Chapter 640 – Drive -1-

“Then would you like to go for a drive with me?”

“Good.”

“!”

An unstoppable permission that surprises even those in authority.

Without asking Lee Cho-ah any questions, Roman took out his cell phone and started looking for a car.

“Hmm.”

“···.”

Lee Cho-ah looked blankly at Roman, who was scrolling through the app with a serious face.

Until the moment he opens his mouth.

“Any kind of tea is okay? Are you looking for something that has an open lid or something that’s flat?”

“Oh, no… Any car is fine…”

“I asked because I don’t like loud cars. If there are two of us, a sedan would be fine.”

After making the decision, everything goes smoothly.

Roman made a quick decision by showing Lee Cho-ah several cars on the screen.

And he looks at the map and takes the lead.

To Choa Lee, it seemed as if Roman had encouraged her to drive.

“···.”

Lee Cho-ah felt a strange sensation as if time had stopped except for her and Roman.

Instead of being right next to me, I followed behind by standing half a step behind.

I wondered what Roman was thinking. How did she feel when she let herself go for a drive?

“Near here… Ah, that’s it.”

The place the two headed to was a nearby rental car parking lot. One of the cars located in a small space between tall buildings.

After briefly checking the car number and condition, Roman used his cell phone to open the door.

The passenger seat started shaking! I opened it and looked.

“Choya.”

A smile that comes here.

Ichoa approached her shakily, with a stiff expression and a twisted step, and placed her buttocks on the seat.

“Thank you…”

“Close. Be careful with your hands.”

With those words, Tak! The door closes and Roman naturally sits in the driver’s seat.

The feeling of being alone in a small space.

Ichoa felt that her mouth was dry due to tension.

“Is there a place you want to go?”

“Uhmmm…”

From Lee Choa’s perspective, the drive was an impromptu invitation that was not in her plans.

This left her speechless. It was so quiet compared to the outside world that it felt like her mind was turning into a blank slate.

“Choya.”

“Yes, yes!?”

A voice that hits you directly.

Seeing the surprised reaction, Roman smiled and offered a choice.

“Have you ever been to Yeongjongdo, Incheon? On the way to Incheon Airport.”

“I’ve never been there…”

“Would you like to go? If you take the Incheon Bridge, it’s okay to run by car.”

Ichoah nods and shakes her head to show her intention.

She was clearly comfortable until we met and went shopping, but now that she’s starting to feel conscious, it seems like her mouth has been glued.

Is Roman aware of his condition or not?

Does Roman know her true feelings or not?

I couldn’t be sure of anything from Roman’s side profile as he excitedly operated the navigation.

“It won’t take two hours. Can we leave right away?”

“Yes…! Let’s go!”

Ichoa changed her attitude because something came to mind. She has a face that makes her happy.

This is especially true in front of most important matters.

She was like that when she met the Green Forest bandits in Jungwon, and she was like that when she dealt with ghosts in Korea.

A certain amount of tension is good. However, if she is stressed out, she can neither eat nor oatmeal.

‘I don’t know anymore…!’

Ichoa let go of her tightly held consciousness.

Since her reckless decision worked out well, she decided to go with the flow and enjoy it.

“Wear your seat belt.”

“Yep…!”

You don’t do it yourself like her wives do. Even though it was an obvious fact, she felt disappointed, and a bitter taste left her mouth.

Let Roman gently step on her accelerator.

Wooooong──!!!

The vehicle moved its wheels while emitting a characteristic heavy noise.

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“Choya. Shall we stop by the rest area?”

“Yes! Let’s buy something to drink.”

“I should have gone to the convenience store and then left.”

“It’s okay. I’m driving, but I have to stop by a rest stop once.”

Neither Roman nor Lee Choa played music while driving.

She just wants to move around and talk.

“It’s a weekday, so there’s no traffic… I don’t mind going to Incheon Airport and having a meal. Even if the plane doesn’t land, there’s a unique excitement at the airport.”

“I heard that Incheon Airport was huge, so I was curious. I’ve only been to Gimpo Airport when I went to Jeju Island for work.”

“It’s spacious, but there are quite a few stores inside.”

“Hmm… Roman, I guess you stop by the airport often?”

Lee Choa has already heard.

What job did Roman have in his past life and what did he do for a living?

Nevertheless, isn’t continuing like this the flow of conversation?

“Because the past was the past, I went out often. Most of the time I was in Korea less than a year.”

“Ugh… I’ve never been to a foreign country.”

I glance at Lee Cho-ah, who continues to say that the Empire and the Central Plain should be excluded. Still, I was glad that he seemed happy.

It wasn’t her face brooding over her dark past.

“Is there a country you want to visit?”

“I don’t have a place in particular in mind… I’m just curious about foreign countries themselves.”

The car that entered the rest area finished parking and stopped.

I bought her coffee one by one and headed back to the parking lot.

Lee Choa additionally bought a cup of bright yellow sweet potato sticks. She wants to eat for the first time in a long time

“Can’t I buy more?”

“This is enough.”

After she opened the passenger door for Ichoa, who had her hands full of coffee and snacks.

Roman sat in the driver’s seat again.

She bit the straw, moistened the inside of her mouth, and started her engine.

Ichoa rustled off her plastic and placed her sweet potato stick in one of her holders.

It is a picture that implies the idea of ​​eating together.

“We’re leaving. You didn’t forget anything, right?”

“Yes!”

Lee Choa answered with a smile.

I was grateful that Roman always continued her conversation smoothly with questions.

Ugh! Wooooong──!

The two ran on the open highway.

When I lowered the window slightly, the fresh breeze coming in was very nice.

“You’re lucky. I remember back in the old days, this place was quite congested.”

“I guess I felt this and asked to go for a drive.”

“Choa has better senses than me.”

Continuing a joking conversation, we entered the Incheon Bridge that Roman had mentioned.

“Some people say they like it at night, but I like it when it’s bright.”

“Wow…”

She didn’t really have any intention on going on the drive, she just wanted to spend time with Roman.

Nevertheless, this is definitely good.

“There is a rumor that this bridge is a place where expensive cars race at night. I have never seen it in person.”

“Does it feel good to run fast?”

“Well.”

This comfortable and soft atmosphere. I regained the same air as when I was shopping.

But.

Lee Cho-ah voluntarily decided to destroy this atmosphere.

“···.”

Lastly, I thought about the conversation I had with my sister-in-law.

Pass the coffee in her hand in one go to replenish moisture so that your mouth doesn’t dry out.

Nevertheless, the tension did not go away.

First, inside the car with no way to escape. If her own escape route was blocked, that was enough for Ichoa.

“Roman.”

“Yes. I’m listening.”

A moment of silence.

Ichoa, holding a sweet potato stick in her hand that she would not eat, led the conversation as naturally as possible.

“This time I stopped by the special task force to check on the situation.”

“Yes.”

“I met a junior who went with me and was the assistant gunner. Do you remember?”

Roman’s eyebrows furrowed as he looked back at her memories.

There was a man next to Lee Cho-ah who was fighting with Jangsan Beom, but of course I don’t know his name and even his face is blurred.

She doesn’t pay attention to it at all, so it doesn’t come to mind even if she thinks about it with her transcendental memory.

“I know who was there, but I can’t remember their name…”

“Hwang Dong-hyeon.”

“Was it that kind of name?”

“Roman. Anyway, aren’t you really uninterested in men?”

Lee Choa laughs with a small sound.

Roman had nothing to say in response to the statement that hit the nail on the head. Because she is, without a doubt, a clear fact.

“Hmm! Anyway, why him?”

“He asked me if I would come to the special task force again. Even if it wasn’t for work, would I still come here occasionally?”

“···.”

“I said I wouldn’t come again. So he asked me to wait a moment.”

It’s true that the story behind it is curious.

Roman listened quietly while driving, and Lee Cho-ah took a short pause and continued talking.

“I confessed. There were a lot of people watching, but he suddenly confessed.”

“Ah.”

“I was really surprised… But Roman didn’t react.”

“Because it’s not surprising.”

“···.”

Should I say that the atmosphere has changed?

Lee Cho-ah, who had brightened up compared to her past, was especially pretty when she smiled.

Her heightened beauty didn’t even cover the dimensions.

While she was learning to live in the empire, he fell in love with her at first sight and had already been courted twice.

One was a merchant and the other was a bard.

Even now, she can clearly see Lee Cho-ah’s embarrassed and politely rejected face.

“So what was your answer?”

“I refused. He said something in detail, but I didn’t think anything of it.”

“Hmm…”

Ichoa moved her head.

I see Roman still showing a dry reaction.

If she thinks she knows her own mind, she is strangely obnoxious.

But it’s not hateful. If you bite her arm once, she can forgive you.

“Roman.”

“Why are you calling me?”

“Oh, do it.”

“Huh?”

Forcing a sweet potato stick into Roman’s mouth while he was driving.

Lee Choa asked.

“Why do you think I refused?”

Although I am smiling somehow.

The corners of her mouth were trembling with tension as she asked.