## Chapter 1298 – ##11_More Than Ginseng…(7)
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1.
A movie starring Siwoo and Cybele has been released, and the family can’t just sit still.
All the couples and the mother-in-law duo came out for a field trip to the mortal realm to see the premiere.
Deneb was extremely upset.
With her hands on her hips, Deneb lamented her sorrow for what felt like the hundredth time.
“How could even you guys do this!”
“I’m sorry….”
“The Great Master told us not to tell the Little Master….”
“Still, you could have at least whispered it to me!”
Deneb wanted to see it too!
The cute Siwoo, the small Siwoo, the sight of his childhood that was praised as breathtakingly beautiful by all witnesses!
But while Deneb was on a long business trip to the mortal realm, no one told her about it!
“Countess Deneb, calm down. Can’t you watch it on video today?”
“You saw it too, Duke! You don’t know how I feel! Do you know how left out I feel?!”
“I, I’m sorry.”
“You’re all so mean!”
Deneb, with her lips pouting like a swan, brushed off even Eloa’s attempts to dissuade her.
“Hmm~”
Dorothy watched her with a meaningful gaze.
Though they hadn’t known each other for that long, she didn’t remember Deneb being someone who showed such intense emotional changes.
But the way she’s been acting lately, the thought of ‘Could it be?’ has crossed her mind more than once.
Even though she had her suspicions, Deneb Jemena is the Countess of Gehenna and the mother of Odile Odette, isn’t she?
She just thought she was a little mother-in-law who loved her son-in-law to death.
The reason why the quick-witted Dorothy was experiencing this confusion was because Siwoo’s family relationships couldn’t be explained from a normal perspective.
There are too many peculiarities from the start.
Albireo and Deneb are Siwoo’s mothers-in-law, but their age difference is over a hundred years.
Moreover, despite being in-laws, they look like a handsome young couple.
Also, recently, they had no choice but to get physically intimate due to the succession issue (from a witch’s point of view, this is an embarrassing but sacred act).
But no matter how you look at it, would the rigid Countess Jemena accept the love between a mother-in-law and a son-in-law?
Dorothy poked Linne in the side and whispered.
“Linne.”
“…….?”
“Doesn’t it seem like the little mother-in-law likes Siwoo?”
“I don’t know. Why are you asking me that?”
“Because you’re an expert in incest?”
“…….”
“It hurts. It hurts, it hurts! It really hurts!!!”
Even while having her ear pulled by Linne, Dorothy thought.
She didn’t really expect that Siwoo wouldn’t have any more lovers now.
She was a little jealous, but her darling just needed to make a lot of babies.
Then, assuming that the fact that Deneb likes her darling is true….
If the twins have darling’s children, they would be granddaughters and the husband’s daughters to Deneb.
If Deneb has a child, it would be a younger sibling and the husband’s daughter to the twins.
If both have children, what would the titles or family tree be like between the daughters?
What is this, it’s scary. Is this a pea pod?
Dorothy trembled.
2.
A large theater with 400 seats was filled with witches.
From the front, it was quite a spectacular sight.
Four hundred beauties, capable of destroying a country with their beauty (physically possible too), were gathered in one place, holding popcorn, buttered squid, hot dogs, nachos, pretzels, churros, and other snacks, emitting a sweet and savory smell.
“Sharon, do you want to trade popcorn?”
“What? No way. I like caramel popcorn.”
“This cheddar cheese flavor is good too.”
“That’s why I told you to buy caramel!”
“L’Rye, give me your squid.”
“I’ve already eaten it all.”
“What? The movie hasn’t even started yet?”
“Green hair. I’ll give you money, so go buy another one.”
The O’Oshar Quartet, as always, was exchanging banter.
“It’s a relief that it’s dark….”
“The world has developed so much. Such a big theater.”
The Boxers began to find psychological stability as they entered the dark and cramped space.
“Everyone, wait with reverence.”
“I plan to make a statue the same size as Godfather after watching the movie today.”
The Goddaughters were preparing for idol worship.
“Yvonne, can you book the next movie ticket for me? The one that’s released the fastest.”
“…Blanche, is Shin Siwoo Duke more important? Or am I more important?”
“…….”
“Wow! You can’t answer that?”
Countess Kohab was suspicious of the former Duke of Erelim’s philandering.
“Deneb, let it go.”
“I don’t know.”
“What is this in front of the kids?”
“You’re the worst, sister.”
The mother-in-law duo was still bickering.
In the midst of such chaos, the screening finally began.
3.
As with dining, dressing, and posture, Gehenna has its own unique viewing etiquette.
It might seem strange in Gehenna, where etiquette and dignity are emphasized like a snobbish aristocracy, but this viewing etiquette is quite relaxed.
They laugh, clap, and cheer according to the content of the play, and they also whisper and discuss the content of the play.
Since popular culture is classified as subculture in Gehenna, the mindset of ‘Let’s put aside the suffocating pretense for a while and enjoy it lightly!’ is installed.
-Do you know chocolate?
-Choco-let? Yes. The thing the American soldiers carry.
-Have you ever eaten it?
-Yes, I had a piece by chance. It was delicious.
-Really? Do you want to play a game with me?
-A game?
In fact, there was a reaction that far exceeded the Gehenna standard at the scene where the child actor Shin Siwoo, whom many had been waiting for, appeared.
It was almost like the viewing etiquette of the locals in India during a Bollywood screening.
This was because childhood Shin Siwoo was so cute that it was like a cosmic disaster that destroyed the mind the moment you saw it.
“Wow, wow, wowwowwow….”
“Kyaaaa! Kyaaaaaa!”
“Godfather! Godfather, you’re so cute!!!!”
“Nairi! Where did you learn to be so rude! But you’re cute!!!”
“Siwoo! Let’s play too, sister! Let’s play hair-pulling!!!”
“Take a picture, take a picture! Record it!”
“Don’t you know you’re not supposed to film with a camera?”
“I knew that, so I brought a crystal ball.”
“Are you a genius?”
The staff, who were on edge about the group viewing of the VVVVVIPs, were horrified and checked the situation inside the theater and even posted on social media.
[Title: I’m a staff member at CCV Yeouido]
[I’m watching witches screaming like they’re at an idol concert while watching a witch story]
ㄴㅇㅇ: ㅈㄹㄴ
However, the heat in the theater, which had reached the point of madness, took on a different form as time passed.
-Witch. If I grow up to be handsome, if I become a handsome young man…. Would you marry me?
The scene where a witch takes a boy with her, starting their first relationship, and the boy’s innocent affection for the witch appeared.
“…Wow. Wow, wow…. It’s so lewd…. Marriage.”
“The Witch of Fortune… she wasn’t called the Witch of Fortune for nothing. She saw that in front of her….”
“My lower abdomen is tingling….”
“What? Why is the acting so good?”
“That’s the president of the academy? That’s the childhood of the president of the academy who doesn’t know the hearts of the researchers? What kind of pain did he go through to become like this now….”
“It’s fiction. Still, the image doesn’t match.”
“Hwaaaa… eye candy….”
-Can I call you… Mother?
-No. Don’t say such a terrible thing.
-Why?
-Because what I want to be is not your mother. But… I’ll play a similar role. Until you can be independent.
A boy abandoned alone in a cruel world and a witch who regarded relationships with humans as futile.
The acting skills of the two moved the witches who had tried to simply digest this premiere as gossip.
As time passed in the story.
-When did you grow so tall?
-I know, right?
-I tell you, humans change just by closing and opening their eyes.
-Hahaha.
The boy Shin Siwoo, who seemed like he would be with the witch forever, grew up to be a young man.
No one who was here to see the child actor Shin Siwoo criticized, ‘Ooh! Get rid of that adult actor and bring back the child actor!’
Since most of them were older, there were quite a few witches who had similar experiences.
The witches who had sent away precious relationships due to the limits of their lifespans had already begun to identify themselves with the ‘witch in the story’.
-No! I won’t love you. Because you’ll end up leaving on your own! No matter how much I cry, beg, or plead! No matter what great magic I use…!
-…….
-You won’t listen….
-…….
-Get lost. Don’t ever stand in front of me again.
The boy, now a young man, who was rejected after his heartfelt confession, headed to Vietnam.
The witch, who had been agonizing and regretting her rejection of his confession, and even feeling relieved, belatedly chased after him.
Embracing the boy, whose leg was blown off by a landmine, the witch condemned his recklessness and shed tears.
-You idiot! Why did you do such a thing!
-Why… why are you here…?
-Don’t go…. Promise me….
-I won’t go anywhere. I promise.
The two promised eternal love.
In the story, the speed of love was as fast as flipping through a thick book, and it was beautiful.
Even as the world changed drastically, the witch was still beautiful, but the young man became a middle-aged man with wrinkles around his eyes, and soon became an old man.
He was hospitalized with lung cancer, a trivial disease that would not be a problem for a witch.
The time of parting, which both of them knew but tried to avoid, had come.
-I don’t think I can keep my promise.
-There’s no need to say that now. I knew it. Humans are all liars. Actually, so am I. We’re all lying.
The witch smiled as hard as she could.
As if all of this was a joke.
As if the warmth of their intertwined hands, the time they had spent together, and even the fact that they loved each other were all lies.
She just smiled.
-Shall we talk about when we first met?
-That chocolate?
-No, oh yeah, that’s how we met. But let’s talk about something more fun. Like when you asked if you could call me mother. Do you know how disgusting that was?
-Cough cough, you’re too much.
-But since the topic came up. Do you want to play a game with me?
-A game?
-Yes, close your eyes and count slowly. When you reach a hundred, you’ll become young again, and I’ll become a stubborn witch again, and we’ll start this story from the beginning.
-…….
-We’ll start over with the time we missed, the time we couldn’t be together, the time we fought and went wrong.
-Is it… magic?
-Of course. Because I’m a great witch.
The witch, leaning over the bed, kissed the old man’s lips.
-So, how is it?
The moment their lips parted.
The old man’s body, which was full of the wrinkles of time, became young again.
This was no longer a sickroom filled with the stench of disinfectant, and the stuffy air that had been heavy and oppressive became a cold and gentle winter breeze, like the day she first met him, caressing her cheeks.
-Witch.
-Welcome. My love.
The boy’s eyes, which had barely been able to distinguish the outlines of things, clearly reflected the image of the witch he had loved all his life.
She stood leaning at the end of the bed, smiling for the boy she loved.
-Beep, beep, beep, beeeeeep——
In the empty sickroom, the witch lowered her head and murmured softly.
-How is it? It’s a beautiful story, right?
The ending credits rolled with background music.
“Sniff… sniff….”
“Hwaaaaaaah!!!”
“Hwaaaahhhhh!!!!”
“Waaaaaaaah!!!!”
“Waaahwaaah!!!!”
A loud cry, like the exhaust sound of a Lamborghini, filled the theater.
4.
To tell the after story, the witch story was a super, super, super hit.
Despite being a romance movie with a limited target audience, it topped the worldwide box office for 28 consecutive weeks, breaking all-time box office records.
Cybele had the honor of winning the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival (to be honest, it seemed quite political), and people put all their efforts into finding out who the child actor who played ‘the boy’ was, but no one could find any trace of him.
The witches who were inspired by Cybele’s passionate performance began to enter the film industry one by one.
Hollywood actresses trembled at the invasion of outer space-level rookies, but most of the witches were eliminated in terms of acting skills, so they were able to keep their salad bowls.
And Siwoo.
“Haaang… hng…! How is it? Doing it with a world-class actress… does it turn you on?”
“It’s great! Show me your acting of holding back your climax!”
“Hey! Not there… I told you not there…! Kyaaahhhhh!!!!!”
He found the pleasure of ravishing the goddess of Cannes in bed.
Well, something like that.
Today, Cybele’s self-realization is going smoothly.
