City ​​of Witches 292

Chapter 292 – #64_Twins And Sharon (5)

1.
Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without defeat.
This famous formula for victory, knowing your enemy and yourself before facing them, isn’t just for battlefields where blood and flesh are scattered.

The twins were taught by their maids that love battles are also ruthless battlefields where invisible spears and the bloodstains of passion are rampant.

“I’ll end today’s class here.”

A murderous class with a tight schedule, like squeezing oil from dried-up olives.
Sharon, as usual, gave out assignments and was about to leave the chilling lecture hall.

She had gotten used to the twins’ pressure, so she didn’t always flee like this.
However, Sharon’s instincts felt the storm brewing, like an animal smelling rain.
That’s why she was trying to leave in such a hurry.

“Ms. Evergreen.”

Odette’s call grabbed Sharon by the back of her neck.
Sharon refocused her trembling eyes and turned around.

“Do you have a question?”

Perhaps because she was too nervous, her voice was cold and frosty.
But the twins weren’t intimidated at all and opened their mouths.

“We haven’t been able to rest at all because we’ve only been attending classes.”
“That’s right, the orientation went by so quickly that we didn’t even get to talk properly with Sharon, Unnie.”

Sharon, Unnie?

It was a welcome title to hear.
And Sharon was delighted by the twins’ tone, which was aiming for a bit of closeness, rather than the usual business-like conversation.
The faint-hearted Sharon had been under a lot of stress, wondering how she had managed to teach such a precarious class for five years.

“R-really?”
“Yes! We don’t have any other plans after this class.”
“If it’s okay with Sharon, Unnie, we’d like to treat you to some drinks.”
“We’ve prepared some good wine!”

Sharon pretended to think for a moment before nodding.

“Okay. I’ll just put this down and be right there. Where are we going?”
“You don’t have to go far.”
“It’s right in front of here.”

Sharon, who was a bit puzzled, quickly realized what they meant after being guided by the twins.

They really didn’t go far.
The carriage parked right in front of the lecture hall was the place prepared for the drinking party.

“Please, come in.”

At first, Sharon was puzzled, thinking, ‘We’re going to drink in a carriage?’
But as soon as the door opened, her doubts disappeared.
The carriage, with two birds engraved on the door, looked luxurious on the outside, but the interior exceeded Sharon’s imagination.

Space distortion magic was applied to the moving carriage, which wasn’t a fixed structure.
Moreover, in order to support the interior space that crammed in a salon, it must have been equipped with weight-reducing magic.
It was a collection of magical engineering that seemed to show off the Gemina family’s abilities.

“Hurry!”

Sharon stepped into the carriage at the twins’ warm urging.

-Click!

The door closed.
The twins scurried to the left and right, with Odile preparing the wine bottle and Odette preparing simple snacks like cheese and glasses.
In the blink of an eye, a small drinking table was set up on the table in the middle of the sofa.

“The Gemina family is amazing, as expected.”
“Sharon, Unnie! This is completely private, so you can speak comfortably.”
“That’s right, we made this to have fun!”
“Really? Then, should I?”
““Yes!””

Sharon nodded at the twins’ friendly attitude, which was like before.

Soon, a light wine opening ceremony took place.
It was a Gehenna wine, made by hand by a wine artisan who was involved in every step of the brewing process, not factory-made, but its quality was excellent.
Therefore, the beautiful jewel-colored wine was poured into the glass without any separate decanting to filter out the sediment.

“This is it, that one. The 72 vintage made from grapes from the Mendel Hills!”
“We saved up our allowance to buy it!”
“Three bottles of it!”

The wine from the Mendel Hills costs more than the annual salary of ordinary citizens.
Is that something you can buy with your allowance?
Sharon, feeling the difference in wealth between herself and the twins, was reminded of the carriage.
Maybe it was because her self-esteem was too low, but each of these things bothered her somehow.

“Cheers!”
“Cheers!”

Still, it was a good occasion.
Feeling ashamed of her unnecessary inferiority complex, Sharon shared glasses with the twins and quickly emptied her wine glass.

At first, the conversation was mainly about studying.
Sharon asked if there were any parts that the twins didn’t understand, and the twins, as if they had been waiting for it, talked about things they hadn’t been able to ask about.

Yes!
This is what I wanted!
Although the problem of a supposed rival relationship remained, Sharon didn’t like the idea of being on bad terms with the twins.

“Um, Sharon, Unnie.”
“Yeah? You haven’t finished your glass yet.”
“It’s not that. There’s something I wanted to ask you.”
“You still have something to ask? You should have asked during class.”

Sharon, who was about to listen to the cute twins’ question with a smile,

“What is your relationship with the assistant?”

However, Sharon felt her head go cold, as if cold water had been poured on her, at Odile’s question.
Conversation isn’t just about the content.
The timing of the utterance, the tone, and the situation must all be considered.

In that sense, Odile’s question was very awkward and burdensome for Sharon.
It was also an unpleasant question.

Who was the one who tried to separate Sharon and Siwoo?
It was the twins who had made a request, even asking their teacher and presenting conditions.
Moreover, in the past few days of class, they had been putting unspoken pressure on Sharon, making her feel self-conscious.
So, what was the intention of asking something they already knew, pretending not to know?
It didn’t seem like a good intention at all.

“…What?”

She asked back coldly, even though she had heard it clearly.
It was undeniable that something hot was surging inside her.

I thought they called me to become friends.
I thought they called me to solve our problems.
It was too naive of me.

This wasn’t a place designed to share laughter and promote friendship.
It was a place prepared for interrogation and warning.
Just like when the ex-girlfriend of the male lead in a drama arranges a drinking party alone with his new love interest.

“I was curious! When we met last time, you said he was a friend who taught you magic and provided you with room and board.”
“It’s been a little while since then! Are you still just friends?”

The twins continued to pressure her, pretending not to notice anything.

This is too much.
It’s humiliating.
I want to get up and leave right now.

But she swallowed her anger.
She only had to endure for five years anyway.
In the long life of a witch, five years was like a fleeting moment.

“Hoo…. That’s a personal story, so I don’t think I can tell you.”

Sharon barely regained her composure.

“I’m curious….”
“Can’t you just tell us?”

It was a voice that sounded dejected for not having their curiosity satisfied, but to Sharon, who was feeling extremely uncomfortable, it was a provocative remark.
Sharon took another breath.
It was a deep breath to calm her anger.

She downed her wine glass like cold water in one shot.
It was a sight that the wine artisan would be very upset to see.

“We’re not just friends.”

And in a drunken fit of anger.
She blurted it out.

“We’re friends who have sex.”

How about that!
Even Sharon squirms when you step on her!

Sharon, unable to tolerate the continuous local provocations, retaliated.
What the twins wanted was for her to distance herself from Siwoo so that they could find a gap to enter.

If she was going to maintain an ambiguous relationship due to external pressure anyway, it would be better to assert an overwhelming advantage and crush their spirits.
The twins were apprentice witches, so they wouldn’t be able to have sex.
Actually, she didn’t know, but her heart was telling her to do it.

“……”
“……”

It was cold.
A dagger flew and pierced her heart.

The twins’ reactions and expressions were perfectly synchronized.
At the same time, their eyes widened and their mouths opened wide.

Odette, who had been frozen in shock, stammered with her trembling jaw.

“S-sex…?”
“I told you, so that’s enough, right?”

Sharon smiled inwardly, feeling relieved at the sight.

In fact, there was a bit of a misunderstanding between Sharon and the twins.
The twins’ subtly hostile attitude.
The Albiereo’s outrageous reward, which couldn’t be explained simply by saying, ‘I want to give you a chance to find a good partner.’

Based on this, she thought that Count Albiereo’s intervention was due to the twins’ request.
In that situation, they were asking about her relationship with Siwoo as if they were teasing her or putting subtle pressure on her, so Sharon, who had been trying to hold back, couldn’t just stay still.

On the other hand, the twins.
Odile and Odette hired their exclusive maids as chiefs of staff and sought advice on this complex and difficult world.
The solution that came out of it was a cautious approach: ‘First, let’s clarify what kind of relationship they have,’ and ‘There is not enough evidence so far.’
In fact, there was no need to take it as a ‘declaration of war’ just because she gave a lot of assignments or conducted classes at a fast pace.

Therefore, the drinking party they had arranged today wasn’t exactly meant to be a fight.
It was a step for proper adjustment and exploration.

So, the twins thought that Sharon was subtly checking them with assignments and a storm-like pace,
So, they threw a playful punch for checking and exploration,
But they got a full-power backspin elbow that made their jaws spin.
The twins were stunned by the shock that made their tongues tingle.

But they were quick to regain consciousness.
They realized it at the same time, without even exchanging glances.
Sharon, Unnie, was indeed their main enemy who was after the assistant!

“Ah, I see….”

Odile, composing her voice that was trembling with anger, nonchalantly made a fuss.
A tension that felt like liquid nitroglycerin was flowing was in the air.

“Since Sharon, Unnie, was honest with us… we’ll also share some special information with you.”
“O-Unnie…! That’s…!”

Odette, who still had some reason left, tried to stop Odile in a hurry, but it was already too late.
Odile crossed her arms and pointed to the sofa where Sharon was sitting with one hand.

“The assistant took my first time on the sofa where Sharon, Unnie, is sitting now…. Hehe, now that I think about it, it’s all memories. Very hot memories.”
“W-what…?”

Odile’s counterattack followed.
The shock of a full-power dropkick made Sharon’s head ring.

But she realized that there was something wrong with those words.
The twins were apprentice witches anyway.
If they had sex, their vessels would be damaged, so it was impossible for such a thing to happen.
Realizing this, Sharon smiled victoriously and crossed her legs.

“Really?”
“You think it’s a lie.”
“Yeah, you’re apprentice witches, and… your words must be a lie.”
“Unnie, no! That’s not it!”

The assistant’s love affair was a secret only the twins knew.
It was a dangerous secret that even their teacher didn’t know.
It was too dangerous of a clue and information to use just to win a battle of nerves.
If anything, there was a risk that Sharon would tell their teacher about this.

“Ugh….”

Odile also seemed to realize this.
She bit her lip and pushed the words that had risen to her throat back down.

This was no longer a spacious and luxurious carriage interior.
It was like putting three beasts of prey in a narrow cage.

“It’s a shame. I wanted to get along with Sharon, Unnie.”
“Who are you to say that?”

Sharon and Odile, who were confronting each other with sharp eyes until the end, simultaneously picked up their wine glasses and gulped them down before slamming them down with a bang!

“I will never give up the assistant!”
“M-me too!”

Odile declared coldly, and Odette joined in, agreeing with her.

“Me too! I won’t just sit back and take it!”

It was the moment when the invisible cold war between Sharon and the twins turned into a visible all-out war.