Chapter 436
Chapter 436
Despite Olim's rebuke, Dawon remained relatively composed. Rather, he looked straight at her and responded, shamelessly, "Well, Olim you may want to believe that I did something to Lee-kyung-ie, but… I was the one who was coerced."
"Co-erced??!" Of course, I was the one who pushed for it in the beginning, but… I tightly gripped Dawon's arm.
Olim snorted and tilted her head disbelievingly; she didn't even need to look at us to convey her dismissal of the Mage's statement. "How funny. Do you think I think you and Choi Lee-kyung are the same? As expected, listening to a criminal’s excuses is a waste of time―”
"S-Stop it, both of you!" Strictly speaking, it was true that I’d been the instigator in this situation… But there was no way I could admit, even to Olim, that I had clung to Dawon even though the Mage had tried to push me away. Instead, I clenched my eyes shut–my face burning red–and yelled at the top of my lungs.
However, my behavior practically proved Dawon's words.
Kim Olim looked between me and the Mage in clear disbelief. Then, after a moment of silence, her expression darkened severely, and she released a deep sigh that had been brewing in her very core. "Choi Lee-kyung, you really… Haah…"
"…I'm sorry… I-It somehow happened…"
"Don't tell me any more, because I really don't want to know."