292 – EP.11 Things You Have to Lose to Know-1
From Noble mtl dot com
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Kim Seong-ah’s eyes open.
My son-in-law is calm. The faint blue light from outside enters the room through the window.
I can faintly hear the sound of birds chirping.
“…….”
She fumbled with her hand and picked up her cell phone that was placed by her bedside.
She tapped the screen with her thumb, and the screen, which had been turned off, lit up.
Check the time. I woke up about 10 minutes earlier than I should have. It’s an awkward situation to sleep in again.
As she slowly stood up, her thick blanket fell from her chest.
“…….”
She touched the curtain with the back of her hand for no reason.
She touched it for no reason and raised her body.
Her bare feet touched the floor. The coldness of the floor, which had grown cold overnight, spread to my feet. She had forgotten that she had heating.
“Ah…”
I was hectic yesterday. So much so that she forgot to turn on the heating.
Leave the room slowly. She looks into the room across from her. She is the room where he stays.
She moves her feet carefully and stands in front of her door.
Put her ear to the room and listen to the sounds inside. I wonder if I can hear regular breathing.
Quiet. I don’t feel any pretense of popularity.
– Knock knock
Knock lightly on the door, then open the door.
I was wondering just in case. But as expected, there was no sign of him.
“In the kitchen….”
Maybe she is already preparing breakfast.
I woke up a little earlier than usual, so maybe they didn’t come to wake me up.
Her steps toward the first floor became faster.
She came down the stairs two at a time and craned her neck before her body to look into the kitchen.
There was no sight of him wearing an apron and making delicious-smelling food.
It was a very small wind, but the shock when it collapsed was quite big.
“He didn’t come back.”
Is his anger greater than expected?
– Boom
She felt as if something in her heart had collapsed.
“It’s frustrating.”
I press my thumb against the tight solar plexus and mumble.
The kitchen looked the same as yesterday.
She sat down at the table at a slower pace than before.
There were by-products from yesterday’s unappetizing dinner that had not been cleaned up yet.
I place my chopsticks on the bowl of rice that I threw away after eating half of it.
I put the dried rice and the cooled spam back into my mouth and chewed them mechanically.
Hand over the chopped pieces.
The temperature of the cold food dragged my mood down further.
“It’s not tasty.”
The food didn’t taste as good as yesterday.
She put down her chopsticks and picked up the dishes. And without hesitation, she dumped them into the sink.
Food spilled from the dishes and was scattered messyly in the sink.
After cleaning it up with water, she went up to the second floor and headed to the bathroom.
30 Minutes later, after washing up, she stopped at the landing and looked at the first floor.
For the first time in a long time, I felt like something that should always be there was missing.
She looked at the clock in the living room. It’s time for her to get dressed and go out.
“…….”
After thinking for a while, she moved her feet again and entered her own room.
Like that, 5 minutes later.
Neatly ironed school uniform and neatly tied up hair.
She came down from the second floor.
After putting on her shoes, she left the house with a greeting that no one knew who she was addressing.
“I’ll be back.”
There was no answer back.
She couldn’t help but regret that.
***
“Sister, are you okay?”
Lee Hyeji asked with a worried face.
These days, I was a kid who hung out at school. Of course, it’s coming from over there first.
Kim Seong-ah and Lee Hye-ji were eating lunch and running around the playground track.
“I didn’t get much sleep.”
“Yes, it looks like that. I thought you were sick because you didn’t come to school again.”
I skipped school from Monday to yesterday, so it was natural for me to say something like this.
“It doesn’t hurt.”
“You seem to be busy.”
“Well, there is something like that.”
I was staring blankly ahead. I felt like I was distracted somewhere.
“Has something bad happened at home?”
Interest or consideration, perhaps persistent curiosity.
Lee Hye-ji seemed to have a lot of questions about her.
“No… Just….”
Kim Seong-ah, who must have changed the topic vaguely, could not finish her sentence.
Lee Hye-ji opened her mouth in response to an obviously strange reaction.
“Something’s wrong.”
I don’t know the circumstances, but I sympathize with your situation and feel sorry for it.
Perhaps it was some consolation, Kim Seong-ah opened her tightly closed mouth.
“I had a fight with my brother.”
“If it’s your brother… Is it your relative’s brother?”
“Yes.”
“What happened?”
“Just… Because of missing school.”
“Ah~”
A cool breeze passed over their foreheads.
For a moment, the bangs lifted, and Lee Hye-ji’s eyes were revealed.
Unlike her plain appearance, her eyes were sparkling mysteriously.
“Anyway, the argument got worse. I… I… Talked to my brother a bit harshly. But he left the house and didn’t come back.”
“I see….”
Lee Hye-ji’s words were deeply saddened.
“Yes. That’s how it happened.”
She wondered if it was okay to say this to a child who had just started talking to her, but Kim Seong-ah wanted to confide in someone.
This is what happened.
“Why not find a place where her brother might be?”
“Huh?”
“She went back to her own home, or maybe she went to her lover’s house for a while.”
Lee Hye-ji, who did not know that Kang In-ho had nowhere to go, expressed a general opinion.
“Oh, I guess so. Thank you.”
Kim Seong-ah said with a puzzled expression.
“What? Oh, I got a call from my house… Sister, please go in first.”
“Yeah, okay.”
Letting Lee Hye-ji go ahead of her, Kim Seong-ah moved her feet to her classroom.
‘Does the uncle have somewhere to go?’
To her surprise, today is a day when she thinks about him a lot.
‘Where is it? Why.’
I felt worried, annoyed, and inexplicable emotions all at the same time.
***
Lee Hye-ji, who sent Kim Seong-ah, took out her cell phone from the back of her building.
“I would have told you not to contact me unless there was anything special.”
The gentle smile and voice that was shown to Kim Seong-ah suddenly disappeared.
[hahahaha! It hurts too much to stay still.]
“Ha… What should I do?”
[Is tracking going well?]
“The man was approaching his human family, but his whereabouts became unknown again.”
[Maybe he noticed and went to where the magical girl is.]
“You’re finally thinking the right things. I’m surprised, Tols.”
[Ha, stop being sarcastic, Lilith.]
“Anyway, all you have to do is boil this girl and find out where the man is. If you find that man, you will be able to find out the identity of the magical girl. If necessary, you can use her as a hostage.”
[Okay, then I expect good results.]
“I’m not your subordinate. Don’t talk like that.”
[hahahaha!! That angry tone is still attractive.]
– Tuk
When her communication ended, Hyeji Lee put down her cell phone and looked at the sky.
“An unlucky mass of muscle.”
She muttered, expressing her disgust.