Episode
76 that buck
Dungeon raid for training.
After coming out of Choten, Isshin wandered aimlessly through the long mountain range alone.
“Kreurreu…”
“Keongkeong! Krrr!”
A stray dog bigger than a bear that came after sniffing it.
Dig!
Let the wild dogs run after Isshin. Isshin raised his hand from the scabbard.
“Krung!”
Quack!
Isshin’s arm was bitten by the wild dog’s teeth. But it wasn’t real.
Hwaaak!
Isshin’s body scattered in afterimages. The giant wild dogs drooled and looked around their heads.
Only then was Isshin’s body visible.
Chew!
The wild dogs split in half and blood splattered here and there. Isshin looked at the fallen stray dogs with a cold gaze and brushed off the blood on the knife.
“…tsk.”
Isshin clicked his tongue and sat down on a nearby rock. weird feeling. Isshin couldn’t concentrate on his training today.
‘…don’t do one. It’s all because of that stupid woman…’
If you think about it, middle school.
It was like that from the moment I first saw Sumire. He is quiet and passive, and has a personality that laughs like an idiot even when he is used by those around him. Isshin’s evaluation of Sumire was simply ‘an annoying woman’.
Is that why?
When he was accidentally selected as a partner for an exam, he was angry. That’s why Isshin in middle school treated Sumire even colder.
[…Why do you have to be like that?]
[As expected. …as dumb as you. I hate stuffy women.]
However, Isshin was the one who made the mistake in the test. An arrow shot from the side by stepping on a crude trap. Fortunately, the arrow grazed Isshin’s forearm.
drip.
Blood flowing from the forearm.
Even though it was in middle school, Isshin had lived his whole life to become a strong hunter. So I wasn’t so immature that I was surprised to see blood.
Rather, it was Sumire who made a fuss about her wounds.
[Ki Kirishima! Blood blood!]
[…Slightly wounded. It doesn’t matter.]
[That’s not okay!]
The first time I saw Sumire’s angry face.
Even when Isshin insulted her, Sumire calmly endured it. But the first moment you get angry is your injury. Embarrassed, Isshin stopped laughing.
[good. So what do you mean? Are you going to give up with this kind of scar?]
[No! Chi will heal! I brought a first aid kit!]
Sumire sat there and gave Isshin first aid. I wiped off the flowing blood and thoroughly disinfected it with cotton soaked in alcohol.
In addition, Sumire puts gauze coated with ointment on the wound and carefully wraps an elastic bandage to stop the bleeding.
So let’s put an end to all measures.
The serious expression relaxed, and Sumire smiled as usual.
[It’s over!]
Isshin thought that Sumire was an idiot. Why do you worry about yourself who even insulted yourself for being stupid and even get angry to treat yourself?
Isshin could never understand Sumire. I didn’t want to understand
[…you. What a strange guy.]
The test ends like that.
Isshin and Sumire, who are from different classes, didn’t have that many points of contact. However, Isshin was strangely concerned about Sumire.
Why are you smiling at the violets that bloom at school?
Why do I stare out the window with a blank face for a long time on a rainy day?
Why are people around me taking advantage of things I don’t want to do like fools?
Isshin gets angry when he sees Sumire. It was frustrating and stupid. He didn’t know why, but Isshin acted on his whim.
[Don’t be alone. Come into my party.]
[…I’ll even lend you your hair when you take the test.]
[No one at school will dare to touch you. That’s a challenge to me.]
Sumire nodded with a bewildered face at Isshin’s suggestion. Sumire knew that Isshin hated him.
He didn’t even know why Isshin invited him. The reason I just agreed was because there was no party to join. With Isshin’s help, Sumire got stronger little by little.
‘…don’t do one. without saying a word to me. Running away to Korea?’
Isshin gnashed his teeth. While advancing to Choten, he gained the best party members, Seiji and Sakura. Isshin was still angry.
Isshin naturally thought that the reason was that Sumire and the like betrayed him.
Shin Yoo-seong’s face comes to mind at first glance when the thought reaches that point.
‘…Korea’s Shin Yoo-seong.’
Finishedly, Korea was assigned as the first opponent of the national match against the Japanese team in the bracket. Isshin frowned and inserted the sword into the scabbard.
* * *
Kunigami-gun on the island of Okinawa.
Arriving in front of her house, Sumire glanced at Shin Yuseong.
“Yeah… Portal! Did you arrive soon?”
It’s a bit old, but it’s an ordinary two-story house that you can see everywhere. Sumire took a deep breath before ringing the call bell.
“Joe is good!”
Sumire suddenly rings the bell with a promise.
Ding dong.
Soon after the bell rang, the window on the second floor opened.
“来た! (Come!)”
“O姉chanda! (Sister!)”
The younger siblings greeted Sumire at the window in Japanese. Unlike usual, Sumire smiled brightly and waved her hand.
Soon, the front door slowly starts to open. The woman who came out of the house smiled and waved. Sumire ran towards the woman with a bright face.
“mom-!”
The mysterious woman is Sumire’s mother. Hanajima Suica.
“Whoops. Welcome.”
Suika and Sumire hold each other’s hands and look into each other’s eyes. Shin Yooseong seemed to radiate warmth from the two of them.
“Shin Yuseong… is that right?”
Suica looked at Shin Yoo-seong and spoke in Korean. Shin Yoosung smiled slightly and nodded his head.
“yes. you’re right.”
“My name is Suika Hanajima. My child is being taken care of. Whoops, this kid. It’s just like my childhood~ I’m not shy. Even if I call him sometimes, he only talks about Mr. Shin Yoo-seong! Really~”
Sumire’s ears gradually turned red at Suika’s continued chatter.
“Stop that! Such a story… Us! Go home and do it!”
Suika looked at Sumire and smiled.
“Hehe, then, Mr. Shin Yoo-seong, please… Please take good care of my child in the future too?”
Suika covered her mouth and laughed. Sumire shyly shook her head.
“Par party leader… please treat me well enough to be undeserved of…” After
saying that, Sumire glanced at Shin Yoo-seong.
“Hmm~? really?”
Suika smiled with kind eyes, but she had a force that somehow overwhelmed her.
“U~ How do you treat Sumire well? Are you really curious too? Shall we listen to that story slowly at the table later?”
Suika greets Shin Yoo-seong to prepare the meal. went back into the house A storm that has passed. Sumire seemed embarrassed to introduce her family.
“It’s a little…crowded, right?”
“So I guess that’s good.”
Shin Yoo-seong’s answer was not empty words.
Up until now, Shin Yoo-seong had been training on Mt. Musin and kept a distance from people. Of course, even before I was 5 years old, I had never seen a warm family in the Shin-O family.
The only iron rule of the Shin-O family is competition.
My parents and older sister Shin Ha-yoon. And all the relatives of the Shin-O family had the exact opposite atmosphere from Sumire’s family.
It always feels like walking on thin ice.
The Shin-O family did not tolerate mistakes. I wanted perfection in everything. My father, the head of the household, always said that a few elites ruled the world.
At that time, Shin Yoo-seong was only 4 years old.
Now that I think about it, it was far from common sense.
‘On the other hand, this place…’
Shin Yoo-seong slowly enters the house.
My younger brother, who is now 5 years old. Sugoro tilted his head.
“Oh sister-chan-ha…” (Who is the older brother?)” My younger
sister turned 9 years old with that appearance. As soon as Suguha confirmed Yooseong Shin, she spoke in Korean.
“fool! This is the Korean lover that my sister brought.”
I don’t know if Sugoro, who is still 5 years old, would have understood. Instead, his other younger brother, Suito, now 12 years old, poked his head out from the stairs on the second floor towards the front door.
“えっ!? O姉チゃんボーイフレンド連レて来た?!(Eh!? Noona brought a boyfriend!?)” A situation where they are suddenly suspected of being lovers
. Sumire’s face flushed, and she quickly waved her hands.
“to? Oh no! Mr. Yoosung is the… just… the party leader! You came home as a party member…”
Sumire stammered. Suguha smiled smirkingly, unlike a 9-year-old.
“Sister is cute~”
“That’s right. My older sister is cute~”
Suito jumps on the airflow and starts teasing her in Korean. Sumire, the eldest daughter, gave strength to her forehead in a rather frightening way.
“You guys! If you make fun of your age! Are you scolded!?”
“Wow~ Sister, I’m scared!”
“I’m scared of you~”
Suito smirked.
Suguha giggled.
Sumire’s scaring didn’t work at all.
“Yoosung? Now then… Let me introduce you to my room.”
Having said that, Sumire brought her to the room she was staying in. Quite a large room, but modestly furnished. Even though Sumire came after a long time, the room was tidy.
fidget.
Sumire put her hand on her thigh and bowed her head.
“Up to the high attack. albeit for a short period. …Please take good care of me!”
If it’s short, it’s short. If it’s long, it’s a long life in Japan. This is a new experience Shin Yoo-seong has never experienced before. Shin Yoosung replied with a smile.
“Please take care of me too. Sumire.”
Shin Yoo-seong and Sumire, who faced each other after greeting each other, smiled pleasantly.
