episode_0629

629

[Hehehe, anyway, you worked hard~ Is the tattoo okay? It looks a little red and swollen right now?]

Siwoo speaks to her in a gentle tone, as if he is worried about his mother again.

[Sehee said it’s supposed to hurt there… I almost cried from feeling so wronged when I got it without knowing!]

Mom tells Siwoo about the pain and sorrow she experienced in the meantime, as if she is unloading her feelings.

[You even got a hair removal? Isn’t hair removal actually more painful? Hehehe, it feels like something is reversed?]

Siwoo said in a playful tone, teasing his mother lightly.

[Hair removal is just a temporary pain because you apply chemicals and tear it off! This is like making a wound on raw flesh!]

Mom says to Siwoo like a complaint, with a feeling of being wronged and resentful.

[It takes longer to heal too! You’ve never even gotten hair removal or a tattoo! Geez!]

Then, Mom grumbles as if she is upset by Siwoo’s words.

[Heh… Will it be okay tonight~?]

Siwoo sees his mother’s text and speaks nonchalantly, as if talking to himself.

[They said not to get it wet for about a day, and to avoid marital relations for about 3 days… I’ll have to watch the wound heal and the swelling go down…]

Mom replied to Siwoo’s nonchalant words in a calm and indifferent tone.

Mom’s words contained a cautiousness that seemed to be consoling herself, in addition to the purpose of simply conveying precautions.

Siwoo read the sentence several times, and felt a smirk spreading across his face without him even realizing it.

He tried hard to suppress it, but the corners of his lips were already reacting first.

[I guess~ Our ‘marital relations’ will be a little difficult today? Sehee will be the same as Mom…]

Siwoo sends a text, deliberately emphasizing the words marital relations with quotation marks.

[I think it would be better for Se-young and I to sleep separately tonight~ I’ve never slept with Se-young feeling like we’re newlyweds]

Then, Siwoo continues to provoke his mother by foreshadowing a newlywed-like sleep with Se-young.

After Siwoo’s playful words, Mom, who had been silent in the chat room for a while, left a short and firm text after a while.

[If you’re going to do it, do it properly! Don’t make it get twisted later…]

Mom’s text seemed to contain suppressed resentment and anxiety…

[Don’t make it get twisted? What~? What are you saying don’t make it get twisted?]

Siwoo asks back as if deliberately touching the emotions that Mom had been suppressing.

It felt like he was gauging the temperature of the conversation, waiting slowly for Mom’s next reaction…

[What you wrote on Sejin’s back with a pen…]

Mom brings up the picture of Sejin’s sister’s bare back that Siwoo sent earlier, mentioning it subtly.

The insulting titles, the relationship with Siwoo, and various doodles and signatures were on Sejin’s sister’s back…

[Ah, you saw it~? Sejin was away from home for a long time? I thought she wouldn’t know our family’s situation that’s changed for a while~ hehehe]

Siwoo deliberately plays dumb as if he is embarrassed, speaking playfully.

[Is Sejin the third?]

Mom cuts off the preamble and asks directly.

Mom seemed to be asking, recalling the names written on Sejin’s sister’s back and the phrase “third mistress.”

The names of Mom, Gyuri Auntie, Seah, and Sejin’s sister were written side by side in large letters on Sejin’s sister’s back and waist.

And under Sejin’s sister’s name, which was circled, the words “wife” and “third mistress” were drawn with question marks.

Mom is asking Siwoo as if confirming it after seeing those words.

[Yeah… Sejin is the third… mistress…]

Siwoo answered Mom’s question as if it was nothing.

[Seah is the second?]

Mom seemed to be asking, tracing the order of the names written on Sejin’s sister’s back in reverse.

[That’s right~ Seah is the second…]

Siwoo continues to answer Mom’s questions.

After a brief pause, Mom continues to ask.

[What about Mom? In this order, it’s right that Mom is the legal wife?]

Mom was asking Siwoo in a suspicious tone, as if trying to clearly confirm her status.

She seemed to show some uneasiness as she saw Gyuri Auntie’s name, who had signed the marriage contract first, even before Siwoo was born, pushed back behind her own.

[I told you! Mom is my first wife!]

[Because Mom is the first one I had sex with among the people who signed the marriage contract!]

Siwoo explains the reason for determining the order of the legal wife and mistresses in a way that she can understand.

[This won’t change no matter what, so don’t worry!]

Siwoo said as if giving Mom confidence in their relationship.

[Just try saying something different later! I’ll cut off your food and allowance!]

Mom says fiercely, as if she is relieved after confirming that she is Siwoo’s legal wife.

[But you’re still a slave~ so don’t get too excited~!]

[I even had my initials tattooed on your body today, right? It’s proof that Seonmi is my slave, undeniably!]

[You never know how the slave rankings might change later~! You have to be on your toes at all times! Hehehe]

Siwoo spoke to Mom as if giving a warning, in a tone that was hard to tell whether it was serious or a joke.

Mom becomes silent again as if she is dumbfounded by Siwoo’s warning.

[Now I have to be careful not to be seen in places like bathhouses or swimming pools~ It would be a big problem if I got caught, right? Having fallen into being my son’s slave… hehehe]

Siwoo, as if enjoying Mom’s silent reaction, threw out mischievous jokes as if teasing her, even more excitedly.

[Let’s stop talking about the tattoo now! I’m already starting to regret it…]

Mom sent a text in a sulky tone, as if she was sulking with lingering feelings.

A cute reaction mixed with complaints to lightly hide her embarrassed and awkward feelings…

[What’s the point of regretting it now that you’ve already done it? You can just live as my slave for the rest of your life~]

Siwoo nonchalantly accepts Mom’s complaints.

[I should put Sejin’s, Sehee’s, and Seyoung’s initials on it later, too]

[Then, even if someone sees it and asks, I can just say that I engraved the kids’ names there, and they’ll be able to get over it, right?]

Mom is saying as if complaining pointlessly, like a joke.

Mom’s tone still seemed like she was grumbling at Siwoo, but it felt somehow softer, as if she had found more余裕.

[Then later your thigh will be full of initials? Considering Mom’s age, you could probably still give birth to 10 more of us~ hehehe]

Siwoo accepts Mom’s grumbling cheerfully and answers with a pleased feeling.

[What do you think I am, a baby-making machine? It was hard enough raising the four of you so far!]

Mom answers as if she is serious at Siwoo’s words.

However, her text did not contain any intention to completely exclude the possibility of pregnancy with Siwoo, or any nuance that seemed to reject her marital relationship with Siwoo.

Her lines seemed to leave a subtle room for possibility…

Siwoo repeatedly scans Mom’s texts as he heads down towards the subway platform.

Imagining Mom’s belly swelling with his seed, Siwoo’s penis becomes rock hard to the point of pain.

**

Siwoo glances at the time stamped on the upper corner of the smartphone screen as he walks down the stairs.

Before he knew it, the time was approaching the Siwoo family’s dinner time.

Siwoo had also spent quite a long time leisurely at Sejin’s sister’s house, and Mom and Sehee’s sister also seemed to have wasted a lot of time getting tattoos.

Siwoo only had to go to Se-young’s magic academy at the time it was finishing, but it was such a tight time that Mom had to rush home to prepare dinner.

[Mom! I’m going to eat out with Se-young and go in. Mom, you eat with Sehee and come in with plenty of time!]

Siwoo recommends that she dine out with Sehee’s sister, as if considerate of Mom.

[No! We have to eat at home!]

Mom says firmly as soon as she sees Siwoo’s text recommending to eat out.

[It’s going to take some time to prepare food even if you come now anyway, right? If that’s the case, let’s just eat out separately today! Shop slowly too…]

Siwoo persuades Mom and speaks as if gently comforting her.

[You can just wait a little! It’s quick to get home! If we hurry, we can eat right away!]

Mom immediately refuted Siwoo’s suggestion and asserted her own opinion, as if she was trying to stick to the principles she had been following.

[You have to buy Sehee clothes too! Instead of Sehee’s t-shirt that Mom dirtied and threw away yesterday!]

[That was Sehee’s really cherished t-shirt, right? Have you thought about how much she’ll harass me with that as an excuse at night in the future if I don’t buy it for her right away today? Hehehe]

Siwoo puts subtle pressure on Mom, jokingly, as if reminding her of the purpose of today’s outing.

[Even so…]

Mom stubbornly resisted until the end, reacting as if she was somehow disappointed.