Chapter 237
There were people whose brains go blank and their body goes rigid in the face of sothing frightful and horrific.
I didn’t know it before, but it seed like I was one of those people. I couldn’t even scream or think of getting away from him; I could only foolishly stare into his disappeared face.
However, soon, the black void of a face approached closer; my frozen rigidity soon released. Unable to think about anything else, I pushed at his arms to gain distance.
“[……!]”
Seo Dawon’s body hurried to grab . I couldn’t hear what he was saying–only noise.
However, Seo Dawon’s arms, which would not have been moved away easily under normal circumstances with my strength, had released my body without resisting.
“What! What on… What on earth is going on?!” I tried to go towards one of the other servants on standby nearby, but all of them had their heads turned away from . Their bodies stood tall and rigid. That strange silence and bleak atmosphere was so ominous and weird. I couldn’t bring myself to approach them and faltered backwards.
Pop–!
At the sa ti, it sounded like the fuse had gone out; all the lights in the house turned off simultaneously.
Soon, the deep darkness swept over like a wave; in the blink of an eye, my vision had been blocked. At the sa ti, the grueso scent of blood thickened. Barely holding back my nausea, I clung to the wall and whispered, “[Kim Olim]…!”
Since Kim Olim was already summoned, I thought I could resolve things by calling her to my side.
However… Though I could see the Paladin’s back by the dim, natural light shining through the living room window, she did not turn towards . After that, it seed as if even her silhouette was swallowed by the darkness and I couldn’t be sure if she was still there or not.
I instinctively felt that sothing was wrong. I didn’t only call for her anymore and tried other servants’ nas as well. “[Seo Dawon], [Kim Olim], [Jung Garam]…!”
“……”
“I-Is there no one there? Lackey!”
“……”
“Lackey! No one? Is there really no one there?!”
“…..”
“What on earth…!”
“……”
“[Woo Ragi]…! Is there no one?!”
However, Kim Olim, Seo Dawon, and even Jung Garam… No servant answered .
To be exact, since all the lights had been extinguished, I could feel nor perceive no signs of their presence. It was as if everyone had vanished from this world as all light had disappeared.
It wasn’t just the servants–Koo Hui-seo’s presence had also vanished. It felt like I was the only one left in this world. All I could hear, in this pitch black void was the sound of my own anxious gasps.
Just before I lost my rationality to desperate fright, I suddenly felt a rough force pulling by my collar from behind. Startled, I almost scread, but the unexpectedly harsh force strangled my throat so I could only cough out groans.
“Hey. Get a hold of yourself.”
“Cough…” I almost fainted, but, when I heard a familiar voice, I nearly cried in relief.
Full of anticipation, I raised my head and identified the person that pulled at . As expected, the owner of that fierce and rude voice was Woo Ragi. He pulled back and scrutinized my face.
He frowned his brows and adjusted my collar several tis–like a clean freak–but the force of his grasp did eventually soften. I looked at him with a face laden with indescribable relief mixed with fear; Woo Ragi frowned, as if he were burdened by my reaction.
This vague, uneasy silence ended when my eyes slightly overflowed and lukewarm tears dripped down my cheeks. Woo Ragi looked into my eyes with a chilly expression and shook away his hands that had been grabbing onto my collar, as if he were throwing away.
With his strength no longer holding up, I fell straight onto my butt. “Nngh…”
“Agh, so frustrating… Why’d you call my na?”
“…W-What did you say?”
“You should have just kept calling for Seo Dawon…”
“W-What are you talking about… What did I do…”
Woo Ragi’s attitude seed to imply that I was the cause of this strange turn of events; however, he didn’t explain further. Still, he didn’t take his watchful eyes off and seed to be waiting for to stand up.
As soon as I noticed that he was waiting, I placed so strength in my thighs. However, I couldn’t stand up. “H-Huh? Why…”
“……”
I tried to stand up, but I felt incredibly dizzy; cold sweat continued to flow down my temples. Stumbling, I collapsed to my feet a few tis before I accidentally brushed my hands against Woo Ragi’s feet. Well, that wasn’t necessarily so alarming or embarrassing, but…
…The issue was Woo Ragi’s subsequent behavior. He imdiately pulled the front of his boots away, as if he had stepped in so dog poop. Then, he tapped on the back of my hand. I could divine so strong feelings of distaste and ‘get away from ,’ from his body language. Honestly, did this bastard practice humiliation tactics all day or sothing?
“……”
“Stop being absurd and get up. Do you think I’m Seo Dawon? You think I’d bite, suck, hug, and carry you like him?”
In a fit of anger, I clenched my fist and pressed it against Woo Ragi’s shoes. The swordsman must not have expected that action; he squatted in front of with a smile on his face. Of course, that grin was incredibly fierce. “You wanna die?”
“I…can’t…stand up, okay?”
”So?”
I felt humiliated, but my physical condition was getting worse as the minutes went by– beggars couldn’t be choosers. 1 In the end, I futilely jutted my chin out, hoping to look a little brazen. “I think… you’ll need to…give a piggyback ride.”
Of course, I didn’t think Woo Ragi would docilely give his back. However, even as I spat out these words, my vision kept growing dark; I was falling in and out of consciousness. Additionally, I began to feel colder and colder.
‘Beggars can’t be choosers…’
Honestly, how did I get into a situation where I must cling onto Woo Ragi.
And Woo Ragi… Wouldn’t he be here to rescue ? I was sure he was expecting to beg him, but I calculated that he wouldn’t reject my plea in the end. That was why I expected his ridicule and yet shalessly demanded things from him. For him to support .
“Oh~ Is that how our Choi Lee-kyung-ssi gives orders to n?” …How could you ask to carry a guy like you on my back…? You don’t think I notice how you stare blankly at my face whenever you get the opportunity?” However, Woo Ragi sank my hopes. Blood began to pool in my cheeks, and I flushed red–this was a sensation I had felt too many tis before. Although, I didn’t know if Woo Ragi noticed my current plight…
I wanted to die for a brief mont, but I couldn’t change what had already occurred. Now that I was being pushed away by the swordsman, it wasn’t like I could crawl on four legs to his side. Because of that, I begged, “I won’t stare at you from now on…”
“You really stared at ?” Woo Ragi had a rare expression of bewildernt adorning his face. Soon, his smile adopted a grumpy tinge.
‘Was that a trap..?’ Being tricked doubled my embarrassnt, but, surprisingly, Woo Ragi shut his mouth without ridiculing further. Then, he held out one hand to , as if he were allowing to grasp it.
But, just before I held on, he–as if he needed to make a point–blurted out, “Don’t forget that you asked for us to touch first, okay?”
Alongside those mutters, he grumbled under his breath further. Those actions really resembled Seo Dawon–at so point, close friends begin to really act like one another. I smiled inwardly; in the end, I had to say sothing, “…I just asked you to support , alright?”
“If you wriggle around unpleasantly, you’ll have to live the rest of your life as a one-ard man.”
Honestly, he just said whatever he wanted to say.
I nodded; I knew that none of my words would get to him anyway. With that, I grabbed his outstretched hand.
“Haah!” As soon as my fingers touched his, Woo Ragi dragged to my feet with one hand.
At that point, my arm felt like it would be ripped out of its sockets, but I could endure that pain. However, my face hit his chest so hard that I could see stars in front of my eyes.
I grabbed my throbbing nose and looked up; I could see the swordsman’s chin. If he had dragged into his embrace a little harder, my nose would have bled. He definitely did that on purpose. I glared in protest, but, before I could curse at him, my eyes began to tear up first.
Woo Ragi looked down at and gently brushed a cowlick behind my ears. I shrank back at the unexpected action.
He whispered into my ears, “Homo-bastard, the fact that I’m doing this is an honor.”
His sneer was cramd full of arrogance.
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TL: Strap in tight ya’ll. We’re going on a Woo Ragi adventure. This is the start of our new arc
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