City ​​of Witches 1000

Chapter 1000 – #214_학회 창립식

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1.
Not only had Shin Siwoo snatched away her precious twins, but he was also a scoundrel who had built a harem, and just a few days ago, he had acted even more like a scoundrel towards Albireo.

However, she hadn’t intended to cut ties with him forever from the start. No matter what anyone said, Shin Siwoo was the person Albireo was most grateful to.

Not only had he risked his life twice to protect the twins, but he had also proven that it wasn’t a pretense for social climbing by evacuating Deneb first in the aquarium.

“……”

It was a flaw that he had a terrible weakness for women, but he was a decent young man, rare these days. On top of that, he was the benefactor of the Jemernai family.

She had been filled with anger and shame and had kicked him out, but it was a given that she would forgive him as soon as she calmed down.

However…

Even considering that, this was a bit too fast.

The embers of resentment that had taken root deep in Albireo’s heart over the past few days were extinguishing at an alarming rate. It was strangely easy, for no reason at all.

For example.

‘Still, Siwoo is still a young witch… Haven’t I been too harsh on a naive child?’

Or.

‘Odile and Odette made him drink their scent with a strange prank… I don’t know how hard it was to endure, but could it be that he went berserk because it was too hard to bear?’

Or.

‘Was I too attractive? Well, if someone kept their sanity with this level of beauty, they wouldn’t be a man.’

Or.

‘I was too harsh, but strictly speaking, isn’t it also my fault for not controlling him properly? Unlike him, I should have taken the reins earlier as a proper witch.’

Thoughts defending Shin Siwoo, which she could have come up with if she had looked at it with the most benevolent mindset, were popping up haphazardly.

These were defenses that she would have barely considered after at least a few months.

And that wasn’t all.

“Hmm… Why am I like this these days…”

Since a few days ago, when the sun set and the night deepened, strange feelings swirled around her. The memories of that day kept invading her body.

It wasn’t that she was reminded of the humiliating moments.

The times when she had caressed his thing with her mouth, or vice versa, or the fragments of memories that Albireo could ‘accept’ were passing by one by one.

To be honest, there hadn’t been a single moment that had felt bad sensually.

Even though she tried not to think about it for the sake of her pride and face, she kept looking back, like when she was asked not to think of a pink elephant.

“…Haa.”

She wanted to.

Of course, absolutely, definitely not.
It wasn’t that she wanted to do it with Shin Siwoo.

Albireo Jemernai was not so easy that she would go through such humiliation and then bring him back to her bed. Even if she were to have a relationship again, she would never let him do as he pleased.

“There are days like this…”

In other words, she just wanted to relieve her lust to calm her unusually agitated heart.

Of course, it wasn’t because her body couldn’t forget the day she was with Shin Siwoo.
It was an inevitable and periodic act, like the moon waxing and waning.

She had no intention of doing it while thinking of him like last time, and even less of doing it while thinking of the memories of that day.

“……”

Albireo, who was confused and lost, muttered absentmindedly.

“I wonder if the preparations for the founding ceremony are going well.”

Whether she hated him or liked him, he was her son-in-law.

2.
The next morning.

The fourth day of the Polynesian Project was completed without any major incidents. Although Siwoo had broken the contract once by fighting in the middle, he had ultimately achieved his initial goal.

In other words, Deneb had not been able to climax even once.

Siwoo’s technique, which was close to that of a demon, delicately manipulated Deneb’s body, which seemed as if it would burst at the slightest touch, and managed her climax until the very end.

“Thank you so much. Now, I guess I have to accept whatever the outcome is.”
“Yes… That’s right…”
“Was I too harsh yesterday? I’m sorry.”
“Ah, no. It was what I asked for. It’ll be more effective this way.”

It was so sad, unfair, and resentful for Deneb, but the sunlight definitely brought back human reason.

When the curtains were drawn and the morning sun shone brightly into the room, Deneb barely managed to remind herself that the purpose of this plan was not SM play, but to turn her sister’s heart around.

After personally washing Deneb and dressing her, Siwoo cast a worried glance.

“But are you going to be okay?”
“Huh?”
“Well, um… You really didn’t climax even once…”

Of course, she wasn’t okay.

The yin energy that had been concentrated for four days.
Even though she had regained some sanity, more than half of her mind was still whimpering, ‘I want to climax…’.

However, the lewd succubus had melted away in the sunlight and been exorcised, and Deneb had barely regained her reason.
If she had been in the midst of madness, it would have been one thing, but there was no way she could whine, ‘Actually, I want to climax!’ while they were both becoming sane.

She had already shown too much of an unsightly appearance.
Now was the time to clean up the mess.

“Siwoo.”
“Yes.”
“Who do you think I am?”

Deneb, with her chin held high, showed the arrogance unique to witches.

Her demeanor no longer showed the lovestruck, infatuated, and out-of-her-mind appearance she had shown while falling in love with Siwoo.
Rather, she had returned to the experienced and dignified Deneb she had been at their first meeting.

“First of all, there’s something I need to apologize for.”
“Yes.”
“I tested you, Siwoo.”
“Yes?”
“To be precise, I tested your self-control.”

Siwoo looked bewildered at her sudden remark.
Deneb continued to clean up and package the situation as if nothing had happened.

The method was…

“Yesterday, I clearly showed a weak and lewd side of myself in front of you. But this was all part of the test.
If you had broken your promise and tried to take me, I would never have forgiven you. It would mean that you had made the same mistake with my sister without any remorse.”

The ‘Hmm, it was all an act’ strategy that she had used so well in the past.

It had worked well on Siwoo before, so it would surely work this time as well.

“Although you climaxed once, as you said, it wasn’t necessary for this project to include your abstinence. Rather, I’ve decided to let it go because I judged it to be an effective approach to prevent excessive excitement.”
“……”

“So, I hope you don’t misunderstand and think that the way I looked for the past two days is my true self. Do you understand?”
“……”

Indeed, Siwoo’s face was flushed red.

Well, he had been so proud of himself while manipulating Deneb, so he couldn’t help but be embarrassed when he belatedly learned that it had all been an act.

In fact, Deneb felt a little sorry since about half of it had been her true feelings…

Well, at least he had felt good once, hadn’t he?
It would be okay to tell this much of a lie to protect her honor.

“Anyway, I’m going to check on my sister, so take care of your business. Don’t worry about it.”
“…Yes.”

Her body was still hot, but she thought she had managed to clean up the mess well enough.

First, she would take advantage of this momentum to meet her sister and mediate a reconciliation with Siwoo.
If her sister and Siwoo reconciled, Deneb could move a little more boldly.

If her sister reconciled with Siwoo, the research on anomalous succession would get back on track, and the main game with him, which she had had to avoid because of her sister’s mood, would be possible under the legitimate pretext of ‘research’.

Deneb went to check the final results with a pounding heart.

“Sister.”
“Ugh, Deneb.”

Albireo was somehow displeased with Deneb, but it wasn’t hard to tell that the Polynesian Project had been a successful harvest.

That was because the desk was piled high with the details of the work that Albireo had been in charge of for the founding ceremony.

“You’ve changed your mind? What’s gotten into you?”

When she probed Albireo as if she didn’t know anything, she shook her head and replied.

“Well, we’re not going to live without seeing each other forever. Even if I scold him, I have to help him with what I promised to help him with.”
“You made a good decision, sister.”
“Don’t look so proud. I’m still furious.”

Despite saying that, she felt very calm.
Deneb, who was secretly cheering at the smooth progress of things, carefully made her next suggestion.

“Ahem, sister. About the anomalous succession sample…”
“Let’s talk about that later.”
“Huh?”
“There’s plenty of time. Let’s think about it after the founding ceremony.”

This was something Deneb hadn’t anticipated.

Surely, her sister was also being influenced by Deneb.

However, her sister cut her off indifferently, as if she hadn’t even considered the anomalous succession-related matters.
She made it clear that she had only let Siwoo off the hook for the sake of the founding ceremony.

“Can you call Siwoo?”

That meant that the source of Deneb’s confidence that had allowed her to bluff in front of Siwoo, namely, ‘If my sister reconciles with Siwoo, I can too,’ had been blown away.

“Deneb. Are you not listening to me?”
“Huh? Oh… Oh… I’ll call him.”

Siwoo, who had rushed over after being called, bowed at a 90-degree angle and apologized politely.
He said that he would never do such a thing again and that he was reflecting on his debauchery that day.

“I’m not forgiving Siwoo. It’s too early for that. But at least I’ll assist him as planned until the end of the founding ceremony.”
“Yes, I am grateful for Albireo’s deep and wide generosity.”

Even in the series of conversations, the content of ‘sample for anomalous succession’ was completely omitted.

Thus, the Polynesian Project, which was aimed at calming Albireo’s anger and receiving help for the founding ceremony, had been a success.

Siwoo, who had come out of the office, also expressed his deep gratitude to Deneb.

“It’s all thanks to Deneb’s help. I’m relieved.”
“Yes…”
“I’ll repay you with good results.”

Siwoo bowed his head calmly but sincerely, without overdoing it.
Even Deneb couldn’t say, ‘But what about the anomalous succession…? What about me?’ in front of him.

Hadn’t she already made a big fuss?

“Oh, really…!”

Deneb, who had become a duck out of water, watched Siwoo walk away with a cheerful gait, her face crestfallen.

And four days later.
The day of Baron Shin Siwoo’s long-awaited and much-talked-about academy founding ceremony finally arrived.