Episode 494 Strange Summit (1)


    Since when?


    The youngest in our family, Ho-yeol, has be an adult.


    As I walk faster, I look back on my memories.


    A precious daughter, the youngest son of a rich family. For Ho-yeol, who grew up in a well-to-do environment and with lots of love from the adults in his family, there was nothing to worry about.


    Until I entered middle school.


    To be exact…


    I think I was around the second year of middle school.


    The reason Hoyeol came home so quickly was.


    At first, I wondered if the new game Arcana Continent Electric was that fun. Even if that wasn’t the case, I wondered if he was just pretending to work hard to impress his father.


    Even thinking about it now makes meugh.


    “…I really couldn’t stop you, but my dad.”


    It was like an ordinary family.


    Momined that it wasn’t just a game, but that she had to bring a money-eating machine to make Ho-yeol y a game, right? The sight of my father struggling with the stubborn Mrs. Choi was still vivid.


    -“huh? “You said you bought it instead of going around the field?”


    -“What about the golf clubs you bought recently?”


    -“that? Of course I have to sell it!”


    What on earth is Arcana Continent Electric?


    I wondered if it made me give up my love of golf.


    Dad added that.


    -“You like the hobby that rich people enjoy together, right?”


    But my father’s dream never came true.


    Because the business that was about to expand started to shakepletely. It goes without saying, but my father, who was busy running around putting out lights, didn’t have time to y Arcana Continent.


    ‘As a result, Ho-yeol had it all to himself.’


    But that was only for a moment.


    After a few months, the family situationpletely deteriorated and red scabs appeared all over the house. It was only for a few months that Hoyeol yed Arcana Continent.


    It was probably from then on.


    One grade lower.


    The reason I started paying attention to Ho-yeol, who went to the same middle school as me.


    Why did you pretend not to know all this time?


    “We were busy treating each other as enemies, but pretending to know each other is nonsense.”


    And then I learned about it one by one.


    The reason why Hoyeol came home so quickly.


    In the process, I unintentionally caused misunderstandings among those around me…


    -“Wow. “Was that older sister Lee Ho-yeol’s older sister?”


    -“If only I had known that… ‘back then’…!”


    -“Hey, shut up. “Just pretend not to notice, you idiot!”


    Still, I didn’t feel refreshed.


    Maybe even now, more than ten years have passed since I felt ufortable at that time.


    It was to the point where I thought it might be something left in my heart.


    Lee Ye-rim muttered bitterly.


    “Well, you didn’t tell us until the end, right?”


    Lee Ho-yeol.


    It’s clear that you have be an adult since then.


    Since then, even though it was hard, I never showed it once.


    So I pretended not to know.


    To your heavenly sister who helped you knowingly and unknowingly in the future.


    I imagined myself ttering myself to thank him properly.


    however.


    “…Like a fool, I’ve been pretending not to know until now.”


    I finally realized it.


    I guess that day will nevere.


    We were born in the same womb.


    How can we be so different?


    Lee Ye-rim muttered.


    “If you’re having a hard time, you should spread the word, like me…”


    Zek.


    Yerim Lee looked at the broken smartphone screen on the asphalt floor.


    There were still a few months left to pay the installment…


    but I was d it turned on.


    Articles are visible under the screen with dark lines.


    -[Breaking News] The rumor of Lee Ho-yeol’s death was true!


    -[Breaking News] Miracle of resurrection? The power of the World Tree? Still in limbo.


    -[Breaking News] AAU official says, “Resurrection and death may not happen once.”


    “….”


    Looking at it again, it seems as if the strength of his grip is loosening on its own. However, Ye-rim Lee bit his teeth tightly. Maybe I was able to endure it because I had guessed it.


    “Because it makes no sense that something like this never happened.”


    Even if you don’t know things like arcana and continental biographies.


    yers are well aware of the risks they are exposed to.


    They also know that strength does not guarantee their lives.


    I said it was Dmitri.


    Also famous American yers.


    Because he passed away not long ago when no one expected it.


    Lee Ye-rimughed bitterly.


    “I knew you weren’t showing it.”


    So, like in the past, he pretended not to know and turned away.


    Ho-yeol, if you don’t want us to know.


    Because I wanted to pretend like I didn’t know.


    “But…”


    No more.


    If you just sit there and watch.


    It seemed like this side would copse first.


    ‘…Mom, Dad, and sisters would have found out.’


    What has Hoyeol been through so far?


    Not through the mouth of Ho-yeol, the person involved, but through the mouth of someone else.


    Different from what I had guessed.


    The shock may be indescribable.


    So Ye-rim Lee hurried his steps.


    Maybe you’re shocked.


    Toward my parents’ store, which may have closed early.


    It was as expected.


    Lee Ye-rim sighed.


    “Really….”


    ──────


    Dumplings for Harmony


    ──────


    The lights on the sign were not turned on. The blinds were down so I couldn’t even see the inside. Suddenly, worry arose. If it were normal, I would have contacted either mom or dad first…


    Boom boom.


    “mom and dad!”


    I hurriedly walked over and knocked on the closed door.


    Then I felt a buzz from inside.


    But something was strange.


    Beyond the blinds.


    If you look at the shadow that appears at first nce.


    It definitely looks like he got up from sitting on a chair…


    ‘…what is it?’


    There was no sound of the chair being pulled out.


    No, beyond that.


    I felt a sense of déjà vu from the size and shape of the shadow.


    It feels like I’ve seen it before somewhere…?


    “Are you here, sister?”


    …It’s hot!


    When the door opened, the face of my one and only younger brother, whom I had been thinking about all along, was in front of me. And at that moment, Lee Ye-rim was surprised by the change in her emotions.


    I thought I would be infinitely more lonely. It would be impossible for Ho-yeol to confide his concerns to anyone, given his personality of not sharing everything with his family.


    As the saying goes, I thought Ho-yeol would be shouldering a heavy burden on his own.


    After overexerting himself like that, he ended up dying on the Arcana Continent just like the news said…


    But why?


    “you…?”


    The moment I face Ho-yeol.


    Those worries disappeared like melting snow.


    Because of his upright and majestic posture?


    No, it wasn’t like that.


    I couldn’t express it in words, but…


    “I’m sorry for causing you worry.”


    Hoyeol’s face still had no wrinkles or shadows.


    As if you’re not alone.


    It came to Lee Ye-rim’s eyeste.


    “what?”


    A face that no Korean citizen can recognize.


    Gaon, Korea’s leading guild.


    Gaon’s guild master Nam Taemin. His appearance.


    He raises his hand politely and says:


    “Mom, can you just give me all the leftover dumplings?”


    …What is this situation?


    Lee Ye-rim btedly realized the situation.


    ‘So this now…?’


    Did our Hoyeol bring a friend or colleague?!


    *


    Nam Cheol-min broke into a cold sweat.


    “No, mother! This is not what we came here for…! No, we will take it and eat it ourselves. These days, everything is self-made, right? No, I’m really afraid you’ll get bone disease if you keep doing this!”


    Because that’s not enough.


    He stands up hesitantly, grabs Mrs. Choi Kang-hee’s tray, and starts a fight.


    Maybe it’s noticeable.


    I turned my gaze and looked at the tes piled high on the table. Nam Cheol-min and I put down our chopsticks early, so I don’t have to tell you whose stomach all those dumplings disappeared into, right?


    “This taste…!!”


    It was Nam Taemin.


    How did the Nam brothers get here?


    If you ask me if I came to visit [Reconciliation Dumplings] where my parents are.


    That was because I couldn’t refuse.


    ‘Is it true that everyone is too formal?’


    The request was so polite that I couldn’t refuse it.


    “Sit down, Mr. Cheolmin. “I’m still fresh.”


    Our Lady Choi made it even more difficult for Nam Cheol-min to take care of himself.


    I think there might be a question asked of me at this point. Where has the dutiful son who sends a greeting letter every morning gone and is he still causing trouble for his parents?


    But it’s not like I didn’t dissuade him.


    Our Mrs. Choi cheerfully puts down the te.


    “We are still protecting this ce because of our useless stubbornness. If we ept Cheol-min’s help, won’t our Ho-yeol have nothing to say? So, are you telling us to stop sitting down just because Ho-yeol can see it?”


    “Oh my mother…!”


    Is it because my namees up?


    Only then did Nam Cheol-min sit down. Even as he sat down, he looked at his younger brother, Nam Tae-min, with resentment in his eyes. As Nam Tae-min inhaled dumplings, Mrs. Choi’s work increased.


    “huh? “If you don’t eat, I will eat everything?”


    Of course, Nam Tae-min, who had lost his temper, did not notice.


    I understand. My dad has great taste.


    Moreover, he wouldn’t have been able to eat properly while fighting repeatedly.


    Nam Cheol-min finally gave up and whispered to me.


    “suddenly. I’m truly sorry. “I have no shame, Mr. Ho-yeol…”


    I answered.


    “You don’t need to apologize.”


    “no. Even though…!”


    “Because this is also pride.”


    …Yes, I am proud.


    ──────


    Dumplings for harmony


    ──────


    Wouldn’t it be possible to say that this ordinary dumpling shop is the pride that our owner Lee Jun-wook and Mrs. Choi Kang-hee have maintained? The two of you made dumplings here, rebuilt the copsed family, and raised our four siblings.


    That was also the reason why I couldn’t just dissuade them.


    however.


    ‘…Can’t we please end this deep conversation inside?’


    Parents’ pride.


    Are you moved by my words?


    Suddenly, a sniffling sound is heard from the kitchen.


    Actually, if that’s all I said, I didn’t even say anything.


    Lee Ye-rim, an uninvited guest who camete.


    Some guy was staring at me from the table next to me.


    Because I said something embarrassing in this situation.


    ‘…This is a different kind of death, really.’


    Even so, I had a lot to say to my mom and dad.


    The world is literally in chaos, right?


    With the news of my resurrection.


    that’s the.


    That was the reason why I went straight to my hometown as soon as I finished my schedule.


    ‘What on earth is this for?’


    However, as I said, Brother Nam requested to apany me.


    The priority was to listen to their stories and send them back.


    I looked at Nam Taemin.


    ‘And how much I missed the taste of your own hands.’


    Isn’t that already the fifth bowl of dumpling soup there?


    Of course, considering his size, it wasn’t an iprehensible amount of food.


    Since there was no sign of putting down the spoon, I opened my mouth.


    “Formalness must also change depending on the time and ce.”


    This means that in Rome, you must follow Romanw.


    “You can talkfortably.”


    At ‘Hwahwa Dumplings,’ there is no rule against talking while eating.


    Nam Cheol-min didn’t know what to do.


    Only then did he sigh and open his mouth.


    “Maybe it’s because he doesn’t usually eat home-cooked meals… I’m sorry once again for everything. But I don’t know if I can tell this story here.”


    As Nam Cheol-min said that, he took out three letters of his name.


    “Jeong Han-taek….”


    With those words, the kitchen, which had been quiet, burst intoughter! A sound rang out.


    “…Jeong Han-taek? President Jeong Han-taek?!”


    “Honey, be quiet!”


    “Oh my, I was surprised for no reason.”


    Nam Cheol-min says he has nothing to apologize to his father.


    I quickly put up my hand.


    Then he continued speaking seriously.


    “no. “It is a story that both father and mother must know.”


    “…Oh yeah?”


    “Hoho, then I’m d.”


    This is a story our parents should know too.


    I don’t think it’s a story rted to the Arcana continent.


    In that case, there was a need to listen even more.


    ‘It may be a perspective that neither I nor Granfell are familiar with.’


    Jeong Han-taek, President of the Republic of Korea.


    As long as his namees up.


    There was a high probability that this was a story about reality.


    Yes.


    The capital of South Korea.


    Now Seoul has be and of wonders fused with the Arcana continent.


    “Chief, there will be turbulence in Seoul from now on.”


    It was the pride of Korea.


    Gaon’s guild master and brain are from this time.


    It seemed like he was nning to discuss the fate of Seoul and me.


    And since they settled in Seoul, they were telling a story that couldn’t be overlooked by their parents, who were the owners of ‘Harmony Dumplings’, who were naturally caught up in the upheaval.


    Nam Cheol-min continued.


    “That’s right. Probably Seoul…”


    I pondered the possible scenarios heid out.


    It is certainly the human nature that we have seen so far.


    Maybe the world can get away with something like that.


    But there is no need to worry now.


    To me, Seoul was nothing more or less than my hometown.


    The pride of my parents is more than anything else in Seoul.


    As long as there are ‘dumplings to make peace with’.


    I am Lee Ho-yeol.


    And he has a more terrible sense of filial piety than I do.


    Granfell’s opinions are bound to agree.


    “It’s simple.”


    I blurted out calmly.


    “I will be the owner of Seoul.”


    “…?!!”