City of Witches Chapter 385

Having a light meal with the Countess instead of breakfast, Siwoo.

He realized that spending a dense, intimate time with the freshly peeled Countess was far more nutritious than spreading unsalted butter on a freshly baked scone and drinking milk tea stirred with two spoonfuls of honey.

Anyway, after the storm-like breakfast.

He received the Countess's permission to return to his duties as Diana's tutor.

Having just shown a rampage in bed yesterday and today, he had thought that Countess Yesod, who cherishes Diana like gold, might consider isolating him as a precaution.

Unexpectedly, that didn't happen.

It seems he has gained quite a bit of trust.

"Should I consider this fortunate...?"

He ultimately couldn't bring himself to tell the Countess, "Your daughter witnessed our sex scene. She even made eye contact with me."

He saw opportunities to speak but couldn't muster the courage to say it out loud.

Better to resolve it through a conversation with Diana and keep it a secret.

Isn't there a German proverb for this?

"What is not spoken is as good as nonexistent..."

After finishing a shower with the Countess and dressing neatly in his butler attire, Siwoo knocked on Diana's door.

"Miss Diana, it's Shin Siwoo."

He wasn't sure how much she saw, but yesterday, in the heat of the moment, Siwoo ended up having some pretty intense sex.

For Diana, who was so innocent she'd freak out just seeing a kiss, this must have been quite a shock...

He felt a subtle worry.

Still, they had a connection from when he saved her once before.

And compared to their first meeting, they had maintained a relatively smooth relationship through various play activities, so maybe he could make her understand if he explained it well?

He held onto that optimism in one corner of his heart.

Not long after the knock.

A presence was heard from behind the door.

"Come... in."

Diana probably hadn't slept since then.

The dark shadows under her eyes were proof.

Well, there probably isn't a child in the world who could sleep soundly after seeing their mother in such a scene.

Though she acted indifferent toward Countess Yesod, he could feel she loved her mother just as much as the Countess did.

And now she was having a private meeting with the very person who witnessed the Countess's disheveled state...

He couldn't predict a single step ahead what kind of conversation would unfold.

Had he been too naive to sit at the negotiation table?

After sitting face-to-face on the sofa, a chilly silence flowed.

"......"

"......"

Diana, true to being an Apprentice Witch, seemed to have zero sexual knowledge.

But while the Twins were ignorance + curiosity, Diana was more ignorance + aversion.

He had braced himself for her to blush, curse him as a beast for touching her mother, or even slap him.

But the reality was slightly different from his expectations.

Today, Diana looked incredibly shrunken.

In fact, she was hunched over with her knees drawn up and her shoulders slumped, as if she were about to make a confession.

Completely withdrawn, she fidgeted nervously with her fingers, unable to even look Siwoo properly in the eye.

"Ca... can I speak first?"

Just uttering that one sentence made Diana's shoulders tremble violently, as if a bug had crawled under her skirt.

Diana nodded her head jerkily like a rusty doll.

"So... um, yesterday, no, this morning. You saw, right?"

"Hiccup!"

How could her reaction be so cartoonish?

As soon as Siwoo finished speaking, Diana started hiccuping repeatedly.

She tried hard to cover her mouth and hold her breath, but it showed no sign of stopping.

Siwoo got up, poured her some water, and waited for her to calm down.

"Here, drink this while you talk."

"Hiccup! Ye... yes! Hiccup!"

But isn't she overreacting a bit?

They had stood there staring right at each other for about ten seconds; could she really have thought he didn't notice?

"Sorry, sorry, I'm sorry... Please... don't tell Mom... I messed up..."

Seeing Diana speak in a pitifully trembling voice, as if whispering, gave him a clue.

Diana was placing all the blame for this situation on herself.

In other words, she seemed to think Siwoo had come here to scold or reprimand her.

Why would she think that?

Siwoo tilted his head slightly but listened carefully to what Diana was saying.

And before long, he found the reason why Diana had become so submissive.

At first glance, Diana seemed clever.

But that was just a superficial appearance, combined with her unique low tension and indifference.

When a bewildering situation arose despite her usual evasiveness, she would reveal her true feelings—she was, in many ways, a clumsy Apprentice Witch.

"I... I definitely didn't look on purpose..."

Aha.

So she looked on purpose.

"And... and I wasn't watching the whole time, I just glanced while passing by..."

So she was watching the whole time.

"I... I didn't do anything suspicious either..."

So she did something suspicious.

Diana started confessing on her own, even though Siwoo wasn't saying anything.

It felt strangely familiar.

It was like a cartoonish situation.

The kind where someone catches you stealing something or whatever and uses it to torment you.

It would be perfect if he pulled out his cock and said, "Heh heh, you know what you have to do to keep me quiet, right?"

If Diana retorted, "I can't do that!"

And he replied, "Should I tell your mother?"—that would be perfect.

Siwoo scratched the corner of his eye and sighed.

The situation fit so well that the thought crossed his mind, but of course, he had no such ill intentions.

If he tried to threaten an Apprentice Witch of the great Yesod Count House with such a petty leverage, something terrifying would happen.

Besides, even if he had better leverage, he had no intention of threatening her.

He hadn't come to scold her in the first place; he came to make a reasonable agreement to keep things quiet.

While he was choosing his words to calm Diana down.

"I... I'm an Apprentice Witch... so I can't do it..."

"Huh?"

"But... holding hands... no... ki, kissing... I'll do that for you. So please keep it a secret..."

"What?"

Diana dropped a bombshell.

This girl's train of thought is strange.

"Hey, Miss."

"Yo... you, you wouldn't ask for more... would you?"

Apprentice Witches cannot engage in sexual intercourse.

Because the impure magic power generated when the male organ becomes erect and ejaculates would pollute the Vessel within the Womb, making it impossible to bear an heir.

But.

Diana remembered.

The hole in a woman's body other than the reproductive organ.

The shocking anal insertion scene that also appeared in the perverted deliveryman story her mother had written.Moreover, the command Siwoo had given to her mother: 'Keep your asshole spread open.'

That 'hole' should allow intercourse without damaging the Vessel.

Diana's face turns red as if about to burst.

She tries to cover all the exposed skin outside her clothes while tightly hugging her own body.

"B-behind...! There's no way I'd... engage in such lewd behavior...!"

"What do you mean?"

"You're trying to blackmail me...! I'm weaker and more fragile than you...! But I'm this pretty and cute...! Now that you've found my weakness, your intentions are obvious...!"

It's the first time Siwoo has ever heard Diana raise her voice so loudly.

Diana's face, as she rapidly spits out words, gasping for breath in between, alternates between turning deathly pale and bright red.

The premise of her statement itself suggests she believes Siwoo has found her weakness and will demand sexual favors in return.

Judging from Diana's earlier remark, 'I didn't do anything weird,' perhaps she has something gnawing at her conscience, leading her to such wild delusions?

Even considering that, she's racing ahead as if she's a severe erotic novel addict.

"Miss?"

It's clear she's in an extreme overfull state.

She's so excessively excited that it wouldn't be surprising if steam started shooting from her ears.

That's why she's spinning out this kind of top-toon scenario.

"A kiss... maybe... since you saved me before, I could allow that, but anything more is absolutely out of the question!"

Seeing her in this rare state makes him want to tease her unconsciously, but he should restrain himself.

If he's not careful, it could turn into sexual harassment, and above all, Diana nearly suffered a major ordeal in Border Town.

Perhaps a trauma is flashing back.

"Miss Diana, there's a misunderstanding. I have absolutely no such intentions as you mentioned."

"Lies...!"

"It's true."

"Stop lying!"

"Do you really find me that untrustworthy?"

At Siwoo's bitter smile, Diana's upper body, which had been leaning forward with her high-soprano rap, suddenly jerks backward.

Diana's eyes, which had been wide open, seem to be carefully pondering the meaning of her own words.

"N-no! That's not it.... It doesn't make sense! You've found my weakness... and you're telling me you'd just leave without even taking a... a... a kiss from me, Diana Yesod?!"

"...Is this really that much of a weakness...? If anything, I was planning to ask Miss Diana to keep it a secret from the Countess that I was seen."

"Of course! If Mother finds out I kept watching that scene... Ah! I shouldn't say this!"

What a mess.

She looks like a proper young lady, but she acts like she's in the throes of puberty.

Add to that the fact that she doesn't know her own alcohol tolerance, drank too much, and is now spouting drunken nonsense without even realizing she's drunk.

"......"

"Miss Diana. Let me say it again. I didn't come here with that intention."

"...Ugh."

Siwoo lowered his voice and explained calmly.

"It seems our interests align. Neither of us wants this reaching Countess Yesod's ears, right?"

Nod nod.

Diana nods her head, having calmed down considerably.

"Then let's just keep it a secret. The terms of the Contract... we keep each other's secrets. How about that? I never saw Miss Diana, and Miss Diana never saw that incident."

"B-but..."

Diana fidgets as if something still bothers her, but eventually nods repeatedly.

Anyway, she's a young lady who requires a lot of handling.

Siwoo lets out a soft chuckle and extends his hand.

"When a Contract is sealed, you shake hands lightly up and down like this, right?"

Diana gulps and looks at Siwoo's hand.

A hand that looks twice the size of hers, large, thick, and calloused.

Then, cautiously, she reaches out and takes Siwoo's hand.

"O-okay."

"I'm glad we could settle this quickly."

Although their secret Contract was successfully sealed, Diana still seemed embarrassed by the disgraceful state she showed while excited.

In a timid voice, she asked Siwoo to leave, and Siwoo also obediently left Diana's room.

Now that this is settled, maybe I should do some individual research?

Just as he was about to leave, whistling at how easily the matter was resolved.

The door swings open.

"Shin Siwoo!"

"Yes?"

"This won't do. I need to have your weakness too."

With her face flushed bright red, Diana strides over, grabs Siwoo by the neck, and pulls him toward her.

He could have thrown her off if he wanted.

But for a moment, he was worried: could fragile Diana handle the force of such a sudden movement?

Something soft touches his lips.

They were lips like her mother's—full, smooth-textured, and soft.

But only for a moment.

In less than three seconds, Diana's lips pull away.

"Haa... haa... haa..."

Even though she was the one who ran over and initiated the lip collision, Diana is panting as if she just downed a bottle of hot sauce.

Her face is red, and her fingertips are trembling.

"I-if! If Mother finds out our secret! I'll expose you too! Understand?!"

After her forceful declaration, Diana turns and runs back toward the door.

"Kyaah!"

And then she twists her ankle.

A Word from the Author (Author's Note)

The punishment for failing a consecutive update challenge is another consecutive update challenge....

Goodnight, everyone.