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Jasmine, ylang-ylang, lavender, dandelion, orange flower, blackcurrant, irises, nutg, black pepper, vanilla, salvia and so on.
There were mountains of materials waiting to be extracted.
One good thing about the extraction work was that it left them with the sll of a whole garden.
After eight hours of extraction, Siwoo, now drenched in a mix of various fragrances, returned to the perfu shop.
Alone.
Actually, the extraction wasn’t fully done yet.
Yesterday, since they only had to extract the oil from roses, the task had been simple; he just needed to clean the distillation equipnt at the end of each extraction.
But now that they had to extract the oil from various flowers and fruits, especially jasmine—a staple in perfus—there was naturally more work for him to do.
There was just too much material to finish their work in a re eight hours.
“Crazy...”
But Alia stubbornly pushed Siwoo to head back to the perfu shop.
She insisted that she’d handle the rest on her own.
Since he had volunteered to help her, he intended to see it through, even if it was tiring.
So, he pressed that he’d help her, but Alia was being even more stubborn than usual, so he had to go back alone.
“There’s nothing to do here...”
Back then, we could chat while working.
Here? There isn’t even a book for to read...
It wouldn’t sit right with him if he were to sit idly here, especially when he knew that Alia was still working tirelessly. But, if he were to go back to help her, she’d just snap at him.
Left with no other choice, Siwoo decided to clean the shop, so he grabbed so tools and headed upstairs.
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anwhile, Alia, the one who had sent Siwoo ho first...
After watching his figure disappear through the workshop door, she finished inspecting the distillation equipnt and rushed to Sophia’s house.
She had resolved herself to not hesitate any longer.
But determination alone wouldn’t solve everything.
And so, she visited her friend—an expert in this field who had helped her countless tis before—for advice.
The last dawn of the year was coming up quickly.
She wanted to give him sothing before the year ended.
-Knock, knock, knock!
About 30 seconds after she knocked on the door, a soft ow echoed, and the door creaked open.
“Alia?”
Sophia, known for her strict sleep schedule, greeted the unexpected guest in pajamas. Her eyes looked groggy, while a million thoughts ran through her head.
She rembered that in the past, Alia had always co knocking whenever there were misunderstandings or conflicts with Siwoo.
Did sothing happen again?
“May I co in?”
But, when she looked at Alia again, she realized that her worries were unfounded.
Alia’s face wasn’t wasn’t the face of soone wanting to vent out her frustration.
It was the face of soone who had firmly decided on sothing.
Feeling relieved, Sophia let out a soft sigh and smiled.
“Of course. Co on in.”
Sophia’s cozy house was filled with the rich aroma of freshly brewed coffee.
As befitting her moniker, ‘Witch of Beasts,’ Sophia shared her ho with over a hundred cats.
Since the cats were drawn to Alia’s fragrant scent, she had to endure their overwhelming affection until she entered the drawing room.
“I’ll make us so coffee. Coffee beats tea this early morning.”
“Thank you.”
Normally, Alia couldn’t stand cats, but right now, she was too preoccupied to care.
That was why when Sophia ca back with the coffee, she had turned into a cat tower: there were two on her lap, three on the armrest, two on the backrest, and five at her feet.
There was no way they could have a proper conversation like that.
“Shoo, shoo, go play sowhere else, little ones.”
As Sophia waved them off, the cats scattered, grumbling in protest.
Only then did the room feel a little more organized.
“So, what’s up?”
“I need your advice.”
Sophia wasn’t surprised by the request, but it didn’t make it any less daunting.
In the past, Sophia had eagerly offered advice, hoping it would encourage Alia to open up to others a little more.
She even tried to push Alia and Shin Siwoo closer, creating chances for them to get closer to each other.
The problem was that, even though she ant well, her ddling caused a lot of trouble for both of them.
Part of the reason why the witch in front of her almost went bankrupt was due to her advice, so there was no way she could just give her another advice.
The fact that she was her best friend only made her case worse.
She could give out safe, generic advice, but that still made her think that sothing would go horribly wrong.
Alia seed to sense her hesitation and spoke first.
“I know what you’re worried about, Sophia.”
“Yeah... I’ve co to realize that careless advice can do more harm than good...”
Seeing Sophia said such words, looking all embarrassed, Alia...
“No, your advice helped , Sophia. I just couldn’t admit it back then.”
“Still... Isn’t there soone else you could ask?”
“But I want to hear your advice, Sophia. This is an important matter, and I...want to hear the advice of my most trusted friend.”
Alia’s shy but heartfelt words left Sophia stunned, as if she had been struck.
Then, tears welled up in her eyes. After dabbing them away with a handkerchief, she made up her mind.
She resolved to use everything she knew to help Alia and make sure that there’d be no ss afterward.
“So, what’s the problem?”
But, after Sophia steeled herself, it was Alia who hesitated.
She fidgeted nervously, her lips moving as though searching for the right words, and when she finally did, what ca out was barely a whisper.
“Today, with Siwoo...”
Even with her sharp hearing, Sophia couldn’t catch her words.
She tilted her head in confusion, prompting Alia to speak a little louder.
“Today... I want to... with Siwoo.”
Her voice trailed off. The gap in her sentence was filled only with a faint whisper that barely escaped her lips. But, even without hearing the full sentence, Sophia could guess from Alia’s flushed face and the subtle ‘s’ sound what she was trying to say.
Thinking she hadn’t been clear enough, Alia repeated herself, this ti firmly.
“I want to have sex...with Siwoo...”
It took three tries for Sophia’s brain to fully process Alia’s words, which had initially skimd past her understanding.
She had expected that Alia would ask about a kiss, not sex.
Hearing this, she couldn’t help but reflect on how true it was that love changes people.
Alia, usually curt and expressionless, was now blushing like a maiden in love, asking for advice about sothing so intimate.
Her innocent vibe was contagious that Sophia felt like she caught so of it herself.
The long-forgotten excitent seed to flutter into Sophia’s mind like a breeze scattering blossoms.
Calm down.
Sophia swallowed hard.
First of all, there was one question that she had to ask, even though it was embarrassing.
“Can I ask you one thing?”
“Yes...?”
“Do you really want to do it?”
Alia’s small head bobbed up and down in a nod.
Her face was so red it looked like it might burn to the touch.
Alia understood both the significance of intimacy and how embarrassing this conversation was.
“Can I ask why?”
Sophia steadied herself and took a deep breath.
Before discussing the ‘how,’ they’d need to figure out the ‘why’.
This might make her sound overprotective, and she knew that.
Alia might have grown and changed through her experiences, but her knowledge of the relationship between male and female likely hadn’t deepened enough yet.
Sophia needed to ensure Alia wasn’t making this choice based on a misunderstanding or fleeting emotions.
Caught off guard by the question, Alia hesitated for a mont before giving out a sincere answer.
“Because... I want to be closer to him.”
“Did he ask for it?”
“No, he didn’t...”
Though briefly flustered, Alia quickly composed herself.
Then, she began expressing her thoughts.
“O-Of course, such intimacy before marriage might seem improper... I’m sorry, Sophia, I didn’t an to badmouth you. Anyway, the world is changing a lot these days...”
“It’s okay. That doesn’t bother . Go on.”
“I want to give Siwoo sothing precious... Even if he doesn’t give anything in return... I want to give him everything.”
Alia had always been indifferent to everything except magic.
Especially when it ca to relationships, she was a staunch conservative. In fact, she had once scolded Sophia about how sex should only happen after marriage.
And now, the sa person said that she wanted to ignore both her pride and view, giving her love unconditionally.
Honestly, even as a close friend, Sophia couldn’t help but feel a twinge of envy and jealousy.
After all, she’d never felt that way about anyone herself.
Regardless, after hearing that, there was no need to ask further.
“Alright, how can I help you?”
“Well... The nighgown. The ones you left at the villa...”
“Oh, you an the baby doll?”
Sophia thought back to the day Alia and Siwoo first headed to Border Town.
Not only had she set up the villa for them, but she had also included a rather erotic baby doll nightgown.
And for Alia to bring it up now...
It ant that she was planning to go all out and seduce Siwoo.
She could just seduce him with her looks alone, but Sophia understood that she just wanted to be fully prepared.
“Yeah, first tis are always nerve-wracking.”
Sophia smiled as she led Alia to the wardrobe.
Just as Sophia had nudged Alia into wearing more mature lingerie, she had secretly been stocking up on sexy nightwear to give her soday.
Alia had vehently avoided any talk about it since then, so Sophia hadn’t dared to bring it up.
“Ah...”
Clothes tailored to Alia’s size.
Alia’s face, which had cald down a bit, turned even redder than before as the secret collection of garnts that could barely be called ‘clothes’.
Designs that didn’t cover the skin, but also breasts and pussy, depending on the type.
They weren’t inherently shaful, but the thought of her wearing those outfits in front of Siwoo made her burn with embarrassnt.
“W-Won’t it look indecent?”
“But it’ll make a guy lose his mind. What do you think about this one?”
Sophia picked out a black negligee with a minimum amount of fabric.
If they tore apart Alia’s current dress, it could probably make five or six of these.
While Alia was frozen in shock, Sophia was brimming with excitent.
She tried to stay composed, but her excitent kept bubbling up.
“Let’s pick one out together, shall we?”
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