Returner's Magic Laundry

Chapter 4

‘How great would it be if it worked here as well.’

Unbelievably, something unbelievable happened.

Not only was it washed cleanly, but the worn out fabric was finding its original shape.

The stretched neck seemed to shrink, and the hole seemed to be filling little by little.

‘Great! It would be great if I washed it with this water.’

When I took the T-shirt out of the water, it was like new.

The hole wasn’t completely filled, but it had changed enough to require a little tweaking.

I squeezed out the water and laid it out on the veranda.

‘It would be really nice to dry it in the sunlight in that forest. I’ll have to think about how.’

tiredness came

‘Let’s sleep first and think about tomorrow’s work.’

* * *

At 5 in the morning, the alarm went off.

‘I only slept for two hours… … .’

I wanted to sleep a little more, but I jumped up.

When I touched the T-shirt hanging on the veranda, it was dry immediately.

‘You’ve only been two hours, and you’ve dried up quickly.’

When I touched the fabric, I felt a pleasant soft feeling.

When I smelled it, a refreshing scent entered my nostrils.

Putting on a T-shirt, strangely enough, the tiredness goes away.

『Qualification: Visitors』

“Skin disease is relieved.”

『Condition rises.』

『Appearance increases by 1 and Stamina by 2.』

『Stamina: 7, Strength: 9, Intellect: 10, Appearance: 6』

I was a little surprised to see the letters scrolling in front of me again.

I thought it only appeared from beyond the portal.

By the way, the appearance has improved by 1 and the skin disease has disappeared.

I put my hand behind my back and touched it.

‘Oh, that’s true. I used to have acne on my back every day, but it just disappeared.’

When I looked in the mirror, I really thought I was a little bit handsome.

Is my face halfway that of a Korean man?

It was such a normal face that I felt as if I had seen it somewhere.

At least that’s how young I was at 28, and when I turned 52, I didn’t look in the mirror.

[If your clothes are neat, even an ugly face will look good.]

He remembered what his father had always said.

Is it also because of the neat clothes?

‘There is still half of the water left, so we should try it on our guests’ clothes.’

Thinking about it made me feel down again.

‘The guests must come.’

The time was pointing to half past six.

‘It’s time to go to the pool.’

* * *

As I entered the pool, I saw a lady who was always guarding the counter.

When I showed my membership card, he handed me the locker room key.

“Oh, it smells good. Did you put on perfume?”

“no. I don’t wear perfume.”

“It smells very pleasant. I’m sorry. I heard something… … .”

“no. Fine.”

I was about to turn around after receiving her key, but the lady spoke to me again.

She wasn’t usually very friendly and she was a business woman who only spoke what was necessary.

But as she was today, she looked very bright on her face.

“there… … But didn’t she say she was a laundromat?”

It was as if I had heard the stories of my close members coming and going.

“Ah yes. If you have any clothes to leave, please tell me.”

“Oh, that’s great. I still don’t have time to go to the laundromat… … . It’s my favorite piece of clothing, but I was drinking a few days ago and the dirt came out. It’s like soy sauce oil.”

‘You drink a lot. I thought we were talking about drinking last time.’

She didn’t have a job, but she thought it was all right.

She had a chance to try washing her clothes in water brought from the forest.

“Ah yes. Please.”

“But you have to be careful as it is 100% wool.”

“Yeah. I’ll bring it to you tomorrow.”

She carefully put the lady’s clothes into her bag.

She was already looking forward to it.

Other members came in one after another and were pushed off the counter.

The young lady’s bright expression faded away, and her other members were still seen to be businesslike.

After taking a quick shower and entering the pool, the instructor’s whistle sounded and the warm-up began.

Stretching her proud body, she loosened up the muscles that had been tense during the night.

It’s been 3 months since she started swimming.

In the previous life, I lived with a body tainted with alcohol and cigarettes, but this life will be different.

She used to think that exercise was a useless waste of time, but having lived over 50 years, she knew it wasn’t.

It was not an easy exercise for me to do for the first time in my life.

In particular, I was not confident in swimming.

When she returned to the age of 28, she knew she had to learn to swim.

When he started swimming at the age of 50, he had already lost his lung capacity and it was quite difficult.

It was quite terrifying to hear the gurgling noises of phlegm coming out of my lungs with every breath I took.

Swimming should start at an early age.

“Now, warm up by rotating four laps slowly.”

At the words of the swimming instructor, I went into the beginner class lane and prepared.

Kick, which is the basics of swimming, has not yet floated in the water, so I had to get help from a kick board.

It’s been three months since I took the class, but I couldn’t even go out in front of the spirit, and it was hard to keep my face in the water because I was out of breath.

The moment he put his face in the water, he felt like he was going to die of suffocation.

There were about 10 members in one lane.

I was standing in ninth.

There was an old woman standing behind me, and she said she would stand behind me even if she died.

Slowly, I was often caught up by her aunt every time.

I felt really bad when I felt the hand of the woman who caught up with me touched my feet.

“You seem faster than me, so stand in front of me.”

When she gave up her seat, her aunt shook her head violently.

“No, I can’t stand in front because it’s hard. I’ll go slow, so take it slow.”

annoyed~

In the end, when she swims with all her might so as not to touch her, her jeans run out.

The lady who still stands behind me today.

People took turns holding the kick plate and started kicking.

When it was my turn, I floated my body into the water.

Put your face in the water and, um, kick 6 times while exhaling, lift your head up and breathe in, then put your face back in and kick 6 times.

Uh, but what is this?

Even if I continued to kick, I couldn’t breathe much.

After a while, she lifted her head and inhaled her breath.

My stamina level went up by 1, is that because of that?

Her speed increased that much because she didn’t have to raise her head to breathe often.

When she reached the end of the lane, she looked behind her and saw her aunt in the middle of her lane.

‘Shall we try again?’

She floated back into the water and kicked.

It was the same this time.

She almost caught up with anyone going in front of me.

“ Ahn Nam seems to be in good shape today.”

The swimming instructor said with a smile.

Her aunt wasn’t even halfway through her lane yet and we all looked over there and waited for her to arrive.

She looked at me with eyes a little startled by the aunt who had arrived behind me.

So today’s swimming class went smoothly without being annoyed.

It was enough to hum her nose even in the shower.

“You seem to be in a good mood today.”

Kim Dae-man, who became close at the pool, spoke to me.

He was in the same beginner class as me, but he had already moved on to the intermediate class a long time ago.

Now, his skills were improving enough to even go to swimming competitions.

Maybe it was because I swam a bit when I was young, so it was completely different from me, who is a beer bottle.

“Yeah, I’m feeling good today.”

“Hyung, we will go to the triathlon together later. I did it once and it was worth it.”

“Now that I am a beginner in swimming, how do I get out?”

“Looking at it today, it was a lot faster. What.”

“Hey, is that faster? I haven’t even released the kick plate yet.”

I used to have a drink with Kim Dae-man from time to time, but these days, it has become less common.

There were no customers in the laundry, so I was depressed without realizing it, and drinking was no fun.

“Brother, let’s have a drink soon.”

“Okay.”

I went to the changing room, washed my body, dried my hair, and got dressed again.

The t-shirt was still soft.

‘It lasts a long time.’

Then I heard people’s voices.

“Don’t you think the shower room smells fresh today? Usually, it just smells like water.”

“It’s true. Who sprayed the perfume?”

“Hey, doesn’t it smell like perfume? But it feels good.”

It seemed to be evident from my t-shirt.

Somehow I felt better.

To make other people feel better as well as myself.

I quickly headed to the laundromat.

* * *

If he hummed his nose, he cleaned the inside of the laundry and swept the streets clean.

But aren’t the pots in front of the laundry dying one by one?

‘this… … I haven’t bought it in a while. They give you plenty of water, so why are you doing this?’

In an instant, the fresh air, the sun, and the plants growing in the pure water brushed past the forest.

‘I think if I leave it there for a while, it will come back to life… … .’

But even if there were no customers, it was impossible to leave the store during business hours.

We had to wait until 9pm, the closing time.

I tend to keep the laundromat except during meal time.

As the day went by, no one came in, only people glancing through the laundry.

In order to do some stretching, I went outside and checked out President Hwang’s clean laundry down the road.

Truly full-time… … It wasn’t that far, but there were quite a few people coming and going.

The laundry was hung outside to dry in the sun.

‘Actually, there are only our laundry and Mr. Hwang’s laundry in this area, so I’ll go to our laundry or that one.’

President Hwang came out to see off his guests, saw me, smiled and waved his hand.

I waved my hand and handed it to him and went inside.

‘Where have all the regulars gone?’

Besides, even the Aunt of Purne Mart didn’t seem to come.

‘I would definitely leave the winter coat dry… … .'(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

Using lunch break, we headed to Purne Mart to buy food.

As we entered the mart, the woman who was paying the bill looked surprised.

“Oh, Annam is here? Do you have any guests these days?”

“Ah… … Yes, not much.”

He seemed a little confused by my words.

“Oh yeah? I don’t even have a place to do laundry these days.”

“Yeah, I just came to buy something.”

I walked towards the shelf.

It was a fairly large mart in this neighborhood, and although it was small, it also had a seafood and butcher’s section.

‘Now that I see it, it was a pretty big mart.’

She turned around, just in case, to see her aunt hiding her coat from the winter under her table.

She was a little upset, but she didn’t show any signs and went to the counter, picking up some items.

At that time, the customers who entered the mart said one word at a time.

“Does the supermarket smell fresh?”

As in the swimming pool, people’s reactions were similar.

“Did you clean the supermarket? Normally, there was a musty smell, but it was gone.”

Aunt Mart seemed offended by her.

“No, what kind of smell did the supermarket have?”

I took the receipt and went out.

“Oh, it’s gone quickly. It smelled fresh.”

Customers started sniffing inside the mart.

I smiled and touched my t-shirt.

‘It’s still bubbling. I was sweating while cleaning, but there is no smell of sweat.’

It was amazing.

On the way home, I stopped by a hardware store and bought a long sword similar to Jungle.

Surprisingly, it was a hardware store with nothing missing.

The owner of the hardware store, Jang, handed him a jungle sword and talked to him.

“Why does the laundry need a jungle sword?”

“No, I’m going to go hiking or something. When you go to the mountains, the trees are a stumbling block. Oh, but if you have anything to do, leave it to me. I’ll do a really good job.”

“People like us, we just put it in the laundry bin and leave it to the expensive laundromat to do something.”

In fact, even when my parents ran a laundry, they never came.

When I went next to Mr. Jang, my clothes always smelled of steam.

He probably didn’t even do laundry.

“Yeah… … Goodbye then.”

I went back to the laundromat and waited for the closing time to come quickly and closed the door.

Don’t forget to put the dying flower pots in.

It took quite a bit of effort to bring the flowerpots to the second floor.

I’m sweating and looking towards the veranda.

‘what!’

Is the blue light on the washing machine turned off?

She was sweating in a cold sweat.