285 – EP.11 Things that bother me when I think about it-2
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Monday, early morning.
Kang In-ho, wearing an apron, was busy cooking in the kitchen.
“Haam….”
I chase away the rush of sleep with a big yawn.
Looking at his somewhat lethargic appearance and squinting his eyes, it seemed like he didn’t naturally wake up early.
“I guess I slept too late.”
Until late at night, he wrestled with the power sleeping within her body.
After meditating to the point where my whole body was drenched in sweat, I went to bed late and woke up early in the morning to make breakfast for Kim Seong-ah.
Let’s say it’s morning. It’s a simple bacon and cheese sandwich, though.
Kang In-ho, who smelled the sight of bacon dancing in a sizzling frying pan, recalled the morning in the original world.
My daily routine was preparing for work by standing and eating the food I had packed the day before.
“I miss you.”
Although it was a distant memory, it remained in my mind as a good memory.
Put the bacon on the bread with a flipper and top with a square piece of cheese.
Place the bread that has been warmed with butter on the roof and press down gently.
The cheese melted with the residual heat, giving off an appetizing aroma.
“Can I go back…?”
He stared blankly into space and muttered as he pressed the bread.
I moved between dimensions, possessed a new body, and met many people.
At first, survival was the goal,
Next, my goal was to do something meaningful.
Then suddenly, he had this thought.
‘How long do I have to repeat this?’
It wasn’t that my heart was broken.
His pledge [I will do meaningful work in the possessed dimension] Was still valid.
But, regardless of that, being tired was being tired.
He is running a very long distance without knowing the destination.
I still had enough strength to run, but it was an undeniable fact that that strength was gradually decreasing.
Because he has no one to lean on as much as Kim Seong-ah, he sometimes feels a little lonely.
I feel lonely because I was dropped in a place where I don’t know anyone.
“Maybe that’s why I can’t refuse so sternly.”
He self-diagnosed that that’s why he can’t easily fight off people who approach him.
Suddenly, my cell phone rings. This is the alarm I set.
“Ah, it’s done.”
He was lost in thought and suddenly raised his head and headed to the second floor.
Because it was time to wake up the landlord.
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After harshly waking Kim Seong-ah, who had become one with the bed and unable to leave, and sending her to the bathroom, he returned to the kitchen.
As I was cleaning up the messy kitchen and washing the dishes, Kim Seong-ah came down from the second floor, shaking her wet head.
“I want to sleep more.”
He pointed to the clock in the living room at the sound that came out as soon as he sat down on the chair.
“If you eat and go to school, time is tight.”
“Ah… School….”
Seongah Kim picked up her sandwich with a look on her face as if the world had ended.
Opening her mouth wide, she takes a bite of one side of the sandwich.
The ketchup on her sandwich got on the corner of her mouth.
“Eat while wiping.”
He reflexively took out a tissue and wiped away the sauce from around her mouth.
Although Kim Seong-ah received his somewhat rough touch, she continued her meal in silence.
Her sandwich must have hit her lips, and there was a calm smile on her mouth that wasn’t there before.
“Mister, can we just take the day off from school today? I slept late yesterday.”
“No. You promised to go to school if you can.”
“But you never know when the bad guys might come.”
As Kim Seong-ah whined, Kang In-ho shook his head resolutely.
“Let’s go to school first.”
When it seemed like no more tantrums would work, she gave up and went back to focusing on the sandwich.
“Jjomsaengi.”
Of course, there was an afterthought of revenge through petty evil remarks.
“This is the protector you chose. Hold on to your evil spirit.”
Kang In-ho smiled brightly, showing her teeth.
“Chi….”
“Do you regret it?”
When he asked in passing, Kim Seong-ah thought for a moment and shook her head.
“I don’t like going to school, but it’s nice that you still care about me.”
She shoved the rest of her sandwich into her mouth and went up to the second floor again.
“…Ah.”
Kang In-ho, who had been following behind her, turned his eyes to her table and made a sound as if he had realized something about her.
“I ate everything, even mine. Damn it.”
Growling, his stomach rumbled as he started his activities early in the morning.
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Monday, Kim Seong-ah goes to school. There was no invasion by evil forces.
Tuesday, Kim Seong-ah goes to school. The invasion occurred during lunch time, and the situation ended before lunch time ended.
After her second period ended, there was a student who greeted her.
Wednesday, Kim Seong-ah goes to school. There was no invasion by evil forces.
During her dismissal time, there were students who greeted her.
Thursday.
After she started school for the fourth day in a row, her teacher pulled her aside and praised her so much that her mouth watered, saying that she was proud of her.
She just showed up at school consistently, but Kim Seong-ah smiled bitterly when she received her praise.
So the morning class began, and she opened her workbook and mechanically solved the problems.
There were some questions that were correct and some questions that were incorrect.
“Ugh….”
I sighed for a moment when I saw the workbook with circles and hatches mixed in half and half.
While watching her explanation and resolving the problems she got wrong, several female students approached her.
“Um… Sister.”
“Huh?”
“Eat this.”
The student, covering her eyes with her bangs, handed her her strawberry milk.
“Ah… Uh, thank you? I mean… Hyeji.”
She looked dumbfounded at the first favor she received after her grade changed.
“But I don’t have anything to give you… Would you like to go to the snack bar with me later?”
If you have received something, you must give it. She fumbled with her hand for her wallet in her pocket.
“Okay, then how about having lunch together and then coming back?”
“Yes, good.”
After her brief conversation, her visitors returned to their seats.
It was the beginning of the 4th period class.
The class went by rather slowly. Maybe the anticipation of lunch made time pass slowly.
Kim Seong-ah glanced at her watch, and the minute hand of her watch said, ‘The Rose of Sharon flower has bloomed.’ As if playing a game, it jolted to a halt every time she saw it.
After a long, long time, Kim Seong-ah had lunch with three students, including her child named Hye-ji.
As she walked down the hallway, she followed them from her awkward position, and they took her into their conversations as if they were considerate of her.
Kim Seong-ah found such conversations very interesting.
When she arrived at the long line in front of her cafeteria, one of her students, Hyeji Lee, who gave her her strawberry milk, carefully greeted her.
“But, sister. Who was the man who came to school the other day? I don’t think it was my father.”
“Ah… My relative brother. Why?”
“I remembered him because he was so handsome.”
Hyeji smiled shyly and turned her head, and the two women who stood next to her like bridesmaids squealed at each other.
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Kim Seong-ah didn’t know why they were making such a fuss, but she felt like a brick had been placed in her heart.
That feeling
Very heavy,
It was very unpleasant.