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‘Damn it….’
The louder the cheers outside grew, the harder his heart pounded. Kwon Rando anxiously adjusted the cap pulled low over his head.
He wasn’t supposed to be out here in the first place. If Chairman Go or his aunts discovered he had slipped out in secret, they certainly wouldn’t let it go.
Still, he couldn’t help it.
“…You said you were going to win, so why the hell are you making such a pathetic spectacle of yourself? Kwon Lara.”
The moment he saw his younger sister collapsed on the television, he had no time to think about the consequences or anything else.
His body had already been climbing through the hole in the fence.
‘Look at me, acting like some big brother….’
Part of him wondered what any of it mattered, yet here he was, having trotted all the way to the door of her waiting room.
Mocking himself, Kwon Rando expertly checked their surroundings.
Then, once the signs of people passing by grew sparse, he quickly picked the lock and slipped inside.
Click.
“Who is it?!”
“It’s me.”
A shrill, piercing yell.
Kwon Rando instinctively grimaced and removed his cap.
“Why did you even put magic on the door…? What are you doing by yourself over there in the corner?”
“…Why are you here? What kind of disaster are you trying to cause if you get caught again? Get the hell out. Now.”
“Seems like you’re the one who already caused a disaster, not me. Everyone saw you looking like that on national television. The elders at home probably—”
“Did you come here to piss me…