Chapter 865 – #180_A Common Drama (3)
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1.
It’s not very mature to just keep asking Assistant for gifts.
‘Receive a gift and simply be happy’ is a simple sequence.
Even Le Luyer, who is a complete novice in romance, could do that.
Therefore, Odile and Odette thought a step ahead.
“We need to differentiate ourselves, Odette.”
“I know, sis. Master taught us that we have to do that when facing competitors with similar conditions.”
“When everyone else is just happy to receive gifts.”
“What if we prepare a return gift, how impressive would that be?”
Odile and Odette were confident that this was a perfect grand plan, and they separately packed fountain pens in boxes with great care.
There was also a good excuse.
It was Siwoo, who had been making significant achievements in the witch academia recently.
A fountain pen was a symbolic and representative gift to show respect for a scholar, so it was definitely a perfect fit.
They also included a short but heartfelt handwritten letter.
However, the hearts of Odile and Odette, which had been filled with dreams and hopes, shattered like glass in front of Deneb and Siwoo’s kiss.
“……”
“……”
Without even thinking about their umbrellas,
Without the mental space to cast magic to block the rain, the twins turned and ran away.
When they returned to their room, they were completely soaked and looked dazed.
Odile and Odette slumped onto the chairs they had placed by the fireplace.
“They were… kissing.”
“Little Master and Assistant…”
A hollow murmur flowed out between the twins, who were sprawled out like laundry.
They hadn’t seen it wrong, nor were they mistaken.
The twins could distinguish between a kiss exchanged as a greeting between dear people and a kiss between lovers.
Clearly, Master had reached out and wrapped his arm around Assistant’s neck like a snake, and their thick lips had met, tongues intertwining.
It was clearly a kiss of lust and desire.
The twins pinched each other’s arms.
They twisted their skin until the blood drained white, and they felt a sharp pain.
“It hurts.”
“It hurts for me too, sis.”
“Then it’s not a dream.”
“Right.”
Their hearts were surprisingly calm.
So calm that it felt like they had hardened into a stuffy lump.
So solid that even throwing a stone wouldn’t make a dent.
“Odette, since when have Little Master and Assistant been like that…”
“No, sis.”
“Huh?”
“There must have been some misunderstanding. Something that we can understand if we calmly listen to the explanation. Like they tripped or something. Or, oh right! A potion? Maybe Little Master accidentally took a suspicious potion?”
Odette showed a precarious liveliness, like squeezing out the last bit of old toothpaste.
But the fact that her tone was cheerful meant that she was just as unsure.
“……”
Odile’s silence proved it.
Odette’s lips, which had been forcing a smile, drooped heavily.
“I was happy that we were making a lot of friends…”
“Why… why them…”
It wasn’t that they didn’t want to monopolize Assistant’s love.
Especially when they first met Sharon, the twins had shown sharp hostility.
They didn’t want to lose their beloved Assistant to anyone.
But as they grew closer to Sharon, the twins’ hearts changed a little.
Love is like a happy war that puts you through endless trials.
A friendly rival who walks that difficult path together was a better friend, comrade, and confidant than anyone else.
Whenever Assistant was in danger, they had often thought, ‘If we were the only lovers of Assistant, could we have endured?’
In the end, even though their situations were different, they were able to become close because of the commonality of ‘the person they love = Shin Siwoo.’
Therefore, even though they sometimes disliked that Assistant was recklessly increasing his lovers, they understood.
Because they loved him that much.
Even when Assistant was a slave, he had risked his life for the twins without any calculation.
They could all be good friends.
However, Little Master was different.
“…I can’t believe it, Assistant… Why… why her…”
“Not anyone else… Little Master…”
Odette, who had barely been maintaining the balance of the atmosphere, collapsed.
Odile and Odette shed tears like beads with a hollow expression.
The tears were caused by betrayal and shock.
The relationship between a master and an apprentice witch is like that of parents and children.
To Assistant, Deneb was a mother-in-law, and to Deneb, Assistant was a son-in-law.
Why didn’t Assistant tell them?
Why did Little Master do such a thing?
And since when were the two of them in such a relationship?
No question was clear.
But this much was certain.
That having the person you love taken away by the person you love is the most terrible tragedy in the world.
2.
Albiereo was having the best days of the past year.
Everything had been going smoothly lately.
Although there was some chaos in the present world due to Hexennacht, the reorganization of business locations and the handover in preparation for succession were progressing smoothly.
The son-in-law, who had been known for his flamboyant womanizing and causing trouble, had settled down and was making great strides with his papers.
His younger sister, who had fallen into a forbidden one-sided love at the end of her witch life, had finally given up on ‘irregular succession’ through Shin Siwoo, and had not been bothering Albiereo recently.
When Shin Siwoo brought two public figures as his new lovers, Albiereo’s heart had crumbled…
“Let’s put that aside…”
It was more comfortable to give up a little.
He was a male witch.
Moreover, he was the first witch in history with tremendous talent.
Perhaps it was fate that witches were drawn to him.
The young twins were also acting bravely without being pushed back in the power struggle, and it seemed that their relationship with their rivals was quite strong, so Albiereo thought that it would only cause him a headache if he interfered.
As Albiereo was humming and sitting in his office, he suddenly received a call from Count Lucy Yesod.
“What? A runaway? Our twins?”
[Yes, Albiereo. I found them and am protecting them. The twins are begging me to keep it a secret from their mother… but I thought it would be right to let you know]
“Is something wrong?”
[They’re not hurt or anything]
“It’s not that, but why did they run away? Did they say anything?”
[I don’t know either…]
“I’ll go pick them up now.”
[No, rather than forcing yourself to come now… I’ll try to persuade them to go back. They’re at a very sensitive age]
“…Okay, Lucy. Thank you for the trouble.”
After the crystal ball communication ended.
Albiereo tilted his head.
Even if the twins were tomboys, there was a reason when they caused trouble.
But a sudden runaway was strange.
Didn’t they listen to Sharon’s class well this morning?
“That’s weird…”
The twins, with their overflowing energy and ever-changing actions, had often taken Albiereo’s soul away.
But for Odile and Odette, who had only secretly visited the villa in Tarot Town as a form of rebellion, to suddenly do this?
“Deneb.”
Albiereo jumped up from his seat and headed to Deneb’s room.
When Albiereo saw that his younger sister’s door, which had been locked for a while, was open, he felt a chill run down his spine.
Nothing was certain yet.
He couldn’t give any definite evidence.
However, Albiereo’s sharp sense sensed that something unusual had happened.
A strong suspicion that the twins’ runaway was related to Deneb and Shin Siwoo, that is, a relationship that was too awful to even mention, struck his head.
As Albiereo was moving quickly to find either Shin Siwoo or Deneb, he soon encountered Deneb walking into the garden.
“……”
Deneb’s condition and gait were unusual.
Just by looking at her body soaked in cold rain and her staggering gait, he could tell.
The vague anxiety that had been lingering became concrete.
‘My sister, who doesn’t know the awesomeness of love, is pitiful!’ She had said something like that, and now she had caused a big accident.
“Deneb! What’s wrong!”
Albiereo clenched his teeth and strode towards his younger sister.
And he was surprised.
He had been so preoccupied with all sorts of thoughts and suspicions that he hadn’t properly seen his younger sister’s face.
“Sis… Sisss… I, I…”
Deneb’s lips, who he had thought was just being sentimental, were trembling.
Tears mixed with rain were flowing down her pale cheeks.
“Are you okay…?”
He had been with his younger sister for a very long time, but this was the first time he had seen Deneb so broken.
Albiereo felt his heart sink and used magic to dry her off.
“Calm down, Deneb. Tell me what happened.”
As he put his arm around his younger sister’s shoulder, she buried her face in Albiereo’s arms as if collapsing and shook her shoulders violently.
Deneb, who had grabbed her sister’s sleeve several times and tried to regain her balance, confessed in a tearful voice.
“I got caught…”
“What?”
“By Odile and Odette… kissing…”
Albiereo closed his eyes tightly.
He felt his head spin with the thought that ‘what was coming had finally come.’
In fact, in terms of intensity, it wasn’t a big deal.
Deneb had been forced by Shin Siwoo to have her first experience ‘from behind.’
After being trapped in the fish tank, they had also had regular relations ‘from the front.’
Even after she came out, she couldn’t overcome her love and enjoyed relations with Lucy while they had switched bodies.
A mere kiss was nothing compared to that.
But the fact that the twins had caught them was a completely different matter.
That was why he had tried so hard to stop Deneb and urged Shin Siwoo to be careful…
Albiereo let out a long sigh and asked Deneb.
“Where is Shin Siwoo?”
In the end, the conversation couldn’t proceed without Shin Siwoo, the cause of this problem.
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Caution: NSFW
AI: Little mother-in-law
The back attack barrier is well done.
