Chapter 310 – The Way of Love (7)
“Professor?”
Audrey suddenly came to her senses.
Faculty room. Her staff were looking at her.
“Oh, look at things.”
Capturing her expression, she got up and went into the mana training room.
It is a cramped room with no light. This is the only time for mages who are obsessed with research, achievements, and rising levels to be silent.
It was a time of self-contemplation and a time of rest at the same time.
Audrey sat there on a thin cushion.
Sunlight pours through the window, which is so small that it is difficult for her to put her fist in.
Closing her eyes, she concentrated her mind, distracted her mana, and repeated to suck it up.
Mana Seniority. She was already a 6th-level mage, and she didn’t need it anymore.
Because growth is over.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want a higher level. She also wanted to break the wall of the 7th grade and reach the level of a great mage.
But that was an area of incomprehensibility.
She didn’t even wish for it. If the kite touches it, it’s just that. She didn’t want to cling to it and put the happiness in her life away.
Making memories with loved ones – giving birth to a child and raising it with love -, watching a child grow up – was just as rewarding and fulfilling as research on magic.
However, my mind wanders. Shake-, collapse-, crumble.
It was precarious, like standing on top of a precipice.
So she came here.
Empty your thoughts Clear your mind.
I put mana into my breath, exhaled it, drank it, and exhaled it again.
A few hours passed like that, and Audrey left the Mana Training Room.
Her whole body was covered with sweat.
“Professor, let’s go to work.”
Her blonde-haired woman, Monica, came up to her.
“Ah, has it already been that time…?”
When asked to go in first—Monica pursed her lips.
“Today···. Aren’t you coming into the mansion?”
“···Yes. I have a lot of work to do.”
She was the next Mage Tower owner.
The search for something to do was endless. Since the lord of the Magic Tower had left her seat—even more so. She had a hand in maintaining relations with Tama Tower, as well as exchanges between neighboring principalities and cities.
Nonetheless-, she cherished her daily life. She has been trying to carve out time and space to spend at least a little time with her husband and her daughter.
But these days, Audrey hasn’t returned to her mansion.
“…Then, let’s go first.”
“Yes, go in carefully.”
Monica didn’t even hesitate for a moment, packed her things and left the professor’s office.
A sigh escaped through Audrey’s teeth.
For several days, she went to and from the mana training room, the professor’s room, and the research room, lying on her sofa and making her sleep.
Fatigue piled up like fine dust.
Thanks to Mana’s blessing, she was fine with less sleep, but she didn’t have to sleep at all.
Audrey sipped the tea on the table.
Laughter is heard through the door. It belonged to the Mage Tower staff on their way home from work.
What was more difficult than fatigue was emptiness.
Her heart, which had been filled with her love for her family, was empty. It felt like her emotions were crumbling away with every breath she took.
My husband-, back to normal. Nothing was different from a week ago.
He cared for Audrey as before.
She took care of her forgotten belongings and organized the messy papers.
It was her husband’s attitude as always, fixing her clothes, albeit clumsily, and cheering her on in everything she did.
But she was afraid to face her husband on the bed.
Space for couples.
As the next Mage Tower owner and member of the committee, her only resting place–now she felt uncomfortable.
That night, when her husband massaged her breasts in the dark, shoved his cock into her cunt, and shook her waist, she collapsed, wanting to grab hold of her husband and bury him.
Did you imagine having sex with another woman?
I wanted to ask what kind of woman, no, what kind of bitch was he imagining. I wanted to cry out that I wasn’t that attractive.
But I couldn’t.
I decided to trust her husband, and then doubted him-? It couldn’t be.
Audrey buried her face in his palms. His lips parted and a sigh leaked out.
I was thinking of spending the night here. I thought it would be better not to see my husband until my complicated mind was sorted out.
It was because I felt like I would break down if I saw his face-, because I felt like I was going to hold on to my pants and cry.
I have told my husband
The past few days, work at the Magic Tower has been so busy that there is no time to go home.
The husband clearly expressed his regret, but he did not ask why.
He seemed to believe that when the time came he would come back. And-, Audrey wanted to believe that too.
Smart tock-
Audrey straightened her back at the sudden knocking sound.
I could tell who it was without even checking.
Seo-joon was that man.
Audrey resented him.
He knew there was nothing wrong with him. He was just trying to help the relationship.
However, she was having a hard time—and needed someone to resent.
That’s why you can’t blame your husband or yourself–, everything was because of him, and I took responsibility.
Because it made me feel comfortable
So, I pretended not to know that he came to her professor’s office like this every day. I held my breath every time I waited for him to leave.
Smart tock-
The knocking sound is heard again, and Seo-jun’s voice is heard.
[Professor, are you there?]
Even after he said that, he stood in front of the door for a while. The light in the hallway cast shadows from his long legs through the crack in the door.
Audrey buried her face in his hands, held her breath, and waited for him to leave.
[I will go.]
His voice came again. It was a voice that sounded kind of lonely.
Audrey’s head went down little by little. Then, all of a sudden, a voice broke out.
“D-Come in.”
After he said it, he was surprised and shut his mouth.
I wished I hadn’t heard.
But- I must have heard her voice, the doorknob squealed and the door opened. Seojun came in.
Audrey quickly lowered her gaze.
Why did I bring him into the professor’s office-? She bit her lip in a self-deprecating tone.
Tumble- Seo-joon approached.
His brown boots caught on the edge of his gaze. He sat down on the sofa opposite her. The dust blew thinly, reflecting the red sunlight and scattering it here and there.
“…”
“…”
Seojun and Audrey were silent.
There was a long silence.
Audrey twitched his fingers. He was full of questions about why he had brought him in, what he had come to see him for.
But his mouth didn’t come off.
But in silence, Seo-jun took out his bag.
Stacks of boxes came out of the bag.
It seemed like they had prepared dinner ahead of time.
Seeing that some of the side dishes had a familiar scent- it was the skill of the chef at the Salt Mansion. As soon as I smelled it, I naturally salivated.
“That’s why all of a sudden…”
“I think you must be hungry.”
Seo-joon took out a spoon and put it down in front of her. Audrey suddenly shook her shoulders at the rattling sound.
“I-I’m fine.”
Just as I was about to say “It’s okay”, A rumbling sound came from my stomach.
It was because I hadn’t eaten properly for the past few days.
Audrey covered his face with both hands. Even without looking in the mirror, it was obvious that my face was all red.
“Come on, eat. Professor.”
When she opened her fingers slightly, Seo-joon was holding a side dish of hers with her spoon and holding it out to her.
“I-I will eat. Please.”
“Would you like to?”
Audrey quickly took the spoon from his hand, and he showed a little regret.
Seo-joon sat still while she opened her spoon a few times – staring at her face.
Her face was about to be punctured—it seemed like she was going to pretend rather than eat properly.
It wasn’t easy even if I tried to ignore it.
“Why, why do you look at me like that…”
“Ah, sorry.”
Seojun turned his gaze back.
But even for a moment – the gaze sticks to it again. Until she finishes her meal.
After hastily finishing her meal, she patted her bloated chest.
Then, Seo-jun immediately recommends cold water.
“Thank you.”
Audrey took the water and drank it. It felt like my stuffy stomach was relieved.
Seo-jun got up from his seat after tidying up the boxes. He left no words.
He left the words to take care of your health, and Seo-joon left the professor’s office.
His gaze went unintentionally to the empty seat he was sitting on.
Shaking his head, he headed back to the lab. The work to be done was Taesan.
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“…Seojun?”
The next day, as soon as the sun went down, Seo-joon came to see her again.
This time, he was holding a nest of boxes.
However, he also brought his own spoon.
“I’m afraid if I eat it alone, it’ll be unsuitable.”
Saying that, Seo Joon smiled lightly.
His gaze was still staring at her face, but unlike yesterday, the discomfort had gone.
Again, throughout the meal, the two did not say much.
When she finished eating, she said—she wished she hadn’t come so personally.
Because this isn’t right.
Seojun’s expression became very bad.
Audrey was taken aback, but she didn’t even try to console her—he didn’t even ask why she was making that face.
Deep down, I thought I knew why he was doing this.
Her gaze as he looked at her was starting to contain her feelings little by little—because Audrey felt it too.
Seo-joon took the empty boxes and left the professor’s office.
Audrey drank a cup of tea and looked out the window at Seo-jun’s empty seat.
The sun went down and the wind grew colder.
Throwing the shawl over his shoulder, he entered the laboratory.
