"Uhhhhh...hi! I'm Ji-woo! Park Ji-woo!"
'Park...Ji-woo...no no no no no no no no! No God please no! No! No! NOOOO!!!'
koppa: OH YESSS!!!
[is something the matter, loser?]
'Yes! This is a big matter. This is Park Ji-woo, a little girl who haunted my house for many, many years and has haunted my dreams until I was 20!'
I guess haunting is the correct word but she wasn't dead, don't get me wrong. Even though sometimes I wished for that to happen, it's better to keep your enemies close.
This girl, no, goblin. This goblin is one of my worst memories of my previous life and for whatever reason, she is now my neighbor.
In my past life, I only met her at the playground, the swimming pool and at school. We were classmates until grade 7 and until then, she tormented me; not bullied, tormented.
She would tease me by sometimes acting like an adult, she'd tease me constantly and it finally culminated in me yelling at her.
After that, she stopped her teasing which was great but it left a hole in my heart.
Maybe I had Stockholm Syndrome or something but I was starting to miss her company after a while.
I never found a reason why she decided I was a good target but I guess now I can. Anyways, no matter how self-centered I am, no matter how good looking I am or how hot I am, I can't bear to remember that time in 7th grade.
When I yelled at her, she looked at me as if I was breaking up with her; like a best friend saying they don't want to be friends anymore. She ran away, not even teasing me and cried.
Her mother once told me when I was older and when they were moving away that she cried herself to sleep that night and couldn't make anymore friends.
I guess now I can fix her, eh?
"???..."
Looking at me with a confused gaze and a slight head tilt, she looked very cute. She was still on top of me and put her hands on my chest to rest.
"Hi! I'm Min-chul!"
Hearing me finally introduce myself, she grins and get off of me to go back to her mother. What a good girl sometimes.
"Ara ara~ it seems that you get along quite well with my rowdy daughter. Please accept our gift"
She hands me a basket of apples and while I personally prefer cooking them with sugar, Jung, ever the savage, eats them raw.
He even ate the stem to not waste anything...guh! Still gives me shivers.
She sees me reaching out to get it and remember that she's dealing with a 7 year old kid. These apple might weight somewhere around 5 or 7 kilograms; much too heavy for a little baby boy like this one.
Much less this little boy, who looks are so soft and more feminine than anything else. Looking at him reaching out, she starting thinking about how he'd look in a wig and a dress.
'....mhhhmmm...I can just imagine him twirling around for me and...this boy must be friends with my little Ji-woo!' (Bong-cha)
As I look at the mother of Ji-woo twisting and turning in her position while holding out the bag, I assume it's because the bag is pretty heavy for her.
I grab the bag and carry it over to the counter where there's some mess left over by mom when she left for work earlier.
"Ahhh..."
"....WOOAHHH!!!"
As Bong-cha lets out a surprised gasp, Ji-woo's eyes go all sparkly and she rushes into the house once more, tackling me onto the couch. Seriously, has she mastered the art of tackling?
'It's a shame she's a girl. She might have been able to join the NFL with those skills'
"Uhhhh...Ji-woo ah? Is there something on my face?"
Asking sarcastically, Ji-woo bursts out laughing and let's go of me, finally. She adjusts her tank top to not slide off and looks at me with those dazzling, sparkly puppy eyes.
"How did you carry that?!?! I can't even do that!!!"
'Ahhh, I guess the apples were too heavy? I thought it was fine'
[THANKS TO ME!!!]
'Huh? Oh yeah, you too. I GUESS you helped...'
"But, it is a really big surprise, little Min-chul. Even I had some trouble bringing that over here"
As Bong-cha steps into the house, she makes sure to take off her shoes and she sits down with her legs in a Sussex Slant position; sitting like a royal. Really, what kind of un bringing did this woman have...
'Come to think of it, I never visited their house, ever. It was only at school and outside where we met. Is she secretly a part of the famous Lee family?'
Oh my God, her family could have made my phone...what a small world?
I turn my head to look at Ji-woo and realize that she's still staring at me, waiting for my answer to her previous question...uhhh, work out?
"Ummm, maybe I'll teach you how to carry it later"
"Really!?!?"
"Uhuh"
"Wooooo!!!"
She celebrates by raising her arms up into the air and laying down on my lap. Her mother looks at her with a wry smile and carries her daughter in a princess carry.
"Sorry for troubling you; we'll be going now. See you soon, hopefully"
"Yes, thank you for the apples!"
As they wave me good bye, I see they enter into a black luxury car. I see a glimpse of the inside when they were opening the door and...oh my God.
The seats are beige, there are TVs, a mini-fridge in the center console of the back seats and what looks to be toggleable window tint.
...did they really make mom's phone?!?!
From a completely blacked out window, it suddenly switches to a see through window, as if there isn't even a window there anymore.
The window reveals a little girl named Ji-woo and she's waving like a madman at me. Waving back, their chauffeur drives off into the distance where supposedly, their house is nearby mine.
Maybe they bought up all my neighbor's houses and made a super house?
I turn my attention to Jung, who just recently arrived at the front gate of our house. Huh, it's been an hour already? Time sure flies fast.
[I am not too aware of human psychology but I do believe time flies fast when you have fun? Seeing that you an-]
'Shut up shut up shut up shut up! I was NOT having fun'
[uhuh uhuh...and you called me a...what's it again? Tsundere?]
Ignoring the hater, I stare at Jung who stares back at me. After all, two unknown and very uhhh, "cute" women, shall we say, just emerged from our house and entered into a car that may or may not cost more than said house.
'Uhhh, shoot. I guess I can play it off like nothing happened?'
"Sup, hyungnim. Why are you just standing there?"
Hearing me, Jung snaps out of his daze and follows me in to enter the house. He takes off his shoes, unbuttons his polo shirt and lies down on the couch.
As I throw him an apple, he looks at me and sees that, just behind me is a bag full of them. Some even fell out because Bong-cha noona brought too much.
"Uhhhh...so, wanna talk about what I just saw?"
'Damn it! It didn't work!'
"Ummmm...they're our new neighbors. Why are you asking?"
He mischievously smirks at me with the biggest smile on his face I've seen, ever.
He has the look that you give your bro when you see his crush or when you are talking about her and you realize that your bro likes that girl.
"What?! Why do you look like that?!"
"Teehee, nooothingg~"
'GRAHHHH!!! What the hell is up with people today? First was the odd noona, Bong-cha. Second was her cut- annoying tomboy daughter and now Jung is teasing me? I guess I have to pull out the big guns now'
"Ahhh, that reminds me, what ever happened to you and Dongmei?"
Dongmei is a name I never thought I'd bring up again, but here we are. Dongmei is his first ever girlfriend, if you could even call her that.
They dated from 2nd grade and broke up at the 4th grade since she moved back to China. Well, there's also the fact that there were faster boys in their grade and that I existed but that's another story entirely.
Anyways, in my previous life, Jung was quite heartbroken, especially after learning she was leaving. He quickly got over it though since he had a hot teacher to crush on.
"...that's too far"
Jung said jokingly. Obviously, I know that he's teasing me and he knows I don't mean anything bad by what I said. He answers in a fake depressed tone; well, I guess I'll cheer him up.
"Hehehe, apple?"
"Yeah"
I throw him another apple as he switches the channels to a reality TV show. I don't mind it but I don't like it either, so I leave him to do whatever.
I go into my room and sit at my desk while thinking about today's set of events.
In all honesty, it was very unexpected but still welcome. I start thinking about if I completed any unknown recommended quests as they usually pop up out of nowhere.
For example, at the start of the day, I might have a "Workout" task or a "befriend someone" task but when something unexpected happens, it just pops up.
For example example, if I happened to see a kid getting bullied in an alleyway, there might a pop-up recommended quest to save that kid. It's something I had to ask Feelie about.
'Quests'
[papapapa! Multiple quests have been completed! Show all?]
'Uhhh...yes?'
[showing all completed quests!]
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Get into the varsity (Complete) ┃ Normal ┃ (Y)
Reward: ₲300 ┃ Kicking Power x2%
Achieve the fastest time (Complete) ┃ Hardcore ┃ (Y)
Reward: ₲600 ┃ Kicking Power x3% ┃ Charm x1%
Don't get kidnapped! (Complete) ┃ Cakewalk ┃ (Y)
Reward: ₲50
Introduce yourself to Ji-woo again! (Complete) ┃ Cakewalk ┃
Reward: ₲20 ┃ Charm x1%
Introduce yourself to Bong-cha again! (Complete) ┃ Cakewalk ┃
Reward: ₲20 ┃ Charm x1%
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'Ummm...what is Y?'
[the letter Y next a question means you did it yesterday. In my system, since I'm such a complex thing even for the universe, I can only keep a log of yesterday's quests. Any thing before yesterday would be erased into nothingness!]
Hearing Feelie's explanation, I can't help but ask the most important part.
'And what happens to the rewards?'
[gone! Reduced to atoms!]
'Ahhh, got it...status'
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Name: Kim Min-chul
Age: 7
Titles:
Cutest Meat Shield (Charm x1%) [IN USE]
Little Snitch ( Charm -10%, Social Skills -5%)
HP: 13/13
STR: 24+2 (LOCKED) RES: 17 (LOCKED)
SPD: 32 (LOCKED) STAMI: 30+2 (LOCKED)
INT: 43
₲Coins: ₲8,560
———Gear———
Head: None! Wow! You suck!
Torso: None! Wow! You suck!
Arms: None! Wow! You suck!
Legs: Origami Legs ┃ (Inferior Paper Set) ┃ SPD +2 STAMI +2 ┃ Kicking Power x5%
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As I look at the new status and my amazing bank balance, I doze off to sleep.
...crap! I didn't eat dinner yet!
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(A.N) yo! Another chapter for you beautiful readers this is a longer one than usual (1800+) so please! I do hope you enjoyed reading this! Please remember to support with commenting, reviewing, adding to library and voting with powerstones! Thank you again and peace ✌️!