episode_0118

“Are you really falling asleep in such a good atmosphere?”

As if unable to understand my actions, Aclert bounced around energetically.

“You’re just lying there doing nothing and falling asleep. Do you really know anything about romance? Do you even have the intention to date?”

With a belated realization, I could only burst into a hollow laughter.

“Even at the swimming pool. What if you suddenly create such a heavy atmosphere?! Even if you subtly brushed against me and seduced me gently, it wouldn’t be enough! This is frustrating!”

Lady Aclert is a severe case of chuunibyou.

She was more of an otaku than Yoon Ji-chang.

“But… the atmosphere was ambiguous for kissing…”

“K-Kiss…?! This pervert. Were you already thinking about that? How mischievous!”

“What? If we were in that situation, wouldn’t kissing be natural…?”

“Disgusting. Please, can you stop that site from popping up in your head?”

I may not know much about dating since I learned it from books, but at least I could tell that Aclert had learned all the wrong things from somewhere.

“Ha. Really. It’s already known that it’s the hardest to catch a clueless man, but this is on another level.”

I thought we were progressing fast enough already. But it seemed like Aclert wasn’t going to be satisfied unless she conquered Siwoo even faster.

Well, considering that she always looks at Siwoo. Creating an environment where she can immediately drag him to bed and not let him escape, there was a tendency to make it a reality.

Her raging emotions. The concentrated feelings that were once described as a powder keg. Even now, I was really struggling to manage them.

The powder keg had turned into a heart, and the explosion had turned into a pounding. The heart was still hot, and the body was out of control.

When we lay side by side on the bed. When we looked at each other and laughed. Was I really okay with it? All sorts of thoughts came to mind.

What should I do now? What’s next? What does Siwoo want to do now?

I hope he does it quickly if he has something to do. He wouldn’t try to touch me after I fall asleep, right? I’m tired…

“I fell asleep like that…”

I asked the energetic Aclert.

“Give advice to me, who’s frustrated. Lady.”

“Hmph, figure it out yourself. How long are you going to rely on my help?”

How long? Does that mean Chea Won asked Lady for help before?

“By any chance, before I, No. 26, appeared… Did No. 0 ask Lady for advice?”

“That’s right. Hmph. But he asked for help and didn’t do anything properly.”

“I see…”

In reality, Min Chea Won wandered around me, but other than staging sudden encounters, she hadn’t properly interacted with me.

The breakup between me at 6 years old and her at 5 years old was probably not a pleasant memory.

I probably surprised her by speaking first and she didn’t know what to do.

Should I confess? Can we be friends like before? She must have agonized over it countless times.

It was not only because I was obsessed with the piano and didn’t pay attention to her. The awkward memories from childhood also played a part.

“So what. Are you also seeking advice from me? How to proceed?”

“Well… I’d appreciate it if you could tell me.”

“Really, I can’t help it. I can only tell you what I know.”

With her arms crossed, Aclert spoke with a confident expression.

“You have to be proactive. That’s how dating becomes fun. Consider our feelings as observers. You’ll die of frustration otherwise.”

“… Our feelings as observers?”

“Alright. From 1st to me. Everyone is watching your love life. That’s the only entertainment we have here. Siwoo has been so proactive lately. Everyone was busy squealing… like piglets.”

“Didn’t Lady say anything?”

“I shouted the loudest…… You rascal!!”

“Ugh.”

Thud. The crescent-shaped sword strikes my forehead again.

Still no pain.

“Anyway. Since Siwoo is being proactive, you should also be proactive. Clapping with one hand, will that do? Are you going to turn into an old lady like this? How many times have we been through similar situations?”

“I’m sorry, but where did you learn such expressions—.”

“I learned it from a professional book.”

That can’t be true. Is she an idiot?

“First of all, from 1st to 25th, they are probably kids…. Is it okay to show them this? It’s not good for their manners.”

At that, Acklert chuckles.

“What are you saying? Do you think we’re kids?”

I silently looked at Acklert.

Despite pretending to be a swordsman, she was nothing more than a teenager in her mid-teens.

She appeared in Min Chaewon’s life at the age of 16, even before that, what about 1st to 24th?

She showed genius musical talent, but she was just a child between six and fifteen.

“Don’t be fooled by appearances… tsk.”

Acklert clicked her tongue and lowered her head.

“Wait a minute. Isn’t Acklert a child… not an adult?”

“You can’t tell just by looking?”

She keeps talking with a childish face. From 1st to 25th (Acklert), all of them were not ordinary children.

It was their genius musical talent. It was an instrument performance that reminded one of a professional who had been playing for at least ten years.

“Miss often changed instruments, but she played so well every time. It’s as if she went into a room of time and spirit alone. Once she picked up an instrument, she surprised everyone within a month, right?”

It was a month. Did it really happen in just a month? It’s unlikely.

‘Before I came, all the selves were Min Chaewon….’

However, there is no law that says Min Chaewon in this world is the same as Min Chaewon in another world. After all, I came from the future of another world.

“By any chance, Lady… from another world three years later—.”

Acklert’s eyes, which were looking at me, widened. Did I hit the nail on the head?

“Oh, it’s time to wake up. Let’s go!”

“Wait—!”

She suddenly pushed me.

My floating body was pushed back and buried in the clouds.

Beep beep. Beep beep.

The sound of a huge emergency buzzer filled the air.

It’s too loud.

“Ugh….”

I wriggled my arm and grabbed my phone. And slide. I turned off the rude alarm.

“… It’s morning.”

Did she push me out of the unconscious world because it’s time to wake up?

Absolutely not.

My question hit the nail on the head for Lady Acklert.

It’s about 90% certain. Min Chaewon’s selves came from the future.

I don’t know how they came, but unlike Chaewon, who majored in piano, they all majored in different instruments.

So, at a young age, they could change instruments in such a short time. Because they had already reached their peak once.

There is no way to know if the world they stayed in was the same as mine, and it’s not important enough to find out.

What’s important is on the other side.

“Anyway. Since Siwoo is being proactive, you should also be proactive. Clapping with one hand, will that do? Are you going to turn into an old lady like this? How many times have we been through similar situations?”

All the other Min Chaewons, just like Siwoo, met a similar ending.

In any universe, it was clear that Siwoo and Chaewon had ended ambiguously without being able to continue.

Why were they so interested in watching Siwoo and me date? It was because it had never happened before. It was a first for both of us.

After failing dozens of times in life, the one relationship that had never succeeded finally came to fruition. How could we not be excited to the max?

It’s quite unbelievable.

Out of the countless Min Chaewons, only one managed to bring about a successful relationship with Jung Siwoo.

But the effect was so certain that even I found it difficult to argue against it.

As difficult as it was to overcome such obstacles, Siwoo and I were destined to be together.

We have now become a couple.

It feels as if our hearts have become solemn, as if we have a great mission for humanity.

In this world, we have overcome countless obstacles and received the blessing of the gods. We must not miss this opportunity. We must maintain a good relationship and eventually get married.

I stretched and got up.

“Nothing has changed.”

Regardless of the universe, past lives, or other Min Chaewons in different worlds.

None of that matters.

I love Siwoo now. I want to be with him for the rest of my life. He can’t be without me, and I can’t be without him.

I will cherish the determination to protect him no matter what happens.

“Umm….”

Siwoo, still half asleep, reached out and pulled me closer by my waist.

I leaned over and lay against his chest.

His arms pulling me in were as strong as the bars of a sturdy prison.

I couldn’t escape. Not from his embrace, not from my feelings.

“Siwoo, go to sleep.”

“Umm….”

My relationship, I will handle it myself.

The love between Jung Siwoo and Min Chaewon will continue to roll on its own even if left alone.

I just need to make sure we stay on the right path.

We may have been equally clueless about Lady or Nana’s relationships, but at least I have started one. As they say, the beginning is half the battle, and I am already far ahead of Aclert.

“…Hehe.”

How foolish not to know how warm Siwoo’s embrace is. Become envious and turn into a whining child if you want.