641 FIVE YEARS AGO (3)
“TREVOR, LORD Dominic, I will leave the rest to you,” Neoma said to the two. “Take care of eomma, appa, and Nabi.”
Dominic Zavaroni would take care of Nabi and Won-shik appa’s health.
On the other hand, Trevor was in charge of brainwashing the people in the hospital so that they wouldn’t question Nabi and Won-shik appa’s sudden recovery.
[But, of course, I told them not to make Nabi and appa TOO healthy right away.]
“Don’t worry, Princess Neoma,” Dominic Zavaroni assured her. “I’ll make sure Miss Nabi and Gavin Quinzel will recover well.”
“Thank you, Lord Dominic.”
“And I’ll deal with all the annoying humans here,” Trevor said lazily. “See you later, my Moon Princess.”
As usual, Neoma just ignored Trevor and faced Areum eomma.
Right now, she was in the room where Nabi was confined.
.....
Won-shik appa was back in his own room with the doctors checking on his condition. Aunt Nichole was with her Mama Boss and Papa Boss in the other room.
“Eomma, you can trust Lord Dominic. He’ll take care of Nabi and appa,” Neoma said to her eomma. “And Trevor can pretty much do everything. So if you have an errand for him, don’t hesitate to ask him, eomma.”
“Wow,” Trevor complained lightly. “I knew falling in love with you is the same as signing a slave contract, Princess Neoma. Not that I’m complaining.”
[This shameless bastard…]
Neoma glared at Trevor.
[I’m used to your cheesy line, but don’t use them in front of my eomma, you shameless bastard demon!]
Trevor, who pretended not to notice her glare, just smiled at her.
Areum eomma cleared her throat. “Neoma, is he your… boyfriend?”
“No,” Neoma said without missing a heartbeat. “Not him, eomma.”
Trevor clutched his chest dramatically. “Ouch. You didn’t even pretend to think before you denied it, Princess Neoma.”
[What is there to think about?]
“Neoma, baby, the way you phrased your answer makes me think you have a boyfriend.”
Ah, right.
[I said “not him,” which implies my boyfriend is someone else. But is Ruto my boyfriend? A boyfriend sounds too temporary, so that label doesn’t suit him. He’s more like a life partner?]
“No, eomma,” Neoma said while shaking her head. “I don’t have a boyfriend.”
[And Ruto is already seventeen while I’m still thirteen. Not everyone knows that we’re older inside, and I don’t want those people to see him as a pervert who preys on children.]
Areum eomma looked relieved by what she said. “I’m glad that you don’t have a boyfriend yet, baby. I don’t know why you shrunk, but even though you’re older inside, I still feel like I’d faint if you introduce a boyfriend to me right now.”
Neoma smiled at her mother. “It won’t happen yet, eomma.”
[Ruto isn’t in this world anyway.]
***
[TREVOR is really a fucking genius.]
Neoma was impressed that even though her family stood out because of their good-looks and “strange” clothes, no one paid attention to them.
[Trevor said that his ‘Enchantment Spell’ makes us sort of invisible.]
Right now, she was headed to the parking lot of the hospital with Mama Boss, Papa Boss, and Aunt Nichole. They were using the stairs instead of the elevator to avoid people. Although Trevor’s spell was working, it still didn’t hurt to be extra careful.
And while on their way, her aunt gave her a recap of how the Devil’s side managed to prepare everything in this world in just two months. Everything from fixing the Door that Ruto apparently broke, up to the fact that Trevor worked with a Korean mafia.
“Auntie, you’re amazing,” Neoma said, truly impressed. “No wonder you were so adamant about kidnapping me.”
Aunt Nichole chuckled. “Well, this is the only world where the crows and the gods from our world can’t reach you.”
“Why is that?”
“Because this world is a world abandoned by their gods.”
“What?”
“It’s not a bad thing,” Aunt Nichole said. “They abandoned this world because they wanted the humans they love dearly to live the way they want. Hence, this is a world where gods don’t and can’t interfere with human business directly.”
“This world is lucky, huh?”
Meanwhile, the gods in their world were so fucking meddlesome.
[Lord Levi, I’m looking at you.]
“But the gods here don’t like it when people from other worlds come here,” Aunt Nichole continued with her explanation. “Hence, they put a Guardian in each Door that connects to this world. Fortunately, the Guardians are flexible. As long as you’re not full of malice, they’ll let you through the Door.”
“Ah,” she said. “Is that why the crows can’t reach me here, Auntie?”
“That’s right,” her aunt said while nodding. “Even the gods here are wary of Darkness.”
“Then how did Gavin Quinzel manage to enter this world before?” Papa Boss chimed in. His voice sounded bitter. “Didn’t the God of Whatever Darkness send Gavin Quinzel to this world? He should have been filled with malice and Darkness then.”
Neoma winced. “Papa Boss is right.”
Aunt Nichole let out a sigh. “It was true that Gavin Quinzel betrayed you and Mona, but that doesn’t mean he trusted the God of Eternal Darkness. He just used Helstor as much as that insufferable god used him.”
Papa Boss scoffed. “He still killed our people.”
“Shut it, Nikolai. You don’t know anything.”
Neoma didn’t know how to react when she felt like Aunt Nichole and Papa Boss were about to fight again.
[I mean, although I’m rude, I still know when to meddle or not…]
And it was a situation where Neoma knew she should keep her mouth shut.
“Nichole, Nikolai, please don’t fight again,” Mona said, scolding the twins. “Not here, at least.”
Neoma was amused.
[Papa Boss and Aunt Nichole will definitely fight when Mama Boss isn’t looking.]
“Anyway, the Guardians of this world ask for an “entrance fee,”” Aunt Nichole continued with her story before Papa Boss interrupted earlier. “We paid in gold for everyone to get here.”
Neoma’s ears perked up. “How much do we owe you, Auntie?”
“We kidnapped you, so you don’t have to pay us back.”
“Just name the price, Nichole,” Papa Boss said. “I don’t want my entire family to be indebted to you.”
“Nikolai could have said it nicer, but I agree with him,” Mama Boss said. “I’m sure the amount of gold you paid wasn’t small.”
“It was five hundred gold bars for each person,” Aunt Nichole said. “And that amount will only allow us to stay here for a year. So, if we want to extend our stay here, we have to pay again.”
Neoma, who grew up in luxury all her life, was still shocked by the amount of the “entrance fee” per person. “Why do those Guardians need so much gold?”
“It’s alright, Neoma,” her Papa Boss assured her. “That’s pretty cheap. We can afford it.”
[Wow. 1,500 gold bars… cheap?]
“But we’re not in the empire, Papa Boss. We don’t have access to our wealth.”
“Oh, you didn’t know,” Papa Boss said. “I have a Treasury Room located in my Soul Beasts’ dimension that I have access to anytime, anywhere. All the previous emperors had one. Once you ascend the throne, you must create a secret Treasury Room in your Soul Beast’s dimension.”
“Like a secret slush fund, huh?”
“You can say that,” Papa Boss said. “Hence, you don’t have to worry about anything related to money, Neoma. I will provide for our family.”
“That’s a relief,” Neoma said. “I thought I had to sell Tteokbokki to the zoo or something.”
[“How dare you even think of that, thug princess? I’m priceless! You cannot sell me!”]
It was a joke, of course.
But Neoma liked teasing Tteokbokki because of his funny reactions.
“I also have a small slush fund that I carry around,” Mama Boss said. “Nichole, can we exchange my jewelry collection for the currency of this world?”
Papa Boss frowned. “Mona, you don’t have to sell your jewelry pieces.”
“For once, I agree with Nikolai. Let him pay for everything, Mona,” Aunt Nichole said. “I know how precious the Roseheart Jewelry Collection is. Just keep it and pass it down to Neoma as an inheritance later.”
Neoma nodded. “I like pretty and sparkly things, Mama Boss.”
Well, she wasn’t obsessed with jewelry, since her face was the prettiest and the most sparkly thing she owned.
[But I don’t want Mama Boss to sell her family heirloom.]
Mama Boss smiled at Neoma. “I see. Then if you want my jewelry collection, I’ll divide and give them to you and Nero later.”
.....
Neoma smiled and nodded, then she turned to Aunt Nichole. “Auntie, how do we exchange gold for Korean won?”
“Trevor has a Korean mafia for a friend.”
“Excuse me?” Neoma asked, shocked. “Korean mafia?”
[Where the hell did Trevor find a Korean mafia?]
“Trevor will fill you in later, dear,” Aunt Nichole said, then she pulled out a car key from the pocket of her top and pressed the button. “Let’s go home first.”
Neoma gasped when she saw the car that beeped after Aunt Nichole pressed the key. “A P*rsche car.”
It was a beautiful, metallic black P*rsche.
She wasn’t impressed because of the luxury brand since her Areum eomma and Won-shik oppa had several luxury cars. And she also owned a few of them in the past.
But she was impressed that Aunt Nichole could drive!
“Auntie, you said you were only here for two months,” Neoma said, beaming. “But you already know how to drive? A luxury car, at that!”
Aunt Nichole grinned. “Well, your aunt is a genius.”
***
[GOSH, MAMA Boss and Papa Boss are both so refined.]
Neoma, who was sitting in the passenger seat while Aunt Nichole drove the luxury car, kept on looking at the rearview mirror to watch her parents.
Mama Boss and Papa Boss were sitting together in the backseat, and each one of them was looking outside the window on their side. But even though Mama Boss and Papa Boss were seeing the modern world for the first time, they didn’t react the way Neoma expected them to.
Well, Mama Boss and Papa Boss looked impressed.
[But that’s it.]
[“Wow, thug princess! There are little humans in those big boxes! Amazing!”]
Tteokbokki, who was yelling in her head, was amazed by the CFs playing in gigantic digital billboards.
[“Why are there plenty of tall buildings here? And moving vehicles, too! It’s so interesting!]
This.
This was the kind of reaction Neoma was expecting from Mama Boss and Papa Boss.
[“Thug princess, the clothes people wear in this world are strange yet fun! Can I turn into my human form later and dress up like those people?”]
Neoma answered Tteokbokki through mind telepathy.
[I’ll think about it if you shut the fuck up, Tteokbokki.]
Just like that, Tteokbokki finally stopped screaming in her head.
[It’s good that you’re excited, but not at the expense of my brain cells and eardrums, okay?]
“Mama Boss, Papa Boss, aren’t you impressed?” Neoma asked when she couldn’t hold in her curiosity anymore. “You don’t look excited.”
Her parents turned to her at the same time.
“Of course, we’re impressed,” Mama Boss said, smiling. “I’ve studied about this world before with Lord Novak.”
Oh, right.
Mama Boss did her research before she chose this world as her destination after she ran away from Papa Boss in the past.
“Although I’ve seen these things in the replica that Lord Novak made for me to get used to this world, seeing the real thing is still impressive.”
Papa Boss nodded in agreement. “I’ve also seen this world when Mona shared her vision with me in the past. Although it doesn’t show on my face, I’m really impressed.” Her father’s cold gaze found Aunt Nichole. “I really like this vehicle that you can drive yourself.”
Ohh.
Neoma could see envy in Papa Boss’s eyes.
No wonder Aunt Nichole smirked haughtily at Papa Boss. “Are you upset that I got a car first before you did?”
Papa Boss only glared harder at Aunt Nichole.
Neoma and Mama Boss could only sigh while shaking their heads.
[Aigoo, why do Papa Boss and Aunt Nichole always pick a fight with each other?]
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