(EP-169.2) Night #10
169 – Day and Night #10
An hour had passed since we entered the room.
I was regretting my choice. The room was clean and nice, and although it was perfectly fine, the inn as a whole was not suitable for Narmi to stay.
Creak, creak.
━Ah, eung, ahht-!
Even if I didn’t listen in, the moaning from both sides of the room obviously rang inside.
But it was unavoidable due to the nature of the inn, coupled with the building’s construction that was made from simple wood and stone, without proper soundproofing. It was also late at night.
Thanks to this, it became very awkward between me and Narmi.
With no smartphone to keep me busy, there wasn’t much to do except stare blankly at the wavy patterns on the ceiling and walls.
Sitting on the uncomfortable chair for minutes straight, my buttocks began to hurt after an hour. Shifting in my seat to find a more comfortable position and making the chair squeak, Narmi lightly tapped the bed.
“You can sit here if it’s uncomfortable there.”
“Will that be okay?”
Normally, I would have rejected the offer, but the chair was so shaky and uncomfortable that I quickly accepted the offer with pleasure.
So I moved over to the fairly wide bed next to Narmi, leaning my back against the wall. In this position, the squeaking sounds and moans from the adjacent room were even more pronounced in my ears.
Narmi could vividly hear all of it.
Thinking about it, I felt incredibly awkward.
As I pondered how to lighten the mood, the noises from behind the wall grew even louder.
━I’m dying…! You’re killing me…! This is life…! Take me to heaven…, big brother-! Ahhht-!
“Puhuhu.”
Finally, Narmi was unable to contain herself and burst into laughter.
Despite being seemingly without a clear reason, it was strangely infectious, and I found myself laughing along.
So, for a few seconds that felt like quite a long time, we laughed. When was the last time I laughed like this, just because something was funny?
Seuk.
Narmi said while wiping her tears.
“It seems like everyone else is… well, doing that.”
“It sounds that way.”
“That’s what normal people do, right?”
“Well….”
I vaguely replied. There were many people leading ordinary lives in this world.
The common folk lived their day to day regardless of the Queen, the Demon King, the Hero, or the evil forces seeking resurrection.
They would cry and laugh, meet each other, fall in love, fight and argue, and live.
I had often wanted to live such a life. There were times when I wanted to drop everything and run away, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it.
Upon reflection, I realized that Narmi and I shared many similarities. We both dreamed of a peaceful daily life, but things never seemed to go as smoothly as we hoped.
“Theo.”
Narmi suddenly called out.
“Is there anything you want to say?”
“How’s it going with Lady Lioness?”
Elga’s name suddenly came up.
For a moment, I was startled by the sudden surfacing of Elga here, but then I remembered that Narmi knew of the secret that Elga and I were dating.
She kept it a secret even to her only family and older sister, Mirna. So I decided to respond honestly to my confidant, Narmi.
“It’s kind of a mixed bag. Sometimes it seems to be going well, but other times not so much. It almost seems hard to grasp as it keeps changing over and over again.”
“Women’s hearts can be quite complex. Honestly, I also really don’t fully understand it well.”
“Is that so?”
So even a woman couldn’t fully understand a woman’s heart.
“So what about you, Theo?”
“Me?”
“Do you like Lady Lioness?”
Narmi’s question about whether I liked Elga momentarily left me speechless. I had also considered this idea seriously on several occasions. Did I like Elga? In truth, I wasn’t sure about the exact definition of “liking.”
However, I wanted Elga to be by my side and didn’t want other men buzzing around her. In this sense, I guessed I did like her.
“Yes, I believe I do.”
“What, but didn’t you say this Half-Fairy is just for me. What happened to that? Do you mean you’re going to have an affair?”
“…….”
“I figured things weren’t going well with Lady Lioness…”
Seuk.
Narmi pursed her lips. From her point of view, she probably thought that my relationship with Elga wasn’t doing well, and that was why I was showing interest in her.
Perhaps, she was thinking that I have the audacity to straddle both sides? A typical reaction to such an assumption would be something like this.
“Theo, you’re quite the complete flirt, aren’t you?”
Narmi was normal. Ordinary, like everyone.
She just didn’t know that.
“…….”
“…….”
Both Narmi and I fell into silence.
It was as if we both knew the one direction this situation would be moving forward to, but we were feigning ignorance, covering it up with a thin veil.
It could be said that we were both silently waiting, watching each other’s reactions, to see who would be the first to remove it.
To be honest, I wasn’t stupid either. I knew where Narmi’s state of mind was when she entered this room.
There was no way a woman would go have drinks with a man she was not interested in and then go as far as book a room with him.
However, I needed to distinguish whether it was because Narmi liked me, or whether it was because of the peculiarity of the current situation and impulsiveness.
So I paused for a moment. Rushing into things too quickly might lead to various complications, similar to what happened with Mirna. As Mirna’s twin, Narmi, would be no different.
“Well then.”
I slowly said.
“How about Narmi-nim? What do you want to do?”
“I….”
Edited by: faker
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