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[Chapter 184]
[As the Heart Moves (4)]
A sudden blackout.
Followed by a commotion.
Jeong Hayang could grasp the series of events to some extent.
It was the clan members.
Parang oppa isn't someone who would get drunk, so why are they doing this?
People scream in panic.
Jeong Hayang tried to calm them while attempting to see through the darkness.
At the same time, she tried to illuminate the darkness.
Right at that moment─.
─Being single is great!!
The Mana God is with us!!
Such sounds were heard.
Then the magic she was casting was suddenly disrupted.
It was Bae Subin's doing.
No, it's not just Subin.
How many people are causing this commotion!?
Soon Jeong Hayang corrected her thoughts.
It wasn't just Bae Subin.
Taking advantage of the night, several people were joining in her actions.
Waaaaaah!!
Sin! Gle! Hea! Ven! Cou! Ple! Hell!
Mana God, be eternal!!
As a result, the commotion grew fiercer.
Even players couldn't readily deploy magic to capture only those causing disturbances because of the people present.
Some of them were even spouting incomprehensible words like Bae Subin.
It seems they thought the current commotion was also part of the networking event program.
Or they were serious.
I have to stop this commotion somehow.
Why on Yujung's good day...
Nevertheless, Jeong Hayang couldn't just stay still like this.
It was her friend's first debut day, and the day to announce her engagement.
She couldn't let it be ruined like this.
It was then─.
─Eunha!?
To deploy magic, light temporarily appeared around her and.
She could see the face of the person who just brushed past her.
It was Noh Eunha.
He was holding Lee Yujung.
Then he made eye contact with her and fled without any explanation.
"..."
Jeong Hayang was at a loss for words.
The puzzle pieces fit together.
She could understand how this situation came about.
"Why, why..."
Questions welled up.
She wanted to rebuke Eunha.
Jeong Hayang stopped casting.
She didn't want to interfere with Eunha.
Glare
Because she trusted Noh Eunha.
Because she promised Han Seohyun.
Because she vowed to herself.
However, she couldn't be unaffected.
She didn't feel good.
Jeong Hayang clenched her fist.
Aren't I and Seohyun unni enough?
Are we not enough? I just wish you would only look at me.
There was so much she wanted to say.
But Jeong Hayang just maintained silence in the darkness.
Eventually when the lights came on and the commotion gradually subsided─.
"─Yu-Yujung! Yujung has disappeared! Quickly find Yujung!"
Regardless of Lee Jungin shouting in panic loud enough to shake the surroundings.
Jeong Hayang kept her mouth firmly shut.
She clenched her fist so tightly her nails dug into her palm.
It's not too late even now. If I... find Eunha with the Witch's Model Garden, it could end as a light happening.
Such thoughts occurred to her too.
Soon Jeong Hayang felt extreme self-contempt.
While knowing Lee Yujung wasn't very happy about the engagement with Choi Yejang.
She couldn't help but feel contempt for herself trying to interfere while knowing the hearts of the two.
☆
When someone suddenly pulled her up in the darkness.
Lee Yujung was momentarily surprised but felt relieved.
─Eunha.
Build, scent, breathing sound, heartbeat, etc.
The things that had become so familiar to her told her who that person was.
"Where are we going?"
For her who was so accustomed to being in darkness originally, there were many actions she could take in this situation.
If she wanted, she could resist and escape from Eunha's arms, finding her way without getting lost in the darkness.
Or she could scream loudly to let her father know she was being kidnapped.
Nevertheless, Lee Yujung didn't do that.
I want to keep being like this.
I just want to be with you like this, not in a place with strangers.
Although she knew well enough in her head that it shouldn't be done.
She entrusted herself to her emotions.
She felt a thrill too.
She felt strangely nervous too.
And it was very fun.
It seemed to be the same for Eunha too.
"Everyone must be surprised by now? That you've disappeared."
"I hope they're not too worried..."
"Sorry, but that's unlikely."
"Yeah, they will be."
"Bibi bibi papa papa pupu pu!!"
Noh Eunha spoke with a chuckle and.
Lee Yujung laughed too.
Buldak in her arms also seemed to find this situation pleasant.
'─Your fate is up to you, miss.'
Then Lee Yujung suddenly recalled the words she heard from a fortune teller recently.
I can do anything.
So do as your heart moves.
Never try to be bound by standards and gazes set by the world.
Because that's what happiness is.
"It's fun..."
"It's fun?"
"Yes. Because this is the first time. I didn't know someone would kidnap me."
"It's not kidnapping. Kidnapping is when they return you obediently after receiving money."
"Then?"
"...Recapture?"
"Recapture? Since when was I yours?"
"You were mine in your past life and this life. You can never escape."
"Hehe, I don't really understand what you're saying."
"You don't need to know. From now on, you just need to remember me."
Full of incomprehensible words.
Yet Lee Yujung just laughed no matter what Eunha said.
I wish this time would continue.
Indeed, I don't want to lie to my heart.
At that moment, Lee Yujung decided to act as her heart moved.
Right then─.
─Whoosh!!
A fierce wind blew.
Something brushed past from behind and blocked the path in front of the two.
Eunha who stopped his steps turned his body and looked in the direction the magic came from.
"─That's far enough. Stop now."
"Oppa..."
Lee Yujung also turned her gaze.
Her gift drew the silhouettes of people revealing themselves from around the corner.
A familiar voice.
Her brother Lee Yucheon and 4 players had chased after them.
"Eunha, I don't know what you're thinking doing this, no, I don't even want to know. Please, I'm begging you, don't make things complicated."
Lee Yujung roughly grasped the situation.
Realizing Eunha had kidnapped her, Lee Yucheon set out in pursuit with Shilla Clan players.
"─Give Yujung back even now. Then this incident can end as a simple happening."
""..."
"We know we have an inerasable debt to you, Eunha. But even if it's you Eunha, this prank has gone too far."
Luminous will continue to be your ally in the future, Eunha.
If you don't want to make the relationship bad, please return Lee Yujung.
Lee Yujung tightly gripped Eunha's collar while listening to Lee Yucheon's proposal.
That was her answer and.
Eunha spoke resolutely.
"I'm sorry, but I can't do that."
"Eunha, you... Are you really going to do this? If you really think of Yujung's happiness, you can't...!"
"Happiness my ass. Rather than sending her to that guy, I'd rather do it myself."
"...!"
"I can't hand her over to hyung either. Know that."
"I see... So you mean words won't work. I've heard your answer well."
A low, sinking voice.
Lee Yucheon growled.
He instructed the players to capture Eunha.
"─Hold him tight."
""""...!!""""
Eunha immediately ran.
When he snapped his fingers.
The obstacles blocking the path were engulfed in flames.
Eunha leapt into the flames, and Lee Yujung pressed her face tightly against Eunha's chest.
But even if Eunha broke through, the Shilla Clan players didn't stay still.
"─Pandora Clan Lord. I'm sorry, but that's as far as you go."
"Shilla Clan Lord..."
Moreover, Shilla Clan Lord Kim Yujin appeared in Eunha's path.
She who was a caster activated magic and blocked the path itself.
Familiar Transformation
Phoenix Wings
To this, Eunha spread wings of flame and leapt to the side.
He who embraced Lee Yujung protectively shattered the window and flew into the sky.
"Noh Eunha!!"
Lee Yucheon's shout.
Lee Yujung who was startled by suddenly flying into the sky came to her senses hearing that voice.
She turned her gaze behind Eunha and watched Lee Yucheon and the Shilla Clan players.
They were casting magic to make them fall.
She immediately shouted.
"─Oppa, please don't stop us!!"
""""...!!""""
Lee Yujung wondered if she had ever shouted this loudly before.
She shouted as if pleading and.
Right after, the magic circles being drawn in the air lost power and disappeared.
Magic was no longer deployed and.
The two were able to safely shake off their pursuit.
☆
"Don't we need to chase them?"
"..."
Shilla Clan Lord Kim Yujin.
She asked Lee Yucheon while watching the two people moving away.
Lee Yucheon was clenching his fist.
He opened his mouth.
"...If that's Yujung's heart, I can't force her any more."
As if feeling frustrated.
And as if somewhat proud.
Lee Yucheon murmured.
"My younger sister who never rebelled against what family members said until now, I didn't know she would rebel like this."
As if speaking to himself.
Lee Yucheon muttered.
She was a younger sister who needed protection.
So he and his family members vowed they would have to live protecting her for life.
That's why after much deliberation, they decided on the engagement with YH Group's direct line Choi Yejang.
But his younger sister rejected that and chose another person herself.
She raised her own voice and declared she would leave the family's protection and live with Noh Eunha.
"It's frustrating..."
A feeling of having his younger sister taken away.
Lee Yucheon self-deprecated.
He hadn't felt it with Choi Yejang, but now he felt it clearly.
That his younger sister's heart was now clearly directed towards Noh Eunha, not himself and family members.
He felt happy and sad.
"We didn't see anything. Please do that. I'm asking you."
"Yes, understood."
Eventually Lee Yucheon spoke and.
Kim Yujin and the players readily agreed without saying much.
☆
They just fly aimlessly.
Nevertheless, Eunha enjoyed the time flying while holding Lee Yujung.
The two whispered their feelings for each other with the night view below their feet.
"Shall we sit over there?"
"Okay."
Soon he landed on a clock tower somewhere.
Folding his wings of flame.
Eunha sat Lee Yujung on the windowsill.
Whoosh!
It was quite chilly up high.
Eunha snapped his fingers and warmed the surroundings.
Then he overlapped his hand on hers and sat next to her.
"You're not cold?"
"No, it's warm. And it's nice. I think I hear singing from somewhere."
"Really? Ah, I think I hear it too."
Lights were shining below their feet.
People were heading somewhere and.
Singing could be heard from the streets.
Lee Yujung seemed to really like the sound coming from afar.
She who made a laughing sound leaned her head on his shoulder.
Eunha embraced her shoulder.
Soon she held out her hand.
"─Will you put it on again?"
"...Okay."
Left ring finger.
A diamond is sparkling.
On her other outstretched palm was a ring with a ruby engraved.
One was the ring Choi Yejang gave.
The other was the one Eunha gave.
He who received the ring on her palm took her left hand.
""..."
The touch was gentle and polite.
A touch as if handling something precious.
Eunha gently removed the ring Choi Yejang had put on her.
Whoosh
Then without hesitation.
Eunha threw the ring.
The diamond draws an arc as it falls somewhere into the night sky.
Nevertheless, the two didn't mind and focused on each other.
Rather, Lee Yujung giggled.
"My heart is pounding. Is it because I've never committed such a misdeed until now?"
"Do you regret it?"
"No, I love it. I don't want to regret anything from now on. You'll do that for me, right?"
"Trust me. I'll make sure you don't regret it."
"Okay."
They touch foreheads.
Eunha caressed her hand.
Her left ring finger was empty and.
Eunha put on a new ring.
The ruby emits a red light and.
She carefully felt the ring.
A smile spread across her face.
""..."
Eunha placed his hand on her cheek.
For a moment she flinched.
Soon she entrusted herself to his touch brushing back her hair.
When he brushed her hair behind her ear.
Her face was clearly revealed and.
He kissed her lips.
Whoosh!
Embers flicker.
It looks just like they're dancing.
The two surrounded by embers quietly shared a long time.
After a period of exploration ended.
Lee Yujung gently wiped her lips with the back of her hand.
Was it because the embers were illuminating?
Her face was flushed.
As if hiding that, she smiled brightly at Eunha.
"Eunha."
"Yes."
"Ah..."
He knew what she was going to say.
Eunha quickly nodded and.
Quickly blocked her lips.
She became dazed and.
Eunha took advantage of that gap to speak first.
"─I love you."
"..."
Words he couldn't answer in his previous life.
Regressing through time.
Eunha was finally able to convey to her the words he couldn't say then.
Even if she has no memories─.
"─Me too."
She is Lee Yujung and.
This feeling remains unchanged.
The two whispered their love to each other.
☆
Meanwhile, the networking event was in chaos.
When the lights came on, people realized Lee Yujung had been kidnapped.
"Yu-Yujung! Lee Yujung!!"
Luminous Group chairman Lee Jungin kept calling her name.
Then he ordered players to quickly find her.
The players scattered and thoroughly searched the surroundings.
But no traces of her were coming out at all.
"Yu-Yujung... What bastard took Yujung away!!"
"Dad, calm down. Yujung is probably fine. There are watching eyes so please calm..."
"Yejang, what were you doing! Don't you even know who took Yujung!?"
Regardless of Lee Yucheon trying to stop him.
Lee Jungin burst out in anger.
Naturally, Lee Jungin's anger was directed at her fiancé Choi Yejang who was last with her.
"F-Father, that..."
But Choi Yejang couldn't answer.
His mouth wouldn't move readily.
Who kidnapped Lee Yujung.
That's all he needed to say.
Choi Yejang couldn't speak properly.
As a result, the search was delayed.
"Hmm..."
Meanwhile, Han Seohyun was observing the surroundings with her arms crossed.
"I told him to do as his heart moves, and he causes trouble like this..."
As if finding it absurd.
She held back a wry smile.
Yet she sighed resignedly as if it couldn't be helped.
"Well, what can I do if that's what he wants."
What can she do if her husband likes it.
Moreover, Han Seohyun had once said she wouldn't mind if Eunha set up a harem.
She finally realized how heavy the words she had uttered were.
Honestly, she didn't feel very good.
I wish Eunha would only look at me...
But what could she do?
If she hadn't done this back then, she wouldn't have been able to have Eunha.
Besides, she had promised Eunha.
If it was for Eunha, she had to agree.
"─Sirius, Alice, Luminous... If we add Yoo Dojun, it's Yeongwon Group too. Four out of the top 10 groups become Eunha's allies."
If Eunha truly aims to be a monarch.
He needed that much support base.
Whether it was Eunha's true intention or not.
As a result, Luminous Group will become a definite ally.
However─.
"─YH won't just sit still like this..."
YH Group will become an enemy.
They wouldn't look kindly on Eunha who took away Lee Yujung in addition to herself.
So she had to prepare countermeasures for that.
Choi Yejang is finished now.
Having his fiancée taken away in front of everyone, Choi Yejang's position will be hard to recover.
Han Seohyun turned her eyes from Choi Yejang and looked for someone.
YH Group's direct line Choi Yejin.
Soon she found her.
Her eyes sparkled.
"My husband really makes me work hard."
With a slight smile.
Han Seohyun approached Choi Yejin.
☆
Meanwhile, the networking event was in chaos.
When the lights came on, people realized Lee Yujung had been kidnapped.
"Yu-Yujung! Lee Yujung!!"
Luminous Group chairman Lee Jungin kept calling her name.
Then he ordered players to quickly find her.
The players scattered and thoroughly searched the surroundings.
But no traces of her were coming out at all.
"Yu-Yujung... What bastard took Yujung away!!"
"Dad, calm down. Yujung is probably fine. There are watching eyes so please calm..."
"Yejang, what were you doing! Don't you even know who took Yujung!?"
Regardless of Lee Yucheon trying to stop him.
Lee Jungin burst out in anger.
Naturally, Lee Jungin's anger was directed at her fiancé Choi Yejang who was last with her.
"F-Father, that..."
But Choi Yejang couldn't answer.
His mouth wouldn't move readily.
Who kidnapped Lee Yujung.
That's all he needed to say.
Choi Yejang couldn't speak properly.
As a result, the search was delayed.
"Hmm..."
Meanwhile, Han Seohyun was observing the surroundings with her arms crossed.
"I told him to do as his heart moves, and he causes trouble like this..."
As if finding it absurd.
She held back a wry smile.
Yet she sighed resignedly as if it couldn't be helped.
"Well, what can I do if that's what he wants."
What can she do if her husband likes it.
Moreover, Han Seohyun had once said she wouldn't mind if Eunha set up a harem.
She finally realized how heavy the words she had uttered were.
Honestly, she didn't feel very good.
I wish Eunha would only look at me...
But what could she do?
If she hadn't done this back then, she wouldn't have been able to have Eunha.
Besides, she had promised Eunha.
If it was for Eunha, she had to agree.
"─Sirius, Alice, Luminous... If we add Yoo Dojun, it's Yeongwon Group too. Four out of the top 10 groups become Eunha's allies."
If Eunha truly aims to be a monarch.
He needed that much support base.
Whether it was Eunha's true intention or not.
As a result, Luminous Group will become a definite ally.
However─.
"─YH won't just sit still like this..."
YH Group will become an enemy.
They wouldn't look kindly on Eunha who took away Lee Yujung in addition to herself.
So she had to prepare countermeasures for that.
Choi Yejang is finished now.
Having his fiancée taken away in front of everyone, Choi Yejang's position will be hard to recover.
Han Seohyun turned her eyes from Choi Yejang and looked for someone.
YH Group's direct line Choi Yejin.
Soon she found her.
Her eyes sparkled.
"My husband really makes me work hard."
With a slight smile.
Han Seohyun approached Choi Yejin.