Episode 45 – Meeting with the Family Head

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And time passed quickly.

Ian got more and more aroused by my increasingly lewd appearance, and often demanded we sleep together.

And, thankfully, he seemed to have gotten somewhat used to my pussy, because instead of just shaking it once and cumming, this time he shook it a whole two times.

When I praised him for shaking it twice, he scratched his head as if embarrassed, and I almost burst out laughing.

Still, it’s all thanks to the pussy’s effect, so I don’t plan to blame him, but I’m certain that even without the pussy’s effect, his stamina would be pathetic.

After we had connected with all the employees of the merchant guild, we arrived in the capital.

“Grace, look, the capital is over there!”

“Oh….”

A city of enormous scale, filling the horizon in the distance, came into my view.

There, four giant towers were placed, one in each direction, soaring so high they nearly touched the clouds, taller than any building from my past life.

And in the center of those four towers, though only visible as a blurry afterimage due to the distance, stood a castle that seemed immense in scale.

It was impossible to compare them, but the sight of numerous buildings of considerable height surrounding them, resembling a modern city, made me feel strange.

All the villages we’ve passed through so far are at an average level for the Middle Ages, but only the capital looks distinctly different? This is definitely weird.

Despite the uneasy feeling stirring in my heart due to the unbalanced appearance of the capital compared to other regions, the merchant guild drew closer and closer to the capital.

Upon arriving at the outskirts of the capital, we got out of the horse-drawn carriage, and Finn led us.

And I couldn’t help but be surprised.

There was a car.

I never dreamed I’d see a car in this medieval era, so I opened my eyes wide in surprise.

Finn smiled proudly at my reaction and shrugged his shoulders.

“Hahaha, you’re surprised, aren’t you? Carriages using horses aren’t allowed in the capital, so I spent a lot of money to get one. It’s really worth the price, I tell you.”

According to Finn, for the sake of cleanliness, only carriages using golem horses or cars using magic stones are allowed to travel in the capital.

Ian, who hadn’t even seen a car when he came to the capital last time, was looking at it with a curious expression.

It seems they used carriages pulled by golem horses in the past.

And Finn went on to say that this car, which moves automatically using magic stones, is a relatively recent commercial product and one of the most popular items in the capital, selling like hotcakes.

But he boasted, raising his nose, that its price is so enormous that you could buy a decent mansion in the capital with it.

The smoothly moving car didn’t emit any of the usual exhaust fumes.

I chatted with Finn while looking around.

The clean clothes, the lively expressions of the people, and the smooth-textured buildings were all at least three stories high.

While I was mindlessly looking around the capital, the car stopped in front of a huge mansion.

“This is it. Ah, Grace-nim, here’s the address of our mansion. If you ever have time, please visit our mansion, and we’ll treat you with the utmost hospitality.”

Finn stood in front of the magic stone car and said to me.

“Thank you. I’ll definitely stop by.”

Finn smiled brightly at my words and got back into the magic stone car.

Tyrone, who had unloaded our luggage next to us, glanced at me and got into the driver’s seat.

And as we saw them drive away, we identified the butler and a person dressed in formal attire who came out of the mansion.

The large man had brown horns rising majestically, proving that he was a Minotaur.

He bowed to me and began to speak.

“Welcome. Grace-yang, welcome back to the Minos family.”

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As I walked through the huge and ornate hallway, I, who had been far from splendor in both my past and present lives, felt myself shrinking.

As we followed the butler, we soon stood in front of a door.

“Excuse me. Family Head-nim, Grace-yang has arrived.”

“……….. Come in.”

A voice with a dry tone was heard from inside, and the door opened on its own.

The butler stepped to the side of the hallway to make way for us.

Ian, who had never been inside the mansion before, seemed a little nervous.

I didn’t want to show that I was intimidated by the splendor, so I straightened my shoulders as much as possible and stepped inside, but the butler blocked Ian’s path with his hand.

“What’s wrong?”

The butler answered my question.

“The Family Head-nim said that only Grace-yang should enter.”

“It’s okay, Grace. I’ll wait outside.”

Ian quickly opened his mouth and said to me, seeing that I was about to object to his words.

“But….”

“…….. Okay.”

At Ian’s gently smiling face, I simply nodded and stepped inside.

The office, filled with luxurious furniture, was simply an uncomfortable place to be.

The Family Head was sitting with a huge window behind him, reading through the documents piled up on both sides.

As I entered the office, the door closed on its own behind me.

I glanced back slightly, then stood in front of his desk and waited for the Family Head to speak.

Sarak sarak

The Family Head reads and turns over the documents.

He frowned at some documents and piled them on one side, while he signed others with a blank expression and piled them on the other side.

I waited patiently.

Because my parents wanted me to register my name in the family, I thought I shouldn’t be rude.

But my patience had its limits.

Because he picked up the 27th document without paying any attention to either of us.

“Excuse me, Family Head-nim.”

My voice echoed in the room, where only the sound of picking up documents had been ringing.

Only then did the Family Head raise his head and begin to look at me with a dry, expressionless gaze.

I realized that I couldn’t see any emotion in those inorganic eyes.

I momentarily flinched at those eyes, like cold steel.

And I felt anger at myself for flinching even for a moment.

Filled with self-loathing, I trembled with humiliation and opened my mouth.

“I heard… I was invited, but I don’t understand why you’re just making me stand here. I thought you preferred to handle things quickly if you had business to attend to.”

I spoke as politely as possible, even though I was trembling with a strange displeasure at the eyes that were just looking at me with a dry and cool gaze.

The Family Head, who had been looking at me for a moment and blinking, lowered his head again to look at the documents, signed them, and put them aside.

The look in his eyes, as if he were looking at something useless, suddenly reminded me of my parents’ eyes in my past life, and as the unpleasant feeling grew stronger, the Family Head’s mouth opened.

“………… Is it fun?”

“….Excuse me?”

When I raised one eyebrow and answered with a puzzled expression at his sudden question, the Family Head spoke again.

“…………. My words were too short…. Is it fun to come to another world and walk among uncivilized people?”

“…………..”

My mind went blank for a moment.

His tone, as if he knew, was filled with deep contempt.

As I stood there, my head turning white, not knowing what to say, the Family Head spoke again.

“…………. Well, it’s none of my business….. You are now a member of the Minos family. Is there anything you want?”

“………. No.”

“Hmm…… Is that so? Stay here today and go to the Imperial Palace with me tomorrow.”

“Are there many people like me…?”

“Did you think you were special? You must have already guessed. Hear all the explanations at the Imperial Palace tomorrow. Go, I’m busy.”

As the Family Head gestured as if to tell me to leave, the door to the office opened on its own.

I opened and closed my mouth, filled with confused emotions, but eventually gave up asking and came out of the office.

Ian looked worried at my pale face, but I told him I was okay and entered the room that the butler was guiding me to.

That night, I lay in bed and pondered.

Should I run away now?

He already knew? How long has he known?

What happened to all the people who came here before?

Then why don’t people know about the people who came from this other world?

What will they do to me if I go to the Imperial Palace?

What’s going to happen to me now?

I finally understood.

The excessively developed city despite being in the Middle Ages, the cars, the occasional modern items… I felt the shadow of my past life there.

I’m uneasy.

What’s going to happen to me?

Suddenly, memories of my past life come to mind.

I gasp for breath, and for some reason, my heart feels like it’s being torn roughly.

The moment I grabbed my chest, sweating coldly, I felt a warm body temperature behind me.

When I was startled and turned around, Ian was looking at me with worried eyes.

Ian didn’t say anything.

He just warmly embraced me and reached out to gently place his hand on the back of my hand.

The trembling of my body subsides.

The anxiety begins to disappear.

Suddenly, as the tension was released, my body began to feel languid.

I decided not to worry about it because of his warm body temperature.

‘Yeah……… I have to go after all…… Even if I run away, everyone already knows about me………. Haa……… I can’t help it… Let’s go for now…’

I turned my body.

And as I burrowed into Ian’s arms, burying my face in his chest and hugging him tightly, I felt the complicated mess in my heart gently unravel.

Feeling sorry for Ian, we hugged each other and quickly fell asleep.