Just then, thwak!

“Ow!” Jeong-woo jumped at the hand that suddenly slapped his back and turned around.

Rhea was glaring at Jeong-woo. “I said to use nice words, didn’t I?!”

“Geez, Mom! I was trying to get in the atmosphere…!”

“You’re going to keep on talking back?”

Thwak, thwak, thwak!

“Okay, okay! Stop hitting me! Oow!” Jeong-woo displayed a pleading expression, but Rhea’s hand showed no sign of stopping. Her divinity was definitely still unstable, so Jeong-woo had no idea where she was getting this strength.

However, there was something that made Jeong-woo even gloomier. 

『You’re up?』

“H-Hyung?” At that familiar voice, Jeong-woo straightened his back and turned around. Greeting him was a brightly smiling Yeon-woo. 

『We still have stuff to talk about, don’t we?』

“…Hyung, my vestige body was already beaten up. Can’t we call it good with that?”

『No. We can’t.』

“I mean, that was me too! So we can call it good enough…!”

『No. We can’t.』

“…” Jeong-woo wondered if Yeon-woo had eaten some firm foods, because he had no idea why Yeon-woo was cutting him...