Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 355

“Hyung [older brother or male friend], aren’t I cute?” 355

After defeating Yoon-dong’s toilet ghost.

Next up was Seung-jun.

What was drawn on the sketchbook was a rectangle and a circle on top of it.

A tongue sticking out and eyes.

I couldn’t exactly guess what kind of ghost it was.

“This is a toy box ghost.”

Seung-jun began to speak proudly.

“I cleaned up the toys because I was told to, but the ghost keeps messing things up by taking things out of the box. So it’s a ghost that gets me in trouble with Mom.”

“!!!”

“This ghost really exists! I always hear Mom telling me to clean up my toys! But the toys aren’t cleaned up!”

Then Hana retorted.

“Oppa [older brother, used by girls] wasn’t really cleaning up! I know the ghost isn’t doing that!”

“No! I cleaned up, but the ghost did it!”

In reality, Seung-jun was just too lazy to clean up and slowly put the toys in the box.

He probably wanted to make excuses using the ghost.

It was a ghost that could realistically exist in the world of children.

The teacher found this idea funny.

A ghost that evokes children’s sympathy with accumulated experiences.

Jae-hwi says.

“It would be a little scary if there was a ghost like that. Everything is messed up even after cleaning up.”

Jong-su is thinking about a solution.

“Jae-hwi, how do we defeat that ghost?”

“Hmm? Would getting rid of the box work?”

“Hmm. Then wouldn’t the ghost like it even more when it sees the child getting scolded by Mom?”

“That’s true.”

Si-ha said.

“Hyung can win! Hyung scolds the ghost! Don’t scold Si-ha, scold the ghost!”

“Hey, Lee Si-ha, that’s only for you.”

“Then get rid of the toys?”

“Huh? That’s a bit… cruel!”

“Si-ha thinks so too.”

Getting rid of the toys.

It was a sure way to defeat it, but the children didn’t want to do that.

What fun is there to live if you lose your toys?

They couldn’t do that.

Eun-woo shared his opinion.

“Then Mom shouldn’t scold us! Hahaha!”

Jae-hwi’s eyes widened.

“Oh! That’s a good idea!”

“That’s right! If Mom doesn’t scold us even if we don’t clean up the toys, the ghost can’t say anything. It’ll get bored and leave.”

Si-ha nods in agreement, saying, ‘Hyung doesn’t scold Si-ha. Si-ha is good.’

Jong-su looks at him in disbelief, wondering if it’s always about Hyung.

Everyone was agreeing with what Eun-woo just threw out there.

We also have the right not to clean up our toys! We do! They insisted.

The teacher wore a dumbfounded expression at the sight.

Are you guys going to solve it with this kind of solution?

“Then who wants to try next?”

“Me!”

“Okay, Jong-su, let’s hear it.”

Jong-su came out with confident steps.

Each step was filled with the conviction that there couldn’t be a more terrifying ghost than the one he created.

He showed his sketchbook.

A round wall clock was drawn.

The eyes were triangular and mean, and the corners of the mouth were raised like a playful prankster, showing teeth.

It looked like a ghost related to time at first glance.

“You see the clock, right? That’s right. This is a very bad clock ghost.”

But this alone couldn’t scare the children.

Additional explanations followed.

“I studied so hard, but the clock ghost played a trick and made only 5 minutes pass. So it’s too hard.”

The teacher tilted his head.

In a way, isn’t that very good for people who study?

That was the thought.

“But when I play, only 5 minutes have passed, but a whole day has gone by.”

“!!!”

Only then did the children make a face as if to say, “Such a scary ghost!”

I really didn’t play for long, but the time has already passed!

Even if you study so hard, time doesn’t go by!

What a scary ghost!

The teacher also shook his head as if it was terrible.

“How is it! Scary, right! Amazing!”

It seems like that’s Jong-su’s experience.

Time doesn’t pass when you study, but time flies when you play.

Maybe other ordinary people have experienced it once.

Of course, that ghost is scary in that it really makes time like that.

Now the question is how to defeat it.

Honestly, this ghost seems very difficult. Even the teacher couldn’t figure out how to win.

Si-ha said.

“Si-ha is happy to study with Hyung! Playing is fun too! Everything is okay!”

It was an amazing opinion.

Jong-su said that it only applies to Si-ha, so the ghost won’t come.

Si-ha just tilted his head.

“Hahaha! You can’t find the answer, can you!”

Jong-su wore a proud expression.

This was such an amazing ghost that he couldn’t think of a way to defeat it no matter how hard he thought about it.

Then Seung-jun smirked.

“It’s so easy!”

“What?!”

“Just don’t study and play all the time! I don’t study. Haha!”

“!!!”

Jong-su looked at Seung-jun as if asking how he couldn’t study.

He looked at Hana, his twin sister, but she nodded as if agreeing.

Other children seem to think the same way, saying that’s really the case.

“Just play every day!”

“Time goes by fast, right?!”

“It’s okay if you play every day.”

“!!!”

“Maybe we’ll become adults soon?”

“If I become an adult soon, I can play every day without Mom’s permission!”

“!!!”

Jong-su was devastated by Seung-jun’s words and trudged back to his seat.

The children were still at an age where they liked playing more than studying.

If adults were given the problem, they would have worried a lot.

Because they would have been sensitive to the idea of getting older.

“Why doesn’t everyone study!”

The teacher smiled awkwardly.

It seems like Jong-su is being made to study at home. There was a reason why Jong-su was smart here.

And it didn’t seem like he hated studying that much.

It felt like he was always showing off his knowledge.

That’s how the other children worked hard to explain the ghosts.

Hana is a ghost that only plays the same song over and over again. Apparently, Hana listened to the same song repeatedly every day, so her dad told her to listen to something else.

Yeon-ju is a smoke ghost whose smoke doesn’t stop.

Eun-woo is a rapper ghost who speaks so fast that he gasps for breath.

Jae-hwi is a naked emperor ghost who doesn’t let him wear clothes.

The children presented truly diverse ghosts.

After much deliberation, they all created unique ghosts.

Finally, it was Si-ha’s turn.

“Si-ha is Pepe ghost.”

There was Pepe, whom he always drew in his sketchbook.

However, the only difference was that he had no lower body like a ghost.

A round ring was floating above his head.

“Pepe ghost makes it cool in the summer. He can also make snowmen in the winter. Play together. Good.”

“???”

The children tilted their heads.

Everyone made scary ghosts, but only Si-ha made a ghost that looked kind.

“Pepe is cute. Cute. Kind.”

Si-ha explained how much fun he could have with Pepe the ghost.

“He can also make shaved ice. Delicious. He can also make ice cream. Delicious. He can also make ice.”

At this point, Pepe the ghost could make almost all the cool desserts.

However, he cannot make hot things.

“Pepe is amazing!”

There was no end to Pepe’s praise.

The children couldn’t think of how to defeat such a good ghost.

Did they really have to defeat him? That’s what they thought.

Jong-su snapped out of it.

“Lee Si-ha! That’s cheating!”

It seemed like this was all Si-ha’s scheme.

A strategy to deliberately create a kind ghost so that he cannot be defeated!

Jong-su noticed that.

“Huh?”

Si-ha just scratched the back of his head as he looked at Jong-su.

Pepe has always been Si-ha’s good friend and favorite character.

He didn’t deliberately make him kind.

He was originally kind.

“Jong-su, why? Pepe is good, right?”

“Yeah, he’s good, but isn’t that the important thing?! You have to make a bad ghost.”

“Why? Teacher didn’t say to only make bad ghosts.”

“Oh? That’s true, but how do you defeat him if he’s so kind! That’s really cheating!”

“No, Pepe does bad things sometimes too.”

“What is it?”

The teacher was also very curious when Si-ha said that.

What bad things does Pepe do?

“Pepe…”

“Pepe?”

Si-ha held out three fingers.

“He eats three ice creams. If you eat too much, your stomach hurts.”

“No. What. What kind of bad thing is that…”

The teacher chuckled.

The bad thing Si-ha is thinking about.

Eating three ice creams a day.

I might get a stomachache if I eat that much.

***

I brought Si-ha home. He tells me all about what happened today.

It’s as good to listen to as the chirping of birds in the morning.

I want to listen carefully if possible, but strangely, the content doesn’t enter my head.

It seems to be about ghosts.

“Hyung, are you listening to Si-ha?”

“Yeah, I’m listening.”

Si-ha’s speech has improved a lot.

I end up looking at him with a happy smile as he talks about this and that. Then, strangely, the content doesn’t enter my head.

I just get so immersed in how pretty he looks when he talks.

Do other people look like that when they see their children?

“Hyung, are you listening to Si-ha?”

“I am.”

“What did Si-ha say?”

“You were talking about ghosts. You said you made ghosts with your friends at daycare.”

“That’s right! Hyung, you were listening.”

“I told you.”

I’m sorry. The details have flown out of my head.

I think Seung-jun did something, Hana did something… Hmm, I don’t know. Isn’t it enough that Si-ha is cute?

“So Hyung, shall we play ghost?”

“Yeah, yeah. So?”

“Play ghost.”

“Okay, play ghost. Huh? Play ghost? Suddenly? Didn’t you have enough at daycare today?”

“No. This ghost play is different from that ghost play.”

“Oh, really? Then shall we play a ghost game that Hyung knows well?”

“!!!”

I went into the room and took out the blanket.

As expected, when playing ghost, it has to be a blanket.

“Okay, wearing this, Hyung will go catch Si-ha. But Si-ha has to move only in this room. Got it?”

“Got it.”

“If you get caught, Si-ha becomes the ghost. Got it?”

“Si-ha knows everything!”

He really knows it because it’s a game similar to hide-and-seek.

I covered myself with the blanket and made a ‘Hehehe’ sound.

“It’s a ghost~ I’m going to catch Si-ha!”

“Hyung is a ghost!”

“Where is Si-ha?!”

“Here!”

“……”

Our very honest Si-ha. He tells me all the places he is confident in.

No, didn’t you say you knew everything a little while ago?!

“You’re there!”

I floundered in the blanket and approached where Si-ha was.

Si-ha shouted and quickly ran away to another place.

“Oops, it’s a wall!”

I touched the wall with my hand through a blanket.

“Si-ha already went somewhere else!”

“That’s right. Then!”

I spread my arms wide.

I widened the encirclement so that Si-ha could be caught.

When playing with children, you shouldn’t attack too hard from the beginning.

Like in a cartoon, the enemy must become stronger as the story progresses.

That way, the children become more excited by the sense of crisis and have more fun.

“You can’t escape now!”

“Woong [sound of worry].”

I can feel Si-ha worrying.

The room is not big, so there is only a short time to worry.

I slowly approach forward.

“Si-ha is going!”

I felt Si-ha quickly pass under my arm.

Swish.

In fact, it was important to adjust the height so that Si-ha could escape well.

Like limbo.

“No! You escaped from below!”

“That’s right! Si-ha passed by so quickly! So Hyung couldn’t catch him!”

You’re teaching me everything so kindly.

At this time, I do it one or two more times and let Si-ha escape.

And then there’s the next stage.

Lying down and going little by little.

By completely lowering the arm that acts as the limbo pole, a new stage is created.

This way, you can’t escape from below.

Then there is only one thing the children can do.

“Now you can’t escape from below.”

“Si-ha can do it!”

Thump.

Si-ha jumps up and escapes.

Pretending not to know that, I slowly move forward and wave my arms.

The children like this ridiculous sight again.

“Hyung, Si-ha is here~!”

Yes, Si-ha, Hyung knows everything.

Maybe Si-ha is excited and doesn’t know that this is all planned.