episode_0503

I return to my room, lie down on the bed, and get lost in thought.

I know very well what I felt while watching Jooyeon and Morgan Paul a moment ago.

“Jealousy… .”

It’s not such an unfamiliar feeling.

Ever since Son Si-woo, I’ve been very jealous.

I don’t like my woman talking in a friendly atmosphere with other men.

To be precise, I don’t like being around guys who are clearly drooling over my woman, but whatever.

I don’t think jealousy is a bad emotion.

On the contrary, couldn’t it be used as an indicator to know how much a man and a woman love each other?

However, I don’t think I can accept this jealousy in a good way.

“… Dirty, ugly.”

It was different from other types of jealousy.

It’s so dark, gloomy, and ugly that you don’t want to show it to anyone.

I want to get rid of it, but even that isn’t easy.

It sticks like the bottom of a charred frying pan and no matter how hard you try, it stays the same.

What should I do?

How can I erase this feeling?

The answer is fixed.

You have to face it before erasing it.

Why is this type of jealousy that I only feel towards Joo-yeon?

What on earth did it come from?

And to do this, I had to bring out the truth that I had been trying so hard to hide.

My relationship with her as I see it.

“… I thought the line had already been crossed.”

The day we mixed our hot bodies.

I thought I had finally crossed the line and ended my stale relationship with Joo-yeon.

But no.

I didn’t cross the line, I just stepped on it and stood on the border.

Normally, they still think of themselves as sisters-in-law, and only forget about that fact when their bodies get hot.

The relationship that was considered dishonest even affected jealousy.

“Phew.”

I learned the cause through an abyss I didn’t want to look into.

And naturally, I found the answer.

You can end this relationship right now.

Once you mix your body, it is impossible to go back to the way it was before.

That means in the end, the only answer is to move on… .

“That’s easier said than done.”

There are too many memories stored in my head to forget and get rid of.

From the moment when you were the only one who welcomed me warmly amidst the cold treatment.

The days we spent together considering her as true family.

It has piled up layer by layer, layer by layer, and is now becoming more than just a memory and becoming a component that makes up a human being.

That’s why I ask.

Can I completely erase the memories of that time and be faithful to my current relationship?

It was a time when I was worrying over and over again, holding on to the frustration that felt like my heart was about to explode.

Knock knock!

Someone knocked on the door.

* * *

“Heung, heung~♬”

I take one step at a time while humming a refreshing song.

This is a path that someone has already passed before.

With your shoulders slumped.

With ugly feelings that cannot be seen by anyone.

I follow the path that I had always wheezed, but with a brisk step.

We arrived in front of his room before we knew it.

I slowly extend my hand and knock on the door.

Knock knock!

“… … .”

A reaction that doesn’t come back.

If you stay in the room and don’t answer, it probably means that you don’t want anyone to see you.

But she didn’t back down.

Knock knock!

“Dojin, I know everything that’s inside.”

In a soft voice, I call the name of the man who is locked in his room and does not move.

Still no response whatsoever.

It looks like he really doesn’t want to meet you.

“I can’t help it.”

Han Joo-yeon takes out a thin pin from her curled hair and holds it in her hand.

Every building in the Vatican has a long history.

The same goes for the accommodations they stay in.

As this is a place where only those who are permitted to stay as guests of the Orthodox Church stay, the security inside this place was more lax than expected.

Enough to easily unlock the door with just a hairpin.

“Eight.”

Slam!

As she entered the door that had opened in an instant, what she saw was Kim Do-jin, half-rising with his eyes wide open in complete embarrassment.

“Why did you pretend you weren’t there when you were inside?”

An extremely embarrassing situation.

“Well, I dozed off for a moment… .”

“Lies.”

“… … .”

An excuse that was cut off before it was even finished.

Kim Do-jin, who was annoyed by everything, lay down on the bed and covered himself with the blanket.

“… I don’t know what’s going on, but I don’t feel like talking about it today, so I’ll do it later.”

I didn’t think I could talk to her easily with my messed up head.

So, I firmly issued an order to banish guests.

Instead, she walked deep in and sat down on the bed he was lying on.

“Why don’t I feel like talking?”

“… I’m just not feeling well.”

“Hmm… , I see.”

Han Ju-yeon looks down at Kim Do-jin, who is covered in a blanket, and licks her lips with her tongue.

“Are you jealous?”

“… … .”

I continue talking to him who remains silent.

“It probably wasn’t ordinary jealousy. Didn’t you feel like a very unpleasant feeling was sticky to your whole body, like sweat soaking you on a humid summer day?”

Kim Do-jin’s eyes widened under the blanket as if they were torn apart.

I was that surprised.

How on earth can you penetrate my mind so accurately?

Her words did not end there.

“You probably didn’t want to show it to others. So I rushed out of the banquet hall and hid under the blanket.”

“… … .”

“You must have worried about how to erase that feeling.”

“… … !”

“After much thought, I came up with a method, but it must have been frustrating because it was a method I couldn’t try.”

That was it.

Full luck!

Kim Do-jin, who could no longer listen to the words that seemed to see clearly into his heart, threw off the blanket and stood up.

And then he immediately reaches out and pulls Han Juyeon’s shoulder.

Slurp!

Han Joo-yeon was dragged helplessly and collapsed on the bed.

Kim Do-jin climbed on top of her and asked in a harsher tone than usual.

“You know it well, right?”

A dizzying thought passes through my head.

How did she see through my heart so accurately?

perhaps.

“Like someone who has experienced it directly.”

Perhaps you have experienced this whirlwind of emotions before you.

Regardless of the heavy atmosphere, she nodded with a smile.

“Yes, that’s right.”

“… … .”

“So I wanted to let you know. It’s not just jealousy, it’s ugly jealousy… , how heavy that makes a person’s heart.”

“Ugly jealousy… .”

The ominous thought that suddenly came to me gradually turns into certainty.

But I was too quick to open my mouth.

‘No disclosure’ is one of the restrictions imposed when the bodies are swapped.

Because what was left was still a lock on his mouth.

So when you are looking for a different way to ask.

She opened her mouth first.

“Do you know why I wanted to become a hunter?”

“… No.”

“It was because of my sister and brother-in-law.”

“… … .”

“He is more popular than most celebrities, makes a lot of money, and is respected by people. As a young person, it was difficult to find a better job than that.”

So, when the whole family gathered together, I spoke in a rather solemn manner.

She wants to follow in her sister and brother-in-law’s footsteps and become a hunter.

Thanks to this, the family was turned upside down.

“My parents were vehemently opposed. He must have been upset to hear that his two well-bred daughters were sacrificing their lives to work.”

Her older sister also expressed her disapproval.

“Not as much as my parents, but my sister was also against it. Knowing how difficult a hunter’s life is, he probably hoped that his beloved younger brother would not go down that path.”

There were five people sitting around a richly prepared table.

Three of them have already opposed it.

There is only one person left now.

“But my brother-in-law was the only one who did not object. Of course, I didn’t agree with it either.”

It is said that sometimes one action is more important than a thousand words.

So, her brother-in-law put the young girl in the back row of his party and set out to conquer the dungeon.

And it showed.

A fight against monsters.

The sight of being hit by a palm that covers the sky, being thrown back and stuck against the wall, having flesh torn by sharp nails and bleeding profusely, is very graphic.

The battle ended only when one arm was broken and half of the face was covered in flowing blood.

Her brother-in-law, who had barely achieved victory, came limping over with his body intact and asked his frozen young sister-in-law.

-“Do you still want to become a hunter?”

I couldn’t answer hastily.

It was because I changed my mind.

Because the life of the hunter she saw before her eyes was so different from what she had imagined.

Facing not a brilliant fiction but a cruel reality, she answered with a trembling voice:

“Yes, I should become a hunter.”

Nevertheless, he decided to become a hunter.

The popularity and money I had hoped to gain by becoming a hunter suddenly disappeared.

Instead, a strong desire bloomed in its place.

By becoming a hunter.

“I want to protect my brother-in-law.”

Forever.

By your side.

All the way.

I want to protect him who can’t take care of himself because he’s fighting to protect someone.

She stretched out her hand and lightly brushed Kim Do-jin’s cheek and confessed in a trembling voice.

From then until now, I’ve kept the words in my heart and never dared to say them.

I speak out with courage.

“I’ve liked you ever since then, brother-in-law.”

Kim Do-jin’s face was distorted miserably at her shy confession.