Episode 133. Daily Life (7)

“Already morning…?”

“It’s not, Nuna. You can sleep more.”

‘Euum…’

Perhaps uncomfortable, Vera Nuna released my hand. No, since Nuna’s strength wouldn’t be enough to free my arm, I just detached it myself. My arm must have been aching, so it’s understandable. Feeling sorry for disturbing her sleep, I backed away.

“Where are you goingaa…”

But rather, Vera Nuna approached me. Seemingly dissatisfied with not seeing my face, she turned her body to face me directly. I accepted Nuna as she nestled back into my embrace. Vera Nuna said in a voice heavy with sleep.

“…What about Monica?”

“She’s sleeping.”

Peok-

As if asking who wouldn’t know that, she headbutted my chest once. Today, Nuna’s wish has finally come true, so I should tell her.

“…I ended up doing it with Monica.”

“Finally…? That’s good…”

Heuheut- Vera Nuna laughed.

“How was it…?”

“She looks exactly like Nuna, so I kept thinking about Vera Nuna the whole time.”

“Th, that’s not right… Monica is pretty too…”

“But I still like Nuna the most.”

“I know… But why does your voice sound so weak?”

Keuheum, did it show in my voice? I kind of wanted her to notice it subtly, so I deliberately made it more obvious.

“It’s just… what to do from now on… It feels like everything I’ve avoided until now was pointless…”

“What’s pointless about it…”

I always thought this would happen with Monica someday, but it felt too sudden. As soon as I sorted out my thoughts about the past, Monica approached me more actively than usual. They say you can’t spit on a smiling face, and maybe it was because I couldn’t refuse such an expression, or maybe it was because of a bit of guilt towards Monica. Before I knew it, it became an unavoidable situation.

I don’t regret what I’ve already done, and it wasn’t bad either. But I couldn’t help but feel empty compared to how nervous I was. I also wondered if this is how it’s supposed to be… And I still had to explain things to Vera Nuna.

“Then, can you tell me why?”

“…The reason?”

“The reason you avoided Monica… No, you’ve already slept together, so it seems like you’ve overcome it well. Good job, our Edward.”

Is it right to say I overcame it? My head has been so complicated since last night… Besides, I wasn’t confident in explaining the regression and making Nuna understand. I only vaguely guessed that the red stone was full of my blood, so that’s how it happened, but I don’t know how it works properly, so how can I explain it to someone else? In the end, I was afraid of being treated like a madman, so I had no choice but to change the story as less strangely as possible.

“…I had a dream.”

“A dream?”

I woke up with the memories of the future right before going to the mounted combat tournament, so wouldn’t it be right to call it a dream? A very long and dark dream that lasts for ten years and more.

“In that dream, a lot of people came out. Among them were Nuna, Monica…”

“…I came out too?”

“Of course. Nuna came out a lot, Monica came out every day… Winnie didn’t.”

Before the regression, I hadn’t even seen her a few times, but it’s ironic that we’ve become so close this time. It’s clear that the reason Winnie first approached me was to blackmail me with ‘I’ll expose the relationship with Vera Nuna’… If I hadn’t approached Vera Nuna, I wouldn’t have been able to get close to Winnie.

“Heueung… Is that so? But why are you acting like that when you saw Monica every day…?”

“I saw her every day. I did see her…”

It’s not a pleasant thing to talk about. Moreover, Monica is Vera Nuna’s daughter… It’s not a pleasant thing for either Nuna or me to badmouth her daughter in front of her mother. It’s not like Monica actually did anything wrong.

In the end, after much deliberation, I softened the words as much as possible and changed the content a little. Still, it was a long enough story to tell, so I continued talking for quite a while while holding Vera Nuna in my arms. I forgot a lot of things, but I had a desire to tell this story, so once I started talking, the story flowed out smoothly. I couldn’t see her expression, but Vera Nuna, who had been listening to my story quietly, asked this first.

“Heueung… Then how was I…?”

“Y, you, Nuna?”

“Of course. You said I came out a lot.”

“Yes. A lot… you came out a lot.”

She was mainly there to comfort me when I was suffering from Monica.

“Nuna… was like now.”

“…Were we like this in the dream too?”

“No, not like that… I mean, your appearance. You were so youthful that, no joke, you looked similar to Monica.”

“Heum, heum…”

Perhaps because she was suffering because of her troublesome daughter and her husband, Vera Nuna fifteen years later was slightly thinner than now… But well, no one can confirm that. Vera Nuna also seems to be in a good mood.

“And if it weren’t for Nuna, I might have committed suicide in the dream.”

“Don’t have such bad thoughts.”

“I’m just saying. Just saying. How strong is my attachment to life?”

Even while living such a life, I never thought of dying until I died on the battlefield. I’d rather kill them all and rush at them, why would I kill myself? But Vera Nuna seems to be still bothered by what I said, and she kept telling me in a slightly anxious voice.

“Bad thoughts, or anything like that… You shouldn’t. Okay?”

“Ayy, I won’t.”

“Heung…”

I hugged Vera Nuna even tighter, saying that would never happen. So that Nuna’s warm warmth spreads throughout my body. Perhaps because of the soft touch, my penis, which had been quiet due to the serious talk, was slowly regaining its strength.

“Anyway, that’s why. It’s not a big deal now that I’ve said it.”

“Heum…”

“It’s strange. That I treated someone like that because of a dream…”

“Come here.”

Vera Nuna, who had escaped from my arms, moved upwards on the bed as if rising, and pulled my head towards her. After tossing and turning a few times, I was lying face down, buried in Vera Nuna’s chest.

“Hand.”

One hand on each side. Nuna grabbed my hands and pulled them to the side of my head, each one. Since I was burying my face between her breasts, with her breasts, that is. Her hands naturally went inside the loose and soft pajamas.

“Do you want to touch my breasts?”

“No, I’m having a serious conversation…”

“You’re not going to touch them?”

“It’s not that I’m not…”

In the first place, I’m burying my face between her breasts right now. There’s no reason to refuse this infinite happiness generator that makes me happy when I touch it. Perhaps because of my breath tickling between her breasts every time I spoke, Vera Nuna burst into laughter and said.

“It’s okay. It can happen.”

Buried in her soft breasts, Vera Nuna strokes my head. ‘It can happen.’ This common and cliché phrase. Even before the regression, Vera Nuna… no, she was my mother-in-law back then. I heard that a lot when I was comforted by my mother-in-law, but hearing it from a much closer distance, in a much closer relationship, felt very different.

To the point where I naturally felt that everything was really okay. I’ve never received anything like this from anyone… In the first place, who would have a reason to stroke me?

“It’s already past, and it’s not like you haven’t moved on from it.”

“Still…”

“Eoheo. Be brave like a knight. Have confidence.”

Euum, be brave…

Jumuljumul-

“…Like touching breasts. Euhheut!”

When I pinched the ends between my fingers and pressed them slightly, a thin voice came from Vera Nuna’s mouth. I guess all the sleepiness is gone now.

“Hueueu… Heuheum, I’m the man who will make milk come out of here no matter what.”

…!

“Are you pregnant?”

I was surprised to hear Vera Nuna’s words. I did work hard, but such good results right away?

“No, it’s not confirmed yet… I had the test done a while ago, so Winnie Yang said she would tell me the results.”

Heum, heum. I got excited for nothing. It’s not too late even after the results are confirmed. Still, the slightly excited yet awkward atmosphere didn’t go away. A harmful topic to change the subject…

“So… what do we do about Monica now?”

“What do you mean what do we do? Just do what you did tonight.”

“I mean, how should we reveal this relationship…”

“…”

In the past, I thought of seducing both Vera Nuna and Winnie to take revenge on the nasty Monica… Winnie was kind of a lucky catch. But I can’t do that now.

Vera Nuna didn’t seem to have thought much about this part either, and I could see the surprise on her usually relaxed and benevolent face.

“…Sometimes ignorance is bliss, Edward.”

“…But that’s just continuing to deceive…”

“Sometimes the truth is the sharpest sword of all.”

“We can’t hide it forever.”

Vera Nuna didn’t seem to want to reveal it much. Does that make sense?