I Entered a Gacha Game That Had Been Abandoned for 10 Years chapter 180

180 – Mutation (5)

When Adria first opened her eyes, only one word came to mind.

‘I’m screwed.’

And then, after shifting her gaze to look at Elena, who was sleeping soundly, and then to Kim Hyun-woo, no words came to mind.

Instead, she couldn’t help but bury her head into the pillow, her eyes squeezed shut as a wave of shame and embarrassment washed over her, but she soon managed to regain her composure and looked at Kim Hyun-woo.

Their eyes met, and it was something she couldn’t ignore.

“Good morning?”

That’s why Adria, who had uttered those words, soon felt like hitting herself in the head.

Even if she greeted him with a refreshed face as if nothing had happened yesterday, it wouldn’t make what happened yesterday disappear.

‘How the hell did things turn out like this…’

Adria smiled on the outside but grimaced on the inside, and on top of that, she thought about yesterday with mixed feelings of misfortune and happiness, not knowing whether it was funny or not that she hadn’t been able to sleep for days because of Lien and now felt so refreshed.

It was clear that Adria’s goal yesterday was not this.

Her original goal was to feed Kim Hyun-woo the Water of Shayu and then immediately use the teleportation scroll she had in her arms to send him to Lien.

….

Of course, Adria also knew how much hatred and offense the other person could feel if she did such a thing without their consent.

As a merchant, even if you’re not a noble, you need to know all the formalities one by one.

And you need to be aware of people’s psychology.

In other words, she knew that if she sent Kim Hyun-woo away like that, there was a chance that he might hate her.

However, despite being fully aware of all those risks, the reason she had no choice but to do such a thing was purely because of Lien.

That’s right.

Adria had returned to Rartania and hadn’t been able to sleep at all because of Lien…!

Because of that, Adria ended up making an extreme choice in order to get out of that crisis.

But unfortunately, Elena’s departure date was too similar, so she ended up feeding the Water of Shayu, which she was supposed to feed to Kim Hyun-woo, to Elena.

And Elena, who had drunk the Water of Shayu, immediately attacked Adria.

…Actually, if she had just attacked her, she could have handled it somehow.

In fact, even if Adria didn’t have any strength, Lien, who was connected to her mind, could have easily pulled her away.

But unfortunately, the moment Lien tried to pull Elena away, she fed the Water of Shayu that was lying on the ground to Adria.

That was the end of it.

The contract with Lien was a magic that would be broken as soon as her mind became unstable, so from the moment she drank the water, Lien could no longer interfere with her, and in the end, things went wrong.

‘…Ughhh-‘

Adria glanced at Elena, who had her eyes tightly shut and was pretending not to know anything.

She was sleeping very soundly, with a very peaceful expression on her face.

‘Why the hell did you feed me the water…!’

A sense of resentment began to creep up inside Adria, but she let out a deep sigh.

Funnily enough, Adria, who had been force-fed the water, was also in the position of having fed her the water.

That’s why.

“…”

“…”

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Until Elena woke up, Kim Hyun-woo and Adria had no choice but to look at each other with awkward expressions.

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Not long after, upon hearing the circumstances from Adria, Kim Hyun-woo wore a troubled expression.

“…So that’s what happened.”

“I’m sorry.”

“…”

Kim Hyun-woo genuinely pondered how to respond.

In such a situation, it would have been right to be angry.

However, knowing the kind of person Lien, who was close to Adria, was, it wasn’t easy for him to get angry at her.

Besides, it had ended up being a one-night affair, even if it was an accident.

“Hmm…”

Thus, while Kim Hyun-woo was contemplating whether to consider this incident an accident, he realized that saying so might sound even more trashy and closed his mouth.

At that moment, Elena, who had been blushing without uttering a word other than a gasp since waking up, as if she had made up her mind, spoke up.

“I, I didn’t think it was bad with three…”

“…”

“…”

“What are you saying, Lena…?” murmured Kim Hyun-woo automatically, to which Elena replied, looking at him with a blank expression.

“…Two might have been better, though.”

“…”

“…”

Then, silence followed.

Even after waiting about 30 seconds, as Elena’s lips remained sealed, Kim Hyun-woo eventually wondered what she wanted to say and was about to organize his thoughts when he spoke.

“First of all… what happened yesterday was technically an accident…”

“It wasn’t an accident for me.”

“…I see.”

“Yes.”

Kim Hyun-woo thought there was no need for her to assert that now, and said,

“…Then technically, since it was an accident for Ms. Adria… what do you want to do?”

“That is…”

Quickly grasping Kim Hyun-woo’s words, Adria wore a very complicated expression as if in deep thought, then said,

“…May I take some time to think about it?”

“Of course.”

Kim Hyun-woo gave Adria the time to express her complex feelings and then turned to look at Elena.

And.

“I like you.”

“…What?”

“I like you.”

Elena spoke as if she had become a different person from the one who had been shy just moments before, leaving Kim Hyun-woo momentarily stunned.

“…I may be embarrassed, but if I don’t say it so bluntly, the lord will never know.”

Before he could voice the thought that he had some idea, Elena continued to speak.

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“Weren’t you feeling well yesterday?”

“…Huh? Yesterday?”

“Yes.”

“…Well, I was.”

“If you choose me, you can feel even better every night. I’ve been working hard, even though I may not look like it-”

Kim Hyunwoo asked with a bewildered expression, wondering for a moment what she was working so hard for.

“Choose? What?”

“A proposal ring.”

Elena bluntly got to the main point as if she knew that being embarrassed in this situation would be meaningless.

Kim Hyunwoo, who had been looking at her with a blank expression,

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“…Now that you mention it.”

He recalled the existence of the ring that he had put in a drawer and completely forgotten about.

“The deadline for that is approaching, so I should probably use it…”

Kim Hyunwoo thought about it and

“…Hm?”

He could roughly figure out how the situation was unfolding.

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A little later.

“I’m sorry.”

Adriana, who had left Kim Hyunwoo’s office with Elena, let out a deep sigh and bowed her head.

She would soon be troubled by Rien’s screams, but that was her problem. It didn’t make what she had done to Elena go away.

“It’s okay. No, I’m actually a little more grateful.”

Elena replied to Adriana’s words.

“Yes…?”

Adriana asked with a bewildered expression, and Elena answered her.

“Actually, I had made up my mind to go, but I didn’t know how to talk to the Lord. Of course, it doesn’t seem so good to have ended up like this, but at least I was able to convey my feelings.”

“I see.”

“And it was good to be just the two of us.”

“…Yes, yes??”

“I was a little worried because it was my first time, but I think it was pretty satisfying because we were alone together.”

“Ah, that’s what you mean.”

“Of course, it would have been good to be alone together as well.”

“W-what?”

Adriana asked with a bewildered expression.

But Elena didn’t answer her.

Instead.

“Then I’ll be going.”

She bowed her head slightly to Adriana with a relieved smile, and then began to move to do what she had to do today.

Adriana, who had been watching Elena in front of Kim Hyunwoo’s office for a while, didn’t notice.

That her own cheeks were slightly flushed.

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After that day.

Elena and Adria returned to their daily routine as if nothing had happened.

They didn’t tell anyone about what had happened that night.

However, unfortunately, the story about the proposal ring that Kim Hyun-woo and Elena had shared that morning had already begun to spread through the servants.

Thanks to this, the heroes of Lartania began to pay close attention to Kim Hyun-woo’s every move.

And among the heroes who were paying attention, there were two types.

Those who had already done business with Kim Hyun-woo and those who had not.

Those who had done business with him were just as sensitive, but they felt much more relaxed than those who had not.

Those who had not done business with him were currently very impatient.

And among them.

‘In order not to be eliminated…now is the only way…!’

The Hero King began to devise a plan with an anxious expression.