Chapter 797 – #167_Lovers’ Grand Assembly (2)
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1.
In fact, Siwoo had been optimistic when he first came to see Yebin for treatment.
It was just a slight loss of sensation, with no pain or other abnormalities.
And as a martial arts master, Siwoo didn’t make any minor mistakes just because he couldn’t feel anything.
From the center of his body to his extremities, he could move them as he wished, even without seeing or feeling them.
That was the first step in strengthening a spirit with magic.
He had already survived many dangerous battlefields with his hands devoid of sensation.
Even Count Kohab, who had fitted him with the prosthetic, hadn’t found anything particularly wrong, so how serious could it be?
“This is strange….”
Therefore, Siwoo hadn’t expected that even Yebin, the healing specialist witch he trusted, would be at a loss.
Even back in Hexennacht, she had said that if they had the proper diagnostic equipment, they would be able to find the cause.
“Is it the same again?”
“There’s nothing wrong with the neural network, the spirit alignment, or the magic circuits. According to the readings, everything is functioning normally.”
This was already the fifth re-examination.
They had used various diagnostic tools to examine him from multiple angles.
Count Kohab’s prosthetic was connected to Siwoo without any flaws.
It didn’t seem like there was anything more Yebin could do.
“There’s something wrong, but there’s nothing wrong…”
Yet, all they got were contradictory results.
“…I’ll do a full spirit projection scan as a last resort.”
“What’s that?”
“Hmm… think of it like an MRI. It’ll take about three days for the results to come out, so I’ll analyze them again then.”
If Yebin, the expert, didn’t have any immediate solutions, Siwoo couldn’t argue.
For now, he decided to join the others in the present world.
He promised to be contacted as soon as the results were analyzed and returned to the mansion.
The door inspection was also finished, so it was time to go back.
2.
“Assistant isn’t here.”
“Sharon, Unnie’s assistant isn’t here.”
“Oh, I’ve told you so many times. The door is being inspected, so it’s taking time.”
“Green hair, you go and bring him here.”
“I told you, it’s being inspected…”
“That’s the Queen’s order! So do something about it!”
“I can’t!”
The twins, slumped on the bed, had been whining all day.
Actually, Sharon was used to that, but with Llewellyn joining in, she ended up raising her voice.
She had managed to distract them by showing them around Seoul before, but now that Siwoo had been gone for a while, it wasn’t working anymore.
Even when they went to the department store, she was constantly bombarded with questions like, ‘Where’s Assistant?’, ‘I miss Assistant’, ‘Bring him back quickly’, ‘Call him’, and Sharon was getting a nervous breakdown.
And the most unfair thing was that the twins and Llewellyn only whined to Sharon.
They didn’t dare say a word to Amelia, who was leisurely sipping coffee while reading a book at the kitchen table.
That must be what they mean by ‘being effective’.
Well, Amelia had a scary side that made it hard to talk to her.
“……”
Meanwhile, Amelia glanced at Sharon and the triplets before turning her attention back to her book.
She was a little envious.
Those four, getting along so well.
She had been reading and studying the book she found at the bookstore, but it seemed that habits and abilities she had acquired over a lifetime couldn’t be changed just by reading a few lines.
‘When will I be able to get that close?’ With a small sense of disappointment, she looked at the book, the cover hiding the title.
Then Sharon approached.
“Amelia, what book are you reading?”
Sharon just wanted to shift some of the triplets’ attention to Amelia.
But Amelia was happy that Sharon had spoken to her first.
It was originally Amelia’s secret weapon, something she wanted to keep hidden and read alone…
‘How to Become a Beloved Lover’.
Maybe it would be okay to share this one?
“It’s this one. I bought it when I went to the big bookstore before.”
Amelia took off the book cover and showed the slightly outdated, gaudy cover.
“Wow… you actually found a book like this…”
Sharon, who had a lot of experience in the present world, knew right away.
The book Amelia was holding was at least 10 years out of date, a piece of trash that a con artist who called himself a master of love had diligently printed, even though no one acknowledged him.
Amelia had found this book in the corner of the bookstore.
There was a reason why books that were tucked away in the corner were hard to find.
“Right? I was originally going to keep it to myself… but after I finish reading it, I’ll show it to you, Sharon.”
But Sharon couldn’t bring herself to say, ‘Please sort that into the paper recycling when you throw it away,’ in front of Amelia, who was shyly speaking as if she was showing her a precious treasure map.
“Um… okay. Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
As Sharon approached Amelia, the twins also slowly moved closer.
They had failed last time, but the twins were always trying to get closer to Amelia.
Of course, the reason was the impure intention of ‘being able to fight freely like with Sharon, Unnie’, but either way, it was a perfect chance to talk to her.
“Associate Professor! We’re interested in that book too!”
“What’s it about?”
“Ah, this is…”
Odile and Odette, who had leaned their heads to either side, glanced at the chapter Amelia had opened.
“Love based on the age difference between men and women?”
“Let’s see, let me take a look too.”
As the twins moved, Llewellyn, who was usually afraid of Amelia, also slowly approached.
The chapter was about the ideal age difference between couples and their preferences.
Sharon might have known, but the twins and Llewellyn didn’t have the knowledge to judge the expertise of the book.
The three of them were immediately interested and started reading the book.
“Hehehe.”
“Hahaha.”
The twins, who had put their heads together and were flipping through the pages, suddenly let out smug laughs.
“This was already a predetermined game.”
“Well, there’s no need to read any further.”
“What do you mean by that?”
The twins, as if asking what that meant, raised their noses to the sky and boasted.
“How old is Sharon, Unnie?”
“Me? 32.”
“Llewellyn, how about you?”
“My age… I’m probably around thirty. Why would a witch count such things?”
“Wahahaha!”
The twins burst into laughter.
They pointed to a line on the page they had just turned and recited it.
“Men tend to prefer younger women!”
“A survey of 1,000 single men and women showed that 60% of men prefer younger women!”
““Don’t you understand yet?””
The twins drove the point home to the other lovers, who were just beginning to realize.
“We’re the only ones younger than Assistant! We’re 21, the flower of youth!”
“In other words, we’re in the most superior position…!”
Sharon’s face turned white.
Amelia’s face turned pale, beyond white.
She had never counted her age exactly, but Amelia had lived for almost 170 years.
Compared to Siwoo, who was still in his late 20s, she was at least 100 years older.
It was only natural, but this book didn’t even mention 100-year age gaps.
So, wasn’t the age difference between Amelia and Siwoo not even counted?
“That’s not important!”
Amelia, in a panic, faced the unacceptable reality and rarely raised her voice.
“This book is about human relationships!”
The witch society didn’t really care about age in the first place.
If you live your whole life in your prime, what does age matter?
Therefore, she had never approached it from the perspective of being older or younger.
“Associate Professor, I understand.”
“But what can we do? That’s how reality is, right?”
Amelia, who was flustered, retorted.
“What do you mean that’s how reality is? And that’s not how witches count their age!”
The smug twins even forgot their fear.
They crossed their arms and treated Amelia with a relaxed and sly attitude.
“Hmm?”
“Then how should we count it?”
“What does age matter? The Queen usually has men who are decades younger.”
Unlike Llewellyn, who was surprisingly uninterested, Sharon came to Amelia’s support.
“Of course… a witch’s age should be counted as stopped after her succession!”
“That’s right! It’s not like we’re getting old!”
Sharon also hadn’t cared much about the age difference with Siwoo.
But now that the age difference, which she had never really cared about, was mentioned realistically, it didn’t sound good.
If that was the case, wasn’t Sharon already in her 30s?
“Tsk, tsk, tsk.”
“It’s just pitiful to see the death throes of older women who can’t accept reality.”
The twins shook their heads.
How many penalties had they had to bear because they were apprentice witches?
They couldn’t do what other lovers did, and they had to have secret dates while avoiding their teachers’ eyes.
There was no way they would easily let go of the ‘advantage of being an apprentice witch’ in such a situation.
“Siwoo will like older women!”
“That’s right, you’re the only ones who are younger!”
“How immature. You’re getting worked up over such a trivial thing.”
Then came the sound of the door lock button.
-Beep beep beep beep
The movements of the group, who had been bickering like dogs that didn’t get along, stopped at once.
“It’s Assistant! Unnie! Let’s show this book to Assistant too!”
“Why are you so late, Assistant!”
The twins, who ran out faster than anyone else, opened the door with a bang.
They held their breath.
“……”
If you only looked at her appearance, she seemed even colder than Associate Professor Amelia,
A witch with a well-honed, knife-like aura was standing at the door.
“Eek…!”
“Llewellyn! Attack! Attack!”
She was so terrifying that they even forgot that Assistant was supposed to bring back two enemies who had been imprisoned in Gehenna.
The twins, running away from the scary-looking witch who had suddenly appeared, did a reverse charge.
“Queen~ I’m here~”
“Dorothy!”
A witch with a gentle impression came in, patting the head of the scary witch with her palm.
This time, Llewellyn was overjoyed and ran out.
“Linne, loosen up your expression. Smile~ Smile~ The kids are scared.”
“Take your hand off me. Before I cut it off.”
“I’m back.”
“You were delayed. I’m sorry.”
Beyond Linne and Dorothy’s friendly conversation, Elloah and Siwoo entered.
Thus, for the first time, all the lovers were gathered in one place.
