SWNOVELXO Chapter 86 - Mom, Stop!
Chapter 86 Mom, Stop!
To Sophia, what happened yesterday was nothing short of hell itself.
Out of nowhere, Shin-woo said he had something to do and would be staying out overnight.
An adult or not, she was biting her nails with anxiety at the thought of a delicate boy who should be sleeping at home, sleeping outside.
But that anxiety seemed like just a prelude.
“Sophia, can you say a few words?”
“We understand that you are part of the family that adopted Han Shin-woo. Did you know that your brother has been secretly dating Princess Kurumi?”
“…What?”
As soon as she stayed up all night with her eyes open, the reporters’ nonsense hit her like a bolt from the blue.
“W-What… who is dating whom…?”
Princess Kurumi with Shin-woo?
They were secretly dating?
From that moment, Sophia’s mind started to crumble like a fallen fortress without a trace.
Although she saw Shin-woo breaking through the crowd of reporters later, saying it wasn’t true.
‘…Really?’
If a woman was born with the traits of a Beast Hunter, 100 out of 100 would think the same way.
Han Shin-woo was an irreplaceable treasure of the highest value in her life, someone she could never let go of.
Princess Kurumi, with her Beast Hunter traits as strong as, if not stronger than, Sophia’s, found it difficult to converse with ordinary humans.
Such a woman would use all the power of her family to secretly meet Shin-woo.
…Especially since Shin-woo was such a kind boy that he would rush to help if he thought he was needed.
At least, to Sophia, it didn’t entirely sound like baseless gossip.
Because if she were Princess Kurumi, she would also want to secretly meet Shin-woo.
“Ha… It would be nice if there were someone I could talk to about this.”
Ria was too young to listen to such concerns.
Despite being a monster, she was just a child at an elementary school level, and how could Sophia discuss various rumors about Shin-woo in front of her?
Moreover, Sophia had no friends other than Shin-woo.
Due to her Beast Hunter traits, she had tried several times in the past to make ordinary people her friends, but it had always been impossible.
So, early the next morning, she left Shin-woo behind, who was heading to the Hunter Association.
“Sigh…”
She was dealing with a D-grade monster that had emerged from the city when.
“…Huh?”
Sophia faintly sensed it.
That indescribable dark energy she always felt when she was with Shin-woo.
More precisely, it was the same energy she felt when she first saw Shin-woo transform into a monster in Busan 10 years ago.
“…Shin-woo?”
It was strange.
Shin-woo had definitely said that Chief Jin-ah Lee called him to the Hunter Association early in the morning.
So why was his energy coming from the opposite direction of the Hunter Association building?
In that instant, rumors about Shin-woo and Princess Kurumi flashed through her mind.
Called ‘Secret Meeting.’
“…No way.”
No way, no way, no way.
No way, no way, no way, no way, no way!
…Was he lying to meet her?
To comfort each other after the reporters barged in yesterday.
“N-No, that can’t be…!”
What kind of person was Shin-woo!
Shin-woo was a diligent and upright man.
Kind-hearted! Nice! And also, also…
A prince-like boy who couldn’t help but save a girl when he saw her crying.
“…I have to follow.”
He was so wonderful.
That’s why he had so many female acquaintances around him.
Yesterday’s incident wasn’t just a rumor!
With such thoughts, Sophia started to chase after that dark energy like crazy as soon as she defeated the monster.
“Wh-Where are you going, sis?”
“To meet Shin-woo!”
“You’re talking about Oppa…?”
Ria called out to Sophia from the shadows, sensing her master’s urgent heartbeat, but it was no use.
She ran and ran like mad until she stopped in front of an old, shabby detached house on the outskirts of the deserted city.
And at that moment.
“Huff… huff…!”
Sophia’s expression, more suspicious than ever, seemed to turn into conviction, looking ghastly.
“Why… why can I feel Shin-woo’s energy here…?”
No matter how she looked at it, the house wasn’t normal.
The cracked outer wall and the slightly sunken roof.
It looked more like an abandoned house that hadn’t been used for a while than a place where people lived.
But inside, she felt the presence of what she assumed was Shin-woo’s energy.
“……”
“Sis…”
The reason Shin-woo had deliberately gone into this dilapidated place.
The rumors she heard yesterday about him secretly meeting Princess Kurumi.
If that was true, did it mean this abandoned house was their ‘secret place’?
A secret place Shin-woo created with another woman, not her.
As the thought crossed her mind.
“Ugh, ughuh…”
“Sis…!”
“Ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha-!!”
Sophia started laughing.
She laughed like a madwoman, standing still, for a whole ten minutes.
Then, when she finally stopped laughing, her face was overshadowed by a black shadow, like an abyss that could never be erased.
“No way…”
The expression of a powerful female who could never lose her mate, imbued with a deadly aura.
“He’s mine!”
To see what those bastards were up to, Sophia walked up to the front door and banged on it.
She even pressed the doorbell, making sure it was heard.
“Is anyone there?”
Sophia smiled brightly on the outside.
But Ria, who could sense her master’s emotions from within her shadow, was almost on the verge of tears.
‘Oppa, don’t come out…! If you come out, you’ll die! You’ll die!’
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
“Hee hee. I know someone’s in there. So, come out.”
“……”
“Hee hee hee… Hey! I know someone’s in there! Do I have to break down the door to get you out?! Come out now!!”
It was an abandoned house anyway.
With those final words, Sophia clenched one fist, really intending to break down the door.
Creak.
But just then.
The door swung open, revealing an unexpected person.
“Are you trying to break someone’s house?! Why are you doing this all of a sudden?!”
“You are…?”
Riverine, whom she had been introduced to a few days ago as Shin-woo’s senior at work.
As Riverine appeared from the dilapidated house, the anger on Sophia’s face literally froze.
Seeing the bewildered Sophia, Riverine continued acting like the homeowner, trying to quickly drive her away.
“I don’t know why you’re here, but please leave. I was resting.”
“……”
“If you keep blocking the door, I’ll have to call the police…”
“…An orgy?”
“…Pardon?”
However.
Sophia, whose mind was already shattered with the thought that her man had been taken.
“Ha, ha ha…”
“Excuse me…?”
“Shit. Not just one, but two?”
“Sophia?”
Riverine, horrified by Sophia’s crazed expression, instinctively tried to close the door again quickly.
But.
Crash!
“Where is Han Shin-woo…”
“The, the door!”
“Han Shin-woo!! From now on, you can’t even get an erection without my permission, you bastard!!!”
Sophia eventually broke down the door and barged into the Monster Group’s hideout.
Riverine tried to hold her back, but she couldn’t believe how strong this woman, despite being a Beast Hunter, was.
“I’m being dragged…?!”
Riverine, who had tied Sophia with magical threads, found herself being dragged instead.
“You’re not allowed in here!”
Unable to bear it any longer, Dorothy came out of the closet she was hiding in and hugged Sophia tightly from the front.
“…Three?”
“Eek?!”
“Who are you?”
Her appearance only backfired.
“How many women are there! You crazy Shin-woo bastard!!”
“She’s even stronger…!”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry-!!”
“Sis, calm down!”
Even Ria emerged from the shadows, joining the two women of the Monster Group.
It took the combined effort of three people to finally stop Sophia’s advance.
But she was still brimming with energy.
“Raaaaaaah!! Aaaaaaaah!!”
“Is she a monster?! This woman…?”
“No, she’s human! She’s definitely human, but…”
“Grrrraaaarghhhh!!”
“Sis, stop making weird noises! It’s scary!”
The shabby abandoned house shook as if it was about to collapse from her sheer strength.
Meanwhile, Han Jae-won and Katarina, who had been watching the scene from the corner, gulped as they tried to come up with a plan.
“So, that’s your mom?”
“Yes, yes…”
“And the husband is Shin-woo…?”
“Yes, that’s correct…”
“…Is she also a monster by any chance?”
“No?! My mother is definitely human. …At least, that’s what I’ve heard.”
“Raaaaaaah-! Krrraaaaargh!!”
A human like a monster?
Or a human on the verge of turning into a monster?
Anyway, as Katarina watched the already deranged Sophia, she pondered how to subdue Shin-woo’s girlfriend without leaving a scratch.
After thinking for a while.
“Hey, son.”
“M-Me?”
“Yeah, you. Jae-won, at this point, you’ll have to use your charm to appease your mother instead of her husband.”
What was there to hesitate?
With a result to clear up misunderstandings right in front of her, it was time for a direct confrontation.
“When are you going to stop hiding your identity?”
“…Katarina, please hold on.”
“Look, it’s clear she thinks her husband is cheating and has barged into a place like this. At this point, you need to reassure her that it’s not what she thinks.”
“But if I do that, who knows what butterfly effect it might cause…!”
“Idiot! The timeline was already messed up the moment you showed up! Since it’s already twisted, let’s twist it so much that we don’t get spoiled!”
It was already water under the bridge.
In fact, it wasn’t spilled yet, but since things had come to this, Katarina smiled brightly, ready to swim in the spilled water.
Then.
Thud!
“Ugh?!”
Katarina kicked Jae-won’s back, who was resisting going out, forcing him outside.
“Y-You…?”
“The fake Oppa from before?!”
Seeing Han Jae-won’s sudden appearance, Ria bared her teeth immediately, and Sophia, realizing the dark energy she thought was Shin-woo’s was subtly different, started to regain her senses.
“Uh…”
“Huh?”
“Mother! Please calm down!”
“…What?”
“…Huh?”
“Mother?!”
As he finally responded with eyes tightly shut, everyone except Katarina inside the abandoned house seemed to freeze as if time had stopped.
“Well done, Jae-won!”
Hearing those words, the women inside the abandoned house stood frozen as if time had stopped.