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……it's cold. It's July, the hottest month of the year, but I was woken up from my sleep again by the cold. My entire body was shivering from the cold feeling on my stomach. I opened my eyes and looked down.
"Have you woken up?"
Yesterday evening. The phantom that showed with her whole body that she was angry looked at me with her two shining eyes and had her hands on my chest.
Something about her position is erotic.
"……what're you doing?"
There is something I must urgently do."
I took out my phone and checked the time. It's 3 in the morning. Even if you have something to say, there's no reason to say it at this time.
"Tomorrow…… Tell me then. I'm sleepy."
"Unless it is now, I am unable to avoid Master's eyes."
"And what're you going to say while avoiding Rangii?"
The corners of Saehee's mouth rose.
"I said I would 'do' something, not 'say' something, young master."
You mean an action?
"Please do it tomorrow. I'm going to sleep so get off."
"I cannot."
"Oi."
Saehee ignored my words entirely, bent her body to have her face right in front of my nose, and
"I do not know why my Master would become enamored with a piece of trash no better than scum, but I truly wish I could kill you, young master."
She made a chill run down my back.
"……. are you serious?"
"Of course, young master. My hatred for you is equal to your stupidity."
Saehee smiled as if her heart was frozen, and grabbed my neck with one hand.
"Although this would aid Master if I were to end your life now, I cannot as I do not wish to see Master's hurt face a second time. I truly hope you view your continued life as Master's kindness."
"Sae, Saehee?"
"It would be best to remember my words, the leech-like young master who only continues to live because of Master's kindness. How Master must have felt while waiting four-thousand years for the young master, the great happiness she must have felt because of you, how she felt when she followed you to Seoul, so please act according to those thoughts. Think, and think, and please I hope you do not forget to think."
I couldn't breathe. I couldn't move even a finger. With me unable to talk, as if in a nightmare,
"Ah, and please do not feel too badly about my erasing your memories of this night's events."
Along with Saehee's hate for me, I could only see her hand against my head.
"Because this is simply my emotional release." (definitely not 100%)
Were you that upset after I didn't buy you a doll?! Why're you doing this even when you have so much money?!
Seeing dozens, hundreds of hands cover me, the last thing I felt was an inexplicable sense of unfairness as I lost consciousness.
I woke up today from the sunlight coming in through the window. Uu—. I should hang up curtains. I moved around on the bed to avoid the light and curled up my body. At night I already…… Huh? What was that last night…… Ah, yeah. I had a strange nightmare and wasn't able to sleep well. What the heck am I thinking of? The only thing I have to think of is how I can comfortably sleep more.
Click.
I heard the door open.
"Sunghoon! It's morning!"
……no, it's Rangii's voice. I slightly opened one eye and looked towards the door. Rangii had on the same style of hanbok as yesterday, entered the room, and ran towards me with a bang-bang. ……no, maybe pitapat would fit better. Because she was turning round and round in the middle of the room.
Ee—ya. Young people are truly full of life. But mornings are tiring for me because of my age.
"Yeah, it's morning……"
And I went off into dreamland again.
"Huh?"
I let out a sound to show that I was sleeping.
"Snore……"
[Rangii] "Wake up!"
"I'm—sleepy."
"Don't you have to get up early so we can have a date?"
I partially woke up after she talked about a date.
"What do you mean a date?"
But my body was still curled up under the blanket.
"Saehee told today that men and women who are in love go on things called dates."
The moment I heard the word Saehee, I felt an inexplicable chill. Why did that happen? Ah, is it because she said something strange to Rangii so she could tease me?
……well, that isn't important compared to Rangii who's trying to make me get up.
"Yeah, yeah. Kids who're dating go on dates too. So I'm going to go have a date with drowsiness in dreamland."
People who need a lot of sleep have it tough in the morning. Since a sudden mishap like what happened yesterday won't occur, I don't have a reason to get up at this time.
[Narae] "How much longer are you going to sleep! When someone's been preparing breakfast since dawn!"
But I feel like a sudden mishap has just occurred. I quickly got up and begged Narae for mercy.
"I'm up!"
Narae smiled.
"If you're not fully awake, I can help you."
I fully woke up after seeing you in an apron. But if my eyes aren't mistaken?!
"N, naked apron?!"
Bam!
"Wh, who's naked?! I clearly have clothes on!"
Narae blushed and did a spin. Ah, because she's wearing a small tank top and hot pants, I mistook her for being naked. The strength of a human's imagination is scary. Narae's kick hurts.
"Hm? What's a naked apron?"
Nibbling on her finger, Rangii made a question mark with her hair and asked me a question I didn't need to answer while I was underneath and being stepped on by Narae.
"A naked apron is when a woman, or a man, wears only a small dress which is normally used as protection for clothes or as a decoration."
Because Saehee answered for me.
"Have you gotten up, young master?"
I suddenly got a headache after seeing Saehee. Is it because I was too worried because of her last night?
"Rather than gotten up, I got woken up."
"I have almost prepared the meal so please prepare to eat."
There was a tasty smell in the house.
"Soybean stew?" (tn: it tastes good)
"You would make a good match for Baduk." (not sure)
I scratched my head at Saehee's insult-like compliment.
"Shut up."
I washed simply, and when I was about to go out, the door sung open. It was Rangii. This brat, she opened the bathroom door without a care in the world. No, was it my fault for not locking the door?
"What?"
"Saehee told me to wash my face first."
You look pretty happy for someone who just got told to wash herself.
"Yeah. I'm all done so I'm leaving."
"Huh? Weren't you going to wash me?"
What's that nonsense?
"I taught you how to wash yourself."
"Wasn't that how to take a bath? I haven't learned how to wash my face in human form yet."
Seeing Rangii smile so delightedly, I wanted to hit her on the top of her head, but I held it in. No matter the reason, solution, or the process, I can't get punish her for trying to learn how to live in the human world. I let out a small sigh and beckoned Rangii forward with my hand.
"Okay. I'll fall for your trick just for today." (tn: Sunghoon is speaking in Rangii's older style of Korean)
"Huh? You're copying me."
Rangii ran towards me while saying that, and when she was by the sink…… She's short. I set Rangii on top of the bathroom stool. Hm, about the right height. I put a towel around Rangii's neck and had her put her head down.
……Saehee hadn't braided her hair yet so her hair fell forwards.
"……you're hair's really long."
I moved Rangii's hair back and tied it loosely with a towel.
"Hehehe, I'm proud of it."
You could be a bit more proud about other things. Some examples are your cute appearance, or your bright, quick-to-follow personality." ……shoot! What am I thinking? I concentrated on washing Rangii's face.
After finishing washing her, I went out to the living room to find a huge Korean meal set out. I asked Narae something as I thought to myself there was no way she could've made so many side dishes from the groceries I bought yesterday.
"Did you go grocery shopping this morning?"
"Saehee and I went."
Narae went grocery shopping! Then the dream-like situation in which Narae got up early, went grocery shopping, and prepared a meal for me happened? Ah, Mom. I think I saved the world in a previous life. Is it okay to be this happy?
"You have completely forgotten that I went as well."
It's not that I forgot, I was ignoring that on purpose.
"How did you know that?"
"Anyone could tell by the way your jaw dropped while looking at Narae-nim."
"……I'm really sorry for that."
"Don't have weird thoughts while you're looking at me!"
"How do I look like someone who'd have those kinds of thoughts?!"
So that Narae would reevaluate her perception of the human known as Kang Sunghoon……
"Naked apron."
……she silenced me.
I sat in the same seat as yesterday; Saehee sat to my left and Narae sat to my right. And Rangii sat on my knee as if it was natural.
"……hey."
"What's wrong?"
Rangii asked me while pricking up her ears, and while I know it wouldn't have any meaning, I still had to say something.
"Why'd you sit here?"
"I realized yesterday while I was eating that eating with you was the most comfortable so I decided to eat like this."
Narae gave a short laugh.
"What, isn't that okay? Since it's cute."
And a confirmed fact.
"But I see this as a nice father-daughter relationship."
And now she's even digging grave.
"Oi."
"I believe the young master will be a good caretaker for children later."
I don't want to receive those kinds of future-related compliments at 17 years old.
"It must be because he is a helpless lolicon."
"Stop saying that. If strangers heard that then they'd think I was really a lolicon."
"Sunghoon, I want to eat that."
While they were saying that, Rangii had inexplicably taken a bite of rice and, while chewing on that, she pointed at the far away vegetables. Try and read the mood.
After I was done watching over Rangii's meal, I brushed my teeth and lounged around watching TV. There's a weather forecast on the news saying it'll rain at night in the central district of Seoul. Hm. Is it going to get a little cooler? The heat isn't too bad in the house because the breeze hits here well, but getting cooler is a good thing. Ah…… I want to hang up an air conditioner. However. Is it okay to waste my precious summer vacation just watching TV? ……well, this is better than going to a prep school, or getting private lessons, or getting supplemental lessons like my friends.
My parents are extremely strict about studying. Seeing those parents sometimes make me panic, but if you don't have fun when you're young then when will you!
"Coffee or tea?" (tn: written in English. Everyone in Korea learns English. Those poor bastards…)
And while I was bewildered by the sudden English while I was busy not studying, I quickly regained my composure because of the elementary school level vocabulary and answered.
"Please give me coffee."
"Do you like coffee?"
How should I answer Narae's question? I don't like coffee, but would it be okay to say I don't like the type that's purely bitter. I like coffee that has even a hint of sweetness?
"Y, yeah."
"Hm—mm. Okay."
Narae opened her eyes like a cat and with a foreboding smile, she went into the kitchen. Well, did you think I'd ask her what kind of coffee after she said she'd make it? The only coffee I know is the one from the vending machine. That aside, there's really nothing to watch on TV. All the programs on in the morning are obvious and just boring (super-duper not sure). I need to pay more attention to the broadcast schedule. Should I go on the computer? No, going on the computer right after eating is a bit…… In the end, I just spaced out in front of the TV. *Sound of epic spacing out*
"Uraaak!"
A clear, beautiful shriek came from somewhere and as I turned my head, I saw Rangii flying with her body outstretched. Correction. She was flying towards me.
"Uwak?!"
It was too late to catch her so all I could do was stick out my arms, but she landed face down on the sofa with her chin on my leg as if she were aiming for this.
"You scared me! What're you doing?"
"Saehee and Narae are fighting over something weird so I ran away."
"They're fighting?"
I turned my head to look towards the kitchen. Although I couldn't see them, I could just make out their voices.
"You are foolish. Using the coffee beans one day after they are roasted will result in a taste and aroma that……"
"That's wrong. It's best right after the coffee beans are roasted……"
……I'll pretend I didn't hear that. Since I can't understand what they're saying, and I don't want to.
"So what is it?"
"You're too cold sometimes. A woman approaches the man who will become her husband to try to express affection, but you're acting like that."
Isn't it natural for my reaction to you to be set to absolute zero? I changed the subject because she'd just respond with what do you mean by absolute zero? I don't study well.
"Yeah, yeah. What should we play?"
"……I don't like that even more for some reason."
What a sharp brat.
[Rangii] "But it's okay. You don't need to go out of your way to do something for me. Because just being by your body makes me content."
It looks like lending my leg so she could use it as a pillow doesn't count as doing something for her.
"But are you sure got up early this morning?"
"Isn't there the saying, the early tiger gets to the stove first?"
You're wrong. It may seem correct at first glance, but the saying itself is wrong.
"You’re probably thinking this; gentle cats get on top of the furnace first." (tn: means the gentlest ones turn out to be the most dangerous)
"……have the words changed like that?"
Are you trying to say that it was originally like that?
[Rangii] "Anyway, I don't sleep well in the morning."
And she's lying.
"Today's the only day you woke up earlier than me."
"Isn't there no helping that? When I'm right next to you I get sleepy."
"Am I a sleeping pill? Ah, by sleeping pill I mean a medicine that makes you sleepy."
"Uu—. I know that much."
Does she not like being treated like a completely clueless child? Rangii flailed her hands and feet, and she shook her body from side to side. Seeing you like this, you're clearly a child? Rangii used the rebound from her flailing to turn her body to look up at me. I looked straight at Rangii and spoke.
"So why do you get sleepy when you're with me?"
"Um……"
Rangii was deep in thought for a moment then,
"It's probably because when I'm with you, this place gets warm."
Rangii put her hand against the left part of her chest and spoke.
"When my body, my soul, my everything are touching you, smelling you, feeling you, this place gets warm. This place has been getting bigger day by day since the first time I saw you. I don't really know what this is, but this very warm, tender, and a little sad place…… I don't really know. What do people call that place?
She was bearing herself genuine self before me with her pure, serious eyes. My face flushed at Rangii's unexpected surprise attack. Th, this brat. Does she not know what she's saying right now? Y, you little. That's……
While I was having trouble giving her an answer, Rangii's serious look flew off somewhere and was replaced by a joking expression.
"So that's what I'll say."
Rangii lifted up my t-shirt, buried her face against my belly and put her hand around my waist.
"Hey!"
I couldn't see her face, but seeing Rangii's tail shake happily, I could guess what kind of expression she had. Are you smiling, you brat? That also…… must mean you're happy.
"……but this is a surprisingly tasty looking, plump belly."
She's nonchalantly talking about something I'm conscious of.
"Hey, you brat."
"Is it okay if I take a bite?"
"Don't."
"Just one bite……"
"I said don't."
"Just one….."
"One bite or not……"
"Nyam."
"Uhak?!"
I instinctively grabbed Rangii's tail after she bit me in the stomach.
"Kya—eeng?!"
"I said don't bite!"
"T, touching my tail is a foul!"
Are you an alien that transforms after you see the full moon?! (tn: Dragonball reference)
"……hey, what're you doing?"
Crap. I regained my senses after I heard Narae's voice that could've easily ignored absolute zero temperatures. Narae glared at me coldly with two cups of coffee in her hands. Um, I'm scared. Please stop looking at me with those eyes.
"Uh, you see, Rangii said she was bored and she played a prank on me so I was playing with her."
"I was tasting Sunghoon's belly. I bit it once, but it tasted incredibly good. Do you want to try a bite too?"
"……okay. I'll eat later. I'll chew it well."
No, in times like this please refuse. Maybe she didn't get that angry, but Narae sat opposite of Rangii and offered me a cup of coffee.
"Here."
"Ah, thank you."
I thought to myself I should find my usual self while I'm drinking coffee, and was about to sip the coffee when……
"What, is it weird?"
"No, not that, but……"
The teacup was familiar, but this is my first time seeing the contents. The color is different. The color is completely different from the coffee I drink. I remember seeing on TV once that this is called brewed coffee.
"Was there this kind of coffee in the house?"
There isn't. Definitely not. The only coffee in the house is the box of 100 individual packets. Don't say I have cheap taste! If you ignore that it's coffee mix; because otherwise I'll pour hot water with coffee mix down your throat!
"I brought it along with everything else yesterday. I really like coffee."
Did you bring it with that bag? This is the first time I heard you like this kind of coffee.
Narae savored the aroma of the coffee and took a graceful sip.
……seeing her so different from usual made my heart pound. So there are times when I can see Narae like this. Seeing such elegance and class overflowing from Narae, I couldn't help but take up this new challenge and put my mouth to the cup.
Hm.
Bitter! It's bitteeer! Super bitter! Coffee is normally bitter, but this is really bitter! This is black coffee!
"Isn't it good?"
If Rangii or Saehee was the one to ask that, I'd say what the heck's up with your sense of taste?! But Narae, the one I have a secret crush on, is the one who asked. I did my utmost to control my face and spoke.
"There is no way that kind of coffee could be good."
I didn't say that. Narae's face changed to her usual expression and glared behind her. Saehee was holding two teacups and walked towards us. Hm? Why two?
"I hope you will drink the coffee I made, young master."
Ah, is that vending machine coffee? I feel sorry for Narae, but my sense of taste isn't mature enough to be able to drink herbal medicine-like coffee. I put down the cup Narae gave me on the table for now, took the cup Saehee had and……
I hallucinated that Saehee sneered and said you just got caught in my trap! This is brewed cofee toooooo?! The color and smell are even darker! It might even be more bitter! And you want me to drink that?! Even if I have to overcome the coffee Narae gave me through the power of love, yours if totally undrinkableee!!
"Hm? Does it taste good?"
And then, when Rangii had her face against my belly and was making a weird growling noise, she took the cup from my hand before I could tell her not to and,
"Slurp."
She drank the coffee.
……and.
"Unyaak?!"
The coffee cup flew into the air. Rangii with all her hair on edge. Narae with her mouth slightly open in surprise. Saehee swiftly catching the cup.
And also,
"Agh it's hooooooot!!"
In place of Rangii, I drank the coffee with my skin.
What did I do wrong?
Due to the unfortunate accident that happened in the morning, I finished taking a shower and saw Rangii standing in front of the bathroom, unable to do anything except wriggle her fingers.
I didn't get badly hurt because Saehee quickly got me a wet towel, but maybe Rangii felt bad that I almost got burned because she looked extremely depressed compared to usual.
The tail and ears that she's so proud of were drooped down; she looked just like a dog that was about to get punished by its owner. This is unlike Rangii.
[Rangii] "Um…… are you okay?"
Rangii looked me in the eyes and asked me quietly. With her eyes looking up despite her bowed head, seeing her ask a question like this almost made me laugh. The heck, you brat. Why are you so lovely?
I answered bluntly so that I could see her like this a bit more.
"It hurts."
"Unyaa?"
Her expression turned a lot darker.
"I, I didn't know it was so hot and bitter. So, so……"
Wait what? She started by giving childish excuses? If I don't fix this habit of hers right now, then she'll grow up and become an adult that only gives excuses. I stared at Rangii to properly educate her.
"So that's……"
I gave strength to my eyes with a pow!
"U……uweeng."
Ah, I made her cry. ……Was my frown that scary?
I put my hand on top of Rangii's head as tears formed around her eyes.
"Hu—eh?"
"Rangii. You're not supposed to give excuses when you make a mistake like this."
"Th, then what am I supposed to do?"
Saehee, you didn't even teach her this basic thing? My hearing Saehee say there was no need to teach her is probably just a hallucination.
"Apologize."
"Apologize?"
Rangii tilted her head and copied what I said.
"Just say I'm sorry with all your heart and apologize. Because then I'll forgive you."
"Then you'll forgive me?"
Of course not. If an apology was enough to make everyone live happily ever after, then why do we have laws and police? But since she's still a little kid, I can teach her that when she gets older.
"That's all you have to do."
"Okay."
Rangii nodded her head, clenched her fists as if she was resolving to do something, and took a step back. My thought are you going to bow from the waist? was completely wrong. Because she kneeled, put her head to the ground and bowed!
"I was a hindrance to you, Sunghoon-nim, due to my inability. I will accept any punishment you give, so please punish this lowly wife however you please."
My jaw dropped and I couldn't close my mouth. Uh, excuse me? Are you Rangii? Are you a phantom that put on a Rangii mask…… no, she was always a phantom. Hey! What's wrong? What're you doing that's so out of character?
Embarrassed, I saw that Rangii was waiting for me to respond so I ushered Rangii to get back up and spoke.
"Y, you don't need to apologize so seriously so stop. Get up. I'll overlook what happened this time."
"But didn't you say I had to apologize with all my heart?"
"But what you did was going too far. Now I'm feeling sorry?"
Huh?
Rangii's eyes suddenly shined after being so depressed. H, hey. Why're you suddenly acting like this?
"Do you really feel sorry for me?"
"I feel like you're too engrossed with the subject, object, and verb, but I do feel sorry. You got down on your knees for something so trivial." (tn: may not be 100%)
"Then instead of apologizing to me, could you listen to just one of my requests?"
Stop! You brat! Do you even know that you're way too self-centered? Even if it's natural for children to be selfish, isn't this going too far? She grabbed my hands tightly with her two cute little hands, and seeing her expectant gaze, there was no way I could say no. Ah, Mom and Dad. If I had begged like that, would you two have hit me without hesitation? ……what am I asking? Since I'm not as cute as Rangii, probably. Since they discriminate against ugly appearances.
"Okay. But only because I'm not going to listen to a request like this again."
"Like this?"
Rangii created a question mark. Oi, you mean you weren't going to ask me to play with you? Are you innocent, or just stupid?
"No, it's fine. So. What's your request?"
"A date!"
……a date? Wait, I remember you talking about that when I was half asleep. What did she say about a date when she was waking me up?
"Eh?"
"A date. Where a man and a woman in love go out."
You're holding a candle to the sun, you brat. Did you think I repeated the term because I didn't know it?
"No. I mean why a date all of a sudden?"
No, if it's her I should be able to think of it.
I asked Rangii one thing.
"The meaning of the word date. Who told you that?"
"Saehee told me this morning…… Shoot!
Rangii covered her slightly open mouth with her hands; you're already too late. And I said,
"Hmm?"
I said this while smirking, and Rangii stuck her hands up to the sky and got angry.
"Darn it! What do you care! A date's a date! Let's go on a date! Didn't you say you'd listen to my request?!"
"You shouldn't take advantage of people's goodwill like that."
Because then there's no other villain.
"But what does that matter, young master?"
Saehee popped up behind Rangii. But she seems a little far away? It seems like she's about five steps away from us?
"……what're you doing there?"
"I kept some distance to not surprise the cowardly young master."
"I'm so thankful I could cry."
But when Saehee went right behind Rangii in the blink of an eye, that useless consideration for me became worthless. I shouldn't react to every little thing. I should be used to it by now.
"But what do you mean that doesn't matter? Are you telling me to remember for the rest of my life that I went on my first date with Rangii?"
"Is this your first?"
Why're you choosing now to raise the corners of your mouth?
"Pff."
Don't laugh!
"What do you care!"
"True."
"This is my first date too!"
"For me as well."
I don't want to share such a strange sentiment with phantoms.
"But Saehee. You're so ol……"
"That is enough, if you please."
[Rangii] "Ack, Saehee are you angry?"
"I am not."
……that's right, talking about your age is taboo.
"Anyway, I want to go on a first date with Na……"
Even I had enough sense to not mention Narae's name.
"……I mean wouldn't it be best to go on one after I've prepared?"
"You truly worked hard to use that dimwitted brain of yours."
I didn't like the look in Saehee's eyes as she seemed to be able to see through everything.
"Then instead, how do you feel about playing with Master and coming back later?"
"Explain to me the difference between that and a date."
"A date is a date, and playing is playing."
The words may be similar, but I felt a persuasive difference like the birth of the universe. (not sure)
"A date! A daaaate!"
Seeing Rangii dance around me like a native Amazonian, should I just go along with her? No, but for me to go on my first date with Rangii, isn't that a little sad? Saehee spoke to me while I was worrying about that furiously in my head.
"Young master. I truly hope you will think about Master's mood."
Something about Saehee telling me to think…… weighed on my mind. Rangii's mood. ……yeah. How many centuries must Rangii have just watched the world for her to dance savage-like, around me like I'm a sacrifice, praying for a date?
Rangii is dancing around me like I'm a sacrifice as she prays for a date, and she hasn't seen the world in centuries. I'd feel bad if I didn't play with her a bit.
"Okay. Let's go."
"Uwa!!"
Her original dance turned into a victory dance, and her movements got larger. Thank goodness we're the only residents of the house. If we were in an apartment, we'd have received complaints.
"Now that that's settled, where do you want to go?"
"Are you going somewhere?"
At that moment. I saw Narae, the unwanted houseguest whom I have a secret crush on, come into my field of view.
"Na, Narae?"
Seeing Narae walk in from the kitchen where she was cooking or something, with her wearing an apron and smiling while holding a kitchen knife, I inexplicably got goosebumps.
"I came out because I heard something about a D.A.T.E. so what were you talking about without me?"
Could this be my imagination? That the moment when Narae opened her mouth, the kitchen knife looked like it shined.
"F, for whatever reason, you're scary right now."
Did you also have that feeling? Dang, I'm glad. That the feeling I had wasn't wrong.
"We were talking about the date that Master and the young master will be going on."
She kindly explained the situation, but today she was especially nasty. Narae's face froze after she heard Saehee's words, and then she quickly approached me. And with the kitchen knife in her hand.
"U—nyak?!"
Rangii was shocked and hid behind me with her tail straight out. Oi! Miss Great Phantom! Why's a great phantom scared of a kitchen knife? And you brat! Don't grab onto my clothes! How am I supposed to dodge when I need to?!
"No we weren't! We're just playing, not going on a date!"
"Really!"
Narae stabbed me hard on my chest. ……with her finger.
"Did you think I wouldn't know?"
Huh? Then why did you get angry?
"What're you getting so flustered about when all you're going to do is play? When we did played together all the time when we were kids? You even stayed over at my house once!"
I received a culture shock after I saw Narae get embarrassed and blush after she talked about what happened so long ago.
Sh, she's cute! So cute! Super cute! ……is what I would have thought if only that shining kitchen knife wasn't there.
"Ah, um. Sorry."
"Whatever."
Narae went hmph, ignored me, and spoke to Rangii who was trembling behind me.
"Then Rangii. I can go too, right?"
Rangii nodded her head hard and spoke.
"Yeah, yeah. You can!"
"Thank goodness. Because when you're playing, the more the merrier."
But why are you not asking me? Obviously, if Narae was coming with us my answer would be yes and ok, but I feel a little disappointed. Could this be a man's complicated feelings?
"However."
Narae suddenly turned her gaze towards Saehee.
"You're not going to go, right? Don't we need to have at least one person here to watch the house?"
"I am sorry, but I am a phantom. If you so believe that a person must watch over the house, you should stay yourself, Narae-nim."
"Are you playing with my words?"
"If that is what you heard then I am sorry, but I was merely telling the truth. Most importantly, as I must attend to Master and the young master, I cannot stay home."
"Isn't there no reason for you to attend to them when they're playing? Use this opportunity to rest at home. After all, you're so old."
"But it would seem as though Narae-nim, with such massive lumps of fat attached to her, would be the tired one."
Ah, I can see them. The cracks appearing in Saehee's expressionless face, and the veins popping out of Narae's forehead. I took a step back from within the typhoon and got down to whisper to Rangii.
"Why have those two been acting like this?"
"I, I don't know either. Ever since I got up this morning they didn't look like they got along that well."
"Our not getting along is a misunderstanding, Master. While we were grocery shopping, we got to know each other very well and are thus getting along this well."
"Yeah, Rangii. We get along. The problem's that we get along so well we fight."
"He—ek!"
Ah, Rangii. She got scared. What were those two talking about when they were grocery shopping? ……I shouldn't ask. Since I'm not interested in playing marbles with a grenade with its safety-pin pulled out.
"Rangii, want me to read you a book in my room?"
So let's run away.
"Wa—ah. That sounds like fun. Le, let's hurry and go."
I ran away to my room while holding Rangii's hand.