Chapter 29 – #07_Sophia, Mommy (1)
#29
1.
The situation was quickly resolved when a witch, and even Baron Avenega, got involved.
Despite the late hour, the passage to the door was blocked in less than ten minutes.
The guards who rushed in dragged away all the crew members of the Naga, who had been mobilized for this.
As she was being dragged away, Larissa tried to say something, but the situation was too chaotic for anyone to hear.
A major incident had passed.
But Siwoo’s night was not over yet.
He had to explain the whole situation to Sophia.
Of course, even though it was an unavoidable situation, he decided to keep the fact that he had sucked Amelia’s nipple a secret.
Even if Sophia understood and let it slide, Siwoo himself was too embarrassed.
And if Amelia found out, the aftermath would be too terrifying.
“Hmm… I see.”
Because the room was a mess from the earlier commotion, they moved to another guest room.
Sophia, sitting side by side on the bed where Amelia was lying, slowly nodded as she listened to Siwoo’s report.
“The manager is really strange. In that situation, anyone would think of running away first.”
“No, ma’am.”
“I’m praising you. You can be happy about it, honestly.”
Is this something to be happy about? After a moment of contemplation, Siwoo asked what he had been curious about.
“Um, it’s a bit late, but don’t you need to interrogate the mastermind of this incident yourself?”
The mastermind behind this was an exiled witch.
In fact, Larissa and the other crew members of the Naga were all small fry.
“Amelia drank and fell asleep, right? The exiled witch who is so well-versed in alchemy that she can put Amelia to sleep is obvious. It must be the ‘Aquarius Witch.’ It’s not something you need to worry about.”
Well, there’s no way Siwoo can interfere with a witch in the present world anyway.
Siwoo can’t even leave Gehenna right now.
“And you don’t have to worry too much about Amelia. She’ll just have a bit of a headache tomorrow morning. If it was a poison that could cause problems with her body, her autonomous defense would have taken care of it.”
“I see.”
That’s a relief in its own way.
Even though he disliked Amelia, he would have felt uneasy if her condition had been really bad.
“Anyway, let’s get back to what we were talking about earlier, shall we? I cherish and love Amelia like a younger sister. I want to reward you for risking your life and using your wits to protect Amelia.”
Sophia reached out and gently stroked Siwoo’s head.
It wasn’t intentional, but he could see out of the corner of his eye the symbol of motherhood, which was at least half a melon, swaying in the process.
“What do you want?”
A sweet voice.
She was just speaking softly, but Siwoo was a little flustered by the sensuality that made it seem like she was seducing a man with all her might.
“…Can you let me out of here?”
“Hmm, I’m sorry to say that after speaking so boldly? That’s a difficult request.”
He asked just in case, but was rejected.
If it were Sophia or Amelia, letting Siwoo out would be a very easy task.
“It’s natural for you to ask that, but I want you to stay with Amelia a little longer.”
He would have understood if she had mentioned the city’s laws, but he was a little puzzled by the inexplicable explanation.
“Then, can you pretend that what happened today didn’t happen?”
Sophia’s reaction was amusing.
Her eyes and mouth widened, and she was more surprised than when Siwoo had asked her not to kill Larissa.
“Manager, you saved a witch’s life. You’re practically guaranteed citizenship.”
“I would be grateful if you could just pretend it didn’t happen without asking any questions.”
Witches are experts in magic.
Sophia isn’t paying attention, but if she delves into it a little more, she’ll find out that the magic capacity in the lamp isn’t enough to use the skyboard.
Then where did this slave get the magic from?
If she digs deeper like this, there’s no telling how much she could uncover.
In this case, it’s best to just bury it.
Anyway, if he becomes Amelia’s assistant and gets access to higher-quality magic materials, the completion of the magic circle will be accelerated.
That is, if Sophia accepts this proposal.
“Okay, so you want to pretend the kidnapping itself didn’t happen, including the fact that you used magic?”
“Yes.”
“I guess there’s a reason, but does that also include not asking about it?”
“I would appreciate it.”
Despite the rather unreasonable request, Sophia readily nodded.
It seemed that he had scored more points with her than he had thought.
“Then I’ll have to make up a suitable lie about why the crew members were taken away. Okay, I’ll do it.”
“Thank you so much.”
Siwoo breathed a sigh of relief.
It had been an eventful day.
He felt like he would collapse and fall asleep as soon as the incident was resolved.
If he hadn’t seen the terrifying sight of Sophia turning Fyodor into a mackerel, he would have collapsed from the release of tension.
But when is this woman going to leave?
“?”
Sophia, who had caught his gaze, simply tilted her head with a clueless expression, not even thinking about getting up from the bed.
“Do you still have something to say?”
“No.”
But he swallowed the words, ‘Then why are you staring at me like that?’
He keeps forgetting because he’s been with gentle witches like Amelia and her twin, but a witch is not someone a slave can make demands of.
“You’re handsome, and you have a good personality. You pass.”
Sophia’s tongue licked her lips.
Come to think of it, Sophia had been inviting Takasho to her house every holiday recently.
A vague understanding of the current situation began to form.
“Can I ask you for a favor too?”
“I will obey any order you give.”
Siwoo bowed his head.
He thought about going to the floor and kneeling, but he didn’t think that was necessary, so he held back.
“Take good care of Amelia. She may be grumpy on the outside, but she’s a good kid.”
“Huh?”
But what Sophia said was something Siwoo had not expected at all.
He thought she would suddenly ask him to be her bed partner.
“It’s not because you hate her for being a bad witch who only torments you, is it?”
“No, ma’am.”
“I guess it must have been frustrating for you. That’s why I’m even more grateful. Thank you for not hating Amelia.”
Siwoo lowered his head, feeling like she suddenly understood him.
It wasn’t a situation where I needed to make it obvious.
There was also a possibility it was a leading question.
“Lonely, forlorn, and clumsy. It’s all because you have no experience. It’s not because she dislikes you.”
“Who… are you talking about?”
“Amelia.”
No way.
Even though I didn’t say it out loud, it seemed to be conveyed through the atmosphere.
Sophia covered her mouth and chuckled softly.
“Just look at today, she had a drink at the inn and passed out. She tries so hard to act tough, but she’s actually very awkward and doesn’t know how to treat other people.”
Sophia’s defense of Amelia, which I thought would continue, suddenly stopped.
“But if I say too much, it won’t be fun. Let’s save it for future enjoyment.”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t quite understand what you’re saying. Still, I will diligently assist Lady Amelia.”
Shiwoo was about to leave the room after giving the textbook answer.
“Manager Shin Shiwoo.”
Just as he grabbed the doorknob, hoping to catch a short nap, Sophia called out to Shiwoo again.
“Your choice today was wise.”
“I simply did what I had to do.”
“No, not that, the thing after that.”
In the dark room, Sophia’s amber eyes, sparkling like the afterglow of a candle, had a scary edge to them.
It was as if it was a clear indication that she wasn’t human.
“If you had handed Amelia over and gone to the present world, you would have died.”
Sophia’s usually relaxed voice was now chilling, sending shivers down my spine.
“The ‘Aquarius Witch’ is famous for grinding humans into experimental materials. She probably would have put the sailors in her water bottle along with taking Amelia.”
Ironically, Shiwoo had saved the crew of the Naga by leaving.
“Even if that wasn’t the case, do you think I would have forgiven you for selling Amelia?”
Sophia smiled sweetly at Shiwoo, who was stiff as a board, having unknowingly passed two death flags.
“Anyway, go and rest now. I’ve kept you too long.”
2.
Shiwoo finished his greeting and entered the next room with a mixed feeling.
Since the Naga crew, who were supposed to stay there today, had been captured, all the rooms were empty, so he could just pick any one.
It must be around 4 o’clock?
The key was when Amelia would wake up, but it was certain that he wouldn’t be able to sleep much.
But even when he laid his head on the pillow and closed his eyes, he couldn’t fall asleep.
It was partly because his heart hadn’t calmed down after going through such dangerous situations, but what was really lingering in his mind was a very trivial problem.
It was the question of why Amelia’s autonomous defense didn’t activate for Shiwoo.
As you can see from the fact that it’s only generated after reaching the 15th tier or higher, autonomous defense is a very high-level magic.
It detoxifies most poisons as soon as they enter the body, and even if you step on a landmine, not a single thread of your clothes will be out of place.
That’s not all.
The special thing about autonomous defense was the flexibility of its activation conditions.
Unlike physical impacts, it activates by reading ‘malice’ that has no form, and it also withholds activation by judging that there is ‘no malice’.
Shiwoo dislikes Amelia.
He thinks she’s pretty, but annoying, stubborn, and suffocating.
Isn’t that enough to be considered ill will?
Why didn’t it activate?
The questions didn’t stop there.
Looking back, Shiwoo had clearly undressed the sleeping Amelia.
And that was based on the feeling of lust.
He even sucked on her breasts.
But even then, the autonomous defense didn’t activate.
“Why?”
This was what confused Shiwoo the most.
The flexibility of autonomous defense is not only controlled by the feelings of others.
The activation conditions are adjusted according to the state of mind of the person who possesses the mark.
Even if there is no malice, if the person doesn’t want it, the autonomous defense will activate.
There’s a reason why there’s a saying not to touch a sleeping witch.
“That means…”
Amelia didn’t feel much displeasure or rejection at Shiwoo sucking on her breasts?
That couldn’t be.
He couldn’t make heads or tails of it.
While Shiwoo was tossing and turning, the door creaked open.
Shiwoo, startled, sat up.
It seemed his mental state was unstable after spending a day going back and forth between life and death.
It was Sophia who opened the door, holding a lamp.
“Professor, what brings you here?”
He quickly got out of bed.
Sophia entered the room with a gentle smile.
“I was thinking that I haven’t compensated you enough yet.”
“No, it’s enough that you quietly covered up this incident.”
“That’s true, but this is a personal gift that I want to give.”
Sophia’s long, slender fingers untied the strings of her raven-black robe.
Then, she slightly opened her collar.
What was revealed in the soft glow of the magic lamp was the symbol of motherhood that only women possess.
That is, her breasts.
“You did this and that to Amelia, but it’s hard for a man to just sleep, right?”
Shiwoo stared at her breasts with his mouth agape, speechless, and then suddenly realized.
Wait a minute.
Did this and that to Amelia?
“I’ll make you comfortable.”
Sophia knew.
That the magic in the lamp was not enough to activate the Skyboard, which was known for its high consumption.
“Take one step out, and sleep comfortably.”
Sophia licked her lips habitually.
