Side Story (4)
Side Story (4)
Listen to all the words of the warrior party. I decided to inherit the karma from my past self and take charge of the warrior party.
The content of responsibility is to live together.
From their point of view, it’s the same as before, so there’s nothing wrong with it, but for me, who lives with my family, it was a big deal.
‘How should I explain them to my parents… ?’
It’s dark.
I haven’t even graduated from high school yet. The future is bleak as I have to tell my parents that there are people living with me.
My head hurts imagining myself introducing the warriors party. I decided to stop thinking.
‘For now, let’s sort out the situation right in front of us… ‘
A party of warriors all gathered in the living room. The space also looks cramped. And, more than anything, the pouring eyes are burdensome.
These guys didn’t seem to have any intention of turning their attention away from the space where I was with them.
I tightened my neck and said.
“As you said, I will take responsibility. You can live here together.”
“Yahoo!”
“Instead of that. This is my home, but it is also the home where my family lives. So, I want you to follow my words first, okay?”
“Yes!”
At the words asking for consent, the warrior party all nodded.
Except for Estiya who sleeps next to me. Luna will deliver it to you later.
At that moment, Hare suddenly raised her hand to the ceiling and said.
“Um, over there, mister… “
“Also, since the title ‘Mr.
“This is a habit… I’ll try to fix it as best I can… More than that, uncle… “
“Yes.”
“You said you live with your family… Then, when will the family come… ?”
“Family!”
Luna screams as if struck by lightning at the sound of family. The moment she listens to her, Saten also refines her voice.
I answered when my family will return.
“I don’t know.”
“… Yes?”
“I don’t come home often. Both of you are busy, so you go abroad often.”
I don’t even know when I saw it.
Has it been about a month?
Come to think of it, I think it’s time to come back soon.
In response to my answer, Luna spoke in a worried tone.
“Then, mister. How do you cook?”
“Some days I make a mess, and most of the time I eat it instantaneously.”
“Question!”
“Yes.”
“What is Instant!?”
Is this the first time you’ve heard the word instant?
‘After thinking about it for a second… ‘
How do I communicate with them? Speaking of another world, the language must be different. Shall I ask you one more time?
“Luna, first before answering about the instant. The world you lived in and mine speak different languages. How are we talking?”
“Oh, that? Said Saten cast some magic on us! I don’t know much about magic!”
“That’s it, mister-“
Saten began to explain her magic. At first she couldn’t understand what she was saying at all, but when she gave a rough summary, she understood.
“So, you mean the magic catches the sound you want to convey and automatically translates it?”
“Yes, that is correct. I put the magic on a brooch around her neck, Luna put a red ribbon in her hair, Hare put a dagger around her neck, and Estiya put it on her hand.”
“I see.”
But why?
“Estiya is the only body part? Are you discriminating?”
“No, it is not discrimination. Estiya doesn’t carry anything. Even if you cast a spell on it, it won’t work.”
“Oh, I see.”
Mysteriously, I agree.
Estiya falls asleep at the first house she visits and doesn’t know who is carrying her.
Seeing him use my knee as a pillow, I couldn’t help but agree.
Anyway.
“You said you didn’t know what instant was, right?”
“Yes!”
“I’ll tell you right now. But since you’re from another world, you should be able to enjoy it.”
I gently placed Estiya’s head on my lap.
And then, I went straight to the kitchen and opened the shelf above the sink. There was a lot of cup noodles in there. It was a space that could be seen as my restaurant.
“Shall we eat this today… No, it’s my first time eating it, so it wouldn’t be good if it was too spicy.”
Let’s put down the red-hot fried noodles.
I simply took a basic bowl of ramen with broth from the shelf.
Then, I poured water into the electric kettle and boiled it. Luna came over and observed the electric kettle.
“The water is bubbling! Is this magic too!?”
“It’s not magic, it’s electronics. The TV you touched earlier is also an electronic product.”
“What are electronics?!”
“… A product that uses electricity to make life easier.”
“How do you use it!?”
“Um… Just press the button.”
“Button!”
Luna suddenly runs into the living room. The noise between floors is no joke.
Luna ran in front of the TV as if she didn’t know that another house lived down here. Then, she started pressing the buttons on the TV one by one. I got water for all 5 cup noodles and approached.
“What are you doing?”
“This, this electronic product! I mean, boil it quickly too!”
“Don’t do that, press this.”
“What is it!”
“Remote control.”
Hoop-
Luna grabbed the remote control like a stray cat. Judging by the expression on her mouth, she seemed to have a pretty stubborn personality. What I want to do is stubbornness to achieve unconditionally.
Then Luna pressed the power button on her remote control to turn on the TV.
“Oh! Lights just come out of the screen!”
“See what you want to see with the up and down buttons. TV is for that purpose.”
“Oh, oh oh! It’s a picture book that moves by itself! This TV guy!”
It would be more comfortable to think that way. Luna focused on the screen on the TV with her eyes shining. It was so close that she even moved her body behind her. Her appearance was similar to that of her cousin at her holiday.
‘Come to think of it, hasn’t it been 3 minutes?’
A living room that cannot be seen. Intuitively I walked towards my room. At that moment, a rustling sound began to be heard in the room.
‘Suspicious… ‘
I peeked out the door to see what he was doing. However, Hare sat quietly in the chair as if nothing was wrong. I’m sure you remember the last time you locked the door? I asked Hare, who looked suspicious.
“What are you doing?”
“Oh, nothing… I-I was just sitting in a chair looking at a picture of the uncle’s family… “
“Really?”
“Well, then… yo. This… “
It feels like your voice gets smaller the further you go. And, the duvet would have been well folded. Are you a little confused?
“Hmm… “
“… “
Should we just move on? Because it’s not tasty if all the noodles are burnt.
“Come out. Let’s eat.”
“Yes, yes… !”
Hodadak-
Hare ran to her kitchen as quickly as she had committed a crime. Still, there was no sound of her footsteps. It was a walk specialized in interfloor noise.
“Did you say he was a thief?”
Looking at the door and entering, it looks like a real thief. Let’s check later to see if anything is missing. It’s not that I doubt Hare, but the word thief just bothered me a little.
So I called the warrior party into the living room and distributed cup noodles. They stared at the cup noodles with curious expressions.
“What is this, brother! You woke up smelly!”
“It’s cup noodles. Chopsticks will be tough, so eat with a fork.”
“You look hot! My brother intends to boil Estiya to death!”
“… Then eat in 1 minute. The noodles will burn, but they are less hot.”
“I hate that!”
What, then why did you say that?
Estiya, whose identity is unknown, began to inhale cup noodles with a fork. The fork didn’t rest, probably because it was delicious. As if the other kids were doing the same, they moved the fork in succession.
‘I was worried that it was food from another world… ‘
Still, the taste seems quite right.
Then I thought, “I’m going to eat it too.” When I looked at my seat, there were no cup ramen containers. No, maybe it wasn’t there from the beginning? It was in such a neat condition.
“Who did this?”
“I-I am not… !”
Excluding hare.
What’s next?
“Me neither. I chew it thoroughly, so it takes a long time.”
Good.
Excluding satendo.
Since I saw the next Estiya, I automatically excluded it.
The last person left is…
“Luna.”
“Quup- Yes, Neeb!?”
Luna answered awkwardly, biting her ramen into her mouth.
‘It’s you.’
There are a total of 4 cup noodles on the table. Obviously, the finished one will be in another place.
So, I guess I have no choice but to be here automatically. A place that can be processed quickly.
I lowered her body to check under Luna’s chair.
“I found it. Were you here?”
“hehehe, it’s so delicious that I don’t know… I’m sorry… “
“I thought you were at least normal because you are a warrior.”
“Oh no! I’m normal! I-would you like to eat the leftovers!?”
“… No, I will make one again.”
“Then, one more thing for me… “
Tak-
I put my forehead on this dizzying situation. Even though the warrior was simple, it would have been normal. Apparently, my thoughts were wrong.
‘It’s not normal to live together right now.’
Even the cohabitant is not normal.
The responsibility that the warrior party said was heavier than I thought.
***
Dawn when everyone is asleep.
I was sitting on the sofa watching TV in the dark living room as usual.
My parents didn’t come back until late, so I was quite free about this.
“… Not much fun this morning. Shall we go see a movie?”
Even if I go to school tomorrow, it won’t matter as long as I can sleep at school. With that thought in mind, I operated the remote control. The app works, and drama and movie sites that pay monthly appear.
I played the movie by pressing the random button as usual.
Perhaps I sensed my presence, the door to the master bedroom opened and a girl appeared.
He was my first roommate yesterday.
“Ah, Mister, you don’t sleep until late… ? I’m hurt… “
“It’s Hare. Would you like to see it too?”
“What, what is it… ?”
Hare asked while sitting on the sofa as he answered. It looked like it was meant to see whatever I played. I said the title of the movie that was reflected on the screen.
“Determination to love? Well, it looks like a romance movie. I don’t know if it will be fun because the sensibility is a bit different from your world.”
“People are there… ! It won’t make much of a difference… !”
“That is true too.”
Since they are the same people, there is no difference.
I immediately operated the remote control and played the movie.
Unlike usual, there was another person next to me, but it was dark, so I was able to focus on the movie in an instant. Looking at Ha-re from the sidelines for a moment in the middle of the movie, Ha-re also seemed to be focused on the movie.
In one place like that, we sat still and focused on the movie.
In the meantime, the moment the tension of the movie lowered for a moment, Hare asked me.
“Did you usually watch movies like this… ?”
“Yes, I watch dramas too. I also watch movies often.”
“On my own… ?”
“Well, that’s right. Most of my parents aren’t there.”
“Mmm, yes… ?”
Hare nodded her head as she answered. Then, after about five minutes, she opened her mouth again.
“I know because I keep watching. You look a bit like the main character in that movie… “
“I’m not that handsome.”
“Ah, your face is handsome enough. Oh no, not this… It’s not about the face… I’m talking about the atmosphere… “
“Atmosphere?”
“N, yes. There are similarities between the man and the main character… Should I say it’s empty… ? There is such an atmosphere… !”
“Mmm.”
Looks like you.
However, unlike Hare, I couldn’t find any resemblance to the main character. And, rather than the content of the movie, what stuck in my mind was Hare’s words.
‘It’s empty. What does that mean? Do I look like an empty person to others?’
I thought about it until I fell asleep, but the answer didn’t come out. Is that why?
“It’s ruined.”
The current time is 8:52.
I’m sure even if I run now, it’ll be 10 minutes later.
As a result of thinking too deeply, I was late for school for the first time in my life.
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