Became the Blind Male Lead in a Reversed World

38 – Each One’s Path

1.

Eunho tried to meet Yeonha one last time. Yeonha and Ryu Cheon-hee were at the back courtyard cliff, looking at the sea, the place where Eunho and Ryu Cheon-hee had reunited.

“Yeonha.”

“….Eunho.”

“Why does your voice sound so gloomy?”

“………Does it sound like that?”

“We’re alone, yet you don’t drop the formal tone.”

“You would hear that in your position. And… if I drop the tone now, you’ll definitely act silly.”

Silly. Now that she mentions it, he only acted like that when being mischievous.

“I can act silly, you know.”

“You really…”

Yeonha sighed and approached Eunho.

“When I pounced on Cheon-hee earlier. Weren’t you scared?”

“I was just startled.”

“…….Is that so?”

Yeonha’s lips twitched as if she wanted to say something. Eunho couldn’t sense that minute movement, of course, having not released his sensory ability.

“What are you going to do with that mask, Yeonha?”

“……..Hmm..”

Yeonha pondered. However, no matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t think of anything other than chasing after Eunho.

After forcefully clearing her thoughts, she thought about it.

“The safest choice would be to return to our family. Don’t you think?”

“Is it okay?”

“Now that I’m a 5-star intermediate level, if I confront my mother, one of us will suffer significant damage. My mother is violent and an unreasonable woman. However, she’s not someone with such a shortage of intelligence that she’d completely destroy us both. We won’t have any conflict.”

Suddenly, she remembered the Namgoongsa who went flying after being hit by her mother-in-law’s fist.

What was he doing now? Did he wake up in the hospital bed?

Maybe he’s sitting with his male friends and having fun.

“Just wait. Can you sit next to me?”

“Don’t worry, we have plenty of time.”

“No…I don’t seem to have much time left.”

The journey was in two hours. It might feel long but not at all for Yeonha.

For Eunho…it felt like much.

They sat on a suitable rock together.

If they moved a little closer, their flesh would rub against each other. The calm, pounding sensation must be a combination of sadness and excitement.

“It makes me feel like crying a little.”

“I won’t cry this time.”

“I just had this feeling that you were about to cry.”

She took a look at Eunho’s eyes. But no tears came out. However, she couldn’t get rid of the peaceful feeling.

Eunho sang a soothing song while humming along. The lyrics weren’t special, but the melody was unique.

“What song is it? Your voice sounds strange.”

“It’s from Howl’s Moving Castle movie.”

“Huh…what?”

“Oops.. forget about it.”

Sometimes, Eunho says incomprehensible words. Although meaningless, she felt a sense of comfort.

Yeonha calmed herself by listening to Eunho’s song. Surely, even when they returned to Namgoong Mansion, it would remain in her heart for a long time.

“Eunho.”

Eunho’s song stopped with Yeonha’s voice.

“Why?”

Yeonhan looked at Eunho, capturing him with her eyes. His silver hair glistened in the slowly fading sunlight, exuding a subtle, beautiful radiance.

Her pink eyes appeared slightly redder, but they possessed a gentle quality that differed from Ryu Chun-hee’s intense crimson eyes.

“I really… need to come back.”

“Of course.”

“I want to see Eunho again. Definitely.”

“I also want to see Yeonha a lot.”

If that’s the case, I couldn’t help but think I shouldn’t go… but I suppressed the words that came up to my throat.

At that moment, a warm breath tickled my ear.

“?!”

“Oh. Did I surprise you?”

“…Um, something.”

“You really can’t see it unless you’re close to me. You can’t see it, but you can feel it.”

“You’re really not running away. How do you see me?”

Eunho chuckled mischievously.

“Cute troublemaker.”

“What the…!”

“Puppy.”

“Huh?!”

“Like a younger sibling.”

“…………”

Asking for no reason only made me feel despondent. Isn’t it something that a woman shouldn’t see?

Swooosh. Eunho’s slender arm wrapped around Yeonha’s neck.

In an instant, Eunho’s pink eyes and Yeonha’s yellow eyes met, and then…

*Blink.*

Yeonha was covered completely.

Yeonha recalled the incident that had taken place over a month ago. After losing to Baeng-ya-hwa and feeling discouraged, Eunho had comforted her in an unconventional, intimate way.

He had called it a kiss… Or so he had said. It was a peculiar pronunciation, but it had grown on her.

She was having that sweet kiss right now. Lying down in a reed field.

*Chirp.* Softly… gently…

As their bodies touched, they both felt a primal instinct being stirred within them.

Eunho felt the gentle, curvaceous body of Yeonha. He sensed the flat and slightly angular body of Eunho against his own.

“Haah… Ha…”

“Ah…”

Unconsciously, Yeonha let out a sound of regret and felt something touching their navel.

“………!!”

“Um…”

Blushing momentarily with embarrassment, Eunho looked at Yeonha and spoke.

“To… here.”

“…Just now, what does a kiss mean?”

“It seems like Yeonha is somehow feeling sad. And… if it’s Yeonha, it’s okay.”

Yeonha felt their heart beating faster.

“And naturally, I don’t treat you as a woman. You’d think the same if you were in Yeonha’s position.”

Embarrassed, Yeonha, who revealed the truth, trembled their shoulders.

Mixing feelings of rebellion and genuine concern, Yeonha said,

“But still… there’s no need to push too hard. Comforting a woman like this…”

“You don’t care about your body, do you?”

“That’s right.”

“I wish you’d do the same for yourself.”

“What?!”

You knew? Suddenly, I felt an overwhelming sense of humiliation.

Eunho pulled Yeonha closer and made them sit on his lap.

Yeonha refused this position, embarrassed by its implications.

“Better sit on my lap. Isn’t this an undignified posture for a woman?!”

*Smack!* Eunho lightly slapped Yeonha’s buttocks.

“Huh…”

Looking at Yeonha blushing from ear to neck, Eunho finally smiled, not with his eyes but with the skin that touched theirs.

“I’m not a fool, Yeonha.”

“I never thought that way…”

“I have desires too.”

“…I can feel that now.”

She feels something pressing strongly on her lower abdomen and speaks in a voice that crawls into Yeon-ha.

“If you stay well until I come back, I’ll give you a reward.”

Yeon-ha’s eyes sparkled. A reward? What kind of reward?

“The reward is a secret.”

“Well, what is the standard for ‘stay well’?”

“Don’t get sad when I’m not around. Train diligently. And…”

“And…?”

“Survive?”

“Do you still think Eun-ho will cause a war at the Magic Tower?”

Eun-ho thought about it. He wasn’t sure if now was the right time. Anyway, the Magic Tower intruding was a predetermined fact in the story.

Although the reason hadn’t been revealed in the setting book, the intrusion was an immutable law.

“I understand. I’ll grow enough to be helpful in the Heavenly Demon War.”

“You don’t have to go that far.”

“Instead… Can you do a little more for me?”

“You troublemaker.”

“I’m sorry…”

They kissed in that position a little longer.

2.

They packed their belongings and prepared to move.

“Um, this and this…”

“Eun-ho, you don’t have to pack anything. I’ll bring whatever I need.”

Ryu Chun-hee’s words sounded quite reliable, but Eun-ho smiled and refused.

“We still need to pack some things.”

Eun-ho, who packed his belongings in a suitable bag, looked at the others.

Arin taking care of the snake as Eun-ho taught her. Paengya-hwa preparing to leave for her family. And Namgung Yeon-ha, who was leaving for Zhongyuan.

Yeon-ha, with whom he had just engaged in intimate skinship until recently, suddenly became a person on the verge of death.

“Uh, Eun-ho.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Could you write a letter for me?”

“What?”

“If I go home and tell my mother-in-law that I gave Eunho to an unknown woman, she’ll kill me… I don’t want to die like this..”

“Ah…”

She hadn’t thought about it before. Can her grandmother survive without her? Will she be able to cook her meals herself?

“You seem to be worrying about something very useless… Eunho, worry about my potential murder by my mother-in-law than my mother-in-law herself.”

“Okay. I’ll write the letter anyway.”

Eunho began to write the letter slowly. His way of writing was very peculiar.

“Wouldn’t it be better if I wrote it myself?”

“What’s the point of getting the letter if it’s written by someone younger?”

He drew a line with his left finger, and the brush followed that direction.

As Eunho couldn’t see very well, it seemed like a habit of his when writing. Whether it was effective or not, the younger one who had asked Eunho for the letter asked for it, so just stay quiet.

Eunho finished writing and even stamped it before handing it to the younger one.

“Thanks… I’m not sure if I’ll survive with this, but…”

“Make sure you read the letter before you say anything.”

“I’ll keep it in mind.”

Chun-hee, who seemed to be sleeping while waiting, woke up with a start and turned her neck to Eunho.

“Shall we go?”

“Yes. But… how are we going to go?”

“We have to fly.”

“Um…”

Eunho didn’t seem very excited about it.

“Are you afraid of falling?”

“I might get motion sickness…”

“Humans are weak. Don’t worry, Eunho has a plan. Just hold on.”

Eunho hugged her like a prince. A baggage was also placed in his arms.

“I don’t like this position…”

“You like it.”

“Eunho! You must come back!!”

“Please give my regards to my grandmother. Don’t forget the promise.”

“….You must survive.”

“And the Pung-ya flower.”

“Confucius. See you next time.”

“When you wake up, let’s have a meal together.”

*Bam!*

Cheon-hee’s body shot up from the ground and soared into the sky. Eun-ho had a constitution that made him prone to motion sickness if he didn’t reinforce his blood with energy.

But now, there was no dizziness at all.

A stable comfort. Ryu Cheon-hee.

“How…?”

I can’t feel the wind.

“Are we flying right now?”

“Yes. I’m flying at full speed. Since it’s nighttime… um, at my speed, I’ll arrive at the Last Island by the next day.”

“Why can’t I feel the wind?”

“It’s strange. I wrapped myself in one layer and covered myself with another. With this, I don’t have to worry about insects while flying.”

In reality, Ryu Cheon-hee was flying so fast that it caused a sonic boom.

Even so, the fact that there was no sense of turbulence was quite remarkable.

“As long as it’s beyond the reach of Heavenly Horses, anytime you want to run away, I can take you.”

“…You’ve prepared a lot.”

“Yeah. So, no injuries?”

“Injuries…? Why?”

“I heard you were close with Nam Gung-se.”

“Ah…”

That’s right. I could hear it.

Ryu Cheon-hee’s eyes became stained with obsession.