The Villainess in the Romance Fantasy Is Strange - Chapter 94



94. Still Unchanging (4)

I just laughed once, but Leah blushed and ran towards me. I barely managed to calm her down and let her calm down before continuing the conversation.

The expression ‘previous life’ might be inappropriate, but since there was no other word to describe it, we agreed to call ‘the life I lived as a Korean’ my ‘previous life’, and Leah and I sat side by side on the bed.

“Ahem. … … But, sir?”

Leah was the first to open the gate.

She coughed cutely and called me while glancing at my face.

Even though I learned of his surprising past, I still feel strangely relieved to see that his title remains the same.

“That, that’s what the West said earlier. He said that he was sparring with his grandfather and got hit in the head with a wooden sword, and that’s when he realized that he was Korean. … … That’s right?”

“Yes.”

“Then, just in case, I’m asking… … .”

“Yes, by any chance?”

What are you trying to ask that makes me hesitate like this?

Leah, who had been hesitating for a while, soon asked cautiously.

“By any chance, have you experienced any strange phenomena since you were hit by the talisman? For example, seeing things that shouldn’t exist in reality. Hearing strange sounds. Having delusions that you’re not actually from this world… … .

I could tell just by looking at Leah’s worried eyes that she was asking me this question out of genuine concern and not to tease me.

But, regardless of Leah’s intentions, I secretly felt annoyed because it felt like she was asking me questions that treated me like a spoiled brat, regardless of my true feelings.

So I moved like lightning, got behind Leah, and hugged her tightly. Leah was startled by the sudden embrace and struggled, but I held her tightly so she couldn’t fight back and blew my breath into her right ear.

“… … Huh!”

“Leah, my head is perfectly fine. Do you understand?”

“Oh, I got it! I got it, that, that’s it! My right ear is really weak… … .”

[100% true.]

‘… The magic isn’t over yet?’

This was an unexpected weakness. I was delighted to learn something I didn’t know, but this time, Leah’s face turned bright red and she asked me with moist eyes for a different reason.

I must definitely use this weakness next time.

While having some bad thoughts, he slightly released her arm. Then, as he lowered his face back, Leah finally seemed relieved, wiping the tears from her eyes with the back of her hand and sighing deeply.

I waited a moment for her to calm down, then asked her playfully.

“What about Leah?”

“Huh? Me?”

“You said that when you were young, you picked up some wild berries and got sick with a high fever. You said that you had a really bad fever. Didn’t your head start to go crazy after that and you started liking guys like me?”

“… … Ugh.”

Let’s return the favor, Leah turns her head and glares at me, pouting.

Even that slightly crooked look was so cute, so I smirked and kissed her on the cheek.

“I’m joking, I’m joking.”

“… … Don’t say things like that, even as a joke. Because I truly love you.”

[100% true.]

“… … .”

Shudder.

The corners of his mouth went up to the level of a clown.

The moment I heard Leah’s mutterings filled with 100% sincerity, I couldn’t control my emotions and almost hugged her, but I held back.

I changed the subject as if nothing had happened, thinking that it was fortunate that I had Leah’s back in front of me.

“Leah, can I ask you one thing? Just listen first, and if you find it difficult to answer, you don’t have to.”

“Yeah, what is it?”

“What kind of person was Leah in her previous life?”

It might be a bit of a sensitive topic, so I left a hint and watched very carefully.

Leah seemed to hesitate for a moment at my question, then glanced at me.

“… … If the West answers my question first, I will answer too.”

[100% true.]

“Okay. What are you curious about?”

“Hey, have you ever had a girlfriend?”

Was that a sudden direct attack? I was taken aback for a moment, but pretended not to be, and accepted the words while keeping my composure.

“Didn’t you tell me that it never happened?”

“Not this life. In a past life.”

“… … I’ve never dated before because I’m busy with work.”

Glance.

Leah stares at me intently as I answer two beats slower.

“What did you do that made you so busy that you didn’t have time to meet women?”

“Well, that’s… … .”

Is it okay to say that?

After a brief hesitation, I answered honestly.

“I was a firefighter.”

“Oh, you were a firefighter… … . Joe, did you do a good job? You must have had a hard time. Thank you, sir… … .”

“Yes, thank you.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

“… … Are you done with your questions?”

“Huh? Oh, uh… … .”

I cleared my throat, cleared my voice, and asked slyly.

“Then, Leah… … .”

“… … I, I! I’ve never had a boyfriend before!”

No, I was going to ask. I would have done so even if Leah hadn’t suddenly started talking nonsense.

What is this? I was really surprised by the unexpected words that came out, but Leah quickly added a word.

“Well, you usually call it a “something”? I’ve never had anything like that. Well, I was really busy studying hard. Yeah.”

[100% true.]

“… … Oh, is that so?”

“Uh, yeah… … .

I was momentarily taken aback by the sudden confession of my past history, but I pulled myself together and agreed.

“Have you ever worked in the teaching field?”

“Huh? No, I was just a student?”

“Are you a graduate student?”

“No, that’s not it either… … .”

“Aha, you were a college student?”

I asked casually, thinking that he must have been a college student by then.

For some reason, Leah was quick to avoid my gaze as if she had committed a crime.

“… … Leah?”

What is this strange reaction?

As I waited for an answer, sensing that something was strange, Leah lowered her head and hesitated for a moment. Then, she lowered her gaze and whispered in a dead voice.

“……go.”

“go?”

“I was, I was a high school student… ….”

Did I just mishear something?

“What did you say?”

“A high school student… … .”

“… … High school student, huh?”

“Uh, uh… … .”

[100% true.]

“… … .”

“… … But, the college entrance exam was already over, and I was waiting for the graduation ceremony and university entrance ceremony. So, strictly speaking, I was a high school student, but in reality, I was no different from a college student, right?”

Leah kept explaining what was going on, but none of it made any sense to me.

‘… …Because I was in my late twenties.’

The age difference between us is almost ten years… …?

My mouth dropped open at the surprising fact I had just realized.

Oh my gosh, our age difference is ten years.

“… … .”

That’s true too. Even worse, Leah was a girl who couldn’t even get into college…

Isn’t this something that goes far beyond the level of a thief?

Actually, I had no way of knowing, so I didn’t do anything wrong, but for some reason I felt like I did something very wrong, so I was about to give up.

“… … West, West!”

Leah somehow knew, turned around and grabbed my wrist.

“Whatever happened to Nana-seo’s past life… … . A past life is literally a past life. Isn’t it already a thing of the past?”

“uh…….”

“Even if I was a high school student in my previous life and my husband was a firefighter in my previous life, that has nothing to do with us now. It’s already in the past, and my husband and I are both twenty years old now. We’re equals, right?”

“… … .”

Oh, is that so…?

I nodded my head in confusion, overwhelmed by Leah’s momentum. Perhaps encouraged by that, she came closer and faced me from a distance where I could barely fit a fist in.

“Does the West love me?”

“Yes. I love you.”

“Yeah, I love you too.”

[100% true.]

“… … .”

“… … .”

Our faces turned slightly red at the sudden confession of love.

“… … Uh, uh-huh!”

But that didn’t last long, as Leah soon grabbed my hands instead of my wrists.

“Look, I love the West. The fact that the West loves me is unchangeable, right? So I don’t think I need to care at all about who we were in the past or what our status was. I would have still loved the West whether he was Korean or not. The West would have loved me in the same way, right?”

[100% true.]

To Leah’s words, which were full of confidence, I also answered with confidence.

“Yes, I do. Because I love Leah.”

“… … Uh, uh. Right? … … Because the West loves me.”

Leah repeated the same words to herself a couple of times and then clasped her hands together.

“So, so. Seo, Seo-bang and I… … . From now on, let’s only look forward, not back. Not the past, only the future, only the future that the two of us will create, let’s focus all our attention on… … . Uh, uh.”

“… … Are you trying to tell me that we should stop paying attention to the past and focus only on the future that the two of us will create?”

“Oh, uh… … . T, right… … ?”

As I quietly watched Leah stutter as she spoke, I couldn’t help but smile happily.

Leah pouts, probably thinking she’s being teased, so I walk up to her and give her a gentle hug.

“Leah.”

“huh…….”

Two slender hands came behind my back and covered me.

I put my lips to Leah’s right ear and spoke softly.

“love you.”

“… … Ah, huh.”

Leah’s cheeks turned bright red.

She clung to me tightly, her body twitching as her sensitive spot was attacked, and I secretly smiled as I watched her cute reaction.

Leah, who had been twisting her waist for a long time, saying that she was just joking, soon whispered in a sticky voice that sounded excited.

“You know, sir… … ?”

“yes.”

“… … Sir, how many children would you like to have?”

This is a question that a man and a woman who are about to become a married couple can naturally ask each other.

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When I was struggling in the field as a newly-minted firefighter, I thought that Leah, who was a high school student at the time, had asked me this question… … I felt an inexplicable sense of betrayal wash over me.

“I think it would be good to have two or three people… … .”

No matter what, we’re both twenty years old, and there’s nothing that would make me feel that way.

It’s really strange why I feel this way.

“… … Then, I guess I should work hard from now on?”

“… … .”

Actually, I expected it to end like this.

Is it really okay to just blurt out the situation by saying I love you and share affection like this?

“The West… … .”

That question suddenly occurred to me, but when Leah unbuttoned the front of my dress to reveal her ample chest, I thought that kind of thing was okay.

I’m definitely not saying this because I’m obsessed with Leah’s chest.

If we love each other… … isn’t that enough?

“… … Do you want to touch my chest?”

“… … .”

I truly thought so.

“… … Ah, huh!”

I quickly stopped thinking and ran towards Leah.