Chapter 182: Choose (2) (1/2)
Chapter 182: Choose (2)
“Upon Lady Saleain, sir,” Noel said Her ain “I know I caent”
Noel maintained a serious and business-like tone since there was someone in their party who didn’t know the full situation Chi-Woo—no, Philip nodded Seeing that Chi-Woo seeitation subsided soive you space so that you can speak comfortably Please call me when you’re done” Noel backed away and searched her surroundings It see As long as Noel was here, Chi-Woo wouldn’t have to worry about starving
He was left alone with Eshnunna Chi-Woo was glad to see her after so long He was about to greet her when she spoke up first
“I’m sorry”
Chi-Woo’s eyes widened at the sudden apology
“I know you’re busy I didn’t want to bother you if there was a choice…”
“No! Thanks for co, milady!”
“Pardon?”
“No, no, I mean it’s fine, Lady Eshnunna I’m not really busy”
“…Didn’t you tell all of us that you needed to take care of so on your own?”
“That’s true, but…” Philip studied Eshnunna carefully Her co what Chi-Woo was doing here, she siround It seemed her mind was elsewhere
ht as he looked at her But before that…?’</ehed
‘What do you mean by hmph? Give me my body back already’
“Hain and spoke while trying to mimic Chi-Woo’s speech “What can I help you with?”
Eshnunna glanced to her side By then, Noel had gone inside the cave to check the supplies
“Should we go on a walk?” Philip suggested, and Eshnunna nodded
Some time afterward, Philip stopped on the way to the ht the h
“I have been…having a worry these days”
Philip approached Eshnunna and held her hands “A worry, you say? Your worry is mine, milady Thus, don’t hesitate to confide in me Actually, please do so Even if my body breaks in the process, I will reot closer to her Chi-Woo screa
Not ly into Eshnunna’s eyes and smiled, but he came to a halt when he saw that Eshnunna’s face was filled with horror—as if she was looking at an icky bug
“L-Lady?”
“…Have you gonelike this? Are you crazy?” Eshnunna flicked his hands away and quickly took a few steps backward like she could no longer trust him This wasn’t what Philip had expected to happen
‘Are you crazy!? You are insaaane!’ </ee spots now,” Philip e spots? Whaat? After youto run”
‘You selfish bastard Hey, hey!’</eained control of his body; Philip had run away ‘Hey, you bastard!’ </e this, Philip paused reat-great or hter of yours…!?”
—No…That’s not it
Philip looked behind hiht you tould go along well together…
‘What!?’
Philip murmured in response
—No…Well, you know, I’m an ancestor of the Salereat that my family line has ended up like this… Since there’s at least one of theht it would be okay for her to be your partner…
In other words, Philip’s plan had been to continue his fa Chi-Woo and the last Saleether
[Crazy bastard]
Mi tied to hear this
—I was planning to leave you two alone after creating a nice atmosphere…
Chi-Woo decided to calm himself for now No matter how crazy Philip was, there was no way he would co close to incest But that was that, and it didn’t change the fact Philip had brought this terrible situation upon Chi-Woo right now
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“What is it suddenly? Are you really the same person I knew?”
Chi-Woo then heard a sharp, icy voice It was understandable why Eshnunna was acting this way Chi-Woo hadn’t appeared to be that interested in ro so cheesy it would make anyone’s skin crawl
“No, no I’hts”
“Lonely? on and have been staying here for a long time alone That’s why I was happy to see someone I knew” Chi-Woo explained desperately, and it seemed his attempts had worked The suspicion in Eshnunna’s eyes faded somewhat Then they returned to the main topic at hand
“…So, what did you say you ca at Philip, alking aardly toward them It wouldn’t be too late to exorcize Philip even after he finished hearing Eshnunna’s story, would it?
“There’s so you must see first,” Eshnunna said in a low voice and put down the bundle in her hand She untied it
“…” Chi-Woo’s face hardened Inside the bundle, there was a broomstick split into two It was just a stick, but Chi-Woo was familiar with it After all, he actually rode on top of it once and knew its owner: the Abyss’ witch, Onorables Evelyn
“Why… Do you…?” Chi-Woo sta these days…” Eshnunna said with soht she could reain; then her surroundings turned dark, and she was about to run away…
“…I thought it was a dream” Eshnunna shuddered “But when I woke up, the door was open, and this broom was left on the door’s threshold”
“Your door’s threshold, you said? And…that voice kept saying, ‘Quickly… me’?”
“…Yes,” Eshnunna said unconfidently “I think I heard so, and it ended with ‘quickly… me’” Eshnunne rubbed at her temples and squeezed her eyes shut
“I’m sorry…I can’t…I really can’t re
“Do you recall anything else? It’s fine even if you aren’t sure”
“Um…” Eshnunna squinted “To tell you the truth, I didn’t know it inside the drea while and continued, “After I woke up and thought deeply…I think it was my brother”
“By brother, do you mean Yohan?”
“Yes, it al me to save him…” Eshnunna’s eyes looked teary as she talked about Yohan “Could it be Yohan’s soul? Maybe he was giving ”
“No,” Chi-Woo firs to the witch” He picked up a piece of the broken stick, “You said darkness caht? That is also one of the witch’s powers” Chi-Woo still couldn’t forget the time when a black curtain fell from the sky and wiped away the arht be trying to deliver a h your dream”