Chapter 439 – 37. Temporary Suspension of Warrior Work

Once the words and face came into my head, they did not easily disappear.

“Damn, you said such nonsense.”

In the end, Sheila gave up on even relaxing and left the room, grumbling.

I could hear laughter coming from behind, but I didn’t have the energy to get angry.

I felt like I would lose if I got angry here.

‘You’re so amazing.’

I don’t know exactly, but he must be quite old, and he’s my boyfriend.

To a small extent, I wondered if even this was what Han Si-woo intended, but of course it made no sense.

Sheila was lost in thought as she wandered helplessly down the hallway.

‘Romantic relationship. … Are you a lover?’

Man.

It would be one of the furthest things in her life.

That doesn’t mean she likes women, but there was no one she was attracted to.

When chatting with members of a past party, the story that came up was that even if the eyes were high, they were too high.

Moreover, unlike Han So-young, there are no clear standards.

Attraction.

This is the type of man she wants as expressed by one of her friends at the time.

‘It’s not wrong.’

Sheila also deeply agreed with those words.

That’s why she gave up a long time ago and tried to pretend that she wasn’t interested in dating, but it’s not like she has no interest in dating.

So she kept getting on my mind and looking at me.

‘No. It won’t work.’

True to her difficult nature, she shook her head and composed herself.

The other person is the adopted son of his best friend Han So-young, husband, father, and other half who will be together for the rest of his life as long as nothing major happens.

In this world where worse things happen, it’s not uncommon for two friends to share the same man, but she wasn’t very pleased.

‘Yes, that’s right. That doesn’t happen… There will never be.’

A promise she repeated over and over again because she was not confident in herself.

Still, as one of the strongest people on the continent, her will rarely waver, but today was a little different.

“Where should I go?”

“… Soyoung.”

Han So-young, a friend I met by chance while wandering in the hallway.

She was taking a walk with her daughter in her arms.

For a moment, she raised her head after looking at Han Si-woo and So-young’s daughter, Han So-yul.

“No. Sim… No, it was a nice day, so I was walking for a bit.”

“Hehe. It’s just like us.”

Although the baby is not yet capable of doing anything on her own, Soyoung often refers to herself and her daughter together.

“Isn’t it pretty?”

“… That’s right. Soyoung, she’s a really pretty baby just like you.”

“Yes. And we look a lot like Siwoo too.”

“Really?”

“Huh. Don’t you know it when you see it? Especially the nose here…”

Sheila didn’t understand at all, but when her friend started talking excitedly, she shook her head like she always did.

Still, she didn’t even notice at first, but as she listened to it again and again, it seemed like that.

At this point, I thought it was brainwashing rather than understanding.

Of course, the part she didn’t understand was where the similarity was, and she strongly agreed that the baby was cute and pretty.

“Oh my. I was talking too much in the middle of the hallway.”

“Don’t worry too much. It’s probably not even 5 minutes.”

“Still. … Hey, Sheila.”

“Huh?”

“If you’re bored, why don’t you go see Siwoo?”

“… Huh?”

Sheila’s reaction to those words coming out of nowhere was very slow.

Two seconds for each word to seep into her head, two seconds for her brain to make sense of it, and another few seconds to decide what to say. There was a sudden silence during the conversation, and the words that came out of her mouth as she struggled to think of them could not be considered an answer.

“Why? Did you really think I wouldn’t notice?”

Although the words may be scary in some cases, Soyoung’s voice and expression were very gentle.

“Ah, no, that, I… What… Do you mean…”

“Hmm? I don’t think that’s necessary.”

“…”

“I rather… Yes, Sheila is welcome. My son, Siwoo, is a perfect guy, right?”

Embarrassed, Sheila just kept her mouth shut, not knowing what to say.

Han So-young smiles softly as she looks at her friend.

Although he is not gay, this friend looked so cute.

“Hehe. It keeps coming to mind to just deny it, right? It’s all because you avoid it too much.”

“… Avoiding, that’s right?”

“Yes. In times like this, no matter what the outcome is, you have to face it first and see! Then, won’t you accept it or give it up? If you keep dragging it on like this, you’re the only one who will have a hard time?”

It was quite painful advice.

However, it is not wrong.

If you keep suppressing it for no reason, problems may suddenly erupt at any time.

So, it would be better to produce clear results when we both have time.

“Thank you, Soyoung.”

“Thank you. And as I said before, I really agree.”

“Ugh. Well, please do that later…”

“Hehe. Okay, then let’s go… Oh. Oh, sorry. Come to think of it, I think Siwoo said he was going on a date today.”

“It’s a date. With who?”

“I can’t do that well. I’ll tell you later, so tomorrow…”

I was grateful for Han So-young’s consideration, but she shook her head.

“No, that’s enough.”

“Huh? It’s done?”

“Yes. I feel very sorry for that date, but… I have to meet him while I’ve made up my mind, otherwise I think I’ll keep putting it off.”

“Ah…”

“I don’t know where it is, but it probably hasn’t gone far. I’ll ask people and find it.”

“Huh? Uh huh.”

Han So-young makes an uncharacteristically dumb expression.

She always knew that once Sheila made up her mind, she would move forward like a bulldozer, but she never thought she would still do that now.

Feeling the reverberation of Sheila, who quickly disappeared without even having a chance to say hello, Soyoung chuckled and muttered.

“Cheer up, Sheila. … And I’m sorry. I don’t know who your date is.”

“Each!”

Gwen sneezed out of nowhere, causing Siwoo’s hand to stop in the air.

“Huh? Is it really a cold?”

“Oh, no! It was just an itchy nose. So hurry up!”

“Haha. Okay.”

Siwoo smiles cheerfully and extends his stopped hand again.

The spoon in his hand came closer to Gwen’s mouth, and she ate the ice cream on top.

“Ugh~♡ It’s delicious.”

“That’s good. Are you satisfied?”

“Of course not yet.”

Gwen snorted as if it made sense to be satisfied with just this.

After Siwoo and she left the mansion, they took a quick walk around the city and looked around.

It’s funny that she thinks to herself, but surprisingly, Gwen has never leisurely inspected her capital.

Most people only went back and forth between the mansion and the royal castle, and all transportation was done by carriage.

Therefore, unlike the first time when I was nervous, seeing the city was very enjoyable.

The first place I arrived at after wandering the streets was this café.

“I have to eat lunch and watch a play later, right? But how can I be satisfied?”

“I guess that’s it. By the way, have you decided on what to eat?”

“… Ah, not yet.”

“Then let’s go to that restaurant over there. I heard it’s popular these days.”

“Ugh, okay.”

It didn’t matter where Gwen ate or what she ate.

She’s not that greedy about food to begin with.

If she is busy studying or playing, she often eats lightly or even starves.

So she just liked any meal with Siwoo.

‘Me too… I’ve been thinking about this a lot these days.’

Gwen Washdish is more embarrassed about things like kissing and sex than clinging to Si-woo.

To hide her slightly flushed cheeks, Gwen lowered her head and slowly scooped up her share of ice cream.

Since it is a light dessert before a meal, the amount in the cup decreases quickly.

Seeing Gwen behaving cutely brought a smile to Siwoo’s lips.

“Eat slowly. Oh, do you want to eat mine too?”

“… Yes.”

Siwoo was pushing her ice cream toward her, then noticed something about her and raised her hand.

“It’s true.”

“…? Ah?!”

Her fingers touched the corner of Gwen’s mouth and her eyes widened.

Siwoo chuckled and brought her ice cream-covered hand to my mouth.

“Huh?”

“What’s wrong?”

“… Oh, no.”

Gwen’s body trembled with a surge of embarrassment.

No, the reason her body was shaking wasn’t just because of shame.

Jealousy and a bit of anger towards Si-woo, who always calmly commits things that embarrass people.

She’s definitely done this with other women several times.

‘Okay. This is my mistake. It’s not for nothing that we only insist on sex and skinship… I need to go on more, more dates!’

Even as she was finishing her goal, the ice cream was shrinking quickly, and the cup was soon empty.

Since Gwen doesn’t usually eat much, Siwoo asked if she could have lunch.

“Huh? Of course, I’ll eat it. What I just ate was dessert.”

Following the woman’s unique theory of having a stomach for food and a stomach for dessert, the two moved to their seats and headed to the restaurant.

A light meal until lunch and then a play.

In a way, it was the highlight of today’s date.

“Oh, it was huge…”

For about two hours, Gwen was immersed in the play without even having time to think about Siwoo.

“You mean it was fun? I’m glad.”

“Wow, has time passed that much since I died? It’s changed so much!”

It was a shock.

She has a lot of money as she is a second-generation wealthy person, so she has seen several of the latest plays produced by Hero candidates.

It was shocking enough back then, but never as much as it is today.

About 10 years at most.

There has been a surprising amount of development in theater that has happened in the meantime.

“Ahahaha! Was it that bad?”

“No, how can you not be shocked when you see that?!”

Hansi Woo found Gwen’s reaction so funny that she even shed tears of laughter.

I guess I didn’t know how fast the industry was changing because I was away from cultural life for a long time.

It was a quality that surprised even myself, who was used to watching movies full of CG in modern times.

It was not just props such as costumes and wigs, but also the stage and acting, which had a charm that drew people in even without the magic.

“It means that there are many people from other dimensions who are active in various fields, even if not necessarily as warriors. Also, people here. There may be cases where talents that would not have bloomed originally appear through luck. They will probably develop gradually. Not only in Palania. The entire continent, not just theater, but all fields.”

“… I’ll have to work hard.”

“Yes. I sometimes fall into that same sentiment. Even if the war with demons ends, it won’t be the end… But won’t we still find some level of peace?”

A different feeling.

Gwen seemed to have caught a glimpse of Siwoo’s passion and sense of duty.

She instilled new motivation in Gwen, who joined the Hero party purely out of her own selfish desires.

Of course, there’s one more thing besides Siwoo’s love.

“Uh, over there. You know that…”

“Huh? Siwoo and Gwen?”

“Huh. Aunt Sheila?”

“What a coincidence.”

“…”

Sheila appears, breaking Gwen’s good timing.

Gwen looked into her eyes and felt something.

Somehow, I don’t think it was a coincidence that we met here.