I Cant Keep Up With My Brothers Feelings After He Regressed || MTL

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The bottom of the sack was wet, and it seemed like there was a smell of blood. 

"… Please don't tell me you came all the way here like that." 

Seeing Jae-yoon's state, Jae-ha felt like he should grab a mop and rush out before rumors started spreading about a murderer roaming the apartment.

At Jae-ha’s concern, Jae-yoon wiped the dark red liquid from his cheek with the back of his hand and smiled triumphantly. 

"No one saw me. You don't have to worry, hyung." 

No one saw him? With it still so bright outside, how could he have gotten there without being seen by anyone? 

"Seriously, you... sigh…" 

Jae-yoon, who had gone out empty-handed, returned with what looked like a pig slung over his shoulder. It must have been something he took without the owner noticing. Jae-ha, coming to his senses late, furiously patted Jae-yoon's empty shoulder. 

"Hey! Even if I said we were short on food expenses, how could you steal someone else's pig?!" 

"No, hyung. It's a pig without an owner." 

"What?! So it really is a pig?!" 

Pig theft. Illegal butchering. Either way, his brother had committed a crime. All for the sake of some pork belly. 

"I know what you're worried about, hyung, but seriously, it's fine. I'll show you." 

"Agh! No! I wanted pork, not a dead pig!" 

Despite Jae-ha's strong rejection, Jae-yoon started untying the sack to show what was inside. Even though he really didn't want to, Jae-ha squinted and peeked inside, only to see a jet-black pig with nothing but its body left. His eyes widened. 

"Why is a Jeju black pig here?" 

"No, hyung. This is a demonic beast from an F-rank dungeon. There's a dungeon hidden in a nearby mountain, so it was easy to catch." 

"A demonic beast?" 

"Yeah, don't worry. Even though it's not fully awakened yet, I can catch a black pig with some tricks." 

Dungeon. Demonic beasts. Awakening. 

Jae-ha used to be the one addicted to games, while Jae-yoon only enjoyed them lightly. Jae-ha looked at him with concern, wondering if his younger brother had become this obsessed with games without him noticing, but Jae-yoon just looked proud, like a cat boasting about its catch. 

"It's a demonic beast, but it's similar to a pig, so it's easy to catch and tastes even better. Eventually, it was traded for high prices among gourmets." 

Even though he called it a "black pig," it was just a Jeju black pig in English. 
Looking closely, Jae-ha could see that its skin was completely black and even the cross-sections of its bones were pitch-black, reminding him of a black-boned chicken.

He began to worry that his brother had caught a rare, experimental pig without the owner's knowledge. But Jae-yoon casually tightened the sack again. 

"This is really good for men." 

"… Well, let's grill it first." 

Since it was already brought in, Jae-ha leaned towards the idea of paying the owner if there was one. 

While Jae-yoon worked on processing the meat, having already removed the body, Jae-ha started worrying about Monday. He was uneasy about what kind of trouble his brother might cause at school after bringing home a pig just for some pork belly. But there wasn’t much he could do at the moment.