Eat The World Tree

Chapter 212: When Tilting The Glass (1)

After exchanging contact information with Champi.

[I’ll contact you again if something happens.]

“Yes, I hope nothing happens.”

I contacted Seong Jiho to finish the conversation that I couldn’t complete because of Champi.

My task was to escort Sansuyu in the Forester Selection Competition.

That was the reason nominally, but Seong Jiho seemed to want me to be there as her friend.

-Click.

The phone hung up, and I put it back into my back pocket.

I learned a lot.

“Haa.”

As I learned things one by one that I didn’t know, I sighed first when I realized they were darker than I had thought.

In front of the house.

I opened the door with a stern face.

-Squeak.

“Ppi?”

Through the door gap, I met eyes with Shiba, who was wearing a yellow apron.

Our daughter had been waiting for her dad.

“Dad!”

“Oh, Mr. Shiba’s Father!”

Shiba clung to my knee.

I picked up Shiba and looked at Shin Hyeyoung, who was stirring something with a whisk in the kitchen.

“What are you doing?”

“Oh, hehe. We were making cookies.”

Hyeyoung showed me the butter in the bowl with the bright face characteristic of a kindergarten teacher.

I noticed some flour on Shiba’s cheeks as well.

“Cookies!”

Shiba confidently shouted while raising the whisk.

Our Shiba. You’ve learned to have fun even without dad.

I felt a mix of relief and bitterness.

“Should I help you?”

“Can I? Making cookies with your daughter will be a good memory. Ah! I’ll take a picture for you.”

Hyeyoung smiled as she grabbed the camera placed in the corner of the dining table.

Shiba had already returned to her spot and was mixing butter and egg yolks.

I sat next to Shiba and grabbed the whisk together.

“Shall we mix it together?”

“Ppi!”

Gently, following Shiba’s strength.

As the whisk moved, Shiba happily hummed a tune.

“Ppi~♪ Ppi~♬”

Maybe it’s fun because it’s a rare experience.

In fact, Shiba was still not even a year old.

Everything she grabbed was new and exciting.

Seeing Shiba’s happy face, I couldn’t help but smile too.

I should do things like this together with her as much as I could before I got very busy soon.

“Oh, were you already doing it?”

Jin Dallae, who just came out of the room, laughed as she saw Shiba and me.

Her hands were full of chocolate.

Me, Jin Dallae, Shiba, and Shiba’s nanny Hyeyoung, four of us.

“Oh, Shiba! You can’t eat that.”

“Choco?”

“Yes, choco. It’s for the cookies. Choco cookies.”

Being together felt a bit soothing.

Seeing Jin Dallae taking the chocolate from Shiba, who tried hard not to let go, Hyeyoung and I laughed.

“Haa… haa.”

Her breath mixed with overlapping skin and lust.

It had been several weeks since Jin Dallae and I started having relations every night.

Since I kept thrusting nonstop, there was no way her feelings for me would lessen.

Maybe it’s just my feeling, but her hips seemed to spread wider, and her body became more seductive.

Not long ago, she was an innocent maiden, but now she feels like a pink prostitute.

Jin Dallae whispered in my ear as she embraced me.

“……You’re leaving soon, right?”

“Yes.”

“I wish I could go with you.”

The Forester Selection Competition.

I received the basic information and schedule this morning.

As I had been negligent in training, I had to endure the trainer’s sighs and resigned looks, but they acknowledged my skills and encouraged me without complaint.

-Don’t cause any accidents and come back.

-Yes, sir.

-And please attend training sessions.

-I will.

-…Haa. Alright, go.

I was leaving on a flight tomorrow.

The media and newspapers are full of news about the upcoming Forester Selection Competition.

Even in communities, regardless of the topic, the Forester Selection Competition will be mentioned.

My name might become widely known from that point.

Jin Dallae seemed regretful that she couldn’t be with me.

I comforted her with a kiss.

“It’s okay. You have a lot to do too. If you tried to handle everything and the Forester Selection Competition, your body wouldn’t last.”

“You turned me into a pervert who can’t stop thinking about you unless I’m stuffed with your dick?”

“Pervert… hey.”

“You always thrust even when sleeping… and when showering.”

“You said you’d visit sometimes.”

“That’s not enough.”

Jin Dallae pouted and glared at me.

“You’re going to fool around with other women while you’re there.”

“Do I look like that kind of guy?”

-Nod, nod, nod, nod.

I had no words for that.

I silenced Jin Dallae by sticking my tongue into her mouth.

“…Still, I love you.”

We exchanged a final kiss and changed our clothes.

As I put on my shirt and turned my back, Jin Dallae brushed her hair and asked me.

“Do you think braids would look nice…? Like the professor.”

Jin Dallae gathered her light pink hair to the back, exposing her nape.

A strand of hair she hadn’t managed to pull up touched the downy hair on her neck.

Her skin was always so baby-like and white.

“What hairstyle do you like?”

“I think it’s fine as it is.”

“Not that… What about long hair? I’m thinking of growing it out.”

Mid-length pink hair.

It was tidy and best suited her usual character.

What would she look like with long hair?

Jin Dallae’s large pupils stared at me.

I imagined Jin Dallae with long hair, wearing bright yellow clothes in spring, smiling.

“It would look good. You have a good base, so anything would suit you.”

“Really? You’re not just saying that?”

“Yes.”

“Haha.”

Jin Dallae happily laughed and hugged me.

These days, whenever we’re alone, she clinged to me right away.

-Hug, hug.

She subtly pressed her crotch against me, trying to arouse me.

She had become quite the player.

“If anything happens, be sure to contact me.”

“Got it.”

“…Don’t feel intimidated just because of your status. Even if other nobles look down on you, you know well that it’s not because you’re lacking, right? It’s okay to shout that you’re my husband everywhere. Okay?”

“It’s alright. Don’t worry.”

“Won’t you worry if I go far away?”

What a predicament.

“Well, I will worry, but…”

“Then just take it quietly. And let me know if you need more money.”

She worried a lot.

Well, I guessed Lee Seyeong felt the same way looking at me.

We spent time in the kitchen, chatting about trivial things.

“Drink this.”

Jin Dallae handed me a cup of tea. Floating petals and a strong honey aroma filled the air as I brought the cup to my lips.

“…This.”

“Just drink it without any fuss.”

Her smiling eyes were intimidating.

I silently sipped the honey tea.

The scent of the petals was overwhelmed by the strong honey smell.

I drank it often, but having it like this felt different.

“How does it taste?”

“It’s good.”

“I put a lot in.”

“Yes, I see.”

-Slurping.

It was still a delicious cup of tea.

“…Shiba will have to be apart from her dad for a while too.”

While we were talking at the table, Jin Dallae looked at Shiba’s room with a sorrowful expression.

“That’s why she has her mom.”

“…Hehe.”

Jin Dallae smiled brightly at my words. She seemed really proud to be called Shiba’s mom.

‘Well, her real mom is someone else.’

【 ‘World Tree of Purity’ pouts. 】

I also thought Jin Dallae was more of a mom to Shiba than the real one.

Wasn’t it normal for the parent who raised the child to be more of a parent than the biological one?

No matter how thick the blood was, a person who left their child to others had no right to be called a mother.

【 (Disapproving) ‘World Tree of Purity’ earnestly argues with you. 】

You should have shown up from the start if you wanted my favor.

How could someone like that have a favorability of 100?

When her Dad was kidnapped and Shiba was left alone, Jin Dallae was the first to rush to her side.

“…What are you thinking about?”

“Huh? Thinking about how much I like you.”

“W-Why are you saying that out of nowhere?”

Her lips curved upwards.

“Go on in. I have to go to work soon.”

“…I don’t know what kind of work, but do you have to finish it by tonight?”

Yes.

The elimination of Flower would never stop.

At least until the safety of my surroundings was guaranteed. I couldn’t ignore even the smallest possibility of a threat to me.

“Take care. Don’t get hurt.”

I dressed appropriately and stepped out the door.

The sky over the academy at night was as bright as that of a big city.

Taking a step, I landed on the ground from the second-floor complex and pulled out my phone.

I hope there was a harvest today.

Recently, Flower’s activities had suddenly decreased, making it even harder for me to find them.

‘They must be preparing for something.’

The Forester Selection Competition.

They were probably preparing something big to unleash on that grand stage.

Everyone was waiting for the same event, sharpening their knives.

Though I’d keep looking just in case.

‘It’s not easy to catch them.’

I killed their lackeys, but I knew nothing about their leaders.

I met a sub-leader, but she wasn’t specialized in combat. It seemed she dealt with drugs.

Sighing, I read through the unread messages on my phone.

-Katalk!

An alert sound rang out.

Who could it be at this hour?

Did Jin Dallae contact me?

I quickly checked the message.

-Me: When will we drink? - 1 week ago.

-Sansuyu: Now.

A reply to a message sent long ago.

I was so surprised I almost dropped my phone.

I never expected Sansuyu to message me at this hour.

-Me: Now?

I sent a reply, but no answer came for a while.

After about 10 minutes, Sansuyu replied again.

-Sansuyu: Now.

-Sansuyu: Is that okay?

‘…Well.’

Just before starting work.

Scratching my neck and checking the time, I licked my lips and called her.

-Ring, ring.

The phone rang for a long time. Eventually, Sansuyu’s voice came through.

[…Hello.]

What kind of rough experience did she go through for such a bright girl to sound so lifeless?

I decided to scrap my plans for today.

Stopping my hand that was about to put on a mask, I spoke to her.

“Where are you right now?”

Sansuyu stared at her pillow with a reddened face, as if she had caught a cold.

-Drip.

Sweat trickled down. Her breathing was irregular and labored.

Her cold head felt like it wasn’t hers.

‘…Dizzy.’

Sansuyu could only feel pain.

A loneliness digging into her waist. She had never felt such a thing.

There was no one by her side except for her secretary and guards. No one to be with in her personal space.

Even when she managed to open up to her cousin, they all disappeared somewhere.

‘…Why.’

Sansuyu felt confused as she looked at her phone.

(Lee Shiheon)

Call – 2:35.

[Where are you now]

Why did he suddenly call her?

Her confusion deepened.

With a blank face, Sansuyu emotionlessly said.

“…At home.”

[At home? …Phew. Permission?]

“No one knows.”

[Can you sneak out?]

Sansuyu looked around.

After concluding that it was impossible in her current state, she continued.

“It’s hard.”

[…Okay.]

Lee Shiheon lost his words.

Was it really too much?

As Sansuyu thought that.

[Stay still. I’ll come to you.]

For some reason, it was a satisfying answer.