I Picked Up the Hero and the Demon King

9 – Sister (2)

The man was taken aback when he said a word without meaning.

He didn’t know what to say.

“What… What?”

“Can you pick us up?”

At that empty word without any wish, the man looked at them as if something came to mind.

Then, he suddenly recited an incomprehensible sound.

“The hero and the demon king?”

“Yes?”

“Ah. No… nothing.”

The man said something out of the blue about a hero and a demon king, and then the man hit his head right away.

Seeing that, the sisters were a little taken aback.

I don’t think he’s a sick looking person.

He doesn’t shout or curse at me for being called, so he’s a bit of a good person.

I thought that, and I apologized thinking that I had called him over for no reason.

“…I’m sorry. I suddenly grabbed you and said something strange. I just said it, so you can go.”

Is it because he is interested in his pitiful self?

I spoke to him with strange expectations, but I felt sorry for causing trouble.

I wanted to leave like that, but the man stood and stared at me for a while, as if he had something to say.

I was a little bit excited that he would answer his words.

“…Wait a minute.”

After saying a short word, the man headed somewhere.

Her older sister watched her for a while, then turned her head again.

That’s right.

What kind of interest would you show if you were acting like a beggar like this?

He always wanted help, but didn’t he sink into deep darkness?

I thought it would be the same this time, but… It was a little different this time.

“Okay. Take this.”

The man I thought had left came back and handed me two plastic bags with the insides full.

I was a little curious about what was inside, but the sisters just looked at it and didn’t take it.

He had never been favored before.

To be precise, it was malice that I thought was good will.

It wasn’t the warm consideration they had prepared for them, but they just looked at the man, saying that he must have an ulterior motive this time too.

“What are you doing? Receive it? It’s just giving, so don’t feel pressured.”

Then the man moved his hand as if handing a plastic bag.

However, what came back was the dry older sister’s answer.

“…Really…?”

“Yes. Also, don’t stay here. Go somewhere warm and rest. It’s not at home… It’ll be better if you go to the ward office or the dong office.”

At the man’s words, the sisters had several thoughts.

Gu office, dong office, city hall, police station… I’ve been to all the places I can go, but there’s no place to accept it.

I made a desperate request to save them, but was refused.

With a last hope, they wanted to ask for help from the hero, the idol of all people, but they were not the ones to protect.

There was no hope anywhere, so where could I go?

“…Meaningless.”

“What?”

When the sister answered helplessly, the man panicked and sighed.

A figure staring at himself and thinking about something.

As I wondered what he was thinking, the man spoke quietly.

“…You asked me to pick it up earlier, didn’t you?”

At that, her older sister smiled faintly.

As expected.

I expected a little bit.

I don’t know if it’s a useless expectation, but somehow it didn’t look like it.

But in the end, my body was the goal.

With resignation, the older sister stared at the man.

After thinking, the man scratched his head annoyedly and then forced himself to say something he didn’t want to say.

“Okay. I’ll pick it up. So don’t stay here and follow me.”

※

I followed the man to a shabby apartment.

It’s not as shabby as the sister’s house, but to the point where I think it’s ‘a bit old’.

As a cold wind blew into the house, the man hurriedly closed the window.

What happens now?

Looks like the guy was the strongest I’ve ever met.

I’m sure you won’t be able to resist if you get caught by that thick arm.

Perhaps he could die from violence.

Her older sister, who had let go of everything, looked blankly at her, and her younger sister, worried about her older sister, squeezed her hand tightly.

“…Ah.”

The man closed the window and thought about something before entering a room that looked like a bathroom.

Then he got water in a small bathtub and came out to the bathroom and he said.

“There’s a bathtub in here? Go in and warm yourself up. I got some warm water, so wash up and come out.”

Did I not want to do it with a dirty body?

Understanding what she meant, the sister replied with a nod of her head.

“Wash… yes. Okay.”

She was an older sister who had given up on everything and was empty, but she still had her self-awareness.

She knows what will happen to her after she herself.

She involuntarily bit her lip at the fact that she had to accept the malice she had resisted and wanted to escape.

Then the man was embarrassed and said his words.

“Ah. No! I didn’t mean what I meant to say in such a raunchy way! Just literally wash your hands and come out! I’ll never lay a hand on you guys after that!”

“…Yes.”

“Take off your clothes. I… I don’t have many clothes, but I’ll give you mine.”

“…Yes.”

“There’s everything like shampoo and cleaning tools inside, so make sure to wash and come out. Ah! Isn’t this because I’m selfish?! It’s real!!”

“…Yes.”

Indifferent reply.

What are you trying to correct?

I know you brought it for that purpose anyway.

… Even so, I can warm my body warmly, so I wonder if there is a little consideration.

Her older sister went into the bathroom and her younger brother followed.

The door closed slowly, like a scene from a horror movie.

Worried about her older sister, who was standing blankly in her cramped bathroom, her younger brother asked softly.

“…Sister. Are you okay?”

“…Yes.”

“… I don’t know what she was thinking… I’ll be sure to protect her sister.”

Her older sister gave a faint smile as she looked at her younger sister who looked determined as she held her hand tightly with both of her hands.

She was a little moved by the fact that her brother, whom she thought she had been protecting, is now protecting her.

I shook my head, knowing that if I acted like that, my younger brother would surely suffer.

“It’s okay. Seo Eun-ah. You don’t step out.”

“…What? Why?”

“No matter what happens, I will suffer. You… Stay still.”

“Eh…!”

It was the younger sister who tried to accuse her older sister of blaming her, but seeing her pitiful expression forced her to bite her lip.

I blame myself for not being able to do anything helplessly this time.

She trembled with deep resentment at not being able to stop her sister from enduring everything she had once again.

While watching her, her older sister patted her younger brother.

“…It’s okay. So don’t worry too much.”

“…Sister.”

“Let’s wash. It looks warm.”

Her older sister gave her a slightly lively smile, and her younger brother silently nodded her head.

As she took off her clothes, various scars were revealed.

She has suffered from the violence and has indelible scars.

Of course, it’s a later story to be erased after becoming a hero.

Now that doesn’t apply.

Seeing her wound, her brother had tens of thousands of thoughts, and blood rushed to her eyes as if she were about to shed bloody tears, but when her sister looked back, she hurriedly undid it and tried to smile.

Splash─

Her older sister followed and her younger brother followed.

Even when she was in nursery school, she had never been in a bathtub like this, so it was the first day her sisters hugged and washed.

“…It’s warm.”

“…Yes.”

With a light smile, her older sister stroked her younger brother’s hair.

Her older sister, who has white silver hair, and the other jet-dark younger brother’s black hair.

Since they were sisters, it could be seen that the two got along well.

As I was washing, the door opened slightly and clothes were placed on top of the sink to keep them from getting wet outside.

“That’s… clothes?”

“What kind of clothes are these? Maybe…”

Her sister was worried that it might not be a slutty outfit that would enhance her charm, but she let go when she found out that it wasn’t.

It was a regular long-sleeved shirt, but her sister didn’t know why she gave it to her.

Once given, the particles concluded and continued washing.

After that, when I washed up and came out, the man was sitting on the sofa, and my sister thanked me for the soft warm clothes and water.

“…Thank you. It was warm…”

“No. What. With this much.”

Lee Seo-jin smiled at the much better figure, but it seemed like a lustful smile to her sister.

Thinking that she had to come, the older sister thought about it, and then she cautiously approached and asked her for a favor.

I sincerely hope you will listen.

“Hey… Mister.”

“Huh?”

“Anything is fine, so please don’t touch my sister… I’ll do everything…”

Then her younger brother approached her older sister, startled.

She hugged me and told me not to do that, she said she’d rather do it herself, and she looked up with a worried look.

She looked at the man with a murderous intent to kill him by any means if he touched her.

What answer would you like me to hear? As her tension flowed, her sister looked at the man.

And the answer I heard was… It was an unexpected answer.

“…I don’t know what you’re thinking, but I don’t have any of that, so don’t say that.”

“…Yes? What… are you talking about?”

When I asked with a face that didn’t really understand, the man shook his head and answered.

“I don’t know what you were imagining, but I have no intention of touching you. Neither does my sister.”

“Then why us…”

“You asked me to pick it up? That’s what you said. In the first place, it’s snowing outside while shivering, but if it’s all getting hit, who would pass by? I’m not bringing you with sinister thoughts, I’m sure everyone will try to help.”

I’m not bringing you here with evil thoughts. How could that be?

The person I’ve met so far has always looked at me with lust.

I have witnessed such a situation countless times, so how can I think of such a thing?

“…A lot… there were. Sneaky people.”

“…Well…”

When the memory of the past came to mind and I answered quietly, the man opened his mouth as if he was talking for nothing.

He immediately made an X sign with his hand, expressing a strong disapproval.

“Anyway! I don’t intend to do anything strange to you guys, so feel free to rest. Well, it’s a small house…”

“…Really?”

“Of course. Never! Never touch me. I promise!”

She showed promise by holding out her little finger, but her sister did not respond.

Since I was born, I’ve been in the dark, and as I’ve lived, I’ve fallen deeper and deeper into the abyss.

Careful or considerate… He was ignorant of such warm feelings and learned only hostility and suspicion.

With no response, the man withdrew his embarrassed hand and tried to speak on another subject.

“Okay. Then…”

Growl—

However, there was only silence again at the sound of the sisters’ stomachs.

“…”

“…”

With her eyes wide open, the sister blushed in embarrassment, and the man pursed her lips before hurriedly pulling his phone out of her pocket.

Then he looked for something on the screen and spoke to his sister with an awkward smile.

“Bae. Are you hungry? Well, it’s almost time for dinner. Okay. I’m going to shoot you. Do you guys want anything to eat? I’ll get you some!”

“…”

“…”

“Don’t do that. Come on! Choose what you want to eat here!”

Still unanswered silence.

Then the man gave his cell phone to his sister and pretended to receive it.

What should I do after receiving it?

If you don’t receive it, will you suddenly wield violence?

Worrying about this and that, my sister carefully received it and checked the screen.

Then there was a delivery application screen on the screen.

Her older sister said that she was educated in school, so she knows how to use a mobile phone, but she is worried.

Can I choose what I really want to eat?

Maybe they won’t ask you for a price.

Are you really going to wield violence all of a sudden… Etc. Troubles.

But she decided that if she was going to be beaten anyway, she would eat and be beaten, so the older sister picked out her food.

However, she was not very determined.

“Hey… this…”

The man stared at the screen and sighed.

“…After…”

Dozens of worries surged in her sister’s mind, disturbed by her appearance.

As expected, it was pointless. She just had to say no.

Maybe I was angry. Maybe that’s why I hit myself with that fist.

If something happens to her, she will somehow protect her younger sister.

“Ahhh… I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Yeh. I was too presumptuous…”

Then the man looked at her trembling sister and shook her head with a hurriedly gentle expression.

The sisters vaguely realized that it was worry, not anger, but they were not sure because what they had been through was covering their eyes.

“Huh? Ah… sorry. That’s not it. It’s just… no. Is this enough?”

“…Yes.”

The man nodded his head, tapped the screen a few times, and turned off the phone.

I looked at her sister again and invited her to sit on the couch.

“I’ll be back soon. Wait a minute.”

“…Yes.”

“Sit here on the sofa and rest. It’s a bit cramped.”

“…Yes. Thank you.”

Even if he spoke softly and his expression was gentle, he would have been angry on the inside.

With that thought in mind, the older sister sat down on the sofa with her hesitant gait.

Her younger brother, who was watching her situation, also hesitated, then sat down next to her older sister, hugged her in her arms, and glared at the man.

My younger brother is glaring at me as if to kill me.

A frightened older sister preparing her heart.

A man who worries about his sister.

So the three of them sat on a sofa with their distance apart, and stayed still without saying a word.

Until the delivery food arrives and the man moves.

After that, the food was placed on the table step by step and set.

Hunger intensified as the smell of sweet food spread along with the appetizing appearance.

“Smells good. Let’s eat.”

The prepared man beckoned his sisters to come down, and at first the sisters intended to stay seated.

However, the empty stomach turned off his will, and as he continued to receive consideration without taking any action, his faith gradually began to grow.

In the end, the sisters came down and sat down on the sofa as if they were being led.

But even so, he didn’t touch the food and just looked at it.

Even though I want to eat or I am hungry, I look at the strange man in front of me.

Then the man smiled and held out his hand.

“You can eat it, so there’s nothing to worry about. I bought it for you guys, so eat it to your heart’s content.”

Really?

Really?

The sisters’ questions soared to the throat.

But I couldn’t tell.

Why do they serve such delicious-looking food?

Would you let me wash in warm water and give you soft clothes?

For what reason did you bring it?

It was full of incomprehensible things from one to ten.

It didn’t look like he was trying to lay his hands on his body or hit him to vent his anger.

There was no ugliness such as malice, enmity, or desire, only bright beauty was visible.

It was only then that the sisters knew.

I’m not someone who ‘looks good’ like the head of a daycare center.

It’s not just being nice on the outside, it’s that there’s sincerity in what you say.

It was not an illusion.

Since the sisters who are falling deeper and deeper into the darkness are not so foolish that they cannot distinguish between lies and truth.

Unlike the first time I received help, I have matured and changed a lot.

Really.

This man in front of my eyes is serious.

That he was brought here to save them.

That you are dispensing without any ulterior motives.

A warmth that has never been felt before.

The sisters were able to feel the care they felt for the first time at the same time.

“…Black.”

“Huh…”

I was born in the dark from birth.

As I grew up, I was pushed deeper and deeper into darkness.

The sisters faced a ray of warm light for the first time.