City ​​of Witches 885

Chapter 885 – #193_Sua Teacher (2)

#879

1.
The training ended on the first day without overdoing it.
The fact that Siwoo’s abilities far exceeded Sua’s expectations also played a part.

It was because they had to create a new curriculum for the Great Kaiju battle.

As Sua-sensei had decided to stay as a guest at the Geminai mansion for about a month and teach Siwoo, she was also invited to the dinner.

“I would like to express my deep gratitude once again for your help the other day.”
“No, it’s only right to help if I can.”
“The instability of the present world also affects Gehenna.”

Next to them, Llewellyn was cutting her steak with unusually stiff movements.

“……”

Of course, Llewellyn had been strictly educated in etiquette by her ancestors, so she was never criticized for her table manners like Siwoo.
Even if she was somewhat sloppy and careless, she maintained her dignity in strange places.

But today, she was completely by the book, you could say?
Even though it was a relatively relaxed dinner, every movement was precise.

“What’s wrong? What happened?”
“She’s eating like a bird, so prim and proper.”

The twins looked suspiciously at Llewellyn and threw out words.

Rather than being twisted in nature, Odile and Odette often spoke in a teasing tone because Llewellyn’s reactions were so satisfying.

Llewellyn was hot-tempered and didn’t hold grudges for long, so she was the perfect friend to tease.
Normally, Llewellyn would raise her voice to a decibel that would make the Great Matriarch’s eyebrows twitch, but today was different.

“Hmm.”

Llewellyn very carefully picked up her napkin with her fingertips and wiped her mouth.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. I always eat with such adherence to etiquette.”
“What’s with her voice?”
“It’s so cheesy.”
“Heh heh, it seems that a mere apprentice witch has difficulty understanding my dignity. I understand. I understand.”
“……”
“Please continue with your meal.”

The twins exchanged glances, wondering if Llewellyn had “eaten something wrong” due to her unusually different behavior.

It seemed that Llewellyn was clearly shocked by Sua-sensei’s theory of the Holy King.

Well, Siwoo guessed that the concept wouldn’t last very long.

Anyway, the twins and Llewellyn’s skit, which was fun just to watch, didn’t catch his eye today.

It was because this place was more of a bed of thorns than he had imagined.
Amelia, who rarely opened her mouth during meals, asked quietly.

“…Siwoo, is there something you’re worried about?”
“No. I’m fine.”
“You don’t look good.”
“I’m really fine. I just don’t have much of an appetite.”
“You shouldn’t lose your appetite…”

The reason was simple.
Sua-sensei, who had shown a level of maturity beyond imagination, had defeated Llewellyn.

Therefore, Siwoo’s multiple-lover relationship had not yet been revealed at this point.

To be precise, it was unknown whether his teacher had even revealed the truth to Sua-sensei, but he had naturally missed the perfect timing to confess.

It would be the worst of the worst if he tried to hide it and got caught, rather than saying it himself.
But it was also a bit… to say it in this place where the Matriarch was also present.

“Siwoo, do you want me to tell you how to get your appetite back?”

It was Sharon, who had recently jumped to the 21st rank and was now overflowing with confidence, who whispered in Siwoo’s ear as he was racking his brain.

You can forget about the miserable Sharon who was pushed around here and there.
Sharon, whose tension and confidence had recently skyrocketed, was bold and provocative.
In addition, she was unusually unconcerned about her surroundings, to a frightening degree.

She was experiencing the so-called syndrome unique to witches who had just risen in rank.

For a witch, a rise in rank was a major event that brought the same sense of accomplishment as winning the Super Bowl, winning the Nobel Prize, or achieving the number one ranking on all servers, so it was understandable.

In other words, the line that would come out at this timing would be…

“I can give you something reeeally delicious in my room later. Heh heh… oof…?”
“Sharon, try this. It’s delicious.”

He quickly stuffed Sharon’s mouth with asparagus, lest Sua-sensei hear her.

“Mmph…. Mmph…. You said you didn’t have an appetite… Augh…”
“Yeah, eat as much as you want. Eat more.”
“You’re, you’re going too fast… Mmm, mmm…!”

Sharon, puzzled by the sudden attack, diligently accepted the food that Siwoo was feeding her.

“Assistant! Me too…!”
“Assistant, please feed me too…!”

The chaos didn’t end there.
The twins, who had mistaken Siwoo’s attempt to silence Sharon for an act of affection, opened their mouths and chattered like baby birds begging for food.

“Haa…”

Siwoo wiped away the cold sweat at the series of happenings.

There were already fewer people among his acquaintances who didn’t think Siwoo was a playboy.
He had built a luxurious harem, so he was accepting the harsh glares as his karma.

But why did he feel so guilty and sweaty all of a sudden?

If he thought about it, the reason was simple.

Sua-sensei was his teacher’s close friend.
To put it in a slightly more modern way, she was her soul’s best friend.

It was only natural for a man to want to make a good impression on his girlfriend’s friend.

That wasn’t all.

It was rude to judge by appearances, but Sua-sensei’s attire was that of a Confucian girl, her appearance was that of a maiden in her chamber, and her atmosphere was that of a kind teacher.

How was it?

Didn’t it give off the feeling that she would absolutely not tolerate polygamy?

His ambition to leave the best possible impression seemed like a distant challenge.

“……”

Meanwhile.
Sua was carefully observing the atmosphere at the table out of the corner of her eye, even while talking to Count Geminai.

As Sua-sensei had lived as a witch and as a guardian deity of Korea, she had no dating experience at all.
However, age has a way of making one sense events that one has not directly experienced, and that was why she felt a sense of incongruity.

A subtle current, like a spring breeze mixed with falling petals.
She couldn’t put her finger on it, but it was clear that Shin Siwoo was at the center of the sweet and fresh spring breeze.

“……?”

This was a bit strange.
At the same time, it was wrong.

If Sua-sensei was not mistaken, Shin Siwoo was in a romantic relationship with Eloa.

But to feel a strange emotional current, or, to use a recent trendy word, a ‘something’ with other women.

Amelia might not know, but she knew how Sharon and the twins were involved with Siwoo.

In the case of the twin apprentice witches, Shin Siwoo had saved them during their slave days by using his wit, and Sharon Evergreen was a friend who had lived and struggled together with him in the present world.

Especially in Sharon’s case, they had even lived together in the past, so it was easy to guess their relationship.

Eloa had overcome such rivals and proudly become his lover.

“Heh, it tastes better because Siwoo is feeding me.”
“……”

Seeing Sharon happily smiling and munching on the vegetables that Siwoo had given her, she became confused again.

The act of feeding each other.
Wasn’t that a typical act of affection?

Sua didn’t think of herself as a narrow-minded person.
Rather, she prided herself on being close to a modern woman when it came to marriage and dating.

She not only viewed free love positively, but even tolerated premarital sex.
The taboo against sex was a discourse limited to the corrupted Confucian orthodoxy.

“Sharon, now you eat.”
“Aah, I want to eat more, huh?”

But Sharon, who was clinging to him and acting like a fox, and Siwoo, who was not firmly rejecting Sharon, looked very unhealthy.

2.
After the meal.
Sua followed Siwoo as he left the dining hall.

“Siwoo-gong, would you be willing to treat this girl to a cup of tea?”
“Of course.”

She didn’t think that Siwoo and Sharon’s display of affection today was malicious.

However, if he was making a mistake without being able to distinguish right from wrong, he needed an indirect lesson.
No matter what anyone said, Eloa was Sua-sensei’s closest friend, and Shin Siwoo was her boyfriend.

“Siwoo-gong, you are in a romantic relationship with Eloa-gong, correct?”

She approached the topic carefully, as it was a sensitive one.

“That’s right.”
“It may be a rude question, so I apologize in advance.”
“Yes?”
“I observed Siwoo-gong and Sharon-yang at the dinner table.”

As soon as she brought it up, Siwoo’s face immediately hardened.
Sua slowly solidified her speculation into a conviction and opened her mouth.

“This girl has no experience, but the old sages said that the love between a man and a woman is emotionally intertwined, and once deeply entangled, it is difficult to separate. Even if it is an old relationship, it would not be easy to undo it.”
“……”

“However, Siwoo-gong said that you are in a romantic relationship with Eloa-gong. This means that it is right to clearly distinguish between men and women and to behave properly so as not to leave even the slightest misunderstanding… but…”

The reason why Sua trailed off was because he looked more flustered than she had expected.

“Uh, this… um…”

Siwoo’s reaction to Sua’s words, ‘Since you have a girlfriend, shouldn’t you keep a proper distance from your female friends or ex-girlfriends?,’ was one of utter confusion.

“……?”

Doubt began to sprout.

If what Sua had felt at the dinner was just a misunderstanding or a subtle current, there was no reason for him to be so troubled.
A simple ‘I will be careful in the future’ would have been enough to clear things up.

But what was this reaction?

“Hoo, I’m sorry. I was actually going to tell you, but I missed the timing.”
“Siwoo-gong?”

Could it be?
Really?
Was he unable to forget his past lover and was continuing the relationship even though he already had a partner?
And that was while Eloa was struggling in the present world and had left the inner quarters empty?

That was an affair.
That was cheating.

Even the modern woman Sua Agatha found it difficult to accept such an atrocity.
Just as Sua’s neatly trimmed eyebrows were about to shoot up.

“I have many lovers. Yes, that’s how it is.”

Sua-sensei, who was shocked as if she had been hit on the head with a hammer by Siwoo’s declaration, blinked for a long time as if she had heard an encrypted message without a decoder.

“Siwoo-gong, would you please confirm if this girl has understood correctly?”
“Yes.”
“Does that statement mean that you are admitting to having an affair?”
“Ah, no… that’s not it.”

“Oh my… oh my… how could this happen… I know better than anyone how much Eloa-gong loves you, how could you be so shameless…”
“That’s not it. Please listen to my explanation.”

Seeing Sua-sensei, who was in a panic and trembling, Siwoo hurriedly added an explanation.

And so, the whole story was revealed.

Shin Siwoo really had many lovers.

As Sua-sensei had guessed, there was Sharon, the former Baroness Merrygold, and even the twins, who were still apprentice witches, were included.
The deep-sea witch he had met tonight was no exception.

But his womanizing didn’t end there.
The sword witch and the path-seeking witch, who had been dispatched to the newly established Hokkaido branch, were also his lovers.

Just counting the number of people, there were eight.
Even if you tried to apply the concept of three wives and four concubines, you would have to prepare one more seat.
It was beyond the level of thinking, ‘It’s a relief that he’s not secretly having an affair.’

“I apologize for being rude… but are you… human?”

A wide spectrum encompassing public figures, apprentice witches, mature witches, and young witches.
Sua-sensei, who had faced the end of debauchery, felt a level of confusion that combined post-apocalypse and cosmic horror.