***
He reached out to me like an escort.
"Wait a minute."
I left the door of the shop wide open near where the carriage stopped.
Shops that are currently in operation are also in a state where time has stopped. An owner was standing facing the open door, so he could probably quickly witness Hildegart.
'They'll call the guards right away.'
This was a human courtesy I could pass on to Hildegart.
After seeing Hildegard for the last time, I finally returned to the stationery store's bench.
Although the bench was somewhat broken and split, it was quite comfortable to sit on.
Isaac simply admitted.
"I've been waiting for your call."
Is it my misunderstanding that it feels like he's whining?
The man's subtle eyes curved in a attractive way, and his hand gently rested on my shoulder.
"We're on the same side."
If you talk like you're pleading with such a handsome face, it's a little awkward.
I cautiously spoke to him.
"Ah, I was going to call you. I did call you."
"·····You did?"
"I thought I'd call you later."
I was going to do everything on my own!
It is a ambiguous thing to say·····.
I whispered softly as I squeezed his stone-hard shoulder with one hand and pushed it away.
"What's wrong with your face?"
With a low smile, he took his gaze away from my face and looked ahead.
"I have something to say."
His voice was always good to hear. The sweet yet endlessly low voice was just like a lullaby.
When time stopped, I heard his voice as if I were in the wind.
"The first time was when I was ten. The first target was a serial killer who picks and kills children in the alleyways."
He took a short breath and then resumed speaking.
"My mana accidentally went out of control and the killer eventually died."
It was a past of Isaac's which was not known in the original.
It was as if Isaac was confessing to someone for the first time, so I bit my lip and stayed still.
It reminded me that there were various trials and tribulations in life before this man came to be as he is now.
"It wasn't my fault, I thought he deserved to die, but I felt strange."
I could see why he openly brought out traces of the past.
It's comforting.
'Because we're on the same side.'
We have the same goal.
"·····Are you comforting me?"
He rubbed the tip of his nose and turned his gaze away.
"Not really."
Without embarrassment, he continued speaking again.
"If I were comforting you, what would you do, Mel?"
His disheveled face was so friendly that it was creepy.
"·······Ah, that you're on our side. I'm sure they'll think about that, right?"
He chuckled and looked at me again. A moist gaze staring at me.
"Mel, the Duchess of Vaveloa has disappeared to the back road, but Duke Hessmann remains."
As the novel's timeline progresses, Duke Hessmann becomes extremely strong.
His lover, Sheria, will also gain strong divine power and will finally be crowned a saint.
It means that he is likely to have developed differently from the time I dumped Hessmann's heart.
'I heard that when a cockroach is on the verge of dying, its IQ exceeds 300.'
I spoke to the Tower Master, holding his hard arms. It was to evoke the atmosphere that had subsided low.
"For now, one thing is important."
I looked at him.
The drowsy day was half dreary in the sunlight.
"My nickname, is that I never allowed it."
He stopped with a stiff face.
"I didn't expect to hear this."
"However now I'll allow it."
He seemed to nod as he heard my still cheerful voice.
"Because we're on the same side."
All right, with this, I have fully formed a partnership with him.
So now our ambition is one.
"·······Ah, right. It's fate that we met like this today, so tell me about alchemy!"
I can't immerse myself in dealing with all parts of my life only by dealing with the unfaithful men and women.
You are only 25 years old once in your life, so it's a shame.
Isaac continued to talk with a low chuckle.
"Yes. It's really important."
I put my hands together towards my Master as my eyes twinkled.
In front of the ruined stationery store, Isaac bursted into laughter, unable to laugh any louder than that.
"I'll help you with that, too."
As soon as he finished speaking, the stopped time finally began to flow again.
And in the paused time, the little boys standing still near the stationery store shouted loudly at me.
"Meeeeeel!"
"Blood, bloody ruined so let's get a new one."
It was Carat and Henry.
"Welcome!"
I smiled brightly and stroked the heads of the children standing in front of me with arms folded.
Carat checked my body and whispered seriously.
"I'm so glad that the great Tower Master-nim protected her. Those damn family bastards excommunicating Mel! I'm going to go and kill them with a fireball right now!"
Carat, who claimed to be my strong back, was finally clenching his fists and sparring in the air.
"Prince Axion and Princess Melissa are also grinding their teeth too! That's why the molars and baby teeth are all damaged!"
"No......"
"Especially, Melissa was very scolded for making a cursed doll during class."
2
What do you mean, a curse doll?
I can't believe that the lovely little princess made a curse doll.
"Everyone said they would come to Mel after school, but I stopped it first. Mel also needs time to calm down. Instead of spending time with the children!"
No, you're a child, too......
I rubbed Carat's sweaty forehead with my hand and whispered low.
"Good job. Carat, our wizard."
Carat shouted while wiping the sweat that was dripping from his forehead.
"Tha, that ooh, How did you know......."
Carat unnaturally continued to talk.
"Ah right!"
"Huh?"
As soon as I questioned Carat, Henry jumped into my lap.
It was clear that he was sulky because he thought I stopped paying attention to him.
'Well, children always need attention.'
I stroked Henry's head and looked at Carat.
"I couldn't tell you back then, but Henry is definitely not the son of the Tower Master, Mel!"
"Aren't I?"
Carat shivered as he looked at Henry, who stretched down one eye with his hand, sticking his tongue out and said.
"Carot you're so bad! Even the Tower Master tells me to call him Appa!" (TN – Appa in Korean means dad or daddy)
Despite Henry's sabotage, Carat clasped my arm and shouted.
"Don't believe him! Tower Master-nim is single! Isn't he so cool? Right?"
This kid, you still haven't stopped making him my lover.
I smiled and said to Isaac, who sat quietly next to her contemplating the situation.
"Yes, he's handsome."
About half was sincere and half was a joke, but the aftermath was enormous.
Carat lifted his hand from my arm and ran a few quick laps around the bench.
"I'm so excited! I'm excited!"
Carat was excited and dancing with his butt.
1
'Is it something to like that much.'
Indeed, if Isaac and I ever get together, there will be a tendency to send a congratulatory cake to almost the entire nation.
"Carat."
I glanced at the Tower Master, who sternly whispered to Carat, and stiffened blankly.
Obviously, he was scolding Carat with his mouth, but he looked happy.
'I think I just learned the old idiom of Pyori Budong.' (TN- Pyori Budong means deceitful behavior)
When I watched at him, I seriously realized it.
'This guy must really like the word handsome!'
Doesn't everyone call him handsome?
'Hey, it's hard to say your handsome to someone that is really handsome.'
It was cluttered because Carat was spinning and Henry was leaning against me and stretching like a cat.
He asked quietly.
"How does it feel doing what you want to do?"
What kind of question is that?
"It's perfectly good."
"Then I'm thinking about living like that, too."
"......?"
Why would you tell me that?
I nodded coolly as I looked at him.
There's no reason for me to stop him from making his own life, right?
"I'm thinking about following my heart and doing everything I like."
"Yes, go ahead."
I keep looking at what I want to see. Just like being attracted to it.
The smile on his lips grew even stronger.
'What.'
I felt a little uncomfortable because I felt like I was being fished, but I had already laid the groundwork in front of me. So my answer to that is always yes.
"Yes, you have to live with what you are attracted to!"
I couldn't take my eyes off his red lips as he watched me.
+
"I'm happy."
The long-ripped eyes like a fox drew soft arcs.
***
He reached out to me like an escort.
"Wait a minute."
I left the door of the shop wide open near where the carriage stopped.
Shops that are currently in operation are also in a state where time has stopped. An owner was standing facing the open door, so he could probably quickly witness Hildegart.
'They'll call the guards right away.'
This was a human courtesy I could pass on to Hildegart.
After seeing Hildegard for the last time, I finally returned to the stationery store's bench.
Although the bench was somewhat broken and split, it was quite comfortable to sit on.
Isaac simply admitted.
"I've been waiting for your call."
Is it my misunderstanding that it feels like he's whining?
The man's subtle eyes curved in a attractive way, and his hand gently rested on my shoulder.
"We're on the same side."
If you talk like you're pleading with such a handsome face, it's a little awkward.
I cautiously spoke to him.
"Ah, I was going to call you. I did call you."
"·····You did?"
"I thought I'd call you later."
I was going to do everything on my own!
It is a ambiguous thing to say·····.
I whispered softly as I squeezed his stone-hard shoulder with one hand and pushed it away.
"What's wrong with your face?"
With a low smile, he took his gaze away from my face and looked ahead.
"I have something to say."
His voice was always good to hear. The sweet yet endlessly low voice was just like a lullaby.
When time stopped, I heard his voice as if I were in the wind.
"The first time was when I was ten. The first target was a serial killer who picks and kills children in the alleyways."
He took a short breath and then resumed speaking.
"My mana accidentally went out of control and the killer eventually died."
It was a past of Isaac's which was not known in the original.
It was as if Isaac was confessing to someone for the first time, so I bit my lip and stayed still.
It reminded me that there were various trials and tribulations in life before this man came to be as he is now.
"It wasn't my fault, I thought he deserved to die, but I felt strange."
I could see why he openly brought out traces of the past.
It's comforting.
'Because we're on the same side.'
We have the same goal.
"·····Are you comforting me?"
He rubbed the tip of his nose and turned his gaze away.
"Not really."
Without embarrassment, he continued speaking again.
"If I were comforting you, what would you do, Mel?"
His disheveled face was so friendly that it was creepy.
"·······Ah, that you're on our side. I'm sure they'll think about that, right?"
He chuckled and looked at me again. A moist gaze staring at me.
"Mel, the Duchess of Vaveloa has disappeared to the back road, but Duke Hessmann remains."
As the novel's timeline progresses, Duke Hessmann becomes extremely strong.
His lover, Sheria, will also gain strong divine power and will finally be crowned a saint.
It means that he is likely to have developed differently from the time I dumped Hessmann's heart.
'I heard that when a cockroach is on the verge of dying, its IQ exceeds 300.'
I spoke to the Tower Master, holding his hard arms. It was to evoke the atmosphere that had subsided low.
"For now, one thing is important."
I looked at him.
The drowsy day was half dreary in the sunlight.
"My nickname, is that I never allowed it."
He stopped with a stiff face.
"I didn't expect to hear this."
"However now I'll allow it."
He seemed to nod as he heard my still cheerful voice.
"Because we're on the same side."
All right, with this, I have fully formed a partnership with him.
So now our ambition is one.
"·······Ah, right. It's fate that we met like this today, so tell me about alchemy!"
I can't immerse myself in dealing with all parts of my life only by dealing with the unfaithful men and women.
You are only 25 years old once in your life, so it's a shame.
Isaac continued to talk with a low chuckle.
"Yes. It's really important."
I put my hands together towards my Master as my eyes twinkled.
In front of the ruined stationery store, Isaac bursted into laughter, unable to laugh any louder than that.
"I'll help you with that, too."
As soon as he finished speaking, the stopped time finally began to flow again.
And in the paused time, the little boys standing still near the stationery store shouted loudly at me.
"Meeeeeel!"
"Blood, bloody ruined so let's get a new one."
It was Carat and Henry.
"Welcome!"
I smiled brightly and stroked the heads of the children standing in front of me with arms folded.
Carat checked my body and whispered seriously.
"I'm so glad that the great Tower Master-nim protected her. Those damn family bastards excommunicating Mel! I'm going to go and kill them with a fireball right now!"
Carat, who claimed to be my strong back, was finally clenching his fists and sparring in the air.
"Prince Axion and Princess Melissa are also grinding their teeth too! That's why the molars and baby teeth are all damaged!"
"No......"
"Especially, Melissa was very scolded for making a cursed doll during class."
2
What do you mean, a curse doll?
I can't believe that the lovely little princess made a curse doll.
"Everyone said they would come to Mel after school, but I stopped it first. Mel also needs time to calm down. Instead of spending time with the children!"
No, you're a child, too......
I rubbed Carat's sweaty forehead with my hand and whispered low.
"Good job. Carat, our wizard."
Carat shouted while wiping the sweat that was dripping from his forehead.
"Tha, that ooh, How did you know......."
Carat unnaturally continued to talk.
"Ah right!"
"Huh?"
As soon as I questioned Carat, Henry jumped into my lap.
It was clear that he was sulky because he thought I stopped paying attention to him.
'Well, children always need attention.'
I stroked Henry's head and looked at Carat.
"I couldn't tell you back then, but Henry is definitely not the son of the Tower Master, Mel!"
"Aren't I?"
Carat shivered as he looked at Henry, who stretched down one eye with his hand, sticking his tongue out and said.
"Carot you're so bad! Even the Tower Master tells me to call him Appa!" (TN – Appa in Korean means dad or daddy)
Despite Henry's sabotage, Carat clasped my arm and shouted.
"Don't believe him! Tower Master-nim is single! Isn't he so cool? Right?"
This kid, you still haven't stopped making him my lover.
I smiled and said to Isaac, who sat quietly next to her contemplating the situation.
"Yes, he's handsome."
About half was sincere and half was a joke, but the aftermath was enormous.
Carat lifted his hand from my arm and ran a few quick laps around the bench.
"I'm so excited! I'm excited!"
Carat was excited and dancing with his butt.
1
'Is it something to like that much.'
Indeed, if Isaac and I ever get together, there will be a tendency to send a congratulatory cake to almost the entire nation.
"Carat."
I glanced at the Tower Master, who sternly whispered to Carat, and stiffened blankly.
Obviously, he was scolding Carat with his mouth, but he looked happy.
'I think I just learned the old idiom of Pyori Budong.' (TN- Pyori Budong means deceitful behavior)
When I watched at him, I seriously realized it.
'This guy must really like the word handsome!'
Doesn't everyone call him handsome?
'Hey, it's hard to say your handsome to someone that is really handsome.'
It was cluttered because Carat was spinning and Henry was leaning against me and stretching like a cat.
He asked quietly.
"How does it feel doing what you want to do?"
What kind of question is that?
"It's perfectly good."
"Then I'm thinking about living like that, too."
"......?"
Why would you tell me that?
I nodded coolly as I looked at him.
There's no reason for me to stop him from making his own life, right?
"I'm thinking about following my heart and doing everything I like."
"Yes, go ahead."
I keep looking at what I want to see. Just like being attracted to it.
The smile on his lips grew even stronger.
'What.'
I felt a little uncomfortable because I felt like I was being fished, but I had already laid the groundwork in front of me. So my answer to that is always yes.
"Yes, you have to live with what you are attracted to!"
I couldn't take my eyes off his red lips as he watched me.
+
"I'm happy."
The long-ripped eyes like a fox drew soft arcs.
