Eat The World Tree

Chapter 212: When Tilting The Glass (1)

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.

the situation that sansuyu and cheondo were in. and their private matters.

“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.

“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.