Chapter 687 – #139_Never Give Up
#687
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Siwoo’s plan was a resounding success.
The result was bones that had been broken and healed in various places, and a nosebleed that still showed no sign of stopping.
“Agh…. That really hurts.”
It wasn’t some moonlit exercise, but a sparring match.
Rinne’s venting was fiercer than ever.
Not only were blades coming at him from all directions, but he was also getting kicked in the butt constantly. This wasn’t the level of playful banter between friends.
Even compared to Rinne’s usual sparring, which was akin to real combat, this was a much more brutal onslaught.
As a result of the relentless spanking, he suffered five fractures in his tailbone and hipbone.
He now knew exactly what it meant to “shit blood.”
After Yebin, who was healing his injuries during the sparring, was called away by Rinne, Siwoo returned to his room alone.
“Oh, you’re back?”
As soon as she saw Siwoo, Alice, her face pale, tried to greet him with a nonchalant air.
Siwoo had roughly heard from Yebin why Alice was suddenly afraid of him.
It seemed that the milk cowboy play had become too intense, broadcasting the sounds throughout the entire Hyangwol Pavilion, which had triggered Alice’s trauma switch from being tormented by Rosie.
“You’re having a hard time today too.”
“I’ll have to suffer for a while.”
But at least outwardly, Alice tried to treat Siwoo the same as always.
Whether it was because it was an unfair feeling, or because Siwoo held the key to Alice’s escape, including Manya and Malisha, and she didn’t want to offend him, he didn’t know.
“I could hear screams all the way here…. What happened?”
“There’s no problem.”
Explaining it would be long and embarrassing, so he just glossed over it.
Besides, his true desire was to lie down for even a moment.
The protagonists in comics and movies can endure broken and severed limbs, but Siwoo wasn’t such a superhuman.
In reality, even a broken finger is enough to make you cry your eyes out.
He had compressed the usual 18-hour bone-grinding sparring course into 6 hours, so his body and mind were both exhausted.
As he collapsed onto the bed, he felt a presence.
When he looked up, he saw Alice hesitantly approaching.
“Should I give you a massage?”
“No, ah….”
Siwoo, who was about to close his eyes because he just wanted to sleep, realized that Alice’s sudden approach was not just out of goodwill.
“Is there something you want to ask?”
As he subtly opened the door, Alice nodded with wide eyes.
“You went to Rosie’s mansion, right?”
“Yes, yesterday afternoon.”
“What about Manya? Malisha? Are they both safe? There’s no way that bitch Rosie would have left them alone…. How are they doing? Where are they being held? They haven’t been hurt, have they? Sob….”
Alice’s questions, which had been getting faster and more intense, ended with sobs.
Siwoo swallowed a groan at the sight of Alice grabbing his arm, not knowing what to do.
Indeed, he had seen Rosie’s cruelty and sadism with his own eyes.
Moreover, Alice was a victim who had directly experienced that abuse.
Her lover had been captured by such a villainess and temptress, so how could she not be worried?
She was clearly burning inside, but had been trying her best not to show it.
Even Siwoo would have shed tears of blood every day.
“I’m sorry. I couldn’t confirm it myself. But…. It seems they are definitely under the ownership of the master.”
“What, what does that mean?”
“She didn’t seem to treat them as harshly as she did other witches, so you don’t have to worry too much. And we’re scheduled to meet again in three days, so I’ll check the situation properly then and definitely rescue them.”
He didn’t know how much comfort this would be, but he explained based on what he had seen and heard.
He also made it clear that he planned to win the right to borrow them through a position board revenge match in a few days.
“Okay, I see. Thank you, thank you so much.”
To Alice, who was suffering from guilt for living a peaceful life while her lover might be suffering in the hands of a villainess, and from the powerlessness of not being able to do anything, even this uncertain promise was a considerable comfort.
“I, I…. I tried to hurt you…. But you….”
“We all help each other when things are tough. Please help me when I’m in trouble later.”
Alice was at a loss, tears streaming down her face like beads.
She knew it too.
In the first place, her relationship with Siwoo had begun with the Alice trio trying to betray him and sell him off.
But Siwoo had protected Alice, who could have been sold off anywhere, under the guise of needing to collect a debt.
Not only that, but he was also trying to rescue Manya and Malisha, even though he himself was in a difficult situation.
Even though he knew that Alice had tried to act as a spy in the middle.
It was a favor that went beyond profit and loss.
It was a valuable favor that couldn’t simply be measured in money.
Based on this, there was one fact that Alice could deduce.
“I, I’m just saying this in case…. Don’t take it the wrong way…. Can I just say one thing?”
“Yes, yes, of course.”
Alice, wiping away her tears with her sleeves, lifted her head.
Love.
Such selfless favor could not exist if it wasn’t love.
In other words, Siwoo had clearly fallen in love with Alice at first sight.
“As you know, I’m in love with Manya and Malisha.”
If it were in the past, she would have only felt displeasure.
For Alice, a pure lesbian, the feeling of affection from a man was no different from a straight man being confessed to by a gay man.
So, did Alice feel displeasure towards Siwoo now?
Surprisingly, not at all.
“But if we get back safely, I’ll try to persuade them both.”
“Huh?”
Not a plausible gift or sweet-talking flattery, but a courtship that risked her own safety and life.
That passionate courtship even transcended the walls of her sexual orientation.
“I hope you understand. Manya and Malisha have been together since they were apprentice witches, so even if they accept your feelings, I don’t think they can be cold to you. So, I want to ask for your understanding from here on out.”
“What understanding?”
“It’s really shameless, but even if I start dating you, I want to stay in the same relationship with Manya and Malisha as we are now.”
Siwoo’s expression, which had finally realized the situation, was changing to a sullen one, but Alice saw it completely differently.
As the shy and awkward expression of a young man whose inner feelings had been exposed.
“You’ve fallen for me, haven’t you?”
“…….”
“Of course, I swear on my witch’s name that I would never take your feelings hostage and use them. Rather, I’m truly grateful and my heart is pounding that I can receive such a passionate courtship.”
There was no lie in Alice’s words.
She wasn’t a woman who was that good at scheming, based on what they had experienced so far.
“I can prove that it’s not a lie. Tonight, in this place, without anyone forcing me.”
She, who had once stood naked before Siwoo with humiliation, was now willingly trying to loosen her clothes.
“Although my body has become hideous because of that crazy bitch Rosie…. You actually have a taste for this kind of thing, right?”
“Alice, ma’am….”
He should have realized it earlier and cut her off in the middle.
He tried to stop Alice, who was suddenly getting up and taking off her clothes, but….
“…….”
Alice, having misunderstood something, closed her eyes and pouted her lips.
Her tightly closed eyelashes trembled with tension.
If he just closed his eyes and kissed her here, he could have a happy time afterward.
After taking an aphrodisiac and stimulant, and only getting beaten up without properly finishing with Rinne, it would be a lie to say that he wasn’t tempted for even a moment.
Above all, the woman in front of him was a witch whose beauty was incomparable to any beauty in the world.
“Alice, ma’am? Alice, ma’am, please open your eyes.”
Siwoo clapped his hands to draw her attention.
Alice’s bewildered eyes stopped vibrating as if she had realized something.
“Ah, right. Relationships are forbidden, right? Sorry, I was so impatient that I forgot. Then…. Should I do it with my mouth? If I curl up under the blanket, the sound won’t leak out.”
“No. That’s not it….”
“Uh-huh, it’s okay. You really don’t have to refuse. I want to do something for you because I’m grateful. That way, my words about accepting your feelings will also be more genuine.”
That’s why witches are a bit difficult to deal with.
They are my-pace people who, once they get fixated on an idea, don’t seem to listen to others.
“Just tell me what to do. I’ll match all your tastes.”
Moreover, most witches think of men as bipedal, always-in-heat primates.
It’s not that he doesn’t understand.
Since they each possess a beauty that could topple kingdoms, how much praise must they have received from men?
They can seduce whenever they want, and even if they don’t, they are seduced naturally.
That was the perception that most witches had of men, and this perception naturally extended to Siwoo, who was a male witch.
So, they think he’ll easily fall for seduction.
So, they think the best reward is to let him explore their bodies.
“Alice, ma’am, that’s not what I wanted.”
“Really…? Ah! Is it your taste to resist a little? To show some dislike? Should I start now?”
The most difficult thing is that even if you explain that it’s not like that, they don’t take it at face value.
Just like the absurd thoughts that Alice is having now.
The fatigue that had been building up anyway was now rising even more due to the predictable reaction.
“So, you see….”
Siwoo forced his tired eyes open and calmly continued to explain to Alice.
Just as Alice, who couldn’t believe him no matter how much he explained, was about to nod her head as if she couldn’t win against the honest but secretly-in-love man.
“Doctor, you deceived me.”
Yebin was still having a one-on-one with Rinne, who was still not over her anger.
“Commit seppuku.”
“Hic!”
And Rinne was completely drunk.
