City ​​of Witches 190

Chapter 190 – #41_Twin Rush(4)

#188

1.
Siwoo usually distinguishes the twins based on two things.
Their eyes and their way of speaking.
Well, if I had to add one more, it would be the sensation when inserting into their rear… but since that’s not something I can use in everyday life, let’s put that aside.

Odile’s eyes are always full of determination.
Her courage and pride, stemming from her strong will, never waver in any situation, and her proactive nature is evident even in ordinary times.
In contrast, Odette is a typical well-bred young lady, introverted and passive.
It might seem strange to distinguish people by their eyes, like some fortune-telling old man, but it really does work when you see it.

But honestly, there was no need to go that far.
The twins call Siwoo “Assistant,” but Odile uses informal speech afterward, while Odette mixes in honorifics.
In other words, even Siwoo, who usually easily distinguishes them, would have a very hard time telling them apart in a dimly lit room where their eyes aren’t easily visible, especially if Odette was deliberately imitating Odile.
That’s why it took time to realize that the person I thought was Odile was actually Odette.

“You always leave me out… it’s so unfair….”

Odette began to sob, complaining as if she was deeply hurt.

“I couldn’t even spend the last day with Assistant… you only played with my sister every day…”
“But Odette, you were asleep then…”
“You should have woken me up and taken me with you! I wanted to go for a night walk with Assistant too… I wanted to swim in the fountain and go see the windmill together…”

Oh dear.
Siwoo sighed inwardly.
In fact, on the last night the twins and I spent in Gehenna,
Siwoo, who was hungover, only spent time with Odile after waking up.
Moreover, as soon as he returned, he was caught by Count Jemina and immediately had a restraining order placed on him, so Odette had been holding it in her heart.

“Assistant, you said I was cute too, so why do you only like my sister? You said I was nice too, so why do you only play with my sister separately?”
“Well… Odette, there were circumstances…”

Siwoo tried to comfort Odette by patting her shoulder, but it seemed that such comfort was not enough to compensate for Odette’s past grievances.

“That’s a lie! You were really bad. You did it in the back with my sister first, and you only played with her… you were really bad!”
“Ah…”
“And my sister always teases me about it… It’s not like I’m just trying to copy my sister. If it wasn’t for you, I would never do it with anyone else!”
“Odette, please calm down first…”
“You always tell me to calm down. Did you tell Odile to calm down when she was like this? It’s unfair, unfair, so unfair.”

Odette pounded on Siwoo’s chest, venting her frustration.
It didn’t hurt to be hit by those small hands.
Instead, Siwoo could feel the pent-up frustration that Odette had been holding in.
How hurt and left out must she have felt to come to Siwoo even while imitating her sister?
The thought made him feel bitter.

“Odette.”
“I don’t want to, I won’t listen. I haven’t vented all my anger yet!”

Odette covered her ears and curled up.
Siwoo could tell that Odette’s feelings were more of a “why don’t you play with me more?” kind of disappointment rather than a romantic jealousy.
It wasn’t like Odette was particularly possessive of Siwoo.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t take better care of you. Then, shall we go for a night walk together now?”
“Really?”
“Yes, you might be a little tired tomorrow, but I’ll show you around. It’s quite nice to see things at night too.”
“Really, really, really?”

Odette’s eyes, which had looked like they would burst into tears at the slightest touch just a moment ago, widened.

“Yes! Let’s go! Let’s go now!”

Odette was so happy that she was trembling, not knowing what to do with herself.
She was cute and pitiful at the same time.
It had been a while since they had met, so there were many things to talk about.

“Okay, then I’ll get dressed and ready. I’ll find some clothes for you to wear too, Odette.”

Going outside without protection was a bit risky, but that’s why he took extra precautions.
He brought an artifact music box to erase Odette’s presence and perception.
Going out in her original clothes would be like advertising that she was a witch, so Siwoo dressed her in his hoodie and Sharon’s shorts so that even a bad witch wouldn’t be able to identify her visually.

“How is it? My current outfit?”
“It suits you well.”

Siwoo suppressed a smile as he looked at Odette, who was wearing clothes over her drawers and inner dress.
The hoodie, with its sleeves folded up three times, was still too big and baggy, and if Odette wore the hood, it would cover her entire face down to her lips.
Also, Sharon’s shorts became seven-eighths pants on Odette, so he had to put a belt on her.

In short, it was an oversized fit of oversized fits.
It was already hard to understand as fashion, but the fact that the already cute Odette was buried in the large clothes made her even cuter.

“I’m so excited, Assistant. What should I do? I’m so excited.”

Odette couldn’t hide her joy as she bounced in front of the elevator.
Siwoo, who was standing next to her with an umbrella, was ready.
Odette had only stepped out of the front door, but she was already looking around, searching for interesting things.

“I’ve been wondering since I got here, is this a decorative light? It seems to turn on automatically when someone comes.”
“That’s a sensor light. Unlike Gehenna, we don’t use decorative lights or oil lamps, but electricity to light up light bulbs. In modern times, we use electricity a lot instead of magic power.”
“Electricity?”
“Hmm… it’s difficult. It’s hard to explain.”

If he talked about the flow of electrons, he would have to talk about electrons, and if she asked more than that, Siwoo, who wasn’t a specialist, wouldn’t have an answer.

“It’s okay, Assistant! You don’t have to know everything!”
“Thank you for understanding.”

Fortunately, it seemed that such a question wasn’t a big deal for Odette, who was in a good mood.
With her cheerful consolation, the elevator they had been waiting for arrived and the doors opened.

Odette focused on the automatic doors opening as if she was seeing something precious.
Then, like Armstrong taking his first step on the moon, she carefully and meaningfully boarded the elevator.
She was so solemn that Siwoo even held his breath.

“Assistant.”
“Yes.”
“Do I just press the button with the number 1 on it?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“I’ll do it. My master pressed it when we came here.”
“Okay.”

Odette carefully pressed the button on the elevator.
When the red LED lamp lit up on the square button with the number 1, Odette glanced up at Siwoo with eyes that seemed to say, “How was it? Did I do well? Please praise me!”

“You’re amazing, Odette!”
“That’s too much praise. Anyone can do that.”

When Siwoo clapped his hands and praised her, Odette couldn’t hide the corners of her mouth from turning up, and she acted modestly.
It was a mouth shape where the number 3 was rotated 90 degrees to the left.
But as the elevator started to move, Odette grabbed Siwoo’s hand tightly, as if she was anxious.

“I, I feel like my body is floating upwards.”
“It’s okay. It’s safer than you think.”
“If anything happens, you’ll protect me, right?”
“Yes, yes.”
“Are we going down now?”
“That’s right.”

After a long time of descending, the elevator doors opened on the first floor, and what they saw was…

-Kugugugung!!!

A street that looked like it was caught in a storm.
A storm refers to the huge waves created by the wind hitting the surface of the water, but in this case, it was not an awkward metaphor at all.

The street was already flooded up to their ankles, and small waves were forming on top of it.
The news had mentioned that it was the biggest typhoon in 10 years.
I thought it was just the usual scare tactic from the weather forecast, but I suddenly felt it.

“……..”
“Wow… it’s amazing…! It seems to be coming down even more than before.”

The wind was blowing so fiercely that raindrops were splattering all the way into the lobby.
At this point, Siwoo wondered if the umbrella was even useful, and he stared blankly at it, while Odette’s eyes sparkled as if she was enjoying it.
Well, Gehenna was surrounded by an alternate dimension barrier, so such dramatic weather was rare.

“Um, Odette, I’m sorry for saying this after we came out…”
“Hurry up, Assistant!”

Before he could even say let’s go inside and think about it, Odette ran out.
It didn’t even take three seconds for her gray hoodie to turn black.

“Puhuh…puhup…..”

Odette ended up washing her face with the rain that was pouring down on her face more than she had imagined.
Siwoo quickly ran out with the umbrella and covered Odette with it.
As soon as he opened the umbrella, it made a cracking sound, and one of the umbrella ribs broke.
Maybe a walk on a day like this wasn’t a good idea after all.

“What are you doing! You’ll catch a cold!”
“I don’t catch colds! It’s so refreshing and cool!”

The wind whistling through the buildings made it so that the two of them were almost shouting as they talked.
Siwoo, who was trying to persuade Odette to go back, lost his strength when he saw her bright smile.
If she was happy, was there any need to force her to stop?

“Odette! Then I’ll guide you! Let’s go!”
“Yes! Assistant, let’s go!”

Siwoo and Odette splashed through the water and ran down the alley.

2.
“Haa…haa….. It’s so exhilarating! It’s so fun!”

After wandering around the alley for a while, splashing through the water, the two of them entered a commercial building.
The rain was pouring down as if there was a hole in the sky, reminiscent of a tropical squall.
Even though they had come quite far into the building, the smell of rain was still strong.

They had run blindly through the dense, indistinguishable surroundings and ended up in the history of the Sinchon train station.
It was a commercial building under lien.

For reference, the umbrella had been destroyed by the strong wind and thrown away in the trash, so the two of them were soaking wet and looking for a place to rest.
As soon as they entered the indoor space that blocked the rain and wind, they both let out a natural sigh.
Outside, every time they breathed, water filled their noses and mouths.
It was impossible for a spirit to be this tired, but Siwoo was mentally exhausted, while Odette was even more energized, like a seedling that had been watered.

“It feels like I’m being hit by raindrops! My master would never have allowed me to do this!”

Odette’s vibrant voice echoed through the shuttered interior.

“Shhh, shhh, Odette, you can lower your voice now.”
“Ah, yes, Assistant. Shhh. The echoing sound is like a ballroom.”

Odette said, slightly bending her knees like a noble lady who had been asked to waltz.
She had originally given the impression of being a bit more passive.
The nighttime escapade must have invigorated her.

Odette took off the hood of her hoodie, which seemed to be heavy with water.
Her hair, completely soaked and clinging to her head, made Odette’s head, which was already small, look almost the size of a fist.
Her mystical purple eyes, shining like a fairy in a myth, were full of excitement and anticipation.

“Are you not feeling as left out now?”
“Yes! It was an experience I’ll never have again! There are so many amazing things, the traffic lights, the buildings, the shops, the cars, they’re all amazing. Even this building is amazing!”
“You’ve had your fun, so we should start heading back. Let’s just catch our breath for a bit.”

Siwoo lowered his head and squeezed his hair.
Water dripped down.
Seeing that, Odette also squeezed her hair next to him, as if she was wringing out a towel, and pleaded.

“Can’t we look around a little more? This place is so amazing too…”

Odette pouted her lips as if she was disappointed.
In fact, it was already too late.

“Please, Assistant. I’m too disappointed to go back like this…”

If it was outside, he would feel burdened, but wouldn’t it be okay if it was inside the building?
Thinking that, Siwoo readily nodded his head.

“Okay, fine.”
“Yay!”

Odette, who had finally gotten her way, jumped up and down and started running towards the escalator that had stopped working.

“Odette! You’ll fall if you do that!”
“It’s okay! Hurry up and follow me!”

Seeing Odette’s most energetic appearance so far, it was hard to stop her.
Siwoo obediently followed behind Odette.