Min So-yeon’s name appeared on the screen.
Finally got the reply back.
I immediately picked up my phone and opened the messenger app.
How long have you been receiving text messages? I haven’t used a messenger since I got the side dishes from the owner…
With my heart fluttering, I checked the message Min So-yeon sent with a careful hand.
[ Min So-yeon : ㅇ ]
Min So-yeon’s reply that appeared on the screen was only one letter.
It meant positive.
“···yes?”
I was a little confused by the unexpected reaction.
…and I’ve sent you a reply though, so I’d be happy if it was good.
I comforted myself and pondered on what words to continue the conversation.
“Well···.”
[Did you eat something delicious? ]
and transport.
I waited for a while with the chat window turned on, waiting for Min So-yeon’s reply.
“····.”
How long have you waited? Finally got the reply back.
[Min So-yeon : b ]
Another letter arrived. This time, it meant negation.
It wasn’t a sincere answer…but, where was the answer?
I consoled myself once again, at least not being ignored.
Looking at the message Min So-yeon sent, it seems she didn’t like dinner tonight.
There is no way that the wife cooked the food, and did you not like the food of the housekeeper…?
After writing, erasing, and repeating words without meaning, I wrote and sent a message to change the topic.
[Okay… what are you doing now? ]
This time, the answer came back sooner than I expected…
[ Min So-yeon : Gemjung ]
She was in the middle of a game right now.
“ah.”
I was a little embarrassed at the thought that the timing of contact was not good.
But if you think about it differently, doesn’t it mean that you’re always sending replies even when you’re busy?
···Yes, because he is a good boy on the inside.
I left a message for her who was in the middle of a game, saying I’m sorry for disturbing, and see you tomorrow.
After a while, I sent a message and received a reply from her not long after.
[ Min So-yeon : ㅇㅋ ]
It was a pretty quick response than I expected.
*
The next day, it was time for combat practice.
Min So-yeon spoke to me with a sad expression on her face.
“Do what you did yesterday, do it again.”
He offered to bet once again, saying he would insult me.
Actually, I was going to suggest it first… I didn’t know she would be the first to speak up.
He must have been very upset about losing yesterday.
It felt good to be good, and to show my will to training.
Now that it has become like this, it would be good to strengthen the will.
I did not accept her proposal right away, but pretended to be a little sassy and spoke up.
“Are you going to do it again? I was going to rest today…”
As I reacted in annoyance, she started to stare at me.
“What?”
The moment I met her twinkling eyes, my heart pounded as if it was broken.
It’s like looking at your angry wife.
“…ha, I’ll do it…”
The cool eyes are very similar to my mother.
It doesn’t even have to look like this…
“Then, quietly follow me.”
I quietly followed her, and immediately started preparing for ‘catching a tag’.
The rules are the same as before.
The time limit is 5 minutes, and the tag is decided with rock, paper, scissors.
I wanted to add another rule, but at Min So-yeon’s request, it’s the same rule as before.
Just before I decided to hang out with Min So-yeon, I started to get a little worried.
Whether to win or not.
Sticking today doesn’t change the outcome.
As long as I don’t look at it on purpose, there’s a high chance that I’ll win.
But if I win today, will she be able to stand it?
Proper defeat helps to motivate.
However, a one-sided defeat can break the will.
You can intentionally create a dangerous situation, but will she be satisfied?
Min So-yeon, who already has a history of being attached to her, will immediately notice whether or not I am watching her.
If you do, you will feel as if you are rather shallow, and it will only have the opposite effect.
I’m trying to stimulate her, I don’t want to harden her.
···What should I do?
While I was in trouble for a while, Min So-yeon urged me.
“···What are you doing, don’t you decide on a tag?”
I immediately tried rock-paper-scissors with the thought of deciding on a tag and seeing it.
“Rock Paper Scissors!”
The result is scissors versus rock, my victory.
This time, the tag is Min So-yeon.
She looked at her two outstretched fingers with a subtle gaze, then moved her gaze to me.
“…I’m drunk.”
Min So-yeon, who was looking at me, raised the corners of her lips.
She had a somewhat satisfied smile.
It’s as if you’re expecting revenge.
Seeing her like that, my jittery heart began to tilt to one side, and I soon became convinced.
Min So-yeon is confident that she will not be easily broken.
I was sure because my wife had shown a smile similar to the one she had when she was young.
The tag has been decided, so all that’s left is the beginning.
We spread our distance like yesterday, we held our breaths and waited for the timer with our weapons out.
After a while.
Thirling~
As soon as the start timer rang, Min So-yeon, with her weapon out, approached quickly.
She swings around in the same pattern as yesterday.
I quickly gathered my magic and blocked her sword.
Kang!!!!
All the students’ attention began to be drawn to the sound of iron filling the battle training ground.
“👌👌👌.”
Even though it had completely blocked it, I could feel the heavy impact on my skin.
It was the same pattern, the same movement, but the weight on the tip of the sword was different.
It was an attack with magic from the beginning.
When I saw that I was slightly agitated, Min So-yeon took the movement while raising the corners of her lips slightly.
She changed her posture with a strange movement, twisted the tip of her sword, and then swung it towards me.
Kang!!!!
Again, a roar echoed in the practice room.
It’s still early days, so it wasn’t that difficult to block it because I had enough mana.
However, Min So-yeon’s attack does not end with a single attack.
She continued to attack, as if she was trying to press down with a monstrous amount of magical power.
No matter how hard an egg is, if it hits a huge rock, it will break.
One shot One shot One powerful attack started to shake my little magic.
About a minute later, the magic had already been cut in half, and I had no choice but to block the attack by gathering the magic into smaller pieces.
Min So-yeon’s sword rushed into the superimposed magic that was half the size of a fist and the size of a finger.
gang!!!!
Fortunately, it blocked it well, but if it swayed even a little, the sword may have slipped.
In only a few workshops, my magic was cut into chunks.
This is my defeat.
Watching me sway little by little, the smile on her lips grew stronger.
A smile that is sure to win.
Seeing her like that, complex emotions welled up in her heart.
He is a child who can smile so beautifully, why did he have such a lonely face?
In the three years I was away, I thought that Min So-yeon had completely changed.
Growth and change are one body, so I took it for granted.
It was all my mistake.
After only a few training sessions, and only one night, she grew up.
She, who has never smiled at me, is smiling so happily.
I felt pathetic to myself for concluding that she had changed.
The moment I lost my mind to the smile of my daughter I haven’t seen in a long time.
“hahaha!!”
She tried to attack again.
Kang!!!!
Min So-yeon also consumed quite a bit of magical power, so the speed of the sword was noticeably slowed down, making it a little easier to block.
She pointed the tip of her sword at me with a smooth motion as if she had predicted that she would block it.
Min So-yeon’s sword rushing into her chest.
this can’t be stopped
Sensing defeat, I spread my magical power thinly in my hand to create a veil, and then gently slashed Min So-yeon’s sword.
Ting-
The tip of the sword that loses its strength in an instant and oscillates.
If it can’t be stopped, isn’t it supposed to flow out?
I never dreamed that the skills I had learned from my wife could block my daughter’s sword.
Min So-yeon’s smile hardened slightly, as if she was a little embarrassed by the unexpected pattern.
I took the opportunity to open the streets, and then smiled at her.
Irritated by my smile, she quickly approached me, biting her lip.
The moment when Min So-yeon’s sword and my hand are about to touch.
Tili-riring~ Tili-riring~
A timer rang to signal the end.
A sharp anticipation was felt from the sword that stopped right in front of his palm.
As I slowly turned my gaze, my eyes met Min So-yeon, who bit her lip.
In the intersecting gaze, Min So-yeon’s emotions, who seemed to be very angry, were felt intact.
In the end, one way or another, it ended in my victory.
Min So-yeon, who was shooting at me, slowly pulled out her sword and spoke softly.
“···bad guy.”
I changed from a bad bastard to a bastard, so that’s a good thing, isn’t it?
I smiled at her with plenty of room for victory, and then she opened her axe’s eyes and began to stare.
Don’t look at me like that, it reminds me of your mother.
The moment when I felt a lingering aftertaste as I slowly picked my breath.
A muffled murmur passed through my ears.
“What are they…? Are you in sync with us?”
“Isn’t that a friendly game?”
“No, they were fighting with the force to really kill…”
Looking around, we saw a number of students staring at us.
I made a lot of noise, and it seems to have attracted attention.
I handed the water I had prepared beforehand to Min So-yeon, trying not to be conscious of the gaze of the surrounding students.
“····.”
As if snatching the water bottle, she opened the lid roughly and started pouring water into her mouth.
“Fuha…”
After swallowing the large amount at once, she exhaled contentedly and returned the water bottle to me.
huh? Didn’t you drink it all?
Maybe he drank all the water, so there was quite a bit of water left.
Without thinking, I took the water bottle that was handed to me to my mouth, and at that moment, Min So-yeon was taken by surprise.
“What, I haven’t finished drinking yet.”
“Crazy bastard, why are you using my water bottle!”
“No, where is your water, where is my water…”
As if the afterglow of magical power was rising, her face was dyed red, swearing at me and sprinting away.
I didn’t know that I would be cursed because I barely drank some water.
Min So-yeon when she was young was a filial daughter who wanted to share a piece of beans, but now she has become a hot filial daughter who can’t even drink water.
···It has changed.
It seems that there are some areas that have changed a bit.
*
After class was over, I approached Min So-yeon and insisted on ‘the winner’s right’.
“…what are you doing?”
She asks back as if it’s not funny.
I explained to her again.
“Let’s exercise together.”
“…you do a lot.”
It was brutally rejected.
I said hurriedly holding her as she was about to leave.
“Oh no, I won! You have to do everything you ask!”
I could feel the stinging eyes of the students passing by.
“go away. Never do it.”
Min So-yeon coldly pushed me away and left, and I quickly caught up with her and talked to her.
“I’ll call you after dinner, so you have to leave. Understand?”
“I don’t know.”
“No, if I don’t exercise, I can never win? I need a water shuttle!”
“Please, shut your mouth…”
As a result of ignoring the gaze of the people around me and sticking around persistently, I was able to get an exercise appointment from Soyeon Min.