Chapter 60
Chapter 60
Ch. 60 .｡.:✧ That Kind of Thing ✧:.｡.
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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Sighing once, Mia began her explanation.
“Yulia Petenburg, the elf known as the Witch of Petenburg, was actually a priestess of the World Tree.”
“…”
To Yoo-jin, it was a series of facts that weren’t surprising at all.
After all, he had practically memorized the settings of the main heroines, including Yulia.
However, since he couldn’t show that, Yoo-jin pretended to be slightly surprised, trembling his eyes.
“But due to an unfortunate incident, she was stripped of her priestess position and left Elvenguard.”
Mia mentioned the name of the previous priestess without hesitation.
It would have been a discourtesy if it were any other priestess, but the Witch was different.
She had left Elvenguard under unpleasant circumstances.
“Why did Yulia come here?”
Mia was momentarily at a loss for words.
Yulia.
Not ‘Yulia Petenburg’ or ‘that elf’, just Yulia.
Yoo-jin was comfortably calling the Witch of Petenburg by her name.
Moreover, he abruptly asked about the reason for the Witch’s visit, disregarding the context and situation.
No matter how you looked at it, the relationship between the Witch and Yoo-jin seemed far from ordinary.
‘He must have heard my name from the Witch too.’
Only then did Mia’s question get resolved.
She had been wondering how Yoo-jin knew her name, which she herself had almost forgotten.
It was clear that the Witch had told him.
At the time Mia’s name was given by the World Tree, the Witch was with Mia.
“A week ago, Yulia Petenburg secretly snuck into Elvenguard. She must have been worried about being chased away if her identity was exposed. Or maybe she was just too ashamed to be caught returning to Elvenguard. Yulia Petenburg suddenly entered the World Tree’s Eye and sought me out.”
“What was her purpose?”
“She asked me to teach her how to share an elf’s lifespan with others. So I answered that as far as I knew, there was no such method.”
“Lifespan…”
Yoo-jin closed his eyes tightly.
Sharing an elf’s lifespan.
It was obvious to whom she wanted to give it without even asking.
Me.
She was trying to give it to me.
The lifespan I didn’t even ask for…
‘This removes any doubt. The fact that Yulia has regained her memories and is chasing after me…’
Certainly, Yulia was more intelligent compared to the other main heroines.
To the point of hiding the fact that she had regained her memories by quietly conducting her search without deliberately making noise.
But that didn’t last long either.
Thanks to Mia, she was caught.
‘There’s no need to worry too much.’
Yoo-jin calmed down, taking a deep breath.
It was an overreaction.
Just hearing Yulia’s name triggered his PTSD.
What if things went according to her scheme again?
What if he was being played in the palm of Yulia’s hand this time too?
Such anxiety had swept over him, but he was able to shake it off quickly.
Unlike the past 12 rounds where he had to maintain a limited human relationship to avoid suspicion of infidelity, this round, he wasn’t alone.
There were many collaborators to help him.
There was an early warning system like Mia who would inform him of dangers in advance.
So there seemed to be no need to worry too much.
“Um…”
“I’m sorry. I made the atmosphere too serious.”
“N-no, it’s fine.”
“More importantly, I’m getting a bit hungry. Is the food not ready yet?”
“I’ll bring out the dishes right away!”
Standing up abruptly to go heat up the food, Mia felt a bit uncomfortable.
She couldn’t focus on anything else, concerned about what kind of relationship Yoo-jin and the Witch had.
A pioneer who had established a great free city.
A genius unmatched when it came to attracting money. And a ruthless ruler.
Yoo-jin seemed to have strong feelings towards that Witch.
Whether it was in a bad or good way was unknown.
‘But why am I curious about this…?’
Yoo-jin would have his own personal affairs. And Mia had no right to intrude on them.
So normally, she would have disregarded it as trivial and moved on.
But Mia couldn’t stop turning around and observing Yoo-jin’s demeanor.
Mia, who was always indifferent to others.
Whenever she saw Yoo-jin’s face, her heart would pound.
Her face would turn red and her body would heat up, which was a first for her.
That’s why she was even more perplexed.
Was it because Yoo-jin was a rare non-elf race in Elvenguard?
That wasn’t it.
There had been several occasions when other humans had come to Elvenguard before, but she didn’t have this tingling feeling then.
‘It’s all because of the alcohol.’
It was all due to the alcohol.
Mia decided to conclude it that way.
It was because she had drunk alcohol for the first time in her life, and it was so bitter that she ended up like this.
‘Sniff sniff. I don’t smell, right…?’
While heating up the food, Mia secretly went into the room and checked the smell coming from her body.
She suddenly became self-conscious.
‘Huh? This…’
The moment she considered changing her underwear just in case, Mia finally began to see her situation objectively.
A late night.
An invitation to have dinner at the house of a woman living alone.
It was clear how this would be perceived as a signal to Yoo-jin.
‘Oh no! I didn’t intend to seduce him!’
It was a big problem.
Mia was alone in the room, rolling her feet and agonizing.
Yoo-jin must have accepted the invitation with such thoughts in mind.
The alcohol and food were just excuses and pretexts.
He must have thought it was all a buildup for the grand event that would follow.
It was a situation that could be easily misunderstood.
‘What should I do…?’
Suddenly, a prophecy that had come down before came to mind.
Could that prophecy be referring to today?
What if ‘taking the priestess’ didn’t mean forcibly violating her, but the priestess willingly giving her body?
Such questions sprouted one after another, overwhelming Mia’s mind.
“I’ve heated everything up. Enjoy your meal.”
“It smells good.”
“R-really? It’s a traditional elven dish… You’re the first human I’ve seen who likes it.”
“I had many opportunities to eat it by chance, so I got used to it.”
In the end, she was late because she had changed her underwear before coming out.
Mia set down the plates, glancing at Yoo-jin’s expression.
Yoo-jin’s attitude hadn’t changed at all from before.
The only one who had changed was Mia alone.
Wondering when ‘it’ would start, she couldn’t relax for a moment.
‘I heard that humans have a tremendous desire for that…’
Unlike elves, humans had a prolific reproductive ability.
In their short lifespan of only 100 years, a couple produced an average of 3 children.
There were even many cases of 6 or 7 children.
Considering the optimal pregnancy period for human women, it was essentially giving birth once every 3 years.
‘Ugh… Humans were such a lustful race…’
Mia felt her face burning up, but she tried her best to appear unperturbed.
Of course, it wasn’t very effective.
‘Of course, there’s fault on this side too. But still…’
It was true that she had given an opening first.
It was also true that she had created a situation that could be misunderstood.
If it were a human crazed with sexual desire, there was a high possibility that he would have come with such meaning in mind.
‘I’m not ready yet…’
But Mia was not yet fully prepared.
Her knowledge in that area was limited to the outdated sex education passed down through generations of elves.
It was only slightly better than the oral tradition that if a man and a woman held hands and slept together, a stork would bring a baby.
‘Should I resist or not?’
The World Tree’s prophecies were absolute.
But there was no rule that the human male mentioned in the prophecy had to be Yoo-jin, or that the priestess of the World Tree had to be Mia.
Then, if Yoo-jin demanded her body, should she obediently accept it according to the prophecy, or should she reject him to protect her chastity as a priestess?
Mia’s mind became complicated.
“Mia. I have a request.”
“Yes, yes?!”
It had finally come.
A request.
He would definitely make such a demand.
At that thought, Mia’s face turned red all the way to the tips of her ears.
“Ouch!”
Thud.
She had put too much strength in her body and ended up hitting her knee on the table.
She hit it quite hard.
She tried to suppress the pain by gritting her teeth, but Mia eventually grabbed her leg and fell to the side.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes! I’m fine! I’m fine, I’m fine, but…!”
“You’re bleeding. Let me see your leg.”
Yoo-jin was getting closer.
The sex-crazed human was coming.
Mia, who hadn’t finished preparing her heart, felt like her heartbeat was getting stronger and stronger, about to burst.
“Ugh!”
“Why are you making such a fuss? Stay still. I’ll apply some potion for you.”
It was a small abrasion on her knee.
A light injury that Yoo-jin himself would have ignored if it were on him.
But it didn’t suit the jade-like skin of an elf, so he couldn’t just leave it.
Yoo-jin poured a little low-grade potion, simultaneously cleaning and treating the wound.
Since it was a small wound, it healed quickly just by the potion touching it for a moment.
There was no need to wrap a bandage.
“It’s done now. Huh? Mia?”
Mia’s leg was trembling severely.
Wondering what was going on, Yoo-jin looked up and saw Mia sobbing as if she was about to cry at any moment.
Her eyes were like those of an animal caught by a predator.
Mia recited quietly in a trembling voice.
“It’s my first time… Please be gentle…”
“What?”
“Huh?”
“Eh?”
“…?”
“…?”
There was a brief silence.
Yoo-jin tilted his head.
Mia’s eyes widened.
“Ah, what I was trying to request earlier…”
“I was going to ask if you could request the World Tree to focus on giving prophecies about Yulia Petenburg, if possible.”
“Ah…”
She had misunderstood everything from beginning to end?
The lustful one wasn’t the human, but her?
Mia’s mind, which had been complicated until just before, turned as blank as a white sheet of paper.
She felt like hiding in a mouse hole.
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