I Was Confessed to by the Golden Sun

22 – 22. Room Cafe (1)

Precisely 12 minutes have passed since I made the decision to become Lucia’s completely for one day in exchange for saving me.

I looked futilely at Grayson, who had fallen to the ground with bruises all over his body.

“So, what does this mean, Lucia?”

“…”

Whistling while looking into the distance clearly revealed that she was the one who did it.

She probably intended to enter, but since Grayson stopped her according to my orders, she faltered and came in.

Naturally, Grayson, who lacked the memory to substitute with her own strength, must have been beaten up.

.. Isn’t this like a gangster?

“It’s not my fault! This guy was blocking the way because he was worried about you!”

“Even so, what will happen if you keep hitting my friend until he passes out?”

If someone blocks the way, you should try to resolve it through conversation.

What kind of mentality is it to beat someone with a club?

“First, we should take him to the hospital, he has too many injuries…”

“We can’t do that!”

Lucia shouted as I tried to take Grayson with me.

When I turned to look, Lucia said in a voice creeping in.

“If we go to the hospital, we’ll spend a lot of time, but we don’t have enough time for a date…”

As she spoke, her eyes sparkled and it seemed like she didn’t want to spend time with Grayson.

However, it is not right to leave Grayson, who is badly injured, on the cold floor.

While I was contemplating for a moment, Lucia sighed deeply and stuck something that looked like a ticket on Grayson’s body.

“This is insane!”

And then, in no time at all, Grayson disappeared from sight.

“What the… What is this?”

I asked, suspecting that I may have killed him for interfering with what he thought was a date.

Lucia grabbed my arm and said.

“It’s a short-distance teleportation ticket. I used it to send him to the hospital so we don’t waste time. Now let’s really have fun together.”

“What? What are you talking about?”

My head went blank for a moment.

A short-distance teleportation ticket is a teleportation, the essence of modern magic, contained in an object.

It requires thousands of layers of magic circles and the materials to receive it, so it is incredibly expensive. And she used it?

As I stood there, speechless and astonished, Lucia pulled my arm as if she was annoyed and said.

“My dad gave it to me for when it’s needed, so don’t worry.”

No, you can’t say it like that.

In terms of performance, it’s a scam item that can simply escape in threatening situations. For example, even when faced with a saint earlier, all you have to do is stick the ticket on yourself and you can escape.

“You used such a versatile item just to have a date with me…?”

“Yeah.”

She is so confident that I have nothing to say.

Well, I’m not even the owner of the ticket, I’m just the one using it…

“But it’s such a waste…!”

Even so, it seemed too wasteful to use that for just one date, so I frowned.

Lucia, still holding my arm, whispered to my ear as if she were talking about a secret.

“You’re much better than this piece of paper, so don’t worry about it.”

Then, she tightly held my hand, interlocking our fingers, and added as we walked into the city.

“Today, you’re mine. Focus on me.”

Honestly, this time I was a little excited.

But the other party was Gyeom Tae-yang, and I tried to erase all the heavy thoughts from my head as I put a piece of candy in my mouth.

Lucia began to follow me in the direction she was leading.

She wouldn’t take me to a strange place, would she?

***

Fifteen minutes dragged along as Lucia pulled me by the hand.

I deeply regret my previous casual thoughts now.

“If you feel uncomfortable, there’s an intercom on the inner wall. Did you order two pancakes?”

“Yes, that’s right!”

I shouldn’t have casually said, “Let’s have fun for a day” like that.

I think Lucia interpreted it differently.

“If you go inside room E, we’ll bring the food to you!”

“Thank you!”

So, Lucia, unlike usual, thanked me with a bright smile and held my arm, leading me again.

As I followed Lucia, led by her hand, when we opened the door that the staff member had mentioned, there was a mattress right in front of us and a projector hanging from the ceiling.

“It looks comfortable.”

Yeah, there’s nothing to hide. The place Lucia had dragged me to was a room café.

As I was being dragged along with my arm held, I found myself here before I knew it.

Seeing Lucia lying on the mattress and playfully hitting the space next to her, I shivered.

“I changed my mind. Let’s meet again tomorrow.”

In a hurry, I grabbed the doorknob and said to Lucia, who had startled me.

“Animal.”

With that, trying to escape from Lucia, who seemed to be targeting me, I quickly opened the door and tried to run away.

As I attempted a hasty escape, I heard Lucia’s urgent voice from behind me.

“Alright! I won’t do anything strange! It’s just a joke!”

Lucia spoke emotionally, but honestly, I was highly suspicious. Although the room cafe itself was not a strange place, it was strange for someone to lie down there and tap their own seat suspiciously. I went over and sat down, feeling relieved, but who knows if someone suddenly jumps on me and devours me?

“Besides, Lucia’s physical abilities are overwhelming compared to mine, so if she attacks me once, I won’t be able to escape… In other words, this is my last chance to run away from here.”

I seriously contemplated whether or not to escape, but I reminded myself that Lucia had essentially saved my life and let out a deep sigh before sitting next to her.

“If you touch me again, I won’t tolerate it.”

It seemed odd for a grown man to say such lines while sitting meekly.

Well, what can I do? I’m basically a socially weak person who can be devoured at any moment.

“We just came to watch a movie together.”

Lucia said with a laugh, as if finding it absurd.

“Is that true..?”

Regardless of this and that, I already knew it was too late to run away.

I took a deep breath and slowly leaned closer to Lucia, just like a couple on a date.

Anyway, since I promised her that today will be hers, I have to keep that promise.

“hehehe..”

Lucia looked at me with a creepy gaze.

Seeing that I thought I was dangerous and was about to move back slightly, Lucia quickly asked again.

“Do you like any movies? Or is there something you want to watch together?”

Upon hearing Lucia’s words, I looked at the wall and noticed several movie posters illuminated by the light from the projector hanging on the ceiling.

If you choose a movie you want to watch here, the movie comes out from the projector operated by the magical light.

“..Interesting.”

It felt more like a mini movie theater than a room cafe.

Of course, there were still the black mattress on the floor, the soft cushion I was hugging, and the lemon scent coming from the side to remind me of reality.

I decided to think of the current situation as if I was watching a movie alone in my room.

If I didn’t think this way, I would be too scared of what the person next to me might do.

“Well, let’s start with a romance movie!”

“This crazy woman.”

We are alone in this small room, and she starts playing a romance movie without even asking for my opinion. If she was going to do this, why ask for my opinion? It’s obvious that this is not the atmosphere for me to feel that way about her, right?

As I stared at the screen, the production company’s logo passed by, and the first scene of the movie began…

“Ugh…”

“This is f***ed up.”

Right from the beginning of the movie, a passionate kissing scene between a man and a woman unfolded.

Anxious that it might be an adult film, I conceNT*Rated on the screen with a nervous heart.

Fortunately, both the man and the woman on the screen were fully dressed.

That meant there wouldn’t be any explicit scenes right away.

“Well, at least that’s a relief…”

I wondered if this crazy woman had started an adult film from the beginning, but I heaved a sigh.

Still, I couldn’t help but worry that someone aggressive might forcibly undress me.

With a trembling heart, I had to discreetly glance at the person sitting next to me.

My poor situation…

“Can I request assistance using that intercom?”

For a moment, I contemplated looking at the intercom on the wall, but then I shook my head.

“This woman is the kind who would knock down even a part-timer if she sets her mind to it…”

Rather than adding another innocent victim, sacrificing myself for the greater good seemed like the right choice.

“Jack…”

At that moment, Lucia turned to me with her glossy eyes.

Although the kissing had already stopped, the actors inside the academy were still in the early stages of their budding romance.

But at that moment, I couldn’t feel any sense of innocence; instead, I was overwhelmed by fear, and my body trembled uncoNT*Rollably.

As I shivered, Lucia, who had been keeping her eyes narrowed, began to approach me step by step.

“She’s coming…!”

I was preparing for whatever Lucia was about to do as she slowly closed in, with my eyes tightly shut.

“Hmm?”

Instead of the strange sensation I had expected, I felt warmth in my hand.

Opening my eyes slightly, all I could see was Lucia’s hand delicately placed on the back of my hand.

Lucia seemed to be delighted by just that, turning her head and giggling, her face blushing.

‘What is going on?’

At that moment, an absurd hypothesis popped into my head.

Lucia started to see me not just as a tool to tease Heidi but as someone she genuinely likes. It’s a small probability, but I kept thinking about how Lucia kept appealing to it and how she could go this far with it.

Even the way she looks now, I couldn’t help but think that it seemed so natural, from the trembling of her hands and her breathing to even her facial expression.

“Haah..”

Of course, I have no intention of accepting it, but my heart feels strangely tangled.

The groundless guilt that I might have deceived and pushed away Lucia’s true feelings was just an added bonus that sprouted in my chest.

Is that why?

“Hm? Jack..? Uh..?”

I turned over Lucia’s left hand where her hand is raised and slipped a ring on her finger.

It was a completely accidental and impulsive action that didn’t go through any thinking.

Strangely enough, I didn’t feel the urge to take my hand back.