Chapter 64

As the sunset began.

In the distance, a house with a blue roof started to come into view.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Countryside walk broadcasts are fun too. lol

【Yoho】─Seeing the Room Master and Balloon Gum holding hands and walking side by side, it kinda looks like a dad and his daughter.

【Min Ji】─Right? It’s nice to see. hehe

【Qkrnfl892】─?? Min Ji’s dark phase is over. Was it a temporary fall?

【Min Ji】─I suddenly felt down earlier. Sorry. hehe

The broadcast was still ongoing.

The path was a bit boring.

And walking alone with Balloon Gum would’ve made the atmosphere awkward.

【Handsome Licker】─Suddenly, I wanna see my dad. *lick*

【Min Ji】─Me too. T_T

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Min Ji, no dad?

【Min Ji】─Nope.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Thought you were rich, so I assumed you had one.

【Yoho】─I have a dad though. hehe

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Woah, Yoho has a dad?

【Handsome Licker】─Jealous. *lick*

【Qkrnfl892】─Yoho’s mom must be really capable and beautiful.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Bruh. Your mom’s a police chief, right? No dad?

【Qkrnfl892】─Yeah, no dad.

By the standards of the world I used to live in.

Looking at the chat just now, it might seem strange.

It could even come off as disrespectful.

But in this world, it was a common conversation.

In this Korea, it’s common for people to not have fathers.

Of course, in this world, I had both parents.

‘Probably thanks to my mom’s looks.’

I hate to admit it.

But in this world, my mom was quite beautiful.

Even in her portrait, she seemed to glow.

Compared to her, my dad’s looks were below average.

‘Were my parents the same people in the previous world?’

Thinking about it now, they were probably different people.

Unless it’s a gender-reversed world.

My dad would never have been able to marry someone like my mom.

‘Unless he was rich and capable…’

Unless he was a complete trash.

I don’t think someone rich and capable would abandon their own flesh and blood.

‘Well, he already did, so he’s trash anyway.’

Random thoughts about my parents made me feel down.

So I shook off the thoughts and decided to focus on hopeful ones, checking the chat again.

【Semen Thief】─How are babies made?

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Sex.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Even if you get reverse raped.

【Handsome Licker】─Even if you suck hard. *lick*

【Semen Thief】─What’s sex?

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Swallowing a dick with your pussy, going “Hut-dul! Hut-dul!” while shaking like crazy.

【Semen Thief】─What’s a pussy and dick?

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Your clit and dick, you idiot. Stop acting so innocent, you bitch.

【Semen Thief】─Ah, I see.

【Handsome Licker】─Guburi’s teaching at eye level. lol

【Qkrnfl892】─LOL

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─When is that guy gonna get banned?

I chuckled at Guburi’s chat.

Guburi was definitely one of the viewers my stream couldn’t do without.

He was like oxygen, breathing life into the chat.

“Maid. Guburi, chat ban.”

【Maid】─Wakya-pya!

As I walked while watching the chat, I arrived at the neighbor’s front gate.

【Handsome Licker】─Leaving again…

【Yoho】─I’m fine. I’m used to being abandoned…

【Min Ji】─Please come back soon. T_T

【Qkrnfl892】─These guys are so dramatic. lol

At the neighbor’s front gate.

I set up a stand in the bushes and fixed the camera.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Se-hoon. You’re just leaving the camera here and going in?

【Reverse Rape Mania】─What if someone steals it?

“It’s fine. It’s the countryside, no one will take it. There’s no one around anyway.”

I decided to leave the camera outside and go in.

Unless an animal takes it, there’s no way it’ll get lost.

【Qkrnfl892】─Why not just turn off the broadcast or cut the transmission and take the camera in? I don’t get it.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Seems like he’s into neglect play. I like it. lol

【Semen Thief】─Woah.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Maybe he’s doing this to avoid being a nuisance by bringing the camera in?

【Handsome Licker】─Our Se-hoon isn’t that thoughtful. *lick*

【Big Girl】─Hmm. Why are you leaving the camera here???

“Why? So you guys can imagine me eating while looking at this gate.”

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─?

【Big Girl】─??

【Qkrnfl892】─Psycho?

“Just kidding.”

【Big Girl】─Thought it was a joke.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─lol So what’s the real reason?

“No real reason.”

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─?

【Big Girl】─Hmm…

【Qkrnfl892】─Definitely psycho.

“This is also a joke, but if I leave it like this, I can start broadcasting right after finishing my meal without any prep.”

【Reverse Rape Mania】─It takes like a few seconds to turn on the broadcast. lol

【Big Girl】─You don’t even have to turn it off in the first place.

【Qkrnfl892】─I think the first reason you gave was the real one.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─True lol

【Handsome Licker】─lol Don’t try to understand Se-hoon’s actions. He’s more cryptic than a cat. *lick*

“Think what you want. Anyway, I’ll be back.”

【Qkrnfl892】─Bye.

【Min Ji】─Come back soon!

【Yoho】─I’ll hold my breath and wait.

【Handsome Licker】─If you come back quickly, I’ll give you a kiss. *mwah*

After saying goodbye to the viewers, I moved to the neighbor’s front gate and rang the doorbell.

***

We were welcomed by the neighbor’s mother and daughter and entered the house.

No need to introduce Balloon Gum separately.

I had already sent a text saying I’d bring my daughter.

“But I didn’t know you had a daughter. You look so young.”

The middle-aged woman, Lee Yoo-soon, looked at Balloon Gum with a fond expression.

The mother was Lee Yoo-soon.

Her daughter was Lee Yoo-na.

Lee Yoo-soon guided us to the living room, her maternal gaze fixed on Balloon Gum the whole time.

“What’s your daughter’s name?”

“Balloon Gum.”

“Balloon Gum! Wakya-pya!”

Balloon Gum and I answered simultaneously.

Lee Yoo-soon, hearing the answer, was taken aback and asked again.

“Balloon Gum? So her full name is Gye Balloon Gum…?”

“Something like that.”

“Wakya-pya.”

I brushed it off.

Honestly, I didn’t know Balloon Gum’s real name.

I never asked because I wasn’t curious.

In this world, it’s common to take the surname of the parent with custody.

When we exchanged texts.

I explained that I was raising my daughter alone, so it was natural to assume the surname was ‘Gye.’

Of course, if both parents were present, the mother’s surname would be used.

‘But that person hasn’t said a word. Is she shy?’

I glanced at Lee Yoo-na as we walked down the hallway.

She kept her mouth shut, her eyes dull and fixed straight ahead.

She was a very quiet woman.

“Sorry, the hallway’s a bit long. Here’s the living room.”

Lee Yoo-soon opened the living room door.

In the center of the spacious living room was a table filled with various dishes.

“Wakya-pya! Looks delicious!”

Balloon Gum ran over and plopped down on a chair.

Not just her looks, but her actions were like a child’s.

“Se-hoon, please sit.”

“Yes.”

As I sat next to Balloon Gum, the mother and daughter naturally sat across from us.

I slowly looked over the dishes on the table.

‘…It’s all meat. But what kind?’

It looked quite appetizing.

But for some reason, I had no appetite.

Instinctively, the food on the table repelled me.

It was strange.

Unless it was human flesh, there was no reason for the food to be this repulsive.

“Come on, don’t be shy. Dig in.”

Lee Yoo-soon urged us to eat.

Then—

*Thud!*

Balloon Gum pushed her chair back and stood up abruptly.

“I-I suddenly need to poop! Bathroom!”

“Ah, the bathroom is through that door on the right…”

“I’m coming out!”

Without waiting for Lee Yoo-soon to finish.

Balloon Gum opened the door on the right and ran down the hallway.

***

Lee Yoo-na quickly followed Balloon Gum.

She said she’d guide her in case she got lost.

The hallway was long and complicated, after all.

Now, only Lee Yoo-soon and I were left at the table.

“……”

“……”

Silence filled the living room.

*Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.*

The sound of the wall clock’s second hand moving regularly filled the space.

Of course, there was no sound of utensils clinking.

Neither I nor Lee Yoo-soon had touched the food.

After a while of this silence.

I heard Lee Yoo-soon swallow hard.

“Um…”

She slowly opened her mouth, looking at me and the food alternately.

“Se-hoon… do you not like meat?”

“No, I like it.”

“Then why aren’t you eating…?”

“I’ll eat when my daughter comes back.”

“Ah…”

Silence fell again.

***

15 minutes passed.

Balloon Gum still hadn’t returned.

She might’ve had a stomachache, so it wasn’t a big deal.

What I needed to focus on was the uneasy feeling of being watched.

‘It feels like someone’s staring at me…’

It didn’t seem like my imagination.

I discreetly rolled my eyes.

Scanning the table.

Observing the kitchen.

Glancing at the three doors leading to the hallway.

Then slowly taking in the entire living room.

Finally.

I carefully placed my hand on the table and picked up a knife.

Then I asked Lee Yoo-soon.

“…Excuse me, can I ask you something?”

“Huh? Oh, sure. Go ahead.”

“Do only you and Yoo-na live here?”

“Yes? Why do you ask?”

“……”

“Se-hoon?”

I stood up, holding the knife.

The blind spot next to the kitchen fridge.

Behind the door leading to the central hallway.

I felt movement in those two places.

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