Chapter 9: I'm Da One!
At noon, since my father had called for me, I entered my father’s bedroom.
“I’m coming in.”
“Oh, So Hyun ah, sorry about that.”
“How are you today?”
“Alright. After one more week, I should be able to do a half-set.”
“It’s still too early for golf, but I’m glad that you’re feeling well enough to make jokes.”
“So don’t you worry too.”
“Ani.”
“By the way, So Hyun ah, could you do a little errand for me?”
“An errand?”
My father handed over a sheet from a memo pad to me.
“I’d like you to buy what’s written on there. The shop’s location is written on the back.”
“Genuine’ aloes wood…Is this incense?”
“Ne. I can’t entrust this errand to anyone else.”
“I see. Okay, I’ll go.” Like that, I took the memo and went out on an errand.
When I reached the street on the map, there was, as indicated, an incense shop. The very old shop front was full of mysterious aromas.
*This shop has probably been here since a very long time ago. I can feel the weight of its history…*
“Welcome.”
“Ah, Joesonghabnida. I’m looking for aloes wood.”
“Ne, if it is aloes wood you are looking for, it is over here.”
When I came to that corner, I was enveloped even further in nice aromas.
“Wow, there are so many varieties. Eh?”
*Prices like five hundred dollars and one thousand dollars are just written there normally…*
“Is something the matter?”
“A…aniyo, you’ve prepare some wonderful things for me! Ahaha…”
*Otoke? I didn’t bring that much money…*
“Have you decided on the type of aloes wood?”
“U…um…about the incense called Genuine.”
“Genuine…I apologize. We don’t handle that brand…”
“Eh? U…um, this is the shop on this map, right?” I showed the memo my father wrote to the employee.
“Ne, there is no mistake that this is the shop. However, the incense called ‘Genuine’ is…”
“I see…”
*I wonder if appa got the name of the brand wrong…* I excused myself and took out my cell phone in order to call my father.
*But I don’t want to wake appa up…Ah! Oppa might know.* I tried calling my brother’s cell. When I did, my brother picked up immediately, which was uncommon.
