Chapter 383 – 377 the Unhappy Bluebird of Happiness
Even in Nionebreath, there is an auspicious bird that brings happiness.
A bird with blue fur, like a blue bird, in Nionebreth, a blue bird symbolizes an auspicious sign.
In connection with that, the blue-feathered Joinjok were recognized as beings of good luck by people, and as an extension of that, the Joinjok woman with flawless blue feathers meant more than a lucky totem pole to a man of high social status.
But what if it is a woman of the same high class?
What if it is a beauty that you cannot take your eyes off of once?
The night Baekryeogang visited was a peaceful night, no different from usual.
A night where Issilite, who has obtained fresh ingredients and hard-to-find fresh fish, is delighted and cooks delicious food for Hwanin.
Baek Ryogang felt her heart warm as she watched Hwanin’s party’s dinner in a spirit state where she could not sense scent, taste, or touch.
=Master, try this. It was well seasoned and very tasty. =
Isilite puts the flesh of a white fish with a crispy skin on it and puts it in Hwanin’s mouth.
“The flesh is moist and the skin is crispy. But the flesh is more resilient than the one I ate before.”
= I learned how to season with vinegar and water. Do you like it?=
“Okay. In addition to the salty taste, this one has a hidden taste, so it’s even better.”
Hwanin sincerely expresses his appreciation of food and expresses its deliciousness.
=Ah~ I like fish very much.=
=So you made a meat-flavored tofu steak.=
=Meat and fish are different! Make the fish taste good too. How can people live on meat only?
= Ugh. Okay. I’ll practice, so I’m satisfied with that today. =
=Oops.=
Isilite and Anne, who grumble at her mother and accept her complaint.
「Yurupa, I want to eat noodles there. Cut it finely.”
=Would you like some more sauce?=
“Give me a few whole peppercorns. I’ll go.”
= Try this sauce too. It’s a meat sauce, but it tastes even better when it soaks into the noodles.
“…… Um, it’s really delicious.”
Like her older sister and younger sister, Yurupa and Hwanyeon, who take care of and feed each other.
The five people sitting around the table for six and eating were like a family.
Baek Ryeo-gang didn’t understand that a bit.
People of non-blood relations look more like family than people of mixed blood. How could this be?
Ever since her sickly mother passed away when she was young, Bai Lijiang has been alone.
My father was a person who did not know that it was family love, and mothers only took care of their children.
A sister, her brother and younger siblings were nothing more, nothing less than strangers of blood.
So Baekryeogang was lonely.
The large garden and the mansion filled with cold air seemed splendid and luxurious to others, but to Baek Ryeo-gang, it was just a little big bird cage.
A blue bird in a cage with blue wings to fly freely in the sky, but unable to fly due to the transparent ceiling hanging over it.
A blue bird that dies lonely instead of crying and chirping alone for the rest of its life and asking for happiness from others.
She thought it was herself.
I did…….
“What. Ligang, are you crying?」
“…… Yes?”
“You are crying. Why are you crying all of a sudden?」
After hearing the story of the cute fairy, Baek Ligang touched her face and realized that she was really crying.
“…… Was the soul capable of crying too? How amazing…….」
“When it comes to painful and difficult memories, just stick to Hwanin’s side. Then you will be able to forget about everything. Hwanin will make you forget everything.”
“Is that so…… ?」
Baek Ryogang smiled a little at the story of the fairy whose stomach popped out.
Just those words are comforting and the cold heart feels warm.
It was a life filled with the will of others anyway, and it was a life with no future in which to be happy.
Rather than marrying an old pot-bellied man and continuing a worthless life like spoils, she thought that giving her life for the man she loved would be more meaningful, so she was able to end her life by throwing herself from the top of the spire without hesitation.
I did, but when I heard the story of this cute little fairy, I thought that Baekryeogang would be different from now on.
“Yes. Even though Hwanin doesn’t seem to do much, as long as you are around him, all your worries disappear. It’s not just me, it’s because they and others think the same.”
A story flows from the mouth of a little fairy pointing at others.
Issilite, who grew up as a swordswoman by the side of a person who acknowledges and loves her after twists and turns from a slum born in the slums.
Anne, who left her people due to a physical complex and lived in a foreign country, threw off the burden of the body that she thought would be a lifelong bondage, and met her husband and found happiness.
Yu Leupa, who thought she would die after living like a mosquito attached to men because of her tribe, was saved by Hwan-in, and Byeong-do lost her family when she was a baby.
And himself.
“No, after all, I’ve become a bitch because of that illusion… What do you like now So, as long as you stay right next to Hwanin, I will do something for you. If you want to become a Buddha, Hwanin will make you a Buddha, and if you want to travel, you will be able to travel.”
“… I want to have a family, but will Hwanin-nim make a family for me?”
Baek Ryeo-gang’s gaze turns to Hwan-in and the happy women who gather by his side.
= Huh? Are you going to wash up? I want to go too!=
“Then let’s all go in together. Yurpa, Isilite.”
=Yes. I’ll prepare it soon. Master.=
= What?! Now wait a minute! In me… Change some clothes…… !=
= I don’t know why I’m going to wash now, but I’m changing my underwear. Hurry up, sister!=
= No…… ! I mean, I can’t show my underwear right now…… !=
I saw it from the side for a short time, but I could tell Baekryeogang. He already had a deep relationship with them and shared her fair love so that no one would be jealous.
If a child is born between them, he will show unfailing love to them as well.
Now, if I were there…… I don’t think the same shameless thoughts.
In exchange for that loneliness, he grew up in overwhelming physical stability and comfort compared to others.
But if it’s now, if it’s now that I’m dead and become a soul, wouldn’t it be okay to pursue happiness a little?
“I’m a soul, but can I have a family…… ? Even if it’s like a soul wedding… ?”
The sight of Hwan-yeon thinking so seriously about a question that could be called her own grumpiness was something that Baek Ryeo-gang could smile warmly at.
However, at the words that follow, the warm smile is blown away and only embarrassment is filled.
“If it doesn’t work, Hwanin will become your husband and become your family.”
“Yes, yes?”
“What are you kidding me about? When I was eating earlier, the thought filled my eyes.”
「No, no! I’m like that… !”
Baek Ryogang was genuinely embarrassed and flustered in a small voice, but Hwan Yeon spoke with a serious face instead of laughing.
“How long are you going to take it off like that? Didn’t she just keep subtracting until now and eventually committed suicide?」
“…….”
“Hwan-in thinks that he is the only one who can seize his own happiness, so try to be honest with your heart. Then most of it will work out.”
Baek Ryogang was able to see himself receiving great comfort from the story of this little fairy, who was only about a span of a finger.
Really…… Is it like that? If I honestly convey my feelings to Hwanin…….
“Come on.”
“Yes?”
「Hwanin. Ryegang wants to take a bath together.”
“…… ?!!”
Baek Ryogang, who had been dragged by Hwan Yeon’s small hand, stayed in a daze for a while and was startled and tried to pull his body back, but he couldn’t.
What happened was that I was really being dragged by physical force.
= Huh? Doryeong, can the soul take a bath?=
Anne expressed her question innocently and without malice, but Hwan-yeon answered instead of Hwan-in.
“Even though you’re not even real meat, eating meat-flavored tofu steak is vicariously satisfying.”
=Oh, I got it right away.=
I can’t actually take a bath, but there’s an atmosphere. There must be a psychological element that is satisfied just by entering the bath together.
“Then let’s go in together.”
In the midst of not being able to do this or that, it was decided that they would enter the bathhouse together, and Baekryeogang, who had entered the water of the large bathhouse filled with white steam, was embarrassed, covering her eyes with both hands.
She is also a child of a high-ranking noble family. She had always attended baths, but she had never seen anyone bathing.
No, she could count on her hands the number of times she saw someone else’s skin.
In the labyrinth where light does not reach, Isilite and I took off our upper bodies and wiped each other’s backs with a wet towel was the most recent thing…….
The shock given by Isilite, Anne, and Yurpa’s milky white skin to such Baekryeogang was not the only one, and when it came to Hwanin, he was ashamed to even look at him.
Seeing the Baekryeo River glancing at them through the cracks of her slightly open fingers while she was embarrassed, Anne giggled and clung to the side of the Baeknyeo River with her washed body.
=Look at how shy Lady Ryegang is. Very cute~ She’s cute even with her clothes on ~. =
“Ah…….”
=Miss Anne, if you tease me too much, I can’t use it.=
Yurpa also sat down near the White Ryeo River, revealing her voluptuous breasts in the shape of water droplets, and dried Anne, followed by Hwan Yeon.
= Ryogang. How is it? Can you feel the touch of the water?=
Filling a small bath tub with a little hot water and soaking in it is cute, like a doll moving on its own while taking a bath, but Baekryeogang was confused to see that she and the others were not at all embarrassed.
How could everyone be so calm? Is it weird that I’m so manly?
Yurpa’s breasts floating on the water like balloons are erotic, and Anne’s slim body reflected under the water is too erotic.
Hwan-yeon, who makes a small bath inside a bath gourd and enters it, exudes the charm of a small but slender adult woman.
It’s not polite to keep ignoring her even though she’s talking to herself.
“Yes, yes…….”
Baek Ligang, who managed to muster up her courage to answer, shrugged her shoulders in surprise when her Anne came close to her and touched her own arm.
=Ah, I’m sorry if I made you feel bad for touching you carelessly. I’m really excited to be touched. It’s a soul, but how can you feel it…… ?=
“No. I… I’m curious too.”
At the same time, in his heart, he thinks that it would be okay to steal a little bit, and that she is the same woman, so it would be okay to glance at her for a bit.
Wouldn’t it be rude to react with such a flinch?
“But how long are you going to be so formal and tired? Isn’t it comfortable just talking to each other comfortably?”
= What? You’re not being considerate in the first place. Putting out what I thought in words.=
“I’m also paying attention lately!? Now you guys don’t touch me carelessly!”
= Huh? I see. =
= It is true that Yeon-i has changed a lot these days. Talking became a little rounder.=
“Anyway, look at him. If left as it is, it will always be hanging around in a formal manner. Even if you don’t have shame, you don’t have too much. Did you even cry while watching us eat?”
=Really?=
In addition, Baek Ryeo-gang laughs awkwardly at a little awkwardness, but treats himself comfortably…….
‘I’m a little happy.’
She thought it was a little, but glad.
The other young ladies she met at the occasional party in the castle and the maids who served her saw her as the second daughter of the Baek family rather than Baek Ryogang.
Even his childhood friend, Lesim, had been like that at some point.
However, they see her as Baek Ryeo-gang, not the second daughter of the Baek family.
I am delighted with the actions of the girls who see me as an ordinary woman, and a smile appears on their lips and warms my heart.
Seeing it like this, I…… Could I be their friend?
It’s not a fake relationship that only looks like a friend, but a relationship where you can truly give and receive sincerity.
At that time, Baek Ryogang’s mind recalled what Hwanyeon had said a moment ago.
The words to hit your heart honestly.
Hwan-yeon’s intention was to show Hwan-in all of you, but Baek Ryeo-gang was a little embarrassed and took courage by interpreting it in a good way.
“I…… Like. I also want to be friends with you guys!」
An awkward remark, as if he had never said anything like this before.
The three of them stared blankly at Baeknyeo River for a while and burst into laughter.
=That’s good! From now on, I will call you Ryegang comfortably, so call me to hug you too!=
=Please take good care of me too, Lady Liegang.=
Baek Ryogang was so happy that her expression couldn’t be properly framed by the actions of Anne and Yu Lepa, who smiled and snuggled up next to her.
A conversation where you can just accept it as it is revealed without having to read the intentions and emotions hidden behind the mask…… How long will it be?
Baek Ryogang, who had completely opened the bolts of her heart, hid her ever-lifting mouth and brought out her treasure-like memories to those who wondered how she had met her Hwanin.
= Wow, so every time she thinks of an arranged marriage, her breath gets choked and she runs away? =
= All high-ranking noble families are like that. A woman is just a tool for an arranged marriage.=
= I’ve been thinking about it since the other day, but Yul-ee knows the life of a high-ranking noble family surprisingly well? =
= Before she met her, she sold cosmetics and potions to them, so she’s only a little knowledgeable. Anyway, thanks to her running away like that, she met him in Wayford? =
“Yes. I was just following Reshim, though. I heard that Hwanin-nim also found it himself while Le Sim was selling her footwork.”
“You mean that gray wolf-headed man? He certainly seemed loyal.”
From then on, it didn’t matter that she was taking a bath with Baek Ligang.
None of the circumstances around her had changed, but since the filter of friends was added on top of it, the conversations she had with Anne, Yurpa, and Hwanyeon were fun and happy, so she didn’t care about anything else.
However, as Hwanin approached, it returned to its shy and shy appearance.
“You look happy.”
“…… !!!”
No, it became more serious than that.
= Huh?! Wait, Lady Liegang!?=
= Wow, it’s sinking! Ligang, are you okay?!=
Baek Ryeo-gang, who witnessed the naked body of a man fully exposed without covering it, and the first appearance of the man he loved from the front, felt a strong dizziness and sank as it was.
Feeling the hands of his friends holding his own arms and shoulders, Baek Ryogang, satisfied with this and that, felt a sense of satisfaction as if he were about to reach Buddhahood.
But what didn’t come true…… No, the reason why she couldn’t reach the Buddhahood was probably because a slightly erotic lingering attachment sprouted in her heart.
=Wow, it seems that Ryegang really grew up as a maid. Fainted after seeing a man naked.=
=Isn’t it because he’s not just a man, but a man he loves?=
“…….”
If I had seen Hwanin’s slightly bewildered expression, I would have gotten timid and turned into a jjuguri, but anyway.
A lot of new and happy things will come to the blue bird who came out of the cage and regained freedom in the future.
