Chapter 31
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 31
Chapter Title: Ryu Se-eun (3)
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The moment I woke up, all I felt was utter bewilderment. It was only natural—the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a naked female underclassman.
Even so, I quickly pulled myself together and confirmed that I could manipulate my mana freely, aside from the physical restraints.
I shaped Cheon So-yul's spell, Heavenly Thunder, into the form of a blade and immediately slashed through the wooden vines.
Her title as top freshman wasn't just for show; the resistance proved surprisingly tenacious.
It was my first time facing a nature-affinity mage, and just as I was starting to wonder how to deal with her...
"S-Sorry! I'm sorry, senior!"
Ryu Se-eun seemed to grasp the gap in our magical prowess almost immediately and dropped into a groveling position without hesitation.
She practically flung herself to the floor, trembling like a leaf in a pathetic display.
There was no need to hesitate or second-guess. I could tell exactly what she was worried about just from her pale, ashen face.
In that situation, whether I boiled her alive or did whatever else, it was her—not me—who'd have to worry about the fallout.
This was the kind of incident that could blow up into a major scandal if anyone made a fuss about it.
Well, the fact that I wasn't particularly angry was probably a small mercy for her.
What can I say? If she'd pushed things all the way through, it might've been different, but it ended as an attempt. Plus, I'd seen her take a nasty fall while I was cutting the vines, scraping up her palms pretty badly.
And now here she was, groveling desperately, her face drained of all color as she begged for her life.
What if that quivering voice and those teary eyes were all an act...?
If so, she belonged in acting school, not as an awakener.
Anyway, the point is, it deflated all my steam. The timing just wasn't right to make her pay for it personally.
If she'd at least screamed back at me defiantly, maybe it would've been different. But no.
I had no choice but to let it slide for now and call her out at the academy later, once I'd cooled off, to settle things properly.
No matter what, I couldn't just let something like this pass without a word.
I was even considering dragging Ryu Jin-seong—that grand mage—into it if push came to shove.
After all, if Ryu Se-eun was the executor, wasn't he the mastermind?
Sure, he probably didn't explicitly order her to kidnap and pin down a senior from school. At least, that's what I wanted to believe...
The upshot of all this was that I was about to leave this mystery room right then and there.
"V-Virgin...!"
"...?"
If only our oblivious underclassman hadn't grabbed my ankle with that boneheaded remark, I really might have walked out.
For a split second, I couldn't even process what I'd heard. It just didn't seem like something a girl would say.
"R-Right? Virgin, loser, eternal singleton prick!"
But she did. She really said it. This girl had no fear of people, no grasp of her own situation, just yapping away. Wow.
It was the first time this year I'd felt my blood truly boil like that.
...Especially since just two months ago, I was in pretty much the same pathetic spot her insults described, which only fueled the fire more.
I promptly erased the gentlemanly, smart, clean resolution I'd been mulling over moments ago...
"Hic?!"
And on half-instinct, I froze part of Ryu Se-eun's body solid.
First her arms and hands to bind her, then infused cold to disrupt her mana flow.
"Ugh, w-wait, senior? It h-hurts a little..."
I couldn't tell if she was just startled or had no intention of resisting, but she let me push her all the way back against the wall.
I was still shaking off reason's reins. Fury boiled right up to the top of my head.
A gut feeling flashed that if I didn't properly school this underclassman now, something similar would happen again.
I was pissed. Did she think I was a pushover? Had I been too nice? Had my sharp words given the impression of an easy senior?
If this kept up, it'd tarnish my dignity and reputation as a senior.
It felt like I was inheriting the will of every senior in the academy.
I realized it then. Ah! My role today was clearly that of an educator.
Guiding arrogant underclassmen... that was the sacred duty of all seniors...
I stepped up to the plate.
And I made a vow to myself.
From tomorrow's sunrise, I wouldn't hold Ryu Se-eun accountable for her misdeeds.
But tonight, and through tomorrow's dawn, I had permission to punish her.
I looked down at Ryu Se-eun's backside as she pressed her forehead against the wall, knees buckling, and raised my palm again.
Then I brought it down hard on her flushed, discolored hip.
Smack!!
"Heek?!"
'Time for some mental re-education, you.'
I muttered coldly to myself as I gripped her limp-looking waist firmly.
She shuddered again.
But this time, the reaction felt entirely different. When she cautiously turned her head to look up at me, her eyes held a mix of anticipation.
I couldn't help but let out a hollow chuckle.
'...No, seriously, this girl.'
I recognized that look instantly.
Because I'd seen it several times before.
It was the face Cheon So-yul always made when I teased her endlessly without going further...
And the expression Ji-woo unnie wore after wringing me dry with her hands and mouth.
In other words, she was craving something more direct from me.
Ryu Se-eun wanted me inside her right now.
Resisting arousal from that pleading gaze wasn't easy.
I bit my lip lightly as blood rushed southward.
Then I grabbed her glasses and yanked them off. My rough motion brushed her under-eye area.
"Ah..."
She let out a startled sound at my sudden move, but she didn't flinch or panic. If anything, her lips twitched upward.
I tossed the question at her curtly.
"Can't see without your glasses?"
My voice came out low and gravelly.
Ryu Se-eun flinched.
"N-Nooo... I can see, I see fine."
Just as I'd expected. Even in the world of magic and awakeners, wearing glasses seemed odd.
She'd probably worn them since before awakening and just kept the habit...
They weren't needed now. If anything, they were in the way.
I tossed the glasses casually onto the bed.
Then I turned back to her—or more precisely, positioned myself behind her.
The moment our eyes met, she whipped her head away like she'd been stung.
The last expression I caught was laced with amusement. There was tension and fear, but even more excitement and pleasure.
I undid the pants I'd hastily pulled on earlier to leave.
Clink. The belt buckle's sound must have reached her ears.
Sure enough, her ears perked up, and her hips trembled visibly.
I clicked my tongue and smacked her ass once more. Smack!!!
"Kyaa?!"
Look at her. No more hiding the coquettish whine mixed in with her moan.
But the punishment's unexpected timing still caught her off guard.
Her legs buckled for a moment, threatening to give out entirely.
Maybe the cumulative pain, or perhaps her body craving a brief respite.
"...Hng?"
I wasn't about to let that happen. I thrust my hand between her collapsing legs and forcibly propped her back up.
Confused that her body wouldn't fall as intended, she let out a dumb little whine.
"Back in position."
"...W-Wait, I'm really, really tired..."
"I said stand straight."
"Nooo, I said it hurts...?!"
What do you do when the clear subordinate refuses to obey the clear superior?
It's a question with an ideal answer established since time immemorial.
I flicked my fingers casually and roughly teased her thoroughly soaked entrance.
"...?!"
Without a single spark of Heavenly Thunder, she jolted like she'd been shocked, her shoulders and legs quivering.
By the looks of it, she'd climaxed lightly.
I rested my hardened length atop her hip.
And declared it to Ryu Se-eun, who was panting hot breaths.
"I'm not going to put it in."
I said I wouldn't penetrate her.
"...Huh?"
She flinched, then twisted in shock, only to remember her arms were still frozen and timidly turned just her head.
Even so, her pupils were shaking like a magnitude 7 quake.
"W-Why not? Weren't we, uh, in a pretty good mood just now...?"
"...?"
I couldn't fathom how unilaterally spanking and arousing a girl created a 'good mood,' at least not from my common-sense perspective.
But it wasn't entirely wrong either. At least as far as foreplay went.
"You were just planning to force the issue and drag me off to Cheolwon."
Still, I had no intention of taking it at face value. There was a key fact I couldn't ignore.
Ryu Se-eun's attempted reverse-rape was likely for some political scheme.
Thinking about that bitter pill soured any desire I had to go through with it.
Put simply, I wasn't in the mood. So, I needed confirmation.
If she asked why I'd say something so untrustworthy when we were this close, I'd be at a loss...
But chalk it up to strategy, the big picture, whatever.
"N-Nooo...?"
See? She was buying my words completely, staring into space with a hollow, devastated expression.
Her gaze almost seemed to accuse me: 'After all this...?'
I shrugged it off indifferently.
"I'll let you have it once or twice more later, though. You look pretty worn out."
And to prove I meant no insertion, I gently stroked her hip with just my right hand.
Rubbing between her waist and thighs, where the bone protruded, sent more juices trickling down.
'...Hmm.'
Even I had to pause for a second. Ryu Se-eun seemed to be one of those naturally sopping types.
A blessing, if it was one?
Either way, nothing bad about it, so I ignored it.
I raised my palm again.
"Ah, ahh."
Her violet eyes, peeking back to gauge the next strike, swirled with a storm of emotions.
Anticipation, excitement, despair, disappointment, even hesitation over something.
And just as I was about to bring my hand down again...
"...O-Okay, I get it...!"
Ryu Se-eun cried out in a voice that was vaguely small yet loud, barely stopping me in time.
I halted my palm mid-air and looked down at her, expression bored.
"Auu."
Sensing the danger, she made a pitiful face. Then she started mumbling urgently to herself.
"Y-Yeah, it's true my dad told me to bring you to Cheolwon, and even said to get knocked up if possible! B-But that's not it...?!"
"Not it?"
"Y-Yes...!"
"What's not?"
"...I didn't bring you here just for that!"
She snapped back at my leisurely question, sounding genuinely annoyed.
But this girl?
"...Argh, seriously!"
After huffing for a bit, she swallowed tears with a whine and glared at me like I was the unfair one.
"I know how to pick my targets, you know?! I can flirt with the best of them, but if you were some total loser, I never would've dragged you to a hotel room...!"
Then she pitifully drooped her eyes and begged me with a spoiled whine.
"S-So, let's do it? No, please, do me? You want it too, right, senior?!"
"...Hmm."
I crossed my arms and tilted my head.
Her face paled further as she shouted.
"F-Fine! Condom! Just use a condom! You're rock-hard already—why keep dodging?! I want it, I wanna try it! Fuck me already, you bastard!"
Clinging, raging, bowing, snapping back. She was busy cycling through every tactic.
I chuckled inwardly while keeping a stern, serious face outwardly.
I said to Ryu Se-eun,
"What if you'd already poked holes in the condom?"
"Hah...?!"
And that finally made her emotions explode.
She whipped around, eyes blazing.
"You son of a...!"
Right as she was about to spew some filthy curse like "bitch" or whatever...
I gripped her hips hard and thrust my waist forward.
Squish!
"...bi-, tch...?"
Not "son of a bitch," but "dog bitch." A step more depraved.
Same difference, though.
Satisfied at resolving that curiosity, I nodded.
Ryu Se-eun stared at me in dazed shock.
Or more precisely, she looked down after realizing something, flinching.
"...Ah."
She confirmed it. The sight of us connected. Right at the junction.
Her eyes blinked stupidly, radiating confusion.
But that tame reaction didn't last long. Her face stiffened.
Or rather, a different 'reaction' quickly took over.
"...Hic, ugh, hiiiik...?!"
Ryu Se-eun threw her head back dramatically.
Her teeth clenched, but her eyes were unfocused.
The pain of deflowering mixed with the pleasure of first penetration. Virgin blood trickled out, staining me red.
Of course, I'd slipped on a condom beforehand while she was ranting.
I looked at Ryu Se-eun, who panted back at me, and flashed a light smile as I tossed her a line.
"Good girl."
"...Huh?!"
She jolted in surprise, eyes rolling as she hurriedly turned her head away.
I was a bit thrown off. This wasn't the reaction I'd anticipated.
'...Why?'
Her ear tips flushed pink under my narrowed gaze. I scratched my cheek awkwardly and fiddled with her hips, a habit forming.
...The squeeze from inside tightened around me.
I smiled silently.
I always thought it, but yeah.
The thrill of pressing flesh to flesh with a woman was incomparable to anything else.
......
......
......
Was that why?
In that moment, I didn't notice.
"...Haa, haa..."
The entrance to the hotel room where Ryu Se-eun had dragged my passed-out self.
The door hadn't fully closed, leaving a slight gap.
And through that gap, a petite voyeur(?) was watching our coupling.
I had no idea. It never crossed my mind.
"Hyun-jin... sunbae..."
Baek A-yun, with her hair in her usual twin tails, slipping a hand into her panties to masturbate... or something like that.
No way. Absolutely not.