Chapter 1117 – Actually, From This Point On, I Felt Cold.
After spending the night at a motel, we went straight out to see our maternal grandparents. But before that, there was one place to stop by.
-Hey. Can you guess what?
“Uh? “What?”
-You can guess! There is none!
“Sorry! “I can’t hear very well right now,”
-You fucking bastard!
“Why are you swearing all of a sudden?!”
-While listening well! What a bastard! Why does your mom want to meet you? I asked that, but where are you? Why is it so loud! What a market mess!
“Uh! “It’s the market now!”
The place I stopped by before arriving at my maternal home was the morning market. Even though it was Chuseok, a major national holiday, the market was crowded with people who came out early in the morning.
“It’s cheap, it’s cheap! This is almost nothing!”
“Even though it’s Chuseok, isn’t this too much?”
“Do you think your ancestors would rather eat expensive food than cheap food?”
“You! “There you are!”
It was so noisy that it didn’t matter if the devil spoke as usual, let alone on the phone with Taeyeon.
“There’s something interesting over there! Let’s go see it!”
-Ah, sir! Hey!
“No, uh, wait a minute!”
The Demon King grabbed my sleeve and shook me with sparkling blue eyes, telling me to go see there. Taeyeon asked for her understanding for a moment and focused on her voice.
“Oh, Taeyeon!”
-Hey! Not now, later! Call me later! Because it doesn’t seem like a big deal anyway! I’ll sleep later, and we’ll talk in the afternoon or evening! Okay!
“Uh! Okay!”
-If I knew, fuck it! Stop! I’m going to sleep!
It must have been difficult today because the intense night work, coupled with the fact that it was a holiday, was already difficult. Taeyeon, who must have been having a hard time all morning, quickly shouted before she hung up.
“Uh oh! Wait for a sec! Taeyeon!”
-What! I’m going to sleep!
“When I see you tomorrow! I’ll hug you tight!”
-… Ah, sir! Get out!
It took a while for her to answer, her tone was sharp and the call was disconnected, but there was a hint of laughter in her voice as she spoke. It was so clear that it could be heard even in this market.
Haha!”
A brighter laugh came from right next to me. The devil, who had been next to Taeyeon while she was talking on the phone, smiled and linked arms with me.
“You! Genga cheating on his pregnant wife!”
“No, what kind of wind is this!”
“If Jim is upset, that’s okay! And,”
Side!
“!”
The Demon King instantly stood up and kissed her cheek. As a lovely sound rang in his ears, his heart naturally began to beat faster. The devil who made me like this smiled with his blue eyes.
“If it makes your heart pound, it’s love!”
“… !”
“Ruler! Let’s go!”
The Demon King, who made my heart flutter, moved towards where he had asked me to go earlier. Even though I was being pulled by her, I walked side by side, matching her steps.
“You! You! Eat this! This!”
The place the devil took me to, saying it was fascinating, was none other than a chicken skewer restaurant. When he saw a restaurant where the method was to apply seasoning and bake rather than flour and bake, he was astonished and asked.
“I heard there’s something strange?”
“Isn’t it amazing! The meat was just cooked like that, but it was so delicious! “Aren’t you amazing?”
“It’s because it’s grilled with seasoning.”
“Oh, then let’s eat it grilled with salt without any seasoning!”
“Why do you say that?”
“Aunt! Here you go, Sogeumgwi! One, stay tuned!”
“What are you doing?!”
Rather than ordering on their own even though I hadn’t finished speaking yet, I was shocked to see them ordering while imitating a foreigner who was not good at Korean.
“Oh my! What! A foreign wife speaks Korean well!”
The store aunt liked it when she heard the way she spoke, which wasn’t even half as good as what she usually does. Then, when he saw me standing next to the Demon King, he met my blue eyes again and said.
“There are two people, can I have one? One, no! Two, yes!”
“Uh, um… Two, two? Two, please? Horny. Is it correct?” (Jajja, is this right?)
“Why are you asking me that? And not Horny, but Honey, ah, kinda!”
Honey, as we commonly know, meant a nickname for honey or a lover, and horny was a suggestive word meaning to get hot. Seeing his blue eyes twinkling mischievously, I realized it wasn’t a mistake but that he had said it differently on purpose.
“Horny, Horny, please buy it for me.”
“Okay, kinda.”
I talked to my aunt on behalf of the devil who kept saying things wrong on purpose.
“Hello, Aunt. “Here, please give me one salt grill and one seasoned grill.”
“Okay! I’ll give you two big ones for this foreigner! Multiply it!”
“Ooh! It’s so cool!”
You can’t understand that. If you want to imitate a foreigner, do it all the way.
“But, are you a couple?”
My aunt, who had followed the devil’s intentions, glanced at us and asked. I nodded to my aunt who was wrapping chicken skewers in foil.
“Yes. “I got married this year.”
“Oh my! Congratulations! But you look a little young?”
“Leave it alone! Let’s go! “Hey!”
“Uh, huh? Oh, really?”
Stay still. If you want to get a bonus as you wish.
With that in mind, he slightly waved his crossed arms. The demon king noticed this right away and just smiled until her aunt handed her the chicken skewers.
“Ruler! “I added one more!”
“No, there are too many!”
“A lot is a lot. “There’s one more person over there.”
The place my aunt pointed to was the Demon King’s boat, which appeared discreetly despite being 6 months old. Seeing him even taking care of the child in his stomach made me feel ashamed of what the Demon King had done earlier.
“Hey, I’ll give you three of these.”
“Ayu, that’s enough! I’m already going to have to live in a foreign country to live with my in-laws! That’s it!”
“No, no. “Here.”
“No, I said it was done!”
“Hello!”
I threw the price of three chicken skewers on the stand and quickly left the store. The Demon King and I stopped only after we got to a place where there was no yakitori restaurant in sight.
“There you go. Thank you.”
The Demon King, who had been glancing at the place he came from earlier, looked back at me. She muttered as she looked at the bag of chicken skewers in my hand.
“It almost became trash.”
“Uh. I know. “It almost became trash.”
“The same goes for you who tried to ignore it.”
“What am I neglecting? “I paid for three.”
After bickering as usual, we walked around the market eating the chicken skewers we had just bought at full price. So, I stopped by the health center, picked up the requested items, and headed to her grandmother’s house.
“You. Is it very heavy?”
“Uh? No. It’s okay.”
“Then keep listening.”
“Hey.”
“Haha, why but? “Are you the one who said it was okay?”
“Oh, kinda.”
The distance between the market and my grandmother’s house was not that far, so I walked. Although he was a demon lord who was stronger than any of us, let alone most men, he had no intention of making his pregnant wife carry his burden.
Haha, give it to me. By nature, couples are meant to share burdens.”
The demon king, who was already raising precious lives in his stomach, said it was a joke and held out his hand. I showed her empty hands.
“Now, here.”
“Hmm? There’s nothing, haha!”
He immediately realized what I meant and laughed as he left the alley. Then the Demon King asked for my luggage and held my hand with his.
“Haha! “Are you always making my heart pound?”
“I don’t think you are like that.”
“Hmm! Because luggage is everyone’s first love! Haha!”
I laughed heartily at the topic of trying to get a bonus by pretending to be a foreigner earlier. Of course, if I received too much, I paid the full price, and the smile looked so bright that it didn’t bother me that much.
We walked to my grandmother’s house holding each other’s hands. As I was almost arriving, I noticed a familiar back and a familiar yet unripe back.
“You. That person…”
“I guess that’s right? Hey, great aunt! “Big aunt!”
“… Huh?”
Our predictions were correct. After calling in a loud voice, my eldest aunt turned to look at us. She was happy to see her aunt, whom she had seen last night, so she raised her hand and shook it.
“Uh! Jiheon!”
“…”
My eldest aunt recognized us and returned on her way. But the girl who was walking with her aunt did not. She just stood there with a sullen expression on her face.
“Did you just come back after stopping by the market?”
“Yes. “What about my eldest aunt?”
“Me? “I came to comfort our Hyeji!”
“Hyeji?”
I heard a familiar name and looked at the girl who was walking with my eldest aunt. Two-block cut like an average man, face covered in acne, and shabby clothes. He wasn’t the cousin I knew.
“Hyeji? “Should I come and say hello?”
“…”
Jump, jump, jump
I didn’t see her on Lunar New Year’s Day this year, and she was deployed on Chuseok last year, so I haven’t seen her in over a year. The sight of Hyeji barely walking when her aunt called her was very different from what I remembered.
“… Hello.”
“Oh, hello?”
Hye-ji approached with a sullen expression as if she had chewed something, and the devil filled her with cowardice. She looked at Hyeji with a pretty doll-like face, then smiled and said to her eldest aunt.
“Hyeji is very beautiful because she resembles her aunt.”
“Ohhohoho! “No more empty words, boy!”
“Are you saying these are empty words? Like this! Have you ever seen empty words?”
The Demon King even let go of the hand that was holding hers and held out his stomach, holding it. My eldest aunt burst into laughter once more at the sight of her emphasizing her small belly, even though she was only 6 months old.
“Ohhohohoho!”
“…”
Unlike her great aunt, Hyeji did not loosen her frown. Instead, she shot back sharply at the demon king who praised her.
“If it’s your first meeting, why don’t you judge my appearance?”
“Hmm?”
“Oh my, Hyeji!”
The Demon King and Great Aunt were taken aback by the completely unexpected reaction. Of course, I was confused and wondered if it was Hyeji who had been following me as her brother since long ago.
“There is nothing he can’t say to his step-sister!”
Widely! Tak!
“Ah! Ah! Tsk! Really… !”
Even when her eldest aunt hit her, Hyeji was really annoyed and even stuck her tongue out. Seeing her daughter like that, her aunt was embarrassed and explained why she was like this.
“It’s because he’s a senior in high school now and in puberty. Please understand.”
I’m a senior in high school, and I’m going through puberty? In my senior year of high school?
“Ah, ah, really? It’s a very difficult time.”
Just because it was a slightly awkward excuse didn’t mean I couldn’t get over it. The Demon King smiled as quickly as I did and nodded.
“I don’t understand. “I also had a hard time during my senior year of high school.”
I guess so. Because I studied hard at that time, which I had not done all my life.
“Yes, that’s right. Then let’s go.”
Anyway, my eldest aunt started walking back to her grandmother’s house with a slightly awkward smile on her face. Hyeji continued to follow behind with a sullen expression, and we quickly followed her steps and walked alongside her aunt.
“Oh, indeed.”
Before we took a few steps together, my eldest aunt brought up the topic of conversation.
“I heard you stayed overnight near here? I tell you. Then I would have asked you to sleep at my house.”
“Hohoho, thank you just for your words, Auntie.”
“And he said he wanted to get some rest alone. “I drove all day yesterday.”
“What?”
When my eldest aunt heard what I said, she was astonished and as if she couldn’t believe it.
“No, Jiheon. Did you make her pregnant wife drive all day?”
“Of course I wanted to drive. But,”
“Aunt. “Jiheon is not a person who should drive.”
“… !”
The devil presented his own argument to my eldest aunt that I should not drive. At this time, Hye-ji, who was following behind her, muttered something quietly.
“A woman… Drive… Also… One… !”
I mumbled so quietly that even my more sensitive ears couldn’t hear it. What is certain, though, is that my self-talk did not contain any good feelings.
“There is a saying that people change as soon as they get behind the wheel. Auntie, if Jiheon is exactly like that, hmm?”
But it seemed like the demon lord had heard it. After making a futile claim to my eldest aunt that my driving skills were dangerous, I turned to Hyeji.
“Why, why?”
“Uh, no.”
Seeing the sullen expression on his face and his confusion, it seemed like something was up. The Demon King looked at Hyeji gently and then talked to her aunt again, as if she had a suspicion but no physical evidence.
In fact, from this point on, I felt cold.
