I Picked Up the Hero and the Demon King

19 – A New Beginning (5)

One week until Christmas.

In the meantime, the relationship between the sisters and Lee Seo-jin has gradually grown closer.

Of course, it wasn’t that we were affectionate or special, but it was a relationship development because he was the person who saved us from our hellish life and we will continue to be together in the future.

Little by little, the sisters moved forward.

Reduces fear of the world and heals wounds.

They took one step at a time so that they would no longer be entangled in the darkness like they were in the past.

But even in the midst of this, there was one biggest obstacle.

That was the promise between Seojin Lee and Sujeong Han on Christmas Day.

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The department store was crowded with people.

Families, couples, friends… Among them, the highest percentage was also a lover.

If you take a quick look around you, there are many people crossing their arms and talking to each other friendly face to face.

Is that why?

Now we are walking arm in arm. For some reason, I had the illusion that Sujeong Han and I were like lovers.

“Is there a shop in a department store like this? It’s unusual.”

“Yes. You’ve never been to a department store before?”

“Yeah…you know how I was until a month or two ago.”

“Hmmm. Well. Since the senior lived like a disabled person who was cut off from society… I understand. If so, to put it briefly—”

After clearing her throat for a while, she started explaining about the department store.

He said that department stores are often geared towards superhumans.

It was equipped with weapons and armor for superhumans.

There were also elixirs and accessories that amplified physical abilities or mana.

There is even a dedicated facility for superhumans, and the place I go to belongs to that category.

Of course, there are many places where the general public can use it freely.

However, it was changed according to the fact that special people called superhumans now dominate.

It was a bit strange because I had rarely come to a place like this in my previous life.

“Hmm… So you’re saying that department stores are all sorts of odds and ends?”

“…It’s okay to use a metaphor. Anyway, since I’ve explained it, let’s take a look around in earnest!”

“Hmm…? Where?”

As Lee Seo-jin looked at Han Su-jeong, puzzled, a bright smile appeared on her lips.

He even added aegyo by slightly leaning his body forward and looking sideways.

“Of course, I’m visiting the department store. I knew this and came a little earlier. Mt. Geumgang is also after dinner… Let’s eat something!”

“Huh? Wait!?”

It was Lee Seo-jin who was led by the hand of Han Su-jeong, who was taking her strong steps.

On the other hand, there are also sisters who are hidden somewhere.

I was able to see Han Soo-jung and Lee Seo-jin even in a large crowd because I didn’t reject or be afraid of others except for one time when I was desperate.

Two people in a good mood.

A lot of emotions and thoughts were reflected in the eyes of the sisters who were watching quietly.

After seeing the two of them go downstairs to the food court, Yoo Seo-eun said quietly.

“…That b*tch… No. Is that woman sujeong han?”

“I think so.”

“…Chit.”

“…Hmm.”

Is it jealousy or envy?

Looking disapprovingly at her Han Soo-jung, her sister clicked her tongue.

I hurriedly followed and went down to keep the distance.

A search battle unfolded between two such cute little watchers and two people who did not know the future of love.

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Going down to the basement, there are many restaurants, some of which are divided into blocks.

The savory smell of bread and the sound of a chopping board.

The sound of sizzling oil and the variously displayed menu boards.

Above all, it was nice to see the crowds of people.

“Hmm… What should I eat~ Senpai. Is there anything delicious?”

“Huh? Are you hungry? Did you miss lunch?”

“…Senior. You don’t have to be hungry for something like this.”

“Hmm…”

Seeing Han Soo-jung glaring at her with a pout, Lee Seo-jin turned her head in embarrassment.

I hurriedly looked around her and tried to find food that suited Han Su-jeong’s taste as much as possible.

I don’t know, but she was working her head as hard as she could.

“Then… ah! How about that one?”

“…Chicken salad?”

The place Seojin Lee pointed to was selling light foreign cuisine.

Food that is light and does not fill the stomach.

Han Soo-jung, who was looking at the direction she was pointing at, smiled meaningfully.

“hehehehe~ What is it? Senior. You have a sense for things like this? Are you born with a sense?”

“Are you okay…?”

“Hmm~ If you give it a score, it’s about 80 points? Since he’s a blunt senior, I gave him a generous score.”

“Whew. That’s good.”

Lee Seo-jin stroked her heart and relieved herself.

Han Su-jeong liked each and every one of these features, so she smiled happily and grabbed her arm again and led her.

“Let’s go~ let’s go~”

“Hey, hey. Okay, let me arm you…”

“I can’t hear you~ Let’s see. The seat is… that’s it.”

The two arrived at the seating area and sat facing each other.

Han Soo-jung took off her hot coat and put it next to her, then rolled up her sleeves.

After that, the two simply ordered food and chatted with each other for a while.

It wasn’t much of a conversation.

Usually at places like this, the food comes out quickly.

In no time, simple and light dishes were served and set on the table.

“Senior. I’ll eat well~”

“Yes.”

Sujeong Han smiled and picked up a red drink placed near her.

“By the way, have you been to a place like this often?”

“Yes?”

“No. I just feel familiar. It’s me, I haven’t been here often…”

Upon receiving her question, Sujeong Han paused for a moment, and then she quietly nodded her head.

“Whoops. Well, how about it? Guess it~”

“…Let’s just eat.”

Seeing her smirk, Lee Seo-jin thought it was pointless to ask any more, so she raised a fork.

Just like that, the two of them were eating a simple meal.

Since there was a sister watching the situation blankly from a distance, complicated emotions were swirling in her heart.

Seeing Han Soo-jung talking to her with a bright smile on her face, Yoo Seo-eun, who was looking at her dead eyes, pointed her finger at her.

“Sister. Fox.”

“Huh?”

“A poisonous fox. You must catch and kill it. Mister… You are dangerous.”

“Seo. Seo Eun-ah? Wait!”

When she saw Yoo Seo-eun moving her body as if she was about to approach her, she hurriedly stopped Yoo Soo-ah and stopped her.

As she gently shook her body to come to her senses, Seo-eun Yoo saw a light in her eyes like someone who had just woken up.

“Hot? Uh. Sister. What did I just say…?”

Yu Seo-eun, who came to her senses, couldn’t understand what she was saying.

Was he able to make such a dangerous statement?

I shook my head, thinking that Lee Seo-jin would hate it if he knew.

After making a deep commitment not to lose her temper, I was about to say thank you to her older sister.

In fact, Seo-eun Yoo was not the only one in a strange state.

“Seo Eun-ah. I can’t use words like that.”

“Yeah. That’s right. I’m sorry. Sister, I—”

Although she was trying to say that she did the wrong thing.

When she saw her sister, she knew right away that she was more than herself.

“That’s a demon. So, can’t we just kill it now?”

“… Huh? A demon…?”

“Yeah. Slowly… Very slowly… Look for an opportunity… And kill when you see an opening…”

Yoo Seo-eun, who became secretive and cautious, looked at Han Soo-jung with empty eyes, like a snake crawling in a bush.

But her eyes were a bit different, as if she was trying to rule out obstacles rather than targeting prey.

Her eyes, which seemed a little dangerous because they were shady, looked a little serious even to her sister.

“Sister! Wake up!! Wake up! We tried not to!”

“…Huh?!”

This time, Yoo Seo-eun acted and made me come to my senses.

Yu Soo-ah, who came to her senses, immediately remembered her actions and regretted them.

“Haa… I shouldn’t be like this… I’m sure he’ll hate it if he sees it, right?”

“Yeah… I think the man likes a junior named Sujeong Han now…”

“Haa… We should be like that too…?”

“…Let’s try. Sister.”

She was a sister who sighed with a meaningful voice.

After she vowed to become a woman that Lee Seo-jin would like, she tried to watch the situation again, but she couldn’t.

“…Guys?”

It was because Lee Seo-jin, whom she thought she was eating from afar, appeared in front of her eyes.

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At first, it was just an unfamiliar sensation.

The eyes of someone staring at me, which I often felt during the war.

Have you been able to feel some of your strength and senses from before by training your body?

Or do you feel it because it’s so bad to watch?

She couldn’t easily sit on either side and she stopped eating for a while.

“Ha ha. I did. But… Huh? What’s wrong with you, senpai?”

“Wait a minute.”

She looked at Lee Seo-jin, who suddenly stood up, and looked at him with her puzzled eyes, but she said that there must be a reason.

Lee Seo-jin headed somewhere slowly and she approached cautiously.

When she passed through the crowd to see where she could feel her gaze, she…

None other than the sisters crouched down with a serious expression on their faces.

“…Guys?”

She

She’s dumbfounded.

“Seo. Mr. Seojin?!”

“Mister? Why. Why are you here!?”

“…Isn’t that what I’m talking about? How did you guys know about this place?!”

“…Eh… well… the old man said he had an appointment…”

“…I was curious about what you were doing, so I came after you…”

When I questioned her slightly raising her voice, her sister turned a troubled look and avoided my gaze.

It’s strange to come this far, but where’s the money?

… Ah. That’s right. I gave it

I once gave each of them pocket money and a watch for personal contact, saying that they could freely go wherever they wanted to go.

I never thought I would use it for something like this.

I wondered if it was given to me for no reason.

“…hahahaha… didn’t you think I would be very worried if you guys went wrong?

After nagging, the two of them, whose faces turned somber, apologized to me.

“…Sorry. I did it because I wanted to be with Mr. Seojin…”

“…I was a little curious about the old man meeting his junior…”

“…Whoa. Okay. Get up first.”

If I had known that he would follow me, I would have asked Han Soo-jung for his understanding.

… No If so, would you be hated by Han Soo-jung?

It’s a dilemma.

It must have been a difficult situation no matter what.

I couldn’t keep her here forever, so I raised her sister up.

As I moved, Sujeong Han followed me and asked a question in embarrassment when I came back to the place where I was eating.

“Seo. Senior. Who are these guys?”

“…My roommate.”

“Even. Living together…?! Ah… Are those sisters? But what are they doing here?

“I followed you.”

“Follow me?!”

Han Su-jeong was taken aback as if she didn’t understand the meaning, so she explained slowly.

After that, his face was a bit unconvincing, but he shook his head as if he couldn’t help it, probably because it had already happened.

“…Whew. I thought it was a good day, but it sucks.”

Turning her head slightly, Han Su-jeong lamented inaudibly.

Thinking of taking her next chance, she looked at her sister and greeted her.

“Hello? Ah… I’m new to you. My name is—”

“Isn’t that Han Su-jeong?”

“Is it Han Su-jeong?”

“…Huh? Do you know my name?”

Han Soo-jung was quite taken aback when her name came out of the mouth of her sister, whom she had never seen before.

When she sent her eyes to Lee Seo-jin, asking her reason, she smiled awkwardly and briefly explained.

“No. Please tell me about that in advance! I didn’t expect you to tell my story.”

“I’m sorry… I thought you weren’t interested because I didn’t ask.”

“That’s because it’s a senior’s job… It’s okay. What?”

I must have eaten all the food. She must be running out of time.

Han Soo-jung stood up while putting on her clothes again.

“It’s time anyway, so don’t talk here, go upstairs and talk.”

“I’m sorry… I never expected this to happen.”

“Well… It’s not your fault, so don’t be too sorry. Of course! I’ll take care of this debt later, so remember?”

Sujeong Han poked Lee Seojin’s forehead with her finger while laughing like she was a prankster.

Then I felt a cold gaze from somewhere.

Is the villain hiding and targeting the hero himself? It was a strong gaze that made me question.

She

Tried to look around her, but she immediately disappeared, leaving her feeling a bit strange.

“What’s wrong?”

“No… I have a strange feeling all of a sudden.”

“Are you feeling unwell?”

“It’s not like that… Let’s go. It’s okay.”

But again, she felt a slight chill run down her spine, but she passed it off saying it was because of her mood, but she knew right away.

The one who looks at it is none other than the sister.

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The shop on the upper floor was decorated quite luxuriously from the entrance.

But there was one thing that was a little strange, and there was no one inside.

“…Closed today? Why is there no one there?”

“That’s because I rented it for the whole day.”

“… Huh???”

Lee Seo-jin stared at Han Su-jeong in a daze, unable to understand for a moment.

Now… Did you rent this entire shop?

Is that a shop inside a department store?

No. Was that even possible?!

“What are you looking at? This department store is mine… No. It’s our company’s. So it’s quite possible.”

“What? This department store… Was Han Soo-jung’s company?!”

“Yes. I don’t know if you know it as H&A… The president there is my father.”

Such crazy. I heard something completely unexpected.

Especially about being an H&A company.

A company that is currently ranked in the TOP 5 among hero companies and is so great that it can be considered as the TOP 1.

I know that if it is related to all kinds of heroes, it is not missing.

And if it’s the president over there… He was also a person I knew.

“…You’ve been amazing.”

“heheheung! What. It’s okay to praise if you know?”

“Yes. That’s great! Sujeong Han!”

“Hmm!”

As Lee Seo-jin applauded as if he was amazing, Han Su-jeong smiled triumphantly.

Of course, the sisters’ eyes weren’t good enough.

As soon as Han Soo-jung received the watchful gaze, unlike before, she couldn’t maintain the atmosphere and quickly faded away.

“Hmmm… Go in, senior.”

“Yes.”

As I opened the door and entered the store, a man full of sophistication who seemed to be the owner approached.

“Hello~”

“Today’s reservation… Oh! You’re the one who made the reservation?”

“Yes. Can you recognize it at a glance?”

“hahahaha. Shouldn’t I be able to recognize the building owner’s daughter?”

The owner with an awkward smile looked at the party and asked Han Soo-jung.

“By the way, who wants the full course today…?”

“Ah. This way.”

As soon as he pointed to Lee Seo-jin, the owner immediately began to look.

Of course, Seojin Lee couldn’t hide his awkwardness because the word “Full course” Was unfamiliar to him.

“What is a full course…?”

“You can think of it as an overall makeover. It also provides clothes so you can know your style, so don’t worry too much.”

“S.Style?”

Lee Seo-jin was taken aback by the word that didn’t suit her at all, but it was already too late to lose her body.

“Okay! I got a feeling~ Here~ Can you prepare for the guest~?”

As the owner clapped, the staff hurriedly started moving.

Behind the screened door, there was a place to decorate, and beauty tools and various strange objects were moving inside.

When the preparations were finished, the owner guided Lee Seo-jin.

“Come this way~ Hmm. The original version is excellent, so that’s for sure!”

“Ah. No. I think that’s…”

“Don’t worry~ Let’s go to sleep. Come here!”

Lee Seo-jin turned around and looked at the three people.

However, the three of them smiled and waved as if telling them to do well, and in the end, they had no choice but to go inside while being seen off.

That’s how Seojin Lee left.

An awkward silence passed between the three of them.

“…Hmm…”

Coughing, Han Soo-jung looked at her sister.

‘… It’s pretty, it’s pretty… ‘

She

Her Ever since we met, I don’t know why she’s been giving me a wary look, but she decided to put it aside and think about other things.

Because there was one thing that kept bothering me.

Just looks.

She thought she was pretty herself, but her sister seemed even prettier because she was younger.

She was also worried that if she grew up later, she might have bigger breasts than herself.

She was even speculating that Lee Seo-jin might have fallen in love with her beauty.

Somehow, a strange rivalry developed and she began to be wary of her sister.

While thinking about this, Yoo Soo-ah also looked at Han Su-jeong and thought about this and that.

‘You have to be at that level to be able to like Mr…. ‘

Extremely large breasts. Moderately tall. Above all, she looks prettier than herself.

I didn’t expect that even if I grew up later, my breasts would get bigger with that appearance.

Especially, through the conversation earlier, something like an insurmountable wall of wealth has settled in my heart.

She was looking at Han Su-jeong with a mixture of jealousy and longing as she made a promise that she would have to work hard to get Lee Seo-jin’s liking.

Of course, I looked at Han Soo-jung while thinking of Yoo Seo-eun.

‘Huh. It’s pretty. Still uglier than me chest… is nasty what.’

At that level, she was full of confidence that if she grew up later, she would be able to catch up soon.

Her older sister is the prettiest, she is next to herself, and her bottom is Han Soo-jung.

She

She seems to be rich, but if she was more talented and pretty, she would definitely like Seo-Jin Lee.

She stared at Han Soo-jung, burning with the determination to become prettier than that person unconditionally and to make her breasts bigger.

I didn’t even feel the time passing like that, and a subtle war of nerves was taking place between the three of them.

“Phew~ It’s over!”

How much time has passed.

The seemingly endless silent competition could end when the owner came out from the inside.

“Are you finished?”

“Ugh~ My hair was fine, but my beard was a problem. But I shaved it off and completely transformed!”

“Where are you now?”

“He’s getting dressed in the fitting room inside. Would you like to go in and check it out?”

The three of them were curious about the word that they had changed and nodded at the same time.

I went straight inside and stood in front of the door that looked like a fitting room.

But they couldn’t open the door, so the three of them were nervous as if they were having a job interview.

“Oops. What are you so nervous about~ Customer over there? Are you done?”

“Ah. Yes. It’s fine.”

As I was contemplating whether to open it or not, the owner quickly noticed and approached and knocked and asked.

When the answer came from inside, the owner smiled at the three of them.

“Now, let’s see the change!”

When the door opened like that, what appeared was…

It was Lee Seo-jin, wearing a suit and arranging her clothes.

“Hmm? Why is the door…? Huh. Han Su-jeong and… Su-ah and Seo-eun?”

Lee Seo-jin was a little taken aback when the door suddenly opened, but when he saw three people right away, he smiled and asked cautiously.

“Hmm… How is it? Are you okay?”

I was smiling in case something went wrong, but in my heart I was worried.

It was because the three of them were staring at Lee Seo-jin in a daze, as if they had gone out of their minds.

I wondered if it didn’t suit me, but it wasn’t at all.

I was moved to the point that I couldn’t like the completely changed look.

Because he was so cool that I can’t even remember his previous appearance.

Since the silence continued, the first person to speak was none other than Yoo Seo-eun.

“…I won’t call you Mister anymore.”

“Hmm…? Why?”

Lee Seo-jin was flustered and asked back, and Yoo Seo-eun immediately answered with a bright smile.

“I want to call you brother!!!”

“Agree!”

“Hmm… Me too!”

Those words were enough to resonate with the other two, making her nod.