Chapter 44 – Both Hands’ Flower (2)
Breakfast was a bit late. While waiting for our food, I reached out to Hong Yeon-hwa’s soft and fluffy cheeks, which felt like glutinous rice cakes.
“Kkyueeng!”
She didn’t react playfully like usual, but instead pulled away with a painful expression, shaking her arms and complaining.
“It hurts! I said it hurts! Why are you doing such a cruel thing to me?!”
“Don’t you know that already?”
Hong Yeon-hwa, with her cheeks swollen and red, tried to hide them with her hands while pouting cutely.
“You also enjoyed it, didn’t you!”
“Are you going to keep making those vulgar sounds?”
Although it was good that they gave the turn to Paeng So-so, it took quite a long time for the still inexperienced Paeng So-so to bring me to climax with their hand.
The problem was that in the meantime, Hong Yeon-hwa, who had caught fire, came down and… even said that it was Paeng So-so’s turn for an additional round.
So, it was squeezed out four times since morning.
Thanks to the Iron King’s Heart Sutra, my stamina had increased significantly, and my recovery rate was also good with the Mu Ryeong Divine Art. But maybe I pushed myself too hard this time, as even the sun… I mean, the bowl of Yanggi, was slightly discolored.
I can’t let this continue. If it was just Hong Yeon-hwa, it would be one thing, but since I have to take responsibility for Paeng So-so as well, I need to find a solution.
The Iron King’s Heart Sutra not only strengthens the body but also increases regenerative power. And with the Mu Ryeong Divine Art, the recovery effect is quite good… If I become stronger, everything will be solved in the end.
I tickled Hong Yeon-hwa’s neck and stroked her swollen cheek to comfort her, while inwardly motivating myself.
Suddenly, I saw Paeng So-so, who was quietly extending their cheek towards me.
“…What are you doing, Paeng So-so?”
“Oh, it’s nothing, Eun-in.”
Paeng So-so returned to their seat with a gloomy expression. I grabbed their cheek slightly, just in case.
“Ah…!”
Their face suddenly brightened, and they began nodding their head as if they had understood something.
What is it? I don’t understand, but it seems like they’re satisfied, so it must be a good thing.
Hong Yeon-hwa, who was rubbing her face against my hand instead of pouting, opened her mouth while looking at Paeng So-so.
“Come to think of it, now you’re also the lord’s woman, so how about calling you more comfortably?”
“More comfortably?”
“That would be nice. No, it would be great. Honestly, Eun-in felt too stiff to me.”
Even without honorifics or formal language, there was a sense of politeness in my speech.
Paeng So-so seemed to be thinking deeply about what we were discussing before speaking cautiously.
“G-ga? Can I be called Ga-ga? Is that okay?”
“Huh?!”
As soon as I heard the nickname Ga-ga, my breath caught in my throat, and it felt like an electric current was running down my spine.
What is Ga-ga? Isn’t that a nickname for lovers that often appears in martial arts novels from my past life?
The sight of the heroine calling the protagonist Ga-ga always melted my heart in those novels.
But to actually hear it in real life!
I don’t know why, but my emotions seem to be showing on the surface. Paeng So-so called me repeatedly, looking relieved.
“Jin Ga-ga~ Jin Ga-ga~”
“Why?”
I asked with a raised eyebrow, not even bothering to hide my surprise.
Paeng So-so just smiled and answered.
“I just wanted to try calling you that.”
“Well, I guess there’s nothing I can do about it!”
My brain suddenly came up with a brilliant idea, as if I had just received an unexpected gift.
Ga-ga is a common nickname in martial arts novels, but I’ve never seen Cheonma, the protagonist, use it.
Of course, I haven’t read all the martial arts novels in the world, so it could exist somewhere… but if I don’t know about it, it might as well not exist.
But what if I use it now…?
I turned my head towards Hong Yeon-hwa, who was wriggling like a hamster on my finger.
“Mm…?”
Surprised, Hong Yeon-hwa blinked her pink eyes. She was cute. Sometimes she was like that for no reason.
“How about changing your nickname too, So-so?”
“Me too? Does my lady have a suggestion?”
Hong Yeon-hwa thought for a moment before speaking.
“How about… So-so-ah?”
“So-so-ah?”
Paeng So-so repeated the nickname with a smile.
“It’s a good nickname. I like it.”
Hong Yeon-hwa grinned, pleased with herself.
“Of course, it’s a nickname given by me, so it’s the best.”
I couldn’t help but smile at their exchange. It was a nice change of pace from the intense activities of the morning.
As we waited for our food, I couldn’t help but think about the new nicknames. Ga-ga and So-so-ah. They had a nice ring to them.
But as much as I enjoyed the lighthearted moment, I couldn’t forget my goal. I needed to become stronger to satisfy both Hong Yeon-hwa and Paeng So-so.
I took a deep breath and focused on my training. I couldn’t afford to let my guard down, not even for a moment.
With a slightly tired expression, Hong Yeon-hwa picked at her food as he asked her, cutting off a piece of meat from my share.
“Well, you don’t have to force yourself… Why do you hate it so much?”
“…It’s not that I hate it.”
“Then?”
“Don’t you feel embarrassed…!”
No, then what about Pung So-so? She’s gotten so used to it that she talks about sleeping, seeing, and the little room all the time.
But come to think of it, Hong Yeon-hwa was someone who couldn’t kneel down and sat with her legs spread out and crossed from the start.
The standard of embarrassment must be different.
It’s okay because I like Hong Yeon-hwa more than anything, even if I can’t hear the sound of the heavens.
As I said that, I stroked her head and Hong Yeon-hwa, who had regained her energy, stopped picking at her food and resumed eating so deliciously that it felt good to watch.
As she wiped her mouth after drinking the last bit of soup, Hong Yeon-hwa suddenly remembered and asked Pung So-so.
“Come to think of it, So-so. What happens if the news that you became a concubine of the lord reaches the ears of the Pung family?”
“I’m curious about that too.”
As a heavenly orphan and someone who came alone from another world unlike Hong Yeon-hwa, who was raised by a teacher, Pung So-so had all her family here.
She just ran away for a while, so she’ll have to come back someday to say hello. It’s important to know who her father-in-law is.
Pretend like you don’t know and focus, Pung So-so, who had tapped her chin a couple of times, wrinkled her face.
“Maybe… they’ll try to kill Lord Jin?”
“What?”
“They might attack him as if they’re going to kill him, but they won’t really kill him.”
At first, I thought it was nonsense, but when I thought about it carefully, it was a statement that had enough possibility.
If a daughter who ran away because she hated the engagement that was arbitrarily decided brings a man that she has never heard of before?
Moreover, if it’s a man with a position, the forbidden leaf of the Pung family in the northern region, and her daughter has to enter the concubine room?
If I were Pung So-so’s father, I would have grabbed him by the neck and brought him down.
Not knowing whether she knew about my and Hong Yeon-hwa’s subtle feelings, Pung So-so clenched her fists and spoke forcefully.
“Don’t worry! I’ll teach you how to deal with the Pung family’s laws so that Lord Jin won’t get hurt!”
“Uh, thank you.”
I’m not going in as a son-in-law, so I can’t teach her the Pung family’s laws. Even if I teach her, she won’t be able to learn it.
I didn’t know she would teach me the evasion method…
