Just as I was about to look into him.
The donations started scrolling up like mad.
―HouseWithGhosts has donated 100,000 won!―
[Please see me]
―HouseWithGhosts has donated 100,000 won!―
[I'm genuinely desperate]
―HouseWithGhosts has donated 100,000 won!―
[I'm counting on you]
Three 100,000-won donations in a row.
―What is that nickname
―Where in the world are there ghosts?
―Who's that behind you?
―KYAAAAAAAK!!!!!
[Viewers: 4,832]
It was a number I'd never seen in my life, and it was getting close to 5,000.
Was it thanks to Lee Taekwon mentioning my name in his interview?
...Incredible.
"Ahem. Everyone, calm down."
On top of that, the donation bombardment made it hard to settle my own mind.
"Only one person at a time."
―WaitAndItsMoreThan100k has donated 100,000 won!―
[Me]
―WaitAndItsMoreThan100k has donated 200,000 won!―
[Sir, I want to be taken]
―WaitAndItsMoreThan100k has donated 300,000 won!―
[I'm counting on you]
―Donations are pouring in
―How much has he made right now?
―Everyone, I think you're mistaken about something
―The fee is 10,000 won
―Ah, it's a lottery anyway
―WaitAndItsMoreThan100k has donated 400,000 won!―
[Please]
―WaitAndItsMoreThan100k has donated 500,000 won!―
[It's really urgent]
―WaitAndItsMoreThan100k has donated 600,000 won!―
[I'm counting on you]
He kept donating, raising it by 100,000 won each time, so I looked into him for a moment, then gestured.
"Wait, don't lie. It isn't even an important problem. One more attempt at baiting and you're kicked."
―It's aggro bait?
―Who baits with actual money
―Ah, sir, please bait me with money too
―Do you want to walk out hand in hand with him?
―WaitAndItsMoreThan100k has donated 100,000 won!―
[Wow, you really are the real deal, I'll come for an actual consultation next time]
"Yes... well, even if you come, it's by lottery. And donating 10,000 won is enough."
I looked at the nickname I had been about to check.
[FiveOlderSisters]
The nickname alone was far too violent.
When I looked into him, a man who looked to be in his late twenties was in a room, and there were photographs on his desk.
A photo taken with someone who appeared to be his girlfriend.
Beside it there was also a photo taken with other women, a group photo with no fewer than five of them.
The problem was that they all had fierce expressions.
One had her arms folded.
One was in a suit.
One was in workout clothes.
One had a bag slung over her shoulder.
And the last one was glaring at him from behind her glasses.
...People who plainly looked like family.
That's right. Every one of them was his own older sister.
The problem was that beside them was a calendar, and next Saturday was circled.
[Family Meeting]
Ah.......
Only then did I think I understood why he had said 'save me.'
"FiveOlderSisters, come on in. The password is 1004."
Click.
The moment he came in along with the sound, his first words were something else.
"Save me......."
I could feel the desperation in his voice.
"What's troubling you?"
"My older sisters are meeting my girlfriend next week......."
―Why are the sisters meeting the girlfriend
―Introducing your girlfriend to your family is 'common sense,' isn't it?
―Yeah, introducing family before the formal meeting is basic
―Ah, is that maybe what this is? Don't date our little brother
―What? You're dating my little brother? Run while you can!! That's the meaning, right?
"You have five older sisters?"
"Yes......."
"And you're the youngest?"
"Yes......."
"Your sisters must be a little scary."
A silence followed.
The heaviest atmosphere yet stretched on.
"It's beyond scary... those creatures... no, my sisters aren't human......."
―It's beyond scary, he says
―How scary would they have to be for that
―He really is asking to be saved
―There's desperation soaked into his voice
"How many girlfriends has it been?"
"The first......."
"The first?"
"Yes......."
So that's why it's even worse.
―The first?
―Have the sisters been blocking him all this time?
―Didn't all five sisters shut it down?
―Is that why he's this scared?
"How long have you been seeing your girlfriend?"
"Two years."
"And this is the first time they're meeting her?"
"Yes."
The reason he hadn't introduced her all that time was fear.
Not his girlfriend's. His own.
―He couldn't show her because HE was scared?
―He kept it secret for two whole years?
―What was he supposed to do if his sisters found out
―What's the worst that happens, death?
"You've arranged to meet next week?"
"Yes. My girlfriend said she wanted to greet my sisters before the formal family meeting."
"And that's why you're meeting this time?"
"Yes. When I told my sisters, they said let's meet right away. I didn't expect to be meeting this suddenly either."
Hmm.......
"One moment."
"Yes."
When I looked into his future, five older sisters were sitting in a row at the living room dining table.
Across from them he and his girlfriend were sitting together, and her expression was stiff and her hands were shaking.
He was sweating cold beside her as well. It hadn't even started and the atmosphere was savage.
But a moment later.
After checking the whole future, I couldn't help but smile.
"Don't worry too much."
"But I am worried...?"
"The thing you're worried about isn't going to happen."
"Really...?"
"Of course. Trust me."
After a moment of silence, he asked one last question.
"Then really nothing at all is going to happen?"
"Things will happen, but don't worry."
"...Now I'm even more anxious."
"It isn't the sort of thing you're imagining."
"Understood......."
The moment he left with a click, the viewers asked questions as if they'd been waiting.
―Jinwoo, so what happens?
―Is it serious?
―Judging by the consultation it seems like nothing much?
―What is it? Hurry up and tell us!!!!!
"It's just a story that comes out of a misunderstanding. Ah, has FiveOlderSisters left, by any chance?"
―Anon has donated 10,000 won!―
[Yeah he just left]
"Then I'll tell you."
***
In the end, the day arrived.
The day he was to introduce his girlfriend to his own older sisters.
It was a gathering made because the sisters and the girlfriend wanted to see each other's faces before the formal family meeting, and the one shaking most was Park Jaehun himself.
And right now he was standing in front of his family home with his girlfriend, Kim Sua.
"Oppa."
"Hm?"
"What's wrong? You're sweating buckets."
"I'm fine......."
Park Jaehun wiped away his cold sweat and punched in the code at the front door, but he kept getting it wrong.
"Are you really all right?"
"Mm-hm."
He got it wrong three times, and on the fourth the door lock opened with a beep, but he couldn't easily open the door.
"Just a second......."
"Why?"
"I'm not mentally ready."
At his words Sua let out a sigh.
"Why do you need to be mentally ready. I'm the one who should be."
"...You're right. You need it more."
"Why?"
"No. I'm joking."
As Park Jaehun opened the door, he recalled the shaman's words.
'The thing you're worried about isn't going to happen.'
...That's really how it is, right?
The instant he opened the front door, went inside, and set foot in the living room, Park Jaehun froze.
Of course he did, since his sisters were sitting in a row in the living room.
And each of them was looking at the two of them with a different face.
The eldest sister was smiling.
The second sister's face was expressionless.
He couldn't tell what expression the third sister had.
The fourth sister was staring at him steadily.
And the youngest sister was glaring at him from behind her glasses.
'...Shaman, are you really sure?'
He was briefly wondering whether today was going to be his death anniversary when Sua greeted the sisters first.
"Hello."
At her small voice, all five sisters stood up at once.
The pressure that radiated off them made Sua take a step back, and Park Jaehun moved in front of her.
"Sisters, calm down."
"Calm down from what."
The eldest sister spoke.
"We haven't done anything yet."
...She said yet.
So they were planning to do something?
Every time his sisters said anything, he felt uneasy.
"Little brother, shouldn't you hurry up and introduce her?"
At the second sister's words he hesitated, and his girlfriend stepped forward and greeted them.
"Hello. My name is Kim Sua and I'm dating Jaehun. It's a pleasure to meet you."
At her greeting, his sisters greeted her in turn and guided her to the dining table in the kitchen.
"Have a seat."
At the eldest sister's words Jaehun and Sua sat down at the table, and the five sisters sat across from them.
An atmosphere that grew heavier just from sitting still.
He was shaking more than his girlfriend, and the shaman's words kept coming back to him.
The shaman said it was fine, right?
...It really is fine, right?
Just then the eldest sister picked up a cup, and it was a cup of water.
...Don't tell me!?
Judging by the eldest sister's temperament as he had known it all his life, it wouldn't be strange for her to throw it.
"Eldest sister...!"
He hurriedly tried to rise from his seat to stop her, but the eldest sister held the cup out in front of his girlfriend.
"You must be thirsty. Drink."
"Thank you."
"Our little brother has no sense at all, you know. We have to look after things like this ourselves."
"Yes."
When Sua answered in a shrinking voice, he stood there awkwardly before clearing his throat and sitting back down.
Then, as if she had been waiting, the second sister took an envelope out of her jacket.
The moment they saw it, both he and his girlfriend froze.
'Don't tell me...?'
It wasn't the envelope coming out that was frightening.
What was inside the envelope was what was frightening.
An envelope of money, plainly thick.
The second sister set the envelope down in front of Sua.
"I think you know what this means."
Just as Sua squeezed her eyes shut and started to call out.
"I can't accept......."
"Put it toward the wedding preparations."
"Sorry...?"
"Preparing a wedding doesn't cost one or two coins, does it? Add this to what you have and use it."
"Thank you...?"
The second sister handed his girlfriend the envelope of money and told her to take it, and she slipped it into her bag as naturally as anything.
But they couldn't let their guard down.
There were still three more to go.
And as if she had been waiting, the third sister spoke.
"So you're dating our little brother?"
"Y-yes! Elder Sister-in-Law!"
"That form of address is a bit much."
As she said it, the third sister's gaze turned toward Park Jaehun.
After glaring at him coldly, the third sister looked at Sua again.
In that instant her expression turned a complete one-eighty.
"Just call me big sis, comfortably. I'll think of you like a real younger sister."
"Big sis...?"
"You've had a hard time putting up with our idiot of a little brother. If he gives you trouble, call me any time. I'll hit him for you."
"...Third sister?"
The third sister looked at Sua like she was a little rabbit, while looking at him with the eyes of a hyena.
But he couldn't relax here.
There were still two sisters left.
And they were the two with the foulest temperaments at that.
This time the fourth sister spoke.
"No exchanges, no returns, and no refunds. Is that all right with you?"
"Sorry...?"
"A card once laid down can't be taken back."
What is this...?
When he looked at the fourth sister, she scrunched her eyebrows as if to ask what he was staring at.
Letting it show that she was holding back only because his girlfriend was present.
And finally, our youngest sister.
Being the youngest, her temperament was the foulest of all, and her nickname in her school days was fighting cock.
Because she went around beating up men and women alike.
The youngest sister sprang up from her seat, took a business card out of her jacket, and handed it to Sua.
"If our little brother gives you a hard time, call me any time."
"Sorry?"
When Sua took the card and looked at it, the words 'Divorce Attorney' were printed on it in very large type.
"I'll leave him without a coin to his name. My win rate is extremely high, you see."
"Yes......."
Only then did Park Jaehun realize.
That there wasn't a single person here on his side, and that every one of them was on Sua's side.
At the same time he realized what the shaman's words had meant.
Of course, since they weren't going to say anything to Sua. They were going to pick him apart.
So that's why he said the thing I'm imagining won't happen.
You really are the real deal.......
In the end he spent the day until late at night wedged between five... no, six women, getting picked apart from every direction.
"Did you know our little brother came home beaten up by a girl in his class when he was little?"
"Eldest sister!?"
"And not only that, with a face pretty as a gisaeng's brother, he got harassed by the girls at his school too."
"Second sister!?"
Until the night grew deep.
***
"This is what happens."
―Pffff lolololololololololol
―Ah, older sisters aren't on their little brother's side
―How pitiful
―Well, who told him to be born the youngest?
―Yooooou are seriously mean
The moment the chat window filled with laughter.
―HouseWithGhosts has donated 100,000 won!―
[Please help me]
It was the person who had donated 100,000 won three times earlier.
They'd been buried by someone else so I hadn't been able to check, but what's going on?
When I looked into him, scenes from the past flashed past, and he was signing a contract for a house at a licensed real estate office.
"You're going to sign, right?"
"But the thing is......."
"Think it over carefully. Even if you're living with a ghost, isn't 500 million won a real advantage?"
"I suppose it is?"
"Good thinking. Come on, stamp it."
...Living with what? A ghost?
That's the opening of a horror movie.
"Why did you move into a house that has a ghost?"
―HouseWithGhosts has donated 100,000 won!―
[Houses around it go for 2.5 billion won and only this one was 500 million]
―The houses being 2.5 billion is the more chilling part
―Honestly, that's tempting?
―That's like saying a luxury Gangnam apartment is 500 million
―At that price, couldn't you cohabit with a ghost?
―Cohabit, nothing, you could set out a 36-dish ancestral rite table every day