# Extra Story (15)
An amusement park.
The perfect space for people who enjoy thrills and excitement.
That's why I thought it would be a space that the energetic Luna would love.
However, contrary to my expectations.
"Waaah—!! Oppa! I want to ride that again! The cups spin so fast!"
Estia, who was always unmotivated about everything, was enjoying herself the most.
What on earth was going on?
The Saint Estia was enjoying the rides.
While the Hero Luna was afraid of them.
"Ugh, uugh... Ahjussi... I feel dizzy..."
Ueeek—
Luna made a strange sound and hung her head toward the ground.
Fortunately, she didn't vomit, but the fact that it looked pathetic couldn't be erased.
"To think the Hero who saved the world would surrender to a mere spinning teacup."
"It's a disgrace to the Hero Party. Even I wasn't dizzy. Such exaggeration."
Tsk tsk—
Saten looked down at Luna with a pitying expression.
Hare also had something to say and chimed in with Saten's words.
"You float in the air and spin during battles... why can't you ride amusement park rides...?"
"Th-that's...! Because I'm the one moving my body...! If my body moves for other reasons...!! That's hard for me too...!!"
Movement that shakes without her control.
Was she feeling motion sickness and fear from that?
Then conversely, Estia must be finding fun in movements she can't control.
Thinking about it that way, I understood Luna's situation.
"You actually have reasons for everything, Luna."
"Of course...!! Who acts like this without a reason...!!"
Just a moment ago, I thought there was someone like that.
I offered Luna a small apology and left the spinning teacups.
"Hurry! Let's go to that one next!"
Because Estia was taking the lead and pulling my hand.
Perhaps because it was such a rare sight, the Hero Party also followed Estia without any resistance.
"I'll let it slide just for today... Estia..."
Crunch—
...Seeing Saten biting her nails behind us, it seemed that wasn't quite the case either.
Anyway, I was led by Estia's hand to the next ride.
Gyro Drop!
"I'm going up! Waaah—!! I'm going down!!"
"Ugh, uugh... I'm dying..."
Bumper Cars!
"Hehe, smash everything! Ram them all!"
"This is kind of fun! Hare, die! Saten, die! Estia, die!"
Amazon Express!
"Woohoo! It's refreshing! Can I get in this water!?"
"Would that be allowed? Of course not."
"I-I think Ahjussi looks cool even when wet..."
After riding a total of four attractions.
We took a break to eat and to save Luna's life.
Something I always feel whenever we come on field trips.
Amusement park food is ridiculously expensive.
Is there really a reason it needs to be this expensive?
The children who come here might not be building memories, but experiencing the bitter taste of capitalism.
At least the Hero Party was fortunate in that they were using my mom's card from far overseas.
But what if a family without money came to build memories with their child, only to be unable to afford even a meal because of the high prices?
Such hero-like thoughts naturally occurred to me.
"Maybe I've been around her too much. Though for that, this one isn't hero-like at all."
"What would Ahjussi know about heroes...!"
"You're right, I don't. More importantly, what do you want to eat?"
"I, I want..."
Tap—
Luna pointed at the menu without hesitation.
No?
She swept her finger across the menu.
"I got motion sick a lot today... so everything from here to here!"
"...I should've put you on the roller coaster."
"What's that supposed to mean!"
It means enabling rational consumption.
But the situation had already occurred.
I had no choice but to buy all the food the Hero Party asked for.
Luna becomes violent when hungry, so I had to feed her on time.
And so, after finishing our order, we sat down to wait.
Perhaps because it was lunchtime, people gradually filled the restaurant.
"As expected of Ahjussi. Did you come early before it got crowded?"
"It just turned out this way... but we're lucky."
I was glad we could sit and eat.
As I was having such light thoughts, the people next to us left and another group immediately took their place.
Two boys and four girls.
A total of six people with familiar faces.
Hare confirmed their faces and growled while muttering.
"That woman... she finally approached us... Should I deal with her...?"
"N-no! This was the only seat available, so we had no choice! More importantly, why do you keep talking about killing people!"
"Because you keep trying to get close to Ahjussi... without even taking a number... not knowing your place..."
Hare didn't take her eyes off Lee Min-chae.
Was that why?
Her friends beside her also began to fall silent.
I touched Hare's shoulder as she was emitting killing intent and said.
"Stop it, Hare. What did they do wrong? Min-chae coming to our house last time. She just did it because the teacher asked her to."
"B-but... I smell something from that Lee Min-chae woman..."
"I smell...?"
Lee Min-chae seemed hurt and sniffed her own clothes.
"Sniff sniff, I don't smell anything..."
The smell Hare mentioned was clearly not that kind of smell.
But feeling the conversation was getting long, I didn't bother to say anything.
Anyway.
"Sorry my cousin is picking a fight for no reason. I'll keep her as quiet as possible. She came from another country so she's a bit rough-spoken. The Korean language patch didn't install properly."
"Ah, I see..."
Then Min-chae's friends, who had relaxed, opened their mouths.
Min-chae naturally stayed silent to cover for my lie.
It was the kind of loyalty that made me wonder if she might actually be male.
"Ah, so she's your cousin. No wonder she had that foreign feel and was pretty."
"Right, so she picked a fight because her Korean is poor?"
"Yeah, her hobby is watching Korean crime movies."
Of course it was a lie.
If Hare watches movies, it's omakase style.
When I sit on the sofa watching a movie, she's the type to come sit next to me and watch together.
That's why it's been quite a while since I've watched a romance movie.
One male student, curious about me, asked.
"Then are all those kids next to you also your cousins?"
"No! I'm the Hero Lu—"
Swoosh—
I quickly covered Luna's mouth and said.
"Of course. They're all my cousins."
"Th-then... are they all single...? E-especially that blonde girl."
This guy.
So he was asking with ulterior motives.
Well, with looks like theirs, it would be impossible not to be attracted.
Luna had blonde hair with clear, distinct features, and appeared to have a cheerful personality on the outside.
You could call her a human vitamin.
Though overdosing causes abnormal changes to the body.
All things considered, she was classified as a beauty.
*'But asking if Luna is single...'*
When I turned my gaze, Luna was eating pasta deliciously.
Rather than twirling it on a fork like you're supposed to, she was slurping it up like ramen with her fork.
I unconsciously smiled at how hearty she looked.
"She is single."
"Then—"
"But no."
"Why not!"
If you ask why.
It's because...
"That's how I feel."
I just didn't want that.
At that answer, the male student seemed to give up and turned his head.
And a female student who had been watching spoke as if she'd seen a strange creature.
"You're completely different from how you are at school?"
What was I like at school?
To that question, the female student answered simply.
"You just always sleep, so I thought you were socially maladjusted and couldn't even talk. But you reject people well and converse well too?"
"...Was that my image at school?"
"Yeah, most people probably think that?"
"I don't!"
Whoosh—
Lee Min-chae stood up and shouted.
Perhaps because her voice was too loud and drew people's attention, she sat back down embarrassed.
*'Kind of cute.'*
Saten snorted at Min-chae's behavior and whispered in my ear.
"Ahjussi. I read something in a modern book. People fall in love at least once during their school days. And that love becomes their first love and is never forgotten from their memories. If that theory is correct, there's a problem."
"What problem?"
"The problem is that Ahjussi will live forever in other people's memories."
"But that's not me, it's a memory. Rather than living, isn't it more like a photo, not even me?"
"No, Ahjussi."
As long as a person is alive.
You remain living in the form of memories.
In that person's memories, in the form of first love.
Saten spoke coldly, reminding me.
"Ahjussi, you said you'd take responsibility for us. So be careful. Don't show interest in other women. That way we won't cause trouble. The time we've waited and endured is far greater than that woman's. You understand, right?"
Saten spoke coldly.
That if I kept turning my gaze to that woman, she would cause trouble.
That they had waited much longer.
The reason Saten said this to me was probably that.
Jealousy.
If it were other members of the Hero Party, I could understand.
But other women were absolutely not allowed.
Saten was warning me by saying that.
Though I didn't know everything about how they spent time with me in the past, I unconsciously nodded.
Perhaps my subconscious agreed as well.
*'...If I'm not careful, they might even stab me in the stomach.'*
Let's be careful from now on.
Thinking that, I focused on the thought of enjoying the rest of the amusement park.
We still had plenty of time, and there were many rides we hadn't tried yet.