Chapter 96
Chapter 96
Ch. 96 .｡.:✧ Swamp - 3 ✧:.｡.
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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Chaos
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My home is small.
The first home in my memory was 30 pyeong. I think I was in elementary school.
A refrigerator, a dining table, a TV, a piano.
My father must have wanted me to become a pianist.
He even hired a piano tutor for me, which was uncommon at the time.
The second home was 22 pyeong. I think I was in middle school.
A refrigerator, a dining table, a TV.
My family went from three people to two.
My father rarely came home, and I cooked and ate by myself.
Doing housework alone was really difficult.
The third home was 15 pyeong. I think I was in high school.
A refrigerator, a TV.
I ate on a folding table.
There wasn’t enough space for clothes, so I threw away many of my cherished outfits.
The time I spent with my father grew shorter and shorter, and to fill his absence, I managed the gym.
The fourth home was 12 pyeong. Around the time I became an adult.
A refrigerator.
It became even harder to see my father, and I continued to manage the gym.
Working out was fun. When I worked out, I didn’t have any bad thoughts.
Currently, 10 pyeong. The home I moved to after my father passed away.
A mini-fridge and a blanket.
A home with a musty smell and crawling bugs.
Of the 24 hours in a day, this is the space I find hardest to be in.
When I’m here, it feels like the mold spreading on the floor is gnawing at my mind.
It feels like the cockroaches lurking under the shelves and sink are hiding, waiting for the perfect moment to bite me.
This place is a prison.
I hate going home so much.
What did Boss In-ho think when he saw this house?
Did he think it was the world of a lower-class person, different from the world he lived in?
Would he lose interest in me because I was poor and dirty?
My arm itches. It feels like bugs are crawling all over my body.
Scratch, scratch-
I dig my short nails into my arm, scratching hard.
It feels a little better.
After dropping me off at home, Boss left without a word.
From what he said, it seems he’s going to do something to that woman, Hana… I just hope he doesn’t meet her in person.
What if that vixen seduces my Boss…
My neck itches.
Scratch, scratch-
I don’t know how many hours have passed since Boss brought me home.
One hour? Two hours? Or a day?
I think I vaguely heard the chirping of morning sparrows.
But I can’t sleep in this house.
If I sleep in this house, I feel like I’ll suffocate and die.
I feel like something hiding somewhere in the house will jump out and strangle me.
So I can’t sleep.
I sit with my back to the front door, hugging my knees.
I fight off sleep.
Boss In-ho seems busy today, so I can’t contact him first.
The moment I contact him, he’ll think I’m a bothersome woman and leave me.
So, I have to wait patiently, like a good girl.
Until Boss opens that door and calls my name.
“Ah…”
I’m thirsty.
How long has it been since I drank water? I can feel my dry lips cracking.
“Water…”
I stumble to my feet and get a drink of water.
“Huh…?”
I look out the window and it’s night.
I thought it was morning. It’s dark.
I turn on my phone.
A day has passed.
As if a part of my memory was deleted, I can’t remember what I did.
Does that mean I was sitting there for a whole day?
It feels like I was hit hard in the head with something blunt.
I feel dizzy and sit back down on the floor, tapping my phone.
As if possessed, I launch OceaniaTV.
Boss told me not to stream for a while.
He said people who like to play mean pranks have targeted me.
“I… have to stream.”
This is the broadcast Boss put so much care into. If I give up now, I’ll be so sorry to him.
“Huh…?”
I see BJ Hana in the popular channels.
Could Boss be in that broadcast?
Anxious, I connect.
A donut-shaped ring spun as the screen loaded.
[Everyone, please don’t get trolled.]
The woman was mediating the situation with a calm voice, but there was a very slight tremor in it.
Wondering what was going on, I looked at the chat.
The conversation was flowing in a way similar to what I had experienced.
>>NewbieHunter: Explain yourself
>>JiShin72: Is the community post real? Explain after reading the post ㄱㄱ
>>1010343221: (shivering emoticon)
>>ShukShukShuShuk: lol Hana-gay got caught
>>LaikaTheGod: kekekekekeke
>>Vurgin: Got caught, didn’t you? Can’t say anything, can you?
>>Taking: Down
>>TteokbokkiSpinachMan: fall
>>BeanSproutFlavoredMintSoup: Down
>>66-BB: fall
>>Laikos: DownfallDownfall
>>DayAfterTomorrow_236: Piss off
People engulfed in rage, like zombies from a movie, were blowing up the chat.
As the chat scrolled up at a speed too fast to read, the woman on the screen fidgeted, not knowing what to do.
In the storm of chat messages, a link posted by someone caught my eye.
When I clicked the link, a community post appeared. It was a post with an attached audio file.
“‘Recently, due to the mention of a certain individual, I have been subjected to criticism, and an innocent person has been attacked.'”
That was the first sentence of the post.
‘Therefore, to prevent an innocent victim from being created, I am posting this call recording.’
And the audio file attached below.
When I pressed the play button, a conversation began in an altered voice.
A voice clinging pathetically to a man.
A voice demanding money from a man.
A voice threatening the man by mentioning what he had done in the past.
It doesn’t say who it is… but I think I know whose voice this is.
In the uncontrolled broadcast environment, the woman ended the stream with a hardened face.
Even after it ended, the heat in the chat room showed no signs of cooling down.
The refreshed community page was also full of talk about Hana’s broadcast.
In just one day, all the talk about me had disappeared.
[KakaoTalk!]
A message arrived.
It’s from Boss.
>>In-ho: Ga-ram-ssi, I think I’ve put out the urgent fire for now. Take a few days off. Let’s talk about the gym remodeling tomorrow. I’ll come to your house.
It’s like magic.
Boss waves his hand with a ‘poof,’ and all the problems are solved.
Problems that I can’t solve no matter how much I struggle and scream, are solved the moment Boss In-ho touches them.
It’s a natural fact.
Comparing a useless piece of trash like me, who can’t do anything, to Boss is wrong in the first place.
What if a Boss like that leaves my side?
The thought of Boss leaving makes me suffocate, and my neck itches.
Scratch, scratch-
The reason I can continue to run the gym is because of Boss.
The reason I can earn money and slowly pay off my debt is because of Boss.
The one who gets rid of the people who torment me is also Boss.
The reason I eat,
The reason I drink water,
The reason I breathe,
The reason I live,
It’s all thanks to Boss.
Without Boss, I’m just a useless lump of flesh who can’t do anything.
If Boss leaves me, I’m a worthless being who can’t go on living.
I can’t be without Boss.
Boss has to be by my side.
He has to be.
That’s the only way I can live.
Please don’t leave me. I’ll be good.
I’ll listen to you and do everything you say.
So please don’t leave me.
Praise me, pat me, and protect me.
I can’t live without you.
Please be my daddy.
Boss…
No.
Daddy.
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