Vol. 1 - Ch. 13

“Eun-young. Stop. We need to bathe quickly.”After taking my eyes off Ja-hyun, I grabbed Eun-young, who was struggling, and dragged her into the shed.

I lit the lamp, neatly folded the clothes I brought with me, and stored them on the shelf.

When I turned around, I saw Eun-young, who had just taken off her clothes and scattered them around, staring intently at one side of the two wooden bathtubs that were open.

“Unnie, can I go in there?”

“No.”

“Why?”

“It is the water that the oppa washed himself in earlier.”

“Well. I always bathe with unnie in the same water.”

“Your unnie is clean, but that oppa is dirty, so no one can do it. It has been a while since he washed himself.”

Just like before, I was afraid that Ja-hyun was listening, so I hastily blurted out words.

“Well, we are just going to throw some water and go. We don’t have the time to get into a tub now.”

“Why?”

“What why? How difficult it is to fill the bathtub with water. Now it is too late. We need to take a shower and get straight to bed now.”

Wait. I will fetch water. As I said that, I was about to turn out.

“Is that a bucket over there?”

Eun-young, who said it, pointed to one side as if she wasn’t sure.

Where?

I turned my head to follow the direction of her finger.

Next to the bathtub, with the lid closed, I noticed this bucket of water, which was empty before.

I blink my eyes.

‘Who could do it?’

No. no. The answer was already there. It had to be Ja-hyun.

Because no one else could come in here.

But what I was really curious about wasn’t the identity of the person but rather the kind of desire that someone who appears so unlikely to act in this way would do.

After thinking, I came to a conclusion.

‘Is it because he was bored? Well, anything can happen.’

Despite being the world's MC, Jeok Mu-rin is more of a villain than a person. I used both hands to lift the bucket's lid as I thought of Ja-hyun, who was better than me, possibly due to his young age, but still showed formidable nature in the early part of the plot.

Indeed, as I saw earlier, the water was full and lapping in the bucket. I scooped up the water with a smaller bucket and poured it into the empty bathtub.

When the water reached a certain level, Eun-young jumped into the bathtub with excitement.

Uh, be careful! I said as I unbuttoned the robe and nagged her to stop.

“Unnie, come in fast!”

“Wait now, I need to hang my clothes.”

It was then.

Thud!

This dull sound, like a giant tree falling, echoed outside the wooden door.

“Ugh? What is that sound?”

My guess was that it wasn’t too far from here.

Startled, I turned to the door and quickly ran out to see what was happening.

Even though I ran out nervously, the outside was quiet.

Then what was that sound? While frowning and looking around, I noticed someone sprawled out under a large tree on the other side of the yard.

‘Who is that?’

Would anyone be here at this hour?

This isn't a place the customers would wander into.

Frequent visitors may be familiar with the location, but today's customers were all foreigners making their first visit.

Curiosity arose, but it was difficult to decide whether it was alright to approach this figure, who seemed like an adult man.

Seeing the person lay down made me want to help, but what if it was an act just to hurt me when I approached?

But I was worried about Eun-young, who was left alone in the wooden house; I had Wang Dae-geon in the guesthouse right now.

‘Right! Ja-hyun is also there!’

The sound was quite loud, so even if it was someone else, they would have heard it, and then Ja-hyun, who is a warrior, should have heard it from inside the room. But I couldn’t find a trace of Ja-hyun anywhere.

‘Did he fall asleep already? Or was it because I was annoyed?’

Even while I was making various guesses, Ja-hyun didn’t show up. In the end, prepared to scream if I had to, I approached the man under the tree.

“Are you alright? Who are…”

I stepped back from the man and shouted out carefully.

No answer came back, but I wasn’t hoping for any.

Even without hearing the voice, I could recognize at a glance who the owner of this angular face hidden in the shade was.

The man's identity was Wang Dae-geon.

As soon as I realized this, I was so shocked that I ran to him without another thought.

“Mister! Mister Wang! Why is this happening? get up!”

I squatted down next to him, grabbed him by the limp shoulder, and shouted.

Judging by how he was breathing, he wasn’t dead; then why is he doing this? Where does it hurt? Was he attacked?

A moment when he was unable to conceal my uneasiness at this development, which didn’t happen in the novel.

‘Ah, the smell.’

As soon as a strong scent passed by the tip of my nose, I frowned.

‘What? Could it be that this man… was this something which happened when he was drinking?’

I couldn’t believe it, but when I thought about it, it seemed plausible.

Who is Wang Dae-geon? Isn’t he someone who enjoys drinking, singing and dancing?

I clicked my tongue in frustration and soon found a glass of alcohol rolling at his feet. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ ɴ0velFɪre.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

‘Ugh, I knew this.’

With that, Wang Dae-geon became a convicted criminal.

The only thing that bothered me was the glass, and the bottle was nowhere around.

I saw this because I know of his drinking capacity, and it made no sense for him to pass out with this not so large glass.

Even today, his condition seemed better than usual. Those questions got resolved soon.

“I guess he was on staff here.”

A familiar voice came through the wind.

When I got up and looked back, I saw Ja-hyun standing behind me, making me wonder when he came there.

I was wondering whether I should show surprise or be calm, but decided to just nod.

“Right. He is Wang Dae-geon; I told you before.”

“He was trying to peek into the wooden shed.”

Ja-hyun’s calm voice left me speechless.

“What?”

“So I suppressed him.”

As Ja-hyun said, there was a familiar alcohol bottle in his hand.

Ja-hyun must have realized that I was looking for it, so he paused for a moment and handed the bottle he was holding.

“Uh, why are you giving this to me?”

“He was hiding in the bushes and drinking.”

“…”

“When I saw you enter the shed, he ran so quickly that he even left behind the alcohol he was drinking.”

Ja-hyun, who looked down on Wang Dae-geon with a look of contempt, spoke again.

“There is the glass, so now handle this on your own. Whether to give it back to him or not.”

“Ah, yes.”

I grabbed the bottle and felt this amount of alcohol within the bottle.

‘It feels like he drank almost all of it?’

As expected, it was in his nature to drink. But he didn’t seem to collapse from drinking the alcohol.

With the sole intention of spying on my naked body, Wang Dae-geon hid near the bushes and waited for the right moment. When he saw me entering the shed, he even abandoned the alcohol and moved behind the tree.

Then I don’t know why, but he was stopped by Ja-hyun, who was passing by.

Ja-hyun returned the bottle, and he probably should have hit Wang Dae-geon on the head with something or knocked him down.

Lastly, the sound of the large body falling.

‘Of course it is all just guesses.’

That would also explain the drinking glass on the floor.

I was lost in thought for a moment and then slowly parted my lips.

‘But Ja-hyun, why are you here? I thought you went back to your room.”

Ja-hyun frowned, like he didn’t like being asked this question.

“Do I need to report every single thing to you?”

“…”

Ah, right. True.

Before I could speak with a frowning look, Ja-hyun passed right by me.

The place he stopped was at the feet of Wang Dae-geon.

While Wang Dae-geon remained quiet, Ja-hyun kneeled down, took the glass, glanced at me, and said.

“I really want to ask you.”

“What?”

“How do you want this man to pay?”

Of course, this man meant Wang Dae-geon. What could I want? There is just one answer.

“Wang Dae-geon… So, this person was hiding in the bushes there and drinking?”

“Yes.”

“Then I came; he came out of the bushes and moved behind the three to spy on me.”

“I said that already.”

I took a glance at Ja-hyun’s face. I was worried that what I might say would offend him.

“I… of course, I know it isn’t true, but I am asking just in case. This isn’t a lie, right?”

As expected, Ja-hyun frowned at my words.

“Are you saying that I am lying?”

“O-of course not. Don’t get me wrong. I was just asking to confirm. I am sorry if that offended you.”

After responding like that, I walked a few steps from where I was standing and stood next to Ja-hyun.

I turned to the side, and I saw that my shoulder height was similar to Ja-hyun.

‘Well, I am all grown up and this guy is still growing, so he is probably bigger than me.’

In this story, he is described as being tall, so it won't be long before he grows over the shoulder line and reaches higher.

I imagined Ja-hyun growing up with this handsome look and turning into the unrivaled handsome man in the future, and I asked Ja-hyun a question.

“This may not be the only time this person did this, right?”

“…”

Ja-hyun didn’t answer that question either.

"If you knock him out, do you know when he will wake up?”

Only then did he look at me.

“How is it? Do you think he will wake up soon?”

“No.”

“Just how many times did you hit him?”

“Ah, that… I guess we need to wait and try.”

Right? That is right.

As soon as Ja-hyun said it, I lifted my skirt slightly with one hand.

Then, with the left foot firmly planted on the ground, I leaned back with the right foot and used the recoil to kick his ass.

Puak!

With all my strength, I kicked Wang Dae-geon in the left buttock.

Actually, I wanted to kick him in the groin, but there is a high chance of him waking up if he got kicked in the vital spot, and I didn’t want to get my slippers dirty by touching that hideous thing.

So I kicked Wang Dae-geon a couple more times to relieve the built up anger.

Puak!

“You fucking old man!”

Puak!

“Pervert! There is nothing else there, so you look for someone who is 10 years younger than you!”

Puak!

“Go out and fucking search! You trash!”

Puak! Puak!

In the end, unable to overcome the strength of my kick, my body stumbled.

“Fucking bastard!”

But I was able to solve the problem by holding Ja-hyun’s shoulder.