“Hi, everyone!”
Monday. All of our classmates’ gazes turned towards us the instant Saeyeon slid the door open and greeted them energetically. So, well, I also turned my head and spoke.
“······Hi.”
If you think about it, who even greets people in the morning? This is so embarrassing that I could die.
“······.”
“······What, is it that weird for me to greet you guys?”
I know I’m not the type of person who normally does this, but isn’t this reaction a bit too much? I shouldn’t have greeted them.
I felt my face heat up because everyone was staring at me blankly, however, that only lasted for a moment. Shortly after, I was even more startled because they started to applaud by ones and twos.
“W-What’s up with you guys all of a sudden?”
More importantly, these guys seriously like clapping too much. It seems our applauding classmates didn’t care about my reaction as they turned towards Saeyeon and grinned brightly.
“Congrats, Saeyeon!”
“For that Jaro, to finally start dating Saeyeon······!”
“As I thought, love wins over everything!”
Wait, what?
“H-How do you guys know about that?!”
“Ehehe, this is embarrassing······.”
Saeyeon scratched her cheek shyly. The kids sniffed and spoke as they rubbed the corners of their eyes in response to my shout.
“Well, Jaim told us everything. She told us that you two were going on a date last weekend and that we should pretend as if we didn’t know······.”
“Bells! Ring the bells! Is today not a great day?!”
That brat······! So this is why she said she wasn’t going to come to school today, isn’t it? I thought it was because she was still sulking.
Our classmates flocked around us like a bunch of birds while I was busy grinding my teeth.
“Saeyeon, where did Jaro take you? Huh?”
“We went to a zoo together!”
“A zoo, huh······? It does suit Saeyeon’s innocent image.”
“Wasn’t it a bit boring to go to a zoo for your first date?”
“No, don’t you think Jaro might also be the same as her? A pure, innocent boy?”
“I asked him to take me there. I wanted to see animals!”
“This is a complete surprise. I thought that if it’s Jaro, then he would have just dragged Saeyeon around however he pleased, but for him to obediently follow along to where Saeyeon wanted to go······.”
“Jaro is that, isn’t he? A tsundere? At this rate, he’s going to end up becoming a devoted father.”
“S-Shut up! It’s not like that!”
Once I shouted at the kids who were talking unreservedly, Saeyeon, who at one point had linked her arm with mine and was smiling happily, lowered her brows.
“······It wasn’t?”
“N-No, it was a date and we did go there because you wanted to, but······.”
“······.”
“Can you guys stop smiling like that?!”
Stop looking at me with hen-like eyes as if I’m some sort of baby chick! Stop smiling at me all nice and warm! Stop patting my shoulder! Which one of you guys poked my cheek just now?!
“Oh, this is a rare sight.”
I simply ground my teeth as I watched as Saeyeon happily answered the questions of our classmates who kept asking her about what happened yesterday. It was then that I heard a voice behind me.
“Nanda, please tell me you didn’t have any part in this situation as well.”
I asked just in case, but Nanda grinned brightly.
“I bought a cake and some firecrackers, but did you guys not need them?”
“We don’t!”
“Wow, a cake! Are you giving that to us, Nanda?”
“I bought it in order to celebrate, but Jjaro said you guys don’t need it, so······.”
“······.”
He was using Saeyeon as a weapon, this wicked bastard······.
After declaring that she was going to eat it with everyone, Saeyeon went to her desk and opened the small cake box that Nanda had gifted to us. Hey, my share should be in there as well, but why are you eating everything? However, before I could let out that complaint, I noticed Nanda’s pleasant grin, so I wound up holding my tongue.
“······What?”
“No, it’s just that the day you and Saeyeon went on a date finally arrived. I knew this would eventually happen, but it’s really surprising.”
“······Shut up.”
Why are you smiling so cheerfully?
“I feel a bit happy and sad, but since Saeyeon is happy, it’s not a bad feeling.”
“······About that.”
Once I called out to him hesitantly, Nanda, who was watching Saeyeon with a cheerful look on his face, turned towards me.
“······That thing I said a while back······. I take it back.”
Nanda gave me a weird look for a moment, but it seems he understood what I was talking about as he opened his eyes wide. I felt my face getting hot, so I scratched the back of my head.
“All right. I figured this would happen.”
He looked disappointed for a moment, but his grin quickly returned.
“More importantly, Saeyeon, can I have a slice as well? I didn’t have a proper breakfast this morning.”
“Oh right. Why are you eating everything, Saeyeon? Give me······. It’s all gone!”
In an attempt to change the topic, Nanda turned towards Saeyeon and asked that, so I followed suit as well, but once I did, the cake box was already completely empty. 6 of our classmates and Saeyeon all turned to look at us with plastic forks in their mouths.
“U-Uhm······. I-It was really delicious······.”
“······You bread addict.”
“I-I’m not the bad one! The cake is!”
While pouting her cheeks, which were filled with cake, Saeyeon got upset instead. Right, what can I say to this girl? I let out a small sigh and tapped Nanda’s shoulder as he was staring at the empty box with a disappointed look on his face.
“Let’s go eat some bread, friend. There’s still some time left.”
“That’s embarrassing, man. But if you’re buying, Jjaro.”
I bumped fists with Nanda.
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I’ve thought this before, but I really don’t think this drama should be broadcasted during this time of the day.
⎯⎯⎯Aren’t you being too careless just because you’re the head of the household? Your wife and I already have a perfect subordinate and superior affectionate relationship!
⎯⎯⎯Return her! Return all of the monthly wages I’ve given you until now as well!
······The drama that Saeyeon likes, ‘The Counterattacking Missus’, had entered into a new arc. I heard that they received quite the number of views for some reason, so they continued the series. I wonder if it’s okay for them to do this.
The wife, who had joined hands with the 3rd son of a large company and dreamt of getting revenge on her husband, was finally able to crush her husband’s business after working excruciatingly hard, but unsurprisingly, the wife turned out to be the step-sister of the 3rd son as she was a daughter whom the CEO of the major company had been keeping under wraps. Oh, how surprising. The ex-girlfriend of the 3rd son approached the wife’s husband in order to get the wife away from the 3rd son, and the 3rd son got tired of the wife despite the fact that he kept saying that he couldn’t live without her during the 1st season a lot, and started to fool around with a newly introduced housewife······. Well, this was the gist of it.
“Mm······. As I thought, it would be best if she worked it out with her husband······.”
“More importantly, that 3rd son is pretty ridiculous. Even if he likes that housewife, he kept saying he couldn’t live without the wife before.”
“No, the housewife is definitely flirting with him. Later on, it’ll probably be revealed that the husband or the ex-girlfriend made her do that.”
“Well, it’s an obvious development, but that’s probably what will happen. Ah, Saeyeon, pass me some chips as well. My mouth is getting bored.”
Albeit, I’ve also been getting interested in the show recently.
The sound of crunching resounded underneath the sound coming from the TV.
Saeyeon and Jihye were sitting on the couch and watching the drama while eating chips. There were no more seats, so Jaim and I were lazily sitting on the ground and watching as well.
Recently, we’ve become completely used to gathering around this time of the day and having a discussion about the drama.
“Still, I think it would be better if the wife won. You think so as well, right, Jjaro?”
“But don’t you think it’s a man’s dream to be drawn in by a young and pretty housewife? What do you think, Master?”
“Jihye, can you stop saying weird things to Dad?”
······Although it’s a bit weird when this happens every single time. Why do they play this drama at this time of the day? It’s not good for the kids.
Well, if you think about it from a different perspective, then the fact that Jihye’s able to joke around like this in front of Jaim and Jaim’s also able to receive these jokes like this means they’ve gotten closer, right? I decided to interpret it like this.
“It’s all right, Jaim. I told you, didn’t I? Miss Jihye is your second mom.”
“No, I don’t feel like that’s something you should be saying in this situation.”
Saeyeon giggled at my rebuttal and spoke.
“Also, Mom told me something good.”
“······Your mom?”
I don’t know what she told her, but I feel like it’s not going to be a good thing for me. Saeyeon continued while I was eyeing her suspiciously.
“She said that there’s a thing called concubines in the world!”
“······.”
I figured. I knew that old lady would say something like that. After I grasped my aching head and lowered it, I heard Jaim’s voice.
“M-Mom, do you know what that means?”
“Yup! Mom explained it to me. If you already have one mom present, then that’s what you call your second mom, right? She said that they do the housework together, like their husband together, and act like a family!”
“······.”
“Why are you looking at me like that? Go complain to Saeyeon’s mom!”
Once I shouted that at Jaim, who was staring at me quite vigorously, no, glaring at me, both Saeyeon and Jihye giggled. Seriously, it’s a bizarre sight when they both laugh together since they resemble each other so much.
“More importantly, when’s the chicken getting here······? I’m getting hungry······.”
Saeyeon rubbed her stomach and looked at the clock which resulted in that conversation ending there. Now that I think about, they should’ve arrived by now, but they still haven’t. We originally planned to eat while watching the drama.
That’s right. Tonight’s dinner is fried chicken. My royalties finally came in, after all. Our household finances have become a bit better. Going out to eat is still impossible, but I can at least provide this much.
“······Instead of ordering some fried chicken, I could have made some myself.”
In contrast to Saeyeon and Jaim, who were happy about being able to eat fried chicken again after a long while, Jihye seemed to be sulking a bit.
“As a robot maid who specializes in housework, I believe that it’s wrong to order food that I can already make here at home!”
“Don’t fry chicken here. Cleaning up the aftermath is a pain.”
Cooking it takes effort, it uses up a lot of cooking oil, it’s difficult to figure out where to throw out the remaining oil, it’s hard to find a plate or frying pan that’s large enough to fry them on, and most importantly, it won’t fry that crisply with the firepower we have here at home. That’s why places that do it professionally are important.
“But taking care of the aftermath and other problems is another way to display the capabilities of a robot maid.”
Don’t say something like that while sticking out your chest. The robot maid I dreamed of wasn’t like that.
“Now that I think about it, Saeyeon, stop eating chips. Dinner is going to arrive soon and those chips are going to make you lose your appetite. You’ll also gain weight.”
She’s been continuously moving chips to her mouth, so it’s been bothering me. Once I pointed that out, Saeyeon proudly ate another chip and spoke.
“But I’m the type of person who doesn’t get fat.”
“This may not matter, but I don’t get fat even if I consume things.”
“Uuh······.”
······Why are you the one staring at Saeyeon and Jihye with a betrayed look on your face, kid? Jaim stared at the chip she was holding in her hand with a strangely sad look on her face before muttering something.
“······I won’t have dinner.”
“Why are you worrying about your weight already? It’s fine. I heard that it goes to your height as you grow up.”
“But······.”
Jaim lowered the chip as if she found my remark to be doubtful. Personally, if she had a little more fat, then pulling on her cheeks would feel even better. Moreover······.
I spoke in a small voice so that Saeyeon and Jihye couldn’t hear me.
“······I’m doing this as an apology as well, so just eat some chicken when it comes.”
“Apology? Ah······.”
Jaim’s mouth absent-mindedly fell agape in response to my words. Don’t be like that. You’re making this more embarrassing than it should be. I was about to scratch the back of my head, but I awkwardly lowered it and spoke.
“You did say you’d forgive me last time, but it’s still my fault. I don’t intend to save face by buying fried chicken, but think of it as my sincerity.”
“It’s fine. About last time······. I’m also, sort of sorry, about what happened.”
“You’re sorry? What for?”
“Because I acted like a child.”
Jaim spoke while scratching her slightly reddened cheek.
“······Naturally, I got super mad when I heard you say that, but the next day, I wasn’t as mad anymore. Mom also said those things to me. Still······. I wanted to throw a tantrum at you. And when you said you needed me, that also made me happy.”
“······Sorry.”
A while back, I had told her that I never wanted her.
Jaim looked as if she were contemplating something once I apologized.
“Well, I haven’t completely accepted it yet. I still can’t look at Jihye like the way Mom told me to, and I have no idea if the you in the future likes me or not, but······.”
“That’s······.”
“Still, is there anything more that needs to be said between a family?”
Jaim grinned brightly as she said that.
“‘It’s my fault’, and ‘it’s okay’. These words are good enough.”
“······As I thought, the answer I chose back then was wrong.”
“Did you start feeling like it’d be okay to have a cute daughter?”
“It’d be great if you didn’t try to climb to the very top just because I complimented you once.”
“I’m like you when it comes to saying a line too much~.”
Jeez, she always has to have the last word. I simply chuckled.
“What kind of secret talk are you two having so happily?”
Saeyeon heard my laughter and turned towards me with a smile. All right, then.
“Jaim was telling me that she wasn’t going to have any of the chicken. She said she’d get fat.”
“N-No, I didn’t! I’m going to eat! Mom, don’t believe Dad!”
“It’s fine, Miss. This top-notch robot maid also has a Weight Management Program downloaded. I see that the day where the Miss starts worrying about her weight has finally arrived, huh······.”
“I told you that’s not it!”
Ding dong⎯⎯⎯.
“Your chicken is here!”
“Oh, they’re here.”
“I’ll be right there~! Jjaro, the money!”
“The cola can is mine! The drumsticks as well!”
“May I also have a piece?”
“Here’s the money······. What a discourteous kid! You were going on about not eating a second ago! It’s only natural for the head of the household, who supports this home, to eat the legs!”
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“That’s correct. Yes. There are no problems to speak of. I believe that both Mr. Jin Jaro and Miss Ja Saeyeon have not noticed that far. No. Not only that, but the other things as well.
Yes. You also don’t have to worry about the issue involving Miss Jin Jaim and ‘Eureka’. I’m paying attention to both of them and keeping an eye on them as well.
Except······. No. It’s nothing.
Even if you tell me to tell you······. Well. I’m not sure if I should say it. No, it’s not because I’m afraid of writing a written apology. I told you that’s not it. Yes. I understand. Then I’ll say it.
I sometimes feel like I’m not suited for this mission. I understand that this is a mission that only I can carry out, but I feel like I’m gradually growing attached to them as I continue to observe them. Also······.
I also feel a bit sorry······. It, hurts me.
······No. Yes. I’m aware. Yes. You don’t have to worry. It’s just that I feel like that a tiny bit. I endured my training as an agent for this goal, after all. You don’t have to be concerned.
I think he’s here. Today is the day, after all.
Then, if you’ll excuse me first.”
“Hi, everyone!”
Monday. All of our classmates’ gazes turned towards us the instant Saeyeon slid the door open and greeted them energetically. So, well, I also turned my head and spoke.
“······Hi.”
If you think about it, who even greets people in the morning? This is so embarrassing that I could die.
“······.”
“······What, is it that weird for me to greet you guys?”
I know I’m not the type of person who normally does this, but isn’t this reaction a bit too much? I shouldn’t have greeted them.
I felt my face heat up because everyone was staring at me blankly, however, that only lasted for a moment. Shortly after, I was even more startled because they started to applaud by ones and twos.
“W-What’s up with you guys all of a sudden?”
More importantly, these guys seriously like clapping too much. It seems our applauding classmates didn’t care about my reaction as they turned towards Saeyeon and grinned brightly.
“Congrats, Saeyeon!”
“For that Jaro, to finally start dating Saeyeon······!”
“As I thought, love wins over everything!”
Wait, what?
“H-How do you guys know about that?!”
“Ehehe, this is embarrassing······.”
Saeyeon scratched her cheek shyly. The kids sniffed and spoke as they rubbed the corners of their eyes in response to my shout.
“Well, Jaim told us everything. She told us that you two were going on a date last weekend and that we should pretend as if we didn’t know······.”
“Bells! Ring the bells! Is today not a great day?!”
That brat······! So this is why she said she wasn’t going to come to school today, isn’t it? I thought it was because she was still sulking.
Our classmates flocked around us like a bunch of birds while I was busy grinding my teeth.
“Saeyeon, where did Jaro take you? Huh?”
“We went to a zoo together!”
“A zoo, huh······? It does suit Saeyeon’s innocent image.”
“Wasn’t it a bit boring to go to a zoo for your first date?”
“No, don’t you think Jaro might also be the same as her? A pure, innocent boy?”
“I asked him to take me there. I wanted to see animals!”
“This is a complete surprise. I thought that if it’s Jaro, then he would have just dragged Saeyeon around however he pleased, but for him to obediently follow along to where Saeyeon wanted to go······.”
“Jaro is that, isn’t he? A tsundere? At this rate, he’s going to end up becoming a devoted father.”
“S-Shut up! It’s not like that!”
Once I shouted at the kids who were talking unreservedly, Saeyeon, who at one point had linked her arm with mine and was smiling happily, lowered her brows.
“······It wasn’t?”
“N-No, it was a date and we did go there because you wanted to, but······.”
“······.”
“Can you guys stop smiling like that?!”
Stop looking at me with hen-like eyes as if I’m some sort of baby chick! Stop smiling at me all nice and warm! Stop patting my shoulder! Which one of you guys poked my cheek just now?!
“Oh, this is a rare sight.”
I simply ground my teeth as I watched as Saeyeon happily answered the questions of our classmates who kept asking her about what happened yesterday. It was then that I heard a voice behind me.
“Nanda, please tell me you didn’t have any part in this situation as well.”
I asked just in case, but Nanda grinned brightly.
“I bought a cake and some firecrackers, but did you guys not need them?”
“We don’t!”
“Wow, a cake! Are you giving that to us, Nanda?”
“I bought it in order to celebrate, but Jjaro said you guys don’t need it, so······.”
“······.”
He was using Saeyeon as a weapon, this wicked bastard······.
After declaring that she was going to eat it with everyone, Saeyeon went to her desk and opened the small cake box that Nanda had gifted to us. Hey, my share should be in there as well, but why are you eating everything? However, before I could let out that complaint, I noticed Nanda’s pleasant grin, so I wound up holding my tongue.
“······What?”
“No, it’s just that the day you and Saeyeon went on a date finally arrived. I knew this would eventually happen, but it’s really surprising.”
“······Shut up.”
Why are you smiling so cheerfully?
“I feel a bit happy and sad, but since Saeyeon is happy, it’s not a bad feeling.”
“······About that.”
Once I called out to him hesitantly, Nanda, who was watching Saeyeon with a cheerful look on his face, turned towards me.
“······That thing I said a while back······. I take it back.”
Nanda gave me a weird look for a moment, but it seems he understood what I was talking about as he opened his eyes wide. I felt my face getting hot, so I scratched the back of my head.
“All right. I figured this would happen.”
He looked disappointed for a moment, but his grin quickly returned.
“More importantly, Saeyeon, can I have a slice as well? I didn’t have a proper breakfast this morning.”
“Oh right. Why are you eating everything, Saeyeon? Give me······. It’s all gone!”
In an attempt to change the topic, Nanda turned towards Saeyeon and asked that, so I followed suit as well, but once I did, the cake box was already completely empty. 6 of our classmates and Saeyeon all turned to look at us with plastic forks in their mouths.
“U-Uhm······. I-It was really delicious······.”
“······You bread addict.”
“I-I’m not the bad one! The cake is!”
While pouting her cheeks, which were filled with cake, Saeyeon got upset instead. Right, what can I say to this girl? I let out a small sigh and tapped Nanda’s shoulder as he was staring at the empty box with a disappointed look on his face.
“Let’s go eat some bread, friend. There’s still some time left.”
“That’s embarrassing, man. But if you’re buying, Jjaro.”
I bumped fists with Nanda.
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I’ve thought this before, but I really don’t think this drama should be broadcasted during this time of the day.
⎯⎯⎯Aren’t you being too careless just because you’re the head of the household? Your wife and I already have a perfect subordinate and superior affectionate relationship!
⎯⎯⎯Return her! Return all of the monthly wages I’ve given you until now as well!
······The drama that Saeyeon likes, ‘The Counterattacking Missus’, had entered into a new arc. I heard that they received quite the number of views for some reason, so they continued the series. I wonder if it’s okay for them to do this.
The wife, who had joined hands with the 3rd son of a large company and dreamt of getting revenge on her husband, was finally able to crush her husband’s business after working excruciatingly hard, but unsurprisingly, the wife turned out to be the step-sister of the 3rd son as she was a daughter whom the CEO of the major company had been keeping under wraps. Oh, how surprising. The ex-girlfriend of the 3rd son approached the wife’s husband in order to get the wife away from the 3rd son, and the 3rd son got tired of the wife despite the fact that he kept saying that he couldn’t live without her during the 1st season a lot, and started to fool around with a newly introduced housewife······. Well, this was the gist of it.
“Mm······. As I thought, it would be best if she worked it out with her husband······.”
“More importantly, that 3rd son is pretty ridiculous. Even if he likes that housewife, he kept saying he couldn’t live without the wife before.”
“No, the housewife is definitely flirting with him. Later on, it’ll probably be revealed that the husband or the ex-girlfriend made her do that.”
“Well, it’s an obvious development, but that’s probably what will happen. Ah, Saeyeon, pass me some chips as well. My mouth is getting bored.”
Albeit, I’ve also been getting interested in the show recently.
The sound of crunching resounded underneath the sound coming from the TV.
Saeyeon and Jihye were sitting on the couch and watching the drama while eating chips. There were no more seats, so Jaim and I were lazily sitting on the ground and watching as well.
Recently, we’ve become completely used to gathering around this time of the day and having a discussion about the drama.
“Still, I think it would be better if the wife won. You think so as well, right, Jjaro?”
“But don’t you think it’s a man’s dream to be drawn in by a young and pretty housewife? What do you think, Master?”
“Jihye, can you stop saying weird things to Dad?”
······Although it’s a bit weird when this happens every single time. Why do they play this drama at this time of the day? It’s not good for the kids.
Well, if you think about it from a different perspective, then the fact that Jihye’s able to joke around like this in front of Jaim and Jaim’s also able to receive these jokes like this means they’ve gotten closer, right? I decided to interpret it like this.
“It’s all right, Jaim. I told you, didn’t I? Miss Jihye is your second mom.”
“No, I don’t feel like that’s something you should be saying in this situation.”
Saeyeon giggled at my rebuttal and spoke.
“Also, Mom told me something good.”
“······Your mom?”
I don’t know what she told her, but I feel like it’s not going to be a good thing for me. Saeyeon continued while I was eyeing her suspiciously.
“She said that there’s a thing called concubines in the world!”
“······.”
I figured. I knew that old lady would say something like that. After I grasped my aching head and lowered it, I heard Jaim’s voice.
“M-Mom, do you know what that means?”
“Yup! Mom explained it to me. If you already have one mom present, then that’s what you call your second mom, right? She said that they do the housework together, like their husband together, and act like a family!”
“······.”
“Why are you looking at me like that? Go complain to Saeyeon’s mom!”
Once I shouted that at Jaim, who was staring at me quite vigorously, no, glaring at me, both Saeyeon and Jihye giggled. Seriously, it’s a bizarre sight when they both laugh together since they resemble each other so much.
“More importantly, when’s the chicken getting here······? I’m getting hungry······.”
Saeyeon rubbed her stomach and looked at the clock which resulted in that conversation ending there. Now that I think about, they should’ve arrived by now, but they still haven’t. We originally planned to eat while watching the drama.
That’s right. Tonight’s dinner is fried chicken. My royalties finally came in, after all. Our household finances have become a bit better. Going out to eat is still impossible, but I can at least provide this much.
“······Instead of ordering some fried chicken, I could have made some myself.”
In contrast to Saeyeon and Jaim, who were happy about being able to eat fried chicken again after a long while, Jihye seemed to be sulking a bit.
“As a robot maid who specializes in housework, I believe that it’s wrong to order food that I can already make here at home!”
“Don’t fry chicken here. Cleaning up the aftermath is a pain.”
Cooking it takes effort, it uses up a lot of cooking oil, it’s difficult to figure out where to throw out the remaining oil, it’s hard to find a plate or frying pan that’s large enough to fry them on, and most importantly, it won’t fry that crisply with the firepower we have here at home. That’s why places that do it professionally are important.
“But taking care of the aftermath and other problems is another way to display the capabilities of a robot maid.”
Don’t say something like that while sticking out your chest. The robot maid I dreamed of wasn’t like that.
“Now that I think about it, Saeyeon, stop eating chips. Dinner is going to arrive soon and those chips are going to make you lose your appetite. You’ll also gain weight.”
She’s been continuously moving chips to her mouth, so it’s been bothering me. Once I pointed that out, Saeyeon proudly ate another chip and spoke.
“But I’m the type of person who doesn’t get fat.”
“This may not matter, but I don’t get fat even if I consume things.”
“Uuh······.”
······Why are you the one staring at Saeyeon and Jihye with a betrayed look on your face, kid? Jaim stared at the chip she was holding in her hand with a strangely sad look on her face before muttering something.
“······I won’t have dinner.”
“Why are you worrying about your weight already? It’s fine. I heard that it goes to your height as you grow up.”
“But······.”
Jaim lowered the chip as if she found my remark to be doubtful. Personally, if she had a little more fat, then pulling on her cheeks would feel even better. Moreover······.
I spoke in a small voice so that Saeyeon and Jihye couldn’t hear me.
“······I’m doing this as an apology as well, so just eat some chicken when it comes.”
“Apology? Ah······.”
Jaim’s mouth absent-mindedly fell agape in response to my words. Don’t be like that. You’re making this more embarrassing than it should be. I was about to scratch the back of my head, but I awkwardly lowered it and spoke.
“You did say you’d forgive me last time, but it’s still my fault. I don’t intend to save face by buying fried chicken, but think of it as my sincerity.”
“It’s fine. About last time······. I’m also, sort of sorry, about what happened.”
“You’re sorry? What for?”
“Because I acted like a child.”
Jaim spoke while scratching her slightly reddened cheek.
“······Naturally, I got super mad when I heard you say that, but the next day, I wasn’t as mad anymore. Mom also said those things to me. Still······. I wanted to throw a tantrum at you. And when you said you needed me, that also made me happy.”
“······Sorry.”
A while back, I had told her that I never wanted her.
Jaim looked as if she were contemplating something once I apologized.
“Well, I haven’t completely accepted it yet. I still can’t look at Jihye like the way Mom told me to, and I have no idea if the you in the future likes me or not, but······.”
“That’s······.”
“Still, is there anything more that needs to be said between a family?”
Jaim grinned brightly as she said that.
“‘It’s my fault’, and ‘it’s okay’. These words are good enough.”
“······As I thought, the answer I chose back then was wrong.”
“Did you start feeling like it’d be okay to have a cute daughter?”
“It’d be great if you didn’t try to climb to the very top just because I complimented you once.”
“I’m like you when it comes to saying a line too much~.”
Jeez, she always has to have the last word. I simply chuckled.
“What kind of secret talk are you two having so happily?”
Saeyeon heard my laughter and turned towards me with a smile. All right, then.
“Jaim was telling me that she wasn’t going to have any of the chicken. She said she’d get fat.”
“N-No, I didn’t! I’m going to eat! Mom, don’t believe Dad!”
“It’s fine, Miss. This top-notch robot maid also has a Weight Management Program downloaded. I see that the day where the Miss starts worrying about her weight has finally arrived, huh······.”
“I told you that’s not it!”
Ding dong⎯⎯⎯.
“Your chicken is here!”
“Oh, they’re here.”
“I’ll be right there~! Jjaro, the money!”
“The cola can is mine! The drumsticks as well!”
“May I also have a piece?”
“Here’s the money······. What a discourteous kid! You were going on about not eating a second ago! It’s only natural for the head of the household, who supports this home, to eat the legs!”
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“That’s correct. Yes. There are no problems to speak of. I believe that both Mr. Jin Jaro and Miss Ja Saeyeon have not noticed that far. No. Not only that, but the other things as well.
Yes. You also don’t have to worry about the issue involving Miss Jin Jaim and ‘Eureka’. I’m paying attention to both of them and keeping an eye on them as well.
Except······. No. It’s nothing.
Even if you tell me to tell you······. Well. I’m not sure if I should say it. No, it’s not because I’m afraid of writing a written apology. I told you that’s not it. Yes. I understand. Then I’ll say it.
I sometimes feel like I’m not suited for this mission. I understand that this is a mission that only I can carry out, but I feel like I’m gradually growing attached to them as I continue to observe them. Also······.
I also feel a bit sorry······. It, hurts me.
······No. Yes. I’m aware. Yes. You don’t have to worry. It’s just that I feel like that a tiny bit. I endured my training as an agent for this goal, after all. You don’t have to be concerned.
I think he’s here. Today is the day, after all.
Then, if you’ll excuse me first.”
