Sister, Don’t Marry That Guy – Chapter 147

Chapter 147

Haden seemed curious, but when I gave a small, wry smile, he just rolled his eyes and didn’t ask any further.

‘Seriously, he’s such a quick-witted protagonist in a place like this.’

We walked a bit further, and soon arrived at the second gate.

“As far as I know, this ruin only requires passing through three or four gates. So, if we get through this, we’ll only have one more to go.”

“Oh, that’s a relief. That’s pretty manageable, isn’t it?”

Haden shook his head, saying that some of the ancient ruin labyrinths he had passed through had over ten gates to get through.

It’s definitely a huge advantage and merit that there are fewer gates to pass through, but…

‘The problem is, if the gates are exactly as they were in the book, the last one is the issue.’

I frowned, recalling the last gate from the book.

That’s because that gate… required a very special talent.

‘An even bigger problem is.’

Neither Haden nor I possess that talent. That was certain.

What should I do?

The second gate was a puzzle-solving gate.

There was a problem written on a huge stone tablet, and you had to solve it and write the answer on a small stone tablet right next to it.

“Um… Leia, do you know the answer to that? I have no idea what it’s saying…”

In fact, this gate was as good as useless to me. Because it was a gate where you had to solve a quiz.

‘Wow, this is a piece of cake…?’

The problem was exactly the same as in the book. This was a piece of cake, like picking a nose without using your hands. Wow, how great would it be if only these kinds of gates kept appearing?

“Wow, Ren, how did you know? You’re so smart!”

“Um… a hunch?”

I mumbled an answer to Haden’s question, who was clapping enthusiastically in surprise, because I didn’t have a proper answer, and it seemed like Haden understood it in his own way.

“I knew that magicians were smart, but this is amazing. One of my companions is a magician too, and he’s really good at calculations and solving difficult problems.”

Ah, I know. I know who you’re talking about. He’s a supporting character in the book, isn’t he?

Moreover, if it’s the supporting character I know.

‘He’s a real genius, unlike me, Haden…’

I’m just a cheating student who copied the answer key.

While Haden was excited, I still couldn’t shake off my worries about the last gate.

No matter how much I thought about it, a clear solution didn’t come to mind.

It was when we arrived at the third gate in that state.

‘…Two doors?’

Besides the door we came through, there was another door. Haden and I looked at each other.

Until now, every gate only had one door.

I remembered that there was no mention of this in the book either.

At that moment, the door creaked open.

Haden, who stepped in front of me, grabbed his sword hilt as if he was about to draw his sword, and I had Ice on standby, ready to launch ice at any moment.

And as the door opened, someone came in.

“Kuh!”

No, with a bang! They came rolling in.

A cloud of dust rose, obscuring our vision, but as the dust settled, my mouth fell open.

What the… why…

“Stefan Oppa?”

Stefan is here?

“…Unni?”

And with Unni, too?!

We just stared at each other with surprised faces for a few seconds.

It seemed like Stefan and Unni hadn’t expected this either, as they remained frozen, unable to do anything.

“Young Master… is that really the Young Lady?”

“Well, it seems to be very intricately made.”

Before I could say anything, the two of them started talking to each other instead of greeting us.

But the content of their conversation was a bit strange.

“Ren, Ren.”

Haden hurriedly tapped my shoulder.

“It seems like they… went through a gate that shows illusions.”

“Illusions?”

Haden explained that the most common type of gate in ancient ruins is one that shows illusions.

That was a fact I knew as well.

Come to think of it, my knowledge of the ancient ruins under the arena was based on the gates that the original Haden had passed through, so if I thought they had gone through a gate I didn’t know about, it was possible.

“Unni, Stefan Oppa. I’m real.”

“This time, you’re speaking quite plausibly. I almost thought you were my real younger sister.”

“……Is that so? I thought I was real…”

That Oppa? He’s blatantly ignoring me? Unni had a doubtful expression, but Stefan alone was resolute.

It seemed like they had been severely affected by illusions right before meeting us.

“Hey, Stefan? I’m really me, okay? If you don’t believe me… um, okay. All the things you said to me when you were little…”

“I think she’s real.”

“Huh?”

“That Leia is indeed my younger sister.”

“……”

I was dumbfounded by Stefan’s attitude, which had flipped like the back of his hand.

A small laugh escaped me because he looked quite flustered. What, did he hate hearing it that much?

‘I’m fine with it now, though.’

Still, it was a little strange. The polite demeanor Stefan showed while blocking Unni earlier was different from the somewhat immature Second Older Brother I knew.

It was the attitude he showed because he thought I was fake, but it was still strange.

“Hmm, so now you’re acknowledging that I’m real? I’m a little disappointed, Oppa.”

“……Ugh. It’s not my fault or Young Lady’s fault. We suffered a lot before seeing you.”

“Speaking of suffering. Why are you here, anyway?”

Stefan’s explanation was like this.

When the arena shook, he had intended to evacuate Veronica and then come to where I was, so he tried to move out of the arena quickly.

In the process, a pillar near the entrance collapsed, and while trying to avoid it, he, Unni, and one other man got trapped between the rocks.

“One man?”

“Yeah. He was a guy wearing a deep robe… There are a lot of people like that during the martial arts tournament.”

Anyway, when he came to his senses, the man who had been trapped with them was holding his necklace and muttering something before disappearing, and a black hole appeared where he had been.

‘A hole?’

They fell into it and found themselves inside this ancient ruin labyrinth, and had barely managed to get through one gate.

After hearing the whole story, it felt a bit strange.

‘That’s weird. The hole that leads this way should only appear in the center of the arena where I am?’

Who was the man they were with, and why did he disappear, leaving a hole in the floor that led this way?

Many questions arose, but now was not the time to worry about that.

“It’s good that we met. It seems like it was a good thing that we met.”

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have even known that these two were trapped here.

In fact, how important were these two people?

Not just in the original story, but they were precious people I couldn’t live without in my life.

“I was on my way to the exit with Haden here. Let’s go together. Unni, are you okay?”

“Yes? Yes. I’m okay. Young Lady, are you the one who’s okay?”

Our Unni has such a kind heart.

She looked like she had suffered quite a bit since coming in here, but she was worried about me, which made my heart swell.

“Hey, you know the exit? How do you know that?”

“Um, somehow? I read it in a book.”

“What do you mean, somehow? Does something like that appear in a book?”

“I’ve read more books than you, Oppa. You should have read some books too.”

“……Are you teasing me?”

I smiled and, leading the three of them, including Haden, quickly started walking.

Because we needed to find the room with the tools before the arena completely collapsed.

“Hey, are you really okay?”

“Huh? Yeah. Of course, I’m okay.”

“……”

“Oppa?”

For some reason, Stefan, who was walking with us, had been quiet for a while, so instead of stopping, I glanced at him.

He had a very serious expression for some reason.

“I’m sorry.”

“For what? Why would Oppa be sorry?”

“I should have been by your side. When you were in danger.”

“Ah. Well, I’m strong, right? Oppa knows my abilities too…”

“No matter how strong you are, even if you were the strongest person in the world, I would still want to protect you. Because you’re my younger sister.”

……Seriously. How is this Oppa going to move people like this in this underground place?

Besides, there are so many eyes watching.

I rubbed my cheek, feeling embarrassed as I received the attention of Unni and Haden.

“And Father and Hyung… ha, never mind.”

“Um, it’s okay. It’s really okay. Don’t worry about it.”

He probably wanted to say that as soon as the incident happened, his father, the head of the family, and Kyle didn’t care about my side at all.

Well, that didn’t matter.

Because it was what I expected.

“It’s enough if only Oppa cares about me. I miss Roy Oppa at times like this. It would have been nice if Oppa was here too.”

As I said this, I briefly recalled Roy’s face that I had seen right before falling into the hole.

I thought about telling Stefan, but shook my head internally.

‘Let’s not confuse him for no reason. It’s enough to bring it up after we get out of here.’

With that, we wrapped up the conversation and started walking again.

As we walked, I explained the simple things about the ancient ruins to Veronica Unni, who had the least knowledge, and she quickly understood, thanks to her natural intelligence.

However, the problem that had been bothering me the whole time remained unsolved.

And we arrived at the next gate.

It was a land that was incomparably larger than any gate we had seen so far.

And everyone except me tilted their heads at the empty sight.

Only Haden, who had a lot of experience, had a more serious expression.

‘Oh no.’

The gate I had been worried about had finally arrived.

I swallowed my breath as I looked at the vast land.

『Press the next device to carry out the instructions that appear. However, the time limit is 30 minutes.』

『You only have 3 chances.』

‘Of all places, it had to be here…’

It had finally appeared.

This was ‘that’ very difficult gate that only Haden’s companions had solved in the original story.