Chapter 11 – Miyeon’s Daily Life ③
My S-class hero sister and childhood friend are taken away. – 11 – Miyeon’s daily life ③
Thanks to Miyeon’s awakening, Miyeon and Jinseok were able to barely survive the monster attack. The two were left orphaned and placed in a disadvantaged situation, but Miyeon attracted attention because of her unusual story, in which Miyeon awakened her abilities to protect her younger brother at a young age.
Miyeon had her abilities tested, and since she was found to be a rare and powerful S-class ability, she was also targeted by the government for special management. In the governments of countries that were threatened by monsters, she was putting a lot of effort into supporting people who were excellent at hunting monsters.
Thanks to her help, she was able to receive support from this skills development program created by the government. Because she had no parents, she was placed in a foster home with child support subsidized by the government, and she was made to regularly attend the Skills Development Institute to receive research and skills training.
As a result of her research, Miyeon’s ability revealed was the figurative painting of 『Sword (劍)』. She had the ability to image a sword (劍) and create sword energy (劍氣) like a sharp blade, or materialize it into an even harder sword force (劍勁) by concentrating her mind. It has been analyzed that her training in kendo (劍道) at a young age helped develop her unique ability to shape her sword.
Although her abilities are difficult to control, it has been analyzed that she has very high killing and destructive power, and that she will be able to fight even giant monsters that are difficult to deal with. Her ability development institute had high expectations for Miyeon, and she was able to receive a lot of support.
Unlike Mi-yeon, Jin-seok did not particularly display this ability, so she was not eligible for support programs and she was placed in an orphanage. Miyeon and Jinseok had no choice but to live apart. She said Mi-yeon had repeatedly asked to live with her younger brother Jin-seok, but she had no choice due to budget limitations of government programs.
Still, her foster parents who cared for Miyeon were considerate enough to allow Miyeon to visit her Jinseok at her daycare often. This may be because the foster parents felt sorry for Mi-yeon and Jin-seok, who had to live apart from each other even though they were the only two remaining family members, but they also wanted to gain favor from Mi-yeon, who would grow up to be a powerful hero in the future.
Usually, foster parents in charge of children with disabilities were civil servants, teachers, police officers, or soldiers who were closely related to the government. Miyeon’s foster parents were also ordinary civil servants. Because children of the able-bodied needed special, stable care, people in these occupations were expected to take care of children entrusted to them faithfully according to government policy.
Miyeon did not particularly feel affection for her foster parents. Rather than thinking of her as family, she only thought of them as uncles and aunts who took care of her. Even so, she wasn’t particularly dissatisfied. Miyeon, who was precocious, also understood that her foster parents took care of her because it was her job. As she received the right level of care, she studied well and developed her skills to the highest level.
Jinseok was not doing very well at the orphanage. She said that because there were many children caught up in monster attacks and losing their parents, orphanages everywhere were overcrowded and government support was not enough. The children at the orphanage did not have enough clothes to wear or food to eat.
Miyeon was worried about Jinseok at her daycare, so when she went to the daycare, she would buy Jinseok clothes and snacks to give to him. Because of that, Jin-seok looked forward to Mi-yeon’s visit once or twice a month, and she was very sad when Mi-yeon visited late due to her schedule.
Around the same time that Jin-seok was staying at her orphanage, she also met Han Se-rin, who entered the orphanage around the same time as her. When she was at the orphanage, Se-rin was an ordinary girl who had not awakened her abilities, and Jin-seok gave her snacks to Se-rin. She met Se-rin when Mi-yeon came to the orphanage, and they got along well, even giving her some of her clothes.
Then the other children at the orphanage became jealous of Jinseok. Most of the children at the orphanage were hungry because they did not have proper clothes and did not have enough food, but Jinseok was the only one who had decent clothes and snacks with the help of his older sister.
Naturally, a group of people started arguing with Jinseok and even started a fight. Although Jinseok had average strength and physique, he had good tenacity, so he was not pushed back much when fighting one-on-one. However, he was often bullied by many people, so he was often beaten. Jinseok worried Miyeon because he was injured several times.
Mi-yeon tried to stop Jin-seok from being bullied, and she sometimes sent enough snacks for all the children in her orphanage to eat, but it was not a problem that could be solved that easily. Then one day, Jin-seok, who was receiving a group beating, suddenly became so angry that his head turned upside down and he felt his whole body overflowing with strength.
Jinseok also awakened to his abilities. Jinseok, who awakened to his ‘Body Strengthening’ ability, knocked down everyone who attacked him with terrifying force. At first, she did not realize that Jin-seok had awakened her abilities and thought that her powers had suddenly become stronger. However, after some time, Mi-yeon met Jin-seok and realized that something had changed in Jin-seok, and recommended a prosecutor, who found out that her abilities had awakened.
“Now I can become a hero like my sister!”
Jinseok, who realized his ability, was overjoyed. This is because she expected that she could now become a hero and that she would be able to live with her older sister Miyeon. But he wasn’t so relieved. At the ability development research center, it was determined that Jin-seok was only a D-level person with ability, and that he was not worthy of being fostered with as much support as Mi-yeon.
This is because the level of D-class, which is also a common body enhancement ability, was not much different from that of ordinary people. Still, Jin-seok was assigned a welfare officer to look after children with disabilities, and additional subsidies were paid to the orphanage to take care of Jin-seok, so he was able to live a better life than before.
Jinseok was disappointed, but she had no choice because that was the government’s policy. Jinseok continued to lead a life no different from before at the orphanage. Still, she was much better than before; she was no longer hungry and her clothes were no longer tattered. After she became a child, she no longer had to fight with other children.
After some time, Miyeon entered college and became independent. Because her grades were good, Miyeon was able to get a scholarship to pay for her tuition, and since Miyeon was already active as a hero during her student days, she used her bounties she received from hunting monsters to help her He also had considerable savings.
While Miyeon was attending college, Jinseok joined the military. Heroes of Grade B or higher could receive military exemption through hero activities, but those capable of Grade C or lower were instead recommended to join the military. The current military’s main mission is to fight monsters, and even if their abilities are slightly better than that of ordinary people, those with abilities are considered a very useful troop resource.
Heroes with B-level abilities or higher were able to work as part of a hero team, and they were more effective in catching monsters, but it was difficult for C-level or lower abilities to work on a hero team. Miyeon wanted Jinseok to join her new hero team, but Jinseok refused, saying he didn’t want to burden Miyeon with her.
Jinseok joined the army and was trained to fight monsters. Although he was weak, he had abilities, so his physical strength was much better than that of ordinary people, and his shooting and fighting skills were also outstanding. The military highly regarded Jinseok’s abilities and combat skills and assigned him to the special forces.
Jinseok, who was assigned to the special forces, participated in monster suppression operations and gained a lot of combat experience. By the time he was discharged, he had become a completely veteran soldier. Even in the army, he encouraged Jin-seok to remain in the army, but Jin-seok refused the army’s recommendation and was discharged.
“I’m a hero now too.”
Jin-seok, who trained in the military and qualified as a B-class hero, now has confidence that he is a worthy hero, and joins Mi-yeon’s hero team, Team Valkyrie. Miyeon, who was worried about Jinseok joining the military, naturally welcomed Jinseok to Team Valkyrie. She and Mi-yeon become happy that she can live with Jin-seok.
Although they were siblings, Jin-seok and Mi-yeon had a special affection for each other because they grew up apart due to disadvantageous circumstances. Their affection and attachment to each other was much stronger than that of ordinary siblings.