Chapter 132

Eve, surprisingly, had no particular expression.

Even as the moving center guys busily carried out our luggage, Eve remained silent.

Instead, I kept sneaking glances at Eve, trying to gauge her mood.

“We’ve loaded all the luggage. You’ll come separately, right?”

“Yes, just follow the address I wrote down earlier.”

“Ah, got it.”

The guys got into the truck, started the engine, and we got into the car next to it.

Even as I got into the passenger seat, Eve just stared at me blankly.

“I’ll go now.”

“Yeah.”

“I’ll call when I arrive.”

“Yeah.”

“…Make sure to eat well.”

“Yeah.”

“Don’t skip meals. I left some side dishes in the fridge, so eat them. If you finish them, I’ll make more.”

“Yeah.”

“You really need to take care of yourself.”

“Yeah.”

“You really…”

“Hey, are you two saying goodbye like it’s the end of the world?!”

Aquamarine, sitting in the driver’s seat, finally snapped.

Well, if you leave the window open and keep this up, it’s bound to get annoying.

…But still, she’s yelling?

I’ll have to talk to her separately later.

“Alright, I’ll go in first.”

With that, Eve quickly turned around.

After watching her back for a moment, I also rolled up the window.

“Alright, let’s go.”

“Yeah.”

I thought about taking a taxi, but surprisingly, Aqua brought her car and offered to drive me.

“This is the address, right?”

“Yeah.”

As I nodded at the address on the navigation, Aqua’s white fingers moved the gear stick, and the car smoothly started moving.

“Whoa.”

“Whoa what? Is this your first time in a car?”

“It’s my first time in a car you’re driving. Do you even have a license?”

“…I do.”

Wait, she hesitated for a moment.

Is this really okay…?

“Eve, you know…”

She was silent for a while. Behind us, Kabe was chattering away, Sohee was responding to her, and Dusik had already fallen asleep.

Aqua and I were silent for a long time.

Then, Aqua was the first to speak.

“It’s pretty obvious, you know.”

“What is?”

“She thinks her poker face is part of her ice princess persona.”

Eve is the Miracle Princess, and she’s a light attribute. Where exactly is the ice princess concept coming from?

“And?”

“But it’s obvious, isn’t it? She’s upset because you’re leaving.”

I remembered Eve’s back as she quickly turned away when I said I was leaving.

I cursed her in my mind for being cold, but maybe she was just upset.

“She’s upset because of that?”

“Oh, you’re the same.”

The car stopped at the crosswalk as the light turned red.

“Here, coffee.”

I picked up the plastic bag at my feet, took out a can of coffee, and handed it to Aqua.

It was cold when I bought it, but it had gotten a bit lukewarm.

“Anyway, she’s a femme fatale.”

“Who?”

Aqua’s words were out of nowhere and made no sense.

I had no idea what she was talking about, but Aqua just stared at me without saying anything.

“She’s showing it so obviously, but you can’t see it, and Eve is all anxious but can’t bring herself to stop you. You two are the same, in my opinion.”

“No, she did try to stop me.”

I still remember what Eve said at the soup restaurant.

Even though I refused, I clearly remember her words.

“Really? So you’re the one who rejected her?”

“I guess so.”

I couldn’t accept Eve’s feelings.

Even though I’m like this now, I still remember that I was originally a man, and Eve is still in a state where she can return to being a man.

If I were to accept Eve’s feelings, that would be… ugh, forget it. I don’t want to think about it. If Eve had completely become a woman, it might be different, but I know what she looks like as a man, and I just can’t accept that.

If I didn’t know, it might be different, but since I do know, I can’t do it.

“Well, if you rejected her, then you did.”

“She’s picky.”

“Hey… stop suddenly cursing like that!”

Sheesh, she’s suddenly trying to match me. I glared at Aqua, and at that moment, the light turned green.

“You better thank the light for saving you.”

“Yeah, yeah. I know.”

Grumbling, I pouted, and Aqua looked at me for a moment before shaking her head.

“How do you manage to attract all these girls? You can’t even attract guys, but you only go after girls.”

“Hey, are you going to keep talking nonsense?”

“It’s true. First, you seduced Prilly, then Eve, and all the while you act like you’re not interested in romance. If anyone saw you, they’d think you’re a player. Someone who has no intention of dating but just flirts around.”

“No, that’s…”

I didn’t know what to say to that.

Well, Prilly’s case was different, right?

Besides, she even tried to commit a crime. If anything, I’m the victim.

“Take it easy, take it easy.”

“What do you mean, take it easy?”

“Fishing management?”

“Hey!”

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We arrived a bit earlier than the moving truck, probably because we took a faster route.

We left early in the morning and arrived a little after lunchtime. The truck was parked, and the moving guys said they’d go eat lunch and come back, so they all went off to a restaurant.

“Should we eat something too?”

“What do we have to do?”

“Well, cleaning… and since it’s moving day, we should probably unpack the smaller stuff ourselves, right?”

“Hmm, I guess so. Dusik, come here.”

“Yes?”

The five of us who arrived together. Aqua took out her wallet and handed Dusik a 50,000 won bill.

“Use this to buy lunch and look around the area. Since we’ve moved, we should check out what’s around here, right?”

“What about you guys?”

I hadn’t heard anything from Aqua either.

It was a bit sudden, but when I thought about it, Aqua wasn’t wrong.

Since we’ve moved, it’s good to check out what’s around the house.

“We’ll eat separately. Adults have things to talk about among themselves, you know?”

Aqua seemed to have something to say.

I could tell, so I thought I should play along.

“Okay… I guess. Then I’ll go with Kabe and Sohee.”

“Yeah. Take your time.”

“Ugh… I’ll be back soon!”

Dusik stuck her tongue out at Aqua and quickly turned around.

“There’s an elevator. It’s 8 floors, right?”

“Yeah.”

The building has 8 floors, and we’re on the 5th. Not too high, not too low, just in the middle.

The first floor is a parking lot and commercial space, so the residential area starts from the middle.

“Hmm…”

Aqua started checking out the house, going from room to room.

If anyone saw this, they’d think I was the one showing the house and Aqua was the one looking at it.

“It’s nice. But isn’t it too cheap?”

“Well, there wasn’t much talk about it. They said it was a quick sale.”

“Hey, it’s not haunted, is it?”

Aqua laughed at her own joke.

Well, if there are ghosts, that’s good for me.

I can just catch them and send them back to the dark realm.

Thinking about it, ghosts or whatever, it’s no problem for me.

“Anyway, the house seems nice. It gets good sunlight, the finishing is good, and the walls and insulation look solid.”

Watching Aqua busily taking pictures, I felt a bit strange.

She’s not the type to care about this stuff.

“Why are you taking pictures?”

“I was asked to.”

“By who?”

Aqua checked the toilet, turned on the water, and even checked the water pressure before coming out of the bathroom and looking at me.

“Who do you think?”

“…Eve?”

“Yeah. She asked me to secretly take pictures and send them to her, but honestly, I don’t feel like going that far.”

That’s really bad.

If you’re going to do that, don’t take the request.

“Just kidding. Honestly, I feel a bit sorry for Eve.”

“Sorry for what?”

“She must have worked up the courage to confess, and then got rejected right away. Poor thing. She’s supposed to be the first magical girl, enjoying all sorts of privileges and living the life she wanted.”

“Really?”

Sorry… for her?

It kind of made sense, so I just stood there, and then Aqua started grinning.

“Even though she’s the first magical girl and the Miracle Princess Eve, she couldn’t have the Mother-Body.”

“Hey, stop it. That’s creepy.”

It’s really creepy.

“Anyway, Eve cares about you a lot. Even if you rejected her, don’t distance yourself too much and treat her well. You know she gets lonely easily.”

“I know. Hey, I’ll handle that. You’re single too, so don’t act all high and mighty.”

Come to think of it, that’s true.

Aqua’s single too.

If Prilly, who has a girlfriend named Evangelin, had said that, it would have been more convincing.

Because, well, she’s in a relationship.

But Aqua’s single too, so why is she giving me and Eve advice?

“Hey, I have plenty of people who like me. I just turned them all down because I’m not into same-sex relationships.”

“Oh, really.”

I wouldn’t believe it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes.

– Brrring.

“What?”

As soon as the phone rang, Aqua answered it.

From her tone, it didn’t seem like a welcome call.

“Mother-Body, did you leave your phone somewhere else?”

“Ah.”

Come to think of it, I left my handbag on the shoe rack when we came in.

My phone must be in there, so I didn’t realize it was ringing.

“Uh, I left it somewhere… Anyway, why are you calling all of a sudden?”

She was talking on the phone and then suddenly called out to me.

“It’s Eve. She wants to talk to you.”

Aqua handed me the phone.

I hesitated for a moment at the mention of Eve, but what could I do? I took the call.

“Hello—”

– Hey!

“Ugh, you scared me. Why are you suddenly like this? What? I’m not deaf!”

Eve’s voice on the other end was loud, and I couldn’t help but frown.

– Did you tell Keru you were moving?!

Ah.

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