Chapter 202: Chapter 202

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He, however, looked seriously beautiful even with that outfit and look. Sitting on the shade under the tiled roof gently curved down the ridge, Eun Jiho, who directed his eyes onto me with downcast platinum blond brows, looked shockingly gorgeous. Though he was wearing a green jeogori on top, long orange skirt on the bottom, and had a low bun, neither of those hid the beauty he was showing off as a woman.

‘Why are Eun Jiho and Ban Yeo Ryung cross-dressing as the opposite sex? My subconscious, is this all you got?’ The moment that I tried to act desperately with my head in my hands, Ban Yeo Ryung, the district magistrate, threw her glance back in my direction. She then suddenly admonished me in a stern voice!

“Punish him to death!”

“What?!”

A scream burst out of my mouth. ‘Where is this story going?’ Soon, Yoo Chun Young and Yi Ruda, guarding the entrance of the government complex with official guard outfits and black hats on, walked toward me, stiffening their faces.

Setting aside Yi Ruda, Yoo Chun Young appeared in my dream after a long time, but was this the role at best for him? As soon as their faces almost reached my nose, a coarse straw mat wrapped my legs.

I collapsed on the ground while losing my balance. It was hard to breathe because of the heavy dust. Cough, cough! Inhaling a bunch of dust, I, instinctively, raised my tearful eyes to scowl at Ban Yeo Ryung.

Ban Yeo Ryung, sitting on the seat of honor, roared shrilly as our eyes met.

“Oh, heavens! How dare you get above yourself!”

‘Getting above myself? Just by looking at you? Isn’t it going too far? I think your district magistrate uniform is too big for your boots, I mean… big for your gender! So is Eun Jiho, beside you, being, even more, out his place!’

However, I couldn’t speak that way. Chewing my lips, I yelled at the thought of not knowing the reason for being tortured before the actual punishment.

“Come on, why am I suddenly getting punished to death? Let me just know the reason!”

“How dare you again! Are you playing the innocent with me?”

“What?”

Showing a sign of wrath in her eyes, Ban Yeo Ryung pointed with her chin at Eun Jiho, who was sitting obediently with his hands folded together with downcast eyes until then.

‘Oh… yeah… how elegant he is… but why?’

When I stared at her in wonder, Ban Yeo Ryung roared at me again.

“How dare you covet my wife!’

“Excuse me…??”

The question I dropped returned to me and bumped into my chin. No one was listening, even Yoo Chun Young and Yi Ruda who stood on each side of me. After a while, when I finally understood what Ban Yeo Ryung meant, I just blinked at a loss of words.

In the middle of heavy silence, Eun Jiho, at last, raised his head to cast a glance to this side. The light hanging on the tip of his platinum blond lashes swayed like a swing under the strong summer sunlight. He gazed at me in that pose then slightly blushed for some reason.

By then, I decided to stop observing him for the sake of my mental health. I raised my hand and declared in a serene voice.

“I have an objection.”

“What is it?”

“I wouldn’t even have it as a gift!”

Usually, he didn’t look that normal though, but having a bun and wearing a skirt looked as if he had crossed the Rubicon. It was difficult for me to handle the usual Eun Jiho, so how could I even deal with him being like that?!

However, the district magistrate Ban Yeo Ryung seemed to take my words of refusal as a big insult. She stood up from her seat immediately with a roar.

“How dare you say such words to me! Hey there!”

“Yes, sir.”

Yi Ruda and Yoo Chun Young, standing on both sides of me, responded at the same time. From their blunt answers, I could see the sheer loyalty… wait, no! They shouldn’t be loyal!

While I moved my eyeballs in anxiety, Ban Yeo Ryung gave a loud command while pointing at me with her long straight finger.

“Throw him in the river like this!”

Excuse me again? What did you just say? Lying on the ground with myself wrapped in a coarse straw mat, I could feel a cold sweat springing up over my forehead.

I barely twisted my tightly wrapped body and looked at Yoo Chun Young and Yi Ruda coming toward me. The look on their faces was even more serious than usual that they didn’t seem to listen to my words. Despite the situation, I struggled to desperately shout out my mind.

“Hey… dude… I mean, do you think this makes sense? Are you really gonna throw me in the river just because I said that I won’t even have the cross-dressed Eun Jiho as a gift? How ridiculous!”

“How dare you say that to Madam.”

It was Yoo Chun Young who intoned in a low, ringing voice than usual. The bloody atmosphere on his blue eyes seemed to indicate that I deserved to get punished for real.

All right, so Yoo Chun Young is also out of his mind! What’s wrong with you, my subconscious?’ Having that thought in mind, I moved my body desperately and, this time, yelled at Yi Ruda.

“Ru… Ruda! You know that this is going too far, huh? Hey, how can you obey such nonsense…!”

“How can we tell right from wrong with our slow heads to our lord district magistrate?”

Yi Ruda spoke the words with his usual, swiveling smile, which was obvious that he wouldn’t hesitate or feel sorry to throw me in the river at all. What the heck!

As the two boys came toward me, they tied me tightly with a rope then lifted me in the air to carry my body on their shoulders. Oh, no! Hold on! Wriggling myself frantically, I stared at Ban Yeo Ryung and Eun Jiho sitting next to each other on the increasingly remote wooden floor of the main hall.

As if they felt delighted to remove me from them, Ban Yeo Ryung comfortably leaned one side of her arm against the wooden pillow on the floor and talked about something with Eun Jiho. Folding his legs coyly, Eun Jiho still looked quiet and obedient with green jeogori and long orange skirt on. He then stopped chatting with Ban Yeo Ryung and glanced back at my side for some reason.

‘Okay, Eun Jiho! At least, you should save me!’ As soon as I had that thought, Eun Jiho lifted his beautiful white hand and covered his mouth with it to gently smile. His eyes were bent gorgeously above his hand.

Eun Jiho, you EVIL! Being carried out by the two boys on their shoulders, I screamed tragically.

“Eun Jihoooo! Be honest. You appeared in my dream as a female crossdresser to fu*k me up!”

“Eun Jiho! Hey! Save me!”

“Madam Jiho! Madan JIIIHOOOO! Beautiful and gorgeous madam Jiho!”

“Madam Jiho… my angel…”

“Dude.”

I heard a gruff voice ringing around somewhere. ‘Who is it? It won’t be Yoo Chun Young or Yi Ruda’s voice… I left Eun Jiho and Ban Yeo Ryung at the government complex… then who is it?’ That was the moment when I frowned with those thoughts.

I shook my hands and feet; however, nothing moved as if they were still tied up with something. Thus, it looked as though I wasn’t released from the coarse straw mat yet. What was going on then? When I rambled those thoughts, suddenly, I realized how bright my sight was.

I, at last, put myself together and slightly opened my eyes. There was a familiar figure over my dimly shaking vision. The dazzling silver hair under the bright light belonged to Eun Jiho.

‘What the… why is he over here?’ Furrowing my brows, I asked in a half-awake voice.

“You were just there with the district magistrate…”

“What dreamland were you in to mumble my name?”

Replying to my question, Eun Jiho was sitting back with his elbow placed on the back of his chair and his chin resting on his palm. As if he was staring at me for quite a while, his posture looked quite comfortable. Hmm. Blinking my eyes for a moment, I finally recovered my senses and fell into thought.

‘So, it was a dream. Well, Ban Yeo Ryung appearing as a district magistrate and Eun Jiho as her wife weren’t any realities; besides, the background was the Joseon Dynasty period…’

It was true that I woke up from my dream; however, why aren’t my hands and feet still moving? I tried to move them once again, but nothing seemed to move a muscle.