Chapter 205 – Conflict With Mesgaki
“Ugh… I’m not feeling well.”
As soon as I woke up in the morning, the thought that came to my mind was that I felt sore in my stomach and throat. My stomach acid seemed to hurt a little from vomiting up all the food I had last night.
Grabbing his sore throat, he took a sip of lukewarm water and drank lightly. At least the cool water passed by, and the pain gradually disappeared.
Even so, I continued to feel a little uncomfortable because my throat was a little swollen.
“What, Nero is sleeping… Has Jaehee gone home?”
The girl I slept with last night had disappeared like the wind.
Fortunately, when I woke up, the emotions that had been heightened by the incident yesterday had subsided.
Still, it wasn’t all over, so she lay down on her floor to give her aching head a rest.
‘I’m bored…’
It’s not just boring, it’s very boring.
Although I might break up with my sister right now, I kept thinking that it would be nice if someone stayed by my side.
Jae-hee might come soon anyway, but since it’s just the two of us, it wouldn’t be bad to call another familiar person.
“Will you come if I call Eun-je?”
I don’t know if they’ll come if I call them now, but there’s a feeling that they’re calling me for no reason, but I thought they’d respect the individual’s choice.
First of all, it was a bit early to call in the morning, so I thought I could send it after lunch or around this evening.
I fell into unconsciousness thinking about what to do in the morning. There is nothing different from usual, but why do I feel so exhausted?
I had to get up early and do housework, but I didn’t want to move too much.
“Shouldn’t you just eat it?”
Even if I didn’t have money, I always didn’t starve, and today, for the first time, I didn’t want to eat. I was obviously hungry, but I didn’t want to eat anything, and I didn’t have much of an appetite.
Why am I doing this? Was yesterday’s shock big?
Since I’m not a doctor, I couldn’t know exactly why my condition was like this. But even if I didn’t eat, I could take care of my cat.
“I don’t want to do anything…”
I would do things for Nero, not me, but I didn’t want to do anything for myself. I’m losing my strength, so should I just go to sleep?
– Knock! Knock!
“Jaejun! Open the door!”
“Jaehee?”
Jae-hee, who must have returned in the morning, came to my house again. Did you leave something behind?
I was knocking on the door as if in a hurry, so I quickly opened the door.
Maybe she didn’t wash her hair, so she gave me something like her bath bag, and she said with a bright smile.
“Let’s go to the bath!”
“Bath?”
“Yeah! On days when I’m depressed, I go to the bathroom in the morning, clean up the dirt, and eat a meal to get better.”
I had already received the bath bag and had nothing to do, so it didn’t matter if I went now. Nero just needs to prepare rice and snacks in advance.
“Okay let’s go.”
“Really? Then, do you want to go to our jjimjilbang?”
“Huh…”
I wanted to hear her opinion rather than mine anyway. It’s me, because I can go whenever she wants.
After feeding Nero like that, I slowly got out of the house. Maybe it was because it was morning, and the bright sunlight greeted me, and I felt something lightening my stomach.
“Then let’s go!”
“…”
I’m not friendly, but I just walked around talking about this and that, and before I knew it, I arrived at a jjimjilbang. But was there a sauna in a place like this before?
I never imagined there would be a jjimjilbang in a place like this. There were quite a lot of customers, probably because the bathhouse and jjimjilbang were mixed.
“Once you got the clothes, let’s go to the men’s sauna and change clothes and meet. The 5th floor is a jjimjilbang, so hurry up!”
“Huh.”
Jaehee moved to the women’s sauna on the second floor, and I immediately headed to the men’s sauna on the third floor.
The scenery of the sauna, which has been coming for a long time, doesn’t seem to change anywhere. The man who brought his daughter as well as the children still dangling small skewers while running.
It seemed like I was seeing people before I came here, maybe because there are the types of people I always see.
The appearance of the original world.
“Sniff, ha, fuck…”
It wasn’t that I missed this look, but it felt like I was going to cry because it’s been so long. From a distance, it looks familiar to me, but if you look closely, it will be different from what I know.
Memories of coming to the public bath with my father when I was young and scrubbing the dirt have long since deteriorated.
It’s a scenery I’ll never see again, so I won’t be able to keep thinking about it like this, and I’ll gradually forget it.
There will come a time when we will have to fully adapt to this world and forget the past.
“No. I’m fine the way I am.”
I want to go back to the original world where men are strong and dangerous, not a world where men and women have changed.
To describe me now, it felt like I was at the edge of a cliff. It is also a person left in a place like this that I have never seen before.
“Baby, hurry up and get dressed.”
I thought I would go crazy with homesickness if I stayed here, so I did my best to change my clothes. Wiping her heavy breathing and red eyes, I went up to her fifth floor where she would be waiting.
“Jaejun, did you cry?”
“Huh? Ah… No. It’s just that my eyes are a little sore.”
“Okay?”
As expected, even though I tried to cover it up, I was caught crying for a while, as if I couldn’t cover all the tear marks. If it seemed like this, I would wash my face a little more.
I don’t want to worry you, but I don’t know if it will work, but I lied as much as I could.
“Also, medicine.”
“What drug?”
“Is there any medicine you used to take? Later, let’s stay in our sauna for a while, then eat and take medicine. If you take that, you’ll be much better.”
I don’t know what kind of medicine it is, but if it’s what she’s giving you, it’s probably not dangerous. If you die from eating it, that might not be too bad.
At the jjimjilbang, we first went into an ondol room where we could warm ourselves up. It was hard to breathe because of the warm floor and the hot air, but it felt better as I perspired.
“How is it? Isn’t it cool? Let’s sweat a little and eat sikhye outside.”
“Sikhye? Egg? Rice?”
Growl
Obviously, I had no appetite until morning, but now I am hungry again, and various foods come to mind. Did he really get better by supporting himself like Jaehee said?
Having had a great time supporting our bodies together, we went outside in a sweaty state and began to cool off.
Of course, cool sikhye and elvan eggs are a bonus.
“Puha! It’s cool!”
“Eggs are good too.”
I felt like this a long time ago when I came to a jjimjilbang with my friends. Once again, nostalgic memories came to mind, but unlike before, laughter came out instead of tears.
I feel like I’m going to die of longing for my hometown, but I have no means to return. That’s why I’m trying to adapt and live in this world, but why do I keep missing it more and more?
“Umm! Let’s go back to rest after eating sikhye.”
Afterwards, we were sweating profusely and decided to go to our respective saunas to wash and meet again. Since I have ample time, I thought it would be okay to warm up and push the time out.
Is this the first sauna you visit in this world?
Since I usually take a shower only at home, I rarely went outside to take a shower to save time and money.
After completely undressing, I went into the sauna and washed my body briefly.
“Oh, it’s warm.”
What was so strange about this bathhouse was that I felt a bit disgusted when I saw other people naked outside, but I didn’t feel anything here.
Just how tall is that guy? Or maybe it’s a bit small.
In this way, they get used to being naked to the extent that they can measure each other’s fighting power by looking at each other’s importance.
“”Ha…””
“Huh?”
“What?”
While I was resting in the water, there was someone who was sighing with me. He looks the same height as me, but his eyes look slightly sharper.
Seeing them both sigh at the same time, they became slightly curious about each other. It started as a coincidence, but it was a moment when I thought it was fate.
“Hey… How are you?”
“Hello.”
I think I saw something somewhere, but it’s been so long that I don’t remember anything about it.
“Did you come alone?”
“Oh, I came with my older sister. You’re familiar with something, should we say hello?”
“That’s good.”
Something familiar, different from men in this world, something warm and very friendly, so I had a strong feeling of wanting to get close.
“I’m Shin Jae-joon… I broadcast on the Internet.”
“Broadcasting? You’re just playing games and communicating with viewers, right?”
“Yes, it’s ambiguous to call it communication, but I’m working hard.”
“I’m Park Yeon-woo… I’m still a student.”
The time has come for men and women in this world to see other people and care for each other.
Even though no one said anything, they were familiar with each other and felt nostalgic for each other, so they unexpectedly became close quickly.
“By the way… Are you from another world?”
“To?”
As we continued our conversation, he suddenly asked me about an important fact. Words as if they realized that I am not from this world.
I felt a chill rise from my waist to the top of my head.
