Chapter 148 – Side Story, The World They Live In (1)
It was a clear day.
Long-awaited blue skies and bright sunshine. A gentle breeze.
It was a rare clear day in the metropolis of Seoul, so we decided to go on an outing for the first time in a while.
“Karsilla. You can’t keep picking at it.”
“Nom!”
I was rolling kimbap when a small hand kept reaching out from the side. And it was only taking the sliced ham. There were plenty of other ingredients, so how many pieces had she eaten?
“Was school fun?”
“Not really.”
“Why? You said it was fun a few days ago.”
“It’s childish. Boring.”
Karsilla’s cheeks puffed out as she munched on the ham with a sulky expression. Hmm… Maybe I set her age too young.
Even though Karsilla looks like an elementary school student, her mental age isn’t at that level. School life with elementary kids probably isn’t very fun.
“Then, do you want to go to middle school?”
“Hmm… no.”
“Huh? Why? You said elementary school is boring and childish.”
“Hmm… Hmm… Karsilla is a baby. Babies have to go to elementary school.”
Right. Our baby is still young, so elementary school is the right fit.
She quickly grabbed another piece of ham, put it in her mouth, and then toddled away. I called out to her retreating figure.
“Irian, tell her to stop watching TV! No, tell her to come out and help!”
“Okay.”
She answers well. I can just picture them lying in front of the TV. …What am I going to do with these lazybones?
I started rolling kimbap again.
…Annoying.
What picnic? Should we just stay home and rest?
“Yurian. Is it going well?”
“Yeah. I’m done. Don’t worry, Diana. Can you go get the mat?”
“Uh-uh. No, Yurian is working hard alone, so I should help. Diana will help~?”
“R-really?”
Diana approached, her golden hair shimmering in the sunlight, with a bright smile like the sun.
Diana sat close beside me as I placed the ingredients on the seaweed, and her hand naturally disappeared into my crotch.
“……Huuup.”
“Yeah. It’s not up yet today. Good thing you’re healthy.”
“…R-really?”
I hate how my thing reacts on reflex to her familiar touch. Diana’s satisfied smile deepened as she got it erect with a few squeezes.
Diana licked her lips, then stared down at my pants, which were bulging as if they were about to burst, and muttered something.
“No, Diana. You have to hold back. Just hold on a little longer. You can have it tonight.”
……What the heck is she muttering about?
I didn’t hear it. I didn’t hear it.
Fortunately, I was able to finish making the kimbap safely. …It’s a good thing Diana has strong self-control. I left the cleanup to Diana and went to the small room, where I could hear loud noises coming from behind the door.
The sounds of something breaking, exploding, and even gunfire. Quite diverse.
I opened the door slightly and, as expected, the two of them were lying on the floor, staring blankly at the TV.
They looked so spaced out, like they were going to fall into the TV.
“Hey, Irian. Stop watching the movie and get up. Karsilla, get up too. We’re going on an outing, right?”
“…Just a little bit. Let’s just watch this part.”
“Hey, you… Haa. Get up when I’m being nice, okay?”
“Ah! Ah! Just this! This is the important part! The war is finally over and it’s the emotional reunion scene! Ah! Aaaah!”
I felt like my heart was breaking at Irian’s expression as if she had lost the world when I turned off the TV.
“Get a grip! How many days has it been? Are you going to just watch TV like this?”
“Yeah. I will.”
“Me too. I will.”
“……Karsilla, go outside.”
“Why?”
“Your sister needs to be scolded.”
“Okay.”
Karsilla listens well, but Irian, how old is she and she’s still like this…
“Papa.”
“Yeah, why?”
“Can’t we watch the movie and then go out and fight?”
“…No. Go outside and stay with Diana.”
“Okay.”
…Frustrating.
“Irian. You know you’ve become incredibly lazy since coming to the modern world, right? Where did the Irian I knew go? Huh?”
“I don’t know, that stuff. The me you knew is gone now. After watching movies, I’ve changed.”
“If you’re going to change, change for the better! What’s with lying around all day, eating snacks, and watching movies! Move a little, you lazybones!”
Yeah. The Irian I knew is gone. Vanished. Dead!
It’s all because of movies. Damn it… I shouldn’t have shown them.
“But… The Lord of the Rings is so much fun. I regret not seeing The Lord of the Rings. I feel like I lost out.”
“…Yeah. I admit that. The Lord of the Rings… I like it too. It’s a masterpiece. It’s so much fun. But, you’ve seen it all!! The TV version, the movie version, the director’s cut, and you’ve seen them multiple times! Then move a little!!”
It’s already been a month since we came to the modern world. A short time, if short, and a long time, if long. Our kids have adapted to the modern world faster than I thought.
No… It’s a problem that they’ve adapted in a strange direction.
“Ugh. Fine. We were going on a picnic, right?”
Irian got up sluggishly, scratched her red hair, and opened the closet. Then she slowly looked through the closet, quickly closed it, and came over.
“What now.”
“I don’t have any clothes to wear.”
“…So.”
“Buy me clothes.”
“……Get out.”
“Buy me clothes.”
“Get out! Where does a freeloader who doesn’t earn a penny get off asking for clothes! Get out, get out!”
“Ugh. You always pick on me.”
I felt like my blood was boiling at her grumbling as she walked away.
…Calm down, Yurian. They left their homeland and followed me all the way here… Yeah, they can be lazy.
They’ve adapted well, but it’s only been a month. Let’s just say it’s still time for them to adapt to the modern world. Irian liking movies is… a process of learning about modern culture through movies… Yeah, it’s just a process.
“Huh? You were watching it on your phone? Let me watch too. …What is it? It’s a cartoon.”
“This is fun.”
“Hmm. What is it?”
“Crayon Shin-chan!”
“Crayon Shin-chan? Is he the main character? His eyebrows are weird.”
……Karsilla getting into cartoons is just part of the adaptation process. At least she likes Crayon Shin-chan like a kid. How cute.
“Hey. But why is this so lewd? This kid is too vulgar?”
“…….”
“Isn’t that number 19 an age restriction?”
“……No.”
“I think it is?”
“……Want to watch The Lord of the Rings?”
……It is Crayon Shin-chan, right?
No, but where did that slave girl go?
“Lilis! Lilis!”
That’s strange. There’s nowhere to hide in this small house. I ignored the two idiots standing in the middle of the living room, staring at their phones, and searched the house.
“Yurian? What are you doing?”
“Ah. Diana, have you seen Lilis? She’s been strangely missing since earlier.”
“Lilis is broadcasting.”
“…Ah. That’s right.”
Lilis became an influencer. …To be exact, a cam girl.
I opened the door and went outside, where a wide yard unfolded. The house above the first-floor shops was our home.
And in one corner of the shops was a container, which was where Lilis broadcasted.
I went down the stairs and approached the container, where I could faintly hear a lively voice.
“Oh my~ Building owner oppa! Can I have all of this, Lilis? Oh my~ Thank you~ Heart, heart~ Lilis is so grateful, you know? I’ll send you Lilis’s love~ Take this, ya!”
……She’s being ridiculous, really.
Knock knock.
I knocked out of courtesy and immediately opened the door.
“Kyaaak! What is it! Why did you come in without knocking!… Yo.”
“Hey. Did you finish all the housework?”
“…I, I did. Yo.”
“You didn’t clean the bathroom, did you?”
“Ah, of course I was going to do it later!… Yo! Huh? What? Ah, this person here? U, our oppa! Right, oppa? Of course~ He’s my real oppa! Oppa, right? Right?”
……She’s really being ridiculous.
I barely held back the curse words that were rising to my throat. I felt a moment of helplessness at Lilis’s pleading gaze.
【GangnamBuildingOwner gifted 25,000,000 coins!】
“Oh my, oh my! Building owner oppa, thank you for 25 million won! Can you really spend such a large sum of money on Lilis?”
GangnamBuildingOwner ▶ Is he really your real oppa? His face looks a little different?
“Oh, why are you like that, building owner oppa! He’s really my real oppa! Right?”
…What? 25 million won? Is this real?
I heard that cam girls rake in money when I was in the modern world. I didn’t realize it would happen near me, so I didn’t feel it… 25 million won? In one go?
“Ahem. Of course. That… My sister doesn’t really like doing this kind of thing. So I deliberately make her do housework and scold her… Ugh, you. I told you not to do this! I told you to take care of your sister, but you didn’t do that either. You’re just broadcasting! Huh?”
“Ah, I’ll do it after the broadcast. More importantly, get out! I’m broadcasting!”
She’s subtly dropping the honorifics. Should I just flip her over?
【LilisLover gifted 700,000 coins!】
LilisLover ▶ Your real oppa is handsome too! As expected, good genes lol
“Ahem. LilisLover… Thank you. I am a bit handsome, right?”
“Oh my, oh my~ Lover oppa, thank you~ See? I’m natural, right? You can tell by looking at my oppa, right? Our family has good genes~ Lilis is natural, you know, but there are some haters… No, I mean, people who slander me. Lilis is so sad, you know?”
……Hold it in. All this nonsense is for living expenses.
“Ah. But why did you come? I told you not to look for me when I’m broadcasting… You didn’t really come because I didn’t clean, did you?”
“That’s right, cleaning! You didn’t clean the bathroom yesterday or the day before, and you just keep putting it off? Huh?”
【MyGirlNuna gifted 1,530,000 coins!】
MyGirlNuna ▶ Use this to hire a cleaning service. Don’t harass your sister.
“Oh my, oh my, oh my!! My beloved younger sibling! You know how grateful your sister is, right? Smooch!”
……Ha. This is really…
“Um. Ahem. Of course… I, as her oppa, should do the bathroom cleaning instead. Of course. Ha. Haha. Actually, it’s not because of the cleaning, but because we’re going on a family outing today… Ah, you’re saying it’s a lie? No, no, really! It’s true! Ah, Irian! Irian! Come down here!”
“Ugh. Why are you bothering me?”
“Haha. See? Dating Lilis? She’s my sister, my sister. This one’s also my sister. Of course, she doesn’t have a boyfriend. She’s a total single, a total single! You don’t have to worry about a~nything! They’re all picky because they grew up seeing this handsome oppa, so they’re all single. Hahahaha!”
……Damn it.
Lilis said she would finish the broadcast soon, so I left the container.
“Yurian? Why did you suddenly call Irian, what’s going on?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
Irian, who was glancing at me, poked me with her elbow. Okay, I’ll let you watch movies freely for a day.
I headed for the stairs to go up to the house with Diana and Irian on either side of me, when the landlord grandfather came out of the store.
“Oh? It’s the young man who lives upstairs?”
“Ah. Hello.”
“Yeah. Is this… your wife?”
I quickly nodded at the grandfather’s words as he blinked at Irian.
“Yes. Say hello. This is the owner of the first-floor shop… no, the owner of this building.”
“Hello.”
“Yeah. She’s a beautiful wife, beautiful. Then this one is… who was it?”
“Hello, elder. I am this one’s first wife, Diana.”
“H-huh? Isn’t, isn’t this one the wife?”
……Ahem.
“That’s right. This one. Wife.”
“T-then this one?”
“This one is also… a wife.”
“Yurian! I finished broadcasting~”
“Th-then that one?”
“That one is also a wife….”
“Oh, oh my. Oh my oh my!”
Oh my. My back is going to break.
I faintly heard the landlord grandfather’s voice.
“Oh my, I’m so jealous.”
