Ch.131Chapter 131. Wise Prison Life (6)

I wonder how much I did.

It seems like I started in the afternoon and went all the way until night, skipping meals.

After using the unconscious Juliane, I eventually collapsed from exhaustion and fell asleep.

“Ugh…”

What time is it now?

With all the windows and everything completely sealed with soundproofing materials, I couldn’t gauge the time.

“Mmm… hmm…”

Looking down, I saw Juliane’s beautiful hair tickling my philtrum.

It seems we’d been embracing the whole time while sleeping.

Having her fill my arms felt good, like hugging a doll.

“Hmm?”

“Ah. Are you awake?”

“Oww… it hurts…”

Juliane opened her eyes and curled up, immediately complaining of pain.

Did I handle her too roughly?

Just as I was starting to feel guilty—

“Hold me face to face.”

“Alright.”

I grabbed Juliane’s waist and turned her halfway to face me.

Then she stretched her short arms toward me, acting spoiled.

I had no choice but to embrace her tightly.

“I’m sorry. I treated you too much like an object…”

“No. It felt good.”

“How would you know when you were unconscious 90% of the time?”

“What? How much did you do while I was unconscious?”

“…”

I was ashamed.

Since she was unconscious anyway, I had used her like a silicone doll rather than a person.

“You crazy pervert…”

“I have nothing to say.”

Juliane lowered her head, and I followed her gaze.

There was a dark bruise below her navel.

This had never happened before…

Feeling terribly sorry, I kept caressing her lower abdomen, not knowing what to do.

“But I liked it.”

“What?”

“It felt like I completely accepted you… Until now, you’ve always been accommodating me.”

“Well, that’s true.”

“It wasn’t bad being handled like a tool, with no ability to resist, completely at your mercy…”

“Not bad?”

“Actually, I liked it… a lot…”

“…”

I’m not sure who’s calling whom a pervert anymore.

I thought Juliane had some perverse tendencies, but—

“One more time?”

“What? Now?”

“Yes… Don’t you want to?”

“Let’s rest a bit.”

“Hmph…”

I didn’t realize she was this perverted.

It’s not that I couldn’t do it, but I was concerned about the health of her uterus.

I thought it would be better to let her rest for at least a day.

“Mmm…”

I tightly embraced Juliane’s waist again.

The warm, soft sensation felt so good that I could fall asleep at any moment.

This might be the first time I’ve fully felt Juliane like this.

Without prosthetic hands or legs, and with our hearts open.

I couldn’t be sure if our hearts were truly open, but it felt that way.

Juliane was especially sensual today.

I thought she might be revealing her hidden perverse tendencies.

“Jinsoo. I’m curious about something.”

“What is it?”

“What kind of child Cuss is.”

“…”

“Until yesterday, I was afraid to ask… but not anymore. I want to know. I want to know everything about you and Cuss that I don’t know.”

“Juliane…”

“Is that not okay? I’ve shown you everything about me. I can give you everything.”

My feelings became complicated.

I wondered how much I should tell her.

But I soon made up my mind.

It was right to tell Juliane everything from beginning to end.

Because I love her.

Although I don’t know how this confinement will end…

“Where should I start? This will be a long story.”

“That’s fine. I want to hear everything.”

“Then I’ll have to go back to when I was working at the mining labor camp. There was a skinny guard there. One day, he suddenly started spreading rumors. He said they were recruiting new inmates at the space station, and that it was incredibly comfortable with great benefits. So I…”

I didn’t need to go that far back.

But I found myself slowly recounting the old story.

From beginning to end.

The three years I spent desperately saving money after returning to Earth.

Until the part where Cuss found me around the time I finally bought this house.

From there on, Juliane knew the story.

“…”

“…”

Silence fell between us.

But it wasn’t an awkward or cold silence.

It was a silence for organizing thoughts and choosing words.

Juliane buried her face in my chest for a long time before looking up.

That beautiful face…

“Damn… Why are you only telling me this now…”

Was a mess of tears and snot.

I quickly wiped her face with my hand, but Juliane cried even more intensely.

“How could I tell anyone this?”

“That’s true… but still…”

She must have felt hurt.

I said I loved her but kept the most important thing hidden.

But because I loved her, I couldn’t tell her.

If this was going to happen, I shouldn’t have started a relationship with Juliane in the first place.

I felt sorry and regretful.

“Still… *sniff*… I’m glad I know now.”

“…?”

“I got this far because I didn’t know. I got to know the perverted Jinsoo, and I was accepted by the shy but kind Cuss. If I had known this fact earlier, could I have come this far?”

“It would have been difficult.”

“Yes… I might have thought of you as a traitor. I might have found Cuss completely disgusting. Imagining myself not understanding and hating both of you… suddenly scares me.”

I hugged Juliane as she burst into tears again.

The warm tears soaking my chest made me feel ticklish too.

I kissed the top of Juliane’s head, trying my best to hold back.

“I won’t ask you to believe me. I can’t. If I were in your position, I wouldn’t trust anyone either. I wouldn’t have been able to tell anyone. But please listen to what I’m about to say, because it’s sincere.”

“What is it?”

“I love you. I really, really love both Jinsoo and Cuss… I just wanted to tell you that.”

“…”

Juliane tried to force a smile.

But her face kept turning into a crying expression, and she couldn’t quite manage a smile.

“Tomorrow morning… *sob*… will you both be gone? Even so… even so… please remember that I love both of you… Please. Even if you’re far away, I won’t forget Jinsoo and Cuss. *sob*… I’ll pray for your happiness…”

“…”

After crying uncontrollably, Juliane eventually fell asleep from exhaustion.

I got up from the bed and gently removed the hair from Juliane’s mouth.

After staring at her tear-stained face for a long time, I bent down.

“I love you too.”

*Kiss*

After kissing her forehead, I turned around and left the room.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

I made a decision and opened the front door.

***

“Mmm… mmm…”

It was a refreshing morning.

Juliane stretched out, enjoying the warm sunlight on her face.

“Huh?”

Feeling a thud against the wall, Juliane looked up.

There were arms stretched out.

Two clean, undamaged arms.

Hastily pulling back the blanket, she saw two smooth legs as well.

Both arms and legs moved at will and had sensation.

The collar that had been choking her neck was just lying on the floor.

Come to think of it, all the soundproofing materials that had been plastered everywhere were also…

“Oh, no.”

Juliane suddenly felt her heart sink.

“Jinsoo! Cuss!”

Juliane staggered out, opening the door and screaming as if wailing.

But there was no answer.

Even when she calmed down and stood still, she couldn’t hear any rustling or voices from anywhere.

The house was completely quiet.

Jinsoo and Cuss were gone.

“Ah… ah…”

Juliane collapsed to the floor, crying.

They really left.

The two people who couldn’t trust anyone but each other were gone forever.

Because I found out.

Because I couldn’t suppress my curiosity and lifted that skirt.

Because of one trivial issue, I lost the person I love and the child.

“Ahh… *sob*…”

Jinsoo’s wrist phone and Cuss’s old phone were placed side by side on the table.

Looking at them made her heart feel like it was breaking.

It hurt so much.

Last night, she had thought it was fortunate to find out late, fortunate to love Jinsoo and be accepted by Cuss.

But when it actually happened, her thoughts changed.

She wished she had known earlier.

If she hadn’t loved them both, she wouldn’t be in such pain.

“Ahhh!”

Now she could understand Jinsoo’s feelings.

The feelings of Jinsoo who lost both his wife and daughter in an instant.

So this is how it felt.

This is how much it hurt.

You overcame this…

Can I do it too?

Can I forget you?

Can I be happy again?

As Juliane’s mind was becoming complicated with such thoughts—

“…?”

She heard noisy sounds from beyond the entrance.

Juliane stopped crying and looked up with a strange expression.

The faint sound seemed familiar.

The sound came closer and closer…

“Hey. Stop making me carry you now. My back is killing me.”

“We’re already here. Just carry me to the room.”

“Geez…”

The door flung open.

Juliane was dumbfounded and frozen.

She wondered if what she was seeing was an illusion.

“When did she wake up? I’m going to make food now. Let me put the groceries in the refrigerator first. Cuss, you help Juliane.”

“What? I don’t want to.”

“Then no food for you.”

“I’ll do it!”

“…”

She opened her mouth, but her throat was choked up and no words came out.

Juliane tried to stand up but her legs trembled, so she sat back down, then tried again, and finally crawled forward.

At last, she knelt in front of Cuss, who was staring blankly, and her pupils trembled.

“Ugh…”

Unable to hold back anymore, Juliane embraced Cuss.

She caressed that slender waist and buried her face in that small chest.

It wasn’t an illusion.

It was real.

Finally realizing this, laughter burst out of her.

“Cuss. Cuss.”

“Ugh. Why are you doing this, Juliane? It’s suffocating!”

“Hehehe. Cuss…!”

Cuss was trying to escape with her usual disgust, just like always.

Jinsoo and Cuss had decided to accept me.

They decided to trust me.

The two people who only trusted each other decided to include me in their relationship of trust.

Juliane was so happy about this that she was crying while laughing.

“It doesn’t matter. Cuss is Cuss.”

“I’ve always been me, Juliane. What are you talking about?”

“Yes… That’s right. Hehe, I love you, Cuss!”

“Ugggh…!”

Cuss’s face turned pale as she struggled against Juliane’s shower of kisses.

Even when she looked back for help, Jinsoo just watched with an awkward smile.

Just as Cuss was about to give up and accept reality—

“Eek?!”

“Ahhh! I’m sorry, Cuss! I won’t touch you! I won’t touch you! Sob!”

Surprised by the sudden sensation of her tail being grabbed, Cuss bit Juliane’s neck hard.

Despite crying out in pain, Juliane was busy smiling broadly with her tear-stained face.