1 – regression(1)

“Brother, are you listening to me?”

It feels like dreaming. A hazy and alien aura enveloped his entire body.

‘Where am I?’

I slowly lifted my eyelids.

I began to see the shape of a person through blurry vision. As time passed, the vision became clearer.

White jade-like skin, fine hair that fell over her shoulders. Its eyes glowed as if they had large obsidian stones embedded in them.

This is my younger sister, Chaewon. No matter how crazy he was, it wasn’t so much that even his brother didn’t know. But her appearance was quite different from the one I knew.

If my younger brother usually had a graceful and understated feel, now, on the contrary, I felt young and lively.

“brother! Are you listening to me?”

I slowly came to my senses. All the drowsy feeling was gone.

“Uh, I’m listening.”

‘It really works.’

Characteristic pocket watch.

A regression ability that can be returned to the desired time only once.

It was written on the status window, so I knew it would work, but seeing it with my own eyes made me feel different.

I have regressed

‘Status window.’

[Broken pocket watch EX]

The pocket watch was underlined in red. This means that it has already been used and cannot be recast.

“So what is your reason for quitting the noodle shop?”

‘It was this day.’

The decisive moment when I fell out with my younger sister.

The past me woke up about a week ago from this time.

The grade is S grade. The characteristic is instant death.

The activation condition is ‘die.’

scam in a simple way

Of course, I got this ridiculous skill, but there is no idiot to do a noodle shop.

So it was.

You said you were quitting the noodle shop. entered the Hunter world.

A 50-year-old family business was abandoned overnight.

If you think about it now, this day was the beginning of everything. Of course, that’s why I returned to this time.

“Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”

Chaewon crossed her arms and looked at her dissatisfiedly.

I said with a slight smile.

“No, I’m going to make a noodle shop.”

“uh… ?”

Chaewon looked at me with puzzled eyes.

“I just quit until now.”

“Come to think of it, Hunters are dangerous.”

“… Wow, that’s really ridiculous.”

Chaewon sighed, but there was a slight relief on her face.

“I was joking to make you laugh.”

“Jokes have to be funny to laugh.”

“It’s no fun.”

She suddenly opened her eyes.

I just smiled.

Seeing her younger sister’s disgusted expression, a memory suddenly surfaced.

-Your brother doesn’t know? This is alive but not alive.

-Did you think I would be happy if you locked me up and suppressed me like that?

I was S-class, but unlike other talented people, my pure physical abilities were not strong. when i fall asleep

He could not cope with the threat of assassination or the threat of acquaintances around him.

I was afraid. I am afraid of losing someone dear to me.

So I locked my little sister in the mansion. A number of bodyguards and hunters were hired.

I knew it wasn’t right.

So it seems.

He was angry with his younger sister for being stabbed.

– Hey, what’s the matter? They do everything, give me money and give me a house! Other people can’t live like this.

At that time, for the first time, I cursed at my sister.

– What the f*ck is the problem.

After that… .

“What’s wrong with your brother’s expression? no way… Are you mad at me for not being funny?”

At Chaewon’s question, I swam out of my memory.

Unlike the previous episode, he seemed to be worried about me.

“Yeah, it sucked. Did you eat breakfast?”

I was determined not to repeat the same mistake.

From now on, I want to actively support what my sister wants to do.

“I didn’t eat. Give me noodles!”

Chaewon exclaimed cheerfully, as if it had never happened. It’s like a chihuahua drooling over food. Wouldn’t it be wagging if it had a tail?

I murmured as I gazed at him vaguely.

“I’ll do it, so let’s not fight from now on and get along well.”

He raised his eyebrows high.

Chaewon stared blankly at my face for a moment, then vomited.

“Eww. I’m throwing up, I’ll throw up for a while and come back. ”

‘… Then it is. Yes, this is my little sister.’

After all, this year… won’t help

**

A pot of simmering broth.

A savory smell rises up the tip of the nose.

The right amount of space, not too big or too small.

It was full of black marks, as if showing the traces of the years.

“Nonsense… tasty.”

Chaewon took a bite of noodles and looked at me in disbelief.

“Why do you say something obvious?”

I said this, but I was proud of myself.

“It wasn’t like this just a few days ago.”

I sighed and patted Chaewon’s head weakly.

She groaned and grabbed her head.

“Is there anything you can’t say to your brother?”

Even so, he inhaled the noodles with one hand.

“Muehnh.”

(Sorry)

‘I noticed right away.’

Chaewon was right. I wasn’t very good at cooking noodles.

The taste of the noodles was very ambiguous, whether it was a lack of talent or lack of skill.

However, as I went to and from various dungeons while living as a hunter, I naturally acquired dexterity.

Even after returning, the ability was the same, so of course it must be delicious.

“Kaaang, I ate well.”

Chaewon finished eating the noodles before she knew it and put the bowl down.

“You ate well, brother! I’ll be back!”

“Okay well… ”

Before I could finish talking, my sister opened the door and left.

‘Cheap really… .’

I guess my sister is right though. Because there is something that doesn’t change no matter how much time passes.

-Pissik

I smiled and looked at the empty noodle bowl.

‘Even the soup was completely emptied.’

It’s the same as the Chaewon I knew.

It is not an elegant and understated image.

This should be it.

Rather than killing an S-class monster and being recognized for merit among the hunters, living a normal life with a hearty meal for your younger brother.

that’s the only thing i want

[Breaking news. In front of the main building of Seoul City Hall, there is a hunter who single-handedly killed a catastrophic monster that suddenly appeared and is a hot topic.]

At that time, I heard something quite interesting on the TV that was playing.

He naturally fixed his gaze.

[Let’s listen to the interview.]

[Yeah! Here’s a one-time reporter. We are currently in front of Seoul City Hall. In the midst of a large crowd, here is the body of the catastrophic monster ‘Achilles’!]

[Looking at the traces, a non-violent battle is expected. In other words, the hunter who defeated it will be at least S-class.]

[Currently, it has been confirmed that 4 S-class people in Korea are not in Seoul, and it is becoming a hot topic. Who really raided this monster alone?]

‘That’s me.’

It was probably the monster you subjugated right after awakening to test out its instant death ability, right?

I was so surprised to see him die with just one word.

I fell into a sense of superiority that I could kill any monster alone.

No matter how strong you are, ‘die.’ Because one word is dead.

‘It’s all futile, but.’

There’s no such thing as a fun game with cheats.

life-and-death struggle. In other words, I didn’t feel the urgency of pouring out everything in order not to die.

Really, it was fun only in the beginning.

– Dripping.

Then someone opened the noodle shop.

Unfortunately, the store is still open.

I had no intention of receiving guests.

“I’m sorry, but it’s before opening. 1 hour later… ”

“brother.”

The person who opened the door was Chaewon, not a guest.

“Didn’t you go to school?”

“Oh that… .”

“hello.”

After a while, a high school girl wearing the same school uniform as Chaewon entered.

“My friend, because he didn’t eat.”

He was a pretty good-looking kid.

With long hair that reaches her waist, the overall calm impression is impressive.

“nice to see you. My name is Yusia.”

She was a face I knew well.

‘Yusia.’

He was a close friend who later considered his younger sister to be more family than me.

I said it was the only support.

-Where are you going?

-To Sia. He said let’s live together. So, brother. never see you again

She later becomes an S-class hunter and lives with Chaewon.

And that.

It was the decisive reason for me to regress.

**

“The noodles are out.”

I set the steaming bowl in front of Yusia.

“thank you.”

I put on a satisfied expression. However, suddenly, the sister’s face showed sadness.

“there… brother.”

“yes?”

“I?”

I looked at her with bewildered eyes.

“You ate earlier… ?”

“No, it’s different from my brother’s usual noodle soup… .”

“… … .”

“That’s it, I thought I’d try a little taste… Can you have another bowl?”

“You become a pig then?”

“Chi, it’s okay then.”

I smiled and poured the broth into the bowl. I doubled the amount of noodles and toppings.

“Sit down.”

“Are you sitting already?”

She was seated in her seat as if she knew this would happen.

Sia smiled as if this situation was amusing.

“You look a lot like Chaewon.”

“is that so?”

“You say I look like your brother?”

“I think the difference between words and actions is the same as you?”

“… Not really.”

Chaewon slurped the noodles with a pouty face.

It was as if he had no idea how delicious he was eating or what was on his lips.

I pulled out a tissue and wiped her mouth.

‘If it was the old me, I wouldn’t have done it because it would make me cringe.’

Could it be that he felt guilty about his younger sister in the previous episode? I want to keep taking care of you.

It was a small selfishness to remain like this and repent of my sins.

Chaewon glanced at Sia and wrinkled her expression.

“Uuueek, why are you doing this since morning!”

Then he covered his mouth and spoke in a whisper.

“… What are you doing with friends? Oh, got it. Han Sung Hoon, you! You’re screwing me on purpose!”

‘… … .’

Who is this really like?

Han Seong-hoon to my brother?

and what… f*ck you Mac?

I guess I need some mental training.

I clenched my fists and brought them close to her head.

My younger sister closed her eyes tightly at my sudden action.

“eww… Don’t hit me!”

however.

“… uh?”

Instead of hitting her head, I stroked her gently.

“What, what are you really doing!”

Sometimes trauma therapy is more effective than physical pain.

What if your sister crossed her arms in front of your friend?

Anyone who has siblings will know.

that’s terrible

“… You two are really close.”

“no! Shia, my brother is making fun of me on purpose. Don’t think so!”

“… I envy you.”

‘yes?’

Chaewon didn’t seem to hear Shia’s words, asking if she was flustered.

I think he said he was envious in a low voice.

… no way. probably not

Yushia was a person who had everything she had in the previous episode.

gold spoon. harmonious home.

To think that there is unhappiness that others don’t know about, she is living a very grateful life.

“I really enjoyed the meal. It’s so delicious, brother.”

“Yes, please get along well with our Chaewon.”

“What is your brother, not even a grandfather! don’t talk nonsense Come on, Sia, let’s go quickly. Before you say anything weird!”

“why? I like you… .”

Chaewon pushed Shia’s back with both hands and sent her out the door. Then he turned around and said

“I will avenge my brother!”

Chaewon’s face turned slightly red.

The look… It was a little cute.

I looked at the two empty bowls.

‘It must have been right in the mouth.’

It looks like news, but I thought I would eat all the broth. In particular, my brother ate two bowls of noodles in the morning no matter what was in his stomach.

I thought as I cleaned the empty bowl.

‘It’s open now. Let’s get ready to receive guests.’

Changed the shop brochure to open.