Chapter 604 – #122_Back To Daily Life (4)
#604
1.
After laying Ruelle, who was so sound asleep that she wouldn’t even notice if I carried her around, roughly tossed her onto the bed, and drew on her face, I stepped out onto the terrace and lit a cigarette.
My body felt stiff.
Was it because I had accumulated fatigue while wandering outside?
As soon as I arrived at a familiar and comfortable place, sleepiness washed over me.
“Hoo…”
I chased away the drowsiness with the plain smoke of the cigarette and reviewed my schedule.
The cool night breeze also helped me to come to my senses.
“First, is it the arm?”
The issue of my prosthetic arm, which I had installed with the support of Count Jemina, was still a problem.
Thanks to Count Kohab’s shoddy service, I still couldn’t feel anything.
It didn’t hinder my combat much, but it was quite inconvenient to move freely.
Count Kohab said he would help with the treatment in exchange for studying Siwoo’s body, so it was a problem I had put on the back burner.
If my magic amplification and the ability to replicate and transplant imprints were revealed, I would never have a peaceful day, as I was already being treated like a raid boss.
I decided to consult with Yebin about this issue.
“Next is Count Yesod.”
The research on transferring imprints through intercourse had been stalled for about three months.
Originally, we were supposed to experiment once a month.
I had returned to Gehenna, and I planned to visit him tomorrow.
“And then there’s the issue of the donation…”
This was the most troublesome issue at the moment.
The amount of money Ruelle had to donate to obtain citizenship was about 8 billion won in Korean currency.
In fact, even if Ruelle didn’t solve the trial, it was an amount that could be easily solved by just taking a little from Akula’s treasury.
It was money being used for Ruelle herself, so I wouldn’t feel guilty about taking it.
The problem was that Count Albireo had set conditions for this funding.
That I wouldn’t receive help from anyone, and that I would clearly state the source of the funds.
At first glance, it seemed like an excessive condition, but it wasn’t necessarily so.
Albireo had been generous enough to act as a guarantor by lending his ‘name’ for his son-in-law’s new girlfriend.
In other words, Albireo’s request was both a punishment and a test for his son-in-law’s indulgence.
“But where am I going to get 8 billion won?”
Sharon said that she had earned 1.3 billion won in her 10 years of living as a debtor.
Of course, Sharon was a 17th level at the time, and now Siwoo had the power of a great witch, so the situation was a little different…
While I was deep in thought, I turned around at the sound of someone behind me.
“Did you enjoy your meal?”
“Ah, Lady Deneb, were you taking a walk?”
“Yes, just for a bit before bed.”
There was Deneb in light clothing.
It was a scene that felt strangely familiar.
The pale moonlight on her round shoulders and her loose white hair.
The thin, white nightdress, which was so embarrassing to look at, was the same outfit she always wore when we were trapped in the fish tank together.
Back then, she was wearing a cloak, but now that the season had changed to a shawl, it was even more embarrassing to know where to look.
Was it because of her outfit?
Deneb in the daytime and Deneb at night had a distinctly different atmosphere.
Even though I knew I shouldn’t stare, my eyes were drawn to her exposed skin as if by inertia.
Her soft-looking cleavage, the fluffy hair near her ears like a swan’s down, her elegant collarbone like a beautiful building, and the small mole next to her neck.
Especially the last part stimulated truly blasphemous imaginations.
Siwoo knew where the adorable moles were located on Deneb’s secret places.
“Ah…”
Perhaps noticing Siwoo’s gaze belatedly, Deneb lowered her eyes shyly, pulling her shawl tighter.
Even that expression was familiar.
The short period of three months was not enough to fade the alluring image she had shown.
“Um… I’m sorry. It’s not that I wanted to look…”
“It’s inevitable for a man. Strictly speaking, it’s probably because I’m attractive.”
Deneb awkwardly tried to brush off the situation with a joke.
Siwoo was a little touched.
Was this really the little mother-in-law that Siwoo knew?
The venomousness of a fall viper was gone.
There was only a warm maternal affection that seemed like it would listen to any whim, even if it was a bit unreasonable.
It was clear that I had scored a huge number of points with Deneb, both during our first reunion and at dinner today.
Deneb approached quietly, as if walking on water, and stood right next to Siwoo.
Deneb placed her hand on the terrace railing overlooking the garden.
“……”
“……”
It was actually very awkward.
The two had clearly promised to bury what happened in the fish tank.
However, the relationship had already changed once.
It might be difficult to completely erase it as if pressing ctrl+z.
In the long silence, as Siwoo quietly rubbed out the cigarette in the cigarette case, Deneb opened her mouth.
“The weather is cool. Even though it’s almost summer.”
“Would you like to wear this?”
I quickly took off my coat and draped it over her shoulders.
I realized once again how big the difference in size was between a man and a woman.
Deneb’s slender figure was almost completely enveloped by the coat.
“Thank you.”
“It’s nothing.”
Deneb, who had widened her eyes slightly as if surprised, expressed her gratitude with a smile.
“By the way, I didn’t mean to eavesdrop. What’s the story about 8 billion won?”
It was already known that I had received Ruelle’s citizenship with the help of Jemina.
However, when I told her the whole story about how I had to pay the donation instead, Deneb’s eyes widened as if she had never heard of it.
“That happened.”
“I think it’s a problem I have to take responsibility for.”
“……”
Deneb, who had been keeping her mouth shut like a clam, made an unexpected offer.
“Siwoo-gun.”
“Yes.”
“Shall I help you?”
“Do you have a good idea?”
Deneb nodded.
“With my slush fund, I can easily raise that amount of money.”
“Are you saying you’ll pay the money for me?”
“Yes.”
I naturally thought she would arrange a way for me to earn money, but she was offering to pay that huge amount of money.
Of course, for Deneb, who led a dinosaur corporation not only in Gehenna but also in the present world, it was an amount that could be settled as a small sum…
“Come to think of it, it’s my fault that Siwoo-gun is in trouble.”
“I really appreciate your kindness, but I don’t think I can accept it.”
But it was money I couldn’t accept.
In the first place, this was a test from my big mother-in-law.
If I took money from my little mother-in-law and submitted it, I would be torn to shreds.
The thought of Albireo finding out the truth and getting angry at what kind of relationship I had with Deneb sent shivers down my spine.
“But… I want to help you somehow…”
“If you really want to, I would be grateful if you could find me a suitable job.”
“Would that be enough? How about a disguised job if necessary?”
“Ah, no, really, it’s okay.”
“I can also do a clean job of manipulating the books without any mistakes.”
Disguised job? Manipulating the books? Was that really safe?
Even if it wasn’t a safety issue, it was a proposal that was difficult to accept in my position, where I was trying to complete the proof fairly.
When I rejected all the secret proposals, Deneb pouted her lips as if she was sorry that she couldn’t help more.
“Well, if that’s what Siwoo-gun wants, there’s nothing I can do. I’ll go inside.”
From her slightly sulky voice, I could finally see the old Deneb again.
It was rather a relief.
“Siwoo-gun, there’s a stain on your clothes.”
Then, Deneb, who was about to return my coat, paused and hugged it back to her chest.
“Yes? Where?”
Siwoo tried to look around, but it was difficult to see the coat that Deneb was holding tightly in her arms.
Deneb quickly continued.
“Maybe the stain is too small for you to notice. I think it got on during the meal, so I’ll have it laundered and give it back to you tomorrow.”
“Yes?”
“Good night.”
Deneb disappeared quickly before I could stop her.
I said thank you to her back, but there was no reply.
“What the heck?”
I couldn’t figure it out at all.
2.
At a quiet hour when everyone was asleep.
Deneb quietly opened Siwoo’s door and entered.
“At this time, he must be alone…”
Her heart was pounding.
On the bed where the moonlight was shining, her son-in-law, Shin Siwoo, was sleeping soundly, oblivious to the world.
He was wearing only his underwear.
Thanks to that, I could see his well-defined muscles, which were so well-defined that I could do laundry on them.
-Click
“Sing.”
She locked the door to prevent any intruders and sang a sleep spell.
With this, he wouldn’t wake up even with a considerable disturbance.
In other words, there was no one to disturb Deneb now.
The resulting exhilaration.
She buried the guilt and shame she felt for herself in one corner of her heart and approached the bed.
What pushed her heels was a desire stronger than guilt and shame.
The desire to hold him, to be held by him, to whisper love with him.
She quietly took off his underwear.
The large, hard object that had stirred Deneb’s insides several times was rising high into the sky.
And Deneb’s desire had deepened enough to dare to embrace that rise.
Even the moonlight was ashamed, so she closed her eyes.
She placed her hands on his firm chest and climbed on top of him as if riding a horse.
“Haa…”
His deep scent and the feeling of betrayal became a cocktail.
The wrong pleasure that flowed through her nasal cavity paralyzed her brain.
“Siwoo-gun… I’m sorry. Haa, I’m sorry… I’m really sorry… I know I shouldn’t be doing this… but…”
Deneb, who was repeatedly uttering futile words of apology, gently swayed her hips on top of him.
Deneb’s waist, which had been moving gently like a fallen leaf swaying on the ripples, stiffened.
“Haaang…!”
An unbearable moan.
An orgasm mixed with various emotions.
Deneb’s eyelids trembled as she was immersed in the afterglow, and then she collapsed to the side.
If she fell roughly like that from a riding position, a major disaster called penile fracture could occur, but that didn’t happen.
“……”
In the first place, all of this was Deneb’s imagination.
Deneb was curled up like a baby, smelling the scent emanating from his coat.
Her wet fingers accelerated her misery.
“Where did it all go wrong…”
When Siwoo went missing.
Deneb thought it was a punishment from heaven for her committing a heinous act.
It was Deneb herself who had induced and seduced the magical power charging, which should have been business-like, into a deep sexual relationship between a man and a woman.
Therefore, she swore to heaven that if he could return safely, she would give up everything else.
She swore that she would never look at him with longing eyes again, and that she would go back to the way things were before.
But as soon as she saw him return, her firm resolve crumbled.
No matter how hard she tried to calm herself by looking at the twins, she couldn’t.
She felt a transcendent impulse throwing Deneb around.
Even now, she was taking his clothes with a flimsy lie and panting while smelling his scent, wasn’t she?
All that followed the dizzying pleasure was a depressing sense of guilt and self-loathing.
“Haa…”
The late love that suddenly came to her at the end of her life made Deneb feel heartbroken like a fever.
