I'm the Only One With a Different Genre - Chapter 87
Chapter 87
Housewife Descends
Until now, I’ve always been around people who roughly understood the situation between Jess and me, so I had never imagined a scenario like this.
In an instant, I had become the cruel master of a cute and innocent beastman, trembling all over as I waved my hands.
“N-No, it’s not like that…!”
“Oh! So this is the master Jess always talks about?”
“Yes!”
“…?”
Unable to follow the situation, I froze with my hands raised. Jess’s teacher whispered with a smile.
“Some beastmen refer to their guardians as ‘master.'”
“Oh, I see…”
Only then did I relax with a sigh of relief. The teacher gave a light laugh and said,
“Would you like to watch the class?”
“Oh, may I?”
“Of course.”
With that, Nero and I entered the classroom. As the teacher introduced us, I waved my hand slightly at Iris, who had wide eyes. Iris’s cheeks turned a faint pink.
‘Iris and Jess seem to be the oldest here.’
The age range was quite varied, but most of the children were much younger than Jess. Most of them looked like they were in lower elementary school.
Considering that Iris seemed like a middle schooler and Jess an upper elementary schooler, there was quite a gap in age.
‘Come to think of it, I don’t know the kids’ exact ages.’
Given that they were slaves for years, knowing their ages would be even stranger.
‘Noah and I are probably the same age, and Iris is a year or two younger than me.’
I could be sure of this because it was briefly mentioned in the original story. While I didn’t remember the exact details, I recalled reading that the trashy Lian and Noah in the original story were the same age.
‘I wish there was something like a status window to confirm details like their ages.’
While I was lost in such thoughts, the introductions for Nero and me were finished. Nero and I pulled chairs to the back of the classroom and watched the children’s lesson.
The children kept turning around, unable to focus on the lesson. They soon started participating enthusiastically, especially after Jess was praised by the teacher and ran over to get her head patted.
After that, as if it were a new rule, the children, upon receiving praise, approached me hesitantly, asking to be patted.
These young children, raised without parents, seemed starved for affection. As I patted them lavishly, Iris gave me a strangely cold look.
Instinctively sensing danger, I whispered to Iris, who had come to be patted, that she was my only sibling. Her cold gaze immediately warmed.
‘Ugh… I know this isn’t good for Iris…’
Despite knowing, I couldn’t stop because my instincts told me that leaving things as they were would lead to big trouble.
Eventually, the noisy class ended, and it was lunchtime. Following the teacher, we headed to the kitchen.
“Huh? Do you prepare the meals all by yourself, teacher?”
“Yes, even though there’s a magic circle, we can’t bring in regular members carelessly.”
She knew well that the annex and the main building were close and required a pass to come and go.
As she said, bringing in regular members carelessly could lead to information about the executives’ residences leaking out. However, assigning a reliable executive as a cook wasn’t feasible, as there wasn’t a single idle executive.
So she had no choice but to prepare three meals for what looked like over 20 children all by herself. While also teaching classes!
“I’ll help you.”
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“What?! No, no! I can’t ask a guest to do this.”
“Come on, it’ll be faster if we do it together.”
Laughing, I entered the kitchen, where Nero seemed to be receiving a communication through a crystal communication device.
“Brother, I’m really sorry, but I have to go somewhere for a bit.”
“That’s fine. I’ll eat lunch here and return to the main building with Jess and Iris.”
“Okay, if anything happens, tell the teacher so she can contact me.”
“Got it.”
Th i s w a s c o pi e d f r o m k i n g m t l . o r g
Communication crystals were quite valuable, so there was only one in the annex. I didn’t have one because I never left the main building. Moreover, with executives who always had communication crystals around me, I never felt the need for one.
After Nero left, I rolled up my sleeves and said,
“Alright, let’s get started.”
A professional housewife had descended into the kitchen.
Th i s wa s c o pi e d f r o m k in g m t l . o rg
***
“Delicious!”
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“Yum!”
“Mmm…”
I watched the children eat their meals with satisfaction.
“Where did these ingredients come from?”
The teacher looked puzzled at some unfamiliar spices and ingredients but soon smiled brightly and ate happily after tasting the food.
“Master, eat this!”
Jess, with her mouth full, brought over some food she thought was delicious and piled it on my plate.
“I’m fine, you eat up.”
“Swallow… It’s so good! Master is the best!”
“The best! Master!”
“Master!”
My face, which had been smiling pleasantly at the children mimicking Jess, turned pale.
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Children calling me “Master” in unison! It was a situation where the police wouldn’t be out of place appearing from another dimension to arrest me. I quickly waved my hands.
“Don’t call me that! Just call me uncle—no, call me brother.”
Realizing the age gap made “uncle” awkward, I corrected myself. The children obediently started calling me brother or oppa.
Some of the kids proudly showed their chubby tummies, saying they had already learned the terms for brother and oppa.
After the cheerful lunch, Jess and Iris prepared to return to the main building with me. The other children stayed in the annex to eat, sleep, and live, so only Jess and Iris left the building.
“Brother, can’t you stay?”
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“Don’t go!”
“Waah!”
“Sniff!”
Some kids threw tantrums, and others burst into tears. Because they had grown up too quickly, slightly more mature kids scolded the crying ones, saying, “Don’t cry!”
Since survival in dangerous situations required not crying, the teacher didn’t intervene.
“I’ll come back tomorrow, so stop crying.”
“Really?”
“Really. I’ll come with Jess and Iris tomorrow.”
The children’s faces brightened. Though they still looked a bit sad, they seemed satisfied just knowing they’d see me again.
Since that day, I visited the annex daily. Although they were children, being in a place full of people allowed me to persuade Noah that I no longer needed someone constantly by my side.
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Noah, after contemplating for a while, visited the annex and nodded in agreement.
I finally gained my freedom!
Every morning, I headed to the annex with Jess and Iris to help with the teacher’s lessons and meal preparations.
I thought of various lessons that seemed beneficial for the children’s education, and so the joyful days passed by…
Three years went by.
***
‘…? Oh? It’s been three years already?’
When you do the same thing every day, you sometimes wonder how time flew by so quickly. That’s exactly how I felt.
‘But this seems too fast, doesn’t it?’
As I pondered, I caught sight of my reflection in a mirror.
A face that was decent enough (considering the others, I’d say average?), white hair kept at shoulder length, and limbs that had definitely grown past 17 years old.
‘At least I’m tall now.’
Though my face still had a youthful look, my height had shot up, making me look less like a child. It felt like changing into clothes that fit just right.
As I inspected my changed appearance over the past three years,
Knock, knock.
A somewhat heavy knock echoed. There was only one person who knocked with such force.
“Come in, Jess.”
Creak!
“Master!”
Despite having grown up and become proficient in speaking, Jess still called me “Master!” Honestly, I’d be a bit sad if she stopped.
Thud!
Jess, who ran up to me, hugged me tightly. She had grown so much that she was now nearly 170 cm tall. If I had grown any slower… I would have had to look up at her.
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“Brother.”
From the open door, Iris walked in with a soft smile. Iris was slightly smaller than Jess. Since Jess was a beastman, she was naturally taller.
After lightly patting Jess, who clung to my waist and wouldn’t let go, I gently pushed her away.
“Jess, you’re grown up now, so you shouldn’t just hug people like this, okay?”
“Sniff…”
Seeing her drooping ears made me want to take back my words, but I held firm. While it might have been okay when she was younger, it was important to teach her not to hug people carelessly now that she was going through puberty.
“But it’s Master…”
Though she understood not to touch or hug others carelessly, she couldn’t comprehend why that applied to me.
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“Haha…”
Iris, who had come closer, suddenly hugged my waist.
“Hugging family is okay, right?”
“R-Right?”
Since she wasn’t wrong, I nodded despite my shaking voice, and Iris smiled in satisfaction. Jess then puffed her cheeks and shouted.
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“I want to be family too!”
“No, Brother is my brother. Jess, your hair is red.”
“Then I’ll marry him!”
A heavy silence fell at the unexpected words.
End of Chapter.
BioBlueZ
Oh no Jess, what you done, kekw