It’s Trouble Because Unrequited Love Is So Fun - Chapter 38
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“Really, Raphael Kairozen… I can’t help but like you.”
Even when the attic door is closed, with Raphael’s developed hearing, he can generally hear all the sounds she makes.
‘Is there no such thing as shame anymore?’
Meeting every single day, Raphael thought he had adapted to Serenthia to some degree.
Today was the same as well.
‘I was expecting her to diligently come up with a plan to hold hands.’
From now on, he was thinking of controlling the risk factors that might cause the light of death to burst out through magical tools, then trying to hold that woman’s hand.
Clearly for experimental purposes.
But she struck him from an unexpected angle once again.
If she says she can’t help but like him…
‘…the ability moves.’
Fortunately or unfortunately, he doesn’t hear hallucinations, but.
Raphael unconsciously reached his hand toward the attic door, then lowered it again.
Right around that time, the attic door opened slightly.
Serenthia poked her head out and whispered to him.
“Lord Raphael, there’s something urgent I need to tell you.”
“What is it?”
“Looking at this etiquette book, it seems we need to dance the tango once. The tango, which is called the dance of passion.”
“Tango?”
“Yes. How about I strengthen my scheme more specifically by suggesting a dance where we absolutely have to hold hands?”
Serenthia bravely extended her hand.
Raphael’s response, who had been listening to her words with a languid expression throughout, was quite sharp.
“This isn’t just a scheme, it’s a terrible scheme.”
“Gasp. You figured it out immediately…”
“Because you said it honestly.”
Of course, Serenthia wasn’t deterred by such sharp words.
Raphael stared intently at her hand, then looked into her eyes again.
Her violet eyes were shining like amethysts.
He paused for a beat and opened his mouth.
“…Well, anyone with sense would know. Try dancing alone once.”
“By myself?”
“Yes, alone.”
Serenthia tilted her head and began to dance.
“I’ll try it for now. Hmm. If I do it like this…”
Raphael stared intently at Serenthia’s bizarre dance.
No, he was looking at her fingertips.
Her hands were too small and seemed like they might disappear at any moment.
‘She wants me to hold that?’
If he fails to control himself, it might disappear immediately.
Then, Serenthia frowned.
“I feel exactly like a court jester…”
Watching Serenthia take a few steps, Raphael tightened his lips.
“Rather than a jester.”
…After saying this much, Raphael thought.
…Is that right? A jester?
Then, Serenthia’s eyes sparkled as if she would exploit this opening and said.
“Dancing alone is indeed ridiculous. If we’re not in sync when dancing, we might be embarrassed, right? Then the sky would collapse, the world would collapse…! So may we dance together?”
Raphael chuckled and said.
“There’s no octopus, so what are you going to lose?”
At his single remark, Serenthia laughed very cheerfully.
“You’re really so funny, Lord Raphael!”
Seeing Serenthia’s bright smile, Raphael’s lips stiffened.
Because her smile was pleasant to see, because his heart was fluttering?
No, that wasn’t it.
The reason he stiffened was because this wasn’t the time for jokes.
For a very brief moment, it meant Raphael’s language process had escaped his control area.
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In an hour, I die.
But didn’t I just see Raphael burst into laughter (no, he just chuckled)?
Yes, as expected!
‘I could die now without regrets…’
…Like hell I could!
I haven’t even had a wedding ceremony or lived lovingly together for a hundred years.
I haven’t held his big hands or been embraced in his broad chest, and of course I haven’t kissed…
‘Crazy fool. Get a grip!’
…Anyway, there’s so much I haven’t done! I can’t be satisfied just from seeing Raphael laugh once!
When Raphael strangely stiffened to a rigid degree, I tried hard to get my mind straight.
They say even cockroaches’ IQ rises to 200 when facing death, so my brain can rotate at light speed too.
And of course, there’s also the powerful dark scheme in my heart.
“Um, Lord Raphael.”
Right after that, I decided to calmly observe Raphael.
Time was ticking away like that.
‘This is the first time I’ve just observed him like this, staying by Raphael’s side.’
I stared intently at Raphael with my chin propped up. But Raphael gave no response.
‘Good, I know how to attack Raphael when he’s like this!’
Before regressing, Raphael really, really loved sweet foods.
After smiling quietly to myself, I brought the small chocolate that was in the attic.
“Would you like some? Chocolate! Say ah!”
…I decided to start a shabby and pitiful operation of trying to brush hands while pretending to feed him chocolate.
“You think I’ll say ah?”
Of course I know Raphael doesn’t want chocolate, but…
Raphael looked at me intently with an indifferent expression. Then, as if looking at an experimental subject, he opened his mouth.
“Ah.”
I opened my eyes wide.
Then I carefully placed a piece of chocolate into his mouth.
Raphael closed his eyes.
“…”
“How is it?”
His suppressed voice slowly flowed out.
“…Sweet.”
At that moment, I saw his fingertips slowly twist. But right then.
…Some blue light was filling Raphael’s hands.
‘The light of death.’
What people of this world call it, the power that can annihilate everything in this world.
But why is that…
‘…It seems like it’s connecting with my hand?’
…A feeling like it’s touching my hand.
‘If that’s truly the power of death, shouldn’t I be dead right now?’
Staring intently at the light that seemed to ripple at my fingertips, I carefully extended my hand toward him.
Her eyes sparkled as she lightly touched his fingertip that had risen into the air.
‘…The light disappeared. What on earth was that? Was it an optical illusion…’
At that moment, I froze.
I was being too thoughtless…
I, I touched him.
His hand…!
‘No, should I consider it just a brush?’
Either way, it counted, right?!
But right at that moment.
Raphael’s hand instantly grabbed mine.
“Your mischief is crossing the line, outsider.”
Raphael’s expression was like a messenger from hell.
His face seemed to say ‘How dare someone like you make contact with my body.’
“No, it’s just that. There was a light briefly… coming from Raphael-nim’s fingertip. I’m sorry.”
“…What? What light.”
Did Raphael not see the light that connected between us for just a brief moment?
‘Am I developing pathological lying? I really saw it!’
But looking at that face, he doesn’t seem like he’ll believe me.
Raphael looked back and forth between my hand and his own.
Soon he pulled my hand away so quickly it made a loud sound.
“If the light touched you, why aren’t you dead?”
“…Pardon?”
“Why, aren’t you dead.”
“…Good question?”
Raphael’s blue light is the power of death.
‘I saw another hallucination and…’
In the end, I became someone who lied just to hold hands.
But it doesn’t matter.
Because I touched him this way!
Then Raphael answered cynically.
“I’ll forgive you if you just honestly say it was an extension of your mischief.”
“Gasp, thank you for the pardon, sorry for lying… Wait, no.”
I, who was about to shrink back slightly, straightened my shoulders stiffly again.
No, that’s not right. I’m not sorry!
It wasn’t a lie!
Serenthia, straighten your shoulders! You didn’t do it on purpose! Be confident!
“It was a mistake but I don’t regret it! I liked it. Holding hands with Raphael-nim.”
Raphael would say he hated it. Since he’s a prickly Confucian boy…
So I’ll do my best to escape quickly.
“Then farewell! I’ll come again tomorrow!”
It was truly a touching day.
But suddenly, as I opened the door and went out, I had this thought.
What on earth was that light?
And why did I have to hold Raphael’s hand?
Was it just something like Squirrel’s whim?
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