A Loving Family-Chapter 78: A Loving Family
"Wow, they must've planned this. Bold move!"
Before going into the building, Daeho quietly muttered to himself while looking up at the sign on the top floor's outer wall of the building.
"What's up?"
Jinwoo asked, looking at Daeho.
"The 'C' in parentheses means 'corporation,' right?"
Daeho said out of the blue.
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Jinwoo asked Daeho, looking up at the sign on the building's exterior wall again.
"People who notice these things will definitely recognize it!"
Daeho started muttering to himself again...
Daeho took out his smartphone and took a picture of the sign on the top floor's outer wall.
-Click!
-Click!
-Click!
Jinwoo watched Daeho for a while, looking like he couldn't understand him.
"I'll give you this as a quiz later, try to get it right!"
Daeho, looking unusually excited, laughed and went into the building first.
Jinwoo thought, "Weirdo!" and followed Daeho into the building with his siblings.
**
"Oppa, look over there!"
As soon as they entered the lobby on the first floor through the entrance, Minji pointed to a standing sign right in front of the stairs leading to the basement of the building.
"Huh?"
It seemed like there was a themed cafe called "Witch and Cat."
-Selling drinks and snacks while reading tarot cards or something-
"The school runs it! Aunt Haeju bought me ice cream cake there last week! Hehe."
Minji said, smiling brightly, boasting about her previous visit with Aunt Haeju to the cafe.
The standing sign had several pictures of the cafe's interior.
The inside of the cafe seemed to be decorated in a medieval European style.
"Really? Then shall we go together next time? Oppa will buy you anything you want to eat~!!"
"Yes!! Sua too! They even do tarot readings there, like love compatibility or future spouse~."
Minji answered innocently, including Sua, who was next to her...
"Alright~!! Sounds good~!! Sua too!!"
-With the card mom gave me...-
Jinwoo, finding Minji's affectionate clinginess so cute and lovely, made the promise without hesitation.
The spacious first floor had a bank, convenience store, and pharmacy.
Jinwoo and his siblings passed through the lobby, quickly glancing around the interior, heading deeper into the building.
**
Daeho went ahead and held the elevator, waiting for Jinwoo and his siblings.
They got in the elevator and pressed the button.
3rd floor~
'Center for Experiential Sensory Training'
That was the name of the school written on the sign.
For a magic school targeting children and parents, it had a bizarre and complicated name, lacking social awareness.
"So it's not extrasensory perception?"
Daeho kept exclaiming in amazement at something.
-Click!
-Click!
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Daeho meticulously took pictures inside the elevator, like a detective gathering evidence for a mysterious case.
One wall of the elevator had brief information introducing the magic school.
Manipulation
General
Illusion
Stage
Street
Psychokinesis
Psychometry
Astrology
Tarot Reading
Hypnosis Counseling Therapy
Cognitive Learning Counseling
And so on...
There were photos of class and performance scenes alongside descriptions of the types of magic and programs taught at the school.
The magic program Minji was learning seemed to be astrology and hypnosis counseling therapy.
Since Minji wanted it, and for therapeutic purposes, they seemed to be focusing more on that area.
The elevator arrived on the 3rd floor, and the arrival notification sound rang loudly inside.
Soon, the elevator doors opened.
A few meters ahead...
A semi-transparent glass door with the school's name on it was clearly visible.
As Jinwoo approached and pushed the glass door open, a chime bell rang cheerfully.
**
"Welcome!"
A familiar woman's voice was heard.
A young, pretty girl about Jinwoo's age, sitting at the school's reception desk, greeted Jinwoo and his siblings.
-Dressed in a tight orange long hood like a stage outfit...-
Jinwoo stared at the girl for a while, feeling a strange mix of familiarity and unfamiliarity.
And slowly, Jinwoo began to recognize the girl's face.
A familiar girl he almost saw every day slowly came into focus, like a morphing effect in a video.
"Huh? Isn't it Shin Seulgi!? What are you doing here?"
Jinwoo asked, slightly surprised, approaching her to confirm.
"What about you? Do you have something to do with this place too??"
Daeho also seemed surprised, almost shouting as he jumped forward.
The girl greeting Jinwoo's group at the reception desk was Shin Seulgi from their school.
-15 years old, a friend from the same middle school as Jinwoo, and Sinbi's younger sister-
"Keep your voice down!! We're in the middle of a class~!! And why are you so surprised? It's just a part-time job! Never seen someone working before?"
Seulgi scolded Jinwoo and Daeho for making a fuss.
"You never mentioned working here!!"
Daeho, feeling somewhat disappointed, talked to Seulgi.
-Daeho and Seulgi always bickered but were good friends, especially on certain topics-
"Why would I mention it? Anyway, I'm keeping it a secret at school~! I'm working here like a work-study student, helping my aunt~!!"
Seulgi explained her situation to Jinwoo and Daeho.
At the mention of "aunt," Jinwoo seemed about to react with a question, but suddenly Minji and Sua, who were by his side, ran forward.
"Seulgi unnie~ we're here too~!"
Minji and Sua greeted Seulgi warmly, hugging her tightly.
Seulgi embraced Minji and Sua with both arms, patting their backs.
"My little kittens are here~?"
The affectionate scene between Seulgi and the siblings "Huh?! Were you guys always this close?"
Jinwoo was a bit surprised by how close Seulgi and his siblings seemed.
"Hehe~ I love Seulgi unnie~!!"
Minji said, smiling brightly at Jinwoo while hugging Seulgi.
Jinwoo and Daeho ended up talking to Seulgi and the siblings, facing each other.
Jinwoo felt a slight tinge of disappointment.
"What's with your outfit?"
Daeho asked Seulgi, seeming dissatisfied.
Seulgi was wearing a tight orange hoodie dress.
Probably a stage outfit, it was loose and wrinkled yet quite form-fitting, subtly showing her body curves.
"I told you it's for work!! Why are you complaining when you just tagged along?"
Seulgi retorted, not backing down.
Jinwoo, having seen their banter often at school, felt their comedic exchange starting again.
"Tagging along? Who!? I... I'm officially here for a consultation at the school~!!"
Feeling embarrassed for being caught spying, Daeho stammered a defense.
Seulgi seemed to know exactly why Daeho was at the magic school.
Seulgi looked at Daeho with a slightly mocking smile.
"Well~ since you're here, check everything you want~!!"
Seulgi said, getting up from her seat, brightening her expression.
"The principal is waiting for you? Follow me this way?"
Seulgi said and led Jinwoo and Daeho inside.
**
Seulgi took Jinwoo, Daeho, and the siblings to a room marked "Principal's Office."
Knocking on the door and entering.
Soon, following Seulgi's lead, Jinwoo, Daeho, and the siblings entered the principal's office.
There, a beautiful woman in her late 20s was standing, dressed in a purple blouse and a tight black knee-length skirt.
With brown wavy hair down to her waist, her figure, face, and outfit were flawless.
She was as beautiful as any mother or aunt, with exceptional beauty.
Jinwoo didn't know her, but she felt familiar.
"I've been expecting you~ I'm Principal Yoo Yena."
Principal Yoo Yena greeted Jinwoo and Daeho warmly.
Her voice was clear and full of charm.
"Ah... Yes~ Hello. I'm Yoo Jinwoo, Minji's brother."
Jinwoo greeted her, feeling slightly overwhelmed.
Daeho and the siblings followed, greeting and sitting on the sofa.
After a moment, Seulgi brought cool drinks with ice in mugs for Jinwoo and Daeho and then left the principal's office.
Thus began their meeting with Principal Yoo Yena at the magic school.
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