Chapter 419
Chapter 419
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 419
Chapter Title: Happy Days (6)
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Odil and Odet bolted from their seats and hid away like they were playing hide-and-seek.
The spot was the outpost base in Tarot Town.
"This is too much! Way too much..."
The assistant always made her grin like an idiot just by being nearby, but right now, she didn't even want to look at him.
For Odil, it was like all her pent-up frustration had finally exploded.
"Sis... But we didn't even hear the full story... With Sharon and Duchess Tiphereth there, wasn't that a bit rude?"
"Are you an idiot? This is a situation where we should be mad!"
"But... the assistant had his reasons too... The succession research sounds important..."
Odet, who had stormed out with her fuming sister, calmed down quicker than Odil.
His words didn't seem laced with any deep romantic feelings when she chewed them over.
With tough rivals like Sharon and Eloa already in the picture, what difference would one more like Countess Yesod make...?
"I hate the assistant!"
"He's pretty shameless, yeah..."
"Things were way better back when he was the old assistant!"
"...Yeah, they were."
Back in those days when just the three of them shared a steamy night in the carriage.
The feelings were still too green to call love, but damn, it had been fun.
Even when they captured him at this outpost and played all sorts of naughty games...
Swept up in Odil's nonstop griping, Odet's heart grew heavy too. She headed downstairs and fetched a bottle of liquor.
"We went out of our way to buy that tough board game just to make the assistant happy... We'd visit to play with him, but he was always in tutoring sessions and couldn't meet us. It made us so sad..."
"Sis... Don't chug it like that..."
"Shut it, Odet! I'm turning into a dog today!"
Odil guzzled straight from the bottle, too busy cursing Si-woo to care.
Then.
Whoosh!
A bluish glow of mana seeped through the door crack, and it swung open.
It was the assistant.
They hadn't even told him where they were, just ran off impulsively, yet he'd found them this fast. It showed how well he knew the twins.
Of course, it wasn't enough to simply fix her mood.
"You're in here, right?"
Si-woo slunk in, utterly ashamed.
Odet locked eyes with him as he entered and frantically shook her head so Odil wouldn't notice. She even mimed slicing her throat.
A signal to scram quick, since talking now would get nowhere...
But it didn't seem to reach him.
He stood frozen, head bowed in silence.
"What? You got the nerve to show up here?"
"Lady Odil."
"This isn't your house, assistant. This is me and Odet's outpost. I don't remember giving you a key to come waltzing in anytime."
Odil's tone was venomous, her nose wrinkled in disgust.
She bared her teeth at Si-woo in an instant.
"Honestly, I've put up with so much for you! You're my lifesaver and all!"
"...Lady Odil..."
"I don't mind Sharon liking you! I'm glad we got close because of it! I heard about the duchess's situation from her. But a new girl on top of that? Isn't that too far?"
"Sis..."
Odil coldly shook off Odet's restraining arm and unleashed a torrent of words.
"I wish I never knew what the assistant was really like! I should've never asked you to teach me about love!"
Si-woo couldn't say a word.
Their first time had started with the countess's seduction, and afterward it continued for magic research, but his carelessness was fact too.
If he hadn't felt a twinge of guilt deep down, he wouldn't have kept it from the twins, Sharon, and Eloa.
"I'm sorry."
"Ha!"
Odil let out a disbelieving laugh, a bitter smirk curling her lips.
"Sorry? For what? You'll just keep going with Countess Yesod and your precious research anyway!"
"......"
"Sis, enough... The assistant must've had his reasons..."
"Odet, stay out of it. You got no backbone?"
"Once this is over, I'll make sure it never happens again. I promise."
Odil stomped right up to Si-woo, face scrunched in fury.
She jabbed her pointed finger into his chest.
"Apologize. On your knees, properly and sincerely."
Deep down, Odil knew.
They had no right to monopolize him.
At first, the twins approached Si-woo as an intriguing test subject.
It started as simple curiosity, with barely any real affection.
But Si-woo had saved their lives twice, using secrecy as leverage to control them.
Risking his own neck, no less.
That day she saw him lying in bed, Odil swore.
If he woke up safe, she'd stand by him no matter what.
Even if the world ended.
"You know what pisses me off most? That later, when time passes, I'll regret yelling at you like an idiot!"
That's why she was most disappointed in herself—for failing that oath over something so petty.
Her machine-gun rant at Si-woo grew hoarse.
Tears welled in her doll-like, perfectly double-lidded eyes, spilling drop by drop.
"I hate you, assistant... But I hate myself more..."
"Sis... Don't cry... Waaah!"
Odet burst into tears at the sight of her sister crying.
He'd made the always-bright, adorable twins cry.
Si-woo felt like the sky was crashing down.
"Lady Odil."
"Let go!"
"Lady Odil, I'm truly sorry."
"I said let go!"
Si-woo bent down and pulled her into a hug. Odil thrashed with all her might.
Slapping his cheeks, kicking, clawing his arms.
But as he took it like a sandbag, her strength gradually faded.
"No... I really hate you, assistant..."
"I won't disappoint you again. Either of you."
"Fine, go play romance with other girls... We'll bow out now..."
Odet, sniffling, startled and asked.
"W-wait, sis...? Me too?"
"We're two halves of one, so yeah, you too!"
"O-okay... But I don't wanna..."
Even as she said it, Odil leaned into Si-woo.
Soon collapsing fully into him.
"You're such a thug, assistant. Not enough with two apprentice witches from the great Jemernai countess house...?"
"Sorry. Even I think I've done a lot of rotten things."
"Look here."
Odil grabbed his arm and bit down hard.
Not a playful nip—right up to drawing blood.
Her small, even teeth left marks.
"Does it hurt?"
"This much... It's fine."
"Then it needs to hurt more. I hurt a lot too."
Odil stretched his cheek wide.
Pulling and pinching so hard tears pricked his eyes.
"Ahaha... Haha..."
Seeing Si-woo's pained, twisted face made Odil burst out laughing.
Tears still brimming, she laughed hysterically for a while, then grabbed Odet's wrist and leaned into Si-woo.
The adorable twins filled his arms.
"I figured someone like you couldn't ignore our situation. If you were that kind of person, you wouldn't have saved us."
"Lady Odil..."
"My assistant's a sentimental softie who doesn't value his own life, can't sort out his girl problems cleanly."
"I was mad at first too... But it's unavoidable, right? Just be careful from now on, and if anything like this happens again, tell us."
Si-woo never dreamed they'd forgive him so generously, but Odil suddenly lifted her face.
Her stunning purple eyes met his without a flicker.
"But you make it up to me and Odet properly tonight."
"Perfect timing. No one's here but us."
No plans after anyway, and even if there were, he'd cancel.
He knew how merciful their offer was compared to the slaps he deserved.
"That enough?"
He asked out of lingering guilt, but the reply was...
"What, you gonna pay us consolation money?"
"Cash won't cut it."
"True, but..."
"No money? Pay with your body then."
It was incredibly lenient, passed off as a joke.
Odil puckered her lips first.
Clinging to his neck, begging for a kiss.
Odet, yielding to her sister, stared expectantly for her turn.
"Don't half-ass it, or I'll get mad again."
All he felt was sorry.
For minimal atonement, he'd pour his all into every moment with them.
Odil's lips clumsily tangled with his.
Her tiny, pointed tongue tip slipped smoothly inside.
Sweet grape liquor mixed with sticky saliva.
"Hmng, huum... Mmm..."
She hugged him fiercely, like she wanted to become one, crashing lips deeply again and again.
As his hands touched her shoulders, she thrust out her perky breasts invitingly, breath turning ragged.
With each button undone naturally, her cute shoulders trembled like a little bird.
"Your face is lewdest when undressing us, assistant."
"Undress me too, assistant! And kiss!"
Odet jumped in now that her sister's anger had eased.
Si-woo stripped the twins one by one.
Capes from their shoulders, fine silk shirts, flesh-toned bralets.
Skirts and drawers off, leaving them as naked as the day they were born.
They'd seen each other naked plenty, but still shy, they coyly covered themselves.
"Your turn, assistant."
"We'll help!"
Just as he was about to swing his already straining lower half.
A chill wind blew.
The terrace windows were shut tight—no draft possible.
"What the hell is this?"
A bone-chilling voice rang out.
Behind the flung-open terrace doors.
A woman emerged from curtains billowing like sails in the moonlight.
One of the Jemernai countess house's two pillars, the twins' mentor.
Deneb Jemernai, radiating violet mana that flashed the room.