Chapter 114

This body’s older sister and Inna are quite close. I know that she also shares the CCTV footage installed in my house, so it’s only natural that they’re on good terms.

Because of that, bringing Inna along while going to meet my older sister actually seemed like a good idea. This body dislikes its older sister.

Now that I have a clear understanding that there’s a reason for such dislike, I still don’t know how to act around her.

I know I should dislike her. But how can I blindly dislike her when I don’t clearly understand the reason?

On the other hand, if I don’t even pretend to dislike her, will the owner of this body refuse to help me next time? If I openly show that I dislike her, my older sister might attack me first, seeing me as an enemy.

Since I have to meet her but don’t know how to properly handle the situation, it was quite fortunate that someone familiar with her came along.

“How did you and my sister get acquainted and become friends?”

“Well, I’d like to say it happened while we were together, but because my ability is quite rare, your older sister came to find me first.”

Before meeting, I could at least be given a hint on how they became close.

Since she no longer cared about the fact that I call this body’s older sister “nuna” (older sister), she casually conversed with me as we walked toward the association together.

It seemed like she mentioned before meeting that she got acquainted with me while going around together, was that a mistake on my part, or is she now changing her story?

In reality, how these two met isn’t very important, and by the time the bus stop arrived and we got to the association, I decided not to press further and entered the building.

The woman sitting at the desk inside was the event heroine, seemingly the vice president. The neatly dressed woman stood up upon recognizing us.

“Ah! You’re here to see that person, right? She’s still in her seat, so I’ll guide you there.”

“It’s fine. Since we know where she is, we’ll go directly.”

“That person.”

Though called as if she were the nameless Voldemort, my older sister held a special position within this association.

Even I, who can discern people’s roles and names, couldn’t clearly perceive the identity of this body’s older sister, demonstrating just how unique she is.

So, the guides in the association wouldn’t mention her name either.

The bodyguards, recognizing our faces as ones who occasionally visit this place, glanced at us but didn’t stop us, allowing us to easily reach her office.

The question now was whether we should go in together or not. Inna took two steps back at the door and stared at me blankly.

“Why do you think I’d go in just because we’re acquaintances?”

“…Of course, didn’t you say you hadn’t seen each other in a long time at school? It would be uncomfortable meeting alone.”

So, she thought I came along because of that.

Understanding my curiosity, Inna pulled out her white handbag and showed me her phone. Among the recent call logs was a record of conversations with this body’s older sister.

There were records of conversations with other friends, but there were also quite a few with this body’s older sister. Though occasionally, there were numbers I didn’t recognize, none were labeled as “parents,” nor were there any presumed parental numbers like the term “yeosanim.”

It seems obvious that, like all romantic visual novel characters, Inna has some issues at home—after all, every heroine naturally has points for the protagonist to tackle.

“We talked often. I just came along today because it felt a bit uncomfortable letting you go alone. You can go in first if the conversation is over.”

While I was carefully inspecting the recent call log, Inna explained earnestly why she followed me here.

Even though Inna claims familiarity with this body’s older sister and mentions frequent conversations, it all seems normal for an average sister-brother relationship, but I know from Erica that this body’s older sister and this body’s owner aren’t close at all. Thus, these are things she shouldn’t even say to me.

If your relationship isn’t good, do you not know? No, I already know. Inna was worried about meeting the older sister earlier.

Put simply, these are probes. To check if my memory has returned. Though, even if the memory of this body returned, it wouldn’t matter much since I don’t really dislike this body’s older sister.

Lately, Inna continues to probe, perhaps suspecting that my memory has come back.

“If I really remember, I’ll tell you first, so stop probing and let’s just go in.”

“Is that okay…?”

If this woman came along to test me, my purpose for bringing her here was initially to have her meet and converse with my sister in my place.

It would be awkward for me if she retreats at the door after coming this far. While this might not be a typical action for the owner of this body…

“Of course.”

You should have said that if you’re annoyed. After finishing that statement, I turned the door handle and opened it. The silver-haired woman who was resting her chin in her hand while gazing at us appeared, much as she did in the office when I last saw her.

Her neatly composed figure paired with those red eyes weary from overwork. There were stacks of documents before her, just as last time, giving me a clear sense of her exhaustion from staying here and working nonstop, not even returning home.

Even amidst such a hectic situation, the fact that she continued to oversee my training and never blocked my visits demonstrated her goodwill.

Even her tired face softened slightly with warmth when she saw me.

Honestly, if I had a sister like this, I would have been very fortunate—but since the owner of this body dislikes her, I don’t hold any extra affection for her.

Though she has provided training assistance and financial support, the one who helps me the most isn’t this body’s older sister who is disliked, but rather the owner of this body.

“It’s been a while, sister.”

“Yeah, have you both been well recently? I’ve been so busy that I couldn’t go home, even during critical times. Oh, has everything been fine between you and Inna? I wouldn’t have expected you both to come in together.”

Indeed, Inna appears to have had a conflict that my older sister knows about, but this information was not conveyed by the owner of this body.

In that case, there must have been an incident that damaged the relationship between Inna and me, and since Inna’s relationship with the owner of this body is worse than ours, the only reliable person to the owner of this body might be the student council president.

As I often feel, Kim Ha-neul did wrong by even taking away the one most reliable person for this body.

“Yes, though we’re not as close as before, we’ve grown much closer than a normal friend.”

Though she spoke politely, Inna’s arm was still locked with mine. To anyone watching, we might appear to have reconciled, but in my view, Inna seemed to be bragging to her older sister about how close they’ve become.

Of course, that might just be me overthinking. Even if Inna is a jealous person, there’s no way she’d be jealous of this body’s older sister.

Her crimson eyes, clouded by fatigue, swept over us briefly before her lips moved.

“As I mentioned in the text, we were ultimately unable to capture the Busan Girl who led the Busan incident. It’s presumed that an unnamed terrorist group was involved, so if the Busan Girl appears again, there’s a high probability she’ll come with the terrorists. And their likely targets will likely be the people who stopped their terrorism.”

That is, us.

“You all are strong, and I’m well aware of that. If Inna stays within her neighborhood, she can likely delay them even if they all come at once, and Kim Ha-neul, that girl, is exceptionally skilled among the supernatural ability users. But you are different, and you know that, right?”

Protection is an ability that activates only when in danger, but now it partially activates even without that condition. I’ve also gained the ability to use bl**d Erosion to some extent, so even if enemies invade, I should be able to withstand it to a certain extent. However…

If we’re speaking of wearing down the enemy without killing them, in a war of attrition, I can’t fully unleash my power and would likely lose.

The supernatural ability – Protection, which is as strong as it is clear in its weakness—that’s what the older sister is worried about. The possibility that my weaknesses will be exploited.

“So, since you’re here, let me tell you something—I think the ability I gave you a while ago might have blossomed recently. What do you think about trying to improve it? I’ll teach you how to control it.”

bl**d Erosion, an ability that looks like it has only advantages without any weaknesses.

What my older sister is offering is to teach me about the method of handling bl**d Erosion, the ability she mentioned.