Chapter 118
Chapter 118
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 118
Chapter Title: Twin Little Sister Pounces on Oppa (5)
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Juyeon-hee came to my room. She looked so frantic that I wondered if there was a fire.
Juyeon-hee stepped into the room and held out the pregnancy test.
"Oppa. Or... not?"
The test showed two lines. They were drawn so vividly clear that anyone could see it meant pregnancy.
There was no way Juyeon-hee was pregnant and bringing it here herself, which meant the test belonged to someone else.
In this house, the only person who might need a pregnancy test was Aunt.
"Oppa...! Say something, anything!"
Juyeon-hee's voice grew misty with tears. She clung to me, on the verge of bursting into sobs.
I had nothing to say to her.
Aunt was pregnant. She'd conceived a baby with my seed.
The reason was simple: she wanted to let Juyeon-hee know the pain.
To Juyeon-woo, Juyeon-hee was his one and only twin sister, but Aunt was different.
To Aunt, Juyeon-hee was the bloodline of the woman she hated most in the world.
There was no affection from raising her. Juyeon-hee had always hated Aunt anyway. Aunt didn't hesitate to target her.
This situation was partly Juyeon-hee's fault too. Why had she kept antagonizing the aunt who raised her?
...I get it. If the aunt you like is looking at your beloved oppa with those eyes, of course you'd get mad.
Juyeon-hee's instincts might have sensed it. That the woman living under the same roof wasn't family, but a rival.
I hadn't stopped Aunt. Back then, I knew nothing. It wasn't someone else's body—it was hers, so surely she'd be careful.
There had been some carelessness on my part.
In the end, Aunt got pregnant. Juyeon-hee faced a despair-filled ending.
"Ah, aaaaaah...!"
Juyeon-hee's hand trembled violently. She dropped the test to the floor, as if she didn't have the strength to hold it.
"...Yeon-hee."
I approached Juyeon-hee. All I could do was comfort her.
"O-Oppa... Tell me it's a lie. It can't be true. That woman couldn't be pregnant...."
I shook my head firmly at her desperate plea, conveying the truth without mercy.
If it was a forbidden act, the body would control it.
"...I didn't know either. Not until Aunt showed me the test...."
"She did that without even telling you? Why? No."
Juyeon-hee couldn't continue. Her lips quivered.
Then she gritted her teeth, clenching so hard the tendons in her jaw stood out as she clung to her reason.
"What are you going to do? What do you want to do, oppa?"
She'd come in looking deranged. But at some point, she'd pulled herself together.
Now Juyeon-hee asked me coldly, more composed than before.
"...What do you mean, what am I going to do?"
"Just because she's pregnant doesn't mean she has to have it. There's abortion."
Abortion was possible if she wanted. It happened even when it was illegal. The procedure itself wasn't hard.
What mattered was the resolve. The determination of those becoming parents.
"I..."
Aunt was pregnant. But that didn't mean the baby had to be born.
Anything could happen until birth.
Aunt's job was as a hero. Whether accident, incident, or miscarriage from stress, I couldn't relax.
Looking closely, Juyeon-hee's eyes gleamed. It was a hopeful glint.
Then it hit me.
The reason Juyeon-hee hadn't lost her mind upon hearing about Aunt's pregnancy and was holding it together.
She was clinging to a sliver of hope. That slim chance Juyeon-woo wouldn't want the baby.
...What do I want to do?
I hadn't wanted a baby. I was still too young.
But I didn't want to erase the one that had formed either.
It'll work out somehow. If she has it, she has it. That casual mindset.
As long as it wasn't just my responsibility, having it was fine. Aunt had told me not to worry.
Most baby problems come from lack of money....
With money, everything's solved. Fortunately, Aunt had plenty.
Not unlimited wealth, but enough to raise one child without lack.
"Oppa?"
As I hesitated, Juyeon-hee looked at me anxiously and asked.
"You're not going to get rid of it? You're going to let that woman have the baby?"
"But it's still my baby...."
Guilt washed over me. Even if I said to abort, Aunt probably wouldn't.
So my mindset was to have it and figure things out later.
The problem was someone who couldn't accept that outcome.
"D-Does that make sense? Even if it's your baby, that's too much. Th-That woman who raped you got pregnant.... How can you just leave it like that...?"
"......"
"Y-You're not really thinking of letting her have it, right? You're just stunned since you heard recently and haven't decided yet. Right?"
If abortion was needed, the body would handle it. If the plot required it, the body would too.
I just had to follow my heart.
...I'd prefer to have it, if possible.
It was funny even talking about abortion when I wasn't the one bearing the pain.
If Aunt gives birth to the baby.... I'll just be happy together with her.
That was Juyeon-woo's role as I'd set it. The body didn't seem inclined to interfere.
"Oppa...!"
Confirming the sincerity in my eyes, Juyeon-hee screamed in a near-hysterical reaction.
"That woman isn't family. She's not even related by blood."
"...Aunt is family...."
"Family rapes you? Oppa, make some sense!"
Tears welled up in Juyeon-hee's eyes. She was on the verge of breaking down alone.
"Why? What do you want? Why try to be family with that woman? Why allow her to have your baby? Why on earth!"
"......"
"I can't even have one even if I want to.... Why does only that woman get everything.... Why...."
The premise itself was like that. The NTR manga's title was My Brother Clings to Mother.
Juyeon-hee, fated to lose and destined to be stolen from, had no happy ending.
Knowing that, I had nothing to say. Juyeon-hee's conclusion was beyond my control.
"Sorry, Yeon-hee. Even so, I can't tell her to abort the baby. She's family...."
"...Family."
Juyeon-hee let out a hollow laugh. She muttered as if my words were absurd.
"Family. You've always been like that, oppa. Putting family first. Since we were kids."
"......"
"I loved that about you. With no mom or dad. You were always by my side."
Tears like chick peas streamed down Juyeon-hee's cheeks.
"I knew. I knew you'd say that. I hoped otherwise, but you're that kind of person. You can never abandon family."
"......"
"Asking someone like you to abort. I'm the cruel one. The baby did nothing wrong."
Her body trembled pitifully. I wanted to go hug her right then.
Not as a brother, but as a person. I couldn't just watch Juyeon-hee cry.
But the body stopped me. It controlled excessive comfort.
Why?
I realized the reason right away.
"It's so unfair...."
Juyeon-hee reined in her emotions herself. Her tearful voice calmed.
It even felt chilling.
"Why does only that woman get to be happy? Why do I have to suffer like this? What did I do wrong?"
"...Yeon-hee...."
Juyeon-hee wiped her tears. She rubbed her eyes hard and forced them open.
"I know. I shouldn't be greedy. I tried to give up. I was jealous of Han-seol, but I accepted it. But... that woman is different. She can't have it."
Her hostility toward Aunt reached me. Her gaze sharpened.
Eyes that looked ready to snap.
Ah, so that's it.
The NTR manga's plot flashed through my mind. Through various branches to one ending.
I could see my future. The ending Juyeon-hee chose was Juyeon-woo's bad end.
She'd be happy, but...
Now that I understood the context, I had to play along. Otherwise, the body would take control, and I'd be powerless as she got taken.
No to passive progression.
"...Yeon-hee?"
I stepped back slightly. Sensing something off in her expression, I put distance between us.
"...Oppa, what do I get for holding back? I endured because I didn't want to break the family fence. Why do I end up the most miserable? Why does the woman who acted on her own get to be the happiest?"
"......"
"I'm done holding back."
"Juyeon-hee!"
Here, I barked at her.
"I understand your feelings plenty. But what's not allowed is not allowed."
"Only I can't? Why? Because of family?"
"...We promised the first time. We'd keep it in our hearts. You agreed...."
"We didn't know about the pregnancy then."
It wasn't getting through. Juyeon-hee had already made up her mind.
Her eyes rolled back.
"...Juyeon-hee, respect the line. Cross it, and it's over."
"Over?"
"Yeah, over."
"Eugh."
Juyeon-hee burst into laughter. Not the weak one from before, but a creepy cackle, madness.
"Eheheheh.... Oppa, you said it's over?"
"It's over. If you cross the line, I can't forgive you as family."
"Oh, you can't forgive me?"
Juyeon-hee shot to her feet. Then she kicked open the door and stormed out.
Where to?
The body stood up too. It chased after Juyeon-hee.
And urgently shouted.
"Juyeon-hee!"
This wasn't the body. I had called out to Juyeon-hee.
"Oppa."
Through the living room to the balcony. Juyeon-hee was hanging from the railing.
With a serene face, she said to me,
"I don't have the strength to watch you have a baby with that woman and live happily. It'd be hell."
Falling meant death. With Juyeon-hee's low academy ranking skills, no chance of survival.
Knowing that, Juyeon-woo was desperate.
"L-Let's talk. Come inside!"
Juyeon-hee shook her head.
"Living would just be suffering. Is there even a point? Wouldn't dying be better?"
"...Juyeon-hee! You crazy bitch! G-Get in here!"
"If it's hell anyway, dying when things are good with oppa.... Then you'd cry for me."
I had one choice left.
"Okay. Okay, so please come in...!"
Surrender.