I Give Up on Conquering the Heroines

8 – Episode 8. Julia Pettenburg (2)

“Whew. I thought you were going to commit suicide.”

“Come on, come on, commit suicide? Oh no! Something like that!”

I can feel the embarrassment from the way he is struggling to explain.

Of course, from the moment I saw her face, I realized it wasn’t a suicide attempt, but I decided to keep it a secret.

Today must be the first time I have seen Julia Pettenburg here.

“Well, by the way, how did you know that I was Julia Pettenburg…?”

“You’re famous. You’ve appeared in magazines several times. I’ve been watching you every time.”

“aaa!”

I touched her face, and in an instant, Julia’s face turned red.

It seems she realized what she was doing.

Unlike in the magazine, the curly black hair was tangled and messy.

The area around the eyes where there is no makeup at all and the dark circles are emphasized.

Wearing an unsophisticated hooded zip-up and even stuttering when speaking, she just looks like a typical gloomy girl.

Even people who know Yulia would not dare to imagine that she is the charismatic Yulia.

“Um, er! I guess I should just go!”

“Go in.”

“Oh, uh, uh, over there…!”

“Don’t worry. I’ll keep our meeting today a secret. We haven’t met today.”

“Thank you…”

Nodding. Nod. Nod.

Yulia, who bent her back to 90 degrees three times after her second, quickly walked away.

It was a short meeting, but that was enough.

I already stamped her eyes.

I saw your true self.

But rather than being surprised by this, I actually like your true self.

And I have no intention of spreading this to others.

Julia must have liked me just by implicitly conveying this meaning.

Just as she was about to smile with satisfaction, she noticed.

“That’s right. Name.”

The fact that you didn’t tell me your name.

***

“Tch. You knew we were here. You sneaky bastards.”

Plodding along.

Jill’s steps walking down the hotel hallway are full of discomfort.

I guess it was because of the men in suits who came to the hotel in the morning and welcomed me to Pettenburg. They had prepared a carriage on the first floor and told me to come down when I was ready.

That’s right. Petersburg already knew that we had arrived a day before and were sightseeing.

Even though I checked in under an assumed name, I even knew which room I was staying in.

The information is so powerful that it gives me goosebumps.

“From now on, we won’t be able to walk holding hands.”

“I know. Please hold me at least in the elevator…”

“Are you nervous?”

“Of course I’m nervous. How dare you talk about the topic of a rich man and a different race…”

Jill grits her teeth.

It’s understandable to be angry.

Not long ago, a letter arrived at the Hamelin mansion.

What’s inside is a complaint.

It was a complaint that had all the necessary forms so that it could be accepted even if it was submitted straight to the court.

“Isn’t that ridiculous? I’m copying Pettenburg’s technique? Huh?”

The complaint stated that Jill Diner’s healing magic violated Pettenburg’s rights.

The intention was clear as only the complaint was sent without any other letters.

It is a threat.

Jill immediately tore up her complaint and laughed at her nonsense, but she immediately had to book a train ticket to Pettenburg.

Because it is true that Jill clearly violated Pettenburg’s rights.

It’s an element that appears in the game as a twist, but now that I know the outcome, Jill just looks like an angry cow being dragged to the slaughterhouse.

“Ugh. I feel like my head is going to explode. Is Eugene okay? He drank more than me yesterday.”

“It’s okay. The alcohol is a bit strong.”

“I didn’t do anything strange when I was drunk, right?”

“Yes. You slept soundly.”

“Thank goodness…”

I did do something strange.

Sometimes he imitates a cat.

I had a hard time stopping him from grabbing my cheek and trying to kiss me right before I fell asleep.

As I kept trying to run away, he even wrapped his legs around me and clung to me.

I want to receive a kiss with a sober mind.

I held back because I wanted to see Jill’s face going crazy with embarrassment in real time.

“We have arrived. I will guide you to the top floor.”

Soon the carriage stops and when we get out, a tall skyscraper appears.

This is a building with the Empire State Building as a motif.

Jill, who raised her head until her throat hurt, was instantly overwhelmed by the majesty and swallowed her saliva, but then her expression hardened as if nothing had happened.

It was quiet inside the elevator all the way up to the top floor, which was over 50 floors.

A facility that draws water and magical power up to the 50th floor.

Usually, when the building exceeds the 10th floor, the cost of auxiliary facilities increases exponentially, so it is extremely rare for a building to exceed the 20th floor, let alone the 50th floor.

Even to me, who knows all the settings in the game, it’s so ridiculous that my mouth drops open.

Ding······

The elevator slowly stops and the doors open.

Then, the view of a clean, entirely gray room without any furniture unfolds.

When the desolation that felt like entering a parking lot enveloped my entire body.

The chair in front of the desk spins to reveal a pointy-eared woman wearing her glasses.

“Julia Pettenburg…”

Cold complexion.

A look of disdain as if it is not worth talking to a worthless inferior species.

The elf in a neat office look was radiating a spirit that made you cringe just by making eye contact.

Jill looks like she is not stressed at all on the outside, but if you look closely, there is plenty of evidence that she is scared.

For example, the little finger wiggling and gently brushing against the hem of the skirt, the left heel slightly lifted and curled, or the conscious straightening of the shoulders and a slight twitch…

Well, if you start listing this, there is no bottom or end.

‘Hey. ‘She deserves to be called a witch.’

Everyone who doesn’t know will think that Julia is the charismatic girl crush type.

In fact, Julia’s speech, which is broadcast on the radio, is said to be a great speech at many universities and is used as lecture material.

Do people know?

The fact that Julia, who is said to be a b*tch, is actually a gloomy person who hides her face a lot.

‘If I hadn’t met you by chance yesterday, I would have been scared too.’

She seems like a completely different person than the woman I met on the bridge yesterday.

There is no way to separate her stylist from her personality.

It seems like she taught herself how to style makeup and fashion.

She is, after all, a genius girl.

In terms of her social skills, it seems that her genius cannot use her spiritual strength.

“What is this?”

“······.”

Tuk.

Yulia throws a wad of paper on her desk without saying a word.

Jill, angry at the rude attitude, walked up to her and held up her paper.

Perhaps the outcome has already been decided from here on.

No, it probably means that she lost her temper from the moment she came to Pettenburg obediently in the first place.

“Agreement?”

Jill’s expression gradually becomes distorted as she flutters through the papers.

After looking at it from the corner of my eye, the provisions written in the agreement are as follows.

-Jill Diner admits that in the process of developing healing magic, he plagiarized the core principles of the elixir to which the Pettenburg Foundation owns the rights.

-Jill Diner pays 90,000 gold to the Pettenburg Foundation to purchase the commercial use rights (license) for the core principles of the elixir.

-Julia Pettenburg permanently suppresses the contents of the agreement. If this provision is violated, the Pettenburg Foundation will pay Jill Diner 10 million gold.

To sum it up, it’s ‘I know you stole my technology, so if you pay a fair price now, I’ll take care of it.’

It may sound a little cheesy, but considering that Jill actually stole it, it is a fairly generous response.

It’s a hard sell, but the price of the technology isn’t exorbitant; it’s just the right price.

Furthermore, he even promised to keep the details of the agreement secret forever for fear that the saint’s reputation would be tarnished.

As expected, he pretends to be innocent on the outside, but in reality, he is a very soft-hearted angel.

A woman like this should become a saint.

In fact, our saint…

“What kind of nonsense is this? I was shocked when I saw the complaint, so I came to see him and he said something even more absurd! I stole Elixir’s technology without permission…!”

He is getting angry like this.

But Julia didn’t even pay attention to Jill and just sat still and closed her eyes.

As if she wasn’t even worth talking to.

She really doesn’t need to talk to Julia anymore.

Because the game is already over.

The agreement that was thrust upon Jill was literally an ultimatum.

If you reject this or request modification, the complaint will be submitted to the court as is.

It will be quite a long battle as it requires multiple verifications, but Jill’s defeat is decided.

The money spent on this is money, but the biggest blow will be the loss of the saint’s reputation.

Jill has no choice but to sign the agreement here.

“Ugh… That’s really insulting! I’ll think about it some more first!”

Tak.

Jill puts down her stack of papers on her desk and turns around, stomping her feet.

It appears that they have decided to continue their meaningless resistance.

While walking along with Jill, I glance behind her.

“Follow me quickly, Eugene.”

“Yes.”

For a very brief moment, Julia smiled at me.

As soon as her vagina turned around, the smile disappeared.

I think my stay in Pettenburg will be a lot more enjoyable.

It would be nothing short of a nightmare for Jill.

“Oh, well. Well, what should the saint do…?”

“Don’t worry. She was so drunk that she fell asleep. I guess she was so stressed out that I had to stop her from drinking it so hard.”

“Ah, ahhh. Thank you for your hard work.”

“hahahahaha.”

Yulia’s awkward laughter made me laugh too.

She is the type of laugh that is deliberately suppressed for fear that her laugh will be uncomfortable for those who are overly conscious of how they appear to others.

In fact, the more you do that, the more strange it becomes.

“Drink it. This is a very expensive drink.”

“Hmm. 30 Years Elisha? I don’t know much about whiskey.”

“Ah. Ah, you don’t know. 30 Years means that the juice has been aged in oak barrels for 30 years. What makes 30 Year Elisha so great is that it uses a mana compression method that other companies do not use….··.”

I know.

I know very well.

I wrote that line too, but I’m afraid you won’t know.

Nevertheless, I listened to Yulia’s excited explanations and even chimed in with her from time to time.

Her killer point is that she doesn’t stutter when talking about what she likes.

“Ah, ah. You only talked about me too much. It must have been boring…”

“No, it was really fun. I like hearing about things I don’t know much about.”

“Really? Then, would you like to tell me about other labels made by the same company as the Elisha I mentioned earlier?”

“hahahaha… It’s so good…”

“Among the products made by that company, other than Elisha, there is one called Trium, which is not very famous among the public, but…”

Oh.

This is not a line I wrote.

I was caught off guard for a moment when a whiskey briefing session was held.

‘Even when I look at it, it doesn’t match my usual image.’

Although she stutters, Julia is very talkative.

Unlike her reputation for being cold and scary, her heart is also warm and warm.

I’m probably the only one in this world who can see Yulia laughing out loud and making noise.

It took quite a long time for the game protagonist to see this side of Yulia, but thanks to a chance encounter with her yesterday, she was able to get through this in one go.

“I really didn’t think we’d be able to meet again. I was surprised when she said she was the saint’s escort knight.”

“I was so surprised. I never imagined I would see Julia Pettenburg, whom I admired, like that.”

“Ahh! I’m sorry! I made her look ugly!”

“No, she’s friendly and really nice. I like Julia’s prettier appearance now.”

“Really, really…?”

It seems that Yulia was touched by her and her eyes filled with tears.

Of course, I was sincere when I said that I liked Julia better now.

After all, such nonsense is more attractive than a perfect superhuman.

“Haaah. My wife, this is my first time. Talking to a human like this without any flaws…”

“Really? I know she’s over 300 years old. Haven’t you met a lot of people in that time?”

“Oh, no… I hated elf society when I was 10, so I ran away. Then I taught myself magic engineering. Maybe it’s because I’m not smart… 300 “Even if I stayed in the room for a year and just studied, there was always more to study…”

I have a bad head.

Julia won’t know.

She said that there are a huge number of theories that were derived from papers she studied on her own and submitted anonymously.

Even though she studied for 300 years, the reason why she had so much to study was because she was actually expanding the horizons of magic engineering herself.

Because all of those monumental papers were submitted anonymously, no one could claim the rights, and thanks to this, many people were able to enjoy the benefits of the advancement of magical engineering at a low price.

In short, she is a genius girl who surpasses Jill.

“Well, when I came to my senses, I saw that a city had been built around my lab. They all looked up to me as their lord… And the surrounding powers asked me to sell them potions and technology… Oh, by the way, all the potions and elixirs were developed by local pharmacists! Well, they have nothing to do with me! But why do they keep praising me by saying it’s Pettenburg’s elixir…”

“It must be very burdensome.”

“It’s true! I live so scared that I can’t meet people. What if I become disillusioned? In some countries, they say I’m the number one person girls want to be like when they grow up. It’s so hard to keep this image. Boo, I feel like I’m going to throw up because it’s so burdensome…”

“I’m so happy to see Yulia like this. I’m sure no one will be disillusioned. Still, there will be a lot of people who will be surprised if her image suddenly changes… Um… Slowly. How about changing it?”

“Slowly?”

“Yes. We are slowly changing the public’s perception. From a cold and silent witch to a lord who is friendly to people.”

“Uh, that! How do you do it?”

We stayed up all night talking.

For Yulia, it was her first time having such a comfortable conversation, so she probably didn’t even notice the passage of time.

Of course, it was not a boring time for me at all.

Julia in gloomy mode has a magical charm that automatically makes you feel good when you look at her.

Probably, if you and Yulia have just one hobby in common, you can have fun conversations all day long.

“Wow, the sun is slowly rising.”

“I have to go now. It’s time for the saint to wake up. It was fun. See you again.”

“Again, again? Really?”

“Of course. Ah. Am I a bit difficult to deal with? Shall we stop coming now?”

“Ah, no, you can come. No, please come. It’s fun talking with Eugene…”

I guess I’ll make my next appointment as well.

With his hands clasped together, he smiled at Yulia, who was staring at her like a dog seeing off her owner going to work, and left.

Yulia’s bright smile remained in my mind even after her elevator door closed.

“Why are you coming down from there? Seeing you smile, do you think something good happened?”

Oh sh*t.

f*cked.

“······.”

“······.”

Rattle rattle.

The train’s first class cabin, which occasionally shakes, is filled with silence and is extremely quiet.

Jill just looks out the window with bloodshot eyes and doesn’t even look at me.

It looks like she tried to hide it with makeup, which she doesn’t normally wear, but it’s clearly visible that the area around her eyes has turned red.

‘Where did you get the hangover cure?’

I was not lucky.

It seems that Jill took a hangover cure before drinking, so she got drunk and woke up refreshed an hour later.

Jill saw that I wasn’t around her, had a hunch where she might be, and waited in front of the building.

I stayed up all night for hours and hours and stood still the whole time.

As a result, I succeeded in catching my tail.

That morning.

Jill immediately scribbled her signature on the agreement, wrote a check for 90,000 gold, threw it on Julia’s desk, and packed her bags.

Preparations were completed quickly and we were able to get on the first train in the morning and arrive here now.

Earlier, they cried and screamed until the guest room left, but now it has become quiet.

This is never a good sign.

Because it means that Jill has reached the highest stage of anger, refusing to talk.

This condition will probably last for more than two days.

‘I’m so tired.’

This side is equally angry.

I tried my best to attack Yulia, but I ended up getting dragged out in just one day.

Still, where did Yulia and her face come into contact?

······ The blow is too great to take comfort in.

‘I can’t help it.’

Recent query targeting has been quite sluggish.

If the attack rate were to appear now, it would probably be in the mid 70% range.

It was a quick climb up there, but it hasn’t climbed here for several months.

Let alone marriage, we haven’t even kissed yet, so I’ve said everything.

‘I should do something a little sorry.’

Has it been said that the importance of existence is felt the most through absence?

Special prescription is also required.