92 – Third Rate Play – 1
Couple fight. Couple fighting. Come to think of it, my parents never really had a couple fight. I don’t know if it’s my parents’ deep consideration not to fight in front of the kids, or if my mom, who was a typical old-fashioned old man, just endured everything. Now that I think about it, maybe it’s closer to the former.
Anyway, maybe that’s why the concept of a couple fight was quite unfamiliar to me. I’ve seen it often in dramas and movies, but it’s because the reality is different from what I see through the media. There was nothing to see how a couple’s quarrel started, how it escalated, and how they reconciled with each other.
The reason why I’m talking about marital fights now is because I’m doing something my parents didn’t do. I’m not married yet, but I will eventually get married someday, so should I call it a preliminary couple fight?
It has been five days since I came to Hestia’s home. Her plans were completely thwarted by the narrow-minded and headstrong Count, and Hestia began to show her impatience. It’s her usual look that doesn’t quite match her. I was persuading her Hestia, frightened by her ridiculous plan.
“Hestia, please think about it. There’s no way your father would fall for such a third-rate play.”
“You don’t know until you try.”
There are many things in the world that you can learn without trying, Mr. Hestia. You don’t have to eat it to know whether it’s poop or soybean paste. I put my hands on my hips and sighed. Hestia asked me with her pouty face if she didn’t like me.
“So, does Mikhail have any countermeasures?”
“No. No, but that ridiculous plan is abolished. No way.”
Hestia’s ridiculous plan was like this. The fact that we went to a village to play and were attacked by unknown assailants, and I defeated them in a cool way. Of course, those thugs were recruited by us in advance. The term third-rate play is really appropriate.
No matter how you think about it, the plan is full of loopholes. Finding good corners is much faster than odd corners. How are they going to save the unknown assailants, and even if they manage to save them and carry out the plan, there is no way that this hoax will go unnoticed in the county’s territory, and even if they are tricked well, it is not certain that the count will change his mind about this. What if something goes wrong? My eyes are dizzy.
To sum it up in one word, it’s a mess. It’s hard to believe that it came from Hestia’s head. Even Seol-Ah and Cordelia would skip such an operation plan. In fact, the two of them also listened and expressed disapproval of Hestia’s words.
“Hestia, I don’t think this is a bit too much. It’s dangerous, and if you do this, you’re deceiving the uncle.”
Despite Cordelia’s comments, Hestia’s attitude was stubborn. Looking at things like this, her father and daughter are very alike, just. I decided to listen to a more detailed story first.
“Okay, so where are you going to get those gangsters and how are you going to get them?”
“I got everything in advance.”
“What?!”
Hestia answered in a normal tone. Since when? You mean you’ve been preparing for a while without saying anything to me? To be honest, it wasn’t that I didn’t feel a bit sad.
Of course, all the causes are Mikhail, and I know that fact, but that’s it, and anyway, I’m not a saint, and I couldn’t hide my regret at the thought that I was preparing for this by myself. Honestly, you could have tipped me off.
“When did you start preparing?”
“From when we talked about going home together. It wasn’t even that difficult. It ended up having the nanny arrange suitable back alley thugs.”
“Do you have anything else to hide?”
“What does that mean?”
Unbeknownst to me, the words came out a little brusquely. Hestia, who was quite nervous about my words, also reacted sharply. The more we talked, the more I felt a little creak between Hestia and me. It wasn’t something she could see or hear, but she just knew. If something gets into the clockwork, the gears will make a creaking sound and the teeth will slip out of alignment. It felt like a foreign substance had entered the clockwork between me and Hestia, which had been working fine until now.
I know I have to stop here. Things won’t get any bigger if I stop here and apologize for getting a little carried away. But my tongue didn’t always move the way I thought.
“Couldn’t you have said a word to me?”
“I didn’t think it was necessary to tell you. I had no intention of coming to this point in the first place. If only Mikhail had persuaded his father well yesterday….”
“So you’re saying this is my fault?”
“Isn’t it?”
“Guys, calm down a bit….”
We raised our voices to each other without saying a word to each other. Seol-ah and Cordelia, who woke up from their seats, tried to stop us with restless expressions, but to no avail. I finally brought out the words I had been holding back.
“What the hell is that? Why are there so many things to hide these days? I’m not an idiot, didn’t you think the three of you wouldn’t know that I had something to hide from me?”
Hestia’s expression instantly hardened at my words. It’s like I really didn’t know. I’m not an idiot, and the four of us are together, and I can immediately notice that there’s a story that only I don’t know. Hestia immediately brushed off her hardened expression, and this time she turned her back to me and raised her voice.
“So, when is Mikhail going to tell me the secret he’s been hiding? How long do you have to wait? Is it all if I just ask you to wait without saying anything?”
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My expression hardened this time. In fact, this is also one of my vices. Isn’t it a secret that I can’t tell anyone except Seol-ah, who shares the same secret as me? Neither I nor she could do this or that, staring at each other silently.
It was Hestia who turned her head first. She ran out of her room with her back turned away from me, blowing away her chills. Cordelia glanced back and forth between me and her, groaned at her, then followed her.
In an instant, only Seol-ah and I were left in the room, which became cold and quiet. I just sat down on the sofa. He let out a sigh as the ground sank. I thought that I would never have a fight with Hestia in my life, but to have such a big fight before even getting married, let alone for the rest of my life.
A feeling of embarrassment raised his head. After everything was over, my head went cold. When I think about it again, in the end, I was stabbed by the same subject that I had something to hide, and I screamed and got angry over a trivial matter. Even if you think about it, isn’t it too ugly and ugly?
I hung my head and sighed. I guess I should apologize Should I accept it? If you’re going to regret it in an instant and worry about apologizing anyway, why couldn’t you stand it there and get angry?
Seeing me like that, Seol-ah shook her head and gently sat down across from me. She asked me, still with her head down, sighing.
“Why did you do that not like you? The two of us act like we’ll be happily roasting and frying for the rest of our lives.”
“Yeah, I don’t know either. It seems like I was just taking out my anger. Besides, as I said before, it seems like you guys are hiding something from me. It’s been bothering me for the past few days.”
“I will tell you in advance, but I have no intention of telling you. Listen for yourself.”
“I know, I know.”
I waved her hand at her pointless concern. To be honest, it would be a lie to say that I have no regrets for Seol-Ah or Cordelia, but honestly, it’s kind of like to go there and hear what happened to them after fighting over this issue. Seol-ah snorted, and this time she asked what Hestia had said earlier.
“So, is that the secret that Hestia is hiding?”
“Is there more to it? Hestia isn’t an idiot, and people suddenly changed, so you’d be curious.”
“Hmm…. It’s not easy. I’m not going to tell you.”
“Of course not. Would you believe me I can never speak.”
I may be able to tell you someday in the very distant future, but honestly, I think it will be difficult for the time being. Right now, if I had a girlfriend, of course I never had one, but she suddenly insisted that she was from another world and that you were a character in a novel, she would rather introduce me to the hospital than listen. Are you having a hard time? Do.
Seol-A put her chin on her chin and pondered for a moment, then she recommended me another plan.
“Then cover it up with other lies?”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“For example, um… , When I woke up one day, they said I had amnesia.”
“Do you think that makes sense?”
I was dumbfounded and laughed. It’s not some kind of drama, sudden memory loss is what kind of memory loss.
“There is nothing that cannot be done. And it’s not exactly wrong. As Mikhail, you are no different from amnesia.”
“Well, if you ask me, it is, but….”
“It’s much better than other worlds and all, anyway.”
I began to seriously consider her proposal. The more I thought about it, the more plausible her proposal was. No matter what you say about the last drama, isn’t this world from the beginning the world of the last romance novel? What’s strange about one person who has lost their memory?
Of course, she felt guilty for cheating on her with her other lies, but I couldn’t help it because this was a real scam. He decided to rationalize it by saying that there are such things as white lies in the world.
I thanked Seol-ah and got up from her seat. I’ll go ahead and apologize that I was too excited, and if Hestia is really curious, I’ll say she lost her memory.
“Thank you. I was really depressed until just now, but I still feel like I can breathe a little bit.”
Seola caught my wrist as I was about to leave the room in such a hurry.
“Only in words?”
“Huh?”
“You know what? Is there no reason for me to intervene between you and Hestia to reconcile? Honestly, I’m still conflicted within myself. Wouldn’t it be better to just let the two fight? So, is this enough?”
Seol-ah stuck out her face toward me, who was taken aback by the sudden words. In an instant, the tip of his lips touched the furious white skin.
“Hey, you… !”
Her cheek hit my lips. The lips did not go to the cheeks and touch them, but the cheeks came and touched the lips. I quickly wiped my mouth with the back of my hand. Seol-ah smiled mischievously.
“You can’t avoid it this time, right? Originally, I was going to be patient a little longer, but I’m thinking of this much as a reward for me. I did Hestia and Cordelia, but I hated being left behind. Still, thinking of the situation in which the two fought, I hit the ball very conscientiously.”
“What are you talking about now?!”
“What can’t you do? Hurry up and apologize.”
Seol-ah left her room, humming her song, leaving me standing so dumbfounded. I was the only one left alone in her room, obsessively rubbing her lips and watching her disappear in a daze.