Surviving as a Cripple in Murim

23 – My sister is an overseas Chinese (1)

My age is 17. Unexpectedly, I have a younger sister.

“Oba! Ohba! Joha!”

A two-year-old baby with fair skin and pretty eyes, just like his parents, strokes my cheek with his tiny fern-like hand.

Slap~ slap~

“Ouch~ Ouch~ Stop, stop. Uncle is sick.”

It’s not that she doesn’t like me, so she hits me. By the way, this is not my younger sister, but my brother’s daughter, my niece, and Sima Hee.

As I hold my two-year-old nephew in both hands, soothe him and beat him. A woman in her early twenties with fair skin and pretty eyebrows and eyes. Her older brother’s wife, Geum Moran, hurriedly hugged Hee-ya.

“Hee-ya!? I’m sorry, Bocchan!”

“It’s okay. It’s small, so it doesn’t hurt.”

I tickled Hee-ya’s side with her fingers as she was sitting in her sister-in-law’s arms.

“Right~ Right~ Are you excited to play with your uncle?”

“Hihi~ It tickles~ Joha~ Joha~”

Looking at Hee-ya, who twists her body and giggles, smiles once and checks her time. Slowly the time has come.

A new member of the Sima family. A new face that has never been seen before. It’s time for my little sister, starting today, to come to my house.

… To be precise, she is the daughter of my uncle’s father, my cousin’s sister, and will come into our house as an adopted daughter, but she’s an adopted daughter anyway. Sister is right

Cut- Cut-

Walks around the house using a cane. Make sure the servants are doing what they are told to do. I see Jangsam-i busily moving back and forth from the dining room.

“Jangsan-ah, is the food well prepared?”

“As you said, I prepared for the upper leg to be broken. Will the girl eat all of this?”

As a servant, as a service industry, I wiggle my fingers at the question of Jangsam.

“This is what it is. It doesn’t matter if you eat all or not. As much as we expected you to come. Welcome. That’s what it means.”

“Then what do I do with the rest? Too bad.”

“What the heck. You guys should enjoy it.”

Jangsam greedily scans the whole roast piglet. The other servants also licked their lips while looking at the greasy high-class food that they couldn’t eat normally.

“I hope the new lady has a small stomach.”

“Because I was a kid who left his stomach and ate western food. I don’t know if Jungwon food will suit your taste buds.”

Let’s frown at her slightly worried. Jangsam smiled mischievously and gently touched my body with her elbow.

“Originally, the head of the family should do it. You care about everything from one to ten, and the young master is having a hard time.”

“When it comes to housework, where is my work and other people’s work? It’s what people who aren’t busy do. You guys should work a little harder.”

Although it is said to be a cousin, it is true that the father should take the lead in preparing for the welcome, not me, as Jangsam said.

That looks better. By welcoming the adopted daughter, who will become a new family member, the head of the family can create a friendly atmosphere and give meaning to become a friendly family.

Unfortunately, however, my father is busy with something unexpected, and my older brother, the eldest son, is currently lying in bed with a fever. Naturally, the mother and sister-in-law are busy taking care of the older brother, so they are in no mood to welcome others.

So, instead of a pheasant, I am a new family member. I’m preparing a welcome ceremony for Sama Fire.

… But it’s chlorine, so I’m not going to say it, but the name is unique. My little father loved fire so much that he put three fire words in his only daughter’s name?

Well, it’s an unknown story now. Because the person who named it is dead.

Suddenly, my uncle’s father passed away from an infectious disease while working in trade at the West Station. I heard that Yehwa’s mother also passed away shortly after her uncle’s father passed away.

To think that the family fell apart overnight and became an orphan… It’s a relative that I’ve never seen, but it’s a pity.

Chirp~ Chirp~ Chirp~ Chirp~

Birds are chirping and the warm sunlight is pouring in contrast to the chilly air. Winter is over and spring is coming.

To be honest, even if I suddenly have a younger sister, I don’t really think of it as family. And it will be the same for Hwa-hwa, who is now coming to the Sama family’s mansion in a carriage.

For the time being, a strange and awkward sense of distance will fill the house. There may be something to notice in my house where I should be comfortable.

Because a girl is born among family members. There may be new rules, and you should be considerate of them. That would obviously be terribly inconvenient.

Sometimes you’ll get annoyed and argue. But what can I do? It’s a family, so you have to be patient.

Anyway, regardless of our opinion, from today, you will be my sister and I will be your brother.

Her older brother is supposed to be considerate and take care of her little sister. It is a losing role.

“Boss, I prepared colored paper just in case. Shall we sprinkle it from both sides when the lady comes in?”

The basket full of small pieces of colored paper that were cut into squares was dumbfounded, so I weakly hit Jangsam on the head with a cane.

“Wow?!”

“Would you like to sprinkle confetti to congratulate the child who is coming to pay for his parents’ funeral?”

***

As I was preparing this and that, a wagon riding Sama Yeomhwa arrived in front of the mansion.

I looked around while adjusting my clothes. Other family members except me did not gather…. There is nothing you can do about it, because everyone has their own circumstances. It’s out of shape.

Let’s look around more for nothing. From the side, I saw Jangsam shaking her leg with a nervous expression on her face.

“Don’t shake your legs, Jangsam.”

“I didn’t think much of it until now. What do you do when a very bad-tempered girl comes?”

Actually, I’m just getting a younger sister, but the servants have one more person to serve. Would be worried

… But just thinking about it. I don’t know much about chloride either. She is 15 years old this year, and her mother is Saekmo, so she only knows that she is of mixed race.

Just in case, I closed her eyes and tried to simulate a bad-tempered little sister.

“Cuk-Cook~& Heojeop& Without a cane~ I can’t even walk properly~& GaeHeojeop& Heojeop Oppa&”

“If you don’t have a cane, ouch~ ouch~, I’ll take care of the poor oppa~&”

“Cuk-Cuk~& You’re really leaning~ It’s pitiful& Hey~ How does it feel to be supported by a girl younger than you? Yeah~ tell me~&”

Write… Mesugaki’s little sister might not be bad, right?

While I was having this stupid delusion, the door of the carriage opened and Sama-Yeomhwa came down. And the stupid delusions in my head became a blank slate.

To be precise, I am amazed at the unexpected beauty and my mind goes blank and I am at a loss for words.

Smooth and white skin without a single blemish, well-groomed black hair, a cute nose, light pink lips, and mesmerizing red eyes that overwhelm those around you with just one glance.

It’s a pretty face. Is a beautiful child It is as beautiful as a well-made porcelain doll.

Even though he is only 15 years old, he gives off a strangely grown-up atmosphere, and you can feel the elegance and dignity in every movement.

I thought it was just a kid coming. Unexpected. Shocking.

But my eyes are red… It’s unusual. Is it albinism (albino)? I don’t think there’s anything wrong with my black hair and the sunlight. Is it just heredity?

While rolling my eyes and acquiring information, I found an unusual accessory among the accessories the girl wore.

At first glance, the upper body was made of gold, while the lower body was a mysterious ornament that looked like a bird with its wings spread.

I remember seeing it before. Precisely in the past life. That’s not an ornament. It is a religious symbol.

I didn’t read it in a religious book, I saw it in a comic book. The name is probably…

“Zoroastrianism?”

Hwa-hwa’s eyes, which had been quietly looking around until now, widen in surprise. Grow round Lights up.

As if her doll-like appearance was a lie, Hwa-hwa crossed her hands as if praying and smiled brightly with her eyes sparkling.

“Wow- you know Zoroastrianism! It really is a new religion!”

“… Yes?”

Hwa-hwa came right up to me, put her hands on mine with both of her hands, and chattered in a high-pitched voice, not paying attention to her surroundings.

“You are Mancheon’s older brother, right? People in Jungwon usually know it as Baehwagyo. How did you know the official name of Zoroastrianism? Where did you learn the Western language? Father- So, did you learn from your eldest father? Did your father tell your brother about me?”

… There were many things I wanted to say.

For example, “Ahh~ I already have a church!” Or something- “Don’t use foreign words in Moorim!” “This is not martial arts!” There were many things I wanted to say, but they didn’t come out.

When I met someone who shared the same religion in the land of Jungwon, far away from my hometown, and looked at the red eyes full of joy, I was speechless.

In the end, I pulled out my special move.

“That… We talk slowly while eating. I didn’t know what you liked, so I prepared everything.”