Chapter 41 - Pain That Cannot Kill Me (2)
As always, it was…
The morning of the tournament day was also a battlefield. Today’s war was named the ‘Spinach War’.
“Bom-ah, open wide.”
I smiled and brought the chopsticks to Bom’s mouth.
“Uuuugh!”
Bom frowned deeply and shook her head.
“Tsk! Do you want to keep making it hard for unnie?”
“But I don’t wanna eat spinach, what can I do.”
Then she grabbed my collar and started acting cute. This was Bom’s so-called ultimate move.
“Unnie. I don’t wanna eat. Don’t wanna. Don’t wanna.”
“No. You have to eat to be healthy.”
“…Tch. Yeoreum-ah!”
Han Bom called Han Yeoreum, who had just finished washing up.
“What?”
“…Eat this instead for me.”
“Spinach? Okay.”
Han Yeoreum tucked her hair behind her ear and opened her mouth. I quickly pulled the spoon back and stopped her.
“Yeoreum-ah, no! This is something Bom has to eat!”
“Ah, unnie. I really can’t eat it.”
While I was having a battle of wills with Bom, our family’s fifth child Han Suho walked into the living room.
This kid was lazily lying down watching documentaries because it was the school foundation day.
Just then, the second child Han Sejun came and snatched the remote control to change the channel.
“Ah, hyung, what are you doing!”
“Get lost. I’m going to watch an American drama.”
“Wow, this is really annoying.”
Now an old American drama was being broadcast on TV.
I sighed and asked Han Bom.
“Haah, are you really not going to eat the spinach?”
“Mm…”
“Really?”
“Really.”
“Really, really?”
“Reaally, really!”
Suddenly, a good idea came to mind.
I covered my mouth and whispered to Bom.
“Bom-ah. Want to know a secret?”
“A secret? What is it?”
Han Bom’s eyes sparkled with curiosity. It was so cute that I laughed inwardly.
“Did you know that if you eat spinach, you become cuter?”
“Eh, really?!”
“Yes. Really.”
“…Hmm.”
Bom’s eyes, which were deep in thought, soon became cross-eyed.
Han Bom moved her lips and then spoke.
“Unnie…”
“Yes?”
“You didn’t eat much, did you?”
“…”
“Spinach.”
“…I did eat it.”
Han Bom looked back and forth between the spinach and my face, then said,
“…Hmm. I don’t want to eat it.”
…Why? Because I’m not cute?
“Pfahaha! Ah, this is really funny!”
“Uhaha! Did Bom just indirectly say that noona isn’t cute?”
The male sewer water duo held their stomachs and laughed loudly.
“…Eat it.”
I ordered in a cold voice. Only then did she close her eyes tightly, put it in her mouth, and chew while mumbling.
After confirming that she had swallowed all the spinach, my face brightened again.
“Bom, Yeoreum, Gaeul, Gyeoul! Let’s wash up and go to kindergarten!”
As I went out holding hands with the four twins affectionately, it was chilly outside. I pulled my hat down like a hermit crab and endured the cold.
The school bus arrived on time. The twins started lining up to get on first.
“Bom, Yeoreum, Gaeul, Gyeoul. Wait a moment.”
When I stopped them, the twins looked up at me and tilted their heads simultaneously. That sight was so cute, just like when dogs tilt their heads when they don’t understand human words.
“Greet me.”
“We’re going!”
The voices of the four overlapped softly.
“Kiss.”
I put my finger on my cheek.
They lined up neatly and kissed my cheek. Before I knew it, the corners of my mouth were reaching my ears.
That’s right! Even though I’m breaking my back being a mother, I should have this kind of healing too!
I gave a friendly smile to the bus driver.
“Hello, driver. Please take good care of our kids today too!”
“Oh my, who do we have here. Our Jamsil hero! If Jamsil’s model citizen is asking, of course I have to do it!”
“…Ahaha.”
Before I knew it, my nickname in the neighborhood had become ‘hero’.
Well, that’s because I received a model citizen award from Songpa District Office for saving the driver and preventing a secondary accident.
“Unnie. See you later!”
Only after seeing the children disappear with the bus did I feel relieved.
I looked up at the sky and stretched out fully.
Alright, the weather is clear.
I cleared my throat and checked my physical condition by putting my hand on my forehead.
My body is fine too.
“It’s perfect weather for winning.”
I exhaled a refreshing breath.
*
“Hey, get lost.”
I waved my hand as if annoyed and said to the sewer water duo.
“Ah, why!”
“Can’t you see we’re watching an American drama right now?”
Ignoring them, I cracked my finger joints.
“Do you want to get hit before you go, or just go?”
“…Noona. Rest comfortably on the sofa. We’ll really just watch this and go.”
Saying that, the two sneakily slid their butts off the living room sofa and sat on the floor.
I lay down on the sofa and accessed the Galaxy War gallery on my phone. Even without clicking on any posts, they were already chattering about me.
-Practice) Congratulations Han Pro-nim
-Which team do you think HaYoo will go to?
-If HaYoo goes to SUC, the domestic pro scene will become so boring
-HaYoo << This bastard should fail for it to be fun
-There are so many HaQueens, I’m upvoting hoping she fails
-The HaHaters are being so spiteful
-Wow HaYoo must be famous overseas too
-HaQueens are already gathering at the tournament PC bang lol
-It’s the long-awaited D-DAY!!!!!
The gallery was a muddy water of excessive fans and haters gathered together.
Even though there was still a long time until the tournament, it was bustling with talk about me.
When I clicked on a popular post, an interesting title caught my eye.
[Title: Team Solid coach entered the gallery lol]
[Author: ㅇㅇ]
(GIF of entering the country)
Seems like he came to see Han Yujin
Is she really not going to America?? No way??
Likes: 157 Dislikes: 28
-Why is an American team coach here?
-But the salary there is incomparably higher than here… who knows
-Who will take care of her siblings if she goes to America tsk
-Don’t tamper and get lost fck
-What happens if Han Yujin runs away to America or Japan?
└She’ll be called a coward and ordinary person
-2nd league coach entered the gallery lol
└Why is America 2nd league? America won the last Galaxy World Cup?
└Korea is still 1st in league ELO ranking
Galaxy War isn’t a game that’s only popular in Korea. From the beginning, Galaxy War was a game made by Blitz company targeting the American and Japanese markets.
The world’s famous leagues are usually counted on five fingers.
America, Korea, Japan, China,
and Europe.
If that popular post is true, it means the coach of the 1st place team in the American West League came all the way to Korea to watch me…
I clicked on another post.
[Title: Galaxy War 1.16.2 Patch Notes]
[Author: ㅇㅇ]
(Patch image)
Now you can access
GalWar on your phone
Of course you can’t play the game
Only chatting is possible lol
Likes: 57 Dislikes: 82
-Blitz fck they’re really not working lol
-These days they’re only all-in on HotS
└Even if HotS is the universe’s best god game and doing well these days, putting all eggs in one basket is a bit…
-Don’t add this crap and nerf Humans
└If you look at the stats, Aliens are the most numerous?
└But why are Humans the most common league winners? Huh?
└That’s because the kids playing Alien have really low intelligence and talent lol
└If you’re upset, 1:1 now?
└Let’s go fcker show your ID lol
-They’re just doing trash patches
-Do some practical patches on things like scouts!!
-Nerf Vulture price to 300 and nerf mines to 1
└Strongly agree
└For real
└Speed upgrade should be deleted too
Wondering if it was real, I went to the app store and there really was an app.
I downloaded it and logged in with my main account.
Immediately, a whisper came from a familiar nickname.
<[R]CheonMa: It’s been a while>
<[R]CheonMa: Genesis gong>
<[R]CheonMa: Should I call you HaYoo now? Kekeke>
The master of the guild I’ve belonged to for a long time spoke to me.
<[R]Zenith: hi>
<[R]Zenith: how have you been>
<[R]CheonMa: Like a statue waiting for a husband>
<[R]CheonMa: Just waiting>
<[R]CheonMa: For you guys..>
<[R]CheonMa: Everyone seems busy these days>
This CheonMa person…
I’m really curious about their identity.
I asked PD Kim Hwachang discreetly the other day, but he was overly secretive about it.
It’s just too suspicious.
<[R]Zenith: But CheonMa-ssi>
<[R]Zenith: What’s your identity>
<[R]Zenith: What do you do?>
I waited nervously for the answer.
Then,
<[R]CheonMa: Virtual idol>
<[R]Zenith: gtfo>
<[R]CheonMa: lol>
I logged out and entered KakaoTalk. Messages were piled up like a sand castle.
But everyone was saying the same thing,
[Kang Yohan: Ms. Yujin]
[Kang Yohan: Should I come pick you up?]
[Hyun Junho: Yujin-ssi]
[Hyun Junho: I’m going to watch too]
[Hyun Junho: Should I give you a ride? :)]
[Kim Hwachang: Han Yujin]
[Kim Hwachang: The ending]
[Kim Hwachang: I don’t like it]
[Kim Hwachang: I’m going to attach it]
[Kim Hwachang: To the end of the 5th episode edit]
[Kim Hwachang: I’m going to film today]
[Kim Hwachang: Want me to pick you up?]
[Sung Dojun: Hey]
[Sung Dojun: HaYoo-jjin]
[Sung Dojun: Give you a ride?]
[Moon Jaehyun: Noona]
[Moon Jaehyun: How are you coming?!]
Did these guys make a group agreement? They’re all in an uproar about giving me a ride in a pumpkin carriage.
Meanwhile, there was also a message from someone I don’t know.
[Hong Jihye: Can I come watch too…?]
…Who are you?
[Han Yujin: Who are you]
[Hong Jihye: It’s me Rilme..]
[Han Yujin: Ah fck]
[Han Yujin: ㅡㅡ]
[Hong Jihye: Why..]
[Han Yujin: Come or not, I don’t care]
[Hong Jihye: (Okay emoticon)]
[Hong Jihye: Should I come pick you up..?!]
Are there only arsonists around me? Everyone is clamoring to come pick me up.
In the end, I decided to choose my driver using the children’s song “Chukchuk Baksa” (Smart Doctor).
“Coca-Cola is delicious. If it’s delicious, you eat it again. If you eat it again, you get a stomachache. Let’s ask Dr. Chukchuk. Ding dong dang…”
Just then, the KakaoTalk alarm rang again.
[Hyun Junho: I’ll buy you lunch too]
[Hyun Junho: I’ll come pick you up]
[Hyun Junho: Now]