Chapter 869 – #190_Infidelity

#863

One.
Odile and Odette are still apprentice witches, but they know that things in the world are not simple.

She knew that living meant facing countless crossroads, and that sometimes it was difficult to choose which side to choose.

“… Odile, Odette…”

The twins were surprised to find Deneb early in the morning.

It was the first time to see the little master in shabby clothes, and the first time in the alcove of the steeple, far from the splendid Jemonai mansion.

Even the twins, who had been wandering around since childhood, did not know that a place like this existed.
It was because it was a dreary room worthy of the name ‘punishment room’.

“I’m really sorry…”

Deneb lowered his head, suppressing the tears that filled his eyes, as if he had no shame in showing his crying appearance.
With her head down, her back was covered with scars that looked very painful at first glance.

Odildo, who was planning to express his dissatisfaction immediately upon meeting her little master,
Odette, who was helping her by her side and was about to say that it was okay, also shut her mouth.

“I did something really bad to you. I will never make that mistake again.”
“Of course… It should be.”
“That’s right… Still, it shouldn’t have been kept a secret from us…”

Still, she did not forget her original purpose.
Shouldn’t we properly examine and move on?

“Yes, it’s all my fault, it’s immoral. No matter what you say, there is no excuse.”
“…”
“…”

Odile and Odette met their eyes.
Until the moment I came to visit my little master, the miasma that I had been forcibly wiping away is gone, and only embarrassment lingers.

“For now, I’ll talk to you later.”
“Me, me too!”

Without even hearing an answer, the twins slammed the door and ran down the spiral staircase as if they were running away.

“What! What’s this… !”

Reaching the first floor, Odile stamped his feet in exasperation.

She was going to say something bitter.
No matter how small the opponent is, he suffered so much, isn’t it okay to complain like that?

However, the little master I met did not look any better than his twin.

I heard at first glance that Teacher had entered penance, but I thought he would look as pitiful as I did.
The matter of protest, which had been painstakingly prepared, ran away without being able to speak out.

“It looks like we did something wrong!”
“Calm down sister, Master didn’t say anything…”
“It’s annoying! Stupid! What the hell is this…”
“Sister…”

Odile wasn’t really angry either.

It’s just that I’m so embarrassed and I’m not sure how to deal with this, so I’m just venting my anger on the ground.

“Do you remember my sister?”
“What!”

Then Odette pulled Odile’s sleeve and said.

“When we were young, we went to Master’s studio and made a mess.”

This happened when Odile and Odette were about 10 years old.

Originally, Odile and Odette boasted of noisy energy, but when they were young, they dared to boast an incomparable level of activity.

Odile and Odette managed to sneak into the workshop that Master had sternly warned them not to enter.

The first witch’s workshop.
Odile and Odette, enchanted by the mystery, pretended to be the Archwitch to their heart’s content and played witches with experimental equipment.

-Pop!

The experimental equipment, which requires delicate control, responded with an explosion to the twins’ violence.

Fortunately, Odile and Odette only suffered minor burns on the back of their hands, but research data did not.

The product of artifact research, which Deneb had been independently preparing for years, had disappeared in an instant of tyranny.

Bomb-headed Odil and bomb-headed Odette staring blankly at the wreckage of the explosion.

Even if she was young, even if she lacked magical knowledge, she was at an age where she could make sense of things like a clever apprentice witch.

It was easy to understand that this accident could not be compared to the level of breaking a vase.

‘Odette, you’re in big trouble.’
‘Hey, why is this my fault! It’s your sister’s fault! Sister is a big deal! I clearly said not to do it!’
‘Odette, calm down. Should I return it somehow?’
‘Of course! Unni, turn off the lights over there!’

However, even if she made a fuss, the 10-year-old apprentice witch did not have the ability to recover the research materials and specimens that had been destroyed.

‘We are dead.’
‘Really dead…’

With blue faces, the twins thought of the little master who would jump in with a frightening face.
Wasn’t it 5 times stricter then than now?

The studio door opens violently, but the person who rushes in hastily is the little master.

‘Master! Sorry!’
‘It’s not what we meant!’

Of course, Odile and Odette closed their eyes, expecting to hear shouts of voice comparable to that of a vocalist.
But what came back was a hug full of worries and concerns.

‘Baby, are you okay? Are you not hurt?’

A witch and an apprentice witch are similar to a mother-daughter relationship, but up until this point, Odile and Odette had a difficult time with their two masters.

‘How nice… Come here. Are you sick? I did such a dangerous thing to get a bad name.’

However, the twins burst into tears as they saw the little master paying attention only to the burns on the backs of the twins’ hands, not even paying attention to the disastrously collapsed studio.

‘Aaaaang!’
‘Sorry… !’
‘It’s okay. You troublemakers… As long as you’re all safe.’

From that day on, the twins realized that the scary-looking Master was their real family.

“… Why are you suddenly talking about that?”
“When we did something wrong, Master forgave us.”
“So?”
“If you do, sister. Would Master be angry if the order was reversed, and the little master first fell in love with the assistant, and later found out that we fell in love with the assistant?”

It’s a question you don’t have to worry about.

“Of course you were angry.”
“Then couldn’t you forgive me?”

“… It’s not like that, it’s not like we can’t forgive either, right?”
“I think if he had seen us struggling like Master, he would have done more than forgive.”

Odile knows.
That’s why it’s so uncomfortable.

“Your little master doesn’t have enough time to be happy to the fullest.”
“… Odette!”
“Don’t be angry, it’s true.”
“…”

It was a rare sight of Odette defeating Odile in a verbal fight.
Odile sighed and said.

“Okay, so what do you want to do?”
“Perhaps what my sister wants to do.”

2.
Even as the day deepened, Deneb struggled with a deeper sense of guilt.

She said she would help her solve the problem, but she refused.

No matter how great an older sister is, can she forgive this deep sin, the act of giving up on desire and turning against the heavenly principles?
The twins who came early in the morning were enough to make Deneb even more ashamed.

Wouldn’t even the act of penance kneeling down on the steeple be expressed as abominable?
Maybe it looks like an apology for show.

Perhaps it was because she wanted to show that she was only self-satisfied in choosing this way of atonement and that she was reflecting on her twin subconsciously.

-Slap! Slap!

Deneb chose to whip him as a way to get rid of his thoughts.
When a warm pain blooms over the bright red wound, he can take a moment to turn his eyes away from the guilt that filled his heart.

-Smart

In the meantime, a knocking sound was heard.
Deneb got up on his knees and opened the shabby wooden door.

What fell at his feet was a note folded twice and stuck in the gap.

“This…”

Deneb headed for Taro Town with his note in hand.

The sender of the note is Odile and Odette.
He wants to talk seriously, so he has a message to come to the villa in Taro Town.

It was a somewhat meaningless call, but there was no time left to wonder about the reason.

The question remains as to whether it is really okay to go.
However, Deneb is willing to kneel in front of the twins if they can be a little comforting.

Wearing only minimal clothing, she opened the door to her twin’s outpost, the villa in Taro Town, with the steps of a criminal opening the door of the courthouse.

A lighted candle flickering on a candlestick.
The warm air from the fireplace greeted Deneb.

However, contrary to expectations, it was not popular.
If it’s on the lounge side, you’ll hear it, so maybe it’s in the bedroom upstairs?

Deneb, who was casually trying to step into her, hesitated.
It was because red rose petals were scattered all over the floor.

At first she thought she must have fallen from a nearby vase, and she thought nothing of it, but as she passed the front door she noticed that the number went inward.

“This… ?”

As in the fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel, the petals that were gradually connected led Deneb to the bathroom on the first floor.
Unable to hide her confusion, Deneb quietly twisted open her bathroom door, steam billowing out of her.

Hot water sizzling in a portable bathtub that looks perfect for two people to soak in.
Inside, roses that served as milestones were in full bloom, creating a romantic atmosphere.

Because it was quite spacious, it seemed that two people could take a bath.

“Hey guys?”

What kind of situation is this?
Did you get the wrong location by any chance?

She opened the note again, just in case, but there was no mistake.

– Knocked up!

The sound of a door coming from the front door.
Turning around, Deneb was taken aback.

“What…”

Of course, I expected Deneb to be a twin who arrived a little late.
However, Deneb’s son-in-law with a gloomy expression entered the door.

“Deneb-sama?”

It was Shin Si-woo.