'Your sibling was subjected to fairly severe emotional abuse and gaslighting.'
Since his ability was incomplete at the time, it wasn't a long memory, but he said the emotions he felt were vivid.
Frustration and fear, helplessness.
And giving up.
Emotions far too overwhelming and difficult for a 5-year-old child to experience.
The man who kidnapped Baek Eun at the time was the neighbor uncle, who made her repeat several sentences all day long.
'My family hates me. They dislike me. I'm going to live with uncle forever. Uncle is my dad now.'
If she didn't repeat them, he starved her and didn't give her water. Even if she struggled and said no, he washed the child, changed her clothes, and tied her hair as if he had become her guardian.
The usually kind neighbor uncle had dropped a child into hell in an instant.
Though Go Daehan had seen only an extremely small portion of the memory, that alone made Baek Dan feel his blood run backward. The uncle had taken his own life after the kidnapping incident, but Baek Dan wanted to grab his collar and interrogate him even though he was already dead.
With a boiling heart, he had to pretend not to know his sibling's wounds. Lest digging deeper bring back those bad memories.
After that, Baek Dan poured endless affection into her, who had become gloomy. He did everything to gain even a handful of interest from Baek Eun, who seemed to have no interest in anything.
Perhaps thanks to his endless efforts. Now Baek Eun no longer had seizures even when among people, and could have normal conversations.
She still disliked crowded places and being the center of attention, but what did that matter. There were plenty of people like that in this world besides her.
But Baek Dan was still anxious. Because Baek Eun had never spoken about that time to her family since then. It seemed the fear and trauma from that time still remained in her heart. Even her smiling, chatting, and living normally seemed like it was to reassure them.
'So how could I not worry about you.'
Baek Dan smiled bitterly and ran to Baek Eun, who was quickly gesturing for him to come in the elevator.
***
Baek Eun came out to a sparsely populated area on the outskirts of Seoul. Since places without CCTV were rare these days, she inevitably brought Yoon Siheon along as well.
One of Yoon Siheon's abilities was 'Information Manipulation'. Whether his ability as a former hacker had bloomed, there was no one in the world who could handle information as well as him.
"Wow. Is this right? Hey, Dan-a. Is this right? I'm not dreaming right now, am I?"
Yoon Siheon exclaimed in admiration as he watched the light spreading from Baek Eun's fingertips.
"Our Peanut is definitely going to become a farming god. Look at that brilliant light. Isn't she really a god?"
Baek Eun, whose ego had inflated to the max from the two people's chatter, purified the land with even more excitement. The barren land became glossy and moist.
Baek Dan and Yoon Siheon continued to exclaim in admiration at the unbelievable sight before their eyes.
"Eun-ah. So what are you planting next?"
"Don't know. Haven't decided yet."
"If you come out with a hair loss cure, it'll be legendary. You'll be richer than Baek Dan."
At Yoon Siheon's words, she became intrigued. Since vision improved and hearts got stronger, maybe there really was a hair loss treatment too?
'I should look through the seed list when I get home.'
"But why doesn't that seed shop thing appear for us?"
"Because I'm the one and only farmer in this world. If you're jealous, you become a farmer."
"Sorry, that's impossible."
At the quick refusal, Baek Eun giggled. It had been hectic because of the two of them, but it was enjoyable.
Having purified to the maximum extent her ability allowed, Baek Eun plopped down on the dirt ground as if collapsing.
It was a full 3,000 pyeong.
"Peanut. Aren't you overdoing it?"
Baek Dan sat down next to Baek Eun with a thud, tossing a fist-sized rock before him.
"I'm fine. My stamina is S-rank. Though only limited to farming work."
"...Huh? Stamina is S-rank? With your D-rank, is that even a possible stat?"
"It's C-rank normally. And I'm not D-rank anymore, I'm C-rank."
"...?"
"...?"
Yoon Siheon and Baek Dan's faces became blank expressions at the same time.
I understand. I was like that too.
"Eun-ah. What exactly are you? Are you an alien?"
"What are you saying. Eat this."
She took out boiled potatoes from her inventory and shared them with the two.
She had eaten in the morning but wasn't tired of them.
Baek Eun still couldn't forget the emotion she felt the first day she tasted potatoes.
'To think these went extinct, I lived so unknowingly unhappy all this time.'
So she was also very much looking forward to the tomatoes that would be harvested soon. They had just started bearing fruit, so she could probably pick them all tomorrow.
"Wow... Crazy. So this is what potatoes tasted like. I'm getting a little teary-eyed right now."
"Dip it in salt too."
"And what is this buff. Eun-ah, are you going to wipe out all the heart disease specialists in the world?"
At Yoon Siheon's nonsense, Baek Eun puffed out a laugh. While the two chatted with potatoes as snacks, Baek Eun diligently sowed lettuce seeds. She deliberately didn't use the growth acceleration buff.
"All done."
As Baek Eun dusted off her hands after finishing sowing, Yoon Siheon and Baek Dan approached.
"Already done? Watching you from afar, you really looked like a robot. How do you have such skills?"
"Her trait is Novice Farmer. Her skills are all pfft, cough... farming-related skills."
"I told you to stop teasing me, Baek Dan! And I have an attack skill now too."
"Oh..."
"Oh."
Yoon Siheon whistled while joining Baek Dan in teasing her. Having reached her limit, she considered using her skill on the two before giving up. It was obvious she wouldn't even touch a hair on them.
"But what skill? You said you didn't have attack skills."
"I got it this time. After coming back from the dungeon."
"That's good. I was worried about you not having attack skills, let's see. Let's check how powerful it is."
"Actually I haven't used this so I don't really know...."
"That's why you should try it here. When there's no one around."
He was right.
Since Baek Eun had planned to use her skill in a place without people anyway.
"Okay."
She nodded and recalled the Scythe Strike skill in her mind. Then, as if space was splitting, a huge, transparent Scythe with blue light swirling around it appeared in the air.
Before that enormous size, which looked to be at least 3 meters, Baek Eun lost her words.
"..."
[Please designate the attack target range.]
[If not selected within 5 seconds, the attack will automatically proceed to the nearest target.]
What?
No! Who are you trying to attack!
[5, 4, 3...]
"Baek Dan! How do I designate the attack range?"
"What? What kind of..."
[...2, 1. Attack target search complete.]
Baek Eun's mouth fell open at the system message.
The huge transparent Scythe spun around in place, then flew at high speed toward Baek Dan.
"Ba-Baek Dan!"
"Oh oh. It's better than I thought?"
Of course, it couldn't inflict any damage on him, an S-ranker.
With a light movement, Baek Dan avoided the attack and clapped in admiration.
Baek Eun swallowed hard as she looked at the large crater where he had been standing.
"I think I'm a little excited right now, Baek Dan."
To think my attack skill had that much power....
At her small murmur, Baek Dan chuckled.
"But you need to practice attacking. Visualize your attack target in your mind while using the skill. Then the attack will go to that target."
Baek Eun listened to his words with a dazed expression. To think she was receiving instruction from Baek Dan, it felt like she had returned to her childhood.
"Thanks. Honestly, I was really surprised earlier."
"What's surprising? Did you think I couldn't dodge something like that?"
"I know that, but still."
"Anyway, this puts my mind at ease a little. Shall we go?"
"Yeah."
Baek Eun looked at the land she had purified with a refreshed expression, then turned her back without regret.
***
After parting with Yoon Siheon, Baek Eun arrived home with Baek Dan. As they came out after parking in the garage, a dark figure was visible in front of the main gate.
'Could it be....'
Feeling their approach, the man turned around.
"Huh? Go Daehan?"
Baek Dan approached him with a happy smile, striding forward.
'Ah, this is awkward.'
She had told him he had the wrong person during the day, yet to think he was still waiting.
"Long time no see, Baek Dan."
"Wow. When did you arrive? Ah, this is my twin sibling Baek Eun. Say hello."
The man turned his head and gave Baek Eun his gaze. He greeted her with the same friendly smile he had shown earlier.
"Hello. We meet again. I'm Go Daehan."
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