Chapter 145
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 145
Chapter Title: How About Just Accepting It All?
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145. How about accepting it?
[What?!?!?!?]
The system exploded.
"You can see the future, right? That's why I'm asking."
[Ah! Yes, yes...! I can show you!]
[Of course!]
The thing hurriedly put up affirmative messages.
"Hold on a sec."
I calmed it down and sorted through my thoughts.
...First off.
I get that both Luna and Elise like me at the same time.
But that doesn't mean I can date both of them right away.
They're sisters.
No matter how close they are, sharing a lover is hard to accept by human common sense.
They might want me to choose one, or their thoughts might differ.
Of course, considering what happened at their house... I can guess roughly.
Given the circumstances at the time, I'm more inclined to double-check rather than assume.
"Do you happen to know what Luna and Elise are thinking? Could you show it in, like, Main Stance format maybe?"
I asked, though I doubted it knew.
Then the system popped up a confident emoticon like it had been waiting.
[Of course!]
[( ˘ 3˘)♥]
It didn't hesitate and opened a new window.
I blankly read the text.
It was a value system I could never have imagined.
As expected, since we lived in completely different worlds, the mechanisms at play were the polar opposite of Earth's ethics.
The system kindly even added red emphasis highlights in its explanation.
So, the ethical issue of monogamy I'd been agonizing over didn't even exist in the first place.
"Okay."
Their ethics are confirmed...
And second.
What would the outcome be?
Just because it's possible and they're happy doesn't make it the same.
I activated the ability without hesitation.
"Show me."
[Including your data...]
"No, exclude mine."
What I've realized is that my own happiness isn't all that important.
It's not that I'm giving up...
I'll explain that later.
[Data reception complete.]
[Beginning observation of future fragments.]
The system window before my eyes scattered like mist, then reformed into a massive result.
[Scenario: Embracing Both Rabbits]
[Time Elapsed: 1 Year Later]
[Luna] [Happiness] [■■■■■■■■■■ (10/10)]
[Status: Every night, confirming your love with her little sister, feeling unparalleled stability. (Note: Planning for the fourth child)]
[Elise] [Happiness] [■■■■■■■■■■ (10/10)]
[Status: Master Seon-woo is the best.]
The fourth...?
"......"
It seemed like we'd even gotten married.
Or maybe beyond marriage.
Either way, the result was perfect.
No catastrophe.
No knife fights from jealousy, no depression from alienation.
Just overflowing happiness filled everything.
Now for the last one.
The third question.
Not the system, not them.
Myself.
To Yoo Seon-woo.
'I'm asking you.'
I posed the question to myself.
To the clients who'd been my patients.
'Can you date them?'
All that's left is my own heart.
Can I truly love them?
[......]
Let's be honest.
I wouldn't hate it.
No, I like it.
S-Rank hunters, peerless beauties gazing at me—they want me.
And both sisters clinging to me, what man in the world would say no?
"......"
I'm no saint.
I might just be a shallow opportunist using my clients' happiness as an excuse to fulfill my own desires.
That line from earlier, 'My happiness isn't that important.'
What that means is simple.
When I think about it, my happiness has always come from seeing my clients live happily.
I couldn't be happy if they were miserable.
I called the system to sort through all these tangled feelings.
So.
"I..."
The Yoo Seon-woo you know.
"What do I think?"
What do I think?
In the end, I gave a wry smile and asked the system.
The one who knows me best...
Might not be me, but it.
Its view of my thoughts would be more objective than my own.
The system pondered for quite a while.
Then slowly displayed a message.
[User.]
"Yeah."
I answered calmly.
[By nature, User, you like people too much. You crave deep connections with others.]
"......"
[That's why, from one ethical perspective...]
[You might not be suited to be a counselor.]
I couldn't refute that.
I find happiness where people connect with people.
At some point... that's how it became.
[In relationships, User, you could always go further if you wanted.]
[But you've been forcibly suppressing that desire because of professional ethics.]
[Clinging to that shallow, weird stuff.]
[May I give an example?]
"...Yeah."
I listened silently to it.
[Last night, you met with client Lee Seo-ryeong.]
[It was for client Seol Yu-wol.]
[And in truth, Lee Seo-ryeong, who transcends all relationships... is close to your ideal type.]
[You can't deny that, right?]
It hit me right in the gut.
The system struck at the core.
I couldn't deny it.
Her beautiful appearance, elegant aura... and especially how she treated me.
I found her attractive.
[You're clearly attracted to her looks and her soft-spoken personality.]
[But you can't approach her. Ever.]
[Why is that?]
It paused for a moment, then explained the reason I'd been ignoring.
[You're worried about the 'other relationship' that would arise if you approached Lee Seo-ryeong.]
[Namely, your cherished client... no, colleague Seol Yu-wol.]
That's right.
Seol Yu-wol follows me.
But if I approached her mother, Lee Seo-ryeong... and we became lovers?
It would definitely get messy.
This bizarre tangle arose because I couldn't push Seol Yu-wol away coldly in the past and accepted her.
I lacked the courage to face that issue.
I hadn't even considered it and shut it down from the start.
Because it scared me.
In conclusion.
Maybe because of my greed back then, for not coldly pushing her away.
[Fear of drifting apart from your clients.]
That was my fear.
I pressed a hand to my throbbing forehead and let out a deep sigh.
"Hold on."
I stopped it.
"I think I get it. Let's stop here."
[And the biggest problem is.]
"......"
[If you start seeing Lee Seo-ryeong as a woman...]
- Thump.
- Thump.
Its text started appearing slowly.
It felt like the letters were printing in time with my heartbeat.
[Her daughter, your cherished client... no, colleague Seol Yu-wol too.]
[You might end up seeing her as a woman.]
[That's what scares you, right?]
Something I'd desperately tried not to think about finally surfaced.
Lately, Yu-wol's increasingly frequent skinship.
The sensations when she hugged me, the breath on my nape, the way she looked up at me.
The sticky feelings I'd packaged as affection and ignored came bubbling up.
[Just Lee Seo-ryeong?]
[Only Seol Yu-wol?]
- Startled!
"......!"
I shot up from my chair so hard it tipped backward.
Cold sweat trickled down my back.
My breath came short.
Not denying it might be my last shred of conscience.
I had felt Lee Seo-ryeong as a woman.
And by extension, Seol Yu-wol maybe...
That was when it happened.
[Already.]
And then.
"You've already crossed the river."
"?!"
I whipped my head around in shock.
This time, it wasn't text.
By the bedside.
From the dark hole...
A seductive woman's voice flowed out.
A real, human voice.
"How about just accepting everything comfortably?"
Its voice wormed into my ear.