Chapter 243 – Love
After the long journey of joining the Dark Society, Roxy returned to the Thieves Guild. He heard a strong roar on the way to the guild building.
For a moment, she walked towards the gymnasium, the source of the sound.
“Give me strength.”
-Yes!
Dozens of people were mimicking Maria’s movements with wooden spears.
‘It’s been a month. Is that all?’
Originally, the Thieves Guild was a guild with dozens of people. That’s how business works. But dozens at most?
‘Did the number of people in the back world decrease that much?’
I’ve died a lot lately…
Roxy, who was moaning inside her, let out a small sigh.
Yes, what am I thinking about?
You’d better go and ask Michelle directly.
Roxy entered the Thieves Guild building.
No, she was trying to get in.
“Wait, this is a thieves’ guild. No one can come in.”
If only her two guards hadn’t stopped her.
…What?
What happened now?
It was so out of common sense that Roxy was dazed for a moment.
“Miss, you better go soon? We’re on the gentle side, but other guys are different. If you get caught by those rough guys, a lot of bad things will happen to you.”
I was barely able to come to my senses at the doorkeeper’s giggling voice.
If he was the boss of an ordinary underworld organization, he would have beaten the gatekeeper, but Roxy did not. He was right that he couldn’t do that.
It’s not that Roxy is incapable of decapitating these two gatekeepers.
No matter how weak she is, that’s relatively so, she’s strong enough to decapitate two of these bastards.
However, in this case, the gatekeeper’s neck was not the problem.
The problem is that most of her crew, including the gatekeeper, are people she doesn’t know.
They don’t even know Roxy’s identity.
It had no choice but to do so because they were newly recruited by Roxy while she was in the Empire.
Under such circumstances, do you get rid of the doorkeeper?
Even her boss may come running over and lay her knife at her that she doesn’t recognize. It would be nice if Michelle or Harold came running and dried it up, but she might die before that.
‘I don’t think it’s a good idea to ask them to call Michelle and Harold.’
How many gatekeepers would answer if a stranger asked to call an executive without hesitation?
Roxy thought about going to Maria and asking her to prove it, but she stopped thinking about it too. She is a woman who follows Han Yu-seong excessively. She sees Roxy’s situation and she doesn’t know what kind of sudden action she might take.
Moments later, Roxy, deciding that it would be best for her to come back with Han Yuseong, was when Roxy turned behind her.
Dozens of gangsters in the gymnasium were walking towards her, as if she had finished her training.
‘…As naturally as possible.’
Naturally.
Let’s walk as if it became a background.
Roxy did her best to erase her presence.
But her efforts didn’t work for her.
All eyes on her were on her. She should at least shout for Harold and Michelle to hear, but she was when Roxy was seriously thinking about it.
“Hey… Are you Roxy-sama by any chance?”
One of them spoke cautiously.
“…Do you know me?”
“Ah, it must have been Roxy-sama. I’ve seen it many times in portraits, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it in person…”
“Portrait?”
“Yes. The first thing I did after entering the Thieves Guild was to look at Roxy-sama’s portrait and memorize it.”
At the man’s words, the others nodded as if they did.
Roxy was relieved.
Also, Michelle
You’re not doing your work carelessly!
‘Uh? Wait, what about the gatekeepers?’
Roxy looked back toward the building.
Her gatekeepers who stood in her way were slipping away.
“There is no point in running away. Because I memorized your face.”
The fleeing gatekeepers stopped. They hit Roxy on her knees and hit her head.
“I’m sorry I didn’t know you!”
“Please save me just once!”
“Don’t worry. I have no intention of killing myself over something like this.”
The two gatekeepers raised their heads.
Roxy approached them with hopeful faces and put her hand on her shoulder.
“Let’s just work hard.”
Roxy sent them both to the busiest part of the business.
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“Sorry. Roxy. It is my negligence.”
Michelle bowed her head towards Roxy, who was sitting in her chair.
Roxy shook her head.
“How do you control all members of the organization? It’s just that they were lazy bastards. Let’s move on to another story. There are only 10 members in the gymnasium. Isn’t it easy to get members?”
Michelle smiled at her question.
“It’s not like that. Rather, applicants are rushing to pick them up.”
“Are you going crazy?”
Why are applicants flocking to an organization that has gone to the brink of destruction?
When Roxy said she didn’t understand, she added that Michelle explained her.
“Because our thieves’ guild has survived the attack of the Dark Society.”
“It was the weakest organization within the Dark Society.”
“It doesn’t matter. The name Darkness is important. In addition, we revitalized the business not long after the raid, and now we even joined the Dark Society.”
“…Certainly, it’s a great organization from hearsay.”
Of all those great rumors, we’ve done very little on our own.
‘Coming to think of it, I really opened my hands to Han Yoo-seong a lot.’
The thief guild was saved from the raid of the white bones.
Funds were invested to restore the business, and it solved many big and small problems facing the thieves guild.
On the way back after joining the Dark Society, he even saved Roxy’s life.
‘Hmm… This is enough to warn me not to mess around.’
From his point of view, after saving a dying organization and trying to tame it, it’s like revealing it right away.
‘But why did I try to separate from Han Yuseong?’
No matter how much Roxy is the boss of an underworld organization, she is not an ungrateful fool. However, he was especially hostile to Han Yuseong. Even after he agreed to a marriage alliance with him.
After her reflection, Roxy realized that her first meeting with him was very bad.
He had turned the tissue upside down, beaten Harold, and stabbed Roxy in the back of her hand with a dagger.
Even after that, she was threatened several more times and the back of her hand was stabbed.
‘…It was a survival instinct.’
No matter how much I thought about it, that was all.
* * *
After talking with Roxy about her many presents, she decided to just take them all.
After all, all of this was courtesy of the saintess and Melissa.
All I can do is do my best to convince them.
So I took her heart and entered the house with her resolution engraved…
“Brother Brother. What’s this?”
“It is a luminous ring. They say it glows beautifully in the dark.”
“Master, may I ask what this is?”
“Let’s see… Oh, that’s an edible cactus. It is said that it came from far away, but it is said that you can grow it like a normal plant, then pull out the thorns and eat it when it grows to the proper size.”
“Yoosung! This! What’s that?”
“It’s candy. It’s a snack made of sugar.”
“It’s so pretty, are you going to eat it? Where… Um… Huh? Yoosung, this is so sweet! Try it, Yooseong too!”
…Those who were expected to be irritable fell in love with the gift.
“…”
And rather, Ariel, who seemed to be okay, is looking at the gift with a disapproving expression.
She looked around the gift a little more, then frowned and went into her room with thumping footsteps.
Rudely…
‘See you really later.’
Why did I do that? I’ll regret it and make it worse.
With a different meaning than when I came home, I tapped Celis on the shoulder. As soon as she turned around, he put his index finger on her lips.
She tilted her head but followed my cue to be quiet.
Cara and Maria went into the room with Seris while they were busy looking at the presents.
Alright, now all I have to do is take the pendant out of my bosom and give it to you…
“Mr. Yooseong..!”
The moment she tried to put her hand into her arms, Seris attacked her.
No. It’s not that.
As I put my hand on her shoulder and gently pushed her away, she pursed her lips in her face of her displeasure.
Before my displeasure grew, I took out the pendant and handed it to Celis.
“Yoosung, this is…”
“It is a gift to you. I got this from a saintess, and when couples hold pendants, the pendants express each other’s affection in color.”
Seris’ eyes widened.
“Is that possible?”
“It’s because of Yurumia-sama’s grace. I can’t make it right away, so I guess they only give it to sponsors.”
“And…”
Seris’ eyes changed as she looked at her pendant. If her eyes before her were thrilling, now her eyes were looking at something lovely.
He smiled at her and showed her her manual.
“Red is the deepest affection… Purple is the shallowest affection. Is it the rainbow order?”
“That’s right. If you understand, would you like to try it?”
“Yes!”
Seris and I held the pendant in the palm of our hand as if swallowing it, blinding it.
“Seris, open it.”
“…I’m scared, but can’t you open it, Mr. Yooseong?”
“What are you afraid of? Are you afraid I won’t love you?”
“It’s not like that. I know that Yoosung loves me. Just… I’m afraid it’ll come out orange or yellow instead of red…”
Seris rolled her eyes with an anxious expression. I smiled and took her fingers and spread them out one by one.
“Oh, no…”
She closed her eyes, unable to see.
“Are you going to stop checking forever? Should I gift the pendant to someone else?”
“Oh, no. That!”
Seris opened her eyes and spoke urgently. Her gaze, which was directed at me, slowly descended. Towards the bright red light. Seris, who saw the light from the pendant, was silently surprised as she covered her mouth.
I smiled and kissed her on the forehead.
Then whispered in my ear.
“It’s a secret, but…”
At the word secret, Seris swallowed her saliva.
“The person I love the most is you. Seris.”
“..!!!!”
Seris’ expression after hearing my words was what could be called a silent clamor.
Her startled look on her face soon softened, and later her tears dripped down.
“Yoosung!”
Seris hugged me. She said rubbing her face in my arms.
“I love you. I truly love you.”
“Huh. Me too.”
Gently stroking her hair, I also checked the light of the pendant.
It was a black light.
‘…? Was there a black light?’
I read her manual again while holding Ceris.
However, no matter where I looked, there was no explanation for the black light.
What?
“I really, really love you. I love you more than anyone. I love you the most in the world.”
Even while I was puzzled, Celis continued to mutter.
* * *
“Lady. Come to think of it, didn’t you explain that?”
“Yes? What are you talking about, Melissa?”
“The pendant I gave to Yuseong Han. Isn’t there a case where a different color comes out besides what is in the manual?”
“Are you talking about black? If that’s the case, there’s no need to explain.”
“Why? How many times have you heard of it already?”
“How many times did you come out? Melissa, by any chance, you don’t really believe in the songs the bard sings, do you?”
“…”
“…It was real. Whoa… Listen carefully. Like Melissa said, there’s only been one time when black came out. You know the story of Crea and Creed, right?”
“I know. Isn’t it the story that she fell in love with Creed, an excellent hunter, after playing with Crea, the goddess of hunting? That’s a very famous fairy tale…”
“That’s a true story.”
“…Yes?”
“It is a true story. In the past, Crea-sama came down Yu-hee and fell in love with a hunter named Crea. Crea-nim did not understand the feeling of love, which she experienced for the first time, and asked Yurmia-nim for help. At that time, Yurmia-nim gave Crea-nim a pendant as a gift. That’s the first pendant. Miss Crea used the pendant immediately after receiving it… What do you think the result would be?”
“Uh… Can’t it be…?”
“Yes, that is unlikely. Black color. Transcendental love. Black represents that.”
“Ah… Is that so… Then there’s absolutely no way it’ll come out black.”
“Yes. It has been so, and it will be so in the future.”
“It’s a little steamy. I’ve heard that blackness is love that cannot be measured… But I can’t believe the story of the bard. Anyway, was Creed any good? Try receiving all of her love from the goddess.”
“…Well. Was it really good?”
“Yes?”
“I’ve heard from Yurmia-sama before. You said that the love of transcendents is different from the love of mortals.”
“What difference did you say?”
“…You didn’t tell me the details. Even if I told you, I wouldn’t understand. You just added this.”
A love so heavy and soggy that mortals cannot dare to imagine.
