episode_0112

‘Oh, I guess not.’

Yeah, probably not.

My nose got pierced just by looking at my bare face.

Of course, Dang Soso’s beauty had an incredible persuasive power that made you think, ‘Maybe it doesn’t matter…?’ when you look at it. Even I, who had trained my eyes and mind with Jojo’s beauty, couldn’t take my eyes off her face for a while when I first saw her bare face.

Looking at his appearance alone, it seemed like even if I bowed, it wouldn’t have been enough… but I guess that wasn’t the case anyway.

Showing your bare face is a signal to get married. Even though this is a different world, what kind of method is there to propose?

I secretly hoped it wouldn’t be like that…

“Looking at your expression, I think you noticed. That’s right, the position I’m about to offer you is next to me, who may become the owner of Sacheon Pharmaceutical in the future.”

In the end, ‘those words’ ended up flowing out of Tang Soso’s mouth.

If there’s one thing I realized thanks to you, it’s none other than…

“···I guess the situation is very difficult?”

That was it.

In some ways, it could be seen as my own shame and weakness, and even though I mentioned it through my mouth, the party’s reaction was nothing short of calm and weak.

Rather, it was Hayoung who caused the uproar.

Did he feel uneasy because he felt like his friend was being pushed into a corner because he lost the game?

Hayoung was trying to move forward while biting her lip, so I stopped her by pressing down on her lower abdomen.

“Yes…..?!”

It was after Hayoung’s attempt was thwarted by my hand that a voice filled with overt interest flowed into my ears.

“Can I ask why you thought that?”

“That’s it… Otherwise, I don’t know where he came from, and all he knows how to do is swing a sword and a bat, so there’s no way you’d offer such an important position.◦@ ◦

A smile spread across Dang Soso’s face, as if he liked my thorough and cruel self-objectification.

“You saw it correctly.”

“I heard from Hayoung here that they are competing with other successor candidates for the Sogaju position, but…”

Was it a bit embarrassing to be called by a man’s name in front of a friend? He continued speaking while looking sideways at Hayoung, who was quietly blushing.

“You must have been bitten a lot?”

“Those who are better than others will always be envied.”

I don’t know anything else, but I couldn’t refute that statement. That’s because I am the one who has experienced such situations more harshly than anyone else.

So, I remained silent, but Dangsoso, as if interpreting my silence as ‘sympathy’, asked me a question with a smile on his face.

“I would like to hear an answer soon.”

···Answer.

It’s definitely a more luxurious offer than I expected.

The problem is, of course, risk.

What I wanted from the beginning was to pick a suitable company, make it a sponsor, and then use their power to gain new link abilities and gobble up supplies and technology along with the job. Because it wasn’t.

As Dang So-so said, if you help her and win the battle to decide the next head of the Dang family, there will be no other jackpot like that… but what if you fail?

In the worst case, I might have to give up on this world altogether.

There is no way a person newly crowned as the head of a family would forgive someone who supported candidates other than him. No doubt he will use every means at his disposal to erase me from this world.

Considering that possibility, it was true that I felt reluctant rather than intrigued…

“···Let’s give it a try.”

My tongue was already putting the words into my mouth.

*****

“So, what should I do?”

As I listened to those words ringing in my ears, I clenched the hand on my thigh tightly. It had no choice but to be like that. It felt like if I didn’t express it like that, I would just cheer with joy.

So, I hurriedly squeezed my hand to roughly suppress something that made me cry, and then opened my mouth while looking at the man sitting across from me.

“First of all… we need to set the rules.”

“Rules, you mean?”

A face that suddenly seemed to say, “What kind of guy is breaking the rules?”

I focused my words on that face with my eyes on it.

“There is room for the relationship between a married couple to be interpreted as a kind of contractual relationship, right? It’s especially like that between us.”

So, wouldn’t it make sense to establish in advance some basic rules to be followed between couples, even if it’s a contract?

The man, who was lost in thought for a moment after hearing the words he said, uttered the words he had thought of in advance, then added briefly.

“If that’s the case, just write a neat contract.”

To be honest… it was what I hoped for.

For a strong person who has reached a certain level, a contract is nothing more than a piece of paper that can be ignored when necessary, but what is important is a ‘justice’ that can be used when necessary.

What can I say?

The situation was so urgent right now that she gave up what she had cherished for so long, but she had no intention of obediently allowing that man to sit next to her.

Didn’t you declare it in front of that man in the first place?

Don’t forget what it means to turn the party’s military leader into an enemy.

Tangmun’s warrior never forgets silver and won.

And the man standing in front of her now, Yoon Soo-hyun, was clearly close to the ‘enemy’ side.

Anyway, if this man hadn’t suddenly come out and interrupted her event, the situation wouldn’t have turned out this way. Rather than being pushed into a corner like they are now, they would have been on a roll thanks to the explosive success of the newly developed strengthening drug.

While crushing other Sogaju candidates with overwhelming ‘skill’ and ‘performance’.

It was none other than this man who took that future away from her. So what else is that other than an enemy?

That’s why I was determined to avenge this resentment someday.

For example… how about taking revenge at the moment of victory, when people naturally have no choice but to let down their guard?

If you were to witness the heat blooming from your fingertips while you were intoxicated with the feeling of victory, wouldn’t it be so thrilling that your body would tremble?

It’s as if they are just calmly preparing to sign a contract without even realizing that they are drawing such a picture in their head.

Should I say that this is a reaction that is so dark to the world that I had no idea how great and dangerous Sacheon Pharmaceutical and Tangmun, which stand behind it, were until not long ago.

“Um…what should the name of the contract be…”

“I won’t have to show it to anyone anyway, so wouldn’t it be okay to keep it simple?”

“Simply…”

The man was muttering and tapping the table with the display pen he was holding for a moment before scribbling something on the wide display.

Eventually, after going through the translation process, what was printed on the screen was a somewhat ambiguous title called ‘Marital Relationship Contract.’

“Now that the title has been decided, next is the content…”

Are you having trouble deciding what content to write?

She quietly picked up her pen as she watched the man start pounding on the table again.

And then I wrote down what I had thought of in advance into the contract.

It was right after that that the content she had just finished printing appeared on the transparent, flat display placed in front of the man.

ㅡ1. When engaging in skinship between a couple, always ask for the other person’s opinion first. If the other person does not agree to skinship, never force it.

Maybe I don’t like the content?

The man’s eyebrows, which were considerably thicker than the others, twitched roughly.

Well, I guess so.

When I think back on what he did to Ha-young, it seemed like the man enjoyed having the woman in his hands and playing with her.

So there is no way a rule like this would be welcomed.

That was why. To prepare for this kind of situation, I started preparing to say the words I had thought out in advance.

We have made all preparations so that we can respond immediately.

‘···why?’

What the other party chose was ‘silence’.

A slightly different situation than expected,

As I was inwardly confused… Hayoung, who had been sitting in an uncharacteristically awkward posture, carefully stood up from her seat. Then he quickly headed towards the bathroom.

His face was particularly red from earlier, but perhaps he was holding back on something urgent because of the situation.

As soon as Hayoung leaves the room for a moment, there is a sound of snapping fingers…

“Then, are you going to follow these conditions for now?”

‘-Huh?’