episode_0387

People who have not been in love for a long time become unable to enjoy love.

As if my senses were worn out.

But Edeline showed no such sign at all.

He was so nervous that he couldn’t even make eye contact with me, but he looked so fresh that even I felt nervous.

Thanks to this, the atmosphere is heavy.

First, to ease the tension, I gently held Edeline’s hand.

Swish!

Edeline quickly removes her hand.

Then, feeling embarrassed, he carefully folded his hand over mine.

It looked like a cat.

“Pfft!”

I just laughed to relieve the tension.

Edeline seemed to have finally become comfortable.

“You know what? People say my body smells like a luminous flower.”

To ease Edeline’s nervous mind, I told her a story about a tiger that was in heat.

Although he was just spitting out farmland stories to lighten the heavy atmosphere, Edeline was listening to this absurd story with a serious expression.

It was so dull that I was completely embarrassed.

This was a problem before the dating cells.

“Luminous flowers are unique flowers that grow in places where light is not visible. ···Do you know why flowers are beautiful?”

“Because that is the fruit of the plant?”

“This is to deceive insects.”

We decided to date and less than an hour has passed…?

“But among flowers, there are flowers whose petals are not necessarily beautiful. There are also flowers that attract flies and other things by emitting a foul odor.”

···Flowers with a rotten smell, such as titan arum or rafflesia.

It’s not that I don’t know what Edeline is talking about.

“Luminous flowers have two reproductive strategies. One is the flower petals that glow in the dark, and the second is a smell that is addictive, pleasant, and gives a sense of security.”

“···Yes?”

“The scent of glow-in-the-dark flowers is not that strong because it is intended to attract insects. However, because narcotics are highly addictive, flies and mosquitoes, which have a sensitive sense of smell, often starve to death in the fields of luminous flowers.”

“···I smell like a luminous flower, right?”

“Yes. The scent of the luminous flower coming from Sihyeon’s body was inherited, even down to its ingredients.”

So, flies and mosquitoes are attracted like this!

Where did all the bugs get caught?! They say that the reason meat eaters turn on their eyes and flirt with me is actually because of drugs!

“In addition, the concentration is very thick. The more you sweat, the stronger the smell will be. Body odor that is too strong can cause carnivores to want to eat, so wash often.”

I got chills.

If the tiger was hungry, it would have recognized me as food.

“Yes. I will.”

I didn’t even want to imagine it.

Jump and run…

I hear footsteps outside.

Edeline looks at me, unable to do anything.

It seemed like he didn’t know how to introduce me.

─Chief. I brought you breakfast.

“Please come in.”

The man opens the door handle and enters the bedroom.

A man who had a crush on Edeline suddenly came in and brought something to the table next to me.

Serve breakfast.

The sight of the man approaching me and putting down food next to me felt as if he was setting the table for me to eat.

“Today we brought out something that the chief likes. ···Why are you doing that?”

“···It’s nothing. Thank you for always taking care of me.”

“No. This is my job.”

I made eye contact with Edeline, who was looking straight into my eyes.

Despair, resignation, anger and sadness appeared in Edeline’s once lively eyes.

“Is there anything else you need?”

“···Yes.”

Eventually, his gaze was taken away from me.

‘Do you think I’m an illusion?’

Seeing Edeline shaking like a willow leaf makes me feel uneasy.

I don’t like being surprised, but I can’t help it.

‘I am sorry.’

“Can I ask for one more serving?”

“Waaaagh────?!!!”

Crash!

The man was shocked by the surprise greeting and fell apart like furniture.

I almost burst out laughing at the harsh reaction, but I held it in.

“Because I’m in the market.”

“Ahhhh…Who, who are you…?!”

“Sorry. The invisibility spell has not been removed. This is Dewin, who was the chief’s colleague.”

The man who had been in a daze finally stood up.

Because I knew I wasn’t a ghost.

“···Are you saying you came from the Magic Tower?”

I guess I don’t quite like it.

I wouldn’t feel good if I received a greeting like this.

“I am a Dragonia who was excommunicated from the Magic Tower just like Edeline. Since my research yielded no results, I came to Edeline to get her advice.”

When I tell him that he is not a member of the Magic Tower, his expression relaxes a little.

very little. The man glanced back at Edeline, then back at me.

“If you want to receive guests, shouldn’t you contact the meeting room first?”

“Sorry. An old colleague was trapped in a locked basement, so I skipped the procedure, thinking he might be experiencing some ‘inconvenience’.”

The man couldn’t say anything more harshly, as if he had been stabbed.

That’s how it should be.

They locked people in the basement like luggage and locked the door.

I guess I didn’t like this either.

His chest must be clogged with anger, and he turns his gaze away from me.

“But it wasn’t. Thanks to you all, I feel relieved.”

“Yes. I’ll bring it to you.”

“Thank you. I hope you will keep the reason I came here a secret.”

Perhaps in a bad mood, the man left Edeline’s room without answering.

Edeline was looking at the direction the man had left as if perplexed.

“Why are you doing that?”

Soon bruises and looks mixed with relief come to me.

“I said that because Edeline didn’t believe me.”

Doesn’t reality seem like an illusion because you’re in a place like this?

I want to get Edeline out of this stuffy closet.

And I want to find something that Edeline will like together.

“Let’s eat and go out together.”

“I have work to finish.”

“Yes. When will I have time?”

“I think it will take about a week.”

···one week.

Now that I think about it, I’m also a really funny guy.

It’s a relationship between a man and a woman that needs to be resolved before enlistment, so why did I allow them to date two weeks before enlistment?

‘This is complete bullshit.’

If knights are similar to officers in the first place, then I need to study Habstenburg’s state history and etiquette.

Although it is the same army, it is a different world.

I don’t know the details of what the driver does.

‘It has to be perfect in everything.’

Only then can he become a royal knight in one year and kill Harold even a little faster.

“It can’t be helped. Do you know where the library is around here?”

When I think about it, it wasn’t the time to be in love.

‘Let’s just eat breakfast and go get ready right away.’

Just then, I heard the footsteps of a man bringing breakfast.

“I brought you a meal.”

A man holds out a tray to me.

“Thank you.”

Now I see that men feel hostility toward me as a man.

That was so funny.

“I will come to pick up the dishes in an hour.”

With just those words, he left this prison-like room.

How far away were the footsteps?

“I am enlisting. I think I should just eat this and go.”

“······Yes?”

“It’s okay if you don’t worry about dating. Because I can’t be by your side.”

I handed Edeline the tray next to me and placed my hand on the meal on my lap.

Grilled meat with bread, soup, salad fruit and cooked vegetables.

Even dandanji and dietary fiber. It’s a perfect combination.

“The rice here looks delicious. I wish the army food was half as good as here.”

The bread is soft, so there is no need to dip it in soup.

I gently tore the bread and shoved it into my mouth.

“···Are you going?”

“Yes.”

When you become a knight, you will have to battle Yunaira’s soldiers at least once.

Does not matter.

To begin with, I didn’t feel that much of a sense of kinship with the people of Yunaira, and with the exception of a few, most of them didn’t treat me as a person.

In my heart there were and always will be only two hosots and a few characters.

“I will make time.”

“Don’t overdo it.”

It’s so small that it’s a hassle to cut it and eat it.

When I put a piece of meat in my mouth and chew it, the juice fills my mouth.

It was very juicy and very rich.

I chewed it and shoved the cooked vegetables into my mouth.

“···Not even a day has passed yet, right?”

“It can’t be helped. Still, I’ll stop by when I’m on vacation.”

Edeline’s eyes are spinning.

“I may be able to solve the problem you are experiencing. The reason you asked about the library before enlisting is because you want to become an engineer. Aren’t you going to the library to take a liberal arts test?”

“Ah, yes. How did you know?”

“The books in the library are pro-Dreckar. The distortion of history and the author’s misinterpretation are so serious that one will never be able to learn correct national history. Let me help you.”

I’m trying to become a knight of Habstenburg?

“Anyway, I don’t care about the history of this country. All you have to do is do well on the test. Just what others know─”

“In that case, we will create the optimal answer sheet by identifying and interpreting the current test questions and current psychology based on theory tests from 30 years ago to the present. ”

At this point, I feel embarrassed.

“···Isn’t there a lot to do?”

“That is nothing.”

Are you going to create an answer sheet by reading the psychology of the examiner?

‘Is that really nothing?’

Edeline is never one to say empty words.

Edeline can pull off this nonsense.

“Answer sheets will be prepared within a week. We will separately prepare stimulants to improve memory.”

There was determination in his eyes.

···There is no point in rejecting something like this.

“Yes… Then, please take care of me.”

Only then did Edeline find inner peace.

After taking a break, Edeline began to leisurely enjoy the cooled morning.

Perhaps because I am a slow eater, my plate was already completely empty before Edeline had even finished eating half of her meal.

“Would you like some more of mine?”

“It’s okay. It’s because I have a habit of eating quickly.”

Is it because I slept in a chair?

I was still tired and still had the feeling that I hadn’t had a good rest.

“···Can I sleep for a little while?”

“Sleeping in a chair puts a lot of strain on the spine and neck, preventing deep sleep. I would like to recommend you to sleep in bed.”

Edeline looks towards her bed.

The bed owner’s permission must have been obtained, so there is no need to decline.

I lay down on Edeline’s bed and covered myself with the blanket.

The soft, exquisite bed felt like it was wrapped around my body.

“I’ll just close my eyes for a little while.”

“Yes. Sleep well.”

I was just grabbed by the bed and fell into sleep.

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Squeak─ Squeak─

A strange sound wakes me up.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Edeline changing the light bulb.

Only then did I know what the lamp that illuminated the basement was.

‘Because the filament emits light when it is heated.’

The principle was simple, but it was something I couldn’t even dare to think about.

“···Did you make that here too?”

“Yes. This Gwangcheolseon was also made by quoting Sihyeon’s memory.”

He is a great person.

What a great person.

“What on earth can’t you make?”

“You cannot make items that require electricity. It’s the machine that appears in Sihyeon’s memory… that appears to be pornographic.”

My hands and feet are shaking and my breathing becomes rigid.

The feeling of drowsiness and refreshment after sleep evaporates.

My body tensed as if someone had held a knife to my throat.

I’m so nervous that I’m so out of breath that I feel like I’m going to throw up.

“······It is too inefficient to replace it with heat, and it would take decades to make it with current technology.”

“···Did you see all of that?”

Edeline nods.

“Yes. It was a good study on the sex life of this world.”

···It’s not sarcastic, it’s sincere.

This person really studied ‘pornography’!

“······Yes. Thank goodness.”

It was fortunate that Edeline was insensitive.

Because after seeing that, they didn’t think I was a pervert.

Edeline asked me many things.

Since I don’t know Korean or English, I spent hours asking questions I couldn’t understand.

Some questions were deceptively simple, while others were very sharp.

So much so that I can reflect on her genius.

Edeline wrote down all of the questions and answers in her notebook in neat cursive, and after finishing it, she began to get dressed.

“Where are you going?”

“I plan to visit the Wall of the Wall to read the psychological state of the examiner.”

Edeline protects me even when she commits illegal acts.

It’s a strange feeling.

“Can’t we just read the memory and create an answer sheet?”

“Dragonia does not commit injustice with other people’s memories.”

Isn’t what you’re already trying to do now a denial?

To begin with, it is no longer the Dragonia of the Magic Tower.

“I just read the examiner’s psychology and infer the answer.”

When Edeline stretched out her hand against the wall, the space tore open and a door to sub-space opened.

“Huh? Didn’t the dragon take back his power?”

“Yes. The dragon has not yet taken his power from me. If you need anything, we will get it for you on your way back.”

“I don’t really need anything.”

“Okay.”

After confirming my answer, Edeline nodded and stepped into subspace.

I don’t know anymore.

I need to sleep more.

* * * * * *

What I did after that was simple.

I memorized the answers from a workbook that lasted over a hundred revisions through cramming education, which was optimal for scoring points.

How many days did it take to memorize everything?

I memorized it all, and after that, I learned the etiquette to follow as a knight.

Learn, learn.

A week passed like that.

Now I can close my eyes and recite the answers to 100 questions.

It must have been the effect of the stimulant that Edeline gave me.

“I have to go to the sand tomorrow.”

“Unless there are special circumstances, an apprentice engineer’s first vacation comes one year after he or she completes the basic course after enlisting.”

“It’s coming out quite late.”

“Yes. It will be a year later that I see a vision.”

Edeline looks at me.

“Can you devote today and that time to me?”

“Yes. I will.”

Even though I gave the answer, I felt anxious, as if I was seeing Anne.

“Do you think I won’t come back?”

“No.”

I started sleeping with Edeline four days ago.

It wasn’t that there was any sexual activity or anything.

Edeline needed human warmth.

Because I saw those feelings, I deliberately slept with him.

We were still sleeping together.

─Slender.

So much so that I thought it might break if I hugged it too hard.

While hugging her back, I savored the apple scent coming from Edeline.

I gently hugged her chest with the arm that was used as a pillow, and while hugging my waist, I pressed my body a little closer.

“Just like Edeline needed me, I also needed someone to lean on.”

I relied on Edeline.

Because this person… was perfect in my eyes.

“Someone planned my life like a script. Control my emotions and trap me. I don’t know what my feelings are, what I want, nothing. Even Edeline did the same.”

It was a life full of lies, from start to finish.

“If Edeline’s apology wasn’t sincere, I wouldn’t be here.”

Probably killed you.

Prevent the use of authority, all at once.

“So, I’ll be back.”

I became cold when I met Edeline, a painter who was floating and looking for an outlet.

Thanks to this, I feel very comfortable now.

“Jeon… I can’t read Sihyeon’s emotions.”

“You have to read it to know?”

ah.

It smells good.

Why do people smell so good?

It’s warm and warm.

“Can you prove that Sihyeon is being attracted to me?”

“How? There is nothing more difficult than proving your heart.”

When I spoke into her ear, Edeline let out a loud cry.

“I like the smell similar to apples, and I like the blue eyes like jewels. I like white skin like jade and thick, long hair. I like the fact that he is blunt and concerned, and that he does things for me. I also like the fact that I can rely on him and that he knows a lot. Being considerate, respecting others, and having a kind heart. I like the fact that it’s like pure white drawing paper that I can dye with my own colors, and I also like the way you work hard for me.”

Edeline’s ears turned red.

“If I think about it, I may have come to like everything about Edeline while liking Edeline.”

“······Is that so?”

“Still, there are just two things. There is something I wish for.”

The tremors subside from Edeline’s body.

“Be selfish. I want Edeline to achieve and express what she wants. Even if others consider it rude.”

What use is there in living a life for others?

I hope Edeline takes care of herself.

“And, smile. I like people who smile.”

“···Is that even enough?”

“Yes. You asked for it even when I was dying. What about people? When someone you are close to or like smiles, you become that much happier.”

Edeline turns over and looks at me.

“So smile for me.”

Eyes soaked in rain.

What are you trying to say?

Edeline grabs my neck and brings her face to me.

“I understand Sihyeon’s feelings. But it’s not enough to convince me. ···Now I want you to show it with action.”

action?

“I, I…”

How can a person’s mouth smell like fruit?

Cherry-colored lips murmured, then opened slightly and turned towards me.

Eventually, his lips came close to mine, and his stiff tongue tried to enter, but was blocked by his teeth and went in like a snail.

And then he looks at me with his wide eyes.

My brain itches with freshness, and my body tics.

I desperately blocked it.

It felt like if I let my guard down, I would be crushed into a hug.

“···It won’t work.”

I can feel my heart beating so loudly and my blood pressure in the hand I’m holding.

‘This person is bad at sleeping.’

But it was the same for me too.

Since I was on my way to enlist in the military, I didn’t think I was qualified.

But now I’m so greedy that I can’t stand it.

Just to steam it, I need to dye it my color.

“How to kiss. I’ll tell you from the beginning.”

I hugged Edeline’s neck and waist and pulled her towards me.