116th
Deep night little moon and stranger
116 ? Deep Night, Little Moon and the Stranger #2
“What do you think-.”
Why does Luna ask me all these questions before going to bed?
Is Luna also saying things or making judgments that she wouldn’t normally make because she’s drunk? She drank a lot more than usual today.
“Hassan, I asked you what you thought of me.”
“Uh, uhm… .”
Luna wasn’t usually the type to ask things like this. I’ve heard that girls often ask their boyfriends how much they love them.
Luna had never done that before even though they were together, so she thought she was insensitive to such things. Anyway, since it was a completely unexpected question, she couldn’t answer right away.
“Why can’t you answer right away?”
That sight must have been quite disappointing to Luna.
“Oh, what do you think? You don’t usually ask questions like that.”
I had no choice but to make a rambling excuse.
I like you, I love you. I’ve heard those words many times in dramas and media, but when I actually tried to say them out loud, I felt embarrassed and awkward, so I couldn’t bring myself to say them.
I wondered if feelings were conveyed well even without speaking. But is it true that people want to hear things out loud?
Still, Luna tilted her helmeted head, wondering if my excuse was working well.
“Haven’t you ever asked questions like that before…?”
“Yeah, Luna, you must be drunk.”
“Oh, yeah, I guess I’m a little drunk. Then what did we usually do?”
Could it be that alcohol is causing short-term memory loss?
“What do you usually do? Well, we just eat together, do housework, and feed the dog. Other than that, I rub Luna’s feet and stuff.”
“Bah, foot-!? Such a shameless act-!”
Luna suddenly screamed, startling me so much that I had to half-wake up from where I was lying trying to sleep.
“Hey, Luna, why are you suddenly like this? You seem to be more drunk than you look. Let’s go to sleep.”
Was there a curse on the skull bone helmet? I was a little worried about Luna, who was acting unusually.
Then Luna also coughs a few times, perhaps realizing her mistake for yelling in the middle of the night.
“Ahem, it’s nothing. I was rubbing my feet. Hmm. Then, rub my feet like usual. They hurt so much I can’t sleep. … Ahh. My feet hurt… .”
Luna shyly extended her bare feet towards me as I lay there. Judging from the way she even stammered her words strangely, it seemed like her feet really hurt.
Well, I was so tired from exploring the labyrinth and even drank alcohol that I couldn’t sleep and kept dancing, so it’s understandable that the soles of my feet would hurt.
But Luna asking me to rub her feet was a very new experience, so I felt a strange feeling. The sleepiness that had settled on my body had also slightly disappeared.
Swish.
I sat up in bed and looked up at Luna, who was standing blankly in front of me with her feet out.
Gooooooo.
Maybe it’s because of the skull helmet, but it feels like it’s not Luna, but someone else.
Do people’s moods change drastically just by covering their faces? I think I’ll try changing my first impression by wearing something like a helmet or hat from now on.
“Come on. We don’t have time… Luna wants you to massage her. Hehe. Just, like this.”
“Okay? Got it.”
Did Luna originally speak like that? I thought she had gotten over her drunkenness while carrying the nymph. It seems that Luna also gets inebriated when she drinks alcohol.
A syringe pretending to be cute. Should I consider this cute?
It’s better than being violent, though.
“Okay, it’s not that difficult. Then I’ll hold your foot.”
I grabbed Luna’s sole that was extended in front of me.
“Whoa… .”
Small, compact, typical Greek-type sole with a shallow arch and second toe longer than the big toe. Very slender and thin ankle.
Even though I have seen it several times already, it feels new and exciting every time I see it.
In my opinion, Luna was a beauty with beautiful soles.
If there was a beauty contest for the prettiest feet, I think it would be safe to say that unless something extraordinary happens, one of the three, Jin, Seon, and Mi, would be reserved.
However, unlike the usual mild warmth, Luna’s soles of feet were cold today, as if they had been blown directly by an air conditioner.
Could it be that drinking alcohol has caused problems with blood circulation?
This feeling reminded me of Elfriede, who was suffering from cold hands and feet passively, and for a moment, I frowned.
“Haaa, this isn’t going to work.”
But Luna, unlike usual, tried to push away my extended foot as if she was reluctant to have my foot touched.
“Why are you saying this now?”
“Huh, is that so? Then finish it quickly.”
“Yeah, I need to go to bed soon.”
First, I warmed up my cold feet by rubbing the tops and bottoms of my feet, Achilles tendons, and calves with my palms to create frictional heat.
“Ha, haaaang, haa… .”
Then Luna, as always, didn’t know what to do and her thin chin and shoulders shook.
Even though he’s wearing an overbearing helmet, the inside is still Luna, so his reaction doesn’t change.
“… Aah, huh, woah, was it originally like this?”
“It’s the same every time. I heat up the skin like this to wake up the nerves, and then I press on the acupuncture points.”
“Tongue, blood… Ah! Aaaah!”
Luna let out a loud noise under her mask as she pushed up the sole of her foot with her finger.
I don’t know if it was because of my mood, but my voice was twice as loud as usual, so much so that I was surprised. Is it because I’m drunk that I don’t know how loud my voice is?
“Luna, you need to be quiet for a bit because you might get a complaint.”
“Uh, complaint? Oh, yeah, uh, okay. Joe, let’s try to be quiet haaaaah… .”
Luna’s body trembles violently, flinching.
I originally knew that Luna’s soles were a weak spot, almost like a vital point exposed to the outside. But today, I felt like she was screaming in an exaggerated way.
Or maybe my feet have become more sensitive because I’ve been wearing sandals all this time?
I remembered an old story I had heard somewhere.
I think it was a story about a monkey who used to walk barefoot, but then started wearing flower shoes and the calluses on the soles of his feet disappeared, so he couldn’t live without shoes.
Luna also said that since she started protecting the soles of her feet with shoes, the skin on her already sensitive soles may have become softer and more sensitive.
But it’s the same thing, you’ll get tired after walking for a long time.
“Then I’ll make it a little stronger. That way, you’ll feel less tired and drunk better.”
“More, stronger? Whoa…!”
I did my best to pull out the toes and slap the soft, firm soles with my palms to help remove the toxins.
“Ah, ah-! Th, stop it. T, this isn’t a massage…!”
“If this isn’t a massage, then what is?”
“I don’t know, ugh, the karma that was blocked for a long time is being released aaaaah….”
Luna, who was trembling, made a sound like she was melting, as if she was really feeling cool. There is someone who is happy with my touch. As the son of a night-time acupressure health center, what could be more rewarding than that?
At this point, I think I can start rubbing my acupressure skills with my father.
“Ugh, yea, my legs are giving out… . Ugh…!”
Iron Fist.
I held Luna’s calf as she sat down and concentrated on pressing the Samyinjiao points on her shin, thigh, and above her ankle.
Sam-eum-gyo (三陰交) blood.
Yes. It is the blood of the Sam-eum-gyo. It is said that the acupuncture points on the human body can be divided into attributes such as yin and yang.
This area, about a span above the inner calf bone, is where three yin acupoints intersect, hence the name Sam-eum-gyo acupoint.
As in ancient oriental medicine, men were defined as having yang properties, reflecting the energy of the day, and women as having yin properties, reflecting the energy of the night.
Naturally, this blood has the ability to act like a cheat key for women.
The acupressure effects are so well-documented that they range from improving women’s physiology to helping pregnant women have a smooth delivery.
Rather, I feel a bit suspicious about the fact that it is being advertised as being too effective.
Of course, I thought that the acupuncture points in oriental medicine were just plausible words wrapped up in a fancy way.
“There, there, you can’t… . You can’t. Ugh, ugh. Aah… . My stomach, my stomach, my lower stomach feels weird-!”
It seems to be really effective, judging by the way Luna seems to be enjoying it so much that she almost suffocates. Luna is the daughter of the goddess of the night. And her name is derived from the moon.
Is there any girl with more negative energy than this one?
Luna could be considered a lump of negative energy, better than the suspicious negative ion germanium that our father used to sell!
“Ah, my stomach is rumbling, yeah, you… . Ugh. Keuu, haang, ahh-!”
Also, before entering the labyrinth, I suffered greatly from my period for a week.
For Luna, who must be very tired, I press and rub the Sam-eum-gyo point with even more care.
Gently press down with your thumb, applying moderate force.
“How are you, Luna? Do you feel a little less tired?”
“Blood, fatigue, it’s not fatigue… It’s all the karma that has built up and been buried for a long time, huh, this, this can’t be happening, it’s all being released!”
I don’t know what the karma is that has been building up for so long, but anyway, I like it when I see someone I like.
If you keep touching the soles of her feet like this, wouldn’t you be able to create a sexy and romantic atmosphere and have another hot night?
So, with such a sinister mind, I gently stroked Luna’s toes and soles of her feet, like birds brushing each other’s wings.
“Ha, hauu. T, stop! Stop it!”
As the soles of my feet, which had been so cold, began to feel warm and beads of smooth sweat began to seep out, Luna took her soles out of my palms.
And then, doesn’t it mean that both soles are hidden by putting them under the deerskin?
“…Climb up without permission! Stop it!”
“We haven’t even started yet. Do you think that’s enough? I usually get massages for over thirty minutes.”
“T-Thirty minutes!?”
Luna shudders and is greatly surprised by my words. She coughs a few times and then speaks in a soft, composed voice.
“Ahem, Lu, Luna is satisfied with your touch. Enough with the massage. So, wouldn’t you like something better than just touching my feet…? Like usual.”
What’s better than touching feet? What’s better than touching feet? I’ve always done things that come to mind.
“Really?”
“… Yes. You must have had some thoughts, right? The things you did in the dark of night, curled up under the blanket, avoiding everyone’s eyes.”
“Under the blanket… .”
“More secretive… things like making babies. Copulation. Mating. Sex.”
Was it because she wore a mask that she became brave? I felt terribly embarrassed by Luna, who was listing obscene words.
“You’re drunk and out of your mind. When did we ever do that? We made a lot of moai.”
“Huh, really? You really didn’t do it…?”
“You shouldn’t break your vow of chastity. Why are you pretending not to know now?”
“Yeah, that’s right. I guess I was mistaken. Then what did we usually do…?”
Luna asked about my whereabouts as if I was suffering from dementia. Didn’t I ask her that before? But I wasn’t cold enough to scold her for asking me again what I had already asked her.
“What did you do-”
That question made me think back to what we usually did.
“Well, it’s just the same every day. Eat, work, sleep. Rest when it’s time to rest. Clean the house, do laundry, and clean.”
I thought back on my memories carefully, wondering if that was really all I had done, even though I said that. It seems like I just lived like that unless I finished a request.
I read the encyclopedia, and Luna was preparing to open the store next to me. Still, I think those were fun days.
“Anyway, let’s go to sleep. I have a lot to do, like cleaning that piled up tomorrow.” Seriously, I’m so sleepy.
They say that if couples who live together don’t have the same sleep cycle, both of them suffer. I wonder if this is exactly the case.
Knock. Knock.
At that moment, something round fell from under the mask Luna was wearing and rolled on the floor. I opened my narrow eyes to see what it was.
“Hassan, Luna is a good girl.”
Luna finally managed to compliment herself. What a peculiar drinking habit that guy has. She thought for a moment about how she should react in times like this.
Luna added a few words.
“I mean, I want Luna to only see bright things in life.”
“Everyone wants to live like that.”
“I can bask in the sunlight, feel the breeze blowing, and watch the fallen leaves and snow pile up.”
Sub-works.
Luna mumbled something incomprehensible and crawled under the covers to lie down. Was she going to sleep without taking off that weird skull helmet?
No matter how happy I am to have acquired a new item, I still can’t believe I’m trying to sleep with it on. It reminds me of my younger sister in elementary school trying to sleep with her new clothes on.
Fresh root, fresh root.
Soon, I heard a steady, even breathing sound coming from below. Something came to mind. While I was listening to that small breathing sound, I also became very tired, so I just went to sleep.
* * *
“Hassan, what is this! It’s Onyx! There’s Onyx rolling around on the floor!”
Early in the morning. When I opened my eyes, Luna was already awake and was chattering loudly.
“Uh, what did you say?”
“Look at this! Onyx! It’s perfectly round and incredibly black! Where on earth did this come from?”
In Luna’s hand, a bead the size of a fingertip was sparkling. As Luna had said, it was a pitch-black bead, as if it were a black hole.
“Wow, that’s amazing… I’ll just have to put it in the ward… I had a good dream and now I’m so lucky this morning… . Sigh…”
I don’t know what it is, but since Luna is happy, that’s fine. It’s a really nice feeling to be able to hear Luna’s voice shouting brightly from the morning.
I asked, yawning and stretching to wake up the sleeper.
“What difference would it make if I put that on the amulet?”
“If you put jewels in your equipment, it will become stronger!”
“okay?”
A device that embeds jewels. It feels like a game system that encourages payment.
Come to think of it, wizards’ wands, staffs, and the decorative pommels on expensive swords always had something like a jewel in them.
Was it not just for decoration but also to increase its effectiveness in some way? However, I couldn’t quite figure out how putting in jewels would improve its performance.
Does this mean the same thing as when those mean old men put beads in their jiuji? If you think about it, that’s also a type of equipment strengthening.
Sval, I wonder if it would be effective if I put a jewel in my club too.
Anyway, that’s the end of such a noisy wake-up call.
When I went down to the first floor, Paranoy was nowhere to be seen. Did he get up first and leave?
“The nymph guy ran away!”
I was curious about where it had gone, but it didn’t develop beyond curiosity, so my interest soon turned elsewhere.
My gaze flowed to a mysterious statue of a goddess placed in a narrow corner between the jars.
He approached the wooden statue, which was modeled after Knox, and blew on it to dust it off.
Luna, who was feeding the dogs, added a word as if she was surprised by the sight.
“Hassan took care of Nox? Hassan decided to become Nox’s follower too?”
“No, that’s not it. But Luna, I’m just asking just in case. Aren’t you curious about your parents?”
“I don’t have parents!”
Luna’s answer came out immediately without wasting a moment. It was embarrassing because it was like an answering machine.
“No, but you weren’t born alone in this world. You have a father, and a mother who suffered for ten months to give birth to you.”
“Hmm. I guess so.”
“Don’t you want to meet me? What would you say if you did?”
“Well, why do you ask that?”
“You never know what will happen in someone’s life.”
“Hmm, I’ve never thought about it. My parents… . Ehmm, ehmm…”
Luna’s face became unusually serious, as if she was deep in thought. Then, she began to speak in a small voice, as if she were telling some extremely secret and important secret.
“I’ll ask why you abandoned me. The elders took care of me, but I was still envious of the kids who lived with their mom and dad. If I was going to be abandoned by my parents, I wondered if I shouldn’t have been born into this world.”
“Is that so?”
I never thought that cheerful Luna would live with such thoughts. It felt a little unexpected, so I thought I had asked something pointless.
The wooden statue of Lord Knox in front of me also looked quite gloomy. It could be my mood, though.
“But now, every day is fun! If I hadn’t been born into this world, I wouldn’t have had these fun experiences! So first of all, I’m going to say thank you for giving birth to me!”
Boom, roll.
Just as Luna finished speaking, something rolled to the floor again.
“Wow, shit! There’s more onyx! Hassan, there must be a vein somewhere in our house!”
What are parents and children?
I was lost in thought, watching the wooden statue dropping jewels and Luna happily oblivious to anything.
I’ve been ignoring you for a long time.
I also miss my parents’ faces and feel an indescribable feeling. Even if it’s my father, I miss my mother a lot.
mom.
mother.
My mother, Kim Chun-ja.
How are you?
Hassan, the unfilial son, is suffering terribly in this strange world.
still-.
“Hatsan! Onyx is falling everywhere! Shhh!”
But I’m doing pretty well these days.
“As expected, there was something in this land! Even though it was a little expensive, I made the right decision to buy this place!”
… isn’t it?
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