Chapter 885
Chapter 885
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 885
Chapter Title: Teacher Sua (2)
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1.
The first day's training wrapped up without pushing too hard.
Siu's abilities had far exceeded Teacher Sua's expectations, which played no small part in that.
They'd have to rework the entire great monster battle curriculum, after all.
With plans to stay as a guest at the Jemernai mansion for the next month or so to instruct Siu, Teacher Sua had naturally been invited to the evening banquet as well.
"Allow me to once again express my deepest gratitude for the assistance you provided before."
"No need. If I can help, I should."
"The instability in the mortal realm affects Gehenna as well, after all."
Meanwhile, Lurye was beside them, slicing her steak with unusually rigid movements.
"……."
Of course, having received strict etiquette training from her ancestors just like Siu, Lurye never got called out for bad table manners.
She might slack off here and there in her usual haphazard way, but she always maintained a certain dignity in the oddest spots.
But today? It was full-on by-the-book mode.
Even in this relatively relaxed banquet atmosphere, every motion was sharp as a blade.
"What's up? Something happen?"
"You're pecking at it like a bird. Super dainty."
The twins tossed out their suspicious jabs at Lurye.
It wasn't malice—Lurye's reactions were just too juicy for Odil and Odet to resist poking at her like that.
Lurye was hot-blooded and didn't hold grudges long, making her the perfect target for teasing.
On any normal day, she'd raise her voice to eyebrow-twitching levels at the big mother-in-law's presence, but not today.
"Hm."
Lurye delicately lifted her napkin with her fingertips and dabbed at her mouth.
"I haven't the foggiest what you're on about. We always dine with such impeccable manners."
"What’s with the voice?"
"It's cringey."
"Heh heh, it seems a mere apprentice witch struggles to grasp our dignity. We understand. Perfectly."
"……."
"Do continue with your meals."
The twins exchanged looks that screamed, 'Did she eat something weird?' at Lurye's drastically out-of-character act.
It was obvious she'd been rattled by Teacher Sua's lecture on sexual prowess.
Well, Siu figured that regal act wouldn't last long.
Not that he could enjoy the twins' and Lurye's comedy routine today—it barely registered.
This seat felt like a bed of needles beyond his wildest imagination.
Amelia, who rarely spoke up during meals, quietly asked,
"…Siu, is something worrying you?"
"No. I'm fine."
"Your face doesn't look good."
"Really, I'm okay. Just not hungry."
"You can't not be hungry…."
The reason was simple.
Teacher Sua had displayed a maturity beyond expectations, utterly sinking Lurye.
Thus, at this moment, Siu's multiple lover situation remained undisclosed.
Whether Master had even told Teacher Sua the truth was unknown, but he'd perfectly missed the natural moment to come clean.
Better to confess from his own mouth than get caught hiding it—that would be the worst of the worst.
But saying it here, with mother-in-law present too…? A bit much.
"Siu, want me to tell you a way to fix that appetite?"
Whispering into the head-scratching Siu's ear was Sharon, brimming with confidence after leaping to rank 21.
Forget that pitiful, cornered Sharon from before.
This new high-tension, sky-high confidence version was bold and provocative.
And scarily oblivious to her surroundings, unlike her usual self.
Classic syndrome of a witch fresh off a rank-up.
For witches, ascending ranks was like hitting the Super Bowl jackpot, winning a Nobel, or claiming server-wide #1—pure euphoria.
So, the line coming at this timing…
"I can give you something super tasty in my room later. Heh heh… mmph…?"
"Sharon, try this. It's good."
Fearing it might reach Teacher Sua's ears, Siu swiftly stuffed asparagus into Sharon's mouth.
"Munch… munch… You said you weren't hungry… nom…."
"Yeah, eat up. Have more."
"You're too fast… mmph, mmph…!"
Sharon puzzled over the sudden assault but eagerly accepted the food Siu fed her.
"Assistant! Me too…!"
"Assistant, feed me too…!"
The chaos didn't stop there.
The twins, mistaking Siu's silencing for affection, chirped like baby birds begging for food, mouths agape.
"Ha…."
Siu wiped cold sweat amid the chain of mishaps.
Among his acquaintances, more thought him a playboy than not.
With his lavish harem, he accepted the side-eyes as karma.
So why this fresh guilt and sweat?
Chewing it over, the reason was straightforward.
Teacher Sua was Master's best friend.
In modern terms, a soulmate bestie.
Any guy wants to look good to his girlfriend's friend.
That wasn't all.
Sure, she judged by actions, but frankly—Teacher Sua's attire screamed Confucian lady, her look prim maiden, her vibe kindly schoolmarm.
Doesn't she just scream "polygamy? Never!"?
His hopes of making a good impression felt like a distant pipe dream.
"……."
Meanwhile.
Even as she chatted with the Jemernai Countess, Sua kept a side-eye on the table's atmosphere.
Having lived as both witch and Korea's guardian deity, Teacher Sua had zero dating experience.
But age brought intuition for unexperienced events, hence her sense of wrongness.
A spring breeze laced with fluttering petals, sweet and fresh.
Hard to pinpoint, but Siu was dead center of that vibe.
"……?"
This was odd.
And wrong.
Unless Teacher Sua was mistaken, Siu was Eloa's lover.
Yet there were strange emotional currents with other women—what the kids called "something."
She might not know about Amelia, but she did about Sharon and the twins.
The twin apprentices: Siu had saved them from slavery with his prowess.
Sharon Evergreen: mortal realm comrade, shared hardships, even lived together.
Especially Sharon—cohabitation implied intimacy.
Eloa had triumphed over such rivals to claim her spot.
"Heh, tastes better when you feed me, Siu."
"……."
Seeing Sharon beam happily while munching veggies from Siu only deepened the confusion.
Feeding each other? Peak couple behavior, right?
Sua didn't see herself as stuffy.
She prided herself progressive on marriage and romance.
Free love? Positive. Premarital sex? Fine.
Shunning sex was twisted Confucian hangup territory.
"Sharon, your turn to eat."
"Aang, feed me more~?"
Yet Sharon's clingy vixen act and Siu's failure to shut it down looked downright indecent.
2.
After the meal.
Sua followed Siu out of the dining hall.
"Might this humble maiden trouble Lord Siu for a cup of tea?"
"Of course."
She didn't think Siu and Sharon's antics were malicious.
But if he was slipping without judgment, a gentle lesson was needed.
Eloa was her dearest friend, after all, and Siu her boyfriend.
"You and Lady Eloa are lovers, are you not, Lord Siu?"
She broached delicately, given the topic.
"Yes."
"This may be presumptuous; forgive me in advance."
"Pardon?"
"I observed you and Miss Sharon at the table."
No sooner had she led in than Siu's face stiffened.
Sua quietly turned suspicion to certainty and spoke.
"This maiden lacks experience, but the ancients taught that love entwines souls deeply, hard to sever. Even old ties aren't easily erased."
"……."
"Yet you say you're Lady Eloa's lover. Thus, upholding propriety—clear distinctions, no misunderstandings—seems proper…."
Sua trailed off unusually because Siu squirmed more than expected.
"Uh, this… um…."
'With a girlfriend, isn't keeping distance from gal-pals or exes basic courtesy?'
Siu floundered at her words.
"……?"
Doubt sprouted.
If it was mere illusion or subtle vibe at the banquet, he wouldn't struggle this much.
A simple "I'll be careful" would've sufficed.
But this reaction?
"Sigh, sorry. I meant to tell you, but missed the timing."
"Lord Siu?"
No way?
Really?
Couldn't forget a past lover despite having a partner? Even while Eloa slaved away in the mortal realm?
That's cheating.
Infidelity.
Even progressive Sua Agatha struggled to accept.
As her neat brows arched high—
"I have multiple lovers. Yes, that's how it is."
Sua reeled from Siu's bombshell like a hammer to the head, blinking blankly as if hearing classified intel without the decoder.
"Lord Siu, might you confirm if this maiden understood aright?"
"Yep."
"Does this mean you admit to infidelity?"
"Ah, no… that's not it."
"Heavens… heavens… how could this… I know better than anyone Lady Eloa's love for you, yet such shameless…."
"It's not like that. Let me explain, please."
Seeing Sua tremble in horror, Siu hurriedly elaborated.
The full story emerged.
Siu truly had many lovers.
As Teacher Sua suspected: Sharon, former Baroness Merigold—even the still-apprentice twins.
The Abyssal Witch from tonight's dinner? No exception.
But it didn't end there.
The Sword Witch and Path Witch, freshly dispatched to the new Hokkaido branch? Lovers too.
By sheer count: eight.
Even "three wives four concubines" needed an extra seat.
Far beyond "at least he's not sneaking around."
"If I may be so bold… are you human?"
Spanning officials, apprentices, mature witches, young ones—a spectrum of indulgence.
Teacher Sua, facing the abyss of debauchery, felt post-apocalyptic cosmic horror-level chaos.