Collecting the Male Leads’ First Nights - Chapter 32

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Chapter 32

She grinned inwardly at Sevis’ words, which he spit out at a rapid speed for fear that Sylvia would walk away.

“Hm, you don’t have to put up with it. As the person who lives with me, your feelings are more important. I’ll tell the priest…”
“No! Now that I think about it again, I don’t feel that bad. He gives a good impression… I think he’s a good person! I like him.”
“Alright. If you think like that, is it okay for him to come with us?”
“Of course!”

Sylvia nodded, and Sevis took the lead with excited steps, humming.
She was a little sorry that she broke their promise to meet alone, but she thought it was a good thing after seeing Sevis in a good mood.

‘Well, buying clothes is a good thing for Sevis, too. It would have been troublesome if he had told me to send him away.’

Meanwhile, there was an impromptu handshake event happening in front of Noel, who was waiting for the two who had disappeared behind the fountain.
The members of the handshake event were mostly women, making the square rustle with people of all ages, including grandmothers, granddaughters, and daughters-in-law.

“Oh my God, I can’t believe such a face exists in this world!”
“Ah, be benevolent. It’s a gift from God.”
“Ohoh… I can die without regrets now that I saw a handsome face…”
“Haha… Madam, you’re overpraising me.”

Seeing Noel’s warm eye smile, which seemed to instantly turn the Siberian plains into a canola flower field on Jeju Island, some of the women at the handshake event even fainted and had to receive help.

‘What is this, something like an idol handshake event started happening while I was talking to Sevis for a moment?’

“Excuse me, excuse me, I’m passing through.”

Sylvia scrambled through the crowd and advanced towards Noel. The cheers of the men who were mixed here and there with the women were deafening. It was like a chaotic war scene.

“Noel! Mr. Noel!!”

Sylvia called Noel out loud, so that her voice didn’t get buried among the cheers.

“Ah! Miss Sylvia!”

A happy expression appeared on Noel’s face as he found the brown hair that was approaching him through the crowd, and he politely said goodbye to everyone.

“I’ll have to leave today. You should all go home.”
“Ahh, that’s a pity.”

At Noel’s calm and benevolent voice, the members of the impromptu handshake event were disappointed but scattered without grumbling, and the square quickly regained its peace.

‘The crowd control is remarkable, I thought we wouldn’t be able to go buy clothes. As expected, handsome people are different.’

Sylvia admired Noel’s appearance once more, which even caused an impromptu handshake event while she went away for a while to talk. On the other hand, she wondered why she had to preach on the streets if Noel was like that.

“Mr. Noel, you should have worn the priest’s outfit. I don’t think we would need to do street evangelism in that case.”
“No. Only truly religious people should come to the temple. Wouldn’t it be troublesome if the temple became crowded with people who had different purposes because of me?”
“Ah, that could happen.”

Thinking about it, he was right.
Noel caused an impromptu handshake event while she was away for a moment. If he wore the priest’s outfit and walked outside for only a week, the temple could soon become the Gocheok Dome concert hall. It would have been difficult for the faithful who went there to pray sincerely.

So that’s why he didn’t even attend prayer time in the temple. It seemed to be because he was afraid the believers who saw Noel’s gracious face would have an impure heart.

‘And I’m in trouble, too. I refuse to have a rival.’

Although Sylvia was the only player, she couldn’t help but feel nervous because she didn’t know what was going to happen in the game. If it was this crazy game, she could get a message like 〈The impure believer took away Noel’s virginity.〉

Noel, who didn’t know what Sylvia was thinking, smiled and looked at her.

“I only want them to come to the temple if they serve God with all their heart, like Miss Sylvia.”
“That’s right…”

In response to that bright smile, she smiled broadly while feeling a prick of conscience.

‘I think I’ve been firmly misunderstood since I prayed while sweating. Well, I don’t need to correct it.’

She didn’t even know which god they served in the temple, but her faith was piling up. She wondered if she shouldn’t know this much when she even did street evangelism. She would be in trouble if Noel suddenly started talking to her about God.

‘Sooner or later, I’ll have to find out what god this temple serves.’

Sylvia properly introduced Sevis and Noel in front of the fountain. Fortunately, she had already persuaded Sevis behind the fountain, so the atmosphere between them was peaceful. After a short greeting, Noel led the two, saying he had a boutique he usually frequented. Already persuaded by Silvia, Sevis meekly followed Noel to get his clothes.

“It’s here.”

Sylvia and Sevis were stunned as they looked at the place Noel was pointing at. There was a red carpet from the entrance of the shop, and intricately crafted statues stood on either side of the door. At first glance, it didn’t seem like a place where just anyone could buy clothes. As they went inside with Noel, the interior was even more dazzling.

Employees wearing suits stood at the entrance and bowed with a gentle smile at the people who were coming in through the door.

The two of them, who thought that even if he said he would buy new clothes, they would be bought from the general market, looked around the interior of the boutique with a stunned expression. Sylvia was horrified to see the price tag while looking at the clothes on the hanger.

‘A small piece of fabric costs 3,000 gold??’

Seeing a price that was higher than she thought, Sylvia hurriedly asked Noel.

“Mr. Noel, are you going to buy our clothes here?”
“Yes, don’t feel burdened and feel free to pick whatever you like. You can choose several.”
“Ah, hm… yes… I’ll make sure to pay you back later.”

Noel smiled brightly as Sylvia looked at him with emotion. It was the smile of a savior. Although she hesitated for a moment, since she would pay him back anyway, she thought it would be better to buy clothes that she liked.
When she told Sevis to choose freely as it was borrowed money, he, who had been hesitating like Sylvia, enthusiastically looked through the clothes with a glow on his face.

Sylvia and Sevis picked four outfits each because they thought it would be difficult to change if they only bought one.

Including Sevis’ items, Noel paid nearly 25,000 gold at once. It was a lump sum payment with nothing added.

As they walked to the entrance with their hands full of shopping bags, the employees gave them a deep bow and opened the door for them.

Sevis, who was initially displeased with the lie, looked at Noel with respect.

“Mr. Priest, I’m really grateful. I can’t believe you bought everything not only for Miss Sylvia, but for me too!”

As expected, money was the most basic way to earn a person’s favor. Sevis seemed to have forgotten everything he had warned her to be careful about.

With both hands full of shopping bags, Sevis looked back at Sylvia with a bright smile.

“It’s almost time for dinner, so should we eat out? Miss Sylvia, dinner will be on us!”
“Yes, we’ll pay for the dinner.”

Noel put on an affectionate smile at their words and answered.

“Then that’s good for me.”

Since they received clothes worth more than twice as much as what they had, there was no way they could also beg for food if they had any shame.

Noel took the two to an inexpensive restaurant, saying that the fine dining restaurant was not to his taste. As expected, he was no different from an angel.

“Ah, just a moment, I need to go to the bathroom…”

While waiting for their order, Sylvia sneaked out, saying she was going to the bathroom for a moment. To go to the secret shop.

‘I almost forgot. I should be able to come back before the food comes out, right?’

Fortunately, the restaurant was located near the tavern she went to on the first day. Sylvia looked around carefully and stood in front of the dead-end wall in the alley between the tavern and the inn.

‘It said to run to the wall, right?’

She was in a hurry because she had to go before the food came out.

After carefully moving the cats who were lined up in front of the wall in a catloaf position, Sylvia took a deep breath and ran to the wall with a roar.

“Ahhh! Go to the secret shop!”

Bam!

“Aack!”

As she ran to the dead-end wall, she broke her nose on impact.
As she rolled around screaming, the cats meowed and seemed to mock her.

When she ran as hard as she could and hit the wall, she saw stars in front of her eyes. She even got a wink from a dead man at the entrance to Slothful Hell who only had his bones. Touching her nose at the wet feeling, there was a flow of clear blood.

“Blood!”

Covering her nose with her hand, she opened the status window just in case and she had lost 20 HP points, which she barely lost when walking around the dungeons.

“Ugh… That’s correct. Is something wrong?”

Opening her inventory and reading the instructions again, it was written [Run towards the dead-end wall between the tavern and the inn, shouting ‘Go to the secret shop!’] as it did before. It seemed to be a problem with her shout of concentration.

After barely recovering her semi conscious mind, Sylvia took a deep breath but spoke in a low voice as she was slightly frightened.

“Go to… the secret shop…”

Then, unlike before, she protected her face and hit her body sideways against the wall. However, Sylvia’s shoulder was destroyed, and the wall was unresponsive. The goddamn secret shop didn’t appear. She grabbed her shoulder and rolled around on the floor once again.

“Ow, ow!”

Surprised by Sylvia’s screams, the cats meowed, and she cried in pain.

After calming down, she opened the status window and saw that her HP had gone down by another 20 points.

‘I lost another 20 HP. Now I know why it was possible to use when the HP was over 120.’

She thought this damn game was going too well. Sylvia clicked her tongue as she wiped her nose. If she had come and gone at the beginning when she didn’t know anything, she would have gotten a dead-ending the moment she hit the wall.

After re-reading the instructions, the word ‘shouting’ caught her attention. It seemed that she had to follow the instructions diligently to be able to go to the secret shop.

‘I’m really going this time.’

After wiping her nose and confirming that the blood had stopped at some point, Sylvia took a deep breath.

“Go to the secret shop!”

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