episode_0454

Was it your sister?

Hoyeon Lee, who heard Ellis’ words, slightly raised his head and looked at Ellis.

Ellis was glaring at Irene and radiating hostility.

‘Why did this happen? ‘A 100 likeability rating is this huge?’

If 100 favorability shows this kind of blind love, wouldn’t all the fake dungeon plans you were preparing be useless?

In fact, Hoyeon Lee’s idea that he had to sacrifice himself was not wrong.

I thought that if Irene, rather than Ho-yeon Lee, had handled Ellis’s anger, their relationship would not have been able to recover, so her intention to handle it herself was good.

The problem was the difference in Lee Ho-yeon and Ellis’ perception of each other.

Ellis’s perception of Lee Ho-yeon has changed a lot compared to the beginning.

When first thinking about Irene’s strategy in France, Ellis had the perception that Lee Ho-yeon was trash.

And Lee Ho-yeon also knew that fact.

Since I raised my likeability by being trash anyway, I thought it would be okay if I lowered my likeability a little by doing more trashy things.

I was planning to restore the sisters’ relationship like that, but it got a lot messed up.

It started when Ellis misunderstood that Lee Ho-yeon was under a curse.

Lee Ho-yeon’s actions of touching women became justified.

It’s not like he’s chasing a woman. It is a life in which one is cursed and has no choice but to look at women.

From then on, the thought that Lee Ho-yeon was trash began to diminish in Ellis’ mind.

And when Ellis regained his confidence.

After shaking off her feelings of inferiority toward her sister, Ellis’ liking for Ho-yeon Lee gradually increased, and she was able to reveal more honest feelings to Ho-yeon Lee.

The crooked upbringing of a mother who loved her philandering father made her treat a man’s affair as if it were natural.

Ellis had the idea that ‘a creature called a man just needs to eventually turn around and come back to himself.’

Lee Ho-yeon thought that the women around her were below her.

Of course, he thought that Hoyeon Lee would come back to him someday.

But what if even a brief affair was something he had no choice but to do because he was cursed, unlike his father, who likes women?

At some point, Ellis stopped calling Hoyeon Lee trash.

The trust that arose as a result of high likeability and improved perception of Lee Ho-yeon.

Those two things were variables that Hoyeon Lee had not thought of.

Ellis trusted Lee Ho-yeon more than Lee Ho-yeon thought, and Ellis thought that it was Irene who opened the gap in the curse that had formed while she was away.

The reason for suspecting Irene was simple.

Irene began to be nice to Ellis when Lee Ho-yeon arrived in France.

From then on, Irene cherished Ellis and considered her more important than herself.

Considering that he had been uncomfortable with Irene until then, his attitude turned 180 degrees in just a few days.

‘I was too innocent.’

Ellis frowned.

Irene had been targeting Lee Ho-yeon ever since.

If you think about it, Irene was trying to contact Lee Ho-yeon in vain and kept trying to block the relationship between herself and Lee Ho-yeon.

Moreover, he was even dispatched to Korea.

Why was she, the leader of Team 1, sent to Korea?

I still had doubts, but now I think I understand.

The puzzle was put together quickly.

Ellis glared at Irene, who looked surprised.

‘… ‘Why is that man me?’

Meanwhile, Irene opened her eyes wide and looked at Hoyeon Lee.

I thought Ho-yeon Lee was disapproving of him.

This is true just by looking at Lee Ho-yeon’s usual attitude toward Irene.

Irene also knew that he was always using her for strange reasons.

But since there was no way to resist, I listened to everyone…

Seeing her step forward in a place like this changed my thoughts about Lee Ho-yeon a little.

If a good person does something wrong, he becomes a bad person, but if a bad person does something good, he becomes a good person.

Irene thought that Hoyeon Lee might not be such a bad person.

‘… I don’t know why this happened.’

Hoyeon Lee looked at Ellis and Irene and wondered how to move.

Fortunately, Irene didn’t hear Ellis’ muttering, but from Ellis’ hostile gaze, it was easy to tell that something was going to happen.

★ Heroine status window

[Ellis]

– [Likeability: 97] (+ 1.0)

– [Liberty: 80]

– [Appetite: 20]

– [Fatigue: 30]

Current Status : … It’s all because of my sister.

’97?’

Ho-yeon Lee looked at Ellis, slightly surprised at the drop in her favorability rating.

In the beginning, the favorability rating went down and up, but after getting back on track, it has never dropped like this.

In particular, this was the first time that I failed even after reaching 100.

‘… Still, I was well prepared.’

It was a good thing that I had prepared a fake dungeon since I didn’t know that it would drop even if the favorability level reached 100.

No, you can think about that later.

Hoyeon Lee thought about the current situation.

Ellis misunderstands everything as Irene’s fault.

In fact, she said she took responsibility, but it wasn’t all Irene’s fault.

‘Should I have just said it honestly instead of looking at the atmosphere?’

If you were going to take responsibility, it might have been better to be honest when you were alone.

It was a bad move to talk about it in Irene’s presence.

“Elise. I’m so sorry. You should take your anger out on me.”

When it was time to regret the past, Hoyeon Lee tried to somehow divert Ellis’ attention.

I don’t want Irene and Ellis’ relationship to be ruined.

Ellis looked at Irene and Lee Ho-yeon alternately and then laughed as if it were absurd.

“… What are you two doing? Make a Romeo and Juliet? One of you is trying to protect the other, and the other is being touched. Are you kidding me?”

Ellis looked at the two with frowning eyes.

I’m not kidding right now.

No matter how much you like Lee Ho-yeon, doing this in front of her is like ignoring yourself.

I couldn’t help but feel bad.

At that time, Irene, who was still, spoke carefully to Ellis.

“Eh, Ellis. That’s not it. Sister… for you….”

“For me? Sister. If you were thinking about me, you shouldn’t have approached Lee Ho-yeon. I’m disappointed.”

“Oh, I’m so disappointed, Ellis. How could you say that to your sister….”

“Ha. Was I wrong? It was somehow strange. Was Lee Ho-yeon your goal from the beginning? That’s why you started being nice to me!”

“W-What are you talking about, Ellis? Lee Ho-yeon is your goal? That’s not true!”

Ellis shouted and opened his eyes sharply. Irene couldn’t bear to get angry at Ellis.

Because I had no idea how to resolve this misunderstanding.

‘… Why are those two fighting? I was planning on wearing a shield.’

Ho-yeon Lee couldn’t hide her embarrassment as the sisters were having a scary conversation.

I was especially scared of Ellis.

Since he couldn’t just sit still like this, Hoyeon Lee carefully approached Ellis.

“Elise, I did something wrong, so stop… It’s not Irene’s fault, it’s mine.”

“Are you blaming me now? You said you loved me. You said you liked me!”

“No, that’s right. I like it. But first of all, she’s my real sister. Instead, she curses at me.”

“You betrayed me first! I guess he must have lashed out at you, whose defenses were weakened by the curse. That was what he was aiming for from the beginning. Or did you mess with her first? You said you would never mess with her first. I guess you even lied to me. going to be?”

Hoyeon Lee wanted to tear out her head in frustration.

During the conversation, I roughly understood the situation.

Ellis thought she was cursed and had a high likability rating.

So there is a misunderstanding that Irene is at fault.

“Haa… Instead of Irene, please curse at me. It’s my fault. It’s true.”

Ellis was very hostile to Irene.

When I was wondering how to explain this. Ellis grabbed Lee Ho-yeon’s hair.

“You think I can’t do it? You bastard. I told you not to touch my sister. You bastard! Even if you were the one who caused it, you are bad too!”

★ Heroine status window

[Ellis]

– [Likeability: 94] (+ 1.0)

– [Liberty: 80]

– [Appetite: 20]

– [Fatigue: 30]

Current status: Bastard. Even though I said I would do everything… .

‘… I fell again.’

Favorability continued to decline.

But, to put it another way, even though I failed, I got a score of 94. It means that he still likes Lee Ho-yeon.

Hoyeon Lee closed her eyes tightly and waited for Ellis to calm down.

In a romantic relationship, the person you like more usually loses.

Ellis, who was frantically pulling Ho-yeon Lee’s hair, quickly regained her composure just as Ho-yeon Lee thought.

As I poured out my emotions, I quickly became exhausted and was able to look at the situation a little more calmly.

“haha….”

Ellis gently released the hand holding Hoyeon Lee’s head.

The sight of his hair falling into disarray and sticking to his hands made Ellis feel weak.

Wouldn’t it have been more painful than the frustration of this incident? The first thing that occurred to me was concern.

The weak heart of the woman I loved was moved.

“… I’m sorry. I didn’t want to rip your hair out. Men are sensitive to that kind of thing.”

“No. I’m sorry. First of all… I think my behavior was the problem. I apologize, Ellis.”

Now you come? Although that thought occurred to her, Ellis received an apology while fixing Lee Ho-yeon’s hair.

Fortunately, there were no problems with appearance.

Ellis turned his head and looked at Irene.

Irene was still looking at Ellis with sad eyes. Those were the same eyes that looked at Ellis with concern when he was injured during an operation and was admitted to the hospital.

Is my sister really the problem?

Then why are you looking at yourself with those eyes?

Now I don’t know anything.

Ellis, who felt strange for some reason, spoke hastily.

“… Yes, I understand. Playing with fire for a moment while I was gone. That’s what it is. Sister, isn’t it? Because you’re pretty, I think Lee Ho-yeon’s eyes may turn away. You too… It’s probably a momentary mistake.”

Ellis doesn’t know what happened between them.

But I thought I could still turn it back.

Old relationship.

A good sister and a moderately bad boyfriend.

I was able to return to that relationship.

“So now… let’s go back to the way things were. I’m here. Even though things have turned out like this, are you still targeting Lee Ho-yeon?”

It is true that he was angry that Lee Ho-yeon and Irene were having a relationship without his knowledge.

My boyfriend and my sister are having an affair. Of course I should be angry.

However, if you think about it differently, it was not much different from Lee Ho-yeon meeting Nam Da-eun.

The target is only his own sister.

Anyway, I’m still having a brief affair.

‘… ‘Because you are beautiful.’

Ellis wanted to separate Lee Ho-yeon and Irene.

There was shame in that feeling, but it was also mixed with anxiety.

I wonder if Lee Ho-yeon might like Irene more.

I’m afraid I might be more attracted to an older sister who is prettier and more mature than me.

Ellis was that much in love with Lee Ho-yeon.

Ellis, hiding her anxious feelings deep in her heart, made eye contact with Irene.

“You don’t want that either. Can you meet a man just like me? I’m going to tell my mom and dad right now that I’m dating Lee Ho-yeon. It’s not like you’re going to tell your mom and dad either. Can you tell her that you’re dating the same guy as your younger brother?”

“….”

Irene closed her eyes.

You know your own heart best.

Irene can never give up on Ellis.

But Ellis will never give up on Lee Ho-yeon.

I could feel that much through the current conversation.

In that case, wouldn’t it be okay for both of us to do whatever we want?

I was afraid of being hated by my younger brother, but I thought there was nothing I could do.

If it wasn’t now, I wouldn’t even have a chance to say this.

It’s better to challenge yourself than to not be able to reach it for the rest of your life.

Irene cautiously opened her mouth.