60.2. The Witch’s Dwelling is Floating on a Puddle (4)
“You, you shitty, scummy, jerk…!”
“But, isn’t that an undeniable truth?”
Roze is a witch. A witch doesn’t lie.
Her body trembles—
“…You shitty, scummy, forest slug, jerk…!”
Even after Roze has gnashed her teeth, Harij stays unfazed.
He leans his body on the seat, before sitting upright as if he has recalled something.
“…I see.”
“?”
“Roze. After all is said and done, you’re shy because you’re not used to seeing my face, aren’t you?”
“Ha?”
I—I’m not shy at all! Who’s embarrassed—!?
However, Roze can’t exactly speak that out loud.
If she were used to seeing such a beautiful face from birth, she would have been rendered senseless.
His beauty isn’t just something you get accustomed to once you’re familiar with him—!
Nevertheless, Harij is blind to such a fact.
Harij is also blind towards the fact of how Roze has to chew the inside of her mouth every time he smiles at her.
“—then, you can stare at my face up close all the time. I’m fine with that. Yes, we shall do that—we shall do that now, after all, there’s still time until we reach the mansion.”
“—Heh?”
“—come at me.”
Harij hits his own knee, to the utter amazement of Roze.
She can’t comprehend that man’s nerve, no matter how hard she tries.
…she feels that withholding all her curse words would poorly impact her health. In fact, she feels as if her mouth is stuffed with them.
“That’s absolutely impossible.”
“Why is that so? Even children do that. How about we do that game, instead? That game where we have to put up staring at each other’s face until one of us burst out laughing.”
“I have never heard of such a game, it sounds otherworldly to me—and on top of it, to do it with you, Harij-san? That’s absolutely impossible.”
“Ro—“
“—absolutely, impossible.”
“—don’t repeat that so many times…”
Because he’s repeatedly rejected by Roze, he sinks again on the seat.
“…I often play that with my niece.”
“Your niece?”
“Yes, she lives in the Azm’s territory. Haizlan is a nature-rich place, rather than a lady, she’s a little explorer.”
“She sounds reliable…”
“Indeed. Well, I haven’t meet her in five years, though…”
…five years, Roze begins to ponder.
Five years ago, her grandmother died. Roze at that time was not only desperate, but also lifeless.
That was how she fell in love.
Looking at the man in front of her, who she has been in love with for many years, she realizes he’s gaping.
“—five years ago, never would I’ve thought that my love would come true.”
“…so you fell in love with someone back then, huh?”
Oops. Wrong topic.
Towards Harij’s question, Roze can’t even close her mouth. She turns red.
“Please, forget about what I just said. I want you to forget about it.”
Please—she even clasps her hands together, as if in prayer. But Harij lowers his face.
“…and here I thought that was all in your past—“
“…Huh?”
“—someday, if you get to meet with that man you love, just… about how it goes—about everything—just don’t bother telling me about it.”
Harij says, his expression terrible. It’s as if a day’s worth of exhaustion has come raining down on him all at once.
“…”
Roze notices that Harij has misunderstood and shuts her mouth.
Seeing Roze being mute, Harij frowns.
Looking at her expression, Harij unnecessarily becomes intuitive.
“…could it be, it’s someone I know?”
“…well…”
“…”
“…”
The carriage is wrapped in a heavy silence.
Roze insists on staying silent—
—after all, he did say to not even bother telling him about how it goes…
***T/N:
“—then, you can stare at my face up close all the time. I’m fine with that. Yes, we shall do that—we shall do that now, after all, there’s still time until we reach the mansion.”
“—come at me.”
No don’t kill Roze– NO, DON’T KILL US ALL, LORD HAVE MERCY!!!
“—come at me.”
Harij hits his own knee, to the utter amazement of Roze.
Ahaha… OMG. Harij is really a one of a kind guy.
“—five years ago, never would I’ve thought that my love would come true.”
He completely missed her point… LOLOLOL She legit just confessed that her love aka him came to her and yet he’s all like. “Dont tell about your love” in other words “dont tell me you love me ever”
BRUHHHHH
Many thanks
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MY HEART!!!!!!! AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!
“Why is that so? Even children do that. How about we do that game, instead? That game where we have to put up staring at each other’s face until one of us burst out laughing.”
HARIJ DAMN IT! DID YOU FORGET YOUR SHAME AFTER GETTING ENGAGED WITH ROZE???? YEAH I KNOW KIDS CAN SIT ON YOUR LAP AND THAT IS FUN BUT ROZE AIN’T A KID BRO!!!!!
AND ROZE WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO DAMN OBEDIENT IN TIMES WHEN YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO???!!!!
But what’s done is done, so go on don’t tell Harij that the person you fell in love with 5 years ago was him for a bit longer, so we can get an extremely bewildered reaction from Harij.
Okay, the ending of this chapter is infuriating. Rose is creating a misunderstanding, knows she’s making the misunderstanding worse, and purposefully chooses to continue the misunderstanding. Now we’re going to get pointless drama that shouldn’t have happened at all.
😉
Well how bad can a drama be? It usually trigger more fluffs so I am in.
LOL I dont think its pointless. Rather.. This ia rose showing the upper hand!! With all of harji’s teasing and the power of his face, rose needs to keep some of hEr cards hidden to KO him for all her lost battles!! LOL