357 – [6] Seeds?
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I couldn’t say any more than that.
I just stared blankly at the paper.
Soon, I bit my lip.
I scratched my head and sighed.
“Are you sure you really need this?”
“That…” … There is nothing better than that to compare activity over time…….”
“No, then you can just check how the blood moves.”
“Well, the last one is a bit more convenient from a research standpoint…… Moreover, there may be some differences from others.”
My headache hurts.
How should I do this?
“If you feel uncomfortable, we will exclude you from the study. There are many other samples anyway…….”
“Whoa…” … “How much of a disruption would the research be without this sample?”
“But it is still the most active specimen…… “I think it might be a bit of a hindrance—”
“Wait!”
Cheonmaly suddenly intervened.
She looked at both of us in turn and then gave Vlasova a stern look.
“I don’t know what it is, but it absolutely won’t work. “This research must proceed clearly.”
“Ha, but…” ….”
“There is one reason why I am supporting this research now. “It’s because I think we can achieve certain and stable results.”
I was very sensitive because it was an issue that involved a lot of money and my future.
He turned his head and looked this way.
“And Jiangshi. “I’m sorry this time, but I hope you follow what our researcher says.”
“Hey… ….”
“You know. What a great study this is. “It may be of great help to the development of humanity in the future.”
“The development of overtime work?”
“Great, but that’s also progress in its own way.”
You like power generation.
It’s just a place of deterioration.
“Anyway, for our company, this is something we don’t want to miss. So, I really want you to do it.”
I stared at the paper in my hands.
As long as we decided to help 1,000 birds, we got bitten as well.
Even so, it was a very sensitive matter.
I sighed deeply.
“Ha, I don’t know. Why do things like this…… No, I don’t even know how to collect it.”
“If you have a warm container, you can put it in there. Of course, I don’t know if it will be transported well that way.”
The researcher is also skeptical, so it will work out very well.
It is doubtful whether a meaningful amount will be collected in the first place.
“Ugh.”
I let out a deep sigh.
I felt like my man’s dignity was being trampled upon.
As I lowered my head like that, a thousand birds slowly approached me.
She took the paper I was holding.
“Why are you sighing so much when it’s something that always comes out of your body anyway? If I were you, I would quickly agree. Researcher Vlasova, right?”
“Uh…… I don’t know about that either…….”
“It can’t be something like a piece of camouflage. “Is that that difficult to answer?”
“No, that’s true. Still, it’s kind of like that… ….”
Vlasova hesitated.
Even though she asked for it, she said it wasn’t right.
Cheonma-ri looked at the paper with an expression wondering what the hell was going on.
And at the very end, I saw two clearly written white letters.
“Oh.”
It was frozen.
The expression faded, and the head slowly lifted.
She looked this way.
And, although it was awkward, she uttered one word with all her heart.
“Sorry.”
* * *
Everything that could be provided immediately was handed over to Vlasova.
She expressed her gratitude to me while lowering her head, feeling bitter, regretful, and embarrassed.
Yes, that is how it should be.
Even when I saw this, I couldn’t ask for it without permission.
“It’s going to spin, really.”
The final offering is full of problems.
It’s a seed that’s ridiculous, but it’s a bit hard to give it away.
Cheonma-ri and I left Nartica headquarters feeling very awkward.
All the way back home, she explained how much she respected her childhood friend.
Thanks to you, trust has disappeared even more.
Now it felt like there was no floor to break through.
If you want to ask for something between friends, at least know what it is and ask for it.
I never imagined that someone would ask me for a favor even though I don’t know what my life is like.
“I’m an asshole.”
“I think so.”
“What the former researcher is asking for is my friend’s s***!”
“Hey, don’t say more.”
Afterwards, I took 1,000 birds to their homes, separated them, and returned home right away…… I didn’t lose.
It didn’t go well because of the uninvited guest.
“Uh, is Xian here?”
One thousand prototypes.
Grandmother Cheonma-ri happened to be passing by the house at that time.
I just said a quick hello and tried to run away.
Similarly, it didn’t go well.
“It’s late, so go eat dinner!”
A statement that if the returnee Nari had had a seizure, she could have run away.
But Cheonma-ri remained silent, falling into the abyss of despair at such an important moment.
Thanks to you, I could not ignore the words of the person holding the military exemption certificate.
Of course, I was taken to Cheonma-ri’s house very happily.
“Wow, it’s really big.”
I don’t know if it’s fancy, but it’s a big house for an ordinary mansion.
I remember the old house wasn’t like this, but it looks like it was recently moved.
Anyway, as I entered the room, the servants greeted me somewhat.
However, after looking at me and Cheonmaly in turns, he was surprised and lowered his head once more.
“Marie, what is on my face?”
“Ugly.”
“Hey.”
Anyway, I followed Grandmother Cheonma-ri.
Her grandmother sat in front of the table with a very kind expression.
We sat across from each other.
However, because of the atmosphere, it felt like I was walking on thin ice.
“Let’s see…… This guy is later than I thought. For now, let’s eat by ourselves. Got it?”
“Yes? Yes… ….”
A man and a woman appeared from nowhere and prepared food, and some servants headed to the second floor.
For a moment, I wondered if there was someone else.
“Grandma? Why are you already eating? … Uh?”
“Huh…… Cancer?”
Unfamiliar faces came down.
But these were not unfamiliar faces.
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“Oh, I heard Marie’s friend was passing by here. “She brought me here to eat with me.”
“… ….”
“Uh, uh…… Yes… ….”
Two men and women.
They were none other than a thousand cousins.
The names are Cheon Ju-hwan and Hong Chae-yul, respectively.
Like Cheonma-ri and I, he was a cadet attending Palaistra Academy.
On the other hand, both of them were drug addicts, which is why Chunma was chosen as Nartica’s successor.
Of course, I couldn’t tell if he was still practicing medicine as he headed to the academy.
Considering what my grandfather made as a bet, I might not have done it…….
The problem is that drugs are highly addictive, so I still secretly take drugs.
“Hmm.”
I looked at them with such doubt.
The two felt my gaze and lowered their heads.
As if he doesn’t want to get close to you, as if it’s too uncomfortable.
I don’t know if it’s a thousand, but I’m not a very annoying person, so it was a little too much.
When I frowned at this, I avoided eye contact even more.
They didn’t sit next to us, but next to the grandmother across from us.
“Grandma, I’m sorry. “Can’t we just go up?”
“You old bitch. “Even if we last until lunch, we have to eat dinner together!”
“Grandma, I have an appointment right now…” ….”
“If you have an appointment, cancel it! You don’t like it? “Then you tell your grandfather to stop giving you pocket money?”
“Yes… ….”
“Okay… ….”
The opposition of the grandchildren was suppressed by very forceful measures.
His friendly and cheerful attitude was the exact opposite of the one he showed to me and Cheonma-ri.
“Oh, look at my mind. “You shouldn’t get angry like this in front of guests.”
“Um… ….”
“Our ugly grandson and granddaughter keep trying to stand out. Haha, please understand. Got it?”
“…… Yes.”
Even if you think you don’t understand, you have to understand.
The casual conversation, the moment when Cheonma-ri looked back at the two chefs, continued.
How long did it take for food to come out one by one?
It was Korean food with nothing special about it.
It was a time when even rice and spoons were left out.
Chun Ju-hwan carefully lifted the spoon and brought the chopsticks to the meat side dish placed in the middle.
It was then.
Cheonma-ri’s grandmother looked at Cheon Ju-hwan.
“The superiors should eat first. Put it down right now.”
The words were spoken coldly.
The spoon stepped back and the head dropped.
It was an unexpected scene.
I never would have guessed that he was someone who cared so much for the authority of his elders.
“Let’s see, our Marie likes spicy food. Wrap the ssam like this…… Come on, Marie! Oh~”
“Yes? Uh…… Oh~”
But suddenly, it wrapped a wrap and stuffed it into a thousand mouths.
It was strange in many ways.
Didn’t you say he was a superior?
But you are giving ssam to a thousand birds?
“What kind of ssam does our Sian like? Spicy like Marie? Or a little gentler?”
“Yes? Oh, no, you don’t need to do that… ….”
“There is nothing. It’s the grandmother’s sincerity, so please speak up quickly. “What flavor do you like?”
A situation where you are nervous but don’t know what the intention is.
I answered with a puzzled attitude that I like spicy food like a thousand fish.
“As expected, I knew it would be like that~ I thought they always hung out together for some reason~”
“Ahaha…….”
He made a very large ssam and handed it to me.
I couldn’t refuse, so I forced myself to accept it.
After that, her grandmother regularly gave food to Cheonma-ri and me.
In fact, he didn’t even pay attention to his other grandchildren.
Such an attitude continued afterwards.
Along the way, she asked questions as if she was making sure to listen.
“So, you two, your grades at this year’s academy are first in your group?”
“Oh my god, now we can just catch a C-rank boss? “Our Joo-hwan and Chae-yul barely manage to catch D-class monsters.”
“It’s not easy to earn that much money at that age. No, it’s not an easy level. You guys are probably the only ones, right?”
Please stop asking.
The faces of the people next to me are becoming miserable.
But her grandmother’s mouth didn’t stop.
I really wanted to leave this place.
* * *
It was a long time later that I left the place of wailing.
When Grandmother Cheonma-ri headed to the bathroom, she was able to escape the situation where all she could hear was the sound of dishes being washed.
Cheonma-ri and I showed off our escape actions and got out.
When I felt the cold air hitting my skin, I swept my face with my breath.
“Wow, a plague.”
“No, no matter what. “There are other grandchildren and granddaughters next to you, so why on earth did you do that?”
“It must be because her grandmother is senile! “I knew it would be like this, really!”
However, there were quite a few parts that seemed a bit too healthy to be treated as senile.
No, in the first place, is it possible for a person to become this senile in just a few days?
“Even if it wasn’t senility, this was crossing the line. No, it would be better if it were just me. Even you were there…….”
“Whoa.”
“Gangsi, do you know who the people who served us the dishes are?”
“Who is it?”
“These are my aunt and uncle. “I was cooking while listening to my child being cursed for pride.”
Oh my gosh, grandma.
What on earth are you doing?
No matter what, would you say something like that to your grandchildren in front of their parents?
Why on earth did you make the atmosphere like that by including me and making comparisons?
I couldn’t understand it and was so shocked.
Is this how conglomerates usually educate their grandchildren?
“First of all, I think it would be better for me not to stay at that house for a while.”
“Rather than saying, ‘I think I’ll get better,’ shouldn’t I pack my bags and come out right away? No matter how I look at it, I don’t think your relatives will leave you alone while you sleep.”
“That’s right, fuck. After all, they are people who have no money and nothing to lose, so they will buy more.”
“First of all, pack your bags as soon as possible and come to my house. “I’ll tell my aunt well.”
“If you say yes, I would be grateful. Under…… “What is this because of one strange adult?”
Cheonma-ri hurriedly left the house, taking only a few important items with her.
Of course, I gave a separate order to the secretary to collect the rest of the luggage later.
It was just as we were about to leave Cheonma-ri’s house.
A car stopped in front of the house.
“Huh? Is it Marie? Sian? “Where are you going?”
An old man with no idea where he had gone got out of the car.
We were just paying attention and each of us said a word as we faced the reality that we might have to go back home.
“Grandpa! I think grandma has finally grown old! “To Hunter Silver Town right now— Quack!”
“Hey! “First of all, I have to say I’m sorry. What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”
After saying sorry, he quickly ran away.
The sound of washing dishes seemed to tickle my ears as I ran.