So we did a few more sums and finished the autonomous training.
After training, Min So-yeon, who later realized that she had been deceived, looked at me and disappeared.
I may have offended her, but today’s achievement was worth it.
There is a difference between the talents of his wife, Joo Yeon-hee and Min So-yeon.
It’s not that we’re lacking, it’s that we’re different.
Although now retired, Joo Yeon-hee’s talent, once called a ‘swordsman’, is literally overwhelming.
In particular, the ability to handle the sword was unique.
When he first grabbed the sword, he invented a technique that returned the opponent’s attack intact, and it is said that he copied the martial arts movie he saw as a child.
Whatever it was, it was absurd.
People-to-people, Hunter vs. Hunter, it doesn’t matter, but the S-rank Jooyeon-hee’s opponents are the monsters of the gate.
Feeding counters to monsters that are close to natural disasters is a huge thing.
How about Min So-yeon, who inherited the talent of Joo-yeon?
Even though he had never been trained professionally, he was very good at handling swords, but the feeling he gave off was different from Jooyeon-hee.
If Ju Joo-hee’s swordsmanship is an art, Min So-yeon’s swordsmanship is a feat.
stunts for victory.
In general, combat can be said to be more like a game.
When your turn is over, it’s your opponent’s turn, and when your opponent’s turn is over, it’s your turn, so it’s not wrong.
But Min So-yeon’s case is different.
Min So-yeon brings her turn once again through a momentary movement.
It doesn’t give your opponent a chance to act.
Being able to catch a player in any situation is a huge advantage.
It’s just the beginning, so there are a lot of shortcomings, but with a little polishing and polishing, you’ll be able to grow quickly.
“····.”
When I first saw the message to make Min So-yeon the strongest in the world, I thought it was an absurd goal.
Because I know better than anyone else how much effort Jooyeon-hee went through to reach the top.
When I ran into it, I changed to the thought that it might be easier than I thought.
A gift from heaven and an environment blessed with a sense of fate.
I can assure you that there is no better condition than this.
The destruction of the world is bullshit.
It’s like I’ve already saved the world.
*
Joint training sessions followed.
“···uh?”
I was bewildered by Min So-yeon’s words and made a stupid sound.
“I’m leaving early.”
You’re leaving early, what is this…?
Surprised, I hurriedly spoke to her.
“…where is it bad? Whoa, maybe, I was overdoing it earlier…”
But before she could finish speaking, she abandoned me and slipped away.
···.
As Min So-yeon left, all kinds of thoughts filled her head.
During joint training with my partner, there was nothing I could do alone.
Sitting alone in the corner, I just watch the students train.
“····.”
In the meantime, some students have already stood out.
···Of course, not as much as our Soyeon.
After such a lonely time, the class was over and it was time to go home.
The moment you quietly prepare to leave school and leave the class…
“Ji, Jihwan, see you tomorrow…!”
A female student greeted me.
It was a girl who had given me muffins in the past saying she was cheering for me.
He seemed very happy to be greeted gently.
…
on the way home.
···oh.
As I was walking down the street, I suddenly remembered that I had to go grocery shopping.
The only food I have at home is rice.
There is no chance that I will come out again, so I may be able to fill my meal with bare rice as it is.
…let’s go to the mart.
I immediately turned and walked towards the mart.
The most important thing in living alone is to eat.
Since I have to take care of myself, I often skip meals for trivial reasons, and most of the foods are unhealthy if I just want to eat them.
Of course, I take good care of it.
Maybe I had a habit of doing housework from my life, so my living room is pretty neat.
I didn’t know that going to a cooking academy to help my wife who couldn’t cook well would be so helpful.
… Really, you don’t know people’s lives.
I never imagined that my wife, who said that my food was the best in the world, and my daughter, who said that my father’s food was the best, would cook only for me.
A heavy sigh escaped the thought of the old days that slowly came to mind.
“···ha···.”
When I thought about it, I felt like I was sagging somewhere.
···I’m going to eat something delicious today.
Since it’s for me, wouldn’t it be okay to have a little extravagance?
As I walked slowly, thinking about various things, I was able to arrive at the mart before I knew it.
“····.”
I sneakily grabbed the plastic basket at the entrance and went into the mart.
There weren’t that many people, so it seemed like a leisurely walk.
Naturally, I walked around the fresh corner and noticed the small price tag.
…that’s brutal.
Normally, I would have picked the cheapest bean sprouts or mushrooms, but today I wanted to eat fresh vegetables.
On the way to the mart, the dinner menu that I decided after a lot of thought was pork.
It’s a day of luxury after a long time. Of course, you need the right vegetables.
But…, when faced with the price tag, I did not have the courage to choose more than 3 bean sprouts per pack.
One pack of that can eat six meals with bean sprouts….
After thinking for a long time in front of the vegetables that raised my head unaware of the fear of the sky, I finally picked up a large amount of bean sprouts and mushrooms and escaped as if running away.
The price of Seoul was too strong to fight with the only Donga line, the subsidy.
···I have to eat this month as well…, I can’t help it…
It was an honorable defeat.
After tasting such a bitter defeat at the fresh corner, I decided to vent my anger at the butcher corner.
Today, all the pigs were searched.
At the meat corner, which arrived with spirits, he chose a large amount of hind legs and tasted a sweet victory.
Did the heavens take pity on me, or did they just give me a pork discount?
Aside from the lighter wallet, I felt a strange sense of satisfaction with the heavier basket.
I passed the meat corner with a light footstep and headed straight for the processed food.
I have quite a bit of spare on my budget today, so a sweet snack should be fine.
After passing the instant and seasoning corner, we finally arrived at the snack corner.
Colorfully wrapped sweets and desserts welcomed me.
“····.”
Since I had to choose according to my budget, I naturally started to have a snowball fight with the price tag.
This is a small amount, but it is expensive, and instead of a large amount, it has no taste…
I was at the moment when I was choosing sweets by carefully examining the price per weight written on the price tag.
“I’ll pass by for a while.”
Suddenly, I woke up to a voice coming from behind.
“…Ah, sorry…”
The moment I quickly handed over an apology and looked back…
“···uh?”
I was a little surprised.
“ah.”
Min So-yeon, who abandoned me and left early, was standing in front of me.
…why is he here?
Min So-yeon’s house is not in this neighborhood.
There is no reason to be in a mart built in this remote place.
At that time, Min So-yeon avoided her gaze and pretended not to know me.
My gaze naturally turned to her hand, and the items in the shopping cart doubted my eyes.
A variety of instant foods and sodas. And even full ramen noodles…
All of them were just bad for health.
Min So-yeon pretended not to know me, grabbed a cookie, and tried to leave.
···Huh?
Embarrassed, I quickly grabbed her and spoke to her.
“Come on, wait a minute, are you okay?”
She looks at me like I’m annoyed.
“I’m worried. Can I go to school tomorrow?”
She looked down at me and sighed briefly, then gently shook her arm and said it was okay.
No matter how much she says it’s okay, it’s something she can’t help but worry about.
I slowly followed her, who had left her seat, and spoke carefully.
“… So Yeon-ah. If you’re tired, it’s okay to rest until tomorrow, so take a good rest and the next day…”
At that moment, she suddenly stopped and looked up at me.
“…don’t nagging and get out of here.”
Now, nagging…?
I was very shocked by her words.
I brought this up out of concern, but I don’t think it would have been taken as nagging…
It hurt my heart more to express my worries as nagging than the words to turn it off.
Seeing me in shock, Min So-yeon bit her lip and left.
···.
As if avoiding me, Min So-yeon’s back, who dared to go to the cash register, made my heart feel heavy.
When Min So-yeon was young, whenever she got sick, she and her wife used to take care of her.
Even though I just caught a cold, I was fussed that I had to write an elixir right away.
Thinking about it now, it’s all memories of the three of us together.
If Min So-yeon’s body is really bad, her wife will take care of her.
Since I am retired, I will have a lot of time, and there will be no shortage of money.
Although she is not good at household chores, she was a fool for her terrible daughter…
Even though I know that fact better than anyone else, it was very sad that I could not take care of it with my own hands.
···.
After shopping with such an uncomfortable heart, I headed straight home.
As I walked unconsciously, feeling the heaviness of the plastic bag in my hand, I found myself at home.
I pushed the green door that was roughly closed with my foot.
Then the rusty hinge squeaked and greeted me.
I wiggled my feet, closed the gate moderately, and started climbing the stairs, where the teeth were scattered.
Tub- Tub-
As I slowly climbed up by dragging my toes, feeling somewhat tired, the plastic bag in my hand felt heavier today.
I haven’t bought much.
The second floor was reached with difficulty one step at a time.
He was dazzled by the scarlet rays of light reflected through the fence lower than his knees.
“····.”
Soon the sun was setting.
I pretended not to see the disappearing sunset over the forest of skyscrapers, rummaged through my jacket pocket and pulled out the key.
The key in the age of generating electricity with magic stones.
No matter how cheap the house is, it’s not too bad that they don’t even attach the door lock.
I gently put down the plastic bag, then gently pushed the front door in and put the key in.
iron-
The old lock screamed and opened the door, and I sluggishly grabbed the key and plastic bag and entered the house.
“···I’m home.”
The only thing that greets me with an empty greeting is the chill on my toes.
The three of us were living together and then suddenly we were living alone, so something felt alien to me, and I developed a habit of talking to myself.
That lonely habit made me feel a little miserable today.
“····.”
After taking off my uniform neatly to one side, I organized the things I had bought one by one.
A heavy sigh escaped from inside while picking up items with indifferent hands and stacking them in the refrigerator.
“···ha···.”
I felt so pathetic that I, who was drenched in thoughts of the past, was depressed.
The heart that had decided to live as Yoo Ji-hwan instead of Min Seong-jae was going somewhere, and he was making himself miserable by weighing the past and the present again.
This should not be the case.
Today is a day for me, so that’s why I don’t have luxury.
When you dig into the ground, you can only see the ground.
Shaking off my melancholy thoughts, I organized the refrigerator at once, and immediately went to prepare dinner.
···If you eat something delicious, you will feel better.
Today’s menu is stir-fried pork bean sprouts.
It is similar to bean sprouts bulgogi, except that there is hardly any meat in it.
There was no big preparation, and the recipe was easy, so I was able to prepare dinner in no time.
I unfolded the table standing in one corner of the room, and took out the side dishes and rice that the owner of the house had given me.
Oh, this is quite generous, isn’t it?
When I actually put it on, it looked like a genuine sacramental feast.
“···I will enjoy this food.”
With the habit of protruding words, I put a bean sprout and a piece of meat in my mouth and chewed it.
“····.”
It was really delicious.
so perfect.