City Of Witches 195

Chapter 195 – #43_Festival

#193

One.
Not all of this large building was an aquarium.
Basically, it is a building where exhibition halls are gathered, but convenience and entertainment facilities such as various department stores, restaurants, and movie theaters are gathered together.
As we decided to pick mulberries here today, Siwoo stopped by the restaurant and had lunch.

“Whoah… It was delicious.”
“Assistant, it’s hard to walk because I’m full. Can you carry me on my back?”
“I’ll go home later and pick you up, so let’s walk for now.”
“What? Then me too!”
“Yes, Mr. Odile also takes out a number ticket.”

Today’s lunch is kimchi stew.
I chose it because of the twins making a fuss about wanting to eat the food from my assistant’s hometown.
First of all, I was worried that even if I chose the right one because I couldn’t think of anything suitable, it would fit the twins’ mouths, but it was all over.
The three of us went in and ate almost 8 servings, so we came out.

“Isn’t it spicy?”
“Not at all? It was salty, but it was okay because I ate it with dongchimi.”
“I really liked the soft meat. Oh, and kimchi with oysters!”
“I was a little worried that it wouldn’t fit in my mouth, but I’m glad I did.”

International Korean traditional food kimchi.
Seeing that even the taste of the luxurious twins was captivated in one shot, something filled me with soup.
Siwoo tore kimchi by hand for the twins who couldn’t use chopsticks, and they ate it so well that it felt like feeding a baby bird that was constantly begging for food.

Then, with an ice cream at Baskin Robbins, they headed to an entertainment center filled with loud game sounds and music.
For the twins, who were new to this atmosphere, the arcade was a different world in a different sense from the aquarium.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa… What is all this?”
“Ah, there are a lot of artifacts…!”

The twins squeezed the remaining ice cream into their mouths (for reference, the ice cream received a lukewarm evaluation) and ran away.
They are busy looking around at game machines equipped with game images and all sorts of bizarre gimmicks.

“Assistant! Look at this! Something just spins around!”
“Look at this, assistant! Sparkle! Doll? Are there so many dolls?”

I think I like it more than the aquarium…
Twins who can’t hide their excitement and jump around in place.
It moved so frantically that if I took my eyes off it for a second, it seemed like it would disappear.
Siwoo exchanged three 10,000 won bills for game cards.

“Is there anything you want to do?”
“What is all this about? What can you do with this?”
“It’s kind of entertainment.”
“Ch, like chess or duck hunting?”
“Uh…..”

I can’t figure out how to explain video games to twins who don’t even understand electricity.
Fortunately, the twins’ interest quickly shifted to arcades.
In the case of Odile, it was a western-style gun-shooting game with a long gun-shaped controller, and Odette was more of a pink puppeteer.

“I want to do this. Tell me how to do it.”
“Oh, would you like to give it to me? You can take cover by pressing this pedal, and you can shoot at the target on the screen. It fires when you pull the trigger… Let’s see, you can just shake the gun to reload.”
“I’ll try. I think I can.”

After listening to the explanation with a serious expression, Odile points a gun at the screen.
While Odile was doing the tutorial, this time Odette ran over and grabbed Siu by the wrist.

“Assistant, assistant! I want to try this. How are you going to get the doll?”

I stood in front of a claw machine with dolls piled high like a mountain.
I thought it would be faster to do this while watching, so I roughly demonstrated it.

“This is it. If you operate this lever like this and press the button, the crane will come down and pick up the doll.”
“Oh! What a waste! It almost could have been…”

Obviously, either because they are young or because they are smart, they learn very quickly.
Odette immediately grabbed the lever and glared intently at the rabbit doll she had been eyeing.
Even at the aquarium earlier, he was especially fond of rabbits and bought pajamas in rabbit clothes…
I don’t know if you know that rabbit meat is delicious.
The stream of consciousness reminded me of the rabbit soup I ate when I went to the countryside with my father.

“… Siu’s brother.”

Siwoo, who kept Odile in sight so that he would not become lost, was guarding Odette’s side.
Odette, who was aiming for a rabbit doll that seemed impossible to pull out with a wickedly set crane, suddenly called him.
It’s a brotherly title for a long time, probably because Odile didn’t think he would hear it.
When the two of you are alone, the names change.
This feels like an adulterous couple having an affair.

“Yes, Mr. Odette.”
“I just called. I made a new title yesterday, but I was upset that I couldn’t use any of them.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, thanks to my older brother, I seem to be experiencing a lot of fun things. Thank you.”
“Hey, I’m living well thanks to Count Zemanai, so of course I have to give you this much.”
“That’s just the result of your assistant’s good deeds.”

Siu patted Odette’s head because he was so cute.
Odette, who had not expected the touch at all because she was concentrating on the rabbit doll, was startled and dropped the crane in a strange place.

Eventually, the number of trials written on 50 changed to 0, and the last crane hung in vain over the product ejection port.
Unfortunately, Odette couldn’t pull out a single doll even after spending all the money on the game card Siu charged.

-Tiririling!

An electronic sound announcing game over.
Odette protested to Siu with her shoulders trembling.
Odette, who started purely for fun at first, seems to have come to terms with it.

“Is this really nonsense? I’m sure I got it right! The number of cases in which the crane rotates as it descends has been clearly calculated! You hold the head correctly, but the rabbit doesn’t budge, let alone lift it! This is a scam!”
Haha….”

It was strange even for Siu to see.
In the first place, I thought it wouldn’t be easy since the composition was buried between dolls, but I wondered if it was too much to do.
Odette swallowed her anger and asked Siu.

“Can I use magic? I’ll write only a little bit of Yeomdong.”
“Of course not. It’s not that kind of game. Shall I pick one?”
“No! This is my fight!”
“Well, then I’ll charge some more. Please wait.”
“Yes, I need to examine the number of more cases.”

Odette tightly pursed her lips and sighed. Siwoo moved to recharge the game card and found Odile still standing in front of the game console.

“Uh?”

Come to think of it, it must have been quite a while already?
Siu glanced at the screen where screams and explosions were heard.

Odile’s appearance in the game was the outlaw of the west itself.
A muzzle that moves after the enemy like a beam of light and a trigger that is pulled relentlessly.
If you fire 10 shots, whether it’s a trek that follows the enemy or a flick shot that instantly drags you in, all 10 shots will cleanly hit the enemy.

Obstacles that suddenly appeared on the screen were no exception.
Odile exploded five grenades in the air in an instant with skillful grip and aim.
Even if multiple enemies appear from all sides, step on the pedal and shake the gun to reload, then clean it in an instant.

“What is this again…”

Since Siwoo is also a man, he has played a gun shooting game like this before.
Most of the games were originally made for two people, and I don’t even remember defeating the first boss when I played alone.
While Siwoo was watching Mad Movie, Odile, who had finished the last hidden boss with one coin, tilted his head and found Siwoo.

“Uh? Assistant, since when have you been watching?”
“Wow, that’s great.”
“Yes? What?”
“This is your first time playing a game like this. No matter what I do, I can’t even go to the second round.”
“I am confident in shooting. Would Odette do something like this? But it’s not very funny It doesn’t feel realistic to be smashed when hit, and the sound of the gunshot is unrealistically loud. It was a good experience though! Anything else? I think I can do more difficult things at once.”

Even if he said that, when Siwoo praised him, Odile shrugged his shoulders as if his nose rose.
If it was the original Odile, he wouldn’t have said bad things about the game even if he thought of Siwoo’s sincerity in bringing him here, so it wasn’t hard to notice that all those words were artificial.
In other words, it is the appearance of pretending that nothing is wrong.

Siwoo, who took care of Odile while holding back a laugh, suggested a game where everyone could play together.

“That’s good, but let’s look around more. That’s pretty fun.”
“Okay?”
“I’m Josuni! I got it!!!”

Just in time, Odette, holding up the rabbit doll with both hands, came running while laughing.
The next game Shiu chose was Air Ping Pong.
It is a game that has a place for couples even in the old arcade.

The result of an exciting league match.
Odette never won and became today’s porter.

2.
“……”
“Odette, what are you so obsessed with?”
“……..”
“Isn’t there anything new? The first game I play is always better than you.”
“……”
“You’re not saying you won’t accept the outcome, are you?”

Guggets.
As they rode up the escalator at the department store side by side, the stuffed rabbit Odette was holding was slightly distorted.
Siwoo, who was not able to see it, stepped out.

“Stop teasing Odile. Odette, don’t be too heartbroken. That’s me, isn’t it?”

Odette’s patience ran out when even Siu, who was expected to be on his side, helped out.

“Ei-i-i-ik! It’s all bad! Don’t talk to my sister! I want to go home! Take me there!”
“It’s a joke, a joke.”

Siu calmed down Odette who was about to go wild.
I am on my way to the women’s clothing section to buy clothes to decorate the end of my day.
Obviously, twins are exceptionally adaptable.
At first, the twins, who were amazed just by looking at the elevator, are now quietly standing on the escalator as if it were natural.

With the black card given by Count Gemanai, the twins buy enough clothes to be satisfied, and then return home.
Afterwards, Shin Siwoo Officetel’s specialty, ‘Lady Sharon’s Delivery Food Parade’ was scheduled to be showcased.
For the twins, except for the desserts, the local food seems to suit them very well.

“Anyway, this is amazing. Stairs that move even when you’re still, you’re using space magic, right?”
“No, because it looks like some kind of belt. It goes round and round, going down and up towards the space below. There is no such thing as magic.”
“Oh, that’s right.”

You can use the elevator, but I want to show you around the entire department store and go up the escalator.
Siu heard a loud noise.
Originally, the department store is not always quiet, but it is especially noisy.
He seemed a bit surprised, a little excited, and somehow it was the buzz of the crowd that I couldn’t classify the exact mood.

And while the escalator is going up.
A strange thing near the opposite ceiling was picked up by the twins’ curiosity sensors.
Odile and Odette stood close to the handrail of the escalator and pointed their fingers at the object floating leisurely in the air.

“Josu, what is that?”
“Uh! I think I saw that one at the aquarium! Piranha? Is it blood? I guess that was it.”
“It’s so big! Are you going to take a taxi?”

Siu, who followed the twins’ fingertips and moved his gaze, widened his eyes.

“Uh?”

There was a strange creature that lazily fluttered its fins as if the air were underwater.
Thin and wide body.
Bare-like teeth protruding to such an extent that one cannot close one’s mouth.
Eyes, not knowing where they are looking, roll back and forth.

The identity of the buzz heard from downstairs was the sound of people who saw the piranha taking out their phones, taking pictures, and whispering.
That’s natural, because there’s no way something like that could exist in a normal department store.

Floating idly, the piranha slowly flapped her fins as she descended and approached her onlookers taking pictures of herself.

“Kyaaak! What is this? It’s really creepy.”
“What event is it?”
“Isn’t it a hologram? Hey, take a picture, take a picture.”
“Hey, Kyungsoo! Are you still in the bathroom? Come quickly, here’s something fucking amazing.”

Has the instinctive ability to sense a crisis degenerated because it has only been protected by civilization and social order?
People didn’t run away or scream as soon as they saw a monster, as in monster movies.
As if it is miraculous, he only observes and aids in phenomena within the bounds of his common sense and daily life.

“Run away!”

Siu’s loud cry.

“How are you?”

At the same time, the piranha’s widened snout chewed up the upper body of a student who was holding the camera close.

The festival has begun