When Your Secret Crush Wizard Took a Love Potion - Chapter 94
“W-Wait, huff, pant… you were going to say something to me just now.”
“It’s nothing important.”
“What, huff, what is it?”
“Just go wash up first.”
His attitude was as if he was trying to keep a muddy dog from dirtying the house, urging me to clean up quickly.
But after working so hard to sweat it out, I couldn’t just go inside like this. Today, I managed to get through it, but I had a strong premonition that I wouldn’t be able to get up tomorrow due to muscle pain.
Maybe I should have done only twenty jumping jacks…
Dizziness from excessive exercise made my head spin. My legs were shaking, and I couldn’t refuse his hand pushing me toward the bathroom.
Then, as I was trying to hold on a bit longer, my stumbling body unintentionally tilted toward Edgar.
“Ah!”
With no strength left, I was pushed roughly and ended up sitting down with a thud. Looking up in confusion, I saw Edgar’s face pale as if he had seen a ghost, his lips trembling.
“Ah… I’m sorry. Really sorry, Chloe. It’s just that… you have a smell. I mean, what I’m trying to say is…”
It was a face I’d seen a long time ago.
I recalled the time when we were dissecting yellow puffball mushrooms in Edgar’s old lab. The stinky yellow puffball mushrooms emitted a foul odor similar to cheese that had rotted for a hundred years.
The expression on Edgar’s face when I accidentally got that sticky fluid on my clothes was the same.
Had I been that repulsive?
“Ah… I see. I’m sorry. I’ll go wash up now.”
“Chloe!”
I dragged my heavy body and ran to the bathroom before he could hold me back.
It was quite a shock. Not only was Edgar’s reaction so unpleasant, but I was also astonished at myself for naively believing that such a foolish tactic would work.
Seeing how Edgar, who once begged me to lick off his sweat, was now so repelled, it was clear that my thought processes had gone awry somewhere.
After all, who in their right mind would like the smell of sweat? It was obvious.
‘This operation is a failure.’
Although my motivation, which had soared high until dawn, was slightly dampened, it was still too early to give up.
After spending a day suffering from muscle pain, I began my second attempt the next day.
“Edgar, I have a favor to ask.”
The second plan, unlike the first, didn’t require as much physical effort but needed proper preparation.
“Could you tell the golem not to disturb me?”
First, I needed to get rid of the golem that had been lurking around.
The golem, created by Edgar’s magic, responded to both his commands and mine. However, it sometimes stubbornly refused to follow instructions in certain situations, and when that happened, Edgar had to give the order directly for the golem to obey.
“What are you planning to do in the kitchen?”
Edgar, who had moved the golem to the back as I requested, looked at me with a puzzled expression.
“What else would I be doing in the kitchen if not cooking?”
“Cooking? You, Chloe?”
“Yes. I want to try making lunch today.”
The golem, which had been trying to stop me with gestures, slumped its shoulders in the back, and Edgar’s expression became even more puzzled.
He raised an eyebrow and appeared to ponder for a moment before standing behind me as if he wanted to watch.
“This is quite sudden. What made you want to do this?”
It wasn’t an unusual reaction. Among the three of us living in the cabin, I had the least experience in the kitchen. It wasn’t that I lacked skill in cooking, but rather that I had never paid much attention to it.
After all, the golem took care of household chores and Edgar handled any assistance needed, so there was no real reason for me to cook.
“The food we had on our trip was so delicious that I keep thinking about it. I thought I’d give it a try…”
As I laid out the excuse I had prepared, Edgar’s eyes widened in surprise, like a child who had unexpectedly received a gift. He seemed astonished by the mention of past events that he had half-consciously avoided discussing.
“Alright. I won’t stop you, so go ahead and do what you want.”
He gave me a faint smile as encouragement.
“Great!”
It had been a while since Edgar had said anything positive to me, which made me feel oddly elated. Maybe this time I will succeed.
I rolled up my sleeves and confidently headed to the kitchen.
