CH 121

Is a housewarming party… like this? (13) – unedited

“Chenin didn’t come today?”

“Yes. The Abitz family Madam isn’t coming, and it looks like autumn is coming. The weather is starting to get quite chilly.”

It has already been 4 days since the banquet ended. No soldier came to arrest us, nor did we see Chenin.

Tired of waiting all the time in the inn room, I went to the market with Merson. Because of Evan’s terrible laziness, he said that it was fun just looking out the window from the bed in the room, so the two of us went alone.

“What did you buy?”

“I told you. I said I would go and watch. I’ll be going back to my hometown later, so buying things for no reason is a burden.”

“You have a reliable husband.”

“Isn’t it the luggage that he carries already? Still, getting some outside air clears my mind.”

I pushed Evan away who was occupying the bed in our room, even though he had his own room and sat down. Merson came next to me and pushed Evan further inside, as if trying to merge Evan into the wall.

“Aack, I’m not a thing?”

Merson lightly ignored his words, took my hand tightly, and put his lips on my hand.

“Please be considerate of people without a lover.”

It wasn’t even deep skinship, but Merson started giving me small kisses and hugs without hesitation even while Evan was with me. At first, I tried to stop it because of Evan, but he wouldn’t listen to me and rather, he just tried to show his affection more intensely.

I’m tired of telling him that, so I’ve given up now. Well, I don’t hate it so much.

Evan, who was looking at us frowning with an expression that he had seen something he shouldn’t see, eventually left the bed. Then he brings a desk chair and sits down in front of us openly.

“What, do you have something to say?”

“Looking at it, Merson is amazingly handsome.”

“What is it all of a sudden?”

My Merson is only handsome for a day or two? Evan, who had been slowly prying at Merson’s face in a wondrous light, turned his head to look at me. Why, what!

“But why with you… uwack!”

“The legs of that chair have been a bit weak since before. Sit carefully.”

“You kicked me!”

“Sorry then.”

Evan rubbed his painful butt and sat back up.

“No, I’m not trying to make fun of you, I’m just curious. How did you two meet? I have nothing to do, so let’s listen to a story, a love story.”

The first was blood. The corpses that were brutally murdered and in the middle of them, he was killing humans with merciless eyes. Like those who died, I was in danger of being horribly drained of blood. I did my best to break the mark of the imprint and get out of the crisis. As a bonus, I obtained this Demon King who lost his memory too —I could never say the words, so I had to think quickly. Shit, why was he asking about useless things!

“When I came to my senses, Erina was right in front of me.”

Hiiick! Before I had time to shut him up, Merson spoke first.

“Except for the clichéd, cheesy story of ‘My whole life has been you.’”

Fortunately, Evan didn’t listen to Merson. I patted Merson and grabbed his arm and pulled him back. You’re disqualified!

“I will tell the story. So we… Oh right. Merson was very sick. Maybe because I took care of him with utmost sincerity, at some point he showed signs of liking me. Since he has been courting me so much, I have no choice but to…….”

“No. From the moment I first saw Erina…….”

“I will tell the story, Merson.”

“What, it’s different for the two of you, right?”

Merson tilted his head, and so did Evan. I was the only one struggling with this conversation.

“… So Merson proposed to me.”

“I didn’t.”

“We moved to a rural village for Merson’s recuperation.”

“We don’t.”

“Even in poor and sickness, we never gave up on love!”

“It’s not poor and sickness, but it’s true about love.”

AH! Annoyed, I glared at Merson. But are you smiling? There was a big smile on my face, as if finding my restless inside funny. Besides, he seems to wink slightly. What does that mean?

I wasn’t the only one perplexed here.

“So what is it, you guys?”

No, I think I’m more absurd instead. Evan, who lost trust in my words, looked suspiciously at me.

I decided to leave out the two words ‘beauty’ and ‘romance’ here.

“We just drank and slept.”

Only then did Evan’s eyes change.

“Right?! I knew it. Good catch on your man, Erina!”

“Yeah, right.”

Haha. Fortunately or unfortunately, Merson did not deny this further.

With those words, Evan didn’t ask any more questions as if he understood everything. Rather, he got lost in memories while talking about his first love and was preoccupied with the story of the past.

Coincidentally, I was also bored, so I focused on Evan like listening to a story on the radio. I didn’t know he was such a good storyteller.

“Love made me forget the difference of status. I sneaked over the fence at night to meet the Miss. And I knocked on the Miss’ window.”

Knock. Knock. Knock-

Oh, how does he make sound effects so realistic? I was admiring him inside, but Evan’s words stopped. And it came again

Knock. Knock. Knock-

Our eyes went back and forth in the air and looked at the door in unison. I really heard a knock outside right now, right? All three of us are here in this room where no one but us can enter, right?!

I wondered if it was Chenin. My body jumped up. After wandering around for a while, I grabbed the doorknob and turned it before I could even ask, ‘Who is it? Eventually, the door opened and a human figure slowly began to appear.

“It’s been a while, Erina.”

“…….”

I rubbed my eyes for a moment. No, why is that person here… … ?