24 – “Returning with a Difficult Younger Sister” (6)
As soon as So-yeoul saw the elf woman’s face beyond Tele-Ov, he realized something.
So that’s how it happened.
“Ryeoun-ah.”
Ryeoun, who felt bewildered when she saw the elf woman’s face reflected in the crystal ball, looked at him upon hearing her brother’s voice.
“Just wait for a moment.”
“Wait… for what…?”
She was about to ask what she was supposed to wait for. But So-yeoul, without waiting for her answer, immediately focused his mind.
He had gained insight into the space on Earth by defeating Klaus. Now, just by seeing it…
He swings his sword, splitting through space.
Beyond it, the scenery that had been seen beyond the broken connection of Tele-Ov.
Ryeoun was startled by the sudden rift in the air, but So-yeoul paid no attention to it and walked through the fissure in space.
The fissure swallowed Ryeoun, promptly closing up again.
“…?”
What on earth did I just witness?
Why did the air split when he swung his sword, and how did my brother enter there? What was that scenery beyond?
Ryeoun sat dumbfounded, staring at the spot where her brother disappeared.
And so, a short time passed.
Once again, in front of her eyes, the air split and So-yeoul walked out from there.
A faint scent of the forest wafted from his body.
“…??”
Ryeoun had no understanding of what her brother did and how he did it. This time, So-yeoul, who had come back, spoke to her, clearly intending to wrap up the aftermath.
“Shall we go back now?”
Bending space once again. The destination is Ryeoun’s home. So-yeoul grabs his younger sister’s hand.
“Let’s go back, what does that mean… No, wait a moment. What is this? Brother? Brother? No, wait…!”
He leads her hand and crosses the torn space. Ryeoun, clinging to her brother’s arm, closes her eyes tightly and follows behind him. Her body is enveloped by familiar air.
Ryeoun, feeling puzzled, slowly lifts her eyelids. Surprisingly, what appeared in her eyes was her own house.
I was trapped in a strange abandoned factory, which I thought was far away from here….
When I opened my eyes, I found myself back home in a ruined situation.
“Oppa… what is this….”
Ryeowoon’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“That’s how it is.”
Yeo Wool chose to brush it off rather than go into detail.
Ryeowoon, with an expression full of question marks, took off her shoes at the entrance and entered side by side with him.
Home, returned after a week. Yeo Wool slowly looked around. A cozy atmosphere. Somehow, it smelled of people living, he thought.
Ryeowoon sighed and stood next to Yeo Wool, collecting her thoughts.
She had many questions she wanted to ask her brother.
Where did he spend the week? Did he eat well? Where did he get the clothes he was wearing? How did he suddenly come back home in the blink of an eye?
What did he do to get kidnapped? How did he manage to save her from the powerful-looking elf magician? Who was the elf that appeared in the crystal? Where did he go….
She had so many things she wanted to say, but she couldn’t even grasp where to start…
There was only one thing she was sure she had to say.
“I’m glad you’re back, oppa.”
“Yeah… I came back.”
* * *
“Yo… you crazy bastard….”
With disheveled clothes, gasping for breath with tears streaming down his face.
Ulrike, the elf woman who ordered him to bring Yeo Wool, mumbled in a trembling voice.
“You… you really went back…?”
Even though she saw him tear through space with her own eyes, she anxiously looked around just in case.
Fortunately, she couldn’t even find a trace of him.
She placed her hand on her trembling chest and let out a sigh of relief.
She recalled a moment ago.
It was still something she couldn’t understand, but Yeo Wool appeared in front of her, literally transcending space.
The overwhelming pressure and vitality she felt from his expressionless face.
Feeling a premonition that she would definitely be killed, she grabbed his leg, abandoning her pride as a noble elf, begging him to spare her life.
Tears and snot flowed freely as she desperately pleaded for her own existence.
You may not know this as a returnee, but I am actually the CEO of the largest multinational company in Korea, “Elf.”
Do you know how much influence I have on the public power of South Korea?
No, no. That’s not what I mean. Actually, Yul is currently being tracked by the police due to the incidents you’ve caused.
I offered to help him.
That’s all. I might also be able to smooth things over with the police for the cases you’ve been involved in, and if you need my help in the future, just give me a command whenever you want.
I begged him to spare my life, even using the most humble language.
I’ll even be a slave. Humans like elves, right? And even if I wasn’t born that well, I still wanted to live, struggling to survive.
“Sir, please….”
My face was burning red.
Fortunately, the cold-blooded survival instinct that had always guided her life seemed to have reached him.
She could still save her life.
She simply left, leaving only the message that she would be in touch when the time was right.
Even after he left, time seemed to pass by slowly.
The blade that had reached the end of her neck. The fear of inevitable death. The desire to live, even if it meant begging.
“Idiot! How could you…!”
She blurted out, using the most vulgar language she could think of.
“There’s no one outside—!”
She shouted, wiping away the tears. Hearing her voice, an elf appeared outside her private office.
“What’s the matter, Yul?”
Yul commanded him to investigate and solve the two cases currently being suspicioned of Yul, and also added that the decision for Yul’s return should be expedited.
“Really? Now… and how….”
“Just do it! Say anything, no matter what it takes!”
“Yes, yes…!”
“Understood? Then leave!”
The door to the office closed, leaving Yul alone.
She covered her face with both hands, overcome by the overwhelming sense of desolation.
“I, what should I do….”
She had lost her strong support, and she was truly alone in this situation.
If only her parents knew about this… no, even more so if they could see how things had turned out…
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Still, she was alive, and the situation was truly miserable.
For some reason, she felt like she was going to cry again.
She sat down on the luxurious leather chair, but something wet and sticky touched her buttocks where it rested against the chair.
“Uh, uh…?”
He lowered his head to check. There were wet marks left between his legs.
Because even his life felt threatened….
“……”
Tears streamed down her eyes.
From her moistened pants, the refreshing scent of the forest that had been with Yeoul wafted out.
* * *
Late at night.
“So, are you going to live with your sister now…?”
“Yes. That’s how it turned out.”
“Ah……”
I knew this day would come someday. I also suspected that it would come soon….
Soyoung felt a slight sense of resentment and emptiness at the realization that she could no longer enjoy her daily life with Yeoul.
I’ve become so accustomed to it in just a week.
“Yes, you’re right…! We can’t live together forever…!”
She forced herself to smile and said.
“If we keep living together, it will become too much of a burden on Soyoung too.”
When Yeoul said that, it wasn’t really a burden…. Soyoung timidly retorted.
“Then….”
Soyoung fidgeted with her hands. Her golden tail flicked around.
“Yes.”
“Could I possibly see you again in the future…?”
In response to her question, Yeoul simply replied, “Yes.”
Since she was living next door, she could see him anytime she wanted.
Upon hearing his words, Soyoung’s face blossomed into a smile.
“I see…!”
Her tail swished around, making a buzzing sound.
“Well then, I’ll see you later. Thank you for everything up until now.”
Leaving behind her face filled with hope, Yeoul returned to his house from Soyoung’s house.
“Oppa, where did you go and come back from?”
Maybe because she had just finished showering, Ryeowoon was sitting in the living room with her damp hair and glowing skin, wearing pajamas and drying her hair.
“Next door.”
“Oh, the brother who got indebted?”
Yeo-ul nodded.
They had spent a week together, and she had told Ryeowoon everything that had happened during that time, except for the incidents involving ghosts and Kitsukkei. She had also mentioned that she was indebted to the neighbor.
To think that she let a stranger stay at her place for a whole week. She felt grateful yet amazed… Ryeowoon suddenly remembered something she had forgotten.
“Brother, by the way, the person living next door, is it a woman?”
With her tall frame and mature figure, and a cute face to top it off, it seemed like a pretty sister lived there…
“Yes.”
Yeo-ul didn’t seem to care, but Ryeowoon felt different.
“So, you spent a week under the same roof as a woman…?”
“Why does that matter?”
Images of various scenes passed through Ryeowoon’s head, especially scenes filled with flesh-colored tones.
With my brother, and next door’s sister….
Her face grew hot. Her ears turned red.
For some reason, imagining those scenes made Ryeowoon feel angry.
While she had been worried and searching around, her brother was with the sister next door….
“So, did you guys, like, sleep together in one bed…?”
“No. We slept in different rooms.”
She let out a sigh of relief. Thankfully, none of the things she had imagined seemed to have happened.
But still….
In her complicated emotions, Ryeowoon….
“I, I want to sleep with you, Brother….”
She glanced up at Yeo-ul with a timid look.
“No, you can’t…?”
In response to her question about sleeping together, Yeo-ul casually accepted and agreed.
The two entered Ryeowoon’s room, which was adorned with a girlish and delicate sensibility, like that of a middle school girl.
I think maybe the guy who was trafficking was doing it as a side hustle, and the elf ceo didn’t know about it?
I think she knew. Or if she didn’t know she didn’t care when she found out.