Chapter 494 – Playing Is Fun
After the parasols were installed, we approached there with the guidance of a security guard and sat for a moment in the wide shaded area.
“Ah… Good.”
Swan, who was sitting in his seat, looked out at the vast sea and smiled happily as if he was in a good mood.
“Do you like the sea?”
“Of course! It’s wide, vast, and free!”
When I asked whether the sea was good, Swann made eye contact with me as if it was obvious and explained why he liked it.
I like the spaciousness where I can’t see anything else around me. I feel at ease because I always feel free.
After hearing all that, I was so worried that I wondered if he was mentally ill, seeing that he always yearned for freedom.
‘Why do I like being so free?’
Since we have briefly looked into her past, we know that she lived a confined life because she was the only granddaughter.
But if you think about it, it wasn’t that serious. Because she was an escort that seemed natural given her position.
However, Swan’s pathological desire for freedom was much stronger than expected.
When I was wondering if I might have a mental problem due to my obsession with freedom.
“Let’s have a swimming competition with me.”
Swan, who was sitting in the shade, looked at me and suddenly suggested that we have a swimming competition.
“Suddenly a match?”
“Yes, the person who lost the match answers the question of the person who won.”
“Why do you suddenly want to do that?”
“Just because it’s fun?”
When I asked him why he was suddenly asking for a match, I thought it would be okay because of his blunt answer.
I don’t know how good she is at swimming, but no matter what happens, she can’t beat me, who is beyond human.
‘What should I ask?’
It was as if she had already won, so I wondered what question to ask her.
And that concern did not last long before it was decided. Just a moment ago, I wondered why she was so eager for freedom.
“Okay, let’s play.”
“It’s cool, so the first person to get from here to their wins.”
“Okay.”
The starting point that Swann pointed out was from the parasol where we were to a place where there was a buoy a little further away.
‘It’s quite far…’
It doesn’t seem that far to the eye, but it was quite a distance when you think of the ocean as where you were swimming.
No matter how calm the waves are, it requires a different level of physical strength than swimming in a pool.
“Ah! “Give me a handicap.”
“Ask for a handicap?”
“Yeah, you’re a guy, right? So, please leave in about 30 seconds.”
As I was getting ready to start, Swann suddenly asked me for a handicap and told me to start 30 seconds late.
It didn’t really matter to me because I could win even if they gave me 1 minute, but I was a little surprised that they so confidently asked for a handicap.
‘Isn’t that too confident?’
When you place a bet, you even decide your handicap. I was about to say no, as I was offended by the completely unruly behavior of the young lady.
“Jjol?”
“Okay, we’re leaving in 30 seconds.”
I had no choice but to allow it because the system interpreted Swann’s American word for jjol.
It was something that could not be forgiven for daring to spit out ‘jol’, which was almost like a taboo, to a man.
As we talked together, the resentment over putting my parents in danger still remained, but it had been diluted to some extent.
During the car ride, whenever the story of my parents came up, I could clearly see the guilt in her eyes.
It wasn’t something I could easily forgive, but I thought I could tolerate it to some extent if I was blaming myself to that extent.
‘If I had stretched it all the way, we wouldn’t have even had a conversation.’
If he didn’t feel the slightest bit of guilt about what he did, he wouldn’t have been treated as a human being.
If he showed sociopath-like tendencies, he would have been thinking about how to get revenge.
“Then… Let’s begin!!”
When I tried to count 30 seconds in my mind while watching Swan start running alone while shouting start.
“1…2…3…4”
The security guard next to us who had been silent suddenly started counting 30 seconds loudly.
I was so dumbfounded that I looked at him wearing sunglasses for a moment, and he flinched, but didn’t stop counting the seconds.
‘It’s really absurd.’
I don’t know when it was prepared, but the security guard must have made it count for 30 seconds.
Since they decided to give me a handicap, I just patiently waited until the word 30 came out of the bodyguard’s mouth.
“30.”
“Go!”
As soon as the word 30 left the security guard’s mouth, I strengthened my legs and followed Swan, who was running at a reasonable pace.
‘It’s faster than I thought.’
As she always longed for freedom and was thinking about running away, her running speed was unusual.
The speed was somewhat talented, and I was quite far away during the 30-second count, but I couldn’t help but laugh at that.
If I wanted to, I could close that distance in an instant and stand next to her.
Anyway, a proper match would start in the sea, so with that leisurely thought in mind, I ran while adjusting my speed.
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Swan, who came out after changing into a swimsuit, began to become more suspicious the moment she encountered Lane, who was waiting for her.
‘It seems similar to the muscles I saw back then.’
I watched his upper body muscles closely as he was naked and wearing only loose-fitting pants.
Most of the areas where the clothes had holes were in the abs and chest.
There was a hole in the lower body as well, but I deliberately didn’t look at it because it could raise other suspicions.
It seems very similar to the muscles I saw back then. With that thought in mind, Swan wondered how he could reveal his identity.
‘What would be better…’
After thinking hard, she came up with a way to place a bet that could touch a man’s pride.
Having spent time with bodyguards since I was young, it was a way for me to pick up and think about the conversations of the bodyguards, most of whom were men.
The bodyguards, who had no personal time because they were always guarding themselves, sometimes made bets among themselves.
Swann, who remembered the way they looked like they were almost risking their lives every time, thought it was a pretty good method.
Then, you must now set a bet that is advantageous to you.
And the bet she made was who would reach her destination faster by swimming in the sea.
Since he was young, he loved the sea and was confident in swimming, so it was a bet that he thought he could win.
‘I’m good at fighting, but I don’t know swimming.’
If Lane is really the masked person who saved her, she can never win with just her physical abilities.
However, she thought she had a chance of winning since some people are good at swimming and some are not.
In addition, she even thought about her handicap to increase her odds of winning.
When she told the security guard about her handicap, he remained silent without even nodding.
She was a veteran bodyguard who had been protecting her for a long time, so she would take care of it.
“Start… Start!”
Swan tensed the muscles in her legs and said, “Start,” And immediately ran toward the sea.
The buoy visible in the distance is where she came to this sea and swam once when she got used to her swimming.
She was confident that even her bodyguards could be defeated by that point.
The distance isn’t that far, and if you last 30 seconds, you’ll have some leeway, considering the mask man’s physical abilities.
With that in mind, she went into the sea and started swimming, but unfortunately, her opponent had a strong body that far surpassed her expectations.
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-Splash!
Of course it was Swan who went into the sea first. I have adjusted her strength so that I am currently at a distance of approximately 30 meters.
As she entered the water, she quickly began to swim and increase the distance as if she was used to it.
‘It seems faster than when I run.’
As if she hadn’t decided to swim for nothing, Swan went into the water and started swimming.
Although it is definitely calm, there are waves, and they keep hitting forward.
When I saw that, I thought I could speed up a little more and quickly jumped into the water.
I go in and start swimming just like I learned a long time ago. It was a bit awkward for her as it was her first time swimming in a long time, but her [Half-body] Body quickly got used to it.
If I start 30 seconds behind and win too overwhelmingly, she’ll doubt me again.
So I started swimming, deliberately controlling my strength, but there was one problem.
‘How much do I need to adjust this?’
It was because it had been so long since I had been swimming that I didn’t know how much strength I needed to control.
Unlike running, even if you apply just a little bit of force, your physical ability is so great that you can move straight forward.
The distance to Swan, who had been some distance away, suddenly became closer, so I immediately had to reduce my strength further.
Through various experiments, I was finally able to adjust the distance between her and her just right.
A man and a woman swim through the sea, cutting through the current. Both of them had standard postures, so it was really beautiful to watch from the side.
‘Now I have to slowly overtake.’
I was catching up little by little while adjusting my strength, but as time passed, I soon saw the buoy, my target point, in front of me.
Knowing what her Swan was trying to do when she asked her to make this bet, I had absolutely no intention of losing to her.
‘They will try to ask about my identity.’
Perhaps what she will ask me is whether my true identity is the Masked Man or not.
Of course, I could just lose and lie and say no, but I didn’t want to lie, and I especially didn’t want to lose the bet.
Because it is unacceptable to lose a bet where a man’s pride is at stake.
My thought was that if I couldn’t win even that much, I should just get rid of it and live like a woman.
As I gradually increased my speed, I came to be side by side with Swan, who was ahead.
Now the remaining distance to the buoy is about 10 m. When she noticed that I was next to her, she tried to increase her speed even more, but she had already used up all her strength in the beginning and was unable to achieve any speed.
Seeing her like that, I leisurely put my hand on her buoy and immediately after, her swan’s hand touched her buoy.
“Ha… I won.”
“Haa… Haa… Haa…”
When I told him that I had won because I had put in all my effort, Swann just gasped and glanced at me.
After some time, she finally regained her breathing and spoke to me.
“Ah… I hope you win.”
“Of course it would be nice to win.”
“Yes, yes, I’m glad you like it.”
Swann, displeased with the fact that she lost a swim she was confident in despite being handicaped by 30 seconds, quipped.
But nothing changes. The winner was me, and she lost the chance to ask me questions.
When I try to go back like this, I don’t have to worry about anyone finding out that I’m a masked man.
“Are you planning to go first?”
When I tried to go back into the water, Swan grabbed me and asked.
“Then?”
“You should go with me, how can you think of going alone?”
“Can’t I go alone?”
“Ha?”
Anyway, looking at my swimming skills, I don’t think I’m good enough to float into the sea alone.
And there were bodyguards riding jet skis nearby to prepare for any unexpected accidents.
Even if I go alone, she can somehow come back safely.
As she thought about that and tried to leave, Swan spoke to me in a high-pitched voice, as if she was dumbfounded.
“No! Take me too! “You should never go alone!”
She seemed so dissatisfied with me going alone that she grabbed my arm and begged me to go with her.
The bitterness in her heart hasn’t gone away yet, and she’s just about to get annoyed at her for trying to make fun of her.
“I don’t want to go alone…”
Swan said she had a gloomy face and said she didn’t want to go to me alone.
Earlier, he went alone, but when he suddenly went back, he said he didn’t want to go alone.
As I was wondering what this was, I thought that she was traumatized by this.
‘Is it because of your family?’
As she was doing her research about Swann, it occurred to her that she had not stayed with her parents since her childhood, but with her grandfather.
Her parents are alive and well. But she was so busy that I didn’t spend much time with her.
Keitel military company was world-famous and had a significant sales volume overseas.
In order to handle all of this, there was no choice but to entrust sales to trustworthy people, and the method Chairman Ron chose was to entrust sales to trusted family members.
Thanks to thorough early education from a young age, all of Chairman Ron’s children had the talent to become merchants.
If Chairman Ron dies anyway, all ownership will go to his children.
That is why he entrusted all overseas transactions to his children.
To keep up with the extensive sales schedule, the children had to be busy, which meant Swan was always left alone.
The reason Chairman Ron was so soft on Swan was because he felt guilty about leaving him alone because of work.
‘Hmm… What should I do?’
Of course, her circumstances were of no concern to me. She comes from a rich family, and she is the daughter, so even if you attack her, you will inevitably end up in trouble, so she is not that attractive.
If I was as crazy about women as I used to be, I would have just started dating her without worrying about such things, but not now.
One thing I realized after going through various incidents is that if you eat anything that feels good, you will get out of trouble.
While I was thinking that, I faced Swan’s crying face and had no choice but to just go with him.
‘I definitely didn’t pass up because she was a beauty.’
She thought to herself that she definitely didn’t fall for her because she was beautiful, and I waited quietly.
