Chapter 23
Chapter 23
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 23
Chapter Title: The Yandere Fairy's Gaze is Strange
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"Who the hell are you?!"
"H-How rude! Raising your voice to a lady!"
Humans are so sly.
Unlike the Gold Fairy, who shrank back just from seeing my face, this one was standing right in front of me, veins bulging in her neck as she yelled—yet it only made me want to sneer.
Even at the tallest estimate, she couldn't have been more than 140 cm.
Her petite, dainty, and utterly cute appearance matched her height perfectly.
Our neighborhood didn't have any kids like this.
Smooth.
I tilted my head and scanned her up and down again.
A small size, but there it was—a Celestial Robe just like the ones the Gold Fairy and Silver Fairy had worn, hanging on the clothesline.
I jolted in surprise, my eyes widening.
"No way... you're a fairy too?"
"That's right. I am the Fairy of Fables."
Fairy of Fables?
Hold on—Gold, Silver, and Fables?
Don't tell me... Gold-Silver-Fables?
"Are your sisters the Gold Fairy and Silver Fairy by any chance?"
"Yes, they are. So show some respect!"
The Fairy of Fables even had a girlish voice.
I let out a short sigh and continued.
"How did you know about my bathhouse?"
"I secretly followed Gold Sister a while back and found out."
Gold Fairy...
How oblivious could these sisters be? One fairy tails another, and they don't even notice?
The Gold Fairy followed the Silver Fairy, and now the Fairy of Fables followed the Gold Fairy?
At this rate, every fairy in heaven would end up here.
Still.
Did I even need the Fairy of Fables?
The Gold Fairy gave gold, and the Silver Fairy granted wishes. What more could I want?
But just in case, I straightened up and pressed on.
"Do you have the power to turn back time, by any chance?"
"What nonsense is that? We fairies can't defy the laws of nature."
So, in the end, the Fairy of Fables was useless to me?
The Gold and Silver Fairies already covered everything I wanted. No need to butter up this little one.
Thud.
I plopped down on the rooftop chair, radiating annoyance as I crossed my legs.
"Why are you talking down to me?"
"W-What?!"
"You look younger than me. Why the casual tone?"
"I've lived a hundred years longer than you!"
"O-One hundred years old?!"
I'd figured fairies lived longer than humans on average, but this tiny thing was over a hundred? Then how old were the Gold and Silver Fairies?
...Fuck, did that mean I'd gone down on pussies belonging to fairies way older than Grandma Choi?
"Ha!"
As I let out a short exclamation, the Fairy of Fables crossed her arms and lifted her chin like she'd finally made me see sense.
"Exactly. Now that you get it, show some respect!"
"In human years, how old are you?"
"Human years...?"
"Sure, you're older in heaven years, but down here, I'm the adult, right?"
"What kind of logic is that?!"
Still lounging in the chair with my legs crossed, I narrowed my eyes lazily.
"I heard senior fairies in heaven use the main bathhouse, so you all come down here instead. What do you think the Silver Fairy would say if she knew you'd snuck in?"
"Silver Sister came here too...?"
Her pupils shook—she clearly hadn't expected that.
No matter how over a hundred she was, she didn't feel mature at all.
Still.
The Gold Fairy knew full well this was just a pit stop but snuck in anyway, and now she was scared of the Silver Fairy?
Was there really something about the Silver Fairy?
I smirked as if I knew everything.
"Knowing the Silver Fairy's temper, she wouldn't let it slide."
"Then keep it a secret! I don't want to get in trouble."
"Promise not to come to the bathhouse anymore, and I won't say a word."
The Fairy of Fables looked flustered at my words. She dunked herself up to her face in the tub, her pupils trembling.
Tears were already welling up in her eyes.
But I didn't budge an inch.
"Silver Sister and Gold Sister get to use the bathhouse, so why not me?!"
"It's my call."
"Discriminating like that is wrong!"
"You're a fairy, remember? You called my logic bullshit when I brought up human years, but now that it suits you, humans matter?"
"..."
Her eyes looked ready to spill over any second.
At a loss for words, she fidgeted with her fingers before glaring up at me.
"Don't tell me... it's because of my body?"
"Y-Your body?"
"Gold Sister and Silver Sister have figures like yours in human terms, so you want to peek secretly!"
Uh...?
I was just refusing because I didn't need her, but...
...Why couldn't I argue back?
Was it because her body was one of the few satisfying things?
I cleared my throat loudly.
"Who are you calling a pervert, you little brat?!"
"L-Little?! Why am I little?!"
"Keep this up, and I'll have to tell the Gold Fairy."
"Go ahead! I'm not scared of her at all!"
"What about the Silver Fairy?"
"...Shit."
Scared of the Silver Fairy, the Fairy of Fables hunched her shoulders and huffed.
Then, as if she'd made up her mind, she nodded.
"Fine. I forgive your lack of respect."
Judging by how she missed the point, she really was the Gold and Silver Fairies' little sister.
No point dragging this out—it'd just hurt my mouth.
I sighed briefly and flashed my eyes.
"Ugh... no, I don't need you."
"Why not?!"
"I'm already happy with the Heavenly Peaches from the Silver Fairy and the gold from the Gold Fairy. Anything else is meaningless to me."
"So you're saying I don't need to give bathhouse fees, therefore stay away?"
"Yeah, now you get it."
The Fairy of Fables still looked puzzled, her face full of question marks.
"Don't humans have endless greed?"
"What 'bathhouse fee' could you even offer?"
"Any human man would want it—I'll grant it personally!"
"So, what is it?"
"...I'll allow you to hold me."
With that, the Fairy of Fables stood up abruptly from the tub, as if resolved.
I looked straight at her.
My heart didn't stir even seeing her naked.
Hell, I'd had pubes since elementary school, but this hundred-plus-year-old had none down there.
A strange pity washed over me, and I quietly closed my eyes and turned away.
"...Just put some clothes on while I'm being nice."
"Human... are you embarrassed?"
"You're hopeless. I'll tell the Silver Fairy—look forward to it."
As I moved to head straight home, the Fairy of Fables hurriedly slipped on her Celestial Robe and grabbed me.
"W-Wait!"
"What now?"
"...I didn't know a human male could lack physical desire for the opposite sex. How about this?!"
The Silver Fairy could grant anything except defying nature's laws, and the Gold Fairy provided wealth—but I was curious anyway.
I leaned in, and the Fairy of Fables rummaged in her Celestial Robe before opening her hand to me.
"I can give you this."
It was a familiar Heavenly Peach.
But oddly, the color and scent were subtly different from the Silver Fairy's.
"It's a Heavenly Peach."
"Eat it, and the next day you'll have luck and fortune for a full day."
"Luck and fortune?"
"Yes. What do you think?"
"Can't I just ask the Silver Fairy for luck or fortune as a wish?"
"What are you talking about? Silver Sister's peaches only grant wishes for the eater themselves—nothing involving others!"
Involving others?
What did that even mean?
Was a single day of luck and fortune even useful?
Sip—!
I stroked my chin, pondering carefully.
The Fairy of Fables watched anxiously, her eyes tense as she awaited my answer.
'Hmm...'
After a relatively long deliberation, I nodded and took the Heavenly Peach she'd offered.
"Alright, I'll try it once."
"You permit it?"
"I'll decide after trying it. But since I took the peach, I'll let you use the bathhouse for ten days."
Not fully satisfied, the Fairy of Fables pouted her lips.
"So you won't tell Silver Sister if I come for ten days?"
The Silver Fairy's influence really seemed to work.
Even as the second sister, was she like the strict squad leader among them?
"Of course. I have some sense of honor."
"Got it! Then I'm off!!"
Her face fell for a moment before brightening into a sunny smile.
Her childlike looks made her seem even cuter.
"It's dark—be careful!"
Like the Gold and Silver Fairies, the Fairy of Fables vanished into the moonlight. I gazed up at the sky and took a bite of the Heavenly Peach I'd received.
Crunch!
If the Silver Fairy's was soft and squishy, this one had a slightly firmer texture.
Yet the aroma and flavor filling my mouth were in no way inferior.
'Wow, if I sold this in the human world, I'd be rich overnight.'
Crunch! Crunch!
As always, I flicked the pit off the rooftop and headed inside to my bed.
Flop.
Luck and fortune, huh...
Just for one day—single-use, basically.
The duration was too short. Had I agreed for no reason?
"Whatever, I said ten days anyway—might as well sleep."
Like with the Silver Fairy's peach, exhaustion crashed over me fiercely.
Heavy eyelids pulled me into sleep before I knew it.
"Gyaah!"
Having slept deeply, I woke feeling even more refreshed that morning.
After hitting the bathroom, checking the mirror, and exchanging a light greeting with my increasingly massive "little friend" down there, I parked my butt on the sofa.
"Luck and fortune..."
It was hilarious—thinking about a day of incoming luck and fortune just made me feel inexplicably upbeat.
Of course, nothing amazingly surprising had happened yet.
Click! Click!
Leaning back on the sofa, I flipped through channels with the remote.
I needed to prep the cold bath and attend those chaebol birthday parties...
Lots of complicated stuff ahead, but as the saying goes, haste makes waste—so I savored the current leisure.
That's when voices pierced through the TV noise.
I instinctively looked around.
The neighborhood was always quiet—why so noisy today?
'Are the elders throwing a party or something?'
With so few people around, everyone felt like family.
Even once-a-year birthdays turned into big gatherings.
It was their one joy in life.
No Seoul-style entertainment spots, no bars loaded with tasty snacks.
They mostly chatted under the pavilion shelter or drank occasionally to pass the time.
'That's what I figured, but...'
If they were partying right in front of my house, it was way too loud.
The soundproofing wasn't great, but this was ear-plugging level—the murmurs growing louder by the second.
"Haa!"
Sighing, I shuffled to the front door.
Just to ask them to keep it down a bit.
Creeeak!
I opened the door, and sure enough, there were people—but something felt off.
No matter that I'd married and lived in Seoul, I was still a local born and bred.
Yet.
'They're all strangers...?'