Chapter 182
Chapter 182
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 182
Chapter Title: Enjoyable Daily Life (4)
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1.
Siwoo hadn't lied.
He had beaten Della.
By the time Sharon got a grip on herself and grasped the situation, she had blankly finished her meal without even noticing whether the pasta went down her throat or up her nose.
Around then, even Siwoo realized why Sharon had suddenly been acting so strange.
"You didn't believe me at all, did you?"
"Huh? What? I didn't hear you."
"You didn't believe I'd beaten Della."
He was surprised at how readily she accepted it without any real explanation.
She hadn't believed whatever he said like it was gospel, even if he claimed beans could make soybean paste. No, she'd thought he was straight-up lying.
Well, it wasn't hard to understand.
There was an enormous gap between Della and Siwoo, and the fact that he'd taken her down at all was a stroke of ridiculous luck piled on more ridiculous luck.
"No, no, I really did believe you."
Sharon jumped in surprise at his reaction, waving her hands frantically.
But then, as if realizing she couldn't lie her way out of this either, she cautiously confessed.
"O-okay... truth is, I didn't believe it... Sorry."
"No need to apologize."
Siwoo gave a casual smile.
He probably wouldn't have believed it either if their positions were reversed.
If anything, the fact that she'd pretended not to know despite thinking it was a lie made it seem like she had nothing to be sorry for.
"But why didn't you just say it outright?"
"Huh? Say what?"
"You could've bragged about beating her flat... You just glossed over it, so I figured..."
"I felt kinda embarrassed acting all high and mighty about it... Plus, you didn't ask for details, so I thought that was that. Oh, right, here."
Siwoo rummaged through his wallet and pulled out a business card.
On it was a short clause promising not to reveal Siwoo's identity or harm him.
It even included a vow sworn on the name of Redcliffe.
Only then could Sharon fully believe this surreal story.
"Oh, and I told her to stop bullying you too. She seemed to be giving you a hard time."
He'd added that promise after hearing Sharon gripe about Della's backstabbing multiple times.
Sharon blinked rapidly, then suddenly clung to Siwoo.
"Wh-what? Suddenly?"
"........."
"Sharon?"
"........."
With her lips pursed and eyes averted, Sharon refused to let go of Siwoo.
She didn't say a word or respond.
She felt embarrassed for jumping to conclusions and making a fool of herself all alone.
At the same time, Siwoo seemed amazing for handling such a huge deal so nonchalantly.
But more than that, what hit her was the relief that she no longer had to worry alone.
No more fretting over Della showing up to squeeze money out of her, or panicking about where to go if she got kicked out of Shinchon.
With all that inner turmoil melting away, tears welled up like she was some idiot.
"Th-tha...nks..."
Sharon threw her arms around Siwoo and sobbed noisily for a good while.
This time, they were tears of joy and relief.
Amid the endless stream, she vaguely thought she'd been crying a lot lately.
2.
Today's errand had been exchanging crystals at the waypoint and eating pasta, so they headed straight home.
"Ugh... I had no idea, and here I was making a fool of myself."
"You'd been acting weird more often lately."
"I thought you were lying out of consideration to ease my guilt..."
Siwoo could easily guess why Sharon had freaked out over her own misconceptions.
There were probably a bunch of circumstances, but basically, she'd assumed he was spinning some tall tale to alleviate her sense of debt.
Maybe he should've bragged a little to paint his own face gold rather than let her think that?
Siwoo's thoughts only went that far.
"Anyway, it's definitely not that I was unreliable or anything... You know what I mean, right?"
In other words, he wasn't harboring any negative feelings like 'How unreliable did you think I was to assume that?' like she seemed to worry.
"Still feels a bit upsetting."
"Upsetting? A lot? For real?"
So the reason Siwoo looked a little down was purely because Sharon's reactions were hilarious.
It was Gemernai-twins-level gold-tier comedy.
Watching her face flush red now and then—either from shame over her blunder or worry he'd think badly of her—stirred up his playful side.
"You're not mad, right?"
"I learned from the future Great Witch Sharon that beating Della-level foes should be a given, so how could I not believe it? Sigh..."
"No, I believed you! I did, but... well..."
"Didn't you just say you thought it was a white lie?"
"No! That was just... something I said. Yeah, just testing. I believed you deep down... Well, not completely, but...
Because it's such a huge deal! A guy who's been learning magic for less than ten years beating a Great Witch! Wow! Amazing! Siwoo, you're incredible!"
A little teasing made her ramble incoherently, then suddenly start showering him with praise.
When her 'I actually believed you' excuse fell flat, she switched to 'butter you up with compliments' mode.
The intent was obvious, but her playing it cool made it even funnier.
"Fine, whatever. I'd believe anything you say, no question... but you didn't."
"Uh... um..."
Siwoo delivered the 'hurt feelings' line with full drama, then failed to hold back his laughter.
He couldn't keep a straight face watching her reactions anymore.
Sharon, flustered at first, saw his grin and blanked out in confusion.
Then realization hit, and her straight eyebrows shot up sharply.
"Hey! Shin Siwoo! You dared trick me?"
"You tried to trick me first, so we're even."
"I really thought you were mad and got scared!"
Sharon clenched her fists in indignation and protested.
Siwoo rolled on the sofa laughing at how fun it was.
Sharon huffed in annoyance, then suddenly checked her phone.
"Grr! You stay right there!"
"Sure, sure. It's my house—where would I go?"
Sharon stomped to the entryway, grabbed a box, and dashed to her room.
Curious what she was up to, Siwoo sat up slightly.
"What're you doing?"
"Wait! Don't come in!"
Her voice rang out clearly from behind the door, like she wanted him to hear.
Less than three minutes later, the door swung open.
Sharon reemerged, draped in a thin summer blanket like a Dracula cape.
Her determined expression clashed hilariously with the goofy look, making Siwoo chuckle.
"What are you doing?"
"Felt like I'd been teased enough, so time to get you back."
Sharon shook out the blanket with resolve.
Siwoo let out a sharp gasp at the sight of what she'd been hiding underneath.
"Eek..."
"Wh-what do you think?"
He'd heard rustling earlier.
Sharon had gone to her room to don her secret weapon.
One word to sum it up: black cat.
A very seductive black cat at that.
"Ah... uh..."
Siwoo forgot to speak, just staring.
It looked like event lingerie.
The childish design, like kids' underwear, mixed with Sharon's stunning figure for devastating impact.
A cat-face cutout right at the center of her chest revealed her perfect cleavage in full.
The sexy black panties were barely more than a thong, with so little fabric that her plump rear might spill out if she moved wrong.
The finale: oversized cat-paw gloves on her hands, cat-ear headband, and a bell-adorned choker around her slender neck.
The black fabric contrasted gorgeously with her vibrant hair color, exuding sensuality on its own.
Sharon smirked triumphantly at Siwoo's dumbfounded reaction, like she'd nailed her revenge.
"Hey, isn't this too slutty?"
"Yup! That's exactly why I wore it."
It was more shocking than if she'd been naked.
The black material stood out starkly against her pale skin, so provocative it made you imagine the soft, supple flesh beneath.
"Sigh... I owe you so much, so I dressed up all sexy to pay you back somehow~ But you looked like you were having way too much fun teasing me, so I couldn't resist getting you back too."
Sharon crossed her arms smugly and sauntered over lightly.
Her wide birthing hips swayed side to side, her breasts bounced impossibly up and down, and the bell jingled with each step.
"I'm staying like this all day~ Don't you dare touch my chest, Shin Siwoo."
Just this afternoon, she'd been joking about using her breasts.
Siwoo, who'd been secretly hoping, wore a look like the sky was falling.
Forcing him to endure that sight—all while unable to touch—was torture.
"Time for magic study soon. Let's head to the study room, Student Siwoo~"
"This is too much..."
"Too much? Who told you to tease me?"
Sharon approached laughing, then used her cheap synthetic cat gloves to pull Siwoo up and led him by the hand to the room.
Seeing the cat paw prints on her panty butt wiggle as she walked made it worse.
In the end, Siwoo sat at the table as usual, with Sharon pressed right up against him like a tutor.
The bra, sized for average Korean women and imported from Japan, looked painfully tight around Sharon's generous chest.
"Alright, today we'll review the earth element from where we left off last time."
"Why the sudden formal speech? Doesn't suit you."
"Oh? What do you mean, Student Siwoo? I've always been a polite teacher to my students."
"Sure you have."
Her teasing intent was obvious as she snuggled right up to him, putting on airs.
She was doing it on purpose.
She was enjoying watching him squirm.
Call it karma, but it was torture.
Whenever his eyes flicked sideways during the lesson, Sharon gleefully teased him.
"Oh my, Siwoo. You can't stare at teacher's chest like that. This is magic class time."
"Can a teacher even wear that to class?"
"What? I wore it 'cause it's cute. Student Siwoo, you're such a perv."
Playing along only egged her on more.
A bit later.
"Oh dear, Student Siwoo. Getting like this during class? Such a bad student."
Sharon had been subtly stroking his thigh, then groped the third leg bulging thickly.
Siwoo startled a bit at the sudden touch.
By then, she'd ditched the gloves and was teasing his swollen bulge over his clothes.
"That's cheating."
Cheating of the highest order.
Just her lounging beside him was making his dick ache; touching it was cruel.
"Tough?"
"Nah. Just... would've been nice if you'd dressed properly. Now I feel bad."
He barely focused at all—might as well have skipped class.
Even Buddha in his seat would've ended up the same.
Sharon giggled wickedly, then pulled him up.
"Let's go to my room. I'll do what we talked about earlier."
"Huh?"
"Watching you fluster made me forget why I was mad."
Suddenly?
Sharon shook her breasts in front of the bewildered Siwoo, just like for a paizuri.
"Not gonna?"
She flashed a sultry, impish grin...
So妖艶 it rivaled any yokai, and before he knew it, Siwoo let her lead him into her room.