NOVEL NEXT chapter 15
15. Concession is a shortcut to reconciliation
It is true that the power of the word sister is greater than one might think.
There are quite a few men who have vague imaginations about the existence of an older sister.
I don’t know why, but there are quite a few women who are bizarrely obsessed with being called older sisters.
“Hey, Lee Siu. Call me noona too.”
“····.”
“Why can’t I call Eugene unnie while she calls me noona?”
And, Han Seo-ah, whose eyes had gone back now, fell perfectly into the second case.
I should have recognized you from the time you started teasing me because your birthday was only a month apart.
I never thought that Han Seo-ah’s obsession with the word older sister would be this severe.
It wasn’t that I didn’t fully understand it or anything like that.
As I said before, there are more people than I thought who were bizarrely obsessed with being called noona.
If what Seoah Han wanted was true, she could have held back her embarrassment and let her do it at least once.
“Now? Here?”
“Uh. Now.”
“······There’s Eugene next to you?”
Although it is only possible when no one is around.
I never was someone with high anti-magic power to call her sister to Seo-ah Han, even though she was watching right next to me.
Hearing my answer, Seo Ah Han raised her finger again and said.
“Look at me now, I’m still saying that I’m an older sister to Yujin.”
“That’s natural since I’m actually older…”
“Because I’m older than you too?”
“Is a month difference between your birthdays too much?”
I tried my best to be patient.
I was furious at the fact that I was older by only a month difference.
The childish argument that even a kindergartener wouldn’t have continued.
Eugene noona, who was worse than me, began to intervene by intervening directly between us.
“Guys? We don’t need to calm down a bit…”
“A difference of one month is a difference!”
“That’s nonsense nonsense, you idiot.”
“Guys…”
“A crazy b*tch? Did you call me a crazy b*tch?”
“Yes, I did. But what can you do?”
“This stupid idiot Lee Siu…”
“····.”
Even so, it was not enough to stop us from fighting once.
My parents and Han Seo-ah’s parents gave up on blocking because of the bickering between me and Han Seo-ah.
It’s almost impossible for Eugene noona to stop our bickering after only an hour since we met…
“Hey you idiots! If you’re going to fight, go out and fight!”
“····.”
“······Sister?”
But, voila.
There is nothing impossible in the world.
At Eugene noona’s roar, which was like thunder, we shut our mouths as if we had put it together beforehand.
“What kind of elementary school are you guys? Fighting over something like that.”
“····.”
“I thought our Seo-ah was a neat and calm girl. Looking at it now, isn’t it?”
“······But, sister.”
“Does Seo-ah have any excuses? She thinks she doesn’t have a sister.”
“····.”
When asked if she had any excuses, she kept her mouth shut once more.
She fought excitedly, but it was probably Hanseo Ahdo.
The fact that her self and me are no different from her elementary school students, as Eugene noona said.
Unsurprisingly, Eugene’s finger pointed at me next.
“Also, Siwoo’s brother. It’s been a while since we met, but he’s still calm, so I thought he was a nice guy.”
“····.”
“Siwoo’s younger brother is not at the age to fight with something like this.”
“······I have nothing to say.”
I really had nothing to say even with ten mouths.
It’s an undeniable fact that we fought loudly at other people’s stores over nothing.
After hearing my answer, Eugene noona nodded her head as if it was fortunate.
“Still, it’s good that you seem to know your faults, unlike my mother’s son.”
“······Does your sister have a younger brother?”
“Don’t say you’re my little brother. You’re my mother’s son?”
Eugene noona emphasizes the word ‘my mother’s son’ over and over again.
But isn’t that what it is?
What is the difference between my mother’s son and my younger brother?
She suddenly had such a question, but she didn’t bother to say it out loud.
“Okay? My mother’s son.”
“Yes.”
Because Eugene noona’s expression was more serious than Han Seo-ah’s earlier.
I was not a foolish person who forced myself to do things that I shouldn’t have done, even while swearing at them.
“······Anyway, again. It’s good that you both seem to know your mistake.”
“·······Yes.”
“It’s okay to do this for now. It means that you guys aren’t as foolish as my mother’s son.”
“····.”
“Well then, how shall we solve it? Who will yield?”
“Concession?”
“······Sister, concession?”
Is it because the word concession is so unfamiliar?
Sounds of doubt came out of both of our mouths at the same time.
“One of you will have to yield to resolve this uncomfortable situation.”
“····.”
“Concession is the quickest shortcut to reconciliation.”
That was not wrong.
No, that was very right.
“······I hate you, sister.”
“I don’t want to give in either.”
It’s just that it was impossible to convince Han Seo-ah and me with that level of correct words.
The two of us were stubborn beyond imagination.
It wasn’t for nothing that I gave up on stopping my parents every time they fought.
“Is there any reason you both don’t want to give in?”
As if she hadn’t expected to be rejected so easily, Yujin noona frowned.
“I told you, unnie. It’s annoying that he doesn’t call me noona.”
“······It’s kind of hard to call her older sister.”
“Look at that! Are you so stubborn about something that only needs to be called once?”
“······Hmm.”
Eugene noona put on a worried expression for a moment, but soon asked Han Seo-ah again.
“You have to stand.”
“Huh?”
“Is there any special reason why you should be called older sister by Siwoo?”
“Of course!”
“Can you tell me what it is?”
“······I can’t say that.”
Han Seo-ah’s cheeks turn red as if there’s a reason she can never speak.
At the same time, the sentences in my heart that had not been seen until now began to appear again.
[Sorry, older sister. I can never speak in front of Siwoo.]
[How can you tell Siwoo that you want to pet Siwoo like her sister while listening to her older sister?]
“····.”
Is that your intention?
Did you just want to treat me like your little brother?
It was obviously an angry situation.
There is no particular reason, because Han Seo-ah is forcing me to call her sister for her own greed.
Because it’s normal for a normal person to lose their temper when forced for no reason.
‘Why is it so hot?’
But, why is her face so hot?
Rather than being angry, why do I feel embarrassed about the current situation and feel hot?
She simply saw that Han Seo Ah thought of me as her little sister and wanted to pet me.
It’s no different than usual.
It was just Seo-ah Han talking nonsense like Seo-ah Han, as usual.
That’s all, but her face continued to heat up.
“Huh…”
Eugene noona was quietly watching us like that.
As if she finally understood the situation to some extent.
She seemed as if she had finally figured out a solution to the situation.
After watching it for a long time, he quietly opened his mouth.
“Okay. This sister finally found her solution.”
“······ Sister, may she ask what it is?”
“Of course. That’s what you call each other ‘sister’ and ‘brother’ for today.”
“·······Yes?”
“······Wait, sister, what?”
A voice expressing a question burst out at the same time this time as well.
Even this time, he was expressing even stronger doubts than before.
That’s probably the case, because the proposal Yujin said was shocking.
“If you didn’t hear it, can I say it again? Today, you guys call each other sister and brother.”
“What nonsense… No. What are you talking about, sister?”
“····.”
I think Han Seo-ah just said that he was talking nonsense.
I think she jumped out of it without realizing it and put it back in in a fright.
No matter how you look at it, it seems like that.
However, I did not disagree with the opinion itself.
“······Wouldn’t that be a bit difficult. Eugene-sister.”
“Why? I don’t know why Siwoo’s brother is having a hard time?”
“I’ve said it before, but how can you call her sister…”
“······ Siwoo oppa.”
······What was it just now?
What the hell did I just hear?
My ears must have gone wrong.
Otherwise, there’s no way you’d hear that you’re an older brother when there are three of you like this.
I wonder if I heard it wrong. No, I wanted to believe that I heard it wrong, so I looked at Eugene noona’s face.
“Huh eungheung.”
“····.”
Eugene noona was already looking at the main character of the previous voice with a slight smile as if this situation was very interesting.
“······Siwoo oppa. Call me noona soon.”
“····.”
“Quickly. I called too.”
[For me to call Siwoo an older brother… I am so embarrassed that I think my face will burst.]
Han Seo-ah’s face was as red as if it would explode.
Very, very, very, very, very unbelievable, but it’s true.
The person who just called me oppa, who had a very strong anti-magic power, must have been Han Seo-ah.