This BL Novel Is Ruined Now - Chapter 131

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Chapter 131

Translator: Yonnee

RP: Haebaragi_syk

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“Uh… Ethan…? W-Why are you… unbuttoning your shirt?”

What’s wrong with this guy… There’s no middle ground with him.

As Reina froze and stuttered through the question, Ethan’s lips smoothly curved into a smile.

“I already said so earlier. When it comes to healing power, it’s the most efficient when bare skin meets bare skin.”

Huh? No, wait just a second here.

“D-Don’t tell me, right now… You’re unbuttoning your shirt because…”

Looking at the woman in front of him, Ethan just blinked innocently. Such a reaction just served as a shock to Reina.

‘W-What the heck…? Is it normal in this world for two people to hug each other naked just to be healed?’

In Confucianism, a boy and a girl weren’t allowed to sit together after they had reached the age of seven. Of course, she didn’t think that there was such a dull ideology in this world as well. Rather, as Han Jaehee, she vaguely expected that this world would be more open to sex and intimacy compared to how it was in her previous world.

But still! They hadn’t even kissed yet! So what’s this, suddenly getting naked together?!

‘Even if it’s for the sake of healing me!’

Right. If she were perfectly honest, she knew that Ethan had come to Launcer not just for the greater good, but for a different reason—that reason being her.

‘But this is just too fast…!’

No, maybe her worldview as a good Confucian woman in her past life was still very strong within her. She couldn’t help but feel that this entire situation was too embarrassing.

“E-Ethan, but it’s kind of… No, what I’m trying to say is… Don’t you think that getting naked like this would be a step too far?”

Ethan stared at her as she spoke each word stiffly. Those calm eyes made her feel pressured for no reason at all, and she began to make hasty excuses.

“Uh, I mean… If a man and a woman who aren’t even married hug each other while naked, that’s much too improper, isn’t it…”

The reasoning flowing out of her red lips was like water gushing out of a broken faucet, but in any case, she lost the point she was making early on.

She trailed off because she didn’t know what’s she’s saying anymore, and she didn’t know what else to actually say.

A brief moment of silence stretched between the two.

And it was Ethan who broke the silence first.

“Reina.”

“W-What is it?”

“There seems to be a misunderstanding.”

“A… misunderstanding?”

“I unbuttoned only the part that your face would touch.”

It was not until she heard this that she realized.

Only three of his shirt’s buttons had been unbuttoned…

“……”

She let her imagination run wild all on her own, like a theater play going on in her mind. The janggu was struck as the harmonious Korean traditional melody permeated the air. Then, with a sangmo atop her head, she performed a grand finale. ^[1]

‘Ah… Is there no rat hole I can hide in…’

“And besides, you’re a precious person to me, Reina.”

Though she was terribly embarrassed, Reina’s eyes went wide as she heard the sudden confession.

He had given numerous confessions and had made countless attempts at winning her over until now, but it was actually the first time that she heard a serious, straightforward confession from him.

No, perhaps he had conveyed serious confessions as well in the past, but Reina wasn’t in the right mindset to have caught them.

Ever since the incident with Lehman, the world as she knew it disappeared from right under her, and everything turned upside down. In the middle of all that confusion, she could not stop anyone from coming or going in her life. She just left herself in a river of emotions.

She drifted on that flowing river for a long time, but in time, she came to her senses and reached this point.

“I don’t want to jump over the right steps without any consideration for you. I won’t treat you like that, Reina. Instead, I wish to slowly enjoy our time together and build the relationship I have together with you, one by one.”

Her lavender eyes quivered.

“One by one…”

A wave of embarrassment rushed over her as she recalled all the things she had done in the past. There’s no denying that her attempts at seduction and ‘love’ was in no consideration for the other person.

But by comparison, Ethan…

‘Isn’t like me.’

So, she was both grateful and remorseful, both delighted and guilty.

“…Thank you, Ethan.”

I’m sorry that I’m seeing you for who you truly are only now.

“I’ve been wanting to say it until now,” Ethan continued. “My world has already changed.”

Reaching towards her hand, Ethan gently raised her hand to his lips and kissed her palm.

In that moment, her pale complexion was instantly tinted with a pleasant hue, as though she was a blooming flower. Seeing her like this, Ethan closed his eyes.

“Reina. You are more precious than my own life.”

Hearing his genuine confession, Reina bowed her head.

‘He’s… He’s being sincere.’

Her heart was swayed.

She wondered if she’d be confident enough to move forward from the past, when she saw him only as a means to an end.

She forced away the murky rush of guilt. And, she carefully squeezed the large hand holding hers.

“Thank you so much, Ethan.”

And I’m sorry.

* * *

“The Almighty Utta has thus spoken,”

A reverential voice echoed throughout the silent room.

At the same time as the calm saintess began her declaration, all the priests gathered in this place of worship prostrated deeply and brought their heads to the ground with a resounding thud.

Flinching without realizing it, Reina inwardly clicked her tongue. She still couldn’t get used to it.

‘Oof… They’re going to crack their skulls like that.’

Such injuries couldn’t be fixed even with healing power. That’s why she asked them to stop doing that, but they still kept doing it anyway.

As she paused for a moment, Reina focused again on the situation at hand and continued speaking.

“’Ah, what a pity’.”

There was one thing that she realized while she was in conflict with the devotees of Utta.

For those who were not ready to hear the truth, it would sound like nothing but a lie to them. This was a simple and obvious conclusion.

Therefore, Reina and Ethan decided to use the strategy of ‘The Saintess of Advent’ in earnest.

In short, it was a scam in which she’d be impersonating a god.

¹ janggu – the most representative drum in traditional Korean music; sangmo – Korean folk arts hat, which is worn when dancing and moving the head around during a performance of pangmul (Korean folk music tradition that includes drumming, dancing and singing) (Reina mentioned these two back in chapter 60 as well) ↩

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