City Of Witches 609

Chapter 609 – #123_The Melancholy of Deneb (4)

#609

One.
The exchange between Yesod and Count Zemanai is quite historic.

This is because the predecessors of the predecessors, the predecessors of the predecessors, took part in Count Chil from the time Gehenna was first created, and established periodic exchanges and mutually beneficial relationships.

Of course, the insolent Albireo Deneb duo and Lucy, the model of an arrogant witch, did not always have an amicable relationship.

When she was still a young witch, she would clash for various reasons.

For example, Zemonai devastated a business that Lucy had his eye on, or Yesod intercepted a prey that Zemonai had his eye on.

However, it is difficult to maintain the spirit of youth for the rest of your life.

Around the same time, the name of the witch was inherited, and over 100 years of fighting and hateful affection accumulated in the midst of quarrels were transformed into the name of friendship.

The Lucy Yesod knew Deneb Zemanai well.

She has a slightly more human side than her older sister’s side.
To her apprentice witch, she is stricter than her older sister.
If Albireo has a knack for business expansion and aggressive investment, Deneb tends to fill in loopholes by thoroughly strengthening internal stability.

It’s also that I’m not good at joking.

So, how should we interpret this situation?

[If you are being threatened, let the hair below the left ear look natural now]

Lucy blinked her eyes several times.
Her elegant cursive handwriting is scribbled with special ink from my mother’s magic tools shop.

Since the content cannot be identified by viewing it with a camera or surveillance magic other than the naked eye, unauthorized copying and leakage to the outside are prevented.
Therefore, it was used when writing important contracts or pledges.

In other words, Deneb had the possibility of surveillance in mind.
Is there a surveillance or wiretapping device here now?

Lucy opened the force field to check the magic around him, but found nothing out of the ordinary.
There is no way it could be in the first place.
This is the main building of Yesod Mansion and Lucy Yesod’s workshop.

Besides, the content is even more meaningful.
What if you are being threatened?
Was there ever a man of great stature who could blackmail the Count in Gehenna?

“You are very witty. Um, was it April Fool’s Day today?”

However, seeing Deneb sneaking away the note with a serious expression on his face made it even more difficult to know what was what.

It was Deneb’s own joke, so I couldn’t figure out why.
The suffocating sense of urgency and spleen that reminds me of a scene from a spy film is just embarrassing.

“After….”

Deneb, who had been observing Lucy Yesod’s reaction, was convinced.

He’s also hiding something.
As soon as he saw the note for the first time, his expression was drenched in bewilderment.

Now I’m trying hard to dismiss it as a joke, but the embarrassment still doesn’t go away.
It means that it is stabbed exactly where it hurts.

She may want to deny that she has been blackmailed.
The fact that Count Yesod succumbed to the blackmail and suffered a bad deed was a scandal enough to cause gossip.

Even Deneb, with whom he maintained a friendship-like relationship, may not want to inform it.
Of course, Deneb intends to use that part in negotiations.

Deneb immediately showed the next note he had prepared.

[Please nod your head if there is surveillance magic or a ban on your surroundings]

“Count Deneb? What are you trying to do? Surveillance magic or prohibition? This is my workshop.”
“Then there is no other magic. Is it okay if I check it out?”
“What if the Count wants it…..”

Lucy, who can’t hide her embarrassment at Deneb’s sudden behavior, but gets along with her.

“Sing.”

As a result of a simple check, no suspicious magic was found around.
Therefore, Deneb put the rest of the note he had prepared just in case, back into his bosom.

It was a far more lax measure than expected.
Then, I thought, Deneb might be holding on to a much more sensitive issue than he had imagined.

“It’s okay to be honest. Because I already know everything.”
“I don’t understand what you mean.”
“I know I am not trustworthy. First of all, Siu-kun is a guest in our family. I’m here to set the wrong thread in place.”

A milestone appeared to indicate the direction of the conversation, which had been in the middle of nowhere.

It is unknown why they asked whether they were being threatened and whether they were being monitored.
But there were also a number of interpretable milestones.

First of all, the situation is that Shin Si-woo is the son-in-law of Daryl of the Jemanai family.
Deneb’s current atmosphere is unusual.
The following remarks, ‘Siwoo-kun is a guest in our family’, ‘wrongly threaded relationship’, and ‘to fix it’.
By combining decipherable milestones, the cause of Deneb’s behavior was inferred.

Albireo already knew about Siu and Lucy’s research.
Even though he knew that Lucy liked him and seduced him before the study, he didn’t take any action.

But, again, at this point, are you trying to block the research with Shin Si-woo?
Before branching out into all sorts of speculation, Lucy decided to be honest.

“Count Deneb. Could you please explain a bit easier? I can’t understand anything.”

Also, the tone doesn’t come out well.

If it was anything else, it was impossible to concede even an inch if it was related to Diana.
If the Gemanai count family tries to interfere with Shin Si-woo’s research by claiming the preoccupation, he is willing to fight.

“Are you being threatened by Siwoo?”

Lucy, who was building up her fighting spirit, tilted her head at the sound of a dog eating grass.

“Yes?”
“I know you are being threatened by Siwoo.”
“… Yes?”

Accidents can’t keep up

“Is it a threat? Siwoo is me?”
“You don’t have to be so puzzled. I’m here to help Count Lucy and take full responsibility for the case. Please rest assured.”

Where did you come from and what did you hear about?
It felt like dealing with people who genuinely believe the earth is flat.

“Looks like there are rumors going around again. Those who have nothing to do anyway. Wasn’t it something Count Deneb didn’t like to gossip about other people’s backstory?”

Deneb must have heard some bullshit in the salon.
It’s amazing that a witch the size of Deneb could be so serious about rumors.
It was a moment to end this meaningless topic with a laugh.

“I saw it with my own eyes.”

Lucy’s head went blank.

“What?”
“The way he relates to you.”

What did you see?
A beep sounded in Lucy’s ear.
At the same time as the heavy tinnitus, Deneb’s ‘I saw it, I saw it’ rings like a circling song.

“No, no, no…. Why are you looking at that? How do you see it?”
“Really sorry. It was not intentional.”

Of course, this was a major problem.
An unreasonable invasion of privacy.
No matter how close the Earl of Gemonai was to the Earl of Yesod, spying on the sleeping quarters was an unacceptable mistake.

But before I could even get angry, I felt a sense of shame.

The act I shared with him today in bed passes by like a panorama.

Doesn’t that mean Deneb saw it all?
Scenes where you get hit on the butt, scenes where you are hugged by him like a slave, scenes where you gasp while pretending you don’t like it.

Only then is the loose link of the clues firmly connected.
Countess Yesod, who dropped her knife as she was cutting her meat helplessly, and Deneb, who looked at her with quite serious eyes.

“So there is no need to hide it. Of course, I have no desire to disclose it to the outside world. I just want to help Countess Lucy.”
“…….”

Lucy Yesod has never had such an embarrassing moment in her entire life.
Even when Shi-woo found out about a novel she was writing as a hobby, she didn’t feel as grounded as this.

“As it is a sensitive issue, I know you want to deal with it as quickly and quietly as possible.”
“…….”
“Can I get the exact details?”

Lucy hung her head and didn’t answer.
Deneb was convinced that all of her hypotheses were correct, and that she had pushed ahead with the negotiations as she intended and at the right time.

With this, Siwoo will be able to avoid the worst option.
Now it is time for Count Yesod to come up with an acceptable punishment and compensation plan and mediate.

Looking at the top of Lucy’s head, who is silent, he cautiously opens his mouth.

With this much clue, Lucy would know what Deneb wanted.
She got to the point without needing to speak.

“This unsavory incident will never be disclosed to the outside world. However, could you consider that Shin Si-woo is the son-in-law of our family?”
“…….”
“I don’t mean to go beyond Eoyoung and Buyeong. I’ll give you enough compensation. However, I want them to be punished through due process.”

Now I’ve said everything I have to say.

“Count Deneb….”

After a long silence, Countess Lucy, whose ears are burning red, opens her mouth.
She’s a woman, but she’s been through it, and she’s heard it through the mouth of another person….
Her shame would be eating her heart.

“… I don’t want punishment.”

It seems that a fairly important matter has been caught as a weakness.
Or it may be that she consults with her and later uses her own hands.

“Of course Deneb believes. Thank you for your heart. But I don’t want any punishment.”

Lucy slowly raised her head.
Tears are welling up around her eyes, red-ripe like a well-cooked octopus.

“Lucy….”
“It’s a punishment in the first place…. It’s absurd….”

What else is absurd?
At this point, Deneb also became impatient.
If you can’t be a mediator, the room for interference is reduced.

“Why?”
“Ha…. How did this happen….”

Lucy, who had only lamented and sighed, pursed her lips.

“I…. I did it because I wanted to.”

Revealing the truth here is tantamount to revealing Lucy’s secret taste.
However, in a situation where Deneb is firmly misunderstood, ‘Right! He threatened me and raped me!’ You can’t say that.
There was no way he wanted the sparks to fly to Siwoo because of a pure misunderstanding.

“Lucy, I know you want to hide it.”
“No, really.”
“You know it’s not something you can just cover up.”
“Is it really?”
“Lucy….”

Therefore, Deneb, who risked shame and revealed the truth, but of course, did not believe it at all.
He even looks at me with pitiful eyes.

“Really!”

Quiet for a while.

“Everything I saw was Count Lucy’s request?”
“Yeah, that’s why….”
“Countess Lucy, I am not a fool. If all the scenes I’ve seen claim to be consensual…. Absolutely unbelievable.”

Was it consensual to get on his knees, crawl like a dog, pull out his penis without using his hands like a slave, and spank him in the ass?

It’s like sex torture.
Where in the world is such a ridiculous taste?

“Tell me honestly.”
“I told you honestly! You held back your shame and said it without the slightest lie!”
“Then are you saying that Countess Lucy’s taste is unusual enough to require such an act? I can’t believe it.”
“Aaaaagh!”

It is said that the embarrassing, embarrassing, and heartbreaking conversation was captured only after about 30 minutes of Q&A.