City ​​of Witches 478

Chapter 478 – #101_Housewarming(4)

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Sharon, having returned straight to her lodgings from the lecture hall, prepared tea while glancing at her unexpected guest.
It was the first time they had met face-to-face this close.

Even from a considerable distance, a pleasant fragrance wafted over.
Her skin was whiter than the first snow.
She looked like a meticulously crafted doll from head to toe.
Fine, slender blonde hair with a beautiful texture.
The noble aura she exuded just by sitting there was reminiscent of a fairy from mythology.

All witches are beautiful.
Even the nameless witches of Tarot Town could captivate most men with their appearance alone.

Thus, living among witches who flaunt their beauty in their own unique ways, one’s standards for evaluating appearances naturally become very high.

Even with these high standards, Amelia was beautiful.
Truly, disgustingly beautiful.

As Sharon was glancing over, her gaze inadvertently met Amelia’s jewel-like eyes, and Sharon quickly averted her eyes.

She had to admit it.
She hadn’t even said a word, and she already felt intimidated and subdued.

A rival she had unexpectedly encountered without any preparation.
She didn’t know what kind of person she was, or what kind of mindset she had when she came here.

However, the only vague speculation that floated in her mind was that Amelia’s sudden visit to Sharon without any outward sign of agitation stemmed from a strong sense of self-confidence.

“Please excuse the humble tea.”
“No, it’s I who came unannounced.”

Her voice is pretty too.
Still, my chest is the winner here.
Sharon, having calmed her wavering heart with a somewhat pathetic self-consolation, sat facing her.

“What brings you here?”

Sharon asked, feigning ignorance of the obvious fact that it was related to Siwoo.
Amelia, who had been quietly lowering her eyes without making direct eye contact, as per the old Gehenna etiquette, finally lifted her gaze.

“I heard you are Siwoo’s… lover. Ms. Sharon Evergreen.”

Straight to the point.
Sharon felt a premonition of war running down her spine.
The battlefield where magic and blood run rampant is not the only kind of war.
The twins had taught her that love battles fought across a teacup were also a form of war.

“Yes, I am.”

Sharon replied with a composed voice.
Still, at least in appearance, Sharon looked like a strong older sister.
She had no intention of being easily pushed around.

“I’m sorry.”

It was rather perplexing for Sharon, who had been mentally rehearsing ‘Come at me! I’m ready!’ a hundred times to boost her fighting spirit.
Amelia had bowed her head respectfully to Sharon with her hands on her knees.

“My inadequacy put Siwoo in danger. You have every right to blame me, and I have no excuse.”

In truth, Sharon didn’t have a very favorable view of Amelia.
It wasn’t because she was a newly emerged rival.

Regardless, she was someone who had tormented Siwoo in the past and had recently put him in danger.

In the former case, as long as the parties involved had reached a satisfactory agreement, it wasn’t Sharon’s place to interfere.
However, that didn’t mean she could wholeheartedly nod in agreement.

Therefore, a lingering resentment remained, and the only mitigating factor was that Amelia had undergone arduous trials to restore Siwoo from his coma.

“I don’t really have anything to say. I’m a little angry, but Siwoo is safe, after all. Well, not exactly safe, I guess.”

The moment she spoke with a hint of sarcasm in a cold tone, Amelia’s shoulders flinched.
Sharon also flinched, wondering if she had been too harsh, but she quickly regained her composure.

No matter what excuse she made, it was Amelia’s fault that Siwoo’s left hand had been torn off.
Moreover, his left hand, damaged from the very foundation of his spirit body, was beyond recovery, and he had to wear a prosthetic.

Even that was only because he was lucky; if he had been just a little unlucky, Siwoo would have died at the hands of Amelia or Duke Erelim.

How could she not be angry?

Still, regardless of her anger, she didn’t like to scold others.
Sharon closed her eyes tightly and drank her tea.

“I’m sorry.”

The answer that came back from Amelia was the same apology as before.
However, it was a pitiful voice filled with a helpless sob.

She knew that one shouldn’t judge people by their first impressions.
But it took a moment for her to realize that the voice, which sounded as if it would crumble at any moment, came from Amelia, who seemed like a cold ice statue.

“About that… I really have nothing to say…”
“Ah, no, that’s not…”

Sharon was greatly flustered, seeing Amelia, who was clenching her fists and fidgeting like a child who had done something terribly wrong.

Could this be another cunning act?
To make the one who reacted naturally look like the bad guy and naturally seize control of the conversation…

Sharon, having thought that far, admitted her own foolishness.

This was just looking for a reason to hate her.
Since she didn’t dislike Amelia, she just wanted to find a suitable reason to keep making her someone she could comfortably hate.

While Sharon was being self-deprecating, Amelia’s resolute voice emerged from the gaps in her sobs.

“That’s why… I don’t want to be separated from him. I will repay him for the rest of my life. I have an obligation.”
“…….”
“But it’s not because of a sense of obligation. I truly love him.”

Amelia was speaking.

She was regretting, and she was repenting for her mistakes.
But she didn’t want to give up on Siwoo because of that.

She loved him so much.
A steadfast will, seemingly fragile yet never wavering, was conveyed to Sharon.

Suddenly, it felt as if the whole situation had been resolved and become lighter.
Like Sharon, like Eloa, like the twins.
Wasn’t Amelia the same?

“So… I will never give up.”

Amelia, having taken a deep breath as if to gather her courage, spoke a significant fact in a low voice.
It was also a declaration to Sharon.
A declaration of how deep their relationship was, and that she would never give up.

“Ms. Evergreen, I have slept with Siwoo.”
“So have I.”

Actually, Sharon had expected that Amelia had slept with Siwoo.
Even from afar, the two of them seemed to be dripping with honey.

It wasn’t like Siwoo doing that was anything new, nor did she suddenly feel a surge of jealousy.
However, she just added a word out of a competitive spirit, as if she would lose if she remained silent.

No.
Actually, she was feeling jealous.
Sharon corrected herself inwardly and honestly conveyed her words to Amelia.

“Ah, I’m sorry. I got a little worked up… But I did it first.”

Sharon added an apology belatedly, but Amelia’s eyes were already wide open.

The reason Amelia came to this place.
It was to have a proper showdown with Sharon, one of his lovers.

According to social norms and ethics, Amelia’s actions were clearly an act of stealing someone else’s lover.
Even if Siwoo was already maintaining a polyamorous relationship, it was still true.

Of course, she had no intention of monopolizing or taking him away.
Amelia’s ultimate goal was to seek the understanding of his existing lovers and meet him happily together.

However, Sharon’s statement, ‘I had sex first,’ made Amelia forget her purpose for coming here and suddenly ignited a competitive spirit in her heart.

Amelia had quite a childish personality to begin with.

Even if she knew it in her head, Sharon’s provocative declaration, who possessed a great charm that Amelia lacked, felt like a kind of declaration of war.

“…….”
“…….”

The eyes of the two women met silently.

A strange current began to flow.
A spicy breeze blowing in the battlefield of flowers, familiar to Sharon but unfamiliar to Amelia.

But there were rules here.
Without excessively digging into the wounds of the opponent, only showing off one’s own beauty.
Going beyond that would only lead to a messy dogfight, and Siwoo wouldn’t want that.

Anyway, it was Sharon who made the first move while adhering to the rules.

“They were really hot nights… Looking back, it seems like we didn’t even distinguish between night and day.”

Sharon’s eyes became hazy as if recalling beautiful memories.

“How he embraces me so passionately every time. My body can’t take it!”

Her eyes, having regained focus, clearly turned to Amelia as if to say it was her turn now.

Amelia, who had been slightly bewildered, seemed to have perfectly grasped her intention.
This time, her eyes, filled with fighting spirit, looked at Sharon.

“I was embraced passionately too. It must have been much hotter than what you experienced with Ms. Sharon.”
“I don’t think so?”

Amelia protested with a clenched fist.

“It’s not not true…!”
“What did you do, Ms. Amelia, that makes you so confident?”

The two women had already started calling each other by their first names.

In fact, discussing a romantic relationship outside the bedroom was something that the proper Amelia would never do.

But Sharon in front of her was also a rival who was loved by Siwoo.
Amelia didn’t want to lose in such an important matter.

“I wore a sexy nightgown and served him at night.”
“Oh my… But I did that too…”
“I did it with my mouth too…! Siwoo was really happy!”
“I’ve done that too. I even did it with my chest… Aha, Ms. Amelia must be a little~ bit struggling.”

Once the real fight began, Sharon felt a great sense of ease.
Originally, Sharon was the one who engaged in fierce battles with the twins, but Amelia was somehow easy to deal with.

It felt like facing a newbie who had just entered PVP.
If ‘sleeping together’ was the topic of debate, Sharon had more experience and knowledge to show off than Amelia.

“With your chest…?”

Amelia’s eyes widened again.
But what did it mean to have done it with her chest?
To help Amelia, who was having trouble interpreting, Sharon kindly made a gesture of bringing her two breasts together in the middle while maintaining her composure.

“Aha, it’s a little too advanced for the innocent Ms. Amelia. Like this, putting them together… Oh my, I might have said something frivolous without realizing it…”
“Such… an act… is impossible…”

Only then did Amelia’s eyes go to Sharon’s mid-line.
Smaller than Sophia’s, but much larger than Amelia’s.

With that size, it might be more than enough to wrap around Siwoo’s thick member.

And that was something that would be impossible for Amelia for the rest of her life.
No, Amelia also had a very average chest size, so she could probably do it if she gathered all her strength.
However, the flex of a gold spoon and the flex of a middle-class person’s leveraged loan were on a different level.
Amelia, who had quickly become restless, asked cautiously.

“Does Siwoo… like… that, that… that place a lot?”

It was an extremely important issue for Amelia.
To not be able to do one of the things that Siwoo liked, no matter how hard she tried.

How could this not be a terrible thing?

Her expression was so devastated that Sharon almost asked, ‘Are you okay?’ without realizing it.
But she hardened her resolve and drove in the wedge.

“Of course, he likes it a lot. You know men are weak to motherhood, right? Sometimes he acts like a baby, being soft and wanting to be held, and sometimes he’s rough…”
“…….”
“Would you like to touch it, Ms. Amelia?”

Sharon, emboldened, proudly stuck out her chest and said.
It was Sharon’s ultimate move that had even broken the twins’ fighting spirit at once.

“Ms. Amelia?”

Amelia, feeling a chill down her spine, instinctively stopped her hand from reaching out.
It was because an ominous prediction that she would be completely defeated psychologically the moment she touched it was slowly rising.

“N-no, I don’t want to.”
“Then I can’t help it. I wasn’t too rude, was I?”
“…It’s okay, I was rude as well.”

In their polite words, the two women exchanged blows, each with a knife hidden.

Both had lost sight of their initial purpose.
The most important thing now was to win this fight.

Looking at Amelia’s shadowed face and Sharon’s triumphant face, the current score was 0 to 1.
The two had just finished the first round.