[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 6

It felt a little strange.

I usually don't leave my room.

Setting aside the reason for mobility, the main reason is that there's no need to go outside.

Meals are prepared separately for me in my room by my mother or the assistant, and even for things like the bathroom, I have a specially modified bathroom in my room with a wheelchair accessible design.

Above all, my lifestyle of playing games mainly from night to early morning was quite different from the other family members, so naturally, I didn't often see the other family members except my mother.

That's why I hadn't felt a sense of difference until now.

Because it was as usual.

However, considering what happened to me, it shouldn't have been as usual.

'I thought Mom would have told them….'

Of course, I couldn't blame my mother.

I fully understood the feelings she had for not telling the family about my situation yet.

'If I had to say, it's my fault.'

I was playing games at a time like this, leaving everything to my mother.

It's a little strange, but I feel like I lack a sense of crisis.

Time is already 2 AM.

Considering that tomorrow is a weekday and my father and younger sibling have to go to work and school respectively, it's too early to drop such a huge bomb.

"Couldn't we just do it tomorrow? It's the middle of the night…."

"No, we have to do it now."

Mother was firm.

"The wheelchair… you don't need it anymore, right?"

"Yes. I can walk."

A small glimmer of water passed over my mother's eyes at my answer.

"Yes, I see. Let's go."

Knock-knock-

"Wake up."

The lights in the whole house came on, and my mother woke up my father and sibling.

"What is it? What's going on?"

"Get up. I have something to say."

My father, sensing something strange in my mother's voice, got up without a word, and

"Get up."

"Ugh… what time is it?"

"Two o'clock."

"Two, two o'clock? Why didn't you wake me up!"

"Two o'clock in the morning."

"...Huh?"

"I have something to say. Get up."

My sibling whined for a while before finally getting up.

"Everyone, sit down here."

"...Mom, why? Waking us up all of a sudden. I have a first-period class tomorrow."

"What's going on?"

The whole family gathered at the dinner table after a long time.

"I have something I absolutely have to say."

And when my mother gave a subtle look, my father and sibling's gazes naturally turned to me, who was in the corner.

"Uh, um… by the way, who is this? You should have said something if you had a guest."

"Wow… no, hello. Ahaha."

My father and sibling were momentarily stunned after spotting me.

Well, I know how they feel.

I still get startled whenever I look at my reflection in the monitor screen when it turns black.

"It's Yujin."

"...Huh?"

"What do you mean?"

My father and sibling wore blank expressions at my mother's sudden bombshell.

"This is, Yujin, I said."

My father and sibling's gazes turned to me in turn at my mother's declaration that sealed the deal.

"Yujin? What do you mean?"

"Why is Oppa's name coming out of here?"

"Hoo…"

My mother sighed heavily at the family's nagging.

"I'll start from the beginning, step by step."

And she slowly moved her lips.

"Yujin had a seizure."

"...What? Where is Yujin now? Is it the hospital? Why are you saying this now!"

"O, Oppa? Are you okay?"

"Yujin is fine. …Probably."

"Probably? What does that─"

My mother cut off my father's words.

And then she turned her gaze to me.

"Are you okay?"

Directing the arrow at me here?

"Um… well, yes."

My father and sibling couldn't hide their awkwardness, as if they were equally flustered by that strange sight.

"What does this person have to do with Yujin… oh, are you the supervising nurse?"

"Nurse? You look younger than me? Aren't you a foreigner?"

My mother said.

"This is Yujin."

"...You, what the hell are you talking about since earlier? Speak so that I can understand."

Anger was felt in my father's voice.

He seemed to be very unhappy with the situation itself.

Well, it was understandable, since he was woken up in the middle of the night without warning and being told something strange.

"I'm speaking so that you can understand. Believe it or not, this person is Yujin."

"So, what are you saying─"

"Honey."

My mother spoke with a trembling voice.

"It's Yujin."

"Uh, um… so this woman is, my son, Yujin? Uhuhuhu."

"That's right."

"Huh."

Flinch-

My father looked me over and shook his head as if he couldn't understand.

"Why? You must have a reason to think so."

My mother took a deep breath again and began to tell the story that had happened a few hours ago.

"When I came home, this child was lying in Yujin's room. Yujin wasn't there."

"...So?"

"I woke up the person I saw for the first time, and she said she was Yujin."

"...You believed that?"

"It wasn't easy for me to believe at first. But… it's Yujin."

My father, while being bewildered, tried to listen to my mother's words as much as possible.

"Did you look for Yujin?"

"He wasn't at home. He's not someone who can go anywhere on his own…."

"The… security camera at the entrance? Did you check it? Someone might have taken him outside."

"No one entered or exited. No one came in, and no one went out. The windows were all locked from the inside too."

"That…"

At that moment, my sibling, who couldn't bear to watch any longer, chimed in.

"Hey, what are you doing? Just ask the person directly. Hey, pretty unnie. What's your relationship with our Oppa?"

What relationship? It's me.

Of course, I couldn't say that to their faces, so I hesitated for a moment.

'What should I say?'

Introducing myself to someone is truly not an easy story.

I, who had never even taken an interview in front of an interviewer, now have to give a briefing to prove that I am 'Lee Yujin'.

But even so, it won't be difficult.

Because I have an ally who is more reliable than anyone else by my side right now.

"Yuri."

My mother, calling my sibling softly, took out a piece of paper on the table.

It was a threatening weapon that would end this tedious argument at once.

[DNA Test Result Report]

The moment my mother handed that to my father and sibling, the house was naturally turned upside down.

"Uh… what's this?"

"A paternity test between Yujin and me. I just got it a little while ago."

"Are you saying that Yujin that Mom is talking about is that unnie?"

"That's right."

"What?!"

A loud shout erupted from my father, who had been watching for a while.

The power of a single piece of paper my mother handed over was that destructive.

"Really… is this person, or rather, is this unnie, Oppa?"

"Yes. Just in case, I had it done in multiple places, and it all came out that we are related."

…I didn't know that.

I guess I have to say, as expected, it was more thorough than I thought.

"Uh, um… so, are you Oppa?"

"That's me."

My sibling's expression was filled with astonishment at my short answer, which was very satisfactory.

"Ha, haha… that was pretty funny. What kind of surprise is this?"

"Yuri."

"Mom, no matter how much I think about it, this doesn't seem right. We should go look for Oppa instead of doing this, shouldn't we? Did you report it to the police? No. Is he hiding in Oppa's room? I'm going to find him?"

Even though she had presented solid evidence such as the DNA test results, it was still not easy to persuade her.

"Lee Yuri."

When I called my sibling's name, my sibling's body flinched after she opened my room and confirmed that no one was there.

"Yes? No, why…?"

"The other day, you said you were going to Gapyeong with your girl friends, there were male friends too, right?"

"Oh, how did you… No, that's something Oppa doesn't even know!"

"I pretended not to know."

"……."

My sibling turned her gaze away.

"Mom, I don't think it's Oppa. Our Oppa wasn't this two-faced."

"Yuri…"

My mother gave my sibling a sad smile.

"Let's talk about Gapyeong tomorrow?"

"...It's ruined, it's ruined."

After a brief quarrel, my father, who had been watching, stepped forward.

"Hmm hmm. So… you had a seizure, and when you opened your eyes, you were like that?"

"Yes. I definitely remember that it was different from my usual seizures."

"And you discovered this woman… or rather, Yujin, and woke her up?"

"That's right."

"Hmm."

My father nodded his head in agreement.

"Circumstantial evidence, direct evidence… well, then, no problem."

"Dad!"

"You stay still. I heard you went to Gapyeong with those guys."

"Um… there were also girl friends. If you had to say, there were more women─"

"Shut up!"

"Hing…."

My father's gaze turned to my mother.

"Oh, and I'm going to do a paternity test with you too. You have no objections, right?"

"Huh? Why?"

My father said playfully.

"Maybe this child is the daughter you've been hiding. Since we're doing it, we should do it properly."

"What?"

My mother's voice became sharp.

My father, realizing that something was amiss, tried to clean it up, but it was too late.

"It was just a joke, why are you so sensitive?"

"Is this the time for jokes? And do that test, for sure. No matter what. Got it?"

My father is good at everything, but he always has a word to spare.

'That's a three-year, no, a five-year type.'

That's the kind of person who buys their own beatings.

"Yes, honey? I was wrong. It was a mistake. You know? I'm good at joking."

Anyway, the emergency family meeting ended like that.

Of course, neither my father nor my sibling seemed to fully believe it yet, but I believe that time will solve it.

For the past few hours, I've felt like I've been going through heaven and hell.

At last, I'm back home in the true sense.