City Of Witches 169

Chapter 169 – #37_Friendship?(2)

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One.
The convenience store part-time job is simple.
Snap a barcode to pay, swipe a card or take cash and give change, sort waste, display and check the inventory of incoming products, and wipe the floor once in a while.

Since Sharon’s beauty is her beauty, sometimes the truth comes out or someone who is overly soggy comes out, but after she deliberately bought an amulet of ‘Park Young’ for that purpose, that’s a thing of the past.

It is a talisman that literally reduces the presence of the person who possesses it.
Witches all have borderline beauty, and beautiful looks attract pests.

It’s not a high-performance artifact that completely eliminates the waves of magic or blocks the sound inside, like Siwoo’s music box, but if you can get rid of the annoying attention at 500,000 won, it’s cheap.
When I was walking on the street without knowing that, I didn’t lie and every time I took 10 steps, a flirtation flew in and it was very painful.

“Should I stop doing this soon?”

Sharon glanced through the empty convenience store and slumped into a chair at the checkout counter.
Originally, she said that during this time she was studying stocks or learning coins.
After drinking the bitter water of stocks and coins, the enthusiasm disappeared.
She ended up passing the time in a daze.

Moreover, it is for her basic living expenses, including her rent, that Sharon inevitably had to work part-time six hours a day.
However, now there is no need to pay rent separately, and thinking about making money seems as important as the time to teach Siwoo magic.
At this rate, she would have to lean on Siu without moving.

“Siwoo… Siwoo, hmm…”

Sharon crossed her legs with her arms crossed and muttered his name.
I remembered what happened this morning.

The ‘I want to touch your chest event’ prepared by Sharon with great enthusiasm for Siwoo, who will be discouraged and sad.
Come to think of it, she did something pretty daring.
No matter how close they were, it was embarrassing and embarrassing to show bare breasts.

“Me too…”

Sharon opened her breasts in front of Siwoo and even softened her.
As a result, she found energy and confirmed that he was a little more excited than usual, so it can be said that it was an attempt without regret at all to bear her shame.

Sharon rubbed her chest for no reason.
Her tits are pretty
It was the first word she heard in her life.

“Hmm…..”

Are you really pretty? It’s uncomfortable when running, and there’s even a black dot.
Since she had never been seen by a man, she had no confidence, so she couldn’t tell if Siwoo’s words were sugar-coated or not.

He showed this in front of Siwoo and even made him touch it…
In movies that are a bit high-level, there are many scenes where a man makes love while massaging a woman’s breasts.
I wondered what kind of feeling she had to do that, but actually Sharon didn’t feel anything at all.
Sometimes when her nipples pressed against his thick palms, she felt something tickle, but it didn’t make much of a difference to her own kneading.

“But why are you like this…”

But why does her face heat up so hot just by thinking about that situation?
Was the skin on his chest tingling hot?
Even romance movies didn’t teach me this.

I was proud nonetheless.
It was because I could clearly feel that Siwoo liked it.
I’m aware that it’s a malevolent thing, but…

“How are you? I’m not doing anything bad.”

I asked him to touch him when he was having a hard time, but there was a high possibility that kind Siwoo wouldn’t show that he was having a hard time, and even if he was having a hard time, he wouldn’t ask Sharon recklessly.
So from time to time Sharon thought of making a suggestion first.

Anyway, today’s thoughts end here.
Sharon, who checked the condition of the store one last time before shift, left the Lululala convenience store.

“How are you?”

And suddenly she noticed.
The steps toward the officetel elevator are as light as a feather.
Even an awkward hum comes out on its own.
It’s not just because things are over.
After thinking about the reason for a while, it was because I could meet Siwoo soon if I just got on that elevator.

[I always think of you even when we’re not together]
[I’d like to give you any treasure in the world for you]
[Just imagining meeting you makes me happy and joyful]
[I didn’t know why, but now I know]
[I was in love with you]

Suddenly, the words of an actress in a movie I saw once came to mind.
When we’re not together, we think of the other person + I want to give her anything + I feel happy and fun just imagining meeting her =?

“Is this… Love?”

Sharon was stunned for a moment, then she smiled.
When she came up with that idea, she laughed lightly at herself in amazement.

“What is love? Can love pay off debts?”

Anyway, Sharon returned home with light steps.

2.
“Caught something?”
“No?”

Sharon, changed into her witch suit, stood on a telephone pole and looked at her compass.
Work as usual.
After Sharon went to her part-time job at a convenience store, while she was pasting up flyers, she started tracking down the homunculus.
However, Sharon couldn’t help but admit her mistake about the problem of Siu being by her side.

Unlike before, when she only had to worry about hunting the homunculus, she had trouble with Sharon.
It is Della who threatens to take away Sharon’s hunting ground.
That’s why, as usual, she left Siu and tried to hunt alone.
If she runs into Della, she humiliates her, but with the intention of begging for her mercy.

But there was a problem.
That there is no good justification for removing Siwoo.
Siwoo tells Sharon that she knocked Della out herself.

Here, she tells Sharon to keep quiet and stay in her room, and if she explains why, it is euphemistic evidence that she has noticed his lies.
She would trample on his face, which had been built up so long ago, and Sharon’s support would be in vain.

In the end, what Sharon chose was earnest prayer.
Could anything happen in one night?
I feel like I’ll come up with a better excuse from tomorrow, so please don’t show up today…

“I wonder if today is a waste of time… Are you okay these days? I don’t think I’ve caught it in almost weeks.”

It was difficult for Sharon to decide whether to feel fortunate or depressed about the ensuing shenanigans.
Although it is fortunate that no embarrassing situations appear for both Sharon and Siu.
On the contrary, it’s unfortunate that today I couldn’t find a way to repay the debt.

Let’s just go back
This is too risky.
Judging that, Sharon jumped off the telephone pole and tried to convince Siwoo.

“Do you want to go back today?”
“Already? It’s only been around for about 30 minutes.”
“I’m just a little tired… I want to rest at home today.”

Moreover, Sharon has almost no magic power left.
There would be no problem if she met the small pikes like she has been doing so far, but if she meets a dangerous homunculus today, she has to overcome it with Siu’s strength.

“Ah…..”

As it was Siwoo who found Sharon, who had been knocked down by Della, he had an expression of understanding.
At that time.

“Ugh…”

The needle of a compass moves like a lie.
It means that there is a homunculus covered with a barrier in this area.
Unfortunately, Siu saw the compass.
Why didn’t it come out well usually! Sharon screamed inwardly.

“I will go alone.”
“What? No way!”
“But you look tired too, and you haven’t recovered all your magic. There’s something I want to test right now, and that’s great.”

Seeing Siwoo’s calm words, Sharon’s stomach felt like it was burning.
I don’t know if it’s a serious idea or a bluff, but a homunculus is not something to be taken lightly.
Besides, if you consider Della…. It gets complicated.
Let’s convince you first.

“Do you know what kind of slime a homunculus is? It’s not as easygoing as you think. He could be really dangerous!”
“I will be careful. And maybe the black dog we always got? Now, I think I can do it on my own. If it’s dangerous, I’ll get out of here right away. And while we’re ignoring it, someone else might be attacked by the homunculus.”

In the end, Sharon couldn’t find a way to persuade Siwoo.
Siwoo’s active help in hunting, which has nothing to do with it, is an attempt to prevent the homunculus from harming civilians.

Siu was basically a good person.
I think I’ll go alone even if I dry it, but it’s more comfortable to take care of it by my side.

“Huh, then I’ll go too. I do need money, though.”
“If you do, I will be reassured.”

With a grin, Siwoo ran to the direction the needle pointed at, along with Sharon, who was confused.
And when I set foot in the middle of the downtown area, the area including the department store was wrapped in a barrier.
The center of the barrier is a tall department store with 5 floors underground connected to Sinchon Station and 12 floors above ground.

“Shall we go?”
“I will take the lead.”

Of course, the department store, whose business hours had already ended and the lights were turned off, was the same in the backyard.
The magical power stored in Siwoo’s stigma was amplified again and again, and then the particles of the shadow flowed out and covered the body as armor.
Sharon also stood in front of the entrance of the department store, holding her cane, wary of her surroundings.
There is a department store at the center of the barrier, and the needle of the compass is pointing inside the building, so the homunculus must be inside.

“Open.”
“Yeah, it feels like trespassing.”
“Isn’t that right?”

After exchanging silly jokes, Siwoo grabbed the doorknob.
He only pulled lightly, but ignored the brute force emanating from his armor.
The frame of the tightly closed door bent with the sound of a tin can being crushed, and the glass between the frames shattered and shattered.
Maybe it’s because the surroundings are quiet, but the sound feels particularly noisy.

“…The alarm doesn’t go off?”
“Stop holding the doorknob and let’s go in quickly.”
“Oh, it’s a bit strange.”

Sharon might be used to this kind of life, but she wasn’t Siwoo.
Trespassing into a department store that is closed, and at a time when no one is there.
No matter how inside the barrier, the mysterious is the mysterious.

“Siwoo, but what do you mean when you say you have something you want to try?”
“Ah, I changed the particles of the shadow I was using a little bit. At best, I added just one or two more strokes. I was curious about how it could be used in practice.”
“How has it changed?”
“I tried mixing a little by referring to the element formula of soil you told me about? I want you to look at it and point out some of the things that are lacking.”

At Siwoo’s words, Sharon managed to hold back her surprise.
How long has she been telling you that she’s trying to incorporate it into her existing magic?

But she didn’t bother to express it.
It is not too late to judge the result by seeing it in front of your eyes.
…Of course, there was a strange belief that Siwoo would have somehow managed to get a valid result.

Siwoo and Sharon go all the way to the first floor of the department store.

“It’s pretty dark.”

Like any other department store, the first floor, which sells cosmetics and seasonal clothes, was so dark that it was almost impossible to distinguish the surroundings.
There were no windows in the department store, so even the moonlight couldn’t come in, and the only thing that lit up the dark room was the green light to induce escape.
It is a bonus that it is dreary and somehow the room feels a little colder than usual.

“Let me shed some light on you.”

About 5 decorative lights were lit around Sharon.
This makes it feel more like a unique date.
She didn’t even come out of her mouth.

But when she searched halfway through the first floor, Sharon noticed something and looked at Siu.
Seemingly feeling the same thing at the same time, Siwoo is looking at Sharon at the same time.
The impression of the two people who met their eyes.

“Something is strange.”
“Isn’t that a bit strange?”

Discomfort.
The search range of Sharon’s compass is 150M radius.

“Haven’t we walked 150 meters far enough from outside our department store?”
“I know yeah. Then something has to come out…”

In other words, if you encounter a homunculus at the point of looking around the first floor, or even if you cross paths, the needle of the compass must move.

“The needle kept pointing in the same place.”
“Let’s go.”

Siwoo immediately took Sharon and prepared to go outside.
There is no way to know exactly what will happen.
But somehow it doesn’t feel right.

“Uh?”

And at the same time.
It started spinning like a broken compass.
He trembles like he doesn’t know where to point very quickly.

-Kurrure

A low growl echoed from all directions.
It was the black dog that Sharon and Siwoo had been hunting.

“Siwoo, I don’t have the energy to protect you.”
“Sorry, I was just being stubborn.”
“An apology is next, it’s not something you should be sorry for, did you know it would be like this?”

This was unexpected even for Sharon.
It was unheard of to have such a large number of identical homunculi gathered together, and even if there were 10 of them, even Sharon would have been able to handle them without difficulty.

In any case, the growling coming from all directions was not one or two.
Cosmetics shop shelves, escalators, between hangers, hallways, and stairs.

Even if you count the red eyes that flashed one by one in various places, there were more than 50 of them.
A group of beasts that succeeded in driving their prey finally revealed themselves.
It seems that she intends to take revenge on the two witches who took the lives of her people.