༺ Cohabitation Without Attraction (2) ༻
1.
Siwoo got out of his bed.
Without the help of an alarm clock, Siwoo’s eyes naturally opened as 6 am rolled over.
He felt refreshed when he awoke from the blanket’s soft embrace, unlike when he used to sleep on a hard bed made of straw that he had placed in a box.
He hurried off to take a shower in the bathroom.
“What a pleasant morning.”
Speaking of showers, it had been a while since Siwoo had taken a shower indoors with hot water instead of an outdoor one.
He no longer whined about wanting to take a warm shower once a week, even if he was to be sent to prison.
If Siwoo’s room was at the eastern end of the sprawling mansion, then Alia’s room could be said to be at the western end.
Getting out of his comfy bed, he took a warm shower, got dressed, and proceeded to head over to et with Alia as she had instructed him to do so the day before.
Siwoo finished organizing his outfit for the last ti in front of the mirror hanging in the hallway, then opened the door and went into Alia’s room.
“Ms. Alia, I’m coming in.”
“Co on in.”
Her voice could be heard from the other side of the door as Siwoo requested to enter the room.
Siwoo anticipated going into a girl’s room to be a dull, uninteresting experience, but when he did so, he quickly realized that this was not the case, and his initial impression quickly disappeared.
If he was forced to explain the layout of Alia’s room, it wasn’t all that much different from his own.
Odil and Odette’s room had been more luxurious, but Alia’s room exuded a sense of modesty and simplicity.
Aside from the high-quality furniture, the room did not appear to have been decorated with much care.
However, it was cramd with all kinds of magic-related books, papers, and experintal materials.
Nevertheless, the room felt more cluttered than the research building, perhaps because of its smaller size.
Alia appeared to have brought nurous research-related items into her house.
As he entered the room, Siwoo was about to say good morning to her when he realized that those words held no significance.
“Did you sleep well?”
Amarlia asked while still holding a pen in her hand while sitting at the desk.
“I haven’t slept today.”
She had been scribbling sothing down on the paper placed on her desk.
She must have been staying up all night.
A large stack of paper, recently written on with ink, was laid out in front of her and was starting to dry.
“Wait a mont, please.”
After finishing her sentence, Alia focused on her work again.
Her brows furrowed, displaying her focus on her work.
Though she did not display much facial or emotional expression, her thin and straight brows were remarkedly exceptional.
Her eyebrow expression significantly influenced Siwoo’s ability to anticipate almost 90% of her feelings in advance.
After finishing her final work, Alia finally looked at Siwoo.
”Take a look at your upcoming tasks.”
It seed to be the reason behind her calling him to her office.
Alia rummaged through her desk drawer and handed Siwoo a bundle of 30 to 40 pages of paper.
As an exclusive slave, this guide summarizes what you are required to do based on the day and ti of the week. Please take the ti to read it and beco familiar with the material.”
“Got it.”
Alia got up from her seat and walked around the table.
This ti, she was wearing a more comfortable-looking robe, which she may have changed into from her previous attire.
“See item 15 on page 3.”
“Yes.”
It appeared to be so sort of work manual.
Whilst flipping through the pages, Siwoo suddenly realized that the handwriting in this manual was familiar.
This was sothing that Alia had carefully written letter by letter.
Page three detailed the tasks he had to accomplish when he woke up in the morning.
He would have to wake Alia up if she was sleeping. On the other hand, if she wasn’t asleep, he was instructed to greet her.
Following that, he would have to organize her bedding and prepare her breakfast.
It was decided that Siwoo wouldn’t prepare breakfast on his own but would simply pick it up from the kitchen in the school’s building.
“Yes, I have confird it.”
“I’ll be waiting for you at the cafeteria, so please co over.”
Assuming it would take a considerable amount of ti to fully comprehend the details, given how thick the manual was,
Siwoo watched Alia walk over to the washroom and then make his way to the academy kitchen.
2.
On his way to the kitchen, Siwoo encountered a familiar face.
Takasho was yawning while cleaning the hallway,
But he began jumping with excitent upon seeing Siwoo’s new outfit.
“Whoa~ who are you? I’m going to freak out at how slick you’re looking.”
“Hey, calm down. It’s not a big deal, is it?”
“Of course, it’s a big deal! My friend has finally made his debut!”
Siwoo actually had a lot to say to Takasho, but he wasn’t sure he would have ti to say it all.
He simply summarized and inford him of the events that had occurred so far.
“Hey, what did I tell you? Didn’t I say that Alia likes you?
Takasho’s eyes shone with pride as he patted Siwoo on the shoulder as if congratulating a friend who had finally passed a difficult civil service exam after many sleepless nights of preparation.
What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Have you been listening to ? What have you heard that would make you think that Alia likes ?
“What?”
”I just told you, she didn’t call to the inn that night to serve her, but instead to be her assistant.”
Takasho’s proud expression faltered and beca ambiguous at Siwoo’s words.
Takasho had the impression that he was staring at a lottery winner who would never go to the bank again in their entire life to claim their prize.
“Hey, how should I describe this? Every ti I see her, she seems to be in love, so it really amazes that you don’t understand.”
“Because of you, I almost got into trouble. Do you know how Alia looked at back then?”
Takasho gave Siwoo a look that was almost like he was looking at a bug as soon as he ntioned the story of that night.
Siwoo’s face would turn red in embarrassnt whenever he thought about that night.
“Hey, idiot… Have you ever had a girlfriend?”
“No, I haven’t.”
“….Right, I thought so.”
Takasho had abandoned the idea of reprimanding Siwoo and paused, considering where to start before vocalizing each of his thoughts.
“Take a look, Shin Siwoo. Alia bought you underwear, didn’t she? She gave you a cigarette, right? Didn’t she also give you a cake? She even bought you a suit. Why is she being so kind to a slave who doesn’t give a damn?”
“How would I know? She may be feeling a little sorry for because she has been tornting .”
“Oh, dear,”
“You won’t know until you spend a day with Alia. As you said before, she’s an Orthodox witch and doesn’t seem to be interested in n.”
“That’s the typical story, and isn’t it sothing special that Alia is interested in you?”
Takasho ca to the conclusion that Siwoo would not understand no matter how many words he used to explain.
“Hey, would you look at that?”
“Hey, keep your hands to yourself! It’s disgusting.”
“This is mohair, isn’t it?
“What’s that?”
Takasho slowly touched Siwoo’s arm, almost as if he were inspecting his suit, and started to speak.
“I used to get a lot of suits as gifts when I worked. Have you heard of cashre?”
“Cashre coat?”
“Mohair is a material that is as good or even better than that. Would you just give such a good piece of clothing to a re slave if you didn’t have any feelings toward them? Besides, Alia never had any slaves before.”
Siwoo made a sullen expression as he thought that since the suit was tailored at a tailoring shop in Ars Magna Town, it ought to be good enough.
“I can see that this is being openly favored, but you say that I’m mistaken. Can’t you see what’s going on?”
“I’m afraid you’re mistaken, but I don’t have any interest in Alia.”
“You’re crazy.”
Takasho opened his mouth in disbelief.
Even though the situation was murky, this was what Takasho said after taking Siwoo’s situation and circumstances into account.
“Well, I admit that you’ve suffered a lot because of Alia. But aren’t you partly to bla because of what you did as well?”
“That’s not my fault. Anyway, I don’t believe you anymore.”
“Please, Shin Siwoo, you have to believe . Sotis when I see you, I feel like you’re acting like a silly goldfish, swimming around in circles. What you’re missing is a golden opportunity! How long do you think a noble, rich, and beautiful witch will stay interested in you?”
“So what’s your point? I have to go soon.”
After pausing to think, Takasho finally spoke.
“Let know your experience if you ever get to have sex with her. I’ll buy you a drink.”
After giving Takasho a smack on the back of his head for getting overly excited, he went to the kitchen to collect the food.
3.
Siwoo had no idea how the future would play out, but he was certain that he would always have food to eat.
He took the tray from the kitchen after receiving the breakfast al.
It was an English breakfast.
The breakfast spread included a perfectly executed bagel with bacon with just the right amount of seasoning and a boiled egg that was cooked to perfection – with the yolk bursting forth when tapped. The salmon salad was delectable, and a warm cup of coffee rounded out the al.
Siwoo bid farewell to the al he had been served before he beca Alia’s assistant. The al consisted of bread scraps that were so hard they could be used as a charcoal eraser, and a thin soup that was not enough to satisfy his hunger.
The al had been terrible the entire ti, and he didn’t want to lay eyes on it ever again.
Siwoo sat at the sa table as Alia and savored each bite of breakfast slowly. After finishing their al, they headed to the research room together.
The cycle that had been ingrained in his body for the past five years had finally broken, leaving Siwoo with an odd feeling.
He was urged to head to the academy imdiately and start working.
Siwoo was absorbed in reading the manual in the far corner of the research building, contemplating new concepts.
anwhile, as soon as Alia entered the research room, she lit a cigarette and focused on the magic research without saying a word.
Siwoo continued to carefully read through the handover manual, acting as though his keen intuition was taking in all the details entirely.
Taking a quick glance through the content, he found a list of tasks that he had to accomplish.
What to do in the morning.
What to do during lunchti.
What to do from dinner to bedti.
Things to do during weekdays
Things to do during weekends.
Things to do inside the mansion.
Matters to be observed when accompanying to the research room.
Instructions for organizing docunts and papers.
Cleaning and laundry thods
How to order various desserts.
Things to do in the event of any issues that may appear.
There were various detailed items written.
All of which wouldn’t pose much of a problem if Siwoo were to read through it carefully.
“Hmm…”
Incidentally, he needed to move things from the barn, but it seed he wouldn’t have ti for a while.
To begin with, according to the manual’s contents, Siwoo would have to follow Alia around for almost the entire day. It would usually take about an hour to get from either the research building or the accommodation to the barn.
He considered taking a day off and sneaking out at night.
However, it wasn’t an urgent matter for now.
It was a place that no one would ever visit anyway.
– Caw caw!
At that mont, he heard a crow’s cawing from outside the window.
Alia had suddenly called him at the exact mont he was about to look out the window to see the source of the sound.
“Siwoo.”
“Yes, Ms. Alia.”
“Co back here in three hours.”
“Understood, is there anything you need to do before that?”
“No, just focus on reading the manual for now.”
“Alright.”
Siwoo nodded obediently and left the research building.
4.
A warm and comforting glow of sunshine.
The weather was very warm and cozy during late autumn.
Outside the research room, Siwoo stretched his arms wide open and basked in the peaceful and tranquil atmosphere.
“Ah, this is life.”
Usually, by this ti, Siwoo would have been climbing a ladder and shaking branches to remove dead leaves or sweeping the dust-free hallways.
It was amazing that he had so peaceful ti to relax after a delicious breakfast in the morning.
“It’s monts like this that I wish could last forever.”
Siwoo was concerned about what to do with the items he had left behind in the barn, but it turned out that the timing was perfect.
He intended to transfer the magical items from the barn to his new ho, and once that was done, he returned to the research room and acted as if nothing had happened, thereby resolving the situation.
He planned to take an hour’s nap after finishing the task and thus hurried off to the barn.
Siwoo found himself humming with delight as everything started to go smoothly after all his hard work.
Siwoo entered the rose garden with a light step, knowing that crossing it was the quickest way to reach the barn.
The magically enchanted roses, which seed to have disregarded the seasons, blooming in a variety of colors, they pleased the eyes and noses with their vivid hues and their sweet fragrances.
However,
Sothing didn’t feel quite right to Siwoo.
“What?”
He was certain the fountain he was looking at was the sa one he had seen earlier.
A little angel blew a trumpet, and a witch sprinkled blessings onto a pile of witches’ children covered by a blanket.
Siwoo turned to look straight ahead again.
He could see the exit.
Keeping his eye fixed on the exit, he slowly walked towards it.
His mind fully focused on the exit and, just as he thought he was about leave the garden, he suddenly found himself back in front of the fountain again.
“It’s rather unexpected.”
Siwoo turned around, feeling a sense of foreboding.
A massive carriage that was three tis the size of Sophia’s was parked there.
Perched on the hinges of the carriage door was a pair of black and white birds with their wings spread open, they had the ability to sing songs that could cast spells.
They combined to form a single entity, a witch.
One that symbolized the Countess of the Gemini family.
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