[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 35

As expected,

the ominous feeling never fails, as if the opponent is always waiting when you place a ward in the bush.

Strictly speaking, it's not a big deal.

You just have to take the pager and pick up the drinks that came out according to the order.

It's a very easy task, both objectively and subjectively.

However...

For some reason, my lips won't easily part.

"What's wrong? The boss is waiting."

My younger sister, smiling broadly, hands me the pager.

Whether it's revenge for wearing my shoes, or for some other reason, I could feel the firm determination in her expression to make me do this quest somehow.

"Unnie?"

In the end, with my sister's urging, I had no choice but to give an unspoken consent.

"...Alright."

"Be careful on your way back."

It's a distance of less than ten meters.

Even though it was literally a stone's throw away, her cheering me on made me realize that my sister also knew what this task meant to me.

For ordinary people, it's a trivial matter, but for me, it felt as difficult as having to steal the main object in a 1:15 situation.

"Hoo..."

Taking a small deep breath, I looked around the cafe, which I had been avoiding until now.

Thanks to the small size of the cafe, there weren't many other customers in the cafe.

There were a total of five tables, with customers at three tables, including the one we were sitting at, and the other two tables were empty.

I plan an optimized route.

'It would be less obstructive to go to the left. And you just walk and pick it up. That's all.'

Of course, even if it was a route, it was just how to go as fast and safely as possible without disturbing people as much as possible, but it was a really serious problem for me.

'Hmm, okay. Perfect.'

Having finished planning, I took the pager and headed to the counter with confidence... or at least, with a brisk walk.

"Here's your White Chocolate Mocha, Iced Americano, and Egg Tart. Oh, and these two are on the house."

As the words went, two small cookies that we didn't order were placed on the tray.

"Th, thank you."

"Enjoy your meal."

I took the tray and turned around.

"Oh, wait a moment."

At that moment, the clerk suddenly called out to me.

I flinched without realizing it.

"Yes, yes?"

"Could you give me that?"

What the clerk pointed to was the pager, which I was clutching as if it were precious.

"Ah."

Only then did I hurriedly hand the pager to the clerk.

During that process, I didn't know what to do with my hands and wandered for a moment, and I was finally able to finish the job only after putting the tray back on the table.

"I'm, I'm sorry."

"No, it happens a lot."

The clerk gave a friendly smile, as if this kind of thing happened often.

Even though her smiling face suited her very well, only one word filled my head right now.

Embarrassing!

I fled to the seat where my sister was, holding the tray.

And...

"Kuh... Khuh..."

My sister's face was a mess.

Only a moment ago, there was a coldness that would have made you believe it was the middle of Siberia, but now, she was blushing like the Amazon rainforest and holding back her laughter.

"...What are you doing?"

"Oh, yeah... huff... you're back?"

"..."

Loving it to death.

My sister, who had barely regained her senses, naturally took the Iced Americano and one Egg Tart in front of her, and then said with a puzzled expression.

"We didn't order this?"

"...It's on the house."

"Really? They don't usually give out freebies here. ...Well, my unnie is pretty."

My sister added playfully with a mischievous smile.

"But now she's cute too?"

"...Don't joke around."

"I'm not joking. You don't know how cute Unnie is right now, do you? No, do you want to be my younger sister? I'll treat you well. I'll buy you shoes too."

"You're being cheeky."

"If I'm cheeky? To be even cuter?"

My sister laughed heartily, as if she'd never done this before.

She seems to have found it very fun to tease me now.

'She doesn't think much of me.'

Hey! I made the runners-up of the Red Cup bow down just a while ago. Huh! Not long ago, I got a salary offer of 800 million won from China! Huh! Do you know?!

"..."

Of course, I had to swallow that unspoken shout in my heart.

I'm not so lacking in judgment that I would say such useless things to my ordinary college student sister.

'Sigh.'

This too shall pass.

Thinking so, I sipped the straw.

"Hot!"

"Be careful. Drink slowly. Don't burn your tongue."

"Ugh..."

In the end, I had to blow on the drink a few times before drinking it.

"...It's delicious."

Not joking, it's really delicious.

If canned coffee is the taste that the world's leading scholars have condensed, this is a little more original, that is, much more natural and fresh sweetness.

"Right? There's a reason why we come here often. My friends come here often too."

I flinched at my sister's words.

"Your friends come often too?"

Normally, I would just let the words pass without a care.

However, it was lunchtime right now.

It was the perfect time to stop by a cafe after lunch.

"Yeah."

My sister bit into the Egg Tart nonchalantly, as if to say, 'So what?'

...I feel ominous.

Usually, when I feel ominous, it often comes true.

I wonder if, perhaps, my senses for detecting danger have developed excessively, due to the fact that I have lived as the weakest of the weak for decades.

Is that why?

"Huh? Yuri!"

As if waiting, a pair of college students, a man and a woman, entered the cafe as the cafe door opened.

At first, I thought they were a couple, but the strange distance between them suggested they were just friends or classmates from the same department.

"I saw you from outside, and I thought it might be Yuri, and it was. The professor called attendance one more time at the end, so I subtly covered for you. Thanks?"

"Oh, really? Thanks."

"I thought, why did you suddenly run out..."

My sister's friend's gaze naturally turned to me, who was sitting with her.

"Oh my."

A short exclamation.

"Oh... ah. I'm sorry. Look at me. I was so mesmerized by how pretty you are that I was staring blankly. Hello."

And then a natural greeting.

Greeting someone you've never met before... It was something I couldn't even imagine, as I was a social outcast, but it didn't seem to be a difficult task for my sister's friend.

"Oh, yes... Hello."

"She's Yuri's friend. If it's not too rude, what's your relationship...?"

I looked intently at my sister with the expression of 'What should I do?'

Unlike me, my sister said, taking a sip of her Americano with a completely calm face.

"Oh, she's my unnie."

"Unnie? Your real sister?"

"Yeah."

My sister's friend made a shocked face at my sister's candid admission.

"Yu, Yuri?"

I probably had the same expression.

Should I say this?

No, is there anything wrong with not saying it?

Anyway, why has she been so relaxed since earlier? She's not someone who doesn't think, is she?

Does she have a separate plan?

Come to think of it, I heard she also talked to our mother separately earlier...

What is it? Is there something I don't know?

What is it, what is it, what is it.

...I don't know.

A surrender vote is being conducted in my head.

The result is 5:0.

Unanimous.

"...Su, surely! You do look alike. Amazing. Hello, Unnie. Please speak comfortably."

"Ah, yes..."

Saying "Unnie" even to someone else now...

I may have reached the point where I can no longer help but admit it.

Whether I was confused by these various thoughts or not, my sister and her friend continued their conversation.

"By the way, were you mixed-race?"

My sister's friend still seemed to be in shock.

Well, she has an exotic appearance no matter who looks at her.

Moreover, her appearance itself didn't look older than my sister's, but rather looked younger, so it must have been shocking in many ways.

"I don't think so?"

"If it's yes, it's yes, if it's no, it's no, what do you mean 'I don't think so'?"

"I know that I'm a native Korean, but you never know if there's someone else in our ancestors. Like, Mongolian descent at a certain percentage, something like that."

"What's that."

My sister's attitude was still very relaxed.

It was so annoying that I wanted to give her a good smack.

"My unnie was very sick."

"Ah..."

At that, my sister's friend didn't pry further.

"...Are you okay?"

My sister's friend looked at me, really worried.

"Pfft!"

I choked for a moment, as I hadn't expected the conversation to return to me again.

"Ugh, khm, khm um. Yes, yes. I'm fine now."

"I'm really glad, Unnie."

It's a problem, though, that I'm too okay.

"By the way, did you skip class to meet Unnie?"

"I missed you so much that I couldn't help myself."

My sister laughed, looking amused.

I realize it again, but I feel like I'm getting to know many sides of my sister that I didn't know recently.

Perhaps that means that there was a strange distance between me and my family.

It's something to be grateful for in many ways.

"Then..."

After a short, trivial conversation, my sister's friend got up from her seat.

"Are you leaving?"

"Yeah. I came in to say hello because I saw you. I have two hours free, and I have to do my assignments, so I'm going to the PC room for a while. We can't stay in the cafe just the two of us."

At that moment, the figure of the male classmate 1, who had been standing around like a screen nearby, began to appear.

Well, in my opinion, a regular viewer of youth dramas, it's not easy for young men and women who are not in a relationship to sit around in a cafe for two hours.

Especially since she doesn't seem to have a laptop with her, and she says she has assignments to do.

While I was thinking all kinds of things at will, my sister seemed to be thinking something completely different.

"PC room?"

My sister, who had turned her gaze to me naturally, showed a sinister smile.

"Unnie."

"...Why?"

"Shall we go too?"

I don't want to admit it...

My ears perked up.