Chapter 397 – The Preparation is Over (3)

“Why, what’s wrong?”

I shamelessly puffed out my chest while looking at Mong-ah, who couldn’t take her eyes off the sign hanging around my neck. Inside, I repeated words that she couldn’t hear.

“I’m not wearing this without any feeling. Anyone would feel burdened if they suddenly appeared wearing something stupid and ridiculous like this.”

“Nevertheless, it seems like it turned out well in the end.”

As someone who had touched on someone else’s trauma, I had a conscience that couldn’t just consider my own pride.

Besides, if I hadn’t appeared wearing this, I wouldn’t have had a chance to have a proper conversation and would have been chased away. So, it was the right choice.

Sitting next to Mong-ah on the bed, I waited for her to calm down, and soon I could hear her sighing.

“Ha… What is that? That appearance?”

“Of course, I came to apologize.”

Although it was obvious to anyone, Mong-ah’s expression noticeably softened when I said that I came to apologize.

“I knew that you had a painful memory, but I think I took it too lightly. I’m really sorry.”

“Oh, no. I’m the one who… You were the one who was in danger…”

Mong-ah hesitated, but still apologized. In one corner of her bewildered expression, I could see a strange sense of relief, and I guessed what she was thinking.

And sure enough.

“But you have to promise not to do that again. Why should you have to bear the burden of a dangerous situation? Even if it’s not you…”

“Mong-ah, wait a minute.”

“Yes…?”

As expected, she was mistaken.

If I had intended to say that I would keep such a promise, I could have said it outright without waiting until now.

I took a deep breath and grabbed her shoulders with both hands. Mong-ah flinched, but she was more interested in what I had to say, so she kept her mouth shut. I carefully chose my words and opened my mouth.

“Listen carefully to what I’m about to say.”

“…?”

“I don’t care about fame or money as long as I can live comfortably. All I want is to live well with the woman I love and have children with her.”

“Yes, yes…”

Mong-ah, who still didn’t know that she wasn’t everything to me, blushed, but her expression stiffened at my next words.

“But there are those who won’t even allow me that. Those who won’t even allow me to live peacefully and quietly.”

“…It’s not like you have to be involved with them, right? If you just stay quiet and don’t do anything from now on…”

“No, it’s already too late.”

I still remember the night I was captured by Ju Yeoreum, the night when an old man aimed for my life and almost harmed Eun Soyeong.

Even though there were no hands reaching out to attack me after that, I didn’t know when they would change their minds and come after me again.

If I were the only one getting hurt, it would be better than my women or children. Could I forgive myself for crouching down and doing nothing until then?

It was already a fact that I couldn’t coexist with the Eunryeong Society since the night I was captured by Ju Yeoreum.

“This time it was a coincidence and I wasn’t caught, but they will come after me and the people around me anytime. They won’t believe that I will live quietly and will endlessly chase after me. They will think that I am sharpening my knife in secret and waiting for an opportunity.”

“…”

“Just like they did.”

Mong-ah couldn’t deny my words.

She herself had escaped from the Amipa sect, who were trying to obtain the legendary treasure called Cheonmubi, and knew better than anyone else the tendency of martial artists who wanted to stand above others.

“Is it because of me?”

“What?”

“I know that those people are using me for something. Until now, I’ve been hiding with the help of the prince, but… if I come out again in Gangho, there will be another disturbance. Is that why?”

Ah, could she think that way?

Even someone like No Heebang knew that the first time I clashed with the Eunryeong Society was at Namgung Hye’s wedding, but in fact, I had fought against the guys who were chasing after Mong-ah before that.

But those guys who would have turned into frozen meat after being caught in the blizzard of Mount Gonryun with their wounds bleeding out wouldn’t have reported to their boss.

However, Mong-ah didn’t seem to have thought that far, and her expression wasn’t good.

“If that’s the case, then I’ll…”

“Stop there. If you want to say something else, I’ll give you this to wear around your neck and say it?”

As I fiddled with the stupid necklace with both hands, Mong-ah, who had a dark expression, rolled her lips inside her mouth and tightly shut her mouth.

“You can laugh. I told you to wear it and come here with a smile.”

But Mong-ah stubbornly held back her laughter. Seeing her trying to hold back her laughter and avoiding eye contact, I poked her side with my index fingers.

Poke.

“Ha! Wh-what are you doing!”

“I told you to laugh, but you’re not laughing.”

Mong-ah, who was holding back her laughter while being poked in the side, burst out laughing and shook her head with a slightly lighter attitude.

“I can’t stop laughing…”

“I told you. It’s already too late. There’s nothing good about it becoming dangerous and troublesome for me, but do you think those guys will take their eyes off me if you disappear?”

“…”

“Did someone say it was because of you? Their territory is about a thousand li away.”

“But… if something dangerous happens because of me later…”

“Because of you? It won’t happen. And even if it does, it doesn’t matter.”

I reach out my arm and pull her lightly towards me. Even through her clothes, I can feel the softness of her skin and the faint scent of her body.

Mong-ah also hesitates for a moment but eventually places her hand on my back, and I whisper in her ear.

“If something like that happens, I’ll protect you. So, you also have to stay by my side and support me. That’s what being a married couple means.”

“…Even though we haven’t even gotten married yet.”

“If you don’t like it, there’s nothing I can do. But even if we run away, we have to do it together. That’s what being a married couple means.”

I may not know exactly what trauma is, but I do know one thing. Trauma cannot be solved by ignoring it or by confronting it head-on.

So, at least for her, even if it’s not the right answer, it might not be the wrong answer to make her realize that she has the choice in this situation.

‘Whether to run away or fight.’

That’s all I want to tell her. Even if it doesn’t help much, it might be enough to be a catalyst.

But as long as there are other women, I can’t really run away, so I’m lying.

“Are you really not going to regret it? I’m an ahjumma. It might be okay now, but I can’t take responsibility if I regret it later. No, I won’t let you go later.”

“Who said anything about letting go? Are you saying that as if someone is letting you go easily?”

“Hmph…”

Mong-ah laughs this time without resistance. Come to think of it, it’s the first time I’ve seen her laugh so freely.

‘Looks good.’

She keeps laughing, and when I don’t say anything, she glances up at me. As our eyes meet and the time seems to stretch, I feel an inexplicable thirst rising from my throat as I look at Mong-ah’s face, which seems to have a strange glow around her eyes.

And there’s only one place where I can quench that thirst.

Neither Mong-ah nor I will probably remember who attacked whose lips first.

Mong-ah clings to my lips passionately.

Despite having thought about immediately rejecting him and kicking him out, she succumbed to the pleasure of exploring his young husband’s lips, even inside them.

“Huh ♥ Slowly… You’re not running away, right…”

In the meantime, the man’s rough hands hastily removed her clothes. The submissive surrender of Ami, who was insatiable with lust, gradually gave way to her rising body that was being stripped away by the touch of his hands.

Her soft and ample breasts spilled out, and his large palm filled her hand like a rice cake.

“Even like this? Do you think I’ll let you go? Tempting a man with such a sexy body?”

“Okay, okay… Ahn ♥ Don’t touch me like that…”

The man gently flicked her nipple with his index finger, and then grabbed it with his thumb and index finger, whispering to her.

It was an endlessly seductive voice that led a woman into sweet corruption, but at the same time, it was a warm whisper that Mong-ah couldn’t resist.

As if possessed by it, she pressed her lips against his, and in the midst of their breath and saliva mingling, his other hand untied her waistband and delved into her pants.

“It’s very… wet? So lewd…”

“Don’t talk like a man. It’s because you touched me like that… Ahh ♥”

The most precious part of a woman, the secret place between her legs, was already oozing with sticky fluids. The wetness that absorbed the fluids was sticking to her skin, and she couldn’t help but feel it.

The fingers that dug into her secret place sometimes stimulated her gently, and sometimes roughly, causing her to experience pleasure. She willingly accepted it.

But suddenly, when the man’s hand came out of her secret place, Mong-ah looked at him with a puzzled expression and blushed.

“Look, like this… When you spread your fingers…”

“Okay, okay… Don’t do it!”

When she saw her fingers, which were stretched out and sticky with her own fluids, stretching out like a thread, Mong-ah raised her voice without realizing it.

“You pervert! You…! Ahh… ♥”

Her lips were once again blocked. Mong-ah naturally averted her eyes, and thanks to that, she could see the man’s eyes softly flickering right in front of her.

Those eyes seemed to be saying this.

‘Yes, I’m that kind of person. But what’s wrong with that?’

Mong-ah had no words to answer that silent question. Wasn’t it her body that had been accepting that passion day and night, unable to resist the young man’s body and age?

As a result, her heart was not even slightly uncomfortable, as if she was tuning an instrument in the hands of a skilled musician, preparing to accept pleasure.

‘In the end…’

Even though her feet were bare and exposed to the cold air, her body trembled with anticipation, like a hot iron bar. The steel-like body and the iron rod-like manhood were both uncovered, ready to devour her.

The female flesh hole, designed to accept the male, knew how sweet the pleasure it brought, so it was ready to receive it with every wrinkle filled with thick fluids.

The final destination of the burning desire that spread throughout her body was her mouth.

“Please… put it in…”

The next moment, as if in response to her begging, the thick manhood rushed into her lower body like a spear, piercing her deeply.

It was the beginning of a night where the carnal desires of the male and female intertwined.