City ​​of Witches 294

Chapter 294 – #65_Return(2)

#292

1.
Come to think of it, we ended up staying in the same room as if it were natural.
It must have become a habit since we’ve been living in the same officetel recently.
It seemed like the first floor was too crowded, so I asked for our meals to be brought up to the room.
I felt like I would get indigestion if I ate while receiving those witches’ burdensome gazes.

The room was a special double room with two single-sized beds.
To be honest, it was a bit ambiguous to call it a special room.

Overall, the buildings in Border Town were more run-down than those in Tarot Town.
Just looking at this room, it felt like an old pension or something?
It had a fireplace and a makeshift shower and toilet made in the corner using magic, but I couldn’t shake the impression that it was shabby.

“It’s much better than I expected.”

However, our teacher Eloa didn’t seem to mind much.

“What do you think?”
“I’m more than grateful for this much.”

I’ve lived well in a hamster cage for five years, so I can sleep anywhere as long as there’s a clean bed without bugs.
Siwoo and Eloa pulled up a table and finished a simple dinner, using the beds facing each other as chairs.
With the alcohol that came up with dinner in the middle, they naturally had time to talk.

“Isn’t staying in a place like this sometimes a memory?”
“Of course, Teacher, you’re right. It’s like a unique pension, so it’s nice.”

It was quite chilly, perhaps because of the already cold weather and the drizzle.
Eloa, comfortably seated in front of the fireplace, received the glass of alcohol Siwoo offered with a languid expression.
I asked what I hadn’t been able to properly ask because I had been focusing on research to control the red branches.

“Teacher… what are you planning to do in the future?”
“Hmm, I haven’t fully fulfilled the price yet, so I should rest well until I recover.”

Eloa had used too many contracts at once in the last battle.
She would need to rest for a month or two.

“After that… I have to continue what I was doing.”

Lafi’s last words, not quite a will.
A promise, not quite a promise.
She intends to keep it.

To protect the people who are dying without knowing anything.
To wipe away the impurities that disturb the world.
She will continue to wander the world and hunt public enemies with her homunculus.

However, it’s different from before.
It’s clearly different from when she was sinking with guilt and repeating meaningless atonement.
For that alone, Eloa felt great gratitude towards Siwoo.

“Don’t overdo it.”

Siwoo, who knew Eloa’s situation, had no right to stop her, nor did he think he could.
But no matter how strong Eloa was, Siwoo had seen her in danger right next to him.
If Siwoo hadn’t intervened then, she would have been in mortal danger.

Eloa looked at Siwoo, who was looking at her with worried eyes, and smiled softly.
Her pink eyes flickered along with the flames of the fireplace.
The gaze of a disciple worrying about her teacher and a teacher looking lovingly at such a disciple.

“You worry too much…”

The sound of that sweet moment being cut off abruptly came.
From the room right next door, that is.

‘Aah~ That’s sensitive there~’
‘Hehe, what are you talking about after getting you all wet like this, you feisty she-cat!’

It wasn’t that Eloa and Siwoo’s senses were particularly outstanding that they could hear it.
As mentioned, the Leaning Serpent Shelter was a wooden building built in the old architectural style.
The soundproofing was no different from setting up a log wall between rooms.

“You worry too much…”

Eloa’s efforts to ignore it and continue the conversation were in vain as another perfectly timed local broadcast came on.

‘Hnnng~ Yes! There… haa… there…’
‘Do you like it here? Spread it wider.’
‘How can I spread it any more… haa…’

Eloa, who had barely managed to open up to defuse the situation, closed up like a clam.
Eloa’s pupils, unable to make eye contact with Siwoo and turning her gaze away without realizing it, showed a very high frequency of vibration.

It wasn’t just Eloa who was flustered.
Siwoo was also stiff from this awkward happening.
He had thought they were a nice couple since he heard laughter during dinner.
He never expected to hear such stimulating conversations all of a sudden.

But Siwoo wasn’t the same old virgin anymore.
What good would it do to just listen to the sounds of lovemaking from the next room? The situation would only get worse.
Siwoo tried to get through it with the most nonchalant smile he could muster.
In a Takasho-style way.

“Haha, they seem to be getting along well.”
“……”

However, this kind of joke is only possible if there is someone who can accept it.
Eloa, on the other hand, was hugging her knees tightly, keeping silent and not knowing what to do.

“Cough, cough!”

She picked up her glass with trembling hands and drank, then immediately choked.

-Thump! Thump!
‘Ah! Ah! Aah! Aah! Harder!’
‘You little bitch…!’

Whether they knew the situation or not, the couple next door began to pick up the pace in earnest.
They were so rough that the sounds of skin hitting, the so-called sounds of sex, were transmitted.

It would be embarrassing to be in this situation with a female friend who has no chance of becoming a couple, but the other party is Eloa.
Even if it was an unavoidable situation, they had also been intimate before.
And Siwoo knew that his teacher was very conscious and aware of it.
That’s why she never mentioned what happened back then…

“…Ye, yes, maybe it’s because of the price of the contract these days… I can’t hear well. I, I’m going to wash up.”
“Yes, I understand.”

Eloa, who had folded the blanket on her knees, got up.
And as if she thought her words might sound a little strange, she quickly made an excuse.

“I, I’m just washing up! It doesn’t mean anything…”

Of course, it wasn’t the reaction someone who couldn’t hear anything would show.
She was just so flustered that she ended up saying a bunch of nonsense.
Siwoo suppressed a laugh at Eloa’s appearance, which showed a textbook example of someone who was caught red-handed, regardless of her embarrassment.

“……”

However, the shower facilities in the corner of the room were not very good.
Although there was a water supply and drainage system, there was no separate door, but rather a tent that roughly covered it.
At this rate, it was obvious that all the sounds of water would be heard.
Siwoo also got up from his seat, sensing the situation.

“Then, I’ll go get some fresh air.”
“O, oh… okay.”

Leaving behind Eloa, who had turned as red as a persimmon, Siwoo went outside the room.

“Haa…”

Only after Siwoo left did Eloa take a breath she had been holding back.
From the next room, the couple’s flushed moans and the beast-like groans of the man could still be heard.
Eloa was newly dizzy at how she had been listening to such sounds with Siwoo.

“Ugh…”

Eloa shook her head and took off her clothes, then received the falling water on her body.
There’s nothing better than a shower to clear your mind, but…

‘I’m, I’m coming…!’

The noise from the wall, which came whenever it seemed quiet, made Eloa’s breath catch in her throat.

“I already said I couldn’t hear anything…”

Fortunately, Siwoo seemed to have believed her, but it was unnatural to suddenly go out when she had already made a clumsy excuse.
Also, it was time for Eloa to sleep according to the contract.

The only consolation was that it would end soon?
She had learned that unlike Siwoo, who was a special case, normal intercourse didn’t last all day.
It might have been better to be apart for a while at this point when the atmosphere was at its peak.

“Why does this only happen to me…”

She had ended up peeking at Sharon having a hot night.
She had ended up seeing Periwinkle and Siwoo having sex due to the Guardian’s contract.
She had suddenly ended up with her pajamas disheveled and her chest exposed.
Eloa suddenly felt like the whole world was absurd.

2.
“Phew, that could have been really awkward.”

Siwoo came out in front of the inn to smoke and get some fresh air.
When he saw it on the first floor earlier, it seemed like there were only men, but maybe it was because of the time, but as soon as he opened the door, he saw couples tangled up and making out in the hallway.

“Excuse me. Excuse me.”

Siwoo had to disturb as many as three couples before he could get outside.

The Leaning Serpent Shelter was located in a rather high area, so the night view of Border Town was clearly visible.
As it was the hub for the distribution of Gehenna goods, the docks in the distance were still lit up with work lights.

“Sss… haa…”

He lit a cigarette, inhaled the smoke, and exhaled it along with his worries.
He had left because Eloa seemed too embarrassed, but it wasn’t like Siwoo was completely unaffected.

“I’m getting dizzy.”

My popular friends go to motels with their male and female friends even when they’re drunk and act like nothing happened.
There’s no way Siwoo could do that.

From the beginning, the memory of that time in the rain tunnel was so strongly etched in his mind.
He remembered Eloa’s body in every detail.
Even when she was wearing clothes, he could recall her naked body underneath.

Siwoo had been trying to be as unconscious as possible and adjust his distance so that Eloa wouldn’t be embarrassed.
But when this kind of happening occurred, he couldn’t help but think about it again.

If Eloa had a more casual relationship with Siwoo…
In that situation earlier, wouldn’t he have been able to start kissing playfully and hear Eloa’s panting voice again?
Wouldn’t he have been able to grab her voluminous breasts from behind and ejaculate deep inside her?

“I can’t get my mind off these dirty thoughts. Damn it! Have I finally gone crazy?”

Just as he was about to fall into self-loathing, clutching his head with sticky worries.

“Honey, what are you doing alone?”
“Aah!”

Siwoo was startled by the voice that suddenly came from behind.
When he turned around, a woman wearing a pointy hat was poking his shoulder with her finger.

“Oh my, I thought so, it was you. You’re the one who came with Duke Tiferet earlier… um… a male witch? The eyepatch is cool. Is it fashion?”

She wasn’t a beauty that could be seen on the street, as befitting a witch, so she quickly remembered where she had seen him.
She was the witch who had been sipping alcohol alone on the first floor earlier.

“What business do you have?”

Siwoo immediately showed his wariness.
It was a habit he had developed while living in the present world.
There were many good witches, but there would definitely be witches who would be obsessed with Siwoo’s uniqueness.

“Do I have to have a reason to talk to you? I just wanted to talk to you.”
“I’m sorry, I have to go back in soon.”

He sensed something ominous in her sparkling eyes.
There was no reason to dislike the attention a pretty woman was giving him.
But the fact that the cause could be the unique curiosity of a witch was a no-go.

“Hey, hey, hey! Wait a minute, why are you in such a hurry?”

The witch, who grabbed Siwoo’s wrist, gave a bright, friendly smile.
Siwoo saw a thirst for knowledge bordering on madness hidden in her beautiful crescent-shaped eyes.

“It’s not like I’m going to do anything bad, why don’t you just have a drink with me?”
“No, I’ve already had enough.”
“You’re too prickly, aren’t you?”

The witch’s hand, which had a firm grip, held his wrist like a handcuff.

“I have a lot of questions to ask. What’s your relationship with Duke Tiferet? Are you close?”
“Excuse me.”
“If you’re not close, there’s no harm in playing with me, right? Huh?”

She’s being so clingy.
It feels like I’m a college student being hit on in front of a club bathroom.
Just go away.

“I’m sorry, but I have to go back soon. My teacher is waiting for me.”
“Teacher?”
“Duke Eloa.”
“You call her by her name? You must be close, right?”

Most witches have their own unique pace.
You could say they are self-righteous and self-centered.
Just like the pampered daughters of rich families in dramas, if you’ve been pampered since birth and after becoming a witch, you’ll carry around a sense of privilege like a wallet.

“No, I’m not.”

When Siwoo spoke in a low voice and pulled his arm away, the witch made a face that clearly showed she was upset.
Even without words, her expression said, ‘How dare a man reject me?’

“A hastily made mutant like you is so rude! You think you’re something special…”

The incident is unfolding along a predictable route.
Would I win if we fought?
Siwoo was instinctively calculating his chances of winning.
At that moment.

“He is something.”

A familiar voice was heard.

“Because he’s the man who killed that cowardly witch.”

A tall figure with a supermodel-like height and perfect proportions.
Flowing navy blue hair and a beautiful dress.
Kibele Periwinkle, with an air of composure draped around her like a shawl, stood against the night view.