Love for Love's Sake - Chapter 4
Chapter 4
This message window had been appearing for a while. I didn’t know what it was or why it continued to appear.
Favorability from before too, wasn’t that something usually seen in games?
So, was this not a novel but a game world?
And what the hell did Love Supremacy Zone mean? Wasn’t that the title of the novel? Judging by the distance displayed, it seemed like there was a fixed zone, probably around Cha Yeowoon’s vicinity.
Right now, he was at the front of the bus, and I was at the back, so I guess it was roughly the radius of a shuttle bus.
I decided to look up the dictionary definition of love using my smartphone.
Love (1)
: An intense feeling of deep affection.
Or was it this one?
Love (2)
: A great interest and pleasure in something.
While I was at it, I also looked up ‘Love Supremacy.’
Love Supremacy
: An attitude or tendency that claims that love is the ultimate goal in life and is the only essential condition for marriage.
So, roughly speaking ‘Love Supremacy Zone’ was a place where love was supreme, or something like that?
But I didn’t have any intention of falling in love with Cha Yeowoon…?
More importantly, he was 18 and I was 29.
“Hey, student.”
When Cha Yeowoon was a fertilized egg, I was solving problems related to geometry in my math book.
“The student sitting in the back!”
Back? When I lifted my head, I saw the bus driver, who had withdrawn his head from the driver’s box, looking at me.
“Student, are you deaf? Aren’t you going to get off?”
Right. I was a student.
Just until yesterday, I was at an age where I wasn’t asked for my ID, so I had forgotten.
The bus had come to a stop before I knew it. The last passengers were getting off, and Cha Yeowoon was already looking at me from the rear door after swiping his bus card.
“Yeah. I’ll get off. Thank you.”
I quickly bowed and got off the bus. The cool night air flowed through the bus stop.
It was the last stop so there were only a few people. I took a good look around the familiar yet new scenery.
“Why are you absentminded?”
“Huh? No reason.”
I couldn’t say that seeing the place I used to live a decade ago was a new experience.
“But to get to my home, we have to walk from here.”
My home was further up from the bus station. When I pointed to the steep road, Cha Yeowoon looked at me with a blank expression.
Without saying that he wouldn’t go or that he didn’t want to, he followed me silently. Perhaps he thought if he refused to go from here, it might be interpreted differently. He might have just given up after coming this far.
The path I pointed to led to an unauthorized shantytown. It was surprising that the shantytown, which hardly existed in Seoul anymore, still existed in the same way as it did 10 years ago. This place was really a strange world.
Walking down the path after a long time felt both unfamiliar and familiar. The more I walked, the more my memories came alive.
The road leading to the hillside was narrow and steep. It smelled of spoiled food and sewage.
Small shanties with slated roofs were lined up like crab shells. Moss-covered stone steps and abandoned garbage were entangled like flesh in the alleys.
I was fed up with this place. I really hated it when I was in high school.
“Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve been here.”
As I stepped inside the home, I found myself speaking to myself unconsciously.
It was just before I joined the military when people who used to live here were chased out, cranes were brought in, and everything was demolished. The demolished buildings were vivid in my memory, but the neighborhood remained exactly as it was when I had lived here.
Then, a thought crossed my mind.
This place was a world from a novel.
But it was also a place where I had actually lived during high school. So, maybe…
When I looked at the dimly lit window, my heart began to race. My throat thumped loudly.
“Come in.”
I opened the unlocked door and invited Cha Yeowoon inside. The door was small, so we had to bend down to not bump into it. I realized that he was quite tall.
“I’m back.”
I greeted nervously while taking off my sneakers. The interior of the home was just as I remembered it. A narrow kitchen leading to two rooms.
“Were you just going to come in without saying a word?”
As the sliding door to the master bedroom opened, a shadow of a hunched back appeared.
“…Grandma.”
My throat tightened.
Most would probably react the same after seeing their grandmother who had died 10 years ago.
In addition, at the age of 19 I was a rotten grandson. You know, those children in dramas who would appear in scenes where tears are shed.
All I had were memories of us fighting, and only regretting it after she had passed away.
I used to think about what I would say if I could see her again, even just once. As I was about to open my trembling lips, my grandmother grabbed my forearm.
“What were you doing all this time before crawling back in here? Always getting into fights without any sense!”
“Ah! Wait a moment. Why are you hitting me suddenly?”
Whether I was lost in emotions or not, my grandmother wasted no time in smacking me on the back of my head. The taste of her hand was still spicy after all these years.
Smack–Smack–
The loud sounds reverberated in the small home. I wriggled and escaped, unable to bear it any longer.
“Stop hitting me. It hurts.”
I thought I would be happy to get slapped on the back after all these years. I thought I would happily shout for her to hit me more, but that was that and this was this. It still hurt.
“You’re an adult, stop making a fuss. Who’s the guy behind you?”
“Hello.”
I will wait patiently. thanks for the translation
Will you start uploading again?
Although I have chapters 1-80 done, there are no plans to continue uploading at this time.
why?… 🙁
I had planned to post the chapters once I’ve translated the entire novel, but the translation is on hold at the moment.
Thanks for the chapters anyway. I’ll be waiting for more, this novel is really interesting 🙂
Thanks so much for translating the novel, do you know when you will come back from break? I’m looking forward to reading if and when you update.
I’m busy working on other things at the moment, so I won’t be able to pick up translating again any time soon.
Does anyone know where I can find the original novel
May I know when you are going to upload remaining chapters?
Meeting his grandmother made me cry😭😭😭💜💜
Thank you again for the translation. You’re doing such a good job. It’s flowing so nice ❤️
thank you so much for the translation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!