Chapter 23: I Will Give You Triple

My face is bright red, holding a microphone. And Osorin and Jina are cheering, filming me.

“Ugh, ugh….”

“She sings well! Cute! The best!”

“Whoooooo!”

The heat of embarrassment rising rapidly to my face made my mind go blank, but I wasn’t guided to the comfortable path of fainting.

To understand why I’m in a karaoke room singing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,” we have to go back to a little while ago.

“Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve been to a game room.”

“Me too. I used to come often when I was a student.”

“If you were a student, wasn’t that the arcade era? Ack!”

“That’s true.”

“Then why did you hit me…?”

“Because what you said deserved a beating.”

Talking like that, we entered the game room. As soon as we entered, the loud music of the game machines naturally made our voices louder.

“But how are we going to score? Most of the games are 1v1 battles.”

“Even if it’s a 1v1 battle, there are scores. We can compete with that.”

Even in cooperative games, individual scores are displayed. We could rank them with that.

Then, what game should we play first?

Looking around, there were many games I hadn’t seen in a long time. Puyo Puyo, Tetris, Metal Slug, 1945, and so on.

Games that could be called classic masterpieces showed game screens as if waiting for gameplay.

I haven’t played games using sticks much, so it might be awkward, but I’ve played these games on the computer before. I’m somewhat confident.

“Then, shall we start with Metal Slug fir-“

“Ahem, we came all the way out here, we can’t just play games that involve clicking fingers.”

“…Then what do you want to do.”

“Of course, the first one is this.”

Saying that, Osorin points behind her. There was a basketball game machine emitting exciting music. Osorin and Jina, who were subtly smiling slyly, I squinted my eyes and glared at them.

“I somehow feel a huge discrimination against me, is it just my imagination?”

“There’s no way we’d go all out against a mere elementary school student~”

“That’s right. Basketball is a good exercise to grow taller. You could say it’s a choice for the small child.”

“You two are really good with words, as befitting streamers.”

I was suspicious, but now I knew for sure that those two were really trying to beat me. Dirty adults who go all out against a mere elementary school student…!

But just wait. I’ll show you high scores and crush their high noses.

“…Attack. I’ll crush you all.”

When I inserted a coin, the basketballs that were blocked by the bar came down with a clatter. Among them, I grabbed the ball that came in front of me. And I took a perfect stance and raised the basketball.

‘I may look like this, but I got an A in basketball performance evaluation in high school!’

Height difference is not a problem. The important thing is the wrist. I raised my knees as if bouncing and stretched out my hand holding the basketball.

The left hand is just there to assist. Yes, I am Seo Sua. The raccoon who doesn’t know how to give up.

Swish-

Thump-

3 points go up.

“Huff…, huff. Wheeze! Cough…, huff!”

Thump-

The last ball shakes the net of the hoop and passes through. And the buzzer sounds, and the time limit ends.

“Huff, sigh. Did you see…? Every ball, huff, all of them, wheeze…, went in…!”

All the balls that left my hand drew a perfect parabola and went into the rim. It was a perfect game! Osorin and Jina, who saw me like that, clapped and cheered from the side, but they looked awkward.

“Wow, wow~ You’re really good at basketball..?

“Yeah, every time you throw, it goes in. But that’s all…”

“Sua, you look like you’re about to die, are you okay?”

“I’m, huff…, okay.”

I’m not okay.

I feel like I’m going to die!

At first, I was able to pick up all the balls that came down with spirit and throw them in. However, from the moment the number of balls thrown exceeded ten, I started to get out of breath.

My stamina rapidly decreased, and from the middle, I had to put all my strength into just lifting the ball.

‘Still, all of them went in, so the score is 78…!’

It’s 3 points each, so I put in 26 balls. It’s a game that even people who are not good at it have a hard time putting in ten. This could be considered very good.

“Phew…, then try it too.”

“Okay, I’ll go first.”

Osorin took off her outer garment, rolled up the sleeves of her blouse, and stood confidently in front of the hoop. She inserted a coin and immediately pressed the start button.

Swish swish swish-

The ball is thrown at a fast speed. But its accuracy was not very high. The ratio was about 3 to 1.

“…Huh?”

However, the throwing speed was so fast that the score piled up regardless of the success rate.

Thump-

12 points.

Thump-

27 points.

Thump-

42 points.

Thump-

63 points.

And 96 points.

“Uh uh??”

Even so, there is still time left. Her breathing became a little rough as she continued to throw, but the speed did not decrease. Finally, the remaining time became 0, and the notification indicating the end sounded.

The score that came out was………

“Wow, 183 points! It might be the best I’ve ever done!”

“You’re good? Did you exercise?”

“I was in the volleyball club until high school~ I haven’t exercised since I went to college, but I still have my athleticism.”

Osorin, making a V with her fingers and speaking proudly. On the other hand, my heart was getting nervous.

‘N-no. Still, Jina is left….’

I had a shallow hope. It didn’t take long for that to turn into despair.

Thump-

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Thump…

Thump…

Someone said.

Basketball is an event that is absolutely dominated by height.

“Oh, 207 points.”

Jina was the tallest of us. Moreover, she said she was in the basketball club during her school days….

“Unfair….”

Today, I saw the unfair side of adults.

“Don’t you have a conscience.”

Finally, after adding up all the scores, I came in last place and arrived at the karaoke, and protested. You dirty adults with hair growing on your conscience.

Even if it was a basketball game, it was a hundred times more lenient, but the games that followed were all spectacular.

BB gun shooting.

I had to stand on a platform because I couldn’t reach it, but even when I braced myself, the sights didn’t see the target at all. There’s no way I can hit it.

Because my stamina was exhausted by the basketball game, it was even difficult to hold the stick and hit it. Besides, I couldn’t see the notes because they were covered by a huge drum. How can I hit this.

Pump It Up.

Two former athletic adults and one 13-year-old child.

And so on.

These devils!

Since they were all games that used the body, I continued to protest that it was unfair, and in the end, we played games while sitting……

‘These people have been playing games all day….?

I couldn’t even win that. It was a bet with a structure that I couldn’t win in the first place. Poor 13-year-old Seo Sua fell into the trap of the wicked adults.

I will take revenge. I will definitely make that hateful Osorin’s smile turn into horror!

“Hey, a current elementary school student singing a children’s song. This is precious.”

“Send it to me later.”

“Try to turn on Airdrop”

“What’s Airdrop.”

“Ah.”

“Delete it right now!”

Osorin, who filmed me singing, played it back to see if it was filmed well, and teased me. I did my best to take her phone, but my gestures only cut through the air pitifully.

I tried several times, but failed every time, and I gave up. It can’t be helped that my lips are pouting.

“Child editor, don’t be so angry. This place has delicious food, so eat a lot.”

“…I’m not angry. Give me some cola.”

“Here you go.”

I received the cola from Jina, poured it into a cup, and drank it all at once. The cold sensation passing through my throat and the tingling of the carbonation that followed, I swallowed my anger with the cola.

A certain restaurant near the karaoke. We came here as soon as the karaoke time was over. The two, who had burned a lot of calories with their tremendous tension, started dinner right away.

“Here’s your order~”

While we were having a simple conversation, the waiter brought the food. Chicken barbecue with red sauce sizzling on an iron plate. White cheese is melting on top of it.

Then, let’s toast first. Everyone, raise your glasses. To Sorin’s success, cheers!”
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“Cheers~”

I matched the two clinking beer glasses and clinked my glass filled with cola. Gulp gulp, drinking beer. Osorin put down the beer glass with a lot of foam on her mouth. Half of the 500cc glass was gone.

“Kyaa, it’s been a while since I’ve had alcohol.”

“You drink well? Try doing a drinking broadcast later.”

“Hmm, should I? Okay, I’ll have to think about it.”

Whether it’s an occupational disease, the two of them tried to relate everything to broadcasting. Well, similarly, I was thinking about how to edit that.

The two raise their glasses and start talking about this and that. Most of the stories were about broadcasting, so I just picked up my fork and picked up a piece of chicken barbecue.

It’s a bit big for me to eat in one bite. I blow on it, which is steaming, to cool it down, and then put it in my mouth as much as possible and eat it.

I chewed it well and swallowed it, and……

“Sigh….”

It’s on fire.

A huge fire broke out in my mouth.

‘Spicy!!!’

Spiciness that makes my head spin in an instant. Combined with the heat, the attack power doubled and tormented my mouth.

I urgently tried to extinguish the fire with the water in front of me, but it didn’t work. In the end, I drank all the cola at once, and my mouth calmed down.

“Phew, phew….”

“Is it that spicy ?”

“Ah, no…. It’s deliciously spicy….”

“You’re sweating a lot though.”

“It’s a medium spice, but I should have ordered a mild one.”

“No? It’s delicious? Look at this!”

I put the remaining piece on the plate in my mouth and swallowed it. And I forced myself to make a nonchalant expression and said.

“S-see! Siiiigh! I eat it well!” 

“I don’t see how you’re eating well.”

I can’t admit it.

After becoming a child, I can admit that my body has weakened and my stamina has decreased, but I can’t admit this.

That I’m a spice-weakling!

I, who liked spicy food so much that I ate Buldak every day!

I couldn’t admit it, so I immediately picked up the next piece with a fork and put it in my mouth.

And while chewing on that huge piece in my mouth with ragged breathing.

“Ueeee…….”

Osorin and Jina, who saw my head swaying with sudden dizziness, separated me and the chicken barbecue and ordered salt-grilled chicken, and this incident ended.

Salt-grilled, yum.

It’s delicious………

“Why are you being stubborn for no reason……. You can’t eat spicy food.”

“No, it’s not that…. No…. Yes….”

It was the first time I resented this body.

Damn it.

I shed tears and diligently put salt-grilled chicken in my mouth.

I wanted to eat it all up, but my small stomach, just like my body, didn’t allow it.

After eating just four pieces, I felt full and gave up and put down my fork.

“Sis, somehow Sua has a very enlightened expression.”

“Please don’t mind me and fill your stomachs.”

“Sis! Sua is weird!”

Osorin grabs my shoulder and shakes it wildly.

Stop it.

I’m so full I think I’m going to throw up.

After some time, the food was about half gone.

The two of them also drank a lot of beer, so their faces were slightly red.

Jina, whose tension had risen a bit and whose voice was excited, looked at me and asked.

“How long does it take you to edit, editor? Sorin told me it was very fast.”

“Hmm……, I’ve never timed it. But I can make two or three a day.”

“That’s amazing.”

Of course, videos that require a little attention can take up to two days, but videos that don’t can be made quickly.

I think I’m a little proud of being able to edit videos quickly.

“Then, I have a suggestion for our child editor-nim.”

“What is it?”

Jina glanced at Osorin and raised the corners of her mouth.

“Would you like to come to my editor?”

“Yes?”

“Big sis?”

She raises three fingers and shows them to me.

“I’ll give you three times what Sorin gives you.”

“Big sis?!!”

Kikikik.

Jina laughed as if it were funny.