CH 58

“Then let’s take it off now.”

Mikael, who had been holding Yuri for a while, slowly withdrew from him. Of course, he was full of regret, but he agreed to go out with him, so he had to keep his promise.

If he put it off, Yuri would be disappointed and make a fuss. It would look cute when he stirred up a fuss, but it was hard to bear with him being disappointed.

Mikael sat down at Yuri’s feet and loosened the shackles from his ankles. Yuri jumped in place, probably because his lighter legs were good.

“Wow, freedom, freedom!”

“Who said you could be free?”

“You’re too much. Human freedom should not be suppressed like that. This is why caste society is bad.”

Yuri became pouty and grumbled. Even so, he seemed to like going out, so he quickly smiled again.

Mikael took such a Yuri and set out on the road.

***

“Wow, there are so many people.”

There were a lot of people when they came out last time, but today it’s even more. It was definitely a celebration. Crowds flooded the streets. And in the meantime, people wearing masks also did not seem bored.

He was curious and amazed to see everyone wearing colorful masks and gawked, but Mikael grabbed Yul by the waist with one arm and pulled him toward him.

“Do you want to buy it?”

“It’s not really like that… it’s okay. I don’t have to buy it.”

“If you wear a mask, it will definitely be easier to get around. Let me buy it.”

Despite Yul saying it was fine, Mikael took himself to a nearby mask shop.

Although Yul had been staring at the masks because it was extraordinary, he did not intend to wear it himself. He wondered if he had to wear a mask. However, as he pondered, it seemed that he would be much more comfortable wearing a mask than covering his face with this long robe.

Among the masks each boasting colorful patterns, he chose a half mask that covered only the top of the nose. He would have to have his mouth open to eat street food after all.

Mikael chose the same design as the mask Yul chose, but a different color.

Mikael took out a gold coin and paid for it. Since he didn’t want to take the change this time, Yul quickly took it.

As Yul thought of filling his pockets thickly today, a hearty smile naturally spread. Even though he knew that even if he collected it like this, he would have nowhere to use it.

“Oh!”

Wearing a mask and walking down the street with a more comfortable mind, Yul found something and stopped in place.

Mikael was puzzled by Yul’s sudden behavior, but soon he was shocked to find the same thing.

In the place where the two looked, dozens of pink-headed dolls that looked just like Yul when he was a doll were on display.

It was a strange feeling to look at these dolls with the same insignificant upper teeth as Yul as a baby. Dozens of pairs of blind blue eyes were looking at the two of them.

“Ughhh… Mikael, I don’t feel good. I feel strange…”

In fact, when he first moved to this world, he was among a pile of identical dolls, but at that time he was unaware that he had become a doll. And once he recognized it, he was in shock that he had become a doll, and he had no time to think about anything else. In addition, all kinds of surprises happened, such as realizing that it was a world in a novel and becoming Mikael’s doll.

But now it was different. He was looking at dozens of dolls that looked just like him, so he didn’t have a sense of reality, but he didn’t feel good.

Meanwhile, for some reason, Mikael approached the doll stand. He tilted his head, wondering why, but he suddenly took out a fist of gold coins and held it out to the merchant.

“Uh, Mikael, what are you doing?”

“I’m going to buy them all.”

“Aahh, are you crazy? Why are you buying all of that?”

Yul exclaimed, stunned. Why would anyone buy a doll that made them uncomfortable just by looking at it? Not just one or two, but dozens!

“I have a use for them.”

“Hick, what are you going to use them for!”

“There’s something. Anyway.”

Mikael gave a vague answer and bought all the dolls in the stall. Yul didn’t know what to say, but he couldn’t even Mikael, so he had to watch him finish the deal. He even wrote down the address to send it home because he couldn’t take it with him at once because it was such a large quantity.

“Is 31 Giggston Street correct?”

“Yes.”

The owner, who had sold out dozens of dolls, smiled and checked the address. Yul had no way of knowing the address of Mikael’s mansion, so he just stood there and waited.

“Let’s go.”

After purchasing the doll, the two of them looked around the city for a while. They bought everything that looked delicious, tried a bite at a time, and packed desserts with both hands. In addition, Yul bought a scarf that would look pretty for Lucky. Of course, Yul made a fuss about Lucky, saying that this or that would suit him.

Just when he thought that the outing was coming to an end, Yul suddenly stopped.

“Mikael, Mikael, it’s wine-flavored ice cream!”

By this time, the alcohol level in his system was running low. Now it’s time to refill the alcohol.

Mikael approached the store while clicking his tongue.

“Will Mikael have it too?”

“No. I don’t eat.”

“Then give me a wine-flavored ice cream!”

“How many scoops would you like?”

“Two… No, three scoops.”

Yul ordered a wine-flavored ice cream. He had the clerk spread the wine-flavored eye cream round on the crispy waffle cone and piled the three scoops one on top of the other.

“Thank you!”

Upon receiving the ice cream, Yul grinned happily.

Watching Mikael, the constant eating Yul was just amazing. It was amazing how he could eat so much with such a skinny body.

Unaware of Mikael’s feelings, Yul licked the ice cream with his deep pink tongue.

The scene felt very strange to Mikael.

“Are you tempting me?”

“What… ?”

“Looks like you’re asking to be eaten.”

“T- that can’t be.”

At Mikael’s words, Yul carefully ate the ice cream while watching him closely. However, Mikael’s gaze, once focused on his tongue, could not easily fall off.

“Uh, uhh. Go slow, slow!”

He couldn’t stand it and grabbed Yuri’s arm. First of all, he had to get on the carriage. That’s how he could eat this tempting mouth.

“Mi- Mikael…”

Riding in the carriage, Yul sensed the dangerous atmosphere. He hadn’t even finished his ice cream yet, but he was almost dragged into the carriage.

As soon as the carriage door closed, Mikael drew the curtains on the window.

As soon as the window was completely covered, Mikael rushed impatiently at Yul and kissed him on the lips. It was a kiss that blended the light taste of wine with the unique sweetness of ice cream.

Yul couldn’t come to his senses at the sweet yet strong kiss. Perhaps because of the strong taste of alcohol, this kiss felt particularly strange.

“Hh, mhm…”

Perhaps because of the alcohol, his body seemed to react strangely. It seemed like a fever and some sort of excitement was rising.

Even so, a part of his heart felt uncomfortable at the thought of whether he should be doing this. He didn’t even like Mikael, but he couldn’t understand himself getting excited by continuing to kiss him.

The complicated feelings deepened like a kiss between the two.

***

“Ahh, good.”

After soaking in the steamy bath, Yul exclaimed. The warm heat warmed his whole body comfortably. As the warm energy spread to every corner of his body, he felt drowsy.

“Hh, uh, uh…”

His tired body from going out for the first time in a while melted into the warm water.

He almost wanted to lie down on the water if he could. He knew in his head that it would be wiser to quickly get out of the bath and lie down on the bed, but his body didn’t move at all.

Yul slipped right into the water. Small bubbles of oxygen bubbled up.

How long has it been since he did that.

Yul, who raised his head due to lack of oxygen, stared blankly at the ceiling of the bathroom, which seemed to be exceptionally far away for some reason.

Was it that far away? Why did the ceiling feel so high? Had it been like this since a while ago?

After staring blankly at the ceiling for a few seconds, Yul looked around with nervous eyes. Not only the ceiling, everything seemed distant. Even the bathtub he was soaking in was infinitely wide like the open sea.

There was no way that the perspective suddenly became harsh only for Yul, and there was only one thing that could explain this situation.

That Yul turned into a doll again.

As soon as he acknowledged this fact, his legs hurriedly shook in the bathtub.

“Arhhhh, save me, blub, uhblubu, haa, blub, ah!”

Ahh, I’m dying!