"You know me?"
After all, violent crimes are more likely to be done by ignorant criminals! No, this isn't the time to be idle like this.
Surprised by the opponent's intense reaction, Cha Eun-seol took a closer look at the opponent's face.
None of the men she knew had his hair or beard this way… … .
'Wait a minute.'
Are you an acquaintance who tried to change your style after not seeing each other for a long time?
Draw a picture once in your mind. Trimming long hair and removing beard.
"… … uh?"
Cha Eun-seol blinked her eyes.
She denies the conjecture that came to mind. It was incredible.
Still, she differed it with her memory, just in case. The face she sees in the picture every day overlaps the face in front of her.
She thought he was someone she didn't know. His long hair, shaggy beard and quaint clothes obscured recognition.
But when she found out, he was so similar that she wondered why she didn't notice in the first place.
"no way… … ."
Her family, whom she loved and loved so much as a child.
A person who she lost & would never see again after a year, two, and ten years after he disappeared.
"······brother?"
Cha Eun-seol muttered without realizing it.
"Yeah, it's me."
Cha Shin Hyeon nodded his head vigorously.
Cha Eun-seol's voice began to shake little by little.
"Are you really my brother?"
"Well, we can be sure if you do a genetic test? Actually, I'm also a little skeptical about whether you're Eunseol or not. Because an elementary school student who used to be shy has turned into a young lady."
Cha Shin Hyeon jokingly said.
But Cha Eun-seol was still hesitating. She wanted to believe him, but she had been apart for too long. She couldn't open her heart easily.
Cha Shin Hyeon, who can't be ignorant of Cha Eun-seol's flustered feelings, briefly reflected on her memories of the past. No matter how many years passed, a significant part of his memories with his family remained. What happened to his sister?
"By the way, until you were in kindergarten, I hugged you a lot."
Cha Shin Hyeon said with a faint smile.
"It's not because it's too heavy anymore, it's because I'm all grown up and I can't hold her."
I don't know if it was two or three years old, but if there is a nine-year difference, it can be said that there is no need to fight with the younger sister.
Cha Shin Hyeon always loved Cha Eun-seol, and Cha Eun-seol followed him.
He often hugged and carried her until middle school, but as Cha Shin Hyeon went to high school and Cha Eun-seol entered elementary school, it became difficult to hug her.
because it's heavy
There were times when Cha Eun-seol cried while saying that honestly.
In other words, what Cha Shin Hyeon said was something that anyone would not understand unless they were really between siblings.
"Ah······."
After hearing those words, she couldn't believe it anymore.
Cha Eun-seol's eyes filled with water.
Her hands lost strength, and two daggers fell helplessly.
Worried that the blade might hit the floor, Cha Shin Hyeon slyly put it down with a sword, but Cha Eun-seol couldn't afford to worry about that.
"brother!"
Crying, Cha Eun-seol was embraced by Cha Shin Hyeon.
Cha Shin Hyeon's shirt front was rough, but she didn't mind.
Burying her face in her brother's chest, she wept constantly. She wept as if she had returned to being an eleven-year-old child.
"Where did you go now? … No, thank you for coming back..."
"I'm sorry. Sorry."
Continuing to wipe her sister's back, Cha Shin Hyeon apologized and apologized again.
Even if the disappearance was not intentional, it was not enough to apologize in a hundred words because he did not know how much his family must have suffered after his disappearance.
how long has it been
After crying, her eyes were swollen and sobbing, and it was only when her throat stopped, that the cold Seol seemed to have calmed down a bit. As her belated shame rushed in her, she secretly pulled away from Cha Shin Hyeon.
"Are you okay?"
"······Huh."
With a sigh, Cha Eun-seol answered.
"I'm resting on the sofa. just a second."
Not forgetting her dagger that had fallen on her floor, she took it and entered her bedroom.
Soon after, she hears the sound of water. It looks like she's washing her face.
After a while, Seol-eun, with her clean face, came back to the living room.
"Why are you sitting on the floor?"
"Come to think of it, the sofa is beige, and these clothes are not very clean."
"What are you looking for?"
"It doesn't matter as the floor is comfortable. Even then, there is nothing wrong with talking, right?"
"Then I will sit on the floor."
The brother and sister were equally stubborn in strange things.
Cha Eun-seol sat facing Cha Shin Hyeon.
The atmosphere was also relaxed and Cha Shin Hyeon spoke up first.
"My room looked almost exactly like the last time I remembered it. I thought the time was running out."
"I was only cleaning, but I didn't touch anything. The clothes are old, so I kept them in a separate box. Her mother did it because she never knew when her brother would come back."
"What about our parents?"
If only 14 years have passed, even my parents are just looking at their 60th birthday at best.
He wasn't young, but he wasn't very old either. Considering the average life expectancy at that time in 2011, it is still time to correct it.
As such, Cha Shin Hyeon's question simply meant whether she lived apart from there parents or went on a trip.
However, when she heard the question, Cha Eun-seol's expression suddenly darkened.
"He died. Four years ago."
"······what?"
Cha Shin Hyeon's expression hardened.
"I was in a car accident with my family. The oncoming truck crossed the center line because of drowsy driving. I was in the back seat, barely living, but our parents…"
As if thinking about that time, Cha Eun-seol was unable to speak.
It was a very shocking story for Cha Shin Hyeon, who, of course, thought that there parents would be okay.
After not speaking for a while, he let out a heavy sigh.
"I'm sorry. I was just talking about it."
"Nope. you should know too. It's not something you can hide."
Cha Eun-seol shook her head.
"Honestly, it's been 4 years, it's time to be okay… … . Because now my brother is back. I'm happy enough to have a family again."
"… … okay. If you think positively, it's good to have you too."
That was correct. Just when he was in Moorim, he thought he would never see his family again. It's certainly sad that there parents passed away, but where can you even meet your younger sister?
The brothers and sisters brushed off the complicated examination while having a calm conversation in a subdued voice.
It was foolish to cling to the pain of the irreplaceable past and continue to struggle. The two of them are mature enough that they aren't depressed.
"Anyway."
As if to change the atmosphere, Cha Eun-seol opened her mouth again with a bright tea.
"You seems to have grown a bit taller & has a lot of muscle, and if you only trims your hair and beard, you will look a lot younger than your age…"
"However?"
"It just looks great. Do you know that your voice has gotten really weird? The clothes are ugly too. Were you filming a historical drama?"
"The environment in which I lived was unavoidable. It will take quite some time to fix?"
Cha Shin Hyeon replied with a bitter smile.
"It doesn't matter because it makes sense. But where and how have you been living for the last 14 years?"
"That's what I want to ask. What the hell has happened in the past 14 years, that you're trying to cut down a murderer with a dagger in both hands?"
"I became a hunter."
Cha Eun-seol shrugged. It was a gesture that meant that it was no big deal to her, but, unfortunately, from Cha Shin Hyeon's point of view, it was rather a questionable answer.
Hunter?
"What do you mean, Hunter? Did she become a hunter? Do hunters these days use dagger instead of guns to catch animals?"
"… … Is that a gag?"
"I'm asking because I really don't know."
Cha Shin Hyeon replied seriously.
Cha Eun-seol pursed her lips.
"Does it make sense to be a hunter and not know what a hunter is? Even if I am an archer class who is weak in close combat, I am not capable of being overpowered by ordinary people. Are you a warrior class?"
"Again, now I don't understand a word of what you're talking about. I'm not kidding. My knowledge stopped at the point where I disappeared."
At Cha Shin Hyeon's serene voice, Cha Eun-seol finally realized that his brother wasn't joking.
she asked cautiously.
"Have you been imprisoned somewhere?"
"I will explain it step by step, but for now, you can think of it in the same way. So I have no idea how the world has changed in the last 14 years. I'd appreciate it if you could explain it in consideration of that."
"Yeah, it was. So where should I start explaining? A lot has changed compared to back then…"
Cha Eun-seol, who was groaning, immediately met his palm.
"right. If you just say "Hunter" on the Internet, it would be very good on Wikipedia. It would be neat and understandable to see it from the beginning rather than explain it like this, right?"
"Ah, the Internet… … It's a word I haven't heard in a long time."
"Are you tired right now?"
"not at all."
" There will always be things you don't know, so I'll explain."
Saying that, Cha Eun-seol turned on the TV in the living room.
When the set-top box was operated with the remote control to bring up the Internet window, Cha Shin Hyeon muttered as if it were strange.
"Now it's happening on TV as well."
"Huh. These days, TVs can be used like a simple computer if you request a service. Actually, I usually don't use it very often except when watching YouTube on a big screen."
Cha Eun-seol, who accessed the Korean version of Wikipedia and searched for Hunter, handed the remote control to Cha Shin Hyeon.
"You can use this to scroll like a mouse wheel. Easy to read."
"Thank you."
Cha Shin Hyeon nodded and looked at the TV screen.
[Hunter]
For Hunter, the traditional meaning of hunter, see this article (link).
[Monster Hunter]
A generic term for people with special abilities to deal with monsters. The official name is Monster Hunter, but in Korea, it is usually abbreviated as Hunter.
"this······."
Less than 10 seconds after starting to read the first paragraph, Cha Shin Hyeon muttered mercilessly.
"What are you talking about?"