City of Witches Chapter 310

"Sharon unnie! We're just going to get some fresh air for a bit!"

"Huh? Huh?"

Odil pulled Odette, who was barely managing to lift her heavy eyelids, by the wrist and quickly scurried outside.

It wasn't to follow their assistant.

It was because they needed time for a strategy meeting before their big operation.

"Hey! Hey! Snap out of it, Odette."

"Unnie... I was wrong... Put me on a sunny bed..."

"This is no time for a comedy skit!"

"Haaaaaam..."

But Odette seemed utterly devoid of motivation.

Having brewed Mysterious Potions late into the night yesterday, played all day, and with a full stomach now topped with alcohol, Odette, who was weaker to alcohol than Odil, had fallen into a groggy state first.

"Hoo, yap!"

"Eek! That hurt!"

Odil let out a deep sigh and then pinched the flesh of Odette's buttock not covered by her swimsuit.

Odette's eyes shot open, tears welling up from the sharp sting.

Odil grabbed Odette's soft cheeks and stared her straight in the eyes.

"Odette! Snap out of it! This is a battlefield!"

"Oroso..."

At Odil's sharp command, Odette fully regained her senses.

Only after an answer came from Odette's lips, crushed and protruding like a goldfish's in Odil's palm, did Odil let go of her cheeks.

"You felt it too earlier. What the assistant was trying to say to us."

"Unnie, but I..."

"...He was going to say let's end our secret relationship."

"...I know."

The assistant's reaction when they asked him to apply sunscreen and made their usual lewd jokes.

They could vividly sense what Siwoo's hesitant gaze and half-open lips had been about to utter.

He was just inherently bad at hiding his emotions.

The fight with Sharon unnie was at its most critical moment right now.

A moment where if they did nothing, they would simply lose.

But even in such a pressing moment, not a shred of fighting spirit could be found in Odette.

That point greatly displeased Odil.

"What are you doing? We even made the Mysterious Potion. Shouldn't we be talking strategy?"

"Unnie..."

"What's with those slumped shoulders?"

"Unnie, listen. Just hear me out."

Odil suppressed the heat rising to her head and plopped down on a chair.

She listened to her younger sister's words.

"What is it?"

"I've been thinking too. We're still Apprentice Witches, and also, there's a new person by the assistant's side..."

Instantly, Odil's mouth shot out like a dart.

She sprang up and half-shouted at Odette as if berating her.

She knew without it being said.

She just got angry, forcibly ignoring it because she didn't want to believe it.

"So what! Are you saying we should just give up? We still have the Mysterious Potion left, you know?"

The Mysterious Potion that, after drinking, makes one fall into passionate love for about a week, though with individual differences.

What if they made the assistant drink that potion and showed affectionate antics in front of Sharon unnie?

It would be the perfect reversal move to turn the situation around.

"But, you know what the potion is like too, unnie."

"......"

"It's not a potion that shows true feelings..."

Odil realized why Odette had been hesitating.

In fact, that was a part Odil already knew as well.

Receiving the assistant's love through a forbidden Mysterious Potion, and showing that in front of Sharon unnie.

It was all a shortcut and cheating.

It was no different from a senseless tantrum, completely ignoring the assistant's will.

"Even if the assistant drinks the potion and likes us, loves us. Would that have any meaning?"

"Why are you bringing that up now? Don't tell me you got scared?"

Odil deliberately turned a blind eye to that truth and instead asked, as if provoking Odette.

Odette met her sister's gaze with serious eyes.

"Yeah, I'm scared."

"......"

"When the potion's effect wears off on the assistant, I'm scared of how disappointed he'll be in us, what thoughts he'll have, what kind of eyes he'll look at us with."

"Th-then... we can just keep feeding it to him whenever the effect is about to wear off!"

"Unnie."

It was Odil who was shouting, but somehow it was also Odil who seemed cornered.

Odette tightly hugged Odil, who was yelling sharply.

"Let's do it fairly. Even if we can't beat Sharon unnie right now, let's fight with our real skills, our charm."

"......"

"You said it, unnie. We are Gemernai who don't know how to give up. Getting scared prematurely, resigning ourselves, giving up—that doesn't suit Gemernai."

"......"

"There are still things only we can do. So let's stop using the Mysterious Potion."

"What if... the assistant completely gives up on us then?"

Odette's eyes gleamed bleakly.

"Then we'll ambush him at night. Tie him up."

"Odette..."

Odil's shoulders, which had been tense with strength, went slack and soft.

Odil took a deep breath, hoo-wup, and placed her hands on her hips.

"Alright! I've decided!"

Odette's words were right from start to finish.

Apprentice Witches are meant to learn from failure.

The moment the Twins acknowledged their primary defeat, they learned what was truly important.

"We lost today! But as long as our fighting spirit doesn't die! The Gemernai heart never stops!"

"That's right! That's right!"

"Let's fight without relying on cowardly tricks, with upright and honorable means! Let's throw away the Mysterious Potion right now!"

"Unnie! You're so cool!"

The Twins shared a warm embrace and then pattered their steps back to the drinking party.

Odette scurried up and stuck close to Odil, who was walking ahead with a spirited stride.

"Odette."

"Yeah? Unnie."

"But aren't you curious what would happen if the assistant drank the potion?"

"Let's win the assistant over first, and then feed it to him later."

"Yeah, yeah."

Today, Odil and Odette had grown a little more.

"Ah, hot, damn!"

When he came to his senses, the cigarette he was holding had burned all the way down to the filter.

Siwoo, who had nearly burned his finger while dozing off, flicked away the butt.

"What the?"

Had he been thinking too deeply?

He had been so lost in thought that a long cigarette had ended up like this.

Feeling a bit absurd, he shrugged his shoulders.

"All sorts of things happen."

He didn't know how much time had passed, but it seemed he had kept them waiting quite a bit.

When he returned to the villa, a wildly spread-out drinking party welcomed Siwoo.

Perhaps because his time of contemplation had been deeper than expected?

The Twins were lying on the sofa, clinging to each other's bodies like small animals hibernating.Well, it is about time for the Twins, who are still Apprentice Witches, to be in their bedroom.

Sharon, sitting on the edge of the sofa, was also blinking her sleepy eyes and yawning.

"Yawn, why are you so late?"

"I was lost in thought for a moment. Are you very tired?"

"Haa... I must have had too much fun playing today, I keep feeling sleepy."

"If you're tired, go in and sleep. I'll take care of the cleanup."

"No, I should help too."

He lifted the Twins, who were sleeping soundly and snoring softly, and laid them on the bed.

He also half-forced Sharon, who was getting up to help with the cleanup, into the bedroom first.

Sharon looks pretty even when she's tired.

As he laid her on the bed, he naturally tried to kiss her, but Sharon blocked him with her palm.

"Huh?"

"O-oh, not today. The Twins are here too."

"It's just a kiss, what's the big deal."

"If I kiss you, I won't be able to stop... I'm tired too... I want to sleep today."

He was a bit surprised.

Sharon had never refused him first before...

She must be conscious of the Twins.

It wasn't that he couldn't understand.

After a brief conversation, he returned to the living room.

"So quiet."

Once the lively commotion had subsided, the messy space looked even dirtier.

Still, since they had fun with the guests, he should clean up the aftermath neatly.

He cleaned up everything neatly, from the empty bottles lying around to the various crumbs scattered on the floor.

While tidying up the picnic basket that had been left wide open, Siwoo found the tea in the thermos.

The color of the tea in the transparent bottle was really pretty.

"Perfect timing, I was thirsty."

Maybe because he drank a lot of alcohol and smoked, his mouth felt dry.

Siwoo opened the lid without hesitation and gulped down the tea.

Feeling the refreshing and fragrant taste of black tea, he finished cleaning.

Eloa was walking along the sandy beach of the strait.

Her footsteps were heavy, like those of a prisoner shackled.

"Hoo..."

An uncountable sigh of the day seeped out.

Eloa recalled her disgraceful behavior from yesterday.

Siwoo, who had dragged Sharon in and shamelessly let Eloa hear the sounds of their intercourse.

Although Eloa had vowed to sternly reprimand him, she couldn't overcome the momentary impulse and ended up wetting the edge of the table for nearly three hours straight.

"I must have been out of my mind..."

Thinking back, it was an absurd situation.

A Master who masturbates alone after hearing the sounds of her disciple's intercourse.

If anyone found out, Eloa was prepared to take her own life without hesitation.

Ashamed of her own fault, Eloa could only bow her head deeply even at the wind rustling the leaves.

"Ah..."

Seeing the flickering light in the distance, her destination wasn't far.

How on earth should she explain this to Siwoo...

Originally, she planned to sternly admonish him and make him promise to prevent such incidents from happening again.

But Eloa, who values honesty and integrity, couldn't possibly not confess her disgraceful act.

To reprimand others for their filth while ignoring the soot on one's own clothes.

It was unthinkable.

Therefore, Eloa's journey wasn't just to meet him.

It was a pilgrimage for confession.

That was why Eloa's footsteps were heavy.

How should she say it?

"Siwoo, I understand that your sexual preferences are unique. But that is not a righteous act. Love between a man and a woman should be secretive and also chaste. The mingling of bodies should not be for superficial pleasure but a noble process to confirm each other's hearts..."

Eloa walked step by step while reading the note she had revised and corrected countless times.

Actually, up to this point, though embarrassing, it wasn't difficult to say.

Teaching proper sexual knowledge is the duty of a Master.

The problem was the part after this...

"Moreover, there is something I wish to apologize to you for, and I hope you will listen without misunderstanding. I too have committed a grave sin against you.

I heard the sounds of you and Sharon Evergreen sharing love... and I couldn't overcome a momentary impulse and ended up committing masturbation.

But this was not because I consciously saw you in a sexual way; it was a physiological reaction..."

Reading it again made her head spin.

If she could see her past self from yesterday, she would want to beat her up.

What on earth was she thinking to commit such an atrocity?

"Should I just... not bring it up...?"

Would it be right to pretend not to know and let it pass?

Or should she completely treat it as if it never happened?

Eloa arrived at the villa with a half-tearful expression.

Carefully opening the door and entering, she saw Siwoo sitting alone on the sofa under dim lighting, tilting a glass of alcohol.

"Siwoo."

Eloa looked at Siwoo and called his name in a voice filled with timidity.

"Huh? Master! You're here? You're late."

Siwoo also saw Eloa.