[Contest 2] The Wolves' Parenting Diary
Episode 2_Sequence Arrangement
여주
"What, what... who are you..."
When I woke up, the men were fighting in front of me. They stopped arguing when I stood up and our eyes met.
Someone scolded them while they were still fighting.
민현
"Mom told me not to do this. Just go back."
These are the men who become sullen when one of them scolds them as if giving orders, and then turn into wolf cubs right in front of me.
At first, I couldn't believe it even after seeing it with my own eyes, but I agreed and said that it could easily be true for Chichi's children.
여주
"Could you introduce yourself...? I'm a little confused right now..."
Honestly, rather than being confused, the situation felt unreal. The fact that Chichi was dead and everything else going on here.
민현
"Ah... My name is Minhyun, and I'm the oldest."
Minhyun gave the signal by tapping the other kids, and the ones who had been fighting since earlier noticed. Then, they started introducing themselves.
성우
"My name is Seongwoo. I am the second child."
다니엘
"Daniel, I'm the youngest."
민현
"Write, if the youngest speaks short, it's a write."
It seemed clear that even they had a "hierarchy." Just as Minhyun had suggested, I firmly drew a line, determined to establish order.
여주
"When you call me, call me 'noona.' I'm probably older than you guys."
다니엘
"Huh? If she's older than us, isn't she an ajumma?"
여주
"...Do you want to go out of the house?"
민현
"Excuse me, I need to borrow your room for a moment."
다니엘
"Oh, no!"
Minhyun apologized and dragged Daniel into the room. Seongwu told me I needed to get used to it, then left for the living room.
여주
"Chichi, you must have had a hard time too."
I couldn't help but sigh just thinking about it. The prospect of a difficult path was already looming before my eyes, but the words "one last request" held me back.
Yes, they asked for help so they could live as humans. Apparently, unlike Chi-Chi, they could transform into humans.
As I was organizing my thoughts, Daniel rushed out of the room.
다니엘
"Ahhh! Please save me, sister!"
Daniel, who had been being chased by Minhyun, suddenly transformed into a wolf cub and pounced on me. Minhyun, who had been chasing him, sat down next to me, panting.
민현
"You might regret it... I'm sorry."
여주
"What are you sorry about...?"
As Minhyun and Daniel bowed their heads, Yeoju turned her gaze toward the room they had come out of. The room was a literal mess.
성우
"Hehe, I had another accident."
여주
"...You all get out."
Oh, I'm really going crazy.
First, he made them kneel down one by one. Daniel still looked unaware of his wrongdoing, and Seong-wu insisted on his innocence, saying he had no reason to be there.
여주
"I'll give you three choices. The first is that Daniel and Minhyun will engage in a chase."
여주
"The second time, Daniel and Seongwoo have an argument. The third time, they promise to listen and eat."
다니엘
"...I'll eat, sis."
성우
"But... we only eat meat."
여주
"...Go to the mountain and get some food. I don't have any money."
The three of them should go together and catch something like a deer or a wild boar to eat. When I told them I had no money, they quietly gathered around.
민현
"We... guess we came for nothing."
여주
"You know I can hear everything, right?"
다니엘
"Then we can't eat...?"
The Three Musketeers look at me with pitiful eyes, as if to say, "When did that happen?" No, that would make me seem like a bad person.
여주
"...I'm sorry, but I'm not in a position where I can live comfortably by eating meat. I hope you'll be considerate of that."
민현
"Then there's nothing we can do. We'll try to resolve it ourselves."
여주
"Okay, then I'll just eat ramen."
다니엘
"I want to eat it too."
성우
"Me too!"
When I told them I wanted to eat ramen, they rushed over, one by one, to eat with me. I was dumbfounded, so I asked them.
여주
"...You only eat meat?"
민현
“We are also people, and we need to eat to survive.”
The words were strangely incoherent. I grabbed the ramen packets from the cupboard and headed to the kitchen. "Yes, let's think of us as family," I told myself.
They say that family should share even a single bean. If you feed Chichi with that in mind, he'll be able to live well as a human being.
Yeah, we can only live together until then. After boiling the ramen, we all came out to the living room and sat down together. It had been a really long time since I'd had a meal with anyone.
여주
"Voila, enjoy your meal."
When I brought him the ramen I'd just finished boiling, he came running, grabbing chopsticks I hadn't even asked for. Judging by the way he was eating without saying a word, he must have been starving for a long time.
He watched me quietly put down my chopsticks and eat. Min-hyun, who was next to me, took a bite, then put his chopsticks down in embarrassment.
여주
"What's wrong, is it not tasty?"
민현
"Oh, no... Sister, you should eat first."
여주
"It's okay, you can eat it. It looks like you guys have been starving for quite a few days."
Minhyun, who was sure he wasn't wrong, soon started eating ramen. At that time, you guys had also fallen asleep from exhaustion after crying so hard.
Even without saying a word, we felt Chichi's absence, though in our own ways.
Before I knew it, the three of us had finished our ramen and put down our chopsticks. Daniel looked at me for a moment, then transformed into a wolf and leaped into my arms.
다니엘
"Sister... Sister, you can't die..."
여주
"Tch, why should I die? Don't worry, I'll take care of you until you can live well on your own."
Then, Min-hyun and Seong-woo, who had been silently watching Daniel, jumped into my arms. In the end, it felt like I was their family, in place of the dead Chi-Chi.
Just like Chichi used to be my only family and friend.
They are a bit noisy and might cause trouble, but they are wolf pups.
I defined our tumultuous first meeting by saying, "But I have a good family."
여주
"Now you and I are living in my house, right?"
성우
"Yes, sis."
여주
"Well... let's live within the line of rank, and since there's only one empty room, the three of us will sleep together."
다니엘
"Then I'm number one!"
When Daniel shouted confidently, Seongwoo and Minhyun sensed my expression change and hastily dragged Daniel down. But he himself seemed oblivious.
여주
"Daniel, kneel down."
It seems like this young wolf needs a lot of proper education.
No matter what anyone says, I hope you understand that this is absolutely not a venting of anger, but rather a necessary step for them to become independent human beings.
다니엘
"Ahhh! I was wrong, big sister..."
Of course, true education is accompanied by suffering.
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