I am not a returner Episode 368:
Constellation of Black Stars (4)
“Hahaha! I can’t believe that Ojin’s younger brother became a lover with a constellation! “I couldn’t even imagine this!”
“…ha.”
thud! thud!
Palms tapping on the back.
Ojin sighed deeply, looking like a rotten old tree.
“Anyway…”
Sakaki, who was laughing heartily, glanced back at Ha-eun and whispered in her ear.
“Isn’t your Jesu Miss Ha-eun?”
“Oh, well… there are some circumstances.”
“Huh. “So you really broke up with Ha-eun?”
“no. “It’s not like that.”
“…hmm?”
Sakaki, who was tilting his head, then flicked his hand as if he understood and burst into laughter.
“Hahaha! “It’s not for nothing that the term ‘heroic lechery’ exists!”
“…Let’s stop talking about this now.”
I sighed deeply again and turned my head towards Vega.
[Ugh… a misunderstanding… a misunderstanding.]
Vega sobs, hiding her face between her knees.
He was as dejected as blanched spinach, as if he felt unbearably shameful for having so innocently blown himself up in front of Ragulus and Aldebaran.
[Vega has a lover.]
[And a human lover…]
Regulus and Aldebaran were speechless, their mouths gaping in shock.
Among the constellations, Vega is considered an object of reverence, so the news that she had a human lover must have been quite shocking.
‘Should I leave it as is for now?’
Even if you go and say something now, it will only make things worse.
Ojin shook his head and approached Sakaki.
“Can we please go inside?”
“Oh, I’m sorry. “Please come inside.”
Following Sakaki’s guidance, we entered the Kuroshi organization’s mansion.
The mansion, built in a traditional Japanese style, had a noble and elegant atmosphere, as if you were staying in a luxury ryokan.
“Then let’s eat first.”
“No, you can start by talking about the Black Star Constellation…”
“No matter what you do, don’t you need to have a strong stomach?”
“Hmm. All right.”
First, following Sakaki’s suggestion, I decided to fill my stomach first.
“Now, take a comfortable seat!”
Ojin and his group were guided to a large tatami room commonly seen in Yakuza movies, and each took their seats and sat on cushions.
Sakaki naturally sat down at the head of the table and let out a short sigh.
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, so I’d like to have a drink… but let’s do that after everything is resolved.”
“yes.”
“Hehe. Instead, I got a good car that helps circulate horsepower, so I’ll quench my thirst for now.”
Sakaki shouted outside for the car to come out.
Grumble.
The sliding door opened and a woman dressed in a kimono came in.
I guess he’s just turned 20.
She was a neat-looking beauty with black hair as fine as silk and skin so white that it felt pale.
‘Are you Mr. Sakaki’s wife?’
no.
However, he looked too young to be that way.
“Tea has been served.”
A woman in a kimono walked around the table using a teapot with a luxurious pattern on it and poured tea into a teacup.
So, they went around one by one when it was Oh Jin’s turn.
“Are you Mr. Kwon Oh-jin?”
The woman in the kimono looked at Ojin and asked.
“Oh yeah. That’s right.”
“I’m sorry for the trouble my ugly brother caused you before.”
“Brother?”
As I was tilting my head, Koshiro with a bright red face jumped up from his seat.
“Yo Yoko! “What are you saying all of a sudden in a place like this?”
“Onii-sama, please stay still.”
The woman called Yoko glared at Koshiro with cold eyes.
Koshiro flinched, trembled his shoulders, instantly crouched, and sat down again.
“If it’s Mr. Koshiro’s younger sister…”
“Yes. “Thanks to Mr. Ojin for defeating Haejamari’s executioner, I was able to detoxify the poison.”
Yoko bowed to Ojin with a faint smile and an elegant gesture.
Ohjin, who had never thought she would even bow, as if she was just bowing her head in greeting, shook her head with an awkward smile.
“I just did what I had to do.”
“Mr. Oh Jin is the savior of my life and the one who prevented my ugly brother from going down a worse path. “I should have repaid you separately… I’m sorry, but all I have is this unsightly body.”
Yoko looks down at herself with sad eyes.
The sight of her slowly lowering her gaze with wet eyes was so beautiful that I was speechless for a moment.
“If necessary, I would like to take care of Mr. Ojin while you are here.”
“no. it’s okay.”
Oh Jin urgently shook his head and rejected her offer.
Even though Sakaki was already looking at her with heroic lecherousness and all, she couldn’t just accept Yoko’s offer.
And it’s not like I need support in the first place.
“So…”
Yoko bit her chapped lip with sad eyes.
“You don’t need my help?”
“Just saying thank you is already enough.”
“ha. “Yes, Oh Jin, if that is what you want, I will follow it.”
Yoko carefully stood up and bowed deeply towards Ojin once again.
“Then I’ll just leave. “We will be waiting outside, so if you need any food, please feel free to call us.”
“Oh yeah. All right.”
Oh Jin, who was not used to receiving such generous treatment, nodded with an awkward expression.
Yoko, who was about to go out after filling all the tea cups, stopped and approached Koshiro who was sitting.
“Your shirt is wrinkled, brother.”
“Oh, huh? “Is that so?”
“It’s really… I’m not good at painting.”
Yoko knelt down in front of Koshiro and spread Koshiro’s crumpled shirt with her hands.
A faint smile appeared on Yoko’s lips as she adjusted Koshiro’s shirt.
“Thank you, Yoko.”
“Hehe. After all, you can’t do it without me.”
Yoko lightly pinched Koshiro’s cheek and stood up again.
“then. Everyone, enjoy your meal.”
Yoko cautiously stepped back outside and closed the sliding door.
“Hmm. “The atmosphere is completely different from that of siblings.”
Ha-eun narrowed her eyes and looked back at Oh-jin, who was sitting next to her.
He asked sharply, lightly pinching Ojin’s side.
“Can’t I flirt with him too?”
“Why are you hitting your tail again?”
“joy.”
Ha-eun snorts and eats stewed potatoes with chopsticks.
“Wow what? “Does it taste good?”
“Hehe. It’s all made by Yoko. “After Koshiro returned, he took charge of our organization’s kitchen.”
“Hmm.”
Ha-eun frowns as if she doesn’t like something.
Yoko’s face, which resembles a painting of a traditional Japanese beauty, flashed in my mind.
‘Could it be… no?’
I shook my head and tried to erase the anxiety running down my spine.
“Let’s eat quickly and talk about that brat!”
Ha-eun stuffed rice into her mouth, thinking that she had to take care of business as soon as possible and leave Japan.
* * *
After the meal was over.
I got to the point after drinking the tea that Sakaki had prepared for me, which was said to be good for magical energy circulation.
“Has everyone seen the video?”
“Yes, I saw it.”
“According to what Aldebaran said… it appears that a constellation of black stars has appeared in Japan.”
The incarnation of the Black Star Constellation.
Of course, it is not a perfect incarnation, but in any case, a transcendent person who is fundamentally different from humans has appeared on Earth.
He also leads a legion of demonic beasts that appear to be his subordinates.
“Have you figured out where the seahorses are now?”
“It’s not exactly known, but… there is a place where we presume they are.”
Sakaki took out the tablet from his pocket and opened the map app.
“hmm? “Why is your expression like that?”
“…no. “I had the image that Mr. Sakaki would use an analog map.”
“haha. “Who would use such an old-fashioned map these days?”
I don’t think it’s something a person from a country where Pax is still active would say.
Well anyway.
“Do you see the little village here on the coast?”
He pointed to a village taken from a satellite photo.
It was a small fishing village with probably over 200 households in total.
“It’s the village closest to the coast where they appeared.”
“Are they hiding here?”
“I don’t know that yet… Two days ago, we received a report that a vehicle transporting food materials to this village suddenly lost contact.”
then.
“…There is a high possibility that the entire village has already been affected.”
“That’s how we judge it too.”
Sakaki nodded with a heavy expression.
“I think it would be best to start investigating from this village first.”
“Yes, I will.”
Since the information available was limited, I had no choice but to go there in person.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t treat you properly when I arrived… Can we leave right away?”
“Sure.”
I wanted to start the investigation by gathering information a little more slowly, but there was no time to sit back and do nothing as there was a high possibility that civilians would be harmed.
Even if it was a misdiagnosis, he wasn’t so cold-blooded that he could watch without a care in the world as ordinary people who didn’t even have stigmata were massacred at the hands of magical beasts.
“Hahaha! “I thought you would say that!”
Sakaki stood up with a hearty laugh.
“I already prepared a vehicle outside! “Let’s leave right away!”
“All right.”
Ojin and the others followed Sakaki and headed out of the mansion.
“Are you leaving already?”
Yoko followed behind and asked with a worried expression.
“Yes, it’s not a problem that can be solved even if we just sit here and die.”
“But as soon as you arrive….”
“I was treated to a hearty meal, so that’s enough.”
“Whoa.”
Yoko looked at Ojin with an expression of regret.
Ha-eun stepped forward and grabbed Oh-jin’s arm as if snatching it.
“I’ll take care of our Ojini, so don’t worry about it, right?”
Ha-eun glares at Yoko with wary eyes.
Yoko tilted her head as she felt wary eyes directed at her.
“Oh yeah. Are you Oh Jin’s wife? Please take good care of your benefactor.”
“ok? Yes. “But you’re not married yet?”
“Hehe. “If you look at the two of them, they already seem like a good couple.”
Yoko smiled brightly and looked back at Oh Jin and Ha Eun.
“Is that so?”
Ha-eun, who thought Yoko was showing interest in Oh-jin, tilted her head at the unexpected reaction.
‘Did I think of something wrong?’
When you think of such questions.
“Onii-sama, be careful too.”
“huh! don’t worry!”
Yoko approached Koshiro and grabbed his collar with tears in her eyes.
“You can’t come back hurt again, brother.”
“haha. Have you forgotten what stigmata I bear? “I will come back unscathed, so don’t cry.”
Koshiro smiled brightly and wiped away the tears from Yoko’s eyes with his hand.
“Ah…”
Yoko bit her lip and hugged Koshiro.
“Woah, it won’t work! “Don’t go, brother!”
“What’s wrong with you all of a sudden?”
“I saw that video too! To think that your brother is fighting such terrible monsters…”
“Haha. “Yoko too.”
Koshiro stroked Yoko’s hair as if he couldn’t stop her.
“It’s about protecting people.”
“…Brother.”
“Since Oyabung has accepted me again, I have to fight as hard as I can. “Isn’t that right, Yoko?”
“Huh. all right.”
Yoko wiped the tears from her eyes and held Koshiro’s cheeks in her hands.
and.
“Approach carefully, my love.”
I kissed Koushiro’s lips.
“…uh?”
“What is it?”
Sakaki showed no reaction as if he was used to it, but Ojin and Haeun opened their eyes with blank expressions, as if they had been hit in the back of the head with a hammer.
“Oh Ojina, weren’t they siblings?”
“Uh… I think so.”
No matter where you looked at the way they were kissing their lips, it looked like they were lovers, not a man and a woman.
Ha-eun’s eyes widened in shock and she violently pulled Oh-jin’s arm.
“Oh Ojina! What is this?! “Is this the culture of Seongjin-guk?!”
no.
“This is what you call it… Front entrance combination! Entrance combination, right?!”
No.