The Reason for the Filthy Conspiracy Has No Basis
Many people around flinched at the words I had spoken.
To those who didn't know my identity, it would seem like I was retaliating against being called an orphan by simply bringing up the matter of the missing eldest son of the Baek Hyeong-won and Kim Yu-jeong couple.
"Don't bring up my brother's story!"
Baek Seo-jin shouted at me, furious.
If others saw it, they would think he was furious at someone who admired his brother so much, missing him, and was casually talking about his brother.
However, since I didn't want it to appear that way, I gradually provoked him.
"Did you really admire your brother?"
"No. I hadn't even seen his face much. My brother was a bad person who deceived his parents."
Eleven-year-old Baek Seo-jin seemed unaware that what he was saying was shameful.
If he had continued associating with other kids his age, he might have realized something was wrong.
But Baek Seo-jin, who had grown up receiving all the favoritism from Baek Hyeong-won and Kim Yu-jeong, was saying that his missing brother was a bad person who deceived his parents.
It was as if he was openly confessing what he believed to be true, thinking lies were bad.
"Kidnapped by villains and then saying such things about his brother."
"Five years ago, he was only six years old, right...?"
Even at six, he should have some memories. Yet he said he hadn't seen his brother's face much?
Unless he was separated from the ten-year-old brother and lived separately, it didn't make sense. So the listeners found it strange.
Kim Yu-jeong also noticed the strange gazes around her and tried to stop Baek Seo-jin's words, but I blocked her mouth.
By exerting pressure on her, I prevented her mouth from opening.
"You think your brother was a bad person? Why do you think that?"
"Even though our family eats together, he didn't participate. When Dad and Mom went shopping, he didn't come along and just stayed in his room. Dad and Mom don't want to talk about my brother, and if they do, they get upset."
Baek Seo-jin was speaking so honestly.
He didn't realize that the gazes of those listening were strange.
Originally, he didn't even understand how his words were coming across.
This is the harm of being spoiled rotten.
At the original novel's time, Baek Seo-jin seemed to have learned something from interacting with others, but at eleven, Baek Seo-jin had learned nothing.
"Mr. Ho-jun, may I say something?"
However, Seomun Ye-jin's voice came from behind me, sounding even more furious.
She had heard Baek Seo-jin's words and seemed very angry.
But since Baek Seo-jin was only eleven, her anger was directed more towards Baek Hyeong-won and Kim Yu-jeong, who had raised the child in that manner, rather than at Baek Seo-jin.
"If it's too hard to bear, then it's fine."
"Yes... thank you."
Perhaps because I was still emotionally unstable, Seomun Ye-jin, who was usually composed, approached me and stood beside me.
Naturally, Baek Seo-jin looked at Seomun Ye-jin with eyes full of admiration.
The way he couldn't take his eyes off Seomun Ye-jin's beauty... I felt like I wanted to gouge out those green eyes right then and there.
I even wanted to forcibly pull them out with my bare hands, but I held back that impulse.
"You think your brother is a bad person?"
The first thing Seomun Ye-jin asked was whether I was sure my brother was a bad person.
But Baek Seo-jin kept his eyes on Seomun Ye-jin and nodded.
"Yes! Pretty sister, I'm sure!"
Unlike how he spoke to me in casual speech, Baek Seo-jin spoke politely to Seomun Ye-jin.
His blatant show of affection was still there, but Baek Hyeong-won and Kim Yu-jeong were watching.
"Did your parents say your brother was a bad person?"
"Yes. They always said he was deceitful and that he was too bad to even remember, and that there was no need to remember."
People in the filming location were in shock.
After all, five years ago, my age was one year younger than Baek Seo-jin's current age, ten years old.
How bad must a ten-year-old child be for them to say there's no need to remember?
Disgusting.
Seomun Ye-jin felt the disgust as she looked at Baek Seo-jin smiling brightly.
It was similar to the feeling she had when seeing the villains who had tried to kidnap her.
Seo-jun grew up in such a family.
This little boy named Baek Seo-jin seemed to be trying to gain favor by looking at her.
He truly believed that his words made him seem smart and a good child.
The behavior of Baek Hyeong-won and Kim Yu-jeong, who discriminated against the eldest son to the point of selling him to villains and favored the younger son while injecting distorted ideology, made Seomun Ye-jin shudder.
"Don't you think that's wrong? Your brother was, when he was kidnapped by villains, he was even younger than you are now."
"Dad and Mom can't be wrong."
The child's stubbornness was extraordinary. Baek Seo-jin believed his parents' teachings couldn't be wrong.
Seomun Ye-jin felt that at this point, persuasion through words wouldn't work.
She had already decided the answer; how could words change that?
"Sister, why are you with that bad brother?"
And Baek Seo-jin started crossing the line again.
Baek Seo-jin found the current situation incomprehensible.
The sister named Seomun Ye-jin was far prettier in person than the photo his parents had shown him.
Baek Seo-jin didn't even know the names of clothes, but the fantasy of Seomun Ye-jin's well-developed, beautiful body in racing girl attire made the balance breathtaking, and even an elementary child's eyes would find it beautiful.
It was to the point where Baek Seo-jin thought, "There are such pretty people in the world," and couldn't understand why such a pretty person was with the bad brother named Kim Ho-jun.
Kim Ho-jun is the bad person who doesn't even say honorifics to our parents and acts arrogantly.
Baek Seo-jin, who had seen everyone around him, regardless of age, treating their parents with respect, had classified the person named Kim Ho-jun as a bad person.
He couldn't believe his parents were wrong.
According to his parents, his brother was definitely a bad person, and he hated the act of bringing up stories about his brother who only did bad things to upset his parents.
How could such a bad person be with a pretty sister like Seomun Ye-jin? Something was wrong.
Baek Seo-jin, who had learned that his parents were the entirety of the world, had no doubt in this thought.
If he grew older, maybe, but right now, he was so stubborn that no words could persuade him.
"That brother didn't say honorifics to our parents and acted arrogantly. Why is he with such a bad person?"
Baek Seo-jin's words made Seomun Ye-jin's expression turn sharply cold.
"Kid."
"My name is Seo-jin. Baek Seo-jin."
"You think what you do is always right, but you'll realize one day that it's wrong. Today's incident is because your parents did wrong."
"No! My parents didn't do anything wrong! That brother didn't say honorifics to our parents and acted arrogantly!"
"Then you should treat your parents with respect and humility?"
"Of course!"
"Why? Why should you? Those people who didn't even make an appointment and barged into someone else's workplace uninvited and acted rudely?"
"W-well... our parents are important people... ."
"Kid. Mr. Ho-jun is an SSS-class awakener. If we really have to compare, he's higher than your parents. If Mr. Ho-jun wanted to, he could easily get the position of vice guild leader in a guild much larger than Baekho Guild."
Baek Seo-jin couldn't believe it.
That person named Kim Ho-jun was higher than his parents?
"Go back home. And think about it on your own."
Seomun Ye-jin's cold voice pierced Baek Seo-jin's confused ears.
As soon as Seomun Ye-jin's words ended, I released the pressure I had been exerting on Baek Hyeong-won and Kim Yu-jeong.
"Guruk!"
And the Baek Hyeong-won and Kim Yu-jeong couple, whose momentum had been released, glared at me as if they wanted to kill me, but they didn't attack me.
They must have known that if they did, they would be the ones getting beaten in self-defense.
"Please go back. I won't forget this rudeness."
"You brat, social life won't be easy. Let's go."
Baek Hyeong-won, who felt that staying here would only bring him trouble, took Kim Yu-jeong's hand and left with Baek Seo-jin.
"Eh... ."
Even as he was led away by his parents from this place, Baek Seo-jin looked at Seomun Ye-jin with lingering eyes full of reluctance.
I had always disliked Baek Seo-jin, but seeing this now made me dislike him even more.
"Mr. Ho-jun, are you okay?"
"Oh, miss. That's a question I should be asking. I'm the one protecting you."
"Hehe, yes. I'm fine."
Because there were others watching, Seomun Ye-jin didn't ask me deeply, but I knew what her question meant.
She was worried if I had been hurt by the appearance of my parents and younger brother.
It was as expected.
Baek Seo-jin would have spread all kinds of slanders about me.
And Baek Seo-jin, who believed his parents' words completely, believed they were all true.
"By the way, it seems the situation got messy. Sorry. I should have stopped it before they came in."
At my apology, Seomun Ye-jin looked at the people in the filming location and asked.
"Should we continue filming?"
"Ah, of course."
The filming continued without a problem. But the filthy conspiracy was now beginning in earnest.