“So scary…”
I quickly closed my eyes, controlled my breathing to hide the pounding heart, and waited for the intruder to leave. Fortunately, the maid seemed not to notice that I had awakened and resumed her previous tasks. She murmured for about five minutes before leaving quietly, just like when she came in.
I lay still for a while even after she left, waiting until I was certain she wouldn’t return. Then, I got up. Carefully stepping in the direction where the maid acted suspiciously, I ended up at the desk.
In this small prisoner’s room with nothing, what could she possibly have done?
I started searching through the desk drawers. In the first drawer, there were scriptures of Eura, the god of Eura, and an old pocket watch. The second drawer contained a fountain pen rolling around, and in the last drawer… an obviously suspicious pouch full of gold coins.
Even in the darkness, the glittering gold coins shone as I put my hand inside. There was a substantial amount of gold coins tangled between my fingers.
It was a blatantly visible trap. For some reason, the maid seemed to want me to die at Khan’s hands. In that case, I couldn’t just tolerate it.
***
The next morning, I woke up slowly. Even though something strange happened yesterday dawn, I felt well-rested, perhaps because my body was tired. However, when I opened my eyes, the door was wide open, and in front of my bed stood Khan, along with the butlers and maids lined up.
“Ugh…”
As I made a weird sound, Khan furrowed his brows and bent down to scrutinize me.
“Why… Why is this happening?”
“I wondered when you’d wake up. It’s fascinating how you’re just sleeping soundly while so many people come in.”
Saying that, Khan straightened up and gestured towards the servants standing behind him.
“Search.”
“Suddenly, what…!”
The servants scattered to search both above and below the bed, the drawers of the desk, and the small bathroom and toilet attached to the room. Among them was the maid with twin tails from yesterday.
I had anticipated being accused of theft since I had planted the pouch of gold coins, but I never expected them to drag so many people here to search the room thoroughly. As I made a face expressing my unfairness, Khan, with his thick arms, raised his fist and raised one corner of his mouth.
“I guess you have no idea what’s going on?.”
“I got some sense.” However, I nodded and raised my eyebrows. I was confident that Del Narcissus’s face would certainly be cold and lifeless, and I questioned,
“Why on earth are you doing this? I was just sleeping…”
Instead of answering, Khan scrutinized me as if suspicious. Then his gaze stopped at my neck. There was a bruise, a mark left by him yesterday. His eyes darkened and deepened. A thug-like butler approached.
“Nothing came out.”
I glanced around the room with an expression of not understanding. Quickly scanning the maid with twin tails, I noticed she seemed visibly flustered.
“What do you mean nothing came out? What… What disappeared?”
Looking up at Khan with cute, puzzled eyes like a helpless kitten, I asked. He raised his eyebrows and simultaneously, an alert popped up in front of me.
[Khan Alexis’s favorability has increased by +1!]
…Did the face attack just work?
If his favorability increased further, it would be troublesome. To appear less cute, I lowered my gaze. Only then did Khan answer my question.
“My belongings are missing.”
Despite the increased favorability, he still seemed unconvinced. I opened my mouth to say the prepared words. At that moment, a blue system window popped up with a ding sound.
1. So, what do you want me to do about it?
2. Did you come to meet me with such a cliché excuse?
3. (Looking at Khan’s crotch) Is it properly attached?
What the hell is the third option, uttered by someone with such a twisted mind? While the other options were rude enough, the third one seemed like a direct charge at a bed scene.
I pondered between options 1 and 2, engaging in useless deliberation, but eventually chose option 1.
“So, what do you want me to do about it?”
[Khan Alexis’s favorability has decreased by -1!]
Yeah, I get it. It’s an unfavorable feeling.
I made a puppy face again with a crying expression. This time, Khan’s favorability remained unaffected.
“If someone saw you stealing it, it’s better to tell the truth.”
Khan’s words were a subtle threat. Moreover, his gaze, looking down at me, was as fierce and sharp as if the wildness itself breathed in him. If I didn’t know the truth, I might have been frightened and confessed falsely under his intimidating demeanor.
“I heard nothing came out… really… I don’t know. It has nothing to do with me!”
I shouted with a trembling voice, but Khan snorted and glanced around the room.
“Johnny, tear off the wooden planks on the floor.”
Seriously?
The thug-like butler called Johnny, twisted his thick wrist back and forth, then crouched down to start tearing apart the floorboards. Of course, there was no way the missing item would magically appear just because he probed there, so I wasn’t particularly worried. However, it seemed that the time had come to move on to the next phase.
“Alright. Tear it open.”
I spoke with a resigned voice. I could feel Khan’s gaze on me.
“If you want, I can take off my clothes too.”
Uttering such words in the adult-themed game world required tremendous courage. And there it was—Khan tilted his head as if expressing some interest, what a perverted bastard
I began unbuttoning my shirt slowly. “Anyway, I’m used to being falsely accused like this. It happened all the time at home.”
At my words, Khan seemed taken aback. Buttons started popping one, two, three… as my shirt opened, revealing my fair chest. My fingers trembled as I undid the buttons, wondering if he would let me undress completely. But just as that thought crossed my mind, Khan growled, grabbing my hand.
“That’s enough.”
I looked up at Khan with tear-filled eyes. His golden eyes were wavering.
“Get out.”
With a command that seemed mixed with the growl of a beast, the maids quickly exited the room. The twin-tailed maid hesitated for a moment but soon left the room as well.
“Johnny, you too.”
“Yes, Your Grace.”
Even the thug-like butler left, leaving only Khan and me in the narrow room.
“Put on clothes. Quickly.”
Khan released my hand and I noticed his ear tips were now tinged with red. I couldn’t fathom what wild thoughts led to his ears burning like that just because I unbuttoned my shirt a bit.
I quickly buttoned up my shirt all the way to the neck at a speed that was incomparable at which I unbuttoned them.
observing Khan’s irritated expression. When Khan growled again, I promptly closed my mouth. I tried to lower my lower lip, blinking rapidly to shed some tears, but Khan muttered curses as if he were chewing on something.
“You really can check it out if you want.”
“Forget it.”
“I’m used to it. Just…”
“I said forget it.”
“Don’t cry. I know you didn’t steal anything.”
Nothing had come out of this room, and I didn’t have any baggage or anything to hide. Moreover, I had just arrived at this castle yesterday, and I had been sleeping peacefully until Khan barged in. If he had any sense, he should have known that I wasn’t the culprit.
“Someone stole my belongings and framed the prisoner.”
He added in a menacingly low voice.
“Dare they.”
For a moment, a chill ran down my spine. I instinctively stole a glance at the man whose instinct and wild nature sparkled sharply. He seemed more amused than angry, but for some reason, he looked a bit sad.
That’s why. Even though I had no intention at all, I asked the question.
“By any chance… is the lost item precious?”
Perhaps what Khan lost might not be the gold coins. There were other miscellaneous items in the drawer. The Bible, the pocket watch, a fountain pen – I might have hidden those along with the gold coin purse in case I needed them, and among them, there could be an important item.
“Yeah. It’s my mother’s heirloom.”
Damn, it’s really precious and important.
Framing me for stealing money would have been better. It was evident how significant the family heirloom would be for Khan, who had lost his family early on.
Oh, man. I hid it really hard to find too… My conscience pricked sharply.
I stealthily got up from the bed.
“Let’s go look for it.”
“…What?”
“If it’s your mother’s heirloom, we should find it. Where was it originally?”
As I asked with the readiness to rush out of the room at any moment, Khan chuckled.
“You’re a prisoner in this castle. You can’t wander around as you please.”
“That’s why I suggest we look together. After all, you are the owner of this castle, Duke.”
[Khan Alexis’s favorability has increased by +1!]
No… I don’t want his favorability.
Once again, I used a cunning method to raise favorability.
“Umm, Duke Gaka! Let’s find the bunny (*cute korean gibberish for Khan*)!”
[Khan Alexis’s favorability has decreased by -1!]
Alright. I thanked the dislikable tone for lowering favorability and smiled brightly.
“Let’s find the bunny!”(*cute korean gibberish*)
“So scary…”
I quickly closed my eyes, controlled my breathing to hide the pounding heart, and waited for the intruder to leave. Fortunately, the maid seemed not to notice that I had awakened and resumed her previous tasks. She murmured for about five minutes before leaving quietly, just like when she came in.
I lay still for a while even after she left, waiting until I was certain she wouldn’t return. Then, I got up. Carefully stepping in the direction where the maid acted suspiciously, I ended up at the desk.
In this small prisoner’s room with nothing, what could she possibly have done?
I started searching through the desk drawers. In the first drawer, there were scriptures of Eura, the god of Eura, and an old pocket watch. The second drawer contained a fountain pen rolling around, and in the last drawer… an obviously suspicious pouch full of gold coins.
Even in the darkness, the glittering gold coins shone as I put my hand inside. There was a substantial amount of gold coins tangled between my fingers.
It was a blatantly visible trap. For some reason, the maid seemed to want me to die at Khan’s hands. In that case, I couldn’t just tolerate it.
***
The next morning, I woke up slowly. Even though something strange happened yesterday dawn, I felt well-rested, perhaps because my body was tired. However, when I opened my eyes, the door was wide open, and in front of my bed stood Khan, along with the butlers and maids lined up.
“Ugh…”
As I made a weird sound, Khan furrowed his brows and bent down to scrutinize me.
“Why… Why is this happening?”
“I wondered when you’d wake up. It’s fascinating how you’re just sleeping soundly while so many people come in.”
Saying that, Khan straightened up and gestured towards the servants standing behind him.
“Search.”
“Suddenly, what…!”
The servants scattered to search both above and below the bed, the drawers of the desk, and the small bathroom and toilet attached to the room. Among them was the maid with twin tails from yesterday.
I had anticipated being accused of theft since I had planted the pouch of gold coins, but I never expected them to drag so many people here to search the room thoroughly. As I made a face expressing my unfairness, Khan, with his thick arms, raised his fist and raised one corner of his mouth.
“I guess you have no idea what’s going on?.”
“I got some sense.” However, I nodded and raised my eyebrows. I was confident that Del Narcissus’s face would certainly be cold and lifeless, and I questioned,
“Why on earth are you doing this? I was just sleeping…”
Instead of answering, Khan scrutinized me as if suspicious. Then his gaze stopped at my neck. There was a bruise, a mark left by him yesterday. His eyes darkened and deepened. A thug-like butler approached.
“Nothing came out.”
I glanced around the room with an expression of not understanding. Quickly scanning the maid with twin tails, I noticed she seemed visibly flustered.
“What do you mean nothing came out? What… What disappeared?”
Looking up at Khan with cute, puzzled eyes like a helpless kitten, I asked. He raised his eyebrows and simultaneously, an alert popped up in front of me.
[Khan Alexis’s favorability has increased by +1!]
…Did the face attack just work?
If his favorability increased further, it would be troublesome. To appear less cute, I lowered my gaze. Only then did Khan answer my question.
“My belongings are missing.”
Despite the increased favorability, he still seemed unconvinced. I opened my mouth to say the prepared words. At that moment, a blue system window popped up with a ding sound.
1. So, what do you want me to do about it?
2. Did you come to meet me with such a cliché excuse?
3. (Looking at Khan’s crotch) Is it properly attached?
What the hell is the third option, uttered by someone with such a twisted mind? While the other options were rude enough, the third one seemed like a direct charge at a bed scene.
I pondered between options 1 and 2, engaging in useless deliberation, but eventually chose option 1.
“So, what do you want me to do about it?”
[Khan Alexis’s favorability has decreased by -1!]
Yeah, I get it. It’s an unfavorable feeling.
I made a puppy face again with a crying expression. This time, Khan’s favorability remained unaffected.
“If someone saw you stealing it, it’s better to tell the truth.”
Khan’s words were a subtle threat. Moreover, his gaze, looking down at me, was as fierce and sharp as if the wildness itself breathed in him. If I didn’t know the truth, I might have been frightened and confessed falsely under his intimidating demeanor.
“I heard nothing came out… really… I don’t know. It has nothing to do with me!”
I shouted with a trembling voice, but Khan snorted and glanced around the room.
“Johnny, tear off the wooden planks on the floor.”
Seriously?
The thug-like butler called Johnny, twisted his thick wrist back and forth, then crouched down to start tearing apart the floorboards. Of course, there was no way the missing item would magically appear just because he probed there, so I wasn’t particularly worried. However, it seemed that the time had come to move on to the next phase.
“Alright. Tear it open.”
I spoke with a resigned voice. I could feel Khan’s gaze on me.
“If you want, I can take off my clothes too.”
Uttering such words in the adult-themed game world required tremendous courage. And there it was—Khan tilted his head as if expressing some interest, what a perverted bastard
I began unbuttoning my shirt slowly. “Anyway, I’m used to being falsely accused like this. It happened all the time at home.”
At my words, Khan seemed taken aback. Buttons started popping one, two, three… as my shirt opened, revealing my fair chest. My fingers trembled as I undid the buttons, wondering if he would let me undress completely. But just as that thought crossed my mind, Khan growled, grabbing my hand.
“That’s enough.”
I looked up at Khan with tear-filled eyes. His golden eyes were wavering.
“Get out.”
With a command that seemed mixed with the growl of a beast, the maids quickly exited the room. The twin-tailed maid hesitated for a moment but soon left the room as well.
“Johnny, you too.”
“Yes, Your Grace.”
Even the thug-like butler left, leaving only Khan and me in the narrow room.
“Put on clothes. Quickly.”
Khan released my hand and I noticed his ear tips were now tinged with red. I couldn’t fathom what wild thoughts led to his ears burning like that just because I unbuttoned my shirt a bit.
I quickly buttoned up my shirt all the way to the neck at a speed that was incomparable at which I unbuttoned them.
observing Khan’s irritated expression. When Khan growled again, I promptly closed my mouth. I tried to lower my lower lip, blinking rapidly to shed some tears, but Khan muttered curses as if he were chewing on something.
“You really can check it out if you want.”
“Forget it.”
“I’m used to it. Just…”
“I said forget it.”
“Don’t cry. I know you didn’t steal anything.”
Nothing had come out of this room, and I didn’t have any baggage or anything to hide. Moreover, I had just arrived at this castle yesterday, and I had been sleeping peacefully until Khan barged in. If he had any sense, he should have known that I wasn’t the culprit.
“Someone stole my belongings and framed the prisoner.”
He added in a menacingly low voice.
“Dare they.”
For a moment, a chill ran down my spine. I instinctively stole a glance at the man whose instinct and wild nature sparkled sharply. He seemed more amused than angry, but for some reason, he looked a bit sad.
That’s why. Even though I had no intention at all, I asked the question.
“By any chance… is the lost item precious?”
Perhaps what Khan lost might not be the gold coins. There were other miscellaneous items in the drawer. The Bible, the pocket watch, a fountain pen – I might have hidden those along with the gold coin purse in case I needed them, and among them, there could be an important item.
“Yeah. It’s my mother’s heirloom.”
Damn, it’s really precious and important.
Framing me for stealing money would have been better. It was evident how significant the family heirloom would be for Khan, who had lost his family early on.
Oh, man. I hid it really hard to find too… My conscience pricked sharply.
I stealthily got up from the bed.
“Let’s go look for it.”
“…What?”
“If it’s your mother’s heirloom, we should find it. Where was it originally?”
As I asked with the readiness to rush out of the room at any moment, Khan chuckled.
“You’re a prisoner in this castle. You can’t wander around as you please.”
“That’s why I suggest we look together. After all, you are the owner of this castle, Duke.”
[Khan Alexis’s favorability has increased by +1!]
No… I don’t want his favorability.
Once again, I used a cunning method to raise favorability.
“Umm, Duke Gaka! Let’s find the bunny (*cute korean gibberish for Khan*)!”
[Khan Alexis’s favorability has decreased by -1!]
Alright. I thanked the dislikable tone for lowering favorability and smiled brightly.
“Let’s find the bunny!”(*cute korean gibberish*)
