Chapter 430: Lily of the Valley (5)

Chapter 430: Lily of the Valley (5)

"Seo-eun, you didn't bring an umbrella so I came to pick you up."

Han Seo-eun was surprised to see her brother Da-in smiling at her, holding a black umbrella.

'How could he, I didn't even tell him...?'

Had he found her umbrella at the front door?

Still, she didn't expect him to pick her up from school himself...Her heart pounded slightly for a moment.

And then, before she could open her mouth....her friends beside her jumped up and down with excitement.

"Hoo hoo. hello. I'm Shin Do-yeon, Seo-eun's friend, I've heard a lot about you."

With her red, rain-soaked short hair stuck to her face, Yeon-ji greeted me with sparkling eyes.

Do-yeon smiles brightly and looks at Da-in with a curious gaze.

...Seeing such embarrassing friends, Han Seo-eun suddenly remembered.

She realized that her friends had never seen Da-in before because she had been hiding him so closely...That's why they reacted the way they did.

Before she could yell something at her friends in embarrassment Da-in laughed and opened his mouth to speak to them.

"Ahhh. Seo-eun's friends? Nice to meet you, Do-yeon and Yeon-ji. You must be the good friends Seo-eun bragged about every day. I'm Da-in, Seo-eun's brother. It's nice to see you in person."

"When did I say that!!!"

...And at the next words, Seo Eun couldn't help but shout out with her ears reddening.

Judging from the laughter of her friends next to her, she was sure to be teased for at least a week...

'But Seo-eun's brother is really real... I can see why Seo-Eun did what she did, right?'

'I do. He's so warm. There's something about him that draws people in....'

...No. I stand corrected. They were already whispering and teasing among themselves. What if they hear you? Are you crazy?

Just when Seo-eun decided to get out of this place as soon as possible, Da-in spoke up at just the right time.

"Seo-eun forgot her umbrella this morning, so I thought she might get caught in the rain... Seo-eun, do you want to go back with your friends?"

"I'm coming with you, Da-in!"

Seo-eun was surprised by Da-in's words, so she hurried to his side in the rain.

'Wow, look at your stop-loss speed' 'Seo-eun...I didn't know she would hate getting wet this much~' I heard voices like that, but I didn't care...

When Seo-eun came under Da-in's umbrella with slightly reddened cheeks, she suddenly came to her senses, looked up at him and asked.

"But, Da-in, what about my umbrella?"

"Huh? Oh, I only brought this one, let's share it."

"What?"

I asked.

Da-in's words, spoken with an affectionate smile, made Seo-eun's heart beat faster for a moment.

Her smart mind quickly deduced the truth.

'We can teleport home quickly anyway...'

He didn't need to bring two umbrellas, he would have teleported back as soon as he met her...

Seo-eun realized the truth so quickly.

...Of course, her friends wouldn't know about such a hidden fact.

As a result, they were the ones giggling behind her back.

"Seo-eun's friends, it was nice to see you today. Next time, you should come over to my house with her."

"Really? I promise!!"

"Huh huh. I'm looking forward to it. Seo-eun, see you tomorrow~"

"Haha... Okay. See you tomorrow."

After waving to her friends, Seo-eun walked off with Da-in.

They passed through the school gate together.

In the alleyway where the rain was falling softly, walking shoulder to shoulder with Da-in under an umbrella, Seo-eun, with her ears still red, complained to him.

"You should have called me first, you can't just show up like this."

"Haha. I only realized it was raining when you got out of school, so I came in a hurry. Did you not like it? Should I not come next time?"

"...No. No, not really. Okay, okay... Thank you."

Seo-Eun felt embarrassed and fiddled with her school uniform.

Da-in, who was looking at Seo-Eun with a smile on his face, offered her his hand.

"Here."

It wasn't hard for Han Seo-eun to guess the meaning of the outstretched hand.

The streets were deserted, and the rain was still falling.

It must mean that they should hold hands, teleport together, and go home immediately.

But

"No."

"Huh...?"

Seo-Eun shook her head, looked up at Da-in and smiled.

"It's been a long time since we've had a rainy day like this, so let's walk home together, and we can stop at a bakery along the way and get some stale toast."

She didn't want to miss this time yet, not like this.

She even made up her own reason to go back on foot.

Tilting His head, he smiled and said.

"What are you talking about?"

"What?"

"I thought we were just going to walk back together, hand in hand."

"Aha... What?!!"

Han Seo-Eun almost jumped out of her skin at Da-in's sudden attack.

'Uh... Uh... Seo-eun stumbled back.'

As if he thought her reaction was cute, Da-in chuckled and lowered his hand.

"Just kidding, just kidding. Seo-eun's reactions are always funny, aren't they?"

"......"

"Okay, like you said, let's walk home today. The sound of the rain is soothing. Oh, shouldn't I have brought another umbrella if I knew it was going to be like this?"

"...Hmm. Forget it, you're just teasing me."

With a red face and puffed out cheeks, Da-in could only laugh at Seo-eun's words.

I'm a fool for expecting it, a fool.

With such a puffy face, Seo-eun walked under Da-in's umbrella.

She put her arm around Da-in's arm, feeling like she didn't know what to do.

"Huh?"

"Hey, let's go like this, because your umbrella is small and my shoulders are getting wet, huh."

By the way, Da-in's umbrella was very large, assuming he would share it with Seo-eun.

But Da-in just smiled and nodded his head slightly, as if he didn't care.

And so they walked down the alley, arm in arm.

The rain pattering on their umbrella, water trickling down the ivy on the stone wall beside them, the warmth of her brother's body against her arm, enhanced by the slightly chilly air under the gray sky made Seo-eun sigh involuntarily as the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

'These memories with Da-in, I don't think I'll ever be able to forget them.'

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After I returned home with Seo-Eun, I stretched out on the couch for a while, drinking mango juice.

"Da-in. Can I have some of that ice cream?"

"Yes, eat it."

"Yeah~"

I smirked as I heard Seo-eun's voice from behind me.

I had left the house this morning when I realized that Seo-eun had forgotten the umbrella I had left on the porch.

Unexpectedly, it was a good thing that she met her friends. I recognize their faces from the photos she showed me, but I think they're still good friends in person.

'Especially Seo-eun was cute...'

When I joked about holding hands with her, I thought she would say, "Do I still look like a kid?" but it was funny how she laughed at my conversion joke.

Anyway, by the way...

"Mango...? While you're at it. Let's check out my fan cafe.

I suddenly thought of that and turned on my smartphone.

I realized that I'd only seen Seo-eun's, but I'd never been inside.

I wondered what kind of people like me. I went to the popular posts category of the fan cafe to find out.

*]

[Egostic <<< The real annoying thing... real fact]

He turns on the broadcast every 4 months.

Is this really unbelievable or... How can a person do this? There are so many people waiting for his broadcast.

It's good that he's doing it every four months, but he's not thinking about the 50 million mangoes that are waiting for him.

He's the only villain in the world who broadcasts now...Please turn on the broadcast!!!]

=[Comment]=

[Fact is that Egostic broadcasts as a hobby]

[Honestly, he should broadcast once a week lol. This is really not right]

[These days, whenever he starts a broadcast, it gets translated into 13 languages at the same time, lol]

[Personal statement] If Mango doesn't air, shouldn't the Association broadcast Stardus instead?]

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[Summary of Egostic's current state of mind that only Mangoes know about]

???: I gave you three broadcasts a year.

I give you a dopamine rush with every kill.

I'm going to turn it on soon enough.

If I turn on the broadcast often, they'll say I turn it on often

If I broadcast occasionally, I'll get yelled at for broadcasting occasionally

What the hell am I supposed to do?

=[comment]=

[You've never turned it on often, damn it]

[laughs]

[I said turn it on often!!!!! who the fuck!!]

[????: The problem is that you did everything. You shouldn't have turned on the broadcast like me.]

[Damn Stardus is it you again...]

[God Mango I worship you... save the broadcast cycle...]

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"...."

Watching the feast of barely comprehensible dribble, I quietly turned off the cafe tab.

Still, I get what people want to talk about in this cafe. I'm guessing they'd like to see me broadcast more often...

'...Shouldn't it be over soon?'

Little by little, the technology-based villains from the original series that I know are also disappearing.

If everything went according to plan, based on a world where abilities are alive like the original...I would've kept broadcasting for a few years, but it's almost over now.

I wasn't sure why people were so enthusiastic about it in the first place, as it was mostly a warning to other villains that I would come to them, or against Stardus.

Still.

"They say even a tiger will come if you call it... I guess I'll be broadcasting soon."

I smirked, looking at the call on my phone.

It said,

[Shin Haru]

Stardus, Korea's last remaining hero.