I’m the Only One With a Different Genre - I’m the Only One With a Different Genre chapter 72
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72 – Well then, future me, take care of things!
“Now, wait a minute, Jess… calm down -… calm down a bit…”
“Squeak, squeak… Jujin… Jujin-nim…”
Jess climbed on top of me, rubbing their face against my cheek and making sounds like a whimpering puppy. Reflexively, I patted Jess’s back and spoke.
“Why are you here, Jess?”
The question that couldn’t possibly be asked here came to mind before any other. Jesse, who had been rubbing his face against mine, blinked his eyes and spoke. No, he tried to speak.
“Huh?”
Jesse’s body suddenly jerked upwards. As his gaze shifted, Iris grabbed Jesse’s tattered robe and lifted it up with a cold expression on her face. Jesse stood frozen, his eyes wide open like a puppy being dragged by the collar.
“Oppa… What is this?”
“Oh, this is my close younger brother.”
As Iris’s atmosphere seemed harsher than usual, she stuttered her words and her eyes became even colder.
“Close… younger brother?”
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Something… It felt as if there was a ‘gugugugugu!’ sound effect behind Iris. Startled, Jesse, who was being held by Iris, furrowed his brow and mumbled.
“…the smell of blood, grating.”
We didn’t have time to wash up after hastily leaving the arena. As a result, Iris was covered in blood. Jesse, with his sensitive nose, grimaced at the smell of blood and let it out with a grating sound.
Iris looked at Jesse coldly. It seemed like she was about to fight him right then and there, so she quickly got up from her seat and got between the two.
“Iris, first let go of Jesse.”
“…Okay.”
With a delayed response, Iris released Jesse. Jesse shook his body and wrinkled his nose.
“Who is this person, Jujin-nim?”
Quite a lot of time had passed, so Jesse’s way of speaking had become quite mature. However, he still referred to me as “Jujin-nim,” giving off a sense of youthfulness.
“Yeah, this is my younger brother, Iris.”
“Younger brother…?”
“It means family.”
Jess’s tail perked up at those words. Suddenly, his red ears shot up above his head.
“Jess isn’t part of the Joo-in family?”
As Jess finished speaking, an icy chill came over me. I froze, maintaining my smiling expression. Snowflakes were blowing in from Iris’s direction.
Brr!
Iris suddenly grabbed my arm and glared at Jess.
“He’s my brother. You’re not his sibling.”
“Eek…”
With Iris’s firm words, Jess looked at me with a trembling expression. I wanted to say, “No, Jess is my family too.” But my instincts held me back, as if a hand was choking my throat.
Just like there’s a saying about a woman’s intuition, men also have a sense that transcends the world. If I say this, I’ll be in trouble! That feeling!
“Jess is… like… family!”
“Like…?”
I felt the snowstorm blowing stronger from Iris’s side. In contrast, Jess perked up his previously drooping ears and started spinning his tail like a propeller.
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
Ouch, it hurts. My arm hurts. After lightly tapping the back of Iris’s hand, I lowered my head and whispered into her ear.
“But the real family is only Iris. It’s a secret from Jess. Got it?”
“…!”
The arm that was struggling to escape the grip tightened fully, returning to its original form. I breathed a sigh of relief inwardly and thought,
“If it’s revealed that he’s not family, it’ll be a big problem, won’t it?”
Judging from Iris’s reaction, it seemed like chaos would ensue. As I wiped away the cold sweat, I thought about how to handle the situation when it’s revealed that he’s not family. The answer came to me easily.
“Leave it to Future Me!”
They’ll take care of it on their own! I’m asking for a favor! Future Me!
For some reason, it feels like Future Me from beyond space and time is hurling insults at me, but let’s just brush it off lightly.
“Now, let’s get back to the original topic. Jess, how did you end up here?”
“I came to find Master Jooin, y-y’know? I ran all the way here!”
Looking up at me with sparkling eyes, Jess’s adorable gesture made me instinctively raise my hand to pat their head. As I did, their ears perked up, ready to be petted.
“So adorable…”
I thought to myself as I gently stroked Jess’s head. Their tail wagged vigorously once again. It felt like experiencing fuzzy sensations I hadn’t felt in a long time, like doing animal therapy… something similar.
Swish.
Suddenly, my wrist was grabbed and lifted.
“Huh?”
My hand, being pulled along, landed on top of Iris’s head. I could feel the stiffened hair, hardened by dried blood, at my fingertips.
“…Me too…”
Iris murmured in a small voice, bowing their head. Being sandwiched between these cute kids made me feel purified. It was like my soul was escaping…
“Cough…”
Biting my tongue to snap out of the sensation of my soul trying to escape, I regained my composure. Blood dripped from the corner of my mouth, but I was fine.
“Oh, oppa!”
“Master Jooin!”
But it seemed like the kids weren’t okay. After jumping into my arms, they sobbed, swallowing the blood with a gulp, and spoke.
“I-I couldn’t chew the ball properly, that’s why. It’s okay. It’s okay. But first, let’s buy the groceries we were planning to get. Oh, and Jess, you’ll be coming with us, right?”
Let’s change the subject quickly, Jess nodded with a bewildered look. Before the kids could cling on any longer, I headed to the grocery store in a hurry.
As a werewolf, Jess thought about the amount of food he would need and bought a generous amount of provisions. It was almost like emptying out the entire grocery store.
“We don’t have to worry about food spoiling in the astral space. We should buy as much as we can when we have the chance.”
I looked at the groceries that disappeared into the bag with the shopkeeper’s mouth wide open. After paying with gold coins, he bowed his head with a beaming smile.
Because Jess was wearing tattered clothes, we stopped by a mercenary supply store where he bought robes and clothes that he could wear. After calculating the cost of the clothes and robes, I put them in the bag and said to both of them,
“Let’s make a quick stop there. We should wash up before we leave, or monsters might come swarming.”
When I pointed to the inn with a flashy sign, both of them nodded.
Jess was in a state where the smell of blood was so strong that it made his nose wrinkle. If he went outside like this, he would become bait that attracts monsters. It would be better to wash up if possible.
“At first, I wanted to leave as quickly as possible…”
Thinking that the time spent here was getting longer, I went into the lodging. As I entered, rough-looking men were gambling and raising their voices or drinking with women by their sides.
I occasionally saw people who had taken drugs and passed out. This must be a common scene in this lawless zone. There was no difference from other stores.
I immediately approached the desk. An old man with a beard reading a newspaper with glasses on rolled his eyes and looked at me.
Swoosh.
He folded the newspaper and spoke.
“The gambling is over there, the drug addicts are over there, if you need a woman, tell me your preferences. Oh, my bad. Did you already bring two with you? You have good skills to bring them both. So, do you need a room?”
“Do you have a room with a bathroom? I plan to use it for half a day and leave.”
“Then it’s 3 silver. If you include the use of the bathroom, it’s 5 silver.”
1 silver was worth about a hundred thousand won, so it was an outrageous price.
“Is it possible to get a cheaper price?”
“No. If you don’t like it, you can leave.”
“Well, alright.”
The man hesitated before sticking out his tongue and speaking.
“Ugh, I guess I’ll go first, 3 silver.”
“I only have 1 silver and 20 copper, how can that not be enough?”
It was a common practice to rent a room with a bathroom for about 1 silver. That’s what I had read in the original. The man furrowed his brow as if contemplating, then sighed and agreed.
The three of us went straight up to the reserved room. Once inside, I locked the door tightly and spoke to the two of them.
“Wash up as quickly as possible and leave -“
“Wow! It’s a bath!”
Swish…
Before I could finish my sentence, Jess threw off her robe and clothes and dashed into the bathroom. The clothes slowly fell to the ground, covering Jess’s naked body.
“…I want to bathe with you, Oppa.”
“Wouldn’t that be… difficult?”
“…Really?”
“Yeah.”
“…Not possible?”
“Not… possible.”
Iris attacked with her sparkling eyes, but what can’t be done can’t be done. Maybe if we were siblings with a significant age difference, but truth be told, Iris and I were complete strangers. A perfect man who could even marry!
That’s why we absolutely can’t bathe together. Even for the sake of my survival…
Isn’t there a scene commonly seen in comedy anime? A man sneaks into a women’s bath and ends up leaving the world with his last memory… Even if he were to come back to life, he wouldn’t want to experience dying again.
“Well, go in and wash up. I’ll wait here.”
“..Tch.”
“Yeah?”
Just now, Iris clicked her tongue – well, she wouldn’t do that, right? Our kind Iris wouldn’t do something like that, well, whatever.
Ssshhh -.
In this poorly soundproofed room, the sound of water could be heard clearly.
“Let’s take out clothes for the kids’ mouths.”
Thinking that, I took out clothes from the bag…
Squeak, squeak.
Unwanted noise from the next room and the room above could be heard.
“I… I’m not sad.”
Feeling sweat running down my eyes, I put the kids’ clothes in front of the door.