For Sale: Male Lead, Obsession Included - Chapter 99
Even as the rough woman’s touch roused my body, I couldn’t tear my eyes away from Jin.
Has the person I planned to seek upon arriving in Dongguk really appeared right before my eyes like this? And this is supposed to be Jin’s house?
Utterly bewildered, I ended up being dragged into the room without coming to my senses.
Beyond the closing door, I saw green eyes that continued to watch me until the very end.
「 Don’t you know that summer colds can be severe? Quickly now. Come, lie down here in the lower chamber. 」
The woman, who introduced herself as Okhee, forcefully shoved me under the blanket with her firm grip. I swear, my arms—held by her so powerfully that they felt as if they’d gone numb—were practically bruised by her hold.
「 That towering, pole-like fellow from earlier is my son—Jin. I sent him to fetch your medicine, but it took him half a day to crawl here. Ugh. Anyway, he’s slow, just like his father. 」
「 So he is your son… 」
「 He really doesn’t take after you, does he? I hear that a lot. Jin-ah! What are you doing standing there? Why haven’t you brought the medicine yet? 」
At her scolding, the shadow outside the door slowly receded. Just as Okhee had said, he was truly a sluggish person.
‘Is it really possible for someone as sluggish as him to become a famous knight commander?’
As I was fumbling through the details of the novel about Jin, suddenly Okhee let out a loud scream.
「 Oh! 」
「 …What? 」
「 Right now—do you know Dongguk-o? Can you speak Dongguk-o, my dear? 」
I rolled my eyes. Of course I can read, write, and speak Hangul, but judging by the way both Jin and Okhee were so surprised, it seems that a foreigner who knows Dongguk-o is regarded as quite extraordinary by them.
‘Could it be that pretending to know it might just cause trouble? Like, if you know Dongguk-o, you might be treated oddly or something.’
I absolutely detest that sort of thing.
「 I’ve learned a little. 」
I deliberately mumbled, softening my otherwise precise pronunciation to avoid her gaze. Nonetheless, Okhee burst into a broad smile and clapped her hands.
When her thick palms clapped together with a resounding, enormous sound—so powerful it truly felt as if it reverberated right into my brain—I faintly smiled and lightly touched my forehead.
「 Oh my! You’re really good at it! Where did you learn Dongguk-o? Oh dear, look at me—what a rudeness I’m committing to a noble person right now… 」
With my ears feeling numb, I asked Okhee the question I’d been curious about since earlier.
「 But what do you mean by ‘noble person’? 」
「 Oh, don’t say that. You came along with someone who wields divine power. 」
「 Divine power, you say… 」
Are you talking about sacred power?
I nodded, recalling the priest Taolti with whom I had traveled through the portal.
Now that I think of it, in Dongguk, priests are given special treatment.
In Dongguk—a land almost a stronghold for dark mages who run rampant—the presence of priests capable of countering their evil magic is very much welcomed.
These days, even though the holy land of the priests—the Holy Kingdom—is a neighboring country, it’s been stigmatized as a haven for dark mages, which has led to fewer priestly visits; perhaps that’s why they so eagerly welcome Taolti and his party with open arms.
I finally began to understand why Okhee and Jin were treating me with such utmost care.
「 Where is the rest of my party that came with me? 」
I had been so disoriented after waking up that it wasn’t until later I recalled the presence of Ariel and Feyden. Their restless, fidgety figures as we boarded the portal together were the last thing I remembered.
‘If Taolti came along, then those two must have arrived safely as well.’
Even though I was lying here in pain, where did everyone go? Is it acceptable to abandon one’s employer like this?
Looking around the room, there was no sign of Ariel or Feyden. At that, Okhee grinned mischievously.
「 You mean those two handsome young gentlemen? 」
「 Yes—the one with silver and the one with brown. 」
「 I prefer the silver-haired one. 」
「 Huh? And why is that? 」
「 As your potential husband! 」
Oh ho ho! Okhee covered her mouth with her hand and burst into a lavish laugh. It was clear that in her mind, a love triangle between me and those two was unfolding.
I shook my head with a composed expression. In a way, it was a resolute response.
「 We’re not like that at all. 」
「 Not at all! Just until yesterday, both of them wouldn’t leave your side for even a moment! I could practically see honey dripping from their eyes! 」
「 Both of them? 」
It wasn’t surprising that Ariel, with his inherently kind nature, stayed by my side to care for me. But when Okhee said that even Feyden had steadfastly guarded me, my eyes widened in astonishment.
「 Especially that young gentleman with brown hair—he must cherish you so much, clinging onto the one who wields divine power and practically pleading, pleading, to save you… 」
Oh dear. Everyone must have had a hard time trying to stop that.
