Chapter 641 – Drive -2-

“Why do you think I refused?”

Under Ichoa’s gaze, Roman chewed the snack that came into her mouth.

The sound of crunching every time her jaw moved broke her silence.

Lee Choa was sure that the moment she swallowed it, that was the moment when the answer would come out.

“Choya.”

“···Yes.”

Even answering in one word made my voice tremble.

As soon as her gaze falls on Roman, who is holding the steering wheel, her saliva begins to water.

Roman doesn’t look angry, nor does he look stiff. The voice that called her name was also like that.

Although she has a kind mouth, the corners of her eyes are lowered.

In Ichoa’s eyes, Roman’s face seemed like a puppy that sensed that she had made a mistake and would be scolded.

“I’m sorry. I knew.”

“···.”

Is it necessary to ask what she knew here?

Ichoa looked in front of her and listened to Roman’s voice as he continued driving.

“I thought Choa was slowly sorting out her feelings. So this time, she asked me to go for a drive because I thought she shouldn’t avoid me by showing that she knows.”

She knew that far. So she silently accepted it.

Ichoa bit her lip tightly, unable to make out her voice.

“You tried to erase the feelings you had, little by little, right? Because of that, the feeling of approaching her in a friendly way, like her younger brother or friend, became stronger. Rather than avoiding her, I thought it would be better to pretend not to know and treat her as usual.”

“···.”

“But today I can see what was blurred again.”

It is said that romantic feelings are revealed more clearly than usual.

Of course she knew, and Ichoah himself knew it. Still, her face grew hot when she heard it herself.

Actually, that’s true.

Even if she tries to erase it, how can she get rid of the feelings she harbored?

She is convinced that there is no one who can do it the way she wants.

She is the only person who is particularly good at suppressing her feelings that want to come out and giving up.

“Ha, I feel like I’m going to die of embarrassment…”

Ichoa let out a sigh and laid back on her passenger seat, burying her face in her palms.

The heat rose, and it seemed like steam was coming out of her body.

Roman continued driving calmly, hoping that Lee Choa would decide one way or another.

Boom! Buuuuung──!!

The silence continued for a long time with only the sound of the car running.

Roman continued to drive past the place where he originally intended to park as the silence grew longer.

I just chose the airport as my destination.

While driving on the road for a while.

Dropping her face from her palms, Ichoa takes a deep breath, casts her gaze out the window and lets out a voice.

“Roman…”

“Yes.”

“Since when did you know?”

“There wasn’t anything that could be called an opportunity. I found out naturally while we were living our daily lives together in the empire.”

“That’s right. I’m just a fool…”

Is this the end of the conversation? Roman rolled his eyes at her to see Ichoah’s condition.

Then the story continued on its own.

“I thought Roman’s surroundings were completely formed.”

“Shape? What does it mean?”

“Now you’re going to have a happy time as much as you worked hard… That feeling?”

“Hmm.”

“I thought Roman, who suffered through hell and came back, is now a warrior who marries a princess and heads straight for a happy future in fairy tales.”

Ichoa paused for a moment, lifted her ice-filled cup, and a bit down on her straw.

She gulps down the ice-melted water and continues her conversation.

“It’s the last page of a fairy tale… And there’s no room for new characters on the last page.”

Roman had never thought that someone would see him like that.

She even thought it was a little strange.

“I don’t know. Choa knows very well that life has no set order or form.”

“That’s right. It’s just as you said.”

She forced herself to say that she was just thinking of her own accord.

Even from Roman’s point of view, hearing the impression itself wasn’t a bad thing.

It was thought to be a process of getting to know Lee Cho-ah’s inner thoughts.

“I want to be with good people like my sister-in-law, Roman, and Roman’s family, but I thought I could be satisfied with just that.”

“···.”

Lee Cho-ah’s voice was moist.

Roman fixed his gaze forward and did not look to the side. The car drove straight down the road heading to the airport visible in the distance.

“Confession can be either progress or regression, so I decided it was right to not choose anything and just stay where I was. Then I can continue to be around, right?”

“I understand.”

“In the first place, I didn’t even think that there would be a page assigned to a supporting character like me. I remembered that and suppressed my emotions.”

Should I scold him for dismissing himself as a supporting actor? Roman was momentarily conflicted about whether to stop talking.

“Ha, I too… I really don’t know anymore…”

Ichoa thought that since she had cut off her escape route, she would just push in, but after she revealed her true feelings, she felt like something was blocking her.

The fear of holding on to the strings of her relationship was so great that it made it difficult for her to move properly.

“Wait a minute.”

“···.”

Roman said dryly and then stepped on the accelerator.

She takes the airport road and falls to the coastal road. A place with a view of the sea and no people.

She moved the head of her car to find the vicinity and stopped at a suitable place.

“Let’s get off.”

“Yes…”

What was she thinking while running?

She opened the door and got out alone, feeling downcast.

When she gets out of the passenger seat, Roman is standing in front of her.

Ichoa raised his head and looked at him. His expression wasn’t very good.

“”···.””

Roman’s light hit Lee Choa’s forehead! I hit him.

“Aya!”

“You’re not saying things like you’re a supporting actor. Are you really getting scolded?”

“Ugh, sorry…”

Could it be that he was angry because of that? His expression was relaxed.

With an apologetic face, I bend down to meet her eye level.

“Does it hurt?”

“Yes, it hurts…”

“Let’s see.”

There is a red line on Lee Cho-ah’s forehead.

Roman smiled, said he was sorry, and lifted his bangs to reveal her forehead.

When I told her that I would hit her however I wanted, even with my fists, Ichoa twitched the corners of her mouth to suppress laughter, but with a pout on her face, she said, “Hmph!” It made a sound.

A slightly relaxed atmosphere.

As Roman walks toward the sea, Lee Choa follows.

Not a bad scene considering it stopped randomly. Roman made a voice while pushing away a stone that was caught on his foot.

“I’ll give Choa a choice here.”

“It’s a choice, right?”

“I want to make Choa happy. In fact, I think she is a cute and kind little sister, and she is Rin’s sister-in-law.”

“What makes me happy is for Sister Lin…?”

She understood what Roman meant.

So she was not at all happy to be called cute and nice. Lee Cho-ah’s expression, which had been cutely pouting until now, turns into gloom.

It seemed like she was going to burst into tears at any moment, so Roman laughed bitterly.

“It is true that I find Choa cute, but to be honest, Rin’s role is not small.”

“···.”

It’s for Lynn’s sake. Roman’s honesty was like an awl.

It hurts so bad. But on the other hand, I was thankful that she didn’t lie.

“So what about the options? What do they mean?”

“If you accept me, Sister Lin will be relieved and happy. With just those words, I won’t be able to reject Choa.”

Static.

She blinks her eyes as she repeats her understanding.

Lee Cho-ah can tell without Roman having to continue talking. The future in which I accepted those words was clearly pictured in my head.

‘···It’s so pathetic.’

You will definitely feel shabby about yourself. Feelings of inferiority and worthlessness will dominate your entire body. You will never receive real love.

Even if it were given sincerely, it was obvious that the picture would not be accepted as is.

It is clear that every action or favor that Roman does is seen as sympathy and comfort.

“I don’t like it!”

Lee Cho-ah gave the answer.

Even though her eyes were soft and filled with tears, her eyes were sharp with anger.

Her blank, naive look has magically disappeared.

“···I will never use that method even if it means getting rejected!”

Roman smiled happily as he saw her showing more spirit than expected.

‘That’s cool.’

As Lin said, Ichoa only knows herself, and she is not an ordinary bettor by nature.

Yoo Seol-ji and Lee Cho-ah are not such gentle and soft characters.

Although she is gentle and optimistic, at times she is strong and unyielding.

I know that she found her light after fighting the fear of ghosts all her life.

On the day Dokgo Rin disappeared, Yu Seol-ji was the person who had the courage to make the decision to search the entire world beyond Jungwon.

There is no need to separate the two, they are the same person.

This means that I am not a great person to go down an unpleasant path in a situation like this.

Roman also knew that, so he said it.

But this one seems to have caught fire better than expected.

Jeopuk.

Taking a step closer to Lee Cho-ah, Roman wiped away the tears that were about to run down her soft cheeks.

The corners of her mouth seemed to go up because her angry face looked cute, but she had to apologize first.

“Sorry.”

“···.”

“Choya.”

“Why…”

Roman giggled at the blunt response and used his cell phone to pay for the rental car in one go.

She held out her hand.

“Catch it.”

“···.”

Ichoa hesitated and took her hand, pursing her lips.

It’s so sad───!!!

The two people, engulfed in a dark red electric current, soared into the sky.