Necromancer Survival

nversation about Koo Kyungman soon ceased; perhaps she thought it unseemly dinner conversation.

    However, the remnants of her unresolved anger began to be redirected towards her son.
“Honestly, though that child is one that I birthed through my own pain; I can’t help but think that all he had suffered is through his own foolishness.”

    “……”

    “We’re not some ordinary family.
There’s no use telling him that he’s only become a successor to the business as his father’s only legitimate son–none of that will penetrate his brain.”

    “Hui-seo-ssi seems to be a bit romantic.” 3

     “Right.
His head is just a flower patch.
A flower patch!”

     The more I heard Chairwoman Shin’s outspoken displeasure, the more I felt sympathy for Koo Hui-seo.

     Her parental behavior was not normal, and accused Koo Hui-seo of being stupid or self-serving for failing to follow along.
This mindset will probably not change until the day she dies.

     It was not because Koo Hui-seo was stupid that he blindly believed in his brother’s wicked heart.
She made it so easy to manipulate Koo Hui-seo such that he was moved by the smallest hint of affection.

     In the end, She, who clicked her tongue at her son and called him a fool, was the one who made him that way.
The violence his father perpetuated probably contributed as well.
All that combined and twisted together to create this result.

     “Nothing’s to your taste?” Chairwoman Shin suddenly looked back towards me, interrupting her passionate conversation.

     I nodded my head, tired and uncomfortable–ready to leave this place soon.
“Yes, I’m sorry.
May I be excused first?”

     “Okay.
I’ll send Seo Dawon up soon as well.”

     Seo Dawon did not add anything to Chairwoman Shin’s words, but he observed my complexion.
Jung Garam, who had not been hiding his disinterest in this conversation and instead had been lounging silently with chin in his palms, also looked at me as well.

Both of them looked as if their gazes were asking, ‘Do you want me to come with you?’ but I shook my head slightly.
I just wanted to lie down alone.

     Watching us, Chairwoman Shin gestured with her hand; a polite server, a rather big man, walked in front of me with his head bowed low.
“I’ll show you to your room.”

     I walked behind him, out of the bright greenhouse, and realized that the little I had eaten had given me indigestion.
I barely made it back to the room and closed the door.
When I entered the tidy room, devoid of the smells of food, my stomach calmed a little.

    “……”

     Of course, that relief didn’t mean much after seeing Koo Hui-seo sitting calmly on my bed.
I almost shrieked when we made eye contact; my breath became short and my lips moved involuntarily, “……Have you eaten?”

    “No.
I can hardly eat anymore, now.”

     I pretended to be calm.

    Koo Hui-seo’s responding expression was calm as well, but I was incredibly concerned about his solitary presence in my room.

    How should I say this–I had a creeping suspicion that he would threaten me menacingly with that peaceful manner of his.

     Because of that, I couldn’t ask why he was here.
I couldn’t even ask him to leave.
Koo Hui-seo seemed to have perceived my dilemma when he saw me hesitating, as if nailed to the floor in front of the door.

     He slowly got off the bed and walked towards me at a glacial pace, as if to convince me he posed no threat.
“If I’ve surprised you, I’m sorry.
I thought you’d be having a meal, so…This was my room in the past, so I just came in for a moment.”

     “Oh……”

     He pointed at the wide window by the bed.
“I’d often sit on that windowsill and observe the scenery below.”

     “……”

     “When the curtains are drawn, you can hide your body well.”

      I nodded, to show my understanding, but I couldn’t take my eyes off the wrist of his pointing hand.
Because, white scars–slash marks–were clearly engraved there.

TL: NGL I’d feel utterly uncomfortable with seeing someone hand feed a rich lady right in front of me.

Also, for those that don’t see the announcements on the discord, I’m on vacation for the next 10 days, so my updates might be a bit sporadic.
I’ll still update though

Footnotes

나물, which I translated as wild vegetables, are side dishes that are made from vegetables that were traditionally foraged from the mountains.
Common ones are shepherd’s purses or stir-fried fernbrake bracken.

  soy sauce marinated crabs.
To those that might be confused, romantic, here, means something like idealistic and naive.
It harkens back to Don Quixote and the era of searching for “romance.”