Devoted Love 6

A lesson.

For a villain attempting to sexually assault a sleeping woman, no other outcome was necessary.

At the moment when the illusion of having committed a perfect crime reaches its peak.

The refreshing burst that happens then would be incomparably invigorating.

‘…This is boring.’

The problem was that just lying on the bed pretending to be dead was a bit boring, if anything.

‘Come to think of it, how did it go in the original story?’

As a way to kill time, what suddenly came to Han Seoyeon’s mind was the original story.

The tragic protagonist without Clear Mind and Still Water.

The original Han Suho,

The kind and foolish protagonist falls right into this trap.

‘Ah, was this when the washing machine really started spinning…?’

It was truly the evil deed of a minor character created solely as a one-time stepping stone.

Thanks to that, if anything, the heroine craving for a hero could be washed clean.

‘…Who was it again? Surely, in this episode…’

Han Seoyeon doesn’t remember the daily episodes about heroines craving for heroes.

But she did remember at least the key points that became turning points in the story.

“So you were here.”

Yes, something like this.

After Baek Da-eun defeats Nam Gung-hyeong─.

“Miss Han Seoyeon.”

For a moment, Han Seoyeon doubted her ears.

What she heard was not the voice of the dirty and vulgar criminal.

Pink hair, with beautiful emerald eyes.

The girl’s voice, which sounded sadly familiar.

‘…Da-eun?’

Baek Da-eun.

The one who approached the girl’s side was none other than her close friend.

“Really…”

For a moment, Han Seoyeon was dumbfounded.

More precisely, rather than being dumbfounded, she was too confused to even panic.

“…Really, such a foolish person.”

How could she have come here?

There shouldn’t have been any connection between Baek Da-eun and Nam Gung-hyeong, unlike in the original story.

“You shouldn’t do that. Carelessly trusting such a villain.”

As if knowing all the circumstances.

Baek Da-eun scolded the girl.

“You’re too charming and kind, after all.”

And then she worried.

As a close friend, that much might be natural.

“We’ll need to warn Michaela. If we leave you alone, things like this happen.”

…Could you please overlook that!

It’s a bit awkward to say specifically, but it gets quite embarrassing at night!

“…Ah, I’m envious. Thinking about it again.”

Baek Da-eun continues speaking.

“Michaela gets to monopolize you, so defenseless like this, every time.”

Han Seoyeon couldn’t laugh inwardly any more than that.

Because she felt something strange.

“If Michaela wasn’t around.”

─That.

It’s almost as if.

“Couldn’t I have taken her place by your side? Like this.”

It’s almost as if,

The person Baek Da-eun likes isn’t Han Suho.

“Of course, it’s just a meaningless fantasy. Meaningless.”

Not Han Suho,

But it seems to be Han Seoyeon.

“But, just for today, I was faster than Michaela.”

The sensation touching her cheek is the pink-haired girl’s lips.

The soft, fluffy purity of the girl.

“Can you forgive me this much?”

“…Ah.”

Han Seoyeon couldn’t continue pretending to be asleep any longer.

“Are you awake? Or.”

“…I’ve been awake. For a while.”

An awkward atmosphere flows between the two.

“…I see.”

“…”

“Then you must have heard everything I said.”

“…I heard everything.”

That was the clincher.

The clincher that the words she had just heard weren’t an auditory hallucination.

There was no room for doubt.

The person Baek Da-eun liked was herself.

“Can we talk for a bit?”

“…Yeah. I have something to tell you too, Da-eun.”

Baek Da-eun asked quietly, and Han Seoyeon nodded.

It was, first of all, a hypothesis just in case.

“You know, I have a special power.”

“A special power?”

“Yeah.”

[Yuri Aura]

[Details: An aura that sexually attracts the same sex. However, intelligence is slightly reduced during skinship with the same sex.]

[Tip: It doesn’t work on same-sex individuals with 100% likability.]

Yuri Aura.

The hypothesis that because of this skill, Baek Da-eun had fallen under an unwanted attraction.

“A power that sexually attracts the same sex. It might be hard to believe, but it’s true.”

[Target: Baek Da-eun]

[Applied Effect: Skill ‘Yuri Aura’ is being nullified.]

Attraction towards a friend.

It wasn’t a very good thing, but if this hypothesis was the answer, she could laugh it off cheerfully.

[Applying nullification….]

“So, the feelings you have for me…”

“Could be manipulated. Is that what you’re saying?”

[System: Nullification has failed.]

“…That’s not the case at all. I can assure you.”

Baek Da-eun asserted.

There was no confusion in those words.

[Cause Analysis: Baek Da-eun’s likability is already 100%.]

Cruelly.

The status window’s notification rang out all too clearly.

“You see, it’s twice. You’ve saved my life twice.”

Twice.

Not once but twice, Baek Da-eun says.

“When I was young, and then after entering the Academy. You saved me twice. It would be strange not to fall for you.”

“…You remembered. What happened when we were young.”

“How could I forget?”

When they were young.

The time when Han Seoyeon saved Baek Da-eun from a life-threatening situation.

To Han Seoyeon, it wasn’t a big deal.

She had just done what she thought was right.

It wasn’t so for Baek Da-eun.

For her, that moment was salvation.

“…Actually, even though I say this. I only realized it after the first practical evaluation.”

“When you were attacked by terrorists?”

“Yes. Until then, I thought you were Han Suho. Because you two look similar in some ways.”

If you look without prejudice, excluding hair color, the identical twin sisters, despite the environmental differences of slums and wealth, have some inexplicable similarities.

“…I see.”

Han Seoyeon finally understood what Baek Da-eun had meant earlier about the connection between her and Han Suho.

It wasn’t that Han Suho was involved with Baek Da-eun, but that Baek Da-eun had mistaken Han Seoyeon’s existence for Han Suho.

“But at that time. It was only then that I finally realized.”

At that time.

When those she tried to protect stabbed her in the back due to the terrorists’ scheme to divide them.

Left alone with Carol, prepared for death.

With just a hwando in hand.

“There’s only one person in the world who would calmly smile and help such a cruel villainess who said such harsh things.”

When the girl cut down Carol in one strike and saved her.

The dense Baek Da-eun could finally notice.

“So, I can’t help but like you. Miss Han Seoyeon, you’re a special person.”

The dense Baek Da-eun, now finally.

To the person she loves.

“Miss Han Seoyeon.”

In a careful voice.

But certainly.

“I like you.”

She uttered her first and last confession in life.

“I’ve fallen in love with you.”

“…”

There is no truth in the direction of that devoted confession.

Han Seoyeon was hiding many things from her.

“I…”

Baek Da-eun’s status window enters Han Seoyeon’s eyes.

[Love’s Single Path]

[Details: A skill acquired only by those who have resolved to dedicate their entire life for their loved one. Bonus to growth rate.]

Skills are divided into two types:

Whether they were given by Constellations or not.

Skills given by Constellations, for example, Harem Aura, are a kind of grace.

An illusion that will disappear from the world along with the Constellation if they vanish.

However, those that are not from Constellations.

Skills obtained through pure individual effort and will are different.

It is an individual’s life philosophy.

It’s a personal belief that has power close to an ability, only displayed in the status window because of its strength.

So you can tell.

How sincerely Baek Da-eun loves her.

“…I, am.”

Han Seoyeon is a munchkin protagonist.

A munchkin protagonist builds a harem.

“…Sorry.”

Because that’s the only way everyone can be happy.

But.

“I’m, sorry…”

Why couldn’t she say it like that?

Han Seoyeon knew why.

“I, I…”

It was all too obvious.

Because the person Han Seoyeon loved was one and only in the world.

“I…!”

“You don’t have to force yourself to answer.”

Baek Da-eun smiled.

A smile that seemed to know, yet couldn’t hide the frustration.

“I know. I know where Miss Han Seoyeon’s heart is directed.”

She doesn’t cry.

Because if she sheds tears, Han Seoyeon will surely be sad.

“Even though I knew, even though I knew it would be disrespectful to you. I’m a foolish and stupid woman, so I wanted to say it at least once, even if it’s the last time.”

Baek Da-eun tries hard to raise the corners of her mouth.

“From now on, our relationship will be just normal friends. Can you forgive me that much?”

“…I.”

“I won’t listen to your answer.”

She raises the corners of her mouth.

“If even the words to remain friends are cleanly rejected, no matter how strong I am, I don’t have confidence that I won’t cry in front of you…!”

She raises them.

Somehow.

“I’m sorry for troubling you with my selfishness.”

Yet the tears seem about to flow at any moment.

“Please forget about today.”

Baek Da-eun left.

From Han Seoyeon’s side.

With seemingly composed steps.

Click.

She opened the door.

“You’re quite late in your appearance.”

“…”

Michaela Ernst von Wittelsbach.

The blue eyes beyond the silver hair were uncharacteristically downcast.

“Next time, you should come faster. Miss Han Seoyeon is an unreasonably kind person, so there are many villains trying to take advantage of her like this.”

“…”

“You need to protect her properly, okay?”

“…I promise.”

Baek Da-eun’s figure disappears.

Completely from the girl’s side.

“…Michaela.”

“Seoyeon.”

“Was I being greedy with this? Me.”

“…”

Michaela couldn’t answer that.

Although seeing the girl cry was a painful and bitter sight.

“…I don’t know.”

Yet she, selfishly, wanted to monopolize the girl.

“Ah…!”

She was alone.

“Ah, hic, haa…!”

Alone, the suppressed scream bursts out.

“It was me.”

The honest emotions that had been stuffed into a corner of her heart to remain dignified in front of the girl.

They echo in the empty space.

“I was the one who liked that child first…!”

It was childish.

Overwhelmingly arrogant, considering the things she had done towards the girl.

“I was first…!”

She knew it properly.

Even though she knew.

“Huu, uu, hic, huaaaa…!”

Baek Da-eun, sorrowfully and miserably.

Burst into tears until the end of the day.