreigners after all.
“…Wow, it’s delicious!”
Luckily, it seems to fit well in my mouth.
Or, I was so hungry that whatever I ate was delicious.
“It’s salty and spicy, and it’s spicy and deep… It feels like my stomach is full…”
“It’s because I added some chopped red peppers to the soybean paste stew.”
“…This is my first time eating it and it’s really delicious!”
I suddenly become curious.
Would Justina be able to make that kind of expression even if the Cheonggukjang was right in front of her?
No matter how invincible a hero is, wouldn’t he frown just a little?
“…It looks delicious.”
As I was looking at her, thinking about her like that, I heard her small voice coming from next to her.
“Just like that.”
Mystic Shine, who said that, was avoiding my gaze and looking around the living room where there was nothing to see.
“Hey, would you like to eat together?”
“Does it look like that?”
It was a bit too much to just leave her like that, so I tried to talk to her, but a cold voice came back.
“No, that’s not necessarily true…”
“It looks like that, but it would be a loss if I didn’t eat it.”
“…Yes?”
She was hurriedly trying to correct her statement, wondering if she had made a mistake in her voice, but suddenly, after muttering that, she silently picked up her spoon and chopsticks.
“…Why?”
“No. Enjoy your meal.”
I guess they were both quite hungry.
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“Hey, I guess I’ll buy something now.”
“…The basics are done.”
After finishing their meal, the two of them wiped their mouths with napkins, mumbled something, and then started looking at me blankly again.
“So, would you please tell me soon?”
“”……””
“Why did you come to my house?”
When we asked them a question, Justia began scratching her head for a moment and Mystic Shine began to sigh deeply.
“Don’t you remember what I said yesterday?”
The first to open his mouth was Justia, who was smiling quietly.
“I said I would become your family.”
“That’s right. I was very grateful, even just for words.”
I quietly bowed my head and expressed my gratitude, but soon I couldn’t help but believe my ears.
“So, I’m going to start living with you starting today… What do you think?”
“…Yes?”
It was clear that the Justia I saw before my eyes was a dream or a hallucination.
Otherwise, there is no way Justia would make such a suggestion to me.
“…Why did you come?”
Then, is it possible that Mystic Shine next to her is also my hallucination?
“…Let me sleep.”
“Yes?”
“I got fired from the Magical Girl Association because of you, so I’ll be staying here from now on.”
“Aha.”
I tried it just in case, but it still seems like a hallucination.
Well, there is no way such proud beings would come to my house and eat soybean paste stew.
“Hey, sky?”
“…What’s with that strange expression all of a sudden?”
Yes, I should have realized it was a hallucination when my sister abandoned me in the first place.
There’s no way a sister who was so kind and cool could end up like that just because of that bastard, right?
Since when did it start to be a hallucination?
– Click…
“”……..!?””
I think there is only one way to know that.
“Wait a minute, sky!!”
“You crazy bastard…”
There is a lot of talk about hallucinations that will soon disappear.
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“Well, we need to call an ambulance… No, first let’s start with artificial respiration…”
“…No need. I just passed out.”
“Yeah, really? That’s a relief…”
Justia, who was embarrassed as she held the fallen Kang Ha-neul after pouring all the medicine from the medicine cabinet she took out of her pocket into her mouth, sighs in relief upon hearing Mystic Shine’s words as she quietly checked her condition. .
“I’m quite embarrassed by the hero topic.”
“Well, I specialize in combat… This kind of thing is always done by the after team… hahahaha…”
Mystic Shine glared at her coldly, but upon hearing her words, she turned her gaze to the side and muttered in a low voice.
“…I envy you. Having a colleague you can trust and entrust to you.”
“Huh?”
“No. Nothing.”
For a moment, silence begins to fall in the room.
“Hey, I’m not arguing. I’m just asking because I’m curious…”
In such a slightly awkward atmosphere, Justia suddenly cautiously asked Mystic Shine a question.
“You weren’t fired, were you?”
“…………..”
“And the Magical Girl Association in the first place…”
“Even if you know a lot, there are times when it is better not to say out loud.”
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Mystic Shine immediately responded in a cold voice, narrowing her eyes at Justia and asking a question in return.
“What are your intentions in the first place?”
“……..”
“No matter how much he is a hero with an invincible hero gimmick, isn’t it a little strange to do something like this to a guy I’ve never known before?”
She thought about those words for a moment, then answered with a slightly depressed expression.
“…What if there is a one-sided ceremony?”
“What?”
“Then can you explain?”
Mystic Shine made a slightly dumbfounded expression as she continued to mumble.
“…Of course, it hasn’t been long since we actually met.”
“What bullsh*t are you talking about?”