Chapter 19 – Ia Reese (Slut)

One.

I could see Iaris’ expression hardening in real time. It seemed that it was a bad feeling to charge for repairs.
He said he was wise in words, but it was clear that Mr. Ia Reese just said that because he was so kind.

Well, even if it’s me, I can’t feel good when the person who came to rescue me charges for repairs.

Even though I entered violently by breaking down the wall, Ia Reese came to rescue me.

I’m not sure how the hell he knew I was in danger, but he probably came running because he was worried because he was late for an appointment and didn’t contact me. Because until now, I have never broken my promise to Iaris.

But do you usually break through walls to get in? Did you think it would be a crisis situation?

Either way, Iaris was the benefactor who came to my rescue. She wasn’t particularly helpful, she was the one who subdued Scar, and she was my benefactor, even though she trashed her house, which was fine.

I know very well that charging money for repairs to someone who has come to rescue me is against the moral principles of being born as a human being.

But I couldn’t help it. Fixing this house, which is almost collapsed and would be better rebuilt, is too much work for me, who already has billions in debt.

Even so, if you ask Scar, the person responsible for destroying the house, for repairs, he will say, ‘It worked out rather well. Wouldn’t it be fine if you came to my house and lived with me?’ I would hear terrible things.

There, ‘I’ll pay off all your debts in this moment. Are you living in our house instead? Of course, refusal is refusal. If you refuse, I’ll write you a waiver right away, including repair costs. Think carefully about what will benefit you.”

If that happens, I’ll be stuck and have no choice but to live with Scar.

Just imagining it made my body tremble. It was so terrible. Just meeting Scarang at the guild is so rude. You fucking live together? I’d rather die

…No, dying is kind of like that.

Anyway, that’s why I was in a situation where I had no choice but to lean on Iaris. In fact, the only person I could rely on was Ia Reese.

I never thought that I, who grew up in an orphanage and lived on my own, would have to rely on someone. It’s really true that you don’t know the world.

Aside from my light smile as I thought about it, Ia Reese’s face became more and more stern.
He didn’t make a scary face, he just kept his expressionless, but what to say… It felt like the timer of a time bomb was getting shorter and shorter.
If you’re next to Scar, an active volcano that walks around, you can’t help but notice it even if you don’t like it. Right now, Ia Reese’s mood was getting worse in real time.

Do you hate being charged me for repairs?

I couldn’t be unfair because I was stabbed. In a way, her anger was understandable.

But what she was a little puzzled about was that if she was going to get angry like this, why didn’t she just say that she would listen?
Until just now, Iaris hadn’t felt the slightest hint of her anger. Rather, she liked it and was happy.

I still don’t know why she was happy.

But now Iaris was in a state where her patience was about to break because of her anger so much.
Uduru couldn’t help but feel confused no matter how wrong I was at the change of emotions to cry.

What is it? What’s the matter? Shall I ask you to make the repair bill a thing that never happened? No, no. The loan is only a few billion, but I can’t increase the debt here. I can’t help it either.

But no matter how much it is, are my actions right now? Even if this action clears up the current problem, can I not regret it later?

“…”
“…”

Fuck.

A stifling silence choked my conscience. As time went on, the remorse of conscience felt greater than the weight of reality.
In the meantime, the mouth of Iaris, who had not moved while being tightly closed, opened for the first time.

“It’s over the line.”

The moment she heard her words, her heart thumped. As if she had been betrayed by the person she trusted so strongly, her voice and eyes turned to me with a complex mixture of anger and despair.

Compared to Ia Reese’s wealth, the cost of repairing this house is nothing. She was so rich that even if this penthouse Le was destroyed and rebuilt a hundred times, she would not be able to consume even one percent of her fortune.
So she left her immature reliance on her, assuming that she would be fine.
But it didn’t work. As she said, my actions crossed the line.

If you treat the person who handed you a favor as a keeper, that would be a betrayal. I betrayed Ia Reese, who was the only one who was good to me right now.
It was Scar who actually created all these divisions, but she hurt Iaris, who did not hold her accountable, but reached out to me for being relatively easygoing.

A sense of shame came over me, and my heart pounded uncomfortably. I have crossed the line. Ia Reese’s cold eyes proved that fact.

However, I haven’t completely crossed the line yet. If I had the courage, if I was prepared to take responsibility, I could have undone it.

Believing that, I met Iaris’s cold eyes, which I had never met before, and apologized with all my heart.

“Sorry. Iaris, I took advantage of your favor.”
“······Yes?”

Iaris asked, raising one of her eyebrows, as if she felt that my words were out of the blue. It was difficult to convey sincerity unless it was clearly demonstrated by her actions.
I leaned over her and told her what I had done wrong.

“Mr. Iaris only came here to save me, and her Scar is more responsible for what happened to this house. She shifted all the responsibility to Mr. Iaris just because he felt more comfortable.”
“More, more comfortable? Than that ska rate over there?”

For some reason, I was taken aback by Ia Reese’s question, which seemed to be surprised.

Was that an important word to ask?

First of all, since I am a sinner now, I answered her question seriously.

“Yes? Ah yes. The only person I can safely rely on is Ia Reese.”
“Bar, what about Dr. Aime? Wasn’t she nice to Mr. Pastor too? But why is there no one I can rely on…”
“You are definitely my benefactor, but I recently found out what you were hiding from me. I couldn’t believe my mind. So what… Right now, I only have Mr. Ia Reese.”

In fact, Ia Reese was also one of the people who cooperated with the fake hypnosis application.

But Ia Reese, who is so kind, always by my side, and even came to my rescue in times of crisis, is the same as a bitch like Scar? A passing dog will laugh.

There must have been a reason Ia Reese had no choice but to cooperate. If we don’t listen to our demands, we’ll be ostracized from office politics, or some weakness has been identified.

I believe in Iaris.
So, she regretted the fact that, even for a moment, she had betrayed her good will.

“You can only rely on me…? That I am special…? Me, you like me more than the over there Skar Lait, more than Dr. Aime, more than the S-ranks whose names haven’t even been mentioned? Yes, it is worth enduring through shedding tears of blood until now…! Thank you for holding out, myself…!”

Iaris was muttering something that she couldn’t hear. She seemed to be doing that because she felt my sincerity and was contemplating whether or not to forgive me.

“Heh,hehe… They say I’m the best… They say they can only rely on me… Ehehe…”

Seeing her returning from an expressionless expression full of cold chills to a smile-filled face like Ia Reese’s, it seemed like she could be forgiven.

How kind of a person in the world can she forgive someone who betrayed her so easily.

Iaris admired the size of her bowl with her. But just because she forgives doesn’t mean she’s done with my apology.

Taking responsibility for what happened is a true apology.

With a smile on my face, I continued my apology to Iaris, who seemed to forgive me at any moment.

“Mr. Ia Reese.”
Hehe, yes Pastor?”
“I’m going to dismiss the charge for repairs that I thoughtlessly spat out earlier. Even when I think about it, it was really rude behavior. Once again, I am sincerely sorry.”
“···Yes?”
“And I will hold the culprit of all these troubles, Skar Rait, accountable.”
“To Skar Rait…? Mr Pastor? What is that all of a sudden…”

As if surprised by my determination, Ia Reese’s face, which was full of smiles, hardened again.

It wasn’t unusual for Scar to be so surprised, knowing that I would be responsible for all this if he used immunity.

“If Scar Rate even uses immunity, Mr. Pastor will spend everything on his own, right?”

Ia Reese asked me, ‘Why are you doing this?’. It was a bit sharp, but it clearly contained my concerns. What a nice person.
To allay her concerns, I answered with a faint smile as always.

“It’s okay. Scar Rate won’t use immunity. Would you rather take responsibility for destroying this house? So Iaris-san, you don’t have to worry about her.”
“Now, wait a minute, Mr Pastor. What do you mean?”

Yang Iaris, who said she didn’t understand, furrowed her eyebrows. I let out a small sigh at her, and smiled at her bitter smile.
And told her the truth so that she could understand her.

“It’s a bit awkward to talk about it now that the culprit is sleeping over there, but Scar likes me. Maybe you will be responsible for repairing this house. Instead … She’ll ask to live with her while it’s being repaired. Well, that’s my problem.”

No matter how much you hate taking responsibility, it is not right to harm others for that reason. So, I decided to take responsibility for myself.
Hearing my decision, Iaris put on a futile expression, as if her worries had reached their peak. To reassure her, she forced a smile on her face and cracked a small joke.

“Don’t worry so much. Even though Scar is a bitch like a real dog, he’s really the best looking, so maybe I don’t hate him either…? Ahaha!”