Weapon-Eating Bastard [EN]: Chapter 337

Weapon-Eating Bastard – Episode 337

The next day.

The day of the pre-engagement meeting between the Soongmoo Yi Family, Black Moon, and Lee Cheol with Anastasia.

The joke that nothing ever goes as planned when Lee Cheol is involved had truly become a reality.

Soongmoo Yi Family, Black Moon.

Both organizations were in an uproar from the morning.

“Young Master, why are you sleeping in so late? It’s time to start your daily routine… Oh?”

Lee Cheol’s nanny, Baek Gwahwa, froze as soon as she opened the door to Lee Cheol’s bedroom.

“Young Master!”

The nanny, shouting, searched the room thoroughly and soon found a letter on the desk.

-Nanny, this is revenge for your betrayal.

-Don’t look for me.

-Please inform the elders.

The nanny clutched her throbbing head and immediately ran outside.

“Chief of Cheollyeong!”

“Hmm? What’s wrong?”

“The youngest, the youngest young master! He, he ran away from home!”

A runaway incident that started at the age of thirty.

An unexpected search order was issued in the Soongmoo Yi Family.

The target… was none other than the next head of the family, Lee Cheol.

* * *

Similarly, in Black Moon.

Natalia knocked on the door, worried about Anastasia, who might be sulking.

Knock knock!

“Madam, it’s Natalia.”

Only silence returned.

Not even a sign of life could be felt.

‘Could it be?’

With an ominous feeling, Natalia burst open the door and stepped inside.

Natalia then found a letter on the bed.

-To Natalia.

-This is revenge for your betrayal. Don’t look for me.

-P.S. I won’t be back until tomorrow.

A letter that seemed to have been scribbled in a hurry.

That was the end of the content.

She turned it over, held it up to the light, and even tried to infuse it with magic, but it was all the same.

“Ah, ah….”

Natalia had to slump down and hold her forehead.

Following this, orders were issued to both Black Moon and the Soongmoo Yi Family.

Find Lee Cheol and Anastasia.

A rare sight was unfolding, with a giant intelligence organization and a huge martial arts family searching for the two with all their might.

* * *

Seoul, the bustling streets of Gangnam.

Anastasia had to force an awkward smile as she came down in the hotel elevator.

‘To think I’d run away from home at this age.’

Last night, she had followed Lee Cheol outside.

Honestly, she still couldn’t quite figure out what she had done or what the situation was.

-Rather than being dragged to an engagement meeting you don’t even understand, how about we run away for a while?

To Lee Cheol’s words, Anastasia had replied, ‘Then what do we tell the Soongmoo Yi Family and Black Moon?’

-Let’s just tell them to suffer a bit. Whatever.

Lee Cheol had answered like that.

That remark felt quite amusing… no, that’s not it. To be honest, she couldn’t resist the anticipation that the situation of eloping itself brought.

From then on… she had to admire Lee Cheol’s meticulousness.

First, the security devices at the Black Moon branch didn’t even activate while they were escaping.

This was because Lee Cheol’s level was already beyond what they could detect.

After escaping, they deliberately headed to Seoul, where there were many people.

A burner car [a disposable car used to avoid detection] was prepared, and clothes of all kinds were ready.

Moreover, Lee Cheol covered her face with some kind of magic for disguise.

-It’s the power of an equipment called Manmyeon Cheolpi [Thousand Faces Iron Skin]. I’ll change your face a bit to match the prepared fake identity. It won’t be detected by magic detection either.

Thus, Anastasia’s appearance, characterized by her mixed-race heritage and platinum blonde hair, was transformed into that of an Asian woman with dark black hair and brown eyes.

After that, they stayed in a luxury hotel suite booked under a false name.

Of course, the rooms were separate….

‘Good grief.’

Anastasia let out a hollow laugh without realizing it.

He was such a meticulous person even about these things.

And that meticulous person was sitting leisurely in the hotel coffee shop on the first floor, drinking coffee.

Who would think that person was the next head of the Soongmoo Yi Family?

“Good morning, Lee Cheol.”

Anastasia said as she approached and sat down in front of him.

“You’ve arrived, Anastasia.”

Anastasia glanced at Lee Cheol.

She felt a little sulky about why he seemed so relaxed after dragging her into such a bewildering situation.

Besides, Lee Cheol must have heard about the engagement, but she didn’t like that he wasn’t bringing it up.

“By the way, Lee Cheol. You woke up pretty early?”

“It’s… 9:30 AM. We were originally supposed to meet at 10, right?”

“Yes, and I came out early too.”

“I just woke up a bit early. There wasn’t much else to do.”

“Hmm~. Kidnapping a woman and going on the run. Did the great Lee Cheol have a sleepless night? Besides, you could have done everything with room service, but you bothered to come all the way here. Were you restless?”

Anastasia teased Lee Cheol with a playful smile.

“…Anastasia also agreed, didn’t you? So it’s not kidnapping.”

“Then is it eloping? Come to think of it, Lee Cheol, you’re surprisingly bold.”

Anastasia made a provocative expression.

Lee Cheol looked at her for a moment and stiffened.

“If I were that bold, I would have booked only one room.”

At those words, Anastasia was startled and froze.

But soon, thinking that she couldn’t lose, she prepared a counterattack with a smile.

“Is that so? I might have preferred that….”

Lee Cheol looked at her for a moment and stiffened.

Anastasia smiled triumphantly.

But at that moment, Lee Cheol suddenly raised his body halfway and reached out his hand towards her face.

She blushed without realizing it and froze like a stone statue.

“Wait, stay still.”

Lee Cheol’s voice was low and deep as it penetrated her ear.

Rustle!

Lee Cheol’s large hand brushed her cheek as he swept away Anastasia’s hair.

Whether it was because her face was small, or because Anastasia’s face was small, Lee Cheol’s hand was about to cover her entire face.

“Hic.”

Anastasia even hiccuped.

But soon, Anastasia felt the magic flowing from Lee Cheol’s hand.

Lee Cheol’s hand slowly fell.

“Excuse me. The magic was running out. The Manmyeon Cheolpi was about to come off. I think it’s because of the spirit’s power.”

“Ah, ah. Th, thank you.”

Anastasia nodded a little exaggeratedly.

“Anastasia has a striking appearance, so I need to replenish it in advance.”

And with Lee Cheol’s following words, Anastasia’s pounding heart quickly cooled down.

The heavenly punishment called spirit transformation had disappeared, but its traces remained on her.

The light platinum blonde hair was almost silver, and the color of her eyes was also gradually changing, now a unique color mixed with blue and silver.

Moreover, due to her mixed-race heritage, her appearance was quite exotic.

She stood out wherever she went and could not easily blend in, an appearance hundreds of light-years away from ordinary.

“So… I don’t really like it. My hair color, my eye color. They make me stray too far from the life I dreamed of.”

Anastasia glanced at the coffee shop window.

At that moment, Lee Cheol opened his mouth as if it were nothing.

“Is that so? I thought Anastasia’s appearance was quite beautiful, though.”

“Y, yes?”

“Objectively speaking, Anastasia is a beautiful woman. I thought the hair color and eye color were elements that made such Anastasia’s appearance stand out even more.”

“Wa, wait….”

“So, shouldn’t you not hate it so much? Rather than being all the same with unremarkable black hair and yellow eyes like my family, I prefer Anastasia’s special eyes and hair color.”

“Wa, wait. Just a moment.”

Anastasia trembled as if she were suffocating and stopped me.

“So, some water. S, suddenly my throat is dry.”

Anastasia quickly got up and brought a glass of water.

Her face was quite red as she returned.

I could see her original face even more because of my Evil Eyes.

“Th, that’s beside the point. What are you planning to do from now on? Lee Cheol?”

Anastasia was able to change the subject by mobilizing all her self-control.

…The voice crack at the beginning of ‘Th, that’s’ had to be ignored.

“Actually, I didn’t have any specific plans after this, Anastasia. Is there anything you want to do?”

“Huh? What did you say?”

Anastasia had to laugh hollowly and ask back.

“Isn’t this a vacation we got? Besides, it’s a vacation we got by abandoning our escorts and work. I was planning to discuss it with Anastasia and decide what to do next.”

At those words, Anastasia’s eyes widened.

‘Right, I can’t be swayed forever.’

From now on, she just needed to take the initiative.

‘Since an agreement has been reached between the family and the organization… the engagement with Lee Cheol is a foregone conclusion.’

If so.

She hoped there would be some progress before that.

She didn’t like such an obligatory relationship, like a political marriage.

Of course, there would be no problem if things proceeded as they were since the relationship between Lee Cheol and herself wasn’t bad….

She wanted Lee Cheol to recognize her as a woman, just as she did.

‘And, I wanted to spend time like this at least once.’

Not as the head of Black Moon, who always received the care of escorts and servants, but as Anastasia the human, especially with Lee Cheol.

Anastasia clenched her fist and smiled boldly.

“Okay. Then let’s go out. Let’s eat first.”

From now on, she was going to drag Lee Cheol around.

Anastasia smiled at the thought.

* * *

Anastasia now decided to lead Lee Cheol directly.

She recalled the videos and books she had seen a long time ago.

Of course, she knew very well that they were all absurd fantasies in the media. Her head wasn’t so full of flowers that she couldn’t distinguish them.

But things other than the filtered content are helpful.

She had no intention of becoming a powerless woman swayed by a man.

In short, it was push and pull [a dating strategy of alternating between showing interest and disinterest].

“Come to think of it, Lee Cheol only comes to see me when there’s something going on.”

“…Is it that repertoire again?”

“No, it’s a little different this time. I was just saying that I’m happy to meet you for other reasons, even like this.”

Anastasia clenched her fist slightly.

It was a good pull.

Wouldn’t Lee Cheol have some kind of reaction with this much?

Meanwhile.

‘It’s a story I hear every time, but I can’t completely deny it either.’

I laughed hollowly.

It was because Anastasia’s confident reaction was quite amazing.

That being said, I was a bit indifferent enough for Anastasia to complain like that.

Of course.

“It’s not just once.”

“Yes?”

“After the Kyogoku incident was resolved, I stopped by while looking at Anastasia’s spiritism. A few days after that, we had a meal too. Hmm… come to think of it, around the time Anastasia was injured in Lee Gunseong’s attack, I went to visit her after things were settled.”

Anastasia’s eyes widened like rabbit eyes.

“It was also after the Council Elder incident. Come to think of it, there were often times. Still, it was only once or twice a year, so I was indifferent.”

“Were you remembering all that?”

“Of course.”

Anastasia suddenly felt her mouth dry.

A ticklish feeling lingered around her chest.

To think he remembered all the meetings that even she didn’t remember.

“Ah, ah! Shall we go over there? I’m getting a little hungry now!”

Anastasia unknowingly made a loud noise and pointed to a store inside the alley.

It was a brunch cafe with a quiet atmosphere.

It seemed like a good choice, so I nodded.