49 – Great Forest-3
It’s the first time I’ve seen a younger person with a serious expression, but he’s short and cute. Bonnie, I wasn’t as scared as Hayeon.
It wasn’t even picking up steam.
“What’s wrong? What’s wrong with this sword?”
“There is no problem, except that the performance is too good.”
Well, this sword is really good, because it can withstand the Awakener’s mana, and its cutting power is crazy.
“Where the hell did you get that from?”
“I picked it up when I was little.”
It was a lie to anyone, but that doesn’t mean you can’t reveal the truth.
“Never take this out in front of other people. Any Awoken person might do something out of greed.”
The eyes of the younger sister looking at me were so serious that I nodded without even realizing it.
“Okay. Just don’t take it out. Don’t be too serious.”
Even though he brought up a light story to lighten the atmosphere, the younger’s expression was still stiff.
“Be nervous. If I had seen that sword, not my older brother, but someone else had it, even if the person holding it was a non-Awakened person, I would have killed and stolen it right away.”
He looked at me with the eyes of a younger brother. The killing blow wasn’t directed at me, and I felt that the younger brother was controlling himself, so I wasn’t frightened, but my body trembled automatically.
“Honestly, even now I just want to take the sword from my brother. Honestly, it’s too much for my brother to use. But, since it’s my brother’s thing, my sister shouldn’t covet it.”
Even Ha-yeon doesn’t know much about the dagger. Even if the younger sister snatched the dagger and closed her mouth, she was in a situation where she had nothing to say.
I’m not that proud of myself, but I thought they were treating me as an older brother just because I was Ha-yeon’s older brother, but did they really accept me as an older brother?
Well, if you don’t treat me like a younger sister, you’ll stare at me like I’ll kill you.
“Anyway, when I go to the forest, can I follow you? I promised.”
“No! You can go and run into other people, but if you can’t use your sword in front of them, you’ll become an ordinary person again.”
“Your brother has a gun, too.”
The young man closed his mouth.
It’s cute too.
“You promised. If you keep saying no, oppa, will you get angry? I won’t stick with you for a week.”
“Haa… Okay. Instead, don’t step out and hide behind Ha-yeon if you think it’s dangerous. If you think Ha-yeon is in danger too, run toward the city.”
“How can you abandon your sister and run away… well, what’s there to worry about when your younger siblings are High Awoken?”
Heomae, look at the sharp eyes.
When a small child looks at me like that, the feeling of cuteness comes to mind first rather than fear, but the cuteness couldn’t overcome the ability of being an A-class awakener, and the fierce eyes made me flinch without knowing.
In a way, it can be seen as forcibly trying to control me, but it’s because I’m worried about my brother. There’s no need to be angry or anything.
“Then should we go back soon? We can’t stay inside the gate all the time.”
“I empty the gate once before I go. It’s not very difficult, and it can reduce the work of the poor Awoken waiting outside for no reason.”
The younger’s body glowed white, and a wave of light radiated through every part inside every gate.
“That’s Okay!”
It must be because of my mood that the eerie smile makes me feel like I’m exercising my skills, right?
Looking around, all the green monsters I could see in the distance were gone.
I knew that the authority of younger siblings was not related to combat, but if you are an A-class Awakener, can this phenomenon occur with just magical power?
Well, younger age is also a non-combat type ability, but I was good at fighting.
“Then let’s go back.”
Going back was very boring.
It took quite a while to walk because we came from a remote area, but it felt like we had just fought, so we just walked without talking.
‘But I’m quite familiar with the road, right?’
As expected, it was the corner of the street where I lived before I met Ha-yeon.
The house was already stripped of all the luggage… You didn’t take it? I was going to buy a new house and move my luggage, but Ha-yeon came to our gunsmith, ran out of anxiety, and after talking for a while, I came to my senses and followed Ha-yeon, so it was clear that the luggage I used before would remain.
I didn’t have any important luggage, and I only had clothes, but the clothes I’m wearing right now are high-class clothes that Ha-yeon bought for me, so I didn’t have to go looking for my luggage.
“What are you thinking?”
Did it show that I was gargling in another life? The younger man tilted his head lightly and asked.
“Because this neighborhood is where I used to live,”
The younger’s eyes widened.
“Can I take a look?”
“Yeah, it doesn’t take that long, and there’s nothing to do.”
I trudged and walked towards my old house.
A lot has changed in the alley leading to the house.
There was no dumb man begging, no one passing by.
It was strange that people stopped coming and going because Ha-yeon was around here once, but it wasn’t such a strange phenomenon. The slums are unnecessarily large areas, so no one gets into trouble for not being able to enter a small alley like this.
That means you don’t have to take risks.
“Here.”
It was a small house that was barely holding its shape by relying on a few planks, and it looked like it was covered in dust, probably because it had been abandoned for quite some time.
“Ah, don’t lie. How do people live in a place like this?”
“Live, how many people just live off the ground?”
“Still, I don’t think my older brother would have lived in a place like this. He’s the kind of person who kills D-class monsters by himself, so there’s no reason to live in a place like this.”
“I lived here to save money, so it wasn’t too uncomfortable.”
As long as it’s a place to sleep, I thought it didn’t have to be a good place.
“Would you like to see inside too? Or should we just go?”
“…I’m just going. If you look inside, I feel like I’m going to face my older brother’s dark past.”
“What are you talking about?”
I laughed and went home.
***
There was still a lot of time left before heading to the Great Forest.
I’m a non-awakened person, and I can’t work at the place where I worked because the boss disappeared, and Yeon-ha was nominally on vacation, so I had nothing to do, so it was okay, but Ha-yeon was very busy.
I couldn’t find time for about a week because the kid who wasn’t very interested in city affairs was suddenly moving busily as if he would dominate the whole city.
However, it was too boring to show off my surplus power without doing anything, so I decided to help the children train.
“Haa… haa… until… haa… I have to run…”
“There’s still a long way to go. My younger siblings can run easily, so what if it’s so hard?”
“They’re Awoken!”
In the end, I saw Ari and Ga-yeon, who glanced at Sahyeon, who had fallen to the floor, sweating profusely.
“Don’t look away!”
Although I was in a position where I was greeted with honey by a younger person right away.
“Wolha is busy too, and sooner or later our brother and sister will be away from home often due to work, so you have to protect them.”
“Wouldn’t it be right for my younger siblings to protect me?
“So you’re hiding behind your younger siblings and only wanting help?”
As I looked at him with a fishy smile, I could see the fire coming out of his eyes.
After all, the effect is certain, so mocking is the best to energize.
“Then keep running!”
Sahyeon was a talented enough kid. From now on, if you teach hard enough, by the time you become an adult, you seemed to be able to catch at least an E-class monster by yourself.
Assuming you have a gun, of course.
Is this what it feels like to raise a disciple? Seeing Sa Hyun running while screaming made me feel at ease.