I don’t know why I took it for granted, but the very next day Minerva came to see me again.
It was because when I went back yesterday and reflected on what I had taught, I suddenly began to suspect that I had deceived myself.
Even though she said that she was suspicious of me, her mood was so calm that I just nodded my head.
“Then how can I dispel your doubts?”
[Simple. Convince the real woman in a different way than yesterday and with a different explanation.]
Minerva said so, and fell down in her own comfortable position.
I sat roughly on the boulder and looked at her.
It was the same composition as yesterday.
“Hmm.”
After contemplating for a moment, I told him to wait a moment and then walked towards the hut.
Then he picked up a handful of firewood piled up on one side of the wall and began to arrange them one after another in front of Minerva.
“Where do you not understand?”
[…] … .]
Minerva was silent for a moment, then spoke in a solemn and dignified voice.
[Originally, everything has to start over from the beginning. Even more so if you’re going back the other way… Yesterday’s real woman should be erased from your memory.]
“… okay.”
As he nodded his head slowly, the shadow twitched slightly.
[I just don’t know everything, so I can’t quite understand why they put so much weight on the words to teach them again from the beginning.]
Minerva said so mutteringly.
By the way, I thought to myself that what I had just said was like spitting in my face, and I lifted my head and looked at Minerva.
“Then let’s do this.”
Because the best way is to see it with your own eyes and move it with your hands.
Having said that, I moved the firewood and set it aside for her to understand.
“Come on, here. 7 per week. 15 full moons… But in the case of two weeks, there are two 7s… 14 like this. Now, there is only one difference from the full moon.”
[Hmm.]
Minerva nodded slowly.
Fortunately, it seemed a little easier to understand than yesterday.
[Wait a minute.]
Saying so, she carefully put out her front paw.
At her words, I gently backed away and she began to tap the firewood I had laid out. It seemed that she was trying to study while changing the location of the firewood.
The problem was that the wood was too soft to withstand her power.
As soon as her claws touched the wood, it shattered into pieces with a crackling sound. Thanks to this, Minerva was startled and startled, and then put down her limp forefoot.
[…] … .]
“uh… Can you wait a minute?”
It seems that she is very indifferent, so I got up to change the topic.
Minerva rolled her eyes towards me again, wondering what I was trying to say.
“I had to prepare dinner now.”
My condition is now almost back to normal.
Sooyoung said that she would take over the chores until I fully recover, but she couldn’t rely on her favor as she had already handed over everything to her for a full month or so.
[dinner?]
“uh. It’s my turn today. Because it’s the best, Minerva, won’t you eat some too? I don’t run out of food because I have the things you brought me yesterday.”
At my suggestion, she snorted as if it wasn’t even funny.
[It’s ridiculous.]
Minerva said so and looked at me sternly.
It was as if he was trying to catch me.
[You and Milited eat together, look at Sbangali and Margot funny, and call Venus to have a fight with the real woman, but I barely noticed it… Quite the seven evil bells. You’re looking down on us.]
Her tail was lifted once in the air and then slashed and sharply struck the air.
There was a sound as if something was exploding with a shock wave.
[How much more does this Minerva look ridiculous in your eyes? You’re like a real woman… I wonder if he’s looking at him like a wyvern or lindbroom, tamed by humans like livestock.]
What else am I doing that I don’t like this time?
Thinking like that, Minerva whispered quietly in the shadows.
[Don’t take what you just said too much, sweetheart.]
Minerva muttered in a very calm voice.
He even sneered at his past self as if it was plastic.
[I’m just doing this because I’m shy.]
‘What?’
When asked in disbelief, Minerva quietly began to explain as if nothing special.
[It’s a simple story, sweetheart. It was probably the first time for a real woman at the time to talk about someone serving a meal, so it must have been something like that in a panic. There… .]
Minerva, who had been talking up to that point, groaned and coughed in vain.
[First of all, please tell the old woman in moderation. It’s not a very important story, so I’ll let my mother explain it in detail later… If I say it properly, I’ll pretend I can’t win and wait quietly.]
“Ugh.”
I looked up at Minerva with a worried expression on her words.
Clearly, her eyes were closer to bright crimson than crimson.
I looked at her and smiled slightly.
“Where I used to live, if you do anything, you just talk about rice every day.”
[what?]
“When we meet after a long time, we say hello if we have eaten, and when we break up, we say that we should eat together later. Even when you are sick, no matter how sick you are, they tell you to eat well, and even when you are grateful, you say that you will buy a meal later. Even when you scold children, you scold them by saying you don’t have any more food… When you flirt with the opposite s*x, you might even ask if you want to have dinner with him.”
[…] therefore.]
Minerva asked quietly.
[What do you want to do with your wife?]
“What is it, how come, let’s have a meal together.”
[…] … .]
Then Minerva stopped talking and looked at me.
For some reason, even Minerva and Svengali in the shadows didn’t say anything.
“What do you think? Let’s have dinner together.”
After a while, she quietly opened her mouth.
[…] In the first place, the original woman does not need food intake.]
“yes?”
[The same goes for the other seven evil sects besides the original woman. We do not need an act such as a meal.]
I don’t know why, but it sounded like she was muttering as if making excuses.
I looked at her like that and asked.
“Can’t you still taste it?”
[That’s right.]
Minerva nodded obediently.
“Then I’ll be back soon. wait here for a bit Is there anything you can’t eat or not?”
[Uh-huh. She eats anything well… .]
Minerva murmured and looked around, then began to carefully curl herself in a circle.
When I glanced at it, it was as if I was looking at a dog or a cat. As I was going back to the hut, I heard Svengali’s shriek as if it were terrifying.
[Crazy… crazy guy… .]
And as I was thinking about why this guy is such a jerk, I felt the shadows move as if they were melting.
[Oh… .]
Minerva groaned.
[Hey, didn’t I just tell you to speak in moderation? Where do you see that being appropriate? .]
She mumbled in a very low voice.
[…] Because I didn’t mean it to my wife.]
* * *
“Wow, did Jihyeok know you could make something like this?”
Han Soo-young, who returned from doing chores in the village, looked at the table in admiration.
Growing up under Nam Hyeon-hwa, she knew how to cook to a certain extent, but to the end, she literally only knew how to cook to a certain extent.
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On the other hand, Yoo Ji-hyeok was quite knowledgeable about cooking, as he had taken care of himself and his sister’s meals since he was young. Han Soo-young looked at the table with twinkling eyes and muttered.
“Jihyuk knew that you were good at cooking, but I didn’t know that he could even know such a thing… .”
Han Soo-young muttered admiringly as she looked at the neatly processed corpse of the beast lying on one side.
She had no way of knowing how much he had been taught and ridiculed by Svengali in order to dismantle them.
“Ah, huh.”
Han Soo-young, who was naturally going to say hello to Minerva, quickly noticed her mistake and politely bowed her head.
“hello. My name is Sooyoung Han. It is an honor to meet you like this.”
[When did the original woman ask about the name of the four-year-old?]
Minerva responded sharply to her greeting.
In response to that reaction, Han Soo-young said to the end, ‘Like Ner said, at this time, I really look like a teenage child… .’ I just thought.
“Oh, right. Ji-hyuk. Would you like to drink this? I got it as a gift from the village.”
With those words, Han Soo-young took out a glass bottle.
There was a yellowish liquid inside the bottle, and Yoo Ji-hyuk, who smelled it, looked at her with surprised eyes.
“Is this alcohol?”
“Yeah, a deal in applesauce.”
Han Soo-young nodded naturally and looked at Yoo Ji-hyuk as if what was the problem.
Then, the sharp glance in his sharp gaze returned to her, and she muttered as if making an excuse.
“How are you? We’re treated like adults here. If we go to the village right now, even children younger than us will drink and go.”
“… Sooyoung, fruit wine is more poisonous than I thought. And not sweet or anything like that.”
“Oh, what?”
Han Soo-young grumbled as if he was dissatisfied with the way he kept treating him as a child.
“Have I ever drank too much? Don’t worry. And if you don’t drink at a time like this, when do you drink?”
After shooting like that, she immediately opened the stopper and filled two glasses with cider.
Then he looked up at Minerva and asked.
“Can I give you that too?”
[…] I don’t need it.]
“Um, it still smells good.”
Saying that, Han Soo-young raised the glass and half-forced the other to Yoo Ji-hyuk.
Then he said softly and smiled.
“Come on, salty~”
“Hey, Sooyoung… .”
At the appearance of Yoo Ji-hyuk, Han Soo-young made a stern expression and made a bitter sound as if she were scolding a child.
“Come on, don’t keep ruining the mood! Come on, salt!”
“… Yes, salty.”
As Yoo Ji-hyeok took the glass as if he had no choice, Han Soo-young stumbled and slammed the glass.
“Hehe, get wet!”
She exclaimed with joy as if already drunk, and then drank while squeaking.
Where did Yoo Ji-hyeok pick up something like that from Han Soo-young like that? I thought and tilted my glass a little.
‘I don’t think the elders or Hyeonu will leave me alone… .’
The drink was sweeter, crude, and harsher than expected.
Although he was surprised by the stronger power than he expected, he looked at Minerva while slightly admiring Han Soo-young, who did not frown a single expression.
“I’ve tried this and that, right? What do you want to eat first?”
[…] It doesn’t matter.]
“Then, um… .”
Yoo Ji-hyuk picked up a suitable food and put it on the plate.
Then he approached Minerva and looked up at her.
Minerva hesitated for a moment, then opened her mouth slightly.
“Then put it in. Tell me if it’s hot.”
[…] Have you already forgotten that the real woman spews flames and breath from her mouth?]
At Minerva’s seemingly absurd reaction, for a moment, Yoo Ji-hyuk nodded as if he had forgotten.
Then he carefully placed the food in her mouth and looked at her as if waiting for an evaluation.
“How about it, is it worth eating?”
Minerva did not answer.
He just quietly opened his mouth once more.
Seeing that, Yoo Ji-hyuk frowned and smiled, and started giving her some food.
So they each ate, drank, and started talking.
Even if they were talking, Yoo Ji-hyuk and Han Soo-young were talking to each other, Minerva quietly eating food, and Laune quietly slurping in the corner of the table, sucking the pasta noodles.
It was around that time some time had passed.
[By the way.]
Minerva, who had been taking the food without saying a word for a while, suddenly opened her mouth.
[Are you two married?]
“Wow!”
At the sudden question of Minerva, Yoo Ji-hyeok coughed out harshly.
Then he lowered his head and sneezed like crazy, then looked at Minerva with a startled look.
“No, what kind of nonsense is that all of a sudden?”
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On the contrary, Minerva asked, slightly widening her eyes as if in surprise.
[…] What, isn’t it? yeah… Two older men and women live under the same roof, so I thought it was natural.]
“no… .”
Yoo Ji-hyuk was bewildered, and he glanced at Han Soo-young’s eyes.
Fortunately, she hadn’t heard anything, and she had been pouring a glass of wine that she didn’t know how old.
Whoops, he took a deep breath and answered in a calm voice.
“My relationship with Sooyoung is not like that. Just friends and colleagues. I am doing this now for unavoidable circumstances.”
“… … !”
For some reason, Laune nodded her head and strongly agreed with his opinion.
Minerva looked at Yoo Ji-hyuk without saying a word.
[…] Is it like that? It must have been a misunderstanding.]
After a while she muttered and nodded her head.
[I lied. make me apologize… .]
“A couple?”
Han Soo-young blinked her eyes and muttered like that.
Yoo Ji-hyuk was able to look at her, who had not changed at all from usual, and was so calm.
And only then did he realize that something was strange.
“Are you and Jihyuk a couple? … Since when?”
Her expression and complexion were the same as usual.
However, her two eyes were out of focus.
“A couple, a couple… Yes, what is the secret to a good couple?”
“… Swimming?”
“The correct answer is, doo-to-do-do-to-do… It was just fine!”
Han Soo-young chuckled and burst into laughter.
“Heh heh, nothing… … It’s not a big deal because we don’t separate, I don’t do anything because I like Geumseul… I don’t… .”
“Hey, hey. swimming.”
When Yoo Ji-hyuk got up from his seat, Han Soo-young shook her head and muttered.
“Then what happens when a couple goes hiking together?”
“Sooyoung, you are drunk.”
“I didn’t get drunk! Rather, the correct answer is It was just right! 👌👌👌👌👌”
She grinned again and let out a wry laugh.
Then, startled by the sight of the glass being filled with alcohol again, he approached her.
“Stop drinking, you are drunk now. swimming. Let’s go in and get some rest. yes?”
“Then Jihyuk-ah, do you know what it is when you and I get on the ball together?”
“No, I don’t know. I don’t know. Rather than go in… .”
“… Why do not you know?”
Suddenly, Han Soo-young asked in a crying voice.
For a moment, Yoo Ji-hyeok looked at her with a bewildered look.
She was really crying.
“Why do not you know?”
“Uh, no. hey. swimming.”
“I, I… Jihyuk said you like things like this, so I studied hard and memorized since then, but Jihyeok, why don’t you know? huh? It’s baek, why don’t you know baek? huh? Why?”
Soon she began to whimper with a sniff.
“Why do not you know… ? Jihyeok, you really like weird things like this… I really don’t understand, but yes, I liked you, so I studied hard… why? Why do not you know… ? why… ?”
Yoo Ji-hyeok was embarrassed by the sight of Han Soo-young muttering alternately, shuffling, shuffling, shuffling, shuddering, but holding her for once.
“Sooyoung, let’s go in.”
“Hey… Sir… I want more… .”
Han Soo-young whimpered like a child and wriggled in his arms.
“I, Jihyuk, you… kill… no… world… Not a bar… .”
She murmured quietly as she shuddered.
It was so sad that even Yoo Ji-hyuk was startled for a moment.
“Why, this… For me, something like that… Riemann, … Do not be ridiculous… Way… in the book… Only me can do it… However… .”
“I can’t quite understand what you’re saying.”
Yoo Ji-hyuk looked at Han Soo-young, who was muttering with a crushed pronunciation, with a bitter smile.
I was thinking about how many things I have stored in it during this time.
[…] … .]
Minerva looked at him without saying a word.
“Sorry, I’ll leave him lying down.”
[…] Uhm.]
Minerva nodded slowly as she watched Han Soo-young start humming a song. Yoo Ji-hyuk embraced her in his arms and walked towards the hut.
[…] … .]
Minerva stared at Yoo Ji-hyeok again.
As soon as he opened the door of the hut and entered, the surroundings became quiet as if it had been noisy. She looked around for a moment and muttered in a low voice.
[…] Since she’s a girl who exudes Milited’s aura, I thought she might be his subordinate, but it seems it wasn’t.]
To put it that way, Yoo Ji-hyuk and the man’s body had a similar scent.
No, it wasn’t just that.
Something is wrong with me… Cozy yet nostalgic, such a sweet smell… .
[Well.]
For a moment, Minerva shook her head, astonished by her thoughts.
Then, as he struggled to think differently, he remembered the words Han Soo-young had just uttered.
[…] After seeing that, it’s true.]
It was an utterly bizarre play of language.
She nodded quietly.
Minerva greeted Yoo Ji-hyeok, who returned after laying Han Soo-young on his seat, saying that he would come back.
And because today was also wasted due to her own circumstances, she said that she would not take it out of the promised period, and that she still had a full month left, as if tossing it around.
Tomorrow, teach me the language game that girl said.
* * *
Even after a few days had passed, the remaining appointment time was still full.
It did not change even after Minerva learned the basic arithmetic operations from Yoo Ji-hyeok and Han Soo-young, how to count the multiplication table, how to count dates, what she said is a subtle play on language, a nursery rhyme, a song, and an old story.
Their remaining appointment time was always a full moon.
It didn’t change until Minerva took on a human form, just like that.