## Chapter 138 – Jane. Aching Wound (4)
Number 25 blankly touched his lips, belatedly raising his voice.
“W-What are you doing!”
“Why? Didn’t you like it? It was my first time, though.”
“It’s not that I didn’t like it… I just think your first time should be with someone you like more.”
She gave a bitter smile, looking straight at Number 25 as she spoke.
“Someone I like? I don’t have that anymore. And I don’t plan on making one.”
Jane’s words about not making a lover in the future were beyond Number 25’s comprehension. Number 25, who felt the joy of love more than anyone, was secretly hoping that she too could enjoy this happiness. To have a love that has never been reciprocated even once, wasn’t that too unfortunate?
Besides, apart from Jane’s eccentric personality, her appearance was enough to make even Number 25, who had met many women, shake his head in admiration. If she had the will to do so, she could seduce every man in District 3. Number 25 spoke his thoughts and feelings aloud.
“You’re beautiful, so you’ll definitely meet someone good.”
No sooner had Number 25 finished speaking than Jane lightly flicked him on the head and turned her gaze away.
Rubbing his head, he glanced at her profile, which seemed to be tinged with red. Jane sighed briefly and turned back to Number 25 with her usual expression.
“What does a kid like you know… Just eat your food quietly.”
The food that had come out while listening to Jane’s story was piled up like a mountain in front of Number 25. Since it was a cheap lip that had already been taken by many other women anyway, and he knew best that he had given it away here and there, Number 25 shut his mouth and focused on satisfying his appetite.
As Number 25 shoved food into his mouth with a somewhat찝찝한 feeling, his eyes began to change. He could immediately tell that Jane hadn’t recommended the restaurant simply because of its pretty appearance.
Seeing Number 25 stuffing his cheeks full of food like a rodent and making a happy face, Jane casually asked.
“Oh, is Charlotte doing well?”
At the mention of the familiar name, Number 25 stopped chewing, swallowed hastily, and looked up at Jane.
“Do you know Charlotte?”
“Wouldn’t it be strange if I didn’t? To be honest, if it weren’t for the past that tied you two together, she’d be too good for Aser.”
Too good for Aser, he couldn’t just let that slide. Number 25 put down his knife and asked in a noticeably different tone.
“What exactly does that mean?”
“You don’t know anything about Charlotte?”
The facts that Number 25 knew about Charlotte were all about nighttime activities: she was better at kissing than anyone else, her breasts were soft, her pussy was a 명기, she liked to ride on top during sex, and she had a habit of wrapping her legs around Number 25’s waist when she climaxed.
Seeing his reddened face and his dick stiffly rising from his lower body, Jane shook her head as if he were hopeless.
“You really have nothing but sex on your mind, do you?”
“W-Well, I can’t help it. Charlotte doesn’t really talk about herself….”
Jane tapped the table with her finger, seemingly at a loss, and began to speak.
“I hate to admit it, but Charlotte is much stronger than most demon lords. If you’re just talking about strength, she’s probably next to Low Unni, right? Although the gap between her and Unni is quite big.”
“Huh?”
“What’s with that reaction? Don’t tell me you really didn’t know?”
“Of course not. Charlotte always says she can’t beat the Demon Lord….”
It didn’t make sense. He clearly remembered Charlotte being anxious about being caught by Aser when she secretly had relations with him in the past, so Jane’s words didn’t seem credible at all.
Jane took some of Number 25’s food and put it on her plate, beginning her explanation.
“Parents can’t win against their children. From Charlotte’s perspective, Aser is practically her own baby, so why would she need to use her strength?”
Number 25 closed his mouth for a moment and pondered.
Certainly, Charlotte often said things like, ‘This is a big problem,’ or ‘We can’t get caught by Aser,’ but she had never really been scared.
Thinking about it now, wasn’t it concern for the hurt that Aser would receive?
Once she had opened her mouth on an interesting topic, Jane continued to talk on her own, even though Number 25 remained silent.
“Think about why District 7 wasn’t absorbed into other districts after Arwen-nim passed away. Does Aser, as you’ve seen him so far, seem overwhelmingly strong enough to stop other districts from invading, or does he seem to have a strong personality? He’s still young, very young. District 7’s deterrent against other districts is Charlotte, not Aser.”
Jane finished speaking in one breath, drank her coffee, and clapped her hands as if she had suddenly remembered something.
“Ah, was this a secret? Well… it probably doesn’t matter.”
“Is everything you just said true?”
Jane seemed lost in thought for a moment. Now that she had realized it was a secret, she hesitated to speak rashly.
“It’s probably okay. You don’t seem like a man with a loose tongue. It’s not like you have two mouths like a woman, and a man wouldn’t speak out of both sides of his mouth, would he?”
He felt like he had heard something a little 남사스러운, but Jane stood up with a nonchalant expression.
“Are you done eating?”
Number 25, who had finished all the food piled up like a mountain while listening to her story, nodded and followed Jane out into the street.
Jane, who had come out of the restaurant, stretched and looked around the neighborhood.
“If you’re okay with it, would you like to look around our district a little more? To digest what we ate.”
There was no reason to refuse. Number 25 wanted to see more of the world.
“Okay.”
“Follow me.”
With a strangely confident expression, Jane took Number 25 to a high observation deck.
“Actually, I wanted to take you around and show off, but I thought it would get too late, and Aser would nag me.”
Jane, who had reached the top with Number 25, leaned her upper body against the railing and took out a cigarette, but remembering her promise to Number 25, she put it back in her pocket with a slightly regretful smile.
Jane’s hair fluttered in the blowing wind, and a heavy scent tickled his nose. A soft but weighty scent, reminiscent of wood.
Jane swept back her hair and asked, looking at Number 25.
“How is it? Pretty beautiful, right? I quite like our district.”
“It seems so.”
Number 25 knew that Aser was having difficulty managing the district. If he could get information from Jane about managing the district here, wouldn’t he be able to leave sooner than expected?
Having finished thinking that, Number 25 casually asked Jane.
“The people of District 3 seem to follow you well.”
“Really? Does it seem that way?”
“Yes, is there some kind of method?”
At the mention of a method, Jane closed her eyes slightly and fell into thought.
“Well? Is there really a method? I just provide an environment where people can freely do art. Then people decorate the city and themselves with their own colors.”
Number 25’s eyes lit up as he asked again.
“Really? Is that really all there is to it?”
Jane’s face flushed at Number 25’s endless questions, and she turned her gaze away, scratching her head.
“Ah… I’m embarrassed to say this….”
Jane’s appearance, which somehow looked like a girl, felt unfamiliar.
“I just want my people who trust and follow me to be happy. That’s all.”
With those words, Jane’s expression as she looked at the city seemed more beautiful than ever. Number 25 stood next to Jane and looked at the city as well.
Before entering the castle, the last time he looked back at the city, it seemed to be smiling.
“Shall we go now?”
“Yes.”
Because they had talked a lot today, they remained silent on the way back.
There were no words, but they vaguely felt that their distance had become quite close.
The mansion arrived in the blink of an eye. Jane opened the front door and patted Number 25’s shoulder, saying.
“I had fun today, thanks to you. We’ll start working again tomorrow, so go to your room and rest comf—Ugh!?”
There was no time to react.
Jane, who was suddenly hit by a huge chest that came running, fell backward on her butt.
Aser paid no attention to the victim who had fallen next to her and hugged Number 25 as he was.
“Are you okay!? Did anything strange happen to you?!”
Jane, who slowly got up from her seat, shook her head and spat out a familiar curse.
“Ugh, how touching. 씨발… I’m leaving.”
After Jane disappeared, Number 25 looked at Aser’s face and said.
“I’m okay. And um… I think she’s a better person than I thought.”
Aser’s hand, which had been examining Number 25’s body, stopped, and she slowly raised her head to look straight at Number 25’s face.
That gaze did not contain the same affection as before.
“Wait a minute.”
The thick jealousy that was felt so keenly from her body was a force that Number 25 was experiencing for the first time.
“What did you just say?”
The icy voice was like bringing back the tension from when he first met Aser.
Number 25 swallowed hard and retraced his words.
“She’s a good person?”
“Before that.”
“I’m okay…?”
Number 25’s voice was gradually trembling.
“…In between.”
Number 25 swallowed hard and answered with a trembling gesture.
“Unni…?”
Aser’s hand, which was holding Number 25’s shoulder, tightened. He felt like he would scream at the stronger force than usual, but Number 25 desperately endured it.
“You… did you just call someone else Unni besides me?”
Only then did Number 25 realize his mistake.
There was no time to apologize and beg for forgiveness.
Aser suddenly slung Number 25 over her shoulder and strode into the room.
“This won’t do. I need to remind you who your real master is.”
The last thing Number 25’s reason remembered after being thrown onto the bed in the room was Aser’s appearance as she was taking off her clothes.
