I Became the Wrong Race

147 – Festival (4)

“Oh, have you been there?”

By the time the cart stopped, it was already a pantheon. There are still people who are busy, but most people feel like they have finished what they have to do and are waiting.

My older sister was in the middle of the house, rolling up her sleeves and working hard at cooking.

It’s my sister’s cooking, so it’s been a while since I made this.

“Are you here to help?”

“No, I wanted to help, but they wouldn’t let me help, so I just followed along.”

“But it was helpful.”

“Like emotional help? “It’s fun.”

Isla smiles and covers her mouth, while Isla expresslessly brings the cart closer and shows her the carcass of the animal inside.

In the meantime, there was still nothing for me to do.

Actually, even if I wanted to help, there’s nothing left I can do in this process.

I don’t go beyond the level of cooking at home, and I don’t have any other talents.

In a situation like that, if I pretend to do something, I will end up ruining the job.

I stood there blankly listening to the words the two women exchanged.

Maybe I should have learned how to cook.

“The game you caught today?”

“That’s right.”

“Then I’ll leave the grooming to you. “How much dry matter is left?”

“There are still many. Even if I don’t get out of the door, I can last another month.”

“Then there is no need for dry food. Ugh, what should I make?”

“You decide when you come out. “I’ll go.”

“Ugh, if there’s anything I can help with, let me know.”

Isla leaves behind her smiling older sister and heads somewhere with a cart.

I said hello to Isla, and she walked away, wagging her tail.

At the point where Isla was naturally moving away, my older sister was next to me and poked her in the side with her elbow.

“Aren’t you bored because you have nothing to do?”

“Yeah, kinda like that.”

There was a reason why I went out with Isla. Isla’s hunts tend to end quickly, and there are a lot of animals around here.

So she was confident that even if she followed him, she would come back soon, and that in the meantime, she would have something to do or at least not be bored.

Thanks to you, it was nice while we were together…

In the end, she still had nothing to do after returning. My older sister quickly guessed what I was thinking and laughing.

“Do you want to watch my sister cook?”

“Good.”

I laughed. My older sister laughed when she saw me like that, and I stood next to her and watched her in the middle of cooking.

First of all, one thing was certain: no matter what my sister was doing, this was a dish I didn’t know much about.

It’s a place where you don’t even know if Korean-style ingredients exist.

My older sister seemed to have learned a new way to cook suitable for Grimm Darker’s world.

The fried fish that seemed to exist to be dipped in something that I couldn’t tell was a stew or something was unusual.

I haven’t tried it, so I don’t know how it tastes, but I was excited because it didn’t seem like a dish that Isla knows how to cook.

Why not just eat a little bit?

It was a time when I slowly raised my eyes to check my sister’s notice

“No. “Eat it when it’s done.”

It’s been a while since I saw my sister.

So, not Lucilla, the protector I saw after coming to Grim Darker.

Yoon Se-jin’s older sister, Yoon Se-ah.

There was no desire in the gaze that looked at me kindly.

I felt only kindness and love. Even if the eyes looking at me beyond the softly curved corners of the eyes are gray eyes that seem close to white at first glance.

She looked just like her old sister. As I looked into my sister’s eyes, I took her hand away from her.

Before I knew it, my sister’s hand, which had been placed on the back of my hand, was also taken away.

The back of her hand was warm as her sister’s hand her her rested on it.

“Really, I’m not even hungry.”

“It’s because it’s been a while since my sister cooked.”

“… “How long has it been since you said that?”

It was the first time my sister brought up such a topic. No, it’s not the first time.

“About two years.”

“2 years…”

My sister’s eyebrows furrowed as she mixed what was in her bowl.

It was an expression that made one feel slightly guilty. It looked as if he could sigh, but it seemed impossible to do so before the food.

“How have you been while I was gone?”

It felt like an extension of a conversation we had before, but then the conversation fizzled out.

The conversation didn’t go well due to my sister’s desire and the fact that I noticed it.

For the first time in a while, I became ‘Yoon Se-jin’ and spoke.

“What… “I tried to get along.”

“If you’re having a good time, then you’ve been having a good time. “What were you trying to do to get along?”

“It’s just, um, what should I say. When my sister comes back later… “I want to tell you that you don’t have to worry.”

The spatula that was stirring the dough in the bowl stopped. My sister’s eyes secretly examine my complexion.

Do you think I’m angry? I laughed on purpose.

“I’m not angry. “Don’t pay attention.”

“Still.”

In the end, a sigh comes out. My sister still felt guilty about me.

“Really. Because I’m not blaming you. “I know I’m not that kind of person.”

“… Yes, that’s right. Because our Sejin is a good kid.”

And then he smiles. It was nice to see my sister’s unique soft smile

“I tried to eat well, but it wasn’t easy because I’ve barely cooked before.”

“You didn’t just eat ramen, right?”

“Oh, no way. “If I did that, my sister would be angry, but would I do that?”

Of course, considering the price, it would be better to just buy a lot of ramen and eat it.

I didn’t even want to do that. The gap between when my sister is present and when she is not will be very large, and that will cause irreparable harm to me.

I deliberately tried to eat as much as possible.

“My aunt often gave me vegetables from the garden. So, I tried to eat various things.”

“For example?”

“Kimchi stew or something.”

“Ah… Kimchi soup. “I think I haven’t eaten in 10 years.”

Hehe, the older sister who smiles and listens to the words. I felt that way too.

Even aside from the fact that I hadn’t seen my sister in two years, the year I spent in Grimdark with her blood bag clouded a lot.

“But I failed. It was bland and sour, a bit like that. It’s a bit better in the county too. It was a bit of a struggle to eat it all the time.”

“You don’t have an upset stomach?”

My sister looks at me worriedly. It’s already happened in the past, but I wonder if there’s even a need for that.

My sister was always like that.

Even if my sister didn’t think of me as the opposite sex… I knew that my sister would have been the best sister in the world.

Other than that, it’s a minor issue. At least to me.

“I got an upset stomach. Still, I thought that way.”

“Which?”

“If I had known it would be like this, I would have joined my sister in cooking.”

The recipe made with snowflakes was that bad.

I didn’t know a lot, and I didn’t really know how my sister cooked or what process she went through.

I thought I had learned something from looking at my older sister, but I was still lacking.

“I don’t think my sister would have allowed it.”

“Because handling fire is dangerous.”

“I heard you’re too overprotective. Really.”

“Sejin is her younger brother. It is natural for her to be my older sister.”

Since she was talking while stretching out her chest, I deliberately raised my gaze to my sister’s face.

It was a technique that remained in my muscle memory and was activated reflexively.

I never thought I would still be using the skills I learned in middle school.

As I tried to avoid my sister’s gaze, she put down the well-whipped dough and led me away.

Maybe we should just talk for a moment. I said as I followed my sister.

“Can I leave the dishes like that?”

“Are you okay. Melody casted a spell and left. It is a magic called ‘the blessing of a rich banquet,’ and it is a magic that allows the food to last for a long time without getting cold or spoiling.”

“… Is there such a thing?”

“Yes, there is. It wasn’t there in the game. “Isn’t it fun?”

That was also the difference between the game and reality.

In a game where combat and story are the main elements, such magic would not appear because it would be useless.

It was definitely different now that it had become reality.

People live by eating, drinking, and sleeping.

Wear clothes, build a house, and find food in the land where we will stay.

What surprised me the most when I entered the world of Grim Darker was that magic related to such things could be found at least one by one, regardless of school.

It was also thanks to him that the Heretic Questioner’s family, including his sister, and the Heretic Questioners themselves were able to prepare a grand banquet by putting effort into cooking.

Besides that, many other things were different from the game.

That’s why you shouldn’t be quick to judge based on what you see and experience in the game.

The knowledge gained from the game is still valid, but many things are already different.

That was one of the reasons why I couldn’t set a proper goal yet. I couldn’t decide hastily.

As I was walking with my sister, I remembered the words that were still ringing in my ears.

Target. What I want to do.

It was still all over the place.

“Do you have any concerns?”

The place my older sister sat down first was on the way up to the temple. A road where no one walks as night slowly falls.

I sat right next to my sister and smiled awkwardly.

“I got caught.”

“You’ve had that look on your face ever since I went to visit Lorian. “How could your sister not know?”

“But. Because it’s my sister.”

My older sister was a thoughtful and observant person.

Just by listening to the testimonies of my sister’s friends who often came to visit, I could clearly see that my sister was that kind of person and that she had that kind of nature.

And out of all the dogs, I was definitely the one who received the most attention and care from my older sister.

Of course, now I know that I can’t say that’s simply because it’s nature.

At the time, I just thought my older sister had a strong love for family.

Now…

I sighed and looked up at the sky blankly.

I saw a sky full of stars. Even just that, it was very different from Seoul where we lived.

“What is your purpose, sister?”

“… Huh?”

No, the tone is a bit strange.

My sister, too, opened her eyes wide as if she was embarrassed. It was a rare expression.

“No no. Therefore… Things like life’s purpose and goals.”

My older sister let out an exclamation and then laughed awkwardly.

“That’s a bit of an unfamiliar question too. This is a question that is generally difficult to hear…”

“If it’s difficult to answer, you don’t have to.”

“No, no. Because Sejin is asking. “I’ll answer you.”

But there was no answer right away. My sister groaned and rested her chin in contemplation.

I naturally saw something being pressed, but I didn’t feel distressed when I saw it.

Because the process of agony, pain, and enlightenment during middle school made me grow. I stared at my sister’s face

The answer came a long time later.

“You have a sister.”

The arms are crossed, the arms that were resting on the chin are released and the arms are gently lowered.

My sister’s soft smile turned towards me.

“At first, I tried to get back somehow.”

“… Really?”

It was good news for me. When I looked at my sister, she placed her gathered hands on her knees.

“Because Sejin will be waiting. She tried to get back somehow. Because the time I spend here could be the same on Earth as I am waiting here. Even if… “She wanted to go back, even if it meant becoming a villain.”

The look on my sister’s face as she said that felt somewhat awkward, even if it was only for a moment. The face of a sister I don’t know.

But soon my sister’s face returned to the look I knew.

“However… Because Sejin is here. She doesn’t need to go back. In fact, rather.”

My sister hesitates. When I looked at my sister, she stared at me just as she had hesitated.

The face of my sister who looked at me like that was not the face of the ‘Yoon Se-ah’ I knew.

Rather, so to speak.

It was the face of ‘Lucilla’.

On the other hand, she belonged to a woman who had hidden her love for me all her life.

The face of a woman who pursued a forbidden relationship and longed for it, but struggled to remain as her older sister because she was her older sister.

I felt suffocated.

I didn’t know how to respond to that feeling.

“My sister wants to live happily here with Sejin.”

The woman’s face and her sister’s face mix.

I realized it too late, but my older sister may have actually been a woman from the beginning.

I hesitated for a moment and then smiled, pretending not to know.

“Me too.”

I still didn’t know the answer to give back to Lorian. Under the quiet night, I still wanted to be brother and sister.

I hope my sister’s patience will last a little longer.