City Of Witches 503

Chapter 503 – #107_Fishbowl (3)

#503

One.
Why Deneb didn’t say a word during the walk.
It’s closer to “Couldn’t” Rather than “Didn’t”.

It was because I was at a loss as to what to say, apart from the problems of social skills and interpersonal skills.

Let’s think back in time for a moment.
Deneb was spending time comforting himself after a hard day before going to bed.
At that time, a sudden guest came and Deneb, who interrupted the happy hour, greeted the guest with displeasure.

The guest, sure enough, is a thief who stole twins that wouldn’t hurt even if he put one in each eye. His son-in-law, Shin Si-woo, goes after all the high-ranking witches around him.
For reasons that any mother who has raised her daughter can relate to, Deneb’s evaluation of his son-in-law was close to the worst.

But that wasn’t all.
There was another reason why Deneb acted like a poisonous snake every time he met Siu.

Looking at him walking around with a carefree and dazed expression reminds me of the ugliness I saw in the past.
As a mature woman, she is an idiot who should not be seen by others.

A lot of time has passed now.
It’s easy to forget, but the reason why new feelings come back every time is probably because Deneb has been caught in the remnants of carnality since that day.

Even though he has no idea what Deneb was doing in the bedroom, every time he stands in front of Siwoo, he feels as if he is naked.

Nothing was different this time.
Therefore, he ran to Siwoo, found fault with this and that, and kicked him in the shin.

It was around the time when I felt a little relieved to see him struggling.
When he came to his senses, he was out of the blue offering him a walk.

Okay.
The problem starts here.
It’s not like he doesn’t have anything else to say.
I honed it as much as I did, and the speed became cool.

But why did he bother to suggest a walk?
And why did he bother to go for a walk near the villa in Taro Town?

I’ll be more careful about her relationship with her twins, she’ll wake up for a walk in the mansion if the twins see her.

I added various excuses, but I vaguely felt that they were self-excuses.
However, Deneb also did not know what the true intention he wanted to hide in that self-excuse.

I just feel a sense of incongruity with doubts about my actions, excuses added to them, and yet not sure of a clear reason.

“Which do you prefer, brandy or whiskey?”
“Brandy please.”

Anyway, I came to the villa once.
Deneb poured cognac into her glass and sat down on the sofa.
Cube cheese, which can be served lightly, is also served on the table.

It was the sofa where the twins, who slept out without permission the other day, caught a scene with Siu and had a conversation with him for the first time.
Looking back, I thought that I was already having sex at that time, so I got angry again for no reason.

Siwoo brings the cognac to his mouth almost immediately as if his throat is burning.
Deneb rushed like a winner.

“Siwoo-kun, you don’t drink like that.”
“Yes?”
“I heard you worked at a host bar, don’t you know these things?”
“I popped champagne a lot, but I’ve never drank cognac separately.”

Seeing Shiu smile as if embarrassed, Deneb felt more angry for no reason.
I don’t like what it’s like to laugh like that.

However, no matter how much Deneb doesn’t like him, Shin Si-woo is the son-in-law of Count Zemanai.
If you buy ridicule from the people around you with poor manners, it is the same as tarnishing the nameplate of Jemonai.

“Now look. It’s the right way to enjoy it in the order of sight, smell, and taste. First, cover the glass with your hand. Like this.”

The led lecture that started suddenly.

“You can enjoy a much richer flavor when your body temperature warms up the drink. And as you rotate it slowly like this, you appreciate the color, transparency and texture.”
“You mean this?”
“Right.”

I don’t know if you look at it, but I’m going to teach you, so I’m going to follow you.
Cognac dripped slowly from the side of the tulip-shaped glass that hit the wall.

“Then, enjoy the incense. You feel the first aroma, shake the glass once more, and feel the second aroma coming into contact with the air.”
“Hmm, are you saying this?”
“Don’t sniff.”
“Yep.”

Deneb’s moist petal-like lips hold the edge of the glass.
Intense scarlet spirit that gently flows between the lips.

“Taste it all over your tongue as if you were kissing for the last time.”
“Oh, that’s even better.”
“I don’t know if you think it’s ostentatious, but there’s a huge difference between knowing and enjoying something and enjoying it without knowing it. Know the value properly, and enjoy it according to the formality that suits it. This is the basis of luxury.
Wouldn’t it be wasted in vain if you poured the finest rice wine for a drunkard on the street?”

In fact, until Siwoo entered her twin’s outpost, she knew she would experience an endless hell of nagging.
Even when she poured alcohol, she thought it would be wine mixed with opium, the last drink given to death row inmates.

Unexpectedly, however, Deneb did not show such a fever.
His expression is not very bright, but he treats him surprisingly softly.
Perhaps the answer was that she hadn’t had a long relationship with the twins.

“…….”
“…….”

However, after the special lecture on how to drink cognac in style, a ghostly silence came again.
The mother-in-law with her legs crossed also sips her drink, fills her glass, and repeats refilling her glass, but does not say anything.

If it was Albireo’s side, I would have continued to throw even blunt bruises….
Deneb was particularly difficult to deal with, perhaps because he was bothered by the previous incident.

Two cups like that.
Little mother-in-law tipping her drink at a frightening pace.

Before I knew it, I was getting rid of a bottle almost alone.
Considering that the alcohol content of cognac is usually around 40, it is frightening speed and amount of alcohol.

It was a speed that had no choice but to stop Siwoo, who had been silent, with the feeling that if he stayed still, he would go halfway.

“Count, are you okay? Or what are you doing?”
“What?”
“I think the pace is too fast.”
“Isn’t it? Do I really eat this much?”

Aside from the bizarre silence, the answer was natural.
It’s like we’ve been having a comfortable conversation the whole time.

But her face was as hot as when she sat too close next to her by her fireplace, and she always had a strangely curvy voice that snapped like an announcer’s.

“That day….”

Deneb paused her words.
After a moment of hesitation, she opens her mouth again.
In the softest voice possible.

“How was it after that day?”
“How was… Are you?”

It was an embarrassing question for Shiu.
I was able to intuitively figure out what day ‘that day’ was, but I never thought I would bring up the story that had been kept on a forbidden topic like an unwritten rule.

“Just, how was it?”

Even Deneb himself, who had spit it out carelessly and felt a sense of relief, was surprised inside.
Why did he bring up this subject?
What kind of answer did you bring out because you wanted to hear it?

I do not know.
Perhaps, as Siwoo said, he drank too quickly.

“Sorry, I’m not sure what you’re asking.”

Siwoo’s answer, which was more prudent, was very natural.
There was no way he would notice the intention of the question that Deneb himself was not aware of.

So Deneb was frustrated again.
I don’t know what he wants, but I feel frustrated by Siwoo’s eloquent answer, and my own attitude of looking at him disapprovingly.

“Okay, let me change the question.”

Deneb took another gulp of cognac and sighed.
She tried her best as if she was trying to speak calmly, but her voice was shy like lipstick on a glass.

“How was the day?”

Siwoo was speechless.
Why the hell are you asking this? It’s just a thought.

I closed my eyes for a moment and looked at the situation before and after.

Going out for a walk alone in the middle of the night, having a drink in a shady villa, the first thing that came up with these topics.
It wasn’t long before a reasonable conclusion was immediately drawn.

This is what Count Albireo said, ‘until the twins grow up, I’ll replace them…’ It is the same as the test in the context of ‘.’.
After installing the booby traps, if you see Siwoo shaking, immediately say, ‘I knew this would happen! You are banished!’

Otherwise, the current situation cannot be explained.
His behavior is the same as that of Count Albireo, who fears that he is not a twin.

I hardened my heart.
There is no need for trivial lies, hesitant postures, or hesitating looks.

Showing honesty like a giant tree while honestly revealing one’s true feelings.
This is Siu’s answer to pass the test.
Siu looked at Deneb with unwavering eyes and said.

“Are you sure you are referring to the time of the previous verification?”

Deneb paused and nodded slightly.

“It was good.”
“…….”

Deneb’s eyes widened and her mouth quivered ah ah ah ah colorfully.
And his hand holding the glass trembled.
I’m sure he’s contemplating whether to throw it or not.
Siwoo quickly continued talking before the glass flew away.

“Count Deneb is beautiful. Even though there were circumstances that could not be helped, it would be a lie if I said that the time I was able to spend with Deneb was not good. However….”

Are you beautiful?
Was it a lie if it wasn’t a good time?

The momentheheard Shiu’s words, Deneb felt the rope tighten his heart.

The feeling of being relieved of all the frustrating feelings.
The feeling that the head overflowing with the heat of alcohol becomes much cooler.
For some reason, I feel a little more confident.

The moment the fragments of such emotion passed through his heart in an instant, Deneb’s lips escaped his will and spoke freely.

“Siwoo-kun. Actually…. There is a problem with the last verification.”
“I don’t keep it in my heart…. Yes?”

Siwoo’s face, which continued to speak fluently, hardened at once.
And he looked at Deneb with more serious eyes.

“Is it a problem?”
“In the last inspection, obviously, nothing happened. Very like a whale. Because I personally verified it.”
“I know that.”
“But there can always be variables in an experiment. It is too dangerous for Siwoo and the twins to share because it can only be passed on once.”
“…….”
“Wouldn’t it be troublesome if we didn’t double-triple thoroughly verify it?”

Deneb finally realized why he had summoned Siu to a place like this.
She was feeling some kind of insecurity.

The verification she conducted under Albireo’s observation was obviously successful, but it was absurd for a thorough witch like herself to be satisfied with just one result.

The fact that I had always felt uncomfortable seeing him, and the fact that I had dragged him into the villa in Taro Town.

In fact, it is because the subconscious, which hesitated in embarrassment and shame, instinctively felt the need for double verification!
Absolutely!

As if a pipe that had been clogged up had been opened, a clear answer that even Deneb did not know began to flow out.
Deneb speaks with a slightly excited tone.
‘Then, we should try it here today!’ As Deneb tried to come to a conclusion, his throat choked.

It was because a round sphere suddenly appeared between the tables where the two were drinking.
A deep blue bead with a diameter about the size of a thumb nail.
Its shape and color are reminiscent of a blue hole, also called the eye of the sea.

“Siwoo-kun?”
“Count?”

At the same time, the two of them look at each other with eyes that say, “What kind of magic is this?”
The moment the questionable gazes crossed, it was Siwoo who reacted quickly.

He immediately wrapped himself in armor and reflexively threw his orb out.
He was trying to hit more precisely.

However, before the back of Siwoo’s hand touches the marble.
A torrent of dark magic swallowed the bodies of Siu and Deneb.