Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 49

Hyung, Aren’t I Cute? 49

At the daycare center, preparations for the play were in full swing.

The teacher planned to make tickets today.

“Okay. Today, we’re going to make tickets to invite people to the play. Everyone knows that, right?”

“Yes!”

“We’ll make invitations for Mom and Dad on these cards. Let’s try writing our names today too!”

“Yes!”

It was the teacher’s strategy to teach the children how to write their names on this occasion.

“The teacher will write your names first. Just copy it as it is. Look.”

Together with the head teacher, she taught the children how to write their names.

“Siha, you write it like this. Lee Siha.”

“Ah, Siha.”

“Siha’s name is easy to write!”

“Ah.”

Siha stopped writing, then said,

“Hyung. Hyung.”

“Huh? What are you saying?”

“Hyung’s name.”

Siha wanted to write his older brother’s name too.

The teacher clapped her hands as if she understood.

Clap.

“I’ll tell you your brother’s name too. Look, Lee Sihyuk. Lee Siha. How is it? That’s how you write it. Can you do it?”

“Ah.”

Siha thought writing names was similar to drawing.

There was no problem at all in following along.

Still, it was the first time writing letters, so the writing was crooked.

There was a slight difference from drawing.

[ㅇㅅㅎ – These are the consonants ‘ieung’, ‘siot’, and ‘hieut’ which make up part of Siha’s name.]

Siha was satisfied.

Because he found the commonality between his brother’s name and Siha’s name!

The teacher praised him for seeing that.

“Wow, Siha. You write letters well? Let’s write the rest here too.”

“Ah.”

Shaking his head.

He strongly appealed that he would not write after this.

The teacher decided to listen to Siha’s opinion.

“Okay. Do whatever Siha wants to do. But you have to draw the invitation well, okay?”

“Ah.”

Siha drew diligently.

He thought penguins were essential for invitations.

And since he decided to use a sword in this play, he also drew a sword.

He was satisfied with the finished product.

Then Seungjun, who was next to him, said.

“Wow. Siha is really good at drawing.”

“Hana too! Hana draws well too!”

“No, not really.”

Hana sulked at Seungjun’s blunt remark and turned her head.

The teacher warned Seungjun.

“Seungjun, Hana drew well too.”

“No, Siha drew well.”

Hana began to sob.

The teacher thought this wouldn’t do and hugged Hana.

“Heeing.”

“Hana, you drew really well. Oh my, they even say this kind of drawing is good~”

The teacher showed a picture on her phone.

It was a really strangely drawn picture.

Seungjun also glanced at it from behind and laughed.

“Wahahaha. It’s ugly!”

“Hana draws better than this.”

Siha also glanced at it and took Hana’s hand.

“Ah. Hana.”

He pulled Hana and sat her in front of the invitation.

Siha held Hana’s hand and drew a picture.

The teacher covered her mouth and watched the scene.

“Oh my. Oh my. Look at these kids.”

Swish. Swish.

Twin swords were drawn on Hana’s invitation.

Hana looked at the invitation with sparkling eyes.

“Ah. Hana.”

“Siha, thank you.”

“Ah. Hana. Good.”

“If I marry Sihyuk oppa [older brother] later, I’ll treat him well.”

“Ah?”

Siha didn’t know why his brother was coming out here, but he nodded anyway.

Nod, nod.

The teacher really couldn’t predict how emotions would change like this every time.

Why did I even think about doing a play with these kids?

Suddenly, she was worried about whether they would be able to do it well.

***

The day of filming the video.

The video was to be filmed in short segments due to the lines and then edited.

The title was decided as Seven Dragons Ascending (ver. Children).

“Okay. Shall we start then?”

The set in the forest that the children decorated.

There were houses, trees, butterflies, dogs, and unknown mysterious drawings.

Lee Bang-won [historical figure, a prince who later became King Taejong of Joseon] and Jung Mong-ju [historical figure, a loyal official of the Goryeo dynasty] came out first in it.

Lee Bang-won proposes to create a new country together.

Jung Mong-ju refuses, saying he loves the existing country.

The teacher simply explained this in an easy-to-understand way.

In short, it was focused on children.

“Okay. Lee Bang-won and Jung Mong-ju, please get ready.”

“Yes!”

The two roles looked at each other.

First, the child who played Lee Bang-won said.

“Playing like this. Playing like that. It doesn’t matter.”

Then he forgot his line.

The word vine came to mind, but he couldn’t remember what the sentence was.

He naturally looked around and found a box full of toys.

“There are Chinese-made and Korean-made toys in that toy box. It doesn’t matter at all.”

Originally, it meant ‘Who would blame the tangled vines of Mansusan?’, which is part of ‘Hayiga’ [a poem], but the meaning was roughly similar.

So the teacher had a hard time holding back her laughter, biting her lip tightly.

“Let’s play with toys together.”

A children’s version of ‘Hayiga’ was captured on video.

This time, it was Jung Mong-ju’s Dansimga [a poem expressing unwavering loyalty to the king], who refused this.

A poem expressing the red heart that loves the country of ‘Goryeo’ [ancient Korean kingdom].

Dansimga.

[This body dies and dies again, dying a hundred times,

Even if my white bones become dirt and dust, whether my spirit exists or not,

How could the loyalty I offer to the king ever change?]

The lines were modified to match this poem.

However, the child who played Jung Mong-ju also couldn’t remember and started speaking roughly.

The first thing that came to mind was Chinese-made.

“I like Korean-made.”

It was truly an exquisite expression of patriotism.

“Even if my body becomes ultrafine dust.”

“I like Korean-made!”

The child said, proudly sticking out his stomach.

The teacher was about to die laughing at this exquisite line, but she held it in for the sake of the video.

Finally, the child who played Lee Bang-won finished it off.

“Then become bamboo. Yap!”

“Ugh!”

The child who played Jung Mong-ju stood up straight in a salute position.

The story was that a bamboo shoot sprouted next to the bridge on the night Jung Mong-ju was assassinated, so it became Seonjukgyo [a bridge], and the line was created with reference to that story.

The head teacher, who was watching from behind, just opened her mouth at this absurd play.

She seriously wondered if this was okay.

‘Lee Bang-won became a wizard? Isn’t this historical distortion?’

It was a very modern and fantastical adaptation, but the kids enjoyed it, so she didn’t say much.

She didn’t know how the professors and faculty would see it.

‘Will it be okay?’

The head teacher was worried for no reason.

While she was watching, the scene finally moved on to the next scene.

This time, it was a scene where the warrior Seungjun and Goryeo’s best swordsman Lee Siha meet.

Lee Bang-won said to the warrior Seungjun.

“I’m going to see the teacher. You stay here and watch. Got it?”

“Yes!”

Lee Bang-won left and Siha appeared.

Siha said.

“Move.”

“No. I have to protect this place.”

Siha drew his sword.

Swoosh.

Seungjun also drew his sword.

They circled around each other, wary of each other.

Kept spinning. Round and round. Kept, kept spinning. Round and round.

The teacher couldn’t stand it anymore and said.

“How long are you going to spin?”

“Ah.”

“Ah, that’s right.”

“Okay, kids. You have to clash swords again, okay?”

“Ah.”

“Yes~”

Finally, their swords clashed.

Clang. Clang.

They clashed with each other, spun around in place, and clashed swords again, having seen it somewhere.

Clang. Clang.

At that time, Cheok Hana, a descendant of Cheok Jun-kyung [a famous general], popped out and swung twin swords.

Siha and Seungjun blocked it.

Clang.

Siha and Seungjun were pushed back.

Hana said.

“Uh. Uh. Um.”

She hesitated for a moment, not remembering her lines.

“Don’t fight over me!”

“Huh?”

“Huh?”

It was a moment of sudden transition to romance.

“Hana has someone she likes!”

Siha said the lines he had learned.

“Knock down.”

The three children swung their swords again.

It became a scene where they fought each other over the person they loved, but the teacher continued filming the video because she had already given up on the script she had made before.

At that time, the sound of the door opening was heard and someone came in.

Creak.

“What on earth is going on?”

Sihyuk appeared.

He scratched his head, not knowing what was going on, and looked so innocent.

Then Hana ran to Sihyuk, stopping the fight.

“Sihyuk oppa!”

“Huh? Yeah.”

Sihyuk hugged Hana.

Siha was shocked by the sight and clung to his brother’s leg.

“Hyung~”

“Yeah. Yeah. Siha.”

“Ah! Sihyuk hyung. It’s not fair to hug only Hana and Siha! Me too!”

“Yeah. Yeah.”

Sihyuk, who ended up hugging three children, smiled awkwardly.

Siha proudly took out the invitation from his arms.

“Hyung. Invitation.”

“Huh? What is this?”

“Ah. Hyung. Siha.”

“Oh? ‘ㅇㅅㅎ’ here is hyung’s name?”

“Ah. Hyung. Siha.”

Siha pointed to himself and his brother.

“Huh?”

“Same.”

“Wow~ Hyung and Siha are the same?”

“Ah.”

“Here it is Lee Siha, Lee Sihyuk. Our Siha is a genius for already knowing the consonants.”

“Ah.”

“This is called ieung, siot, hieut.”

“Ah. Hyung. Siha.”

“Haha. That’s right. It’s hyung and Siha.”

Sihyuk stroked Siha’s head as if he was happy.

Envious of the sight, Hana and Seungjun also gave their invitations and asked him to stroke their heads.

Sihyuk stroked the twins’ heads.

The teacher, who was filming the scene, added a narration.

[This is how King Sejong [the creator of the Korean alphabet, Hangeul] taught the three people Hangeul. The end~]

***

-Seungjun and Hana’s house.

As usual, Oh Sang-hwan taught the students, finished his personal research, and came home.

His wife and the cute twins, who were at home, greeted Oh Sang-hwan happily.

“You’re home.”

“Dad~ You’re ho~me!”

“Dad~ You’re home!”

The twins are always a source of vitality in Oh Sang-hwan’s life.

When they were first born, he was worried that his back would be bent.

Of course, it still bends now.

Still, when he sees the kids, he feels rewarded for working hard.

“Yeah~ Dad’s home!”

Oh Sang-hwan hugged Seungjun and Hana.

Then the kids actively grabbed his hands today.

“Dad. Dad. We have to watch the drama soon!”

“Dad. Dad. Hurry!”

Oh Sang-hwan, led by the twins, sat on the sofa.

“Can’t Dad wash up first?”

“No! No!”

“Hana worked hard! No!”

Then his wife said.

“Still, Dad should wash his hands before watching.”

“Yeah!”

“Yeah!”

It was a little sad that they listened to his wife so well.

Oh Sang-hwan washed his hands and sat back on the sofa.

“Okay. What are you going to show me?”

“Play!”

“Play! Play!”

“Oh~ You did a play? Our twins are looking forward to it.”

“I’m cool!”

“Hana is cool too!”

While he was happily watching the two children chattering, his wife turned on the video.

[Seven Dragons Ascending (ver. Children)]

It was a well-made video with subtitles.

It was a scene he had seen a lot, so he couldn’t help but laugh.

He burst out laughing at the children’s unpredictable lines.

‘Um. But when are Hana and Seungjun coming out? I wish our kids had a big part…….’

Oh Sang-hwan continued to watch the video with his wife, thinking that.

Finally, Seungjun came out.

“Ah. Is that kid Siha?”

“Oh my. Seungjun and Siha are so cute!”

“Hana is cuter.”

“Yes, yes. I know.”

Then Hana came out and said absurd lines.

[Hana has someone she likes!]

Oh Sang-hwan also knew.

That guy Lee Si-hyuk. Lee Si-hyuk, a student at Kangin University.

He felt uncomfortable for no reason.

“Ahem.”

“Haha. It’s just a play.”

“Yeah. Another kid will come out.”

“Yes. Si-hyuk won’t come out.”

However, Oh Sang-hwan’s expectations were betrayed.

Lee Si-hyuk came out and Hana ran to Si-hyuk.

And finally, the scene where she gives the invitation to Si-hyuk.

The video ended with the teacher’s narration.

Oh Sang-hwan said.

“Huh? Huh? There was an invitation?!”

“Oh my. Is there?”

“Seungjun. Hana. Where’s the invitation?”

Seungjun and Hana said.

“Gave it to Si-hyuk hyung!”

“Gave it to Si-hyuk oppa!”

Oh Sang-hwan said, dumbfounded.

“No. Why did you give it to him…. What about Dad and Mom’s?”

“None.”

“None.”

His wife just smiled happily and stroked the kids.

Anyway, they were unpredictable troublemakers.

On the other hand, Oh Sang-hwan became sullen.

“Ugh. Lee Si-hyuk…….”

“Kids can do that. What’s wrong with you.”

“Still, I wanted to have an invitation too…….”

His wife whispered in Oh Sang-hwan’s ear.

“Instead, I’ll invite you today.”

“Huh?!”

Oh Sang-hwan’s heart fluttered for no reason at his wife’s words.

What is she going to invite him to?

Then Seungjun and Hana said.

“If we invite him, Si-hyuk hyung will come, right? Siha will come too, right?”

“I wish Si-hyuk oppa would come quickly!”

Oh Sang-hwan said.

“No!”

“Ah, why~”

“Heeing~”

It was a peaceful home today too.