After Ten Millennia in Hell-Chapter 42Epilogue - Summer Vacation (4)

Angel Wings Resort, the largest of its kind in the country, was filled with various attractions that families and couples could enjoy. Among them was the swimming pool so large that it could barely be called one. Some tourists visited the Angel Wings Resort just to go to the water park, hence the massive crowd.

However, one swimming pool area under the sweltering heat was freezing.

“There you go again, being disrespectful. Didn’t I tell you to call me unnie before?”

“Don’t change the subject. What are you doing here?”

Oh Kang-Hee glared fiercely at Kim Si-Ah.

Si-Ah shrugged and answered relaxedly, “Why else? I’m on a family trip.”

“A family trip?”

“Yeah.”

“On the same day and place by coincidence?”

“Small world.”

“Hah.” Kang-Hee gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. She called, “Oppa.”

“H-Huh?” Kang-Hyun answered.

“Did you tell unnie we were coming here?”

“I-I did...”

Kang-Hyun nodded awkwardly, feeling as if a knife was at his throat.

“...” Kang-Hee snorted, having expected the answer, and glared at Si-Ah. “Are you a stalker, unnie?”

“What?”

“What do you think you’re doing, following someone’s family on their trip?”

“Aren’t you being rude?”

“I don’t think I’m obligated to show manners to a stalker.”

“Who are you calling a stalker?”

Si-Ah frowned, crumpling her flawless forehead. Kang-Hee crossed her arms and scoffed.

“What are you, then?”

“I told you. I’m here with my family.”

“Hah. You’re still on about that?”

“And even if I did follow Kang-Hyun here, what’s it to you?”

“What do you mean? I’m his little sister—”

“That’s right, his little sister. Not his girlfriend or spouse, just a petty little sister.”

“P-Petty? Did you just call me petty?”

“I did, what of it?” Si-Ah smiled and looked around at the various beverage cans rolling on the ground. “You ran to the vending machine to buy a drink for Kang-Hyun but got one of everything because you didn’t know what he liked?”

“Ngh.” Kang-Hee flinched.

“For future reference, Kang-Hyun likes sports drinks the best.”

“H-How do you know that, unnie?”

“How could I not? We’ve been spending time after school every day, just the two of us.”

“J-Just the two of you?”

Kang-Hee turned to Kang-Hyun, staring intently at him as if demanding an explanation.

“Uhh... Th-The thing is...”

Kang-Hyun had lied that he had joined a school club after the kissing incident. He stepped backward with a flustered expression.

“Oppa... did you lie about the after-school club and was playing around with Si-Ah unnie?”

“W-We weren’t playing around! I was learning how to control demonic energy from her!”

“You’re learning that from me, aren’t you?! Besides, how could she teach you something like that when she doesn’t even have demonic energy?!”

“Well... I thought the same thing at first but she was actually a lot of help.”

As a student, Kang-Hyun did not want to judge who was the better teacher between Kang-Hee and Si-Ah but honestly speaking, Si-Ah was the better help.

‘Kang-Hee stops everything when I try to push myself even a little.’

On the other hand, Si-Ah pushed him to the point he begged her to stop. Spartan training methods weren’t necessarily the best way, but Kang-Hyun could feel more improvements when he was learning from Si-Ah than Kang-Hee.

“You heard him... Any complaints?”

Si-Ah swept down her silky black hair as she smiled victoriously. As she had mentioned, Kang-Hee couldn’t complain when Kang-Hyun was vouching for Si-Ah.

“Urgh.” Kang-Hee quelled her rage as she gritted her teeth.

A fierce war of nerves was breaking out between the two girls. Kang-Hyun smiled awkwardly and got between them.

“Now, now. Both of you, calm down.”

“Whose fault do you think this is?!”

“Stay out of this, Kang-Hyun.”

“O-Okay.”

Kang-Hyun turned around dejectedly, intimidated by the two girls staring daggers at him. Just then, a saving grace shone down on him to put an end to the fierce war.

“Hm? What are you doing here, son?”

Cha Yeon-Joo and Lilia had come back from the water slide.

“M-Mother!”

“What’s wrong? What happened, son?”

Yeon-Joo tilted her head in confusion as she stared at Kang-Hyun who jumped into her arms. She then shifted her attention to the two girls.

“Huh? What are you doing here, Si-Ah?”

“Hello, auntie.”

Si-Ah bowed modestly and told Yeon-Joo that she had also come to the Angel Wings Resort for a family trip.

“Whoa, what? Then we met by pure coincidence?”

“It’s... not a complete coincidence. I wanted to come here after Kang-Hyun told me about it and it just so happened that Dad could take time off around this time.”

“Even still, that’s amazing. How could our times match so perfectly?” Yeon-Joo’s eyes shone.

Kang-Hee scoffed and remarked, “Naturally because it’s a bare-faced lie— Mmrp?!”

Si-Ah quickly covered Kang-Hee’s mouth and walked forward to say, “More importantly, I just got a text from Dad that he met Uncle Kang-Woo.”

“Eh? Really?” Yeon-Joo asked.

“Yes. The two of them said they were heading to the bubble onsen... Are you sure you don’t want to join them?”

Yeon-Joo imagined Kang-Woo getting intimate with Lilith and Seol-Ah in the bubbly hot spring.

“Beloved Mother! Let’s hurry to the bubble onsen!”

“Which way is it?” Yeon-Joo asked.

“Just head straight that way,” Si-Ah answered.

“M-Mother! Let me join y— Ouch!”

Si-Ah stepped on Kang-Hyun’s foot as he was about to follow Yeon-Joo.

“Kang-Hyun seems a little tired so I’ll stay with him and join you later.”

“Oh, are you looking out for your childhood friend?”

“Yes, of course.” Si-Ah smiled gently and asked relaxedly, “Could you take Kang-Hee with you as well?”

“Okay, sure.”

“Mmrp! Mmmmrp! Mrp!”

Kang-Hee thrashed about as her mouth was still covered. Seeing that, Lilia sighed deeply and pulled Yeon-Joo’s arm.

“Beloved Mother. Kang-Hee seems to want to stay here, so let’s just go with the two of us.”

“Huh? But—”

“Now.”

Lia pulled Yeon-Joo’s arm harder and looked back at Kang-Hee.

“We’ll be going on ahead. Get along with Brother and Si-Ah unnie.”

Lia winked at Kang-Hee and walked away with Yeon-Joo.

“W-Wait! Lia!”

“Mmrp...! Pwah! Let go of me!!”

Si-Ah had been excited to spend time alone with Kang-Hyun but Lia had spoiled her plan/ She quickly tried to grab Lia but missed her chance because Kang-Hee managed to escape from her grasp.

“...”

“...”

“...”

It was the three of them once again. Kang-Hee and Si-Ah glared at each other again, and Kang-Hyun felt like he was about to cry from the deathly atmosphere.

“Haaa. Enough of this.” Si-Ah threw in the towel first. “It’s a waste of our precious vacation time to be snarling at each other.”

“That’s...” Kang-Hee fell into thought with her arms crossed and softly nodded. “Okay. Let’s go around with the three of us.”

“Alright.”

A ceasefire was established. The two girls dragged Kang-Hyun by his hands as they toured the resort. One would think he was the happiest boy in the world if they didn’t know better.

“Oh, oppa. I see a mango-flavored shaved ice. Want to share?”

“Shaved ice? Do you have any idea how bad sweets are during training?”

“We’re not training right now, are we?”

“A true swordsman needs to take part in the bare minimum of body management even in daily life.”

“My oppa isn’t a swordsman.”

“U-Umm...” Kang-Hyun stuttered.

“Do you know what the first Authority Kang-Hyun manifested is? It’s the Authority of Blades. He was born to be a swordsman.”

“Hah. In your dreams. He’s just using the Authority of Blades because it’s the one that requires the least amount of demonic energy.”

“G-Guys...?”

“That just means he needs to polish it even more.”

“Hmph! Why are you blabbering as if you know everything, unnie? You don’t even have demonic energy or Authorities.”

“...”

‘Flowers in each hand? More like dynamite sticks— no, nukes in each hand.’

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Kang-Hyun wept as he was dragged like a cow to a slaughterhouse, overwhelmed by the war of nerves on the level of the Cold War.

“Father... Please help.”

Kang-Hyun shed a single tear as he looked up at the clear summer sky.

***

“Honey, honey! Look! We can rent a family hot spring among the bubble springs!”

“My~ then we can spend the time without worrying about anyone?”

“Uhh... we don’t need to go that far—”

“That’s right, unnie!”

“Wait just a second. Oh, there happens to be two of them. We can use one and Si-Hun’s family can use the other.”

“I-Isn’t it way too expensive, Darling?”

“Hoho. You’re the one who said not to worry about money during this trip, Kang-Woo.”

“My, my. The door is sturdy and there are curtains so no one will see what we’re up to inside.”

“N-Not necessarily. This place isn’t very soundproof and there are tons of people around h— Urgh!”

“Alright, time to head inside!”

“Leave the soundproofing to me, my love.”

“W-Wait! Wait a second!”

“Hehe. You were curious about whether this zipper worked, weren’t you?”

“Alright~ I’m closing the door, okay?”

Clack.

A desperate scream faintly leaked from the closed door.

“S-Son... Help me...!”

The father and son’s desperate cries for help evaporated from the sweltering sun’s heat.

Translator’s Note:

Yeon-Joo... even if they’re strong as hell, you would leave three children by themselves with no guardian? They’re not even ten years old...