Chapter 29 \n<h1>I Don’t Want to be an Ojakgyo (29)</h1>\n
I found myself thinking about the options he gave. Should I give up being Shunivalen? I’m skilled in a bunch of other things, so I could probably earn money through another route.
When I continued thinking and stayed quiet, Yves opened his mouth to speak. He seemed slightly peeved that I didn’t agree right away.
“Oh, right. If you go home without signing the contract, I’ll be punished because I didn’t accomplish my goal. I’ve gotten a lot of warnings before this: I might really die this time.”
Yves smiled as he talked about being killed.
“Look, look. The reaction’s already happening. The poison’s coming up because I told you our secret.”
Yves showed me the crescent moon tattoo on the nape of his neck. Thin, spidery black lines began forming out of the tattoo and spread onto his body. The lines continued to spread further down his neck and towards his face. Yves grasped at his neck and grabbed onto the table with his other hand, body tilted downwards. He seemed to be in immense pain; his breathing became ragged.
Yves faltered for a moment, then sighed as he took something that looked like an antidote out of his pocket and drank it. Even as the antidote began to work, he continued to stumble until he fell to the floor. I couldn’t help but help him up.
Yves’ face was a sight to see. Even though the poison had only worked for a short amount of time, his eyes had turned blue and the capillaries in his eyes had exploded. Yves muttered a few curses under his breath and held onto the desk to stand back up.
Yves, who seemed to be struggling to even move, turned around and grabbed onto my shoulder.
“Save me.”
Yves looked at me, then smiled pitifully.
For the time being, I asked him to give me some time. I went home and dug through everything I could find about him. Then, I headed back to the headquarters after making my decision.
When I arrived at the room, Yvnes was already waiting for me. Even after waiting three days for my response, he didn’t seem like he planned to beg.
“Then I’m not contracted to any place, right?”“You can just help me for a limited amount of time. Without being associated to me.”“Can I join when I want and leave when I want (낄끼빠빠*)?”“……..?”
Oops, I guess that with my recent dreams of my past, the slang seemed to have come with it.
“That’s……I can join in when I want, and get out when I feel like it?”\nYves just stared at me. He rolled his eyes for a bit and then nodded.
“Leave when you want.”
Seeing how he was saying that, it seemed like he was being honest……
The air around Yves was completely different from before. There wasn’t even a trace of a smile on his face. He wasn’t trying to look good towards me. He just dully stared at me with a cold gaze. This was probably his true self.
Yves looked tired in a lot of ways. He looked like he was exhausted, but he continued to answer every question I had.
“Payment is due whenever you’re requesting something from me. You pay before, not after.”“Okay.”
I get paid per request, and I get to leave whenever I want. This was similar to my original work schedule.
Well, I guessed I could think of this as a part-time job during summer vacation.
Before I told him that I would help him, I had to make sure everything was clear. I couldn’t just trust a promise that was just spoken. I needed to make sure I got everything that he had promised.
To be honest, I had recorded the entire conversation, but I didn’t know how he would react if he knew that I had recorded this without permission. The recording was going to be used as evidence in case of an emergency, so I needed something upfront that I could use other than that.
I put my hand in my space-extending pocket and took out an empty roll of paper tied with string.
On the blank sheet of paper, I put down all of the conditions he had stated and the conditions that were useful for me. I could leave when I wanted, I would be paid a lot on time, and even if things didn’t end well, that he would help me lose the attention of the guild leader.
While I was writing out the contract, guilt started to nag at me. It was because I became privy to his situation. First of all, his relationship with the guild leader wasn’t a typical father son relationship. What kind of father would kill his son right away because of a betrayal?
Anyway, it was sure that Yves held an incredible amount of contempt and loathing towards the guild leader. He was being very generous towards me, which made me think that he had a positive image of me. I was sure that it was because I had caused issues for his father beforehand.
At this moment, he was meticulously planning out a way to send his father to the absolute depths of hell.
Seeing all of the work he was requesting of me, I could see why he was so desperately hoping for my help. To get his perfect revenge, he needed more information, and because I could read the memories of magical devices, I was absolutely necessary for him. Especially because it was magic that only I could do. Thus, because he was the one that needed me more, I had more power in this contract.
I wrote out the contract and imbued it with magic. It was a spell that was meant to penalize whoever went against the contract. It also meant that I could get the penalty if I broke the contract. It wouldn’t be fair otherwise.
Yves watched as I wrote out the contract and spelled more magic on it.\n“You seem to have a hard time trusting people too.”“Well, the world is pretty rough out there.”
It was true. In recent years, magic was slowly becoming more scientific and the world was becoming more similar to the one I lived in before. It was a teensy bit, bit it was happening. Because of that, people were becoming more cunning and smarter and were trying their hardest to survive. It was a world you had to be wary of.
Yves seemed to like what I said.
“I knew you would be wary, but this is more than I thought. You already recorded everything, isn’t this too much?”“Haha, not really.”
As expected of Yves. I had recorded in secret, and he had somehow known. He really was sharp. Yves came closer and played around with my orange hair, which was fluffier than usual. I was about to shove him away, but saw how exhausted he looked and let him be.
“You don’t have to be so careful around me. You know that I’m not cautious of you like before.”
So his dangerous yet snake-like air was what came out when he was trying to be wary of you?
Maybe the outrageous actions he’d taken earlier were his form of caution. Now, all I could feel from him was a cold, uncaring aura. I found that slightly interesting.
“You really lower your guards easily.”
At my words, Yves looked up at the ceiling, one corner of his mouth tilting up. Ha, haha. I could hear a quiet laugh mixed in with a sigh. He looked alluring as he laughed tiredly. Yves slowly lowered his gaze from the ceiling towards me, then opened his mouth to speak.
“You might already know this after digging after me, but it’s this or nothing for me at this point. I don’t have the luxury to be wary of you for long.”“Of me?”“I told you that I was watching you. I know a bit about you. I know your club activities, and I could see that your work as Shunivalen was clean and followed strict rules. You try as much as you’re paid. It’s not easy to find people like you.”
He coiled my hair around his finger as he spoke.
“You’re pretty young too, so I don’t know if you’re pitiful or incredible.”“I don’t think you’re in the place to say anything.”
Yves took his hand off my hair and stared at me. He looked a bit sad.
“Is that so.”
I pushed the magical contract towards him to sign.\n2) Explain to someone how they’ll join and leave a situation whenever they want