Chapter 69 (1/2)
Chapter 69: Chapter 7 Excommunication-4
Dee walked in large strides with SoYoon strapped to his back. Her house slippers were dangling from her feet, dangerously close to falling.
”Let me down,” SoYoon said, tapping his back. But Dee paid her no attention.
”Tweedle Dee?”
He stopped for just a second. She elbowed him in the back.
The sudden attack loosened his grip, and she jumped off, but he grabbed her wrist.
”Who's that punk? Heart and now him?”
SoYoon released herself from his grip and turned away. She had planned to return home after wasting an hour or two when Mad Hatter would have left.
”I have, for you…”
Remembering Mad Hatter's words shocked her. He might already know her motive. She quietly took in the scenery.
”Is there nothing of value here…?” At his question, the faces of the two men popped into her head. What Heart had asked her a few days back rang in her ear.
”Do you want to leave this place?”
At that moment, her eyes widened.
Then her body was turned around hard. Had he not left yet? she thought as she looked into Dee's angry and annoyed face. His blue eyes burned like fireworks.
”It's a request.”
”What?”
”F*ck, it's a request. What I've been saying every day—that request.”
”A few days ago, you lied about another request.”
”Look at you talk! You're the one who made the wrong assumption, and you're dumping it on me? Check your message to see if it says it was a request.”
Luckily, what she had just said he had strategically mulled over last night. At Dee's defensive reaction, SoYoon thought back to his message. Dum had not mentioned the word ”request.”
Most requests she received were written out like that, however. Getting to the point of business was enough to understand it, so what was the purpose of specifying if it was a request?
”Anyway, I don't know anything about it. If you have a problem with it, bring it up with Dum.”
With that statement, he pulled SoYoon along as he walked.
”I didn't bring anything with me.”
”This request doesn't require any of that stuff.”
Because the opposition was Twins, she would easily be able to stop them with the knife she had strapped to her leg, but she decided she should still say something.
”Someone lied about a request to me recently. Of course, he got his deserved punishment. If you are planning to trick me, I would give it up now.”
”Did you live all your life being tricked? Why are you so untrusting?”
”You fooled me once already.”
”I did not!”
Dee pulled hard at her wrist. He had already been holding it, but now it showed a red mark in the shape of a hand. She pulled herself out of his grip and massaged her wrist.
”Lead the way.”
Dee looked down at his now-empty hand then looked back up.
”How can I trust you?”
He grabbed her wrist again and started to walk. SoYoon gave up, and he dragged her along.
With a height difference of over 20 centimeters, their walking strides differed greatly. As he was walking even faster with wide strides, it was hard for her to keep up with him, and she eventually lost her slipper. She followed Dee a few steps barefoot then put strength into her wrist.
”What the—! I'm letting you know now, if you try anything funny…”
Instead of answering, SoYoon pointed to her slipper. He took turns looking at the abandoned slipper and her bare feet and started to curse. He lifted her and walked her to her slipper. She had expected him to put her down, but instead, he crouched down with her propped against her thigh and picked up the slipper.