Chapter 101
Chapter 101
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 101
Chapter Title: Proposal (2)
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"Y-Yu-ra. Weren't you supposed to come tomorrow?"
"..."
"Yu-ra, it's not what you think. There's a reason for all this. R-right? Star, explain it to her."
As I urgently spoke while looking down at the black dog by my feet, Star elegantly lifted her head from where she had been happily chomping away at her food.
🗣️ SHADOWWOLF SPEAKS 🗣️ "Growl. Are you Lord Jun-young's partner? My apologies. I am Frost's contractor, Shadowwolf Star." A talking black dog!
This kind of impact should cool even Yu-ra's head, right?
"H-heard that?"
"What dog? Did that woman bring a dog too? Ha! Looks like you two set up house while I was gone."
What? The dog is talking, but she's so nonchalant... Ah, Y-Yu-ra doesn't have the [Language] skill, so she can't understand!
"N-no, it's not like that. Housekeeping? What are you even saying?"
Sweat pouring down, I desperately turned to Frost like a drowning man grasping at straws. She had already set down her chopsticks and was shooting wary glares at Yu-ra.
And Pomi... was crying because all the side dishes had been snatched away.
"Oppa, who's she?"
'Can Frost really pull this off?'
Negative thoughts came first, but whatever. Let's trust her! Star seemed to take her to the room earlier; she must've explained about Yu-ra properly.
"F-Frost, remember what Star said earlier? She's Yu-ra unnie. She lives with me. Um... Oppa's girlfriend."
"Together...? Girlfriend...?"
Hm? Was that just my imagination? Why does she look upset? Did Star not mention it?
I shot a puzzled look at the black dog, and she averted her gaze!
"Hey, Frost, what did I say earlier? What kind of relationship do you and I have?"
"..!"
Cous-in-op-pa. Cou-sin-op-paaaa.
I mouthed it desperately at Frost.
Moved by my frantic expression, Frost must've wavered. She slunk behind me with her head hung low and quietly opened her mouth.
".. Y."
"Yeah. Say it. Say hi. 'Hello, nice to meet you.'"
".. Honey."
Time froze.
".. Th-that.. gruk."
Star, who had been pretending nothing happened, let out a weird choking dog noise.
"That bitch ate all my side dishes.. Eek!"
Pomi abruptly stopped crying.
And she—Kim Yu-ra—turned her head toward me with a creak.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Around the time chaos was unfolding at Choi Jun-young's house, a weary group began appearing one by one in the skies above Mount Odake in Tokyo, Japan.
"Huff, huff. F-finally made it. Where's that slime bastard? Bring him here. You said he was close by!"
"Word is he's already getting skinned by the Demon King. And we got orders recently—no touching anyone below the Demon King. He says he's missing his daughter and feels like offing himself these days."
"What? Like the rest of us don't have families back in the demon world? That crazy slime fucker. How many nearly died because of him!"
That's right. They were demon world residents who had set out from Hawaii's Big Island about two months prior.
Had it been just the upper demons, they could've crossed the distance in an instant. But their group included all sorts of flightless monsters, so after enduring every hardship imaginable, they finally reached the skies over Tokyo after two months.
Unable to gather points, meals had been essential. Tearing into raw fish from the sea, enduring the stinging salt on their skin, they had at last arrived at this island nation.
Everyone was cursing the pink slime Puyomi, but perhaps because their long journey was finally over, a faint smile hid behind their irritated expressions.
After some time murmuring among themselves, they fell silent as a demon sliced through the air and appeared. It was a white-haired woman—the Demon King's right-hand.
"The Demon King's message: You've all worked hard. It's a joyful day, arriving at the destination without a single straggler. Thank you so much for trusting and following me all this time. Wash away your fatigue with the food and alcohol our executives painstakingly procured from human villages, and rest easy. Tomorrow marks a new beginning!"
"Ooooh!"
The murmurs at the mention of food, alcohol, and rest died down quickly as the woman spoke again.
"And."
"..?"
"I'm the one beating up the pink bitch. That's all!"
"Waaaaaaah!"
The cheers seemed even louder than before.
Several hours later, most of the demons and monsters had shaken off the fatigue of their long journey and fallen into deep sleep.
This atmosphere even reached the prison camp where the sinners they had dragged from the demon world were confined.
With the demon world's main forces currently in the human realm, they had no choice but to bring even these vicious criminals along.
As a demon guard sipped on smuggled alcohol from outside and dozed off with a bob of his head, three figures were conversing in the deepest part of the prison camp.
"We're heeeere~."
"Came."
Two figures speaking from outside the iron bars.
".."
And a woman inside the bars gazing at them with quiet eyes. The mouth of the woman sitting inside slowly opened.
".. Ga has cut ties with me."
One of the two shadows outside burst into laughter at those words, her massive breasts jiggling.
"See? Told you people don't change that easily."
The smaller shadow beside her nodded.
"Doesn't change."
"So? Why'd you call us? Tentacle Lord isn't coming?"
A response came from inside once more.
"The Tentacle Lord saw her off the day she left. He's only been watching so far, but.."
"Ah, so that's why he hasn't been around lately."
"Hasn't been around."
".. You all must go as well. Go warn her. If she doesn't listen.."
She trailed off without finishing, her eyes flashing fiercely.
That night, taking advantage of lax surveillance from the Demon King's army, two beams of light slipped out of Tokyo and flew toward South Korea.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ "Oppa, explain."
Yu-ra scanned Frost from head to toe before turning cold eyes on me.
Just those two words were enough to feel her boiling rage. Yu-ra's brow twitched.
"Yu-ra, it's not like that. Hm? Hear oppa out. I can explain everything. There's a reason."
"Oppa always has a reason. It's just that I can't buy it."
"Honey.."
This crazy Han Frost bitch definitely hadn't forgotten that I bit her earlier.
Fuck, pulling the chariot assassination ploy!
And don't hide behind me. She's glaring even harder.. Eek!
I turned to glare at Frost but swallowed a gasp.
"Frost, shadow. Real favor here. Put the shadow away. Please?"
"Yes. Honey."
Shooo.
"Frost, why do you keep saying that? Honey? Hm? She's my cousin. Right?"
"Sex is for husband and wife.."
"Urk!"
I hurriedly clamped her mouth shut. This brat says anything in front of Yu-ra!
With my hand over Frost's muzzle, I looked at Yu-ra.
"Yu-ra, she's my little cousin. Her name's, uh.. Ch-Choi Frost?"
"Stuttering like that and expecting me to buy it? And you have sex with your cousin?"
She heard it all!
Yu-ra, who had been watching us with her mouth agape, suddenly yelled and stomped toward me.
Thud, thud, thud.
"W-wait, hold on, just a sec."
Squish, smoosh.
O-oh! This is..?!
As I backed away to dodge Yu-ra, Frost's chest pressed softly against my back. The moment I froze, Yu-ra closed in and pressed her body against my front.
Th-this! Boob sandwich! Not the time for this.. At attention!
"Who is she? Tell the truth."
"Uh, um. Well, kinda like a cousin but not quite? Cousin vibe?"
"Don't talk nonsense."
Of course. Yu-ra, with her stalker-level grasp of my family ties, wouldn't miss some grown-ass cousin.
The two glared at each other over me, front and back, showing no sign of backing down. Meanwhile, my dick throbbed—throb—and poked insistently at Yu-ra's belly.
"Oppa.."
Yu-ra looked at me with utter disdain.
"What can I do? You're too pretty."
"Haa.."
With a small sigh, Yu-ra pulled away and glanced around.
"Pomi."
".."
"Pomi, where are you? Come out. I saw you when I came in."
Huh? Come to think of it, Pomi's presence had vanished earlier.
I whipped around to see Pomi, etherealized and perched invisibly on a dining chair.
"D-don't look here! I'll get caught!" Pomi urgently whispered into my ear, but it was already too late. Yu-ra had started counting again.
"Come out quick or I'll count to three. One, twoo.."
Yu-ra's signature move. The dreaded number count.
No Korean kid can withstand it. Sure enough.
"Hehe. Unnie again?"
Pomi revealed herself just before "three" left Yu-ra's lips. Why do kids fear the word "three" so much? What happens if it's said?
Curious, but I have zero intention of testing it.
Yu-ra jerked her chin at Pomi and me.
"You two, follow me. We need to talk."
Pomi, looking like she'd given up on everything, trudged after Yu-ra with slumped shoulders.
D-damn. Pomi's toast. Now I need to survive.. Any way out?
As I racked my brain desperately, I recalled the reward from this morning's system update.
That's right! That thing!
"Y-Yu-raaa!"
I dashed in front of her and dropped to one knee with a clunk.
"H-here!"
Yu-ra looked down at me coldly as I fumbled something out of my inventory.
But it didn't take long for her eyes to go wide.
"O-oppa?"
In my hand from the inventory was the [First Ring], earned from clearing the "Ada Couple" achievement.
Our exclusive item—pretty rings that fit our fingers perfectly.
"I prepared it for you."
"Oppa.."
Yu-ra blankly alternated between me and the ring.
Perfect. This'll work!
Tender gaze loaded! Cheesy line loaded!
Time for the finisher.
"I love you. I love you more than anything in the world."
Meanwhile, as my confession continued, Pomi's shocked whispers bombarded my ear.
"Kek! N-no way. Junyong-ah. You're not, right? You're not ditching me to get punished alone and running off, right?" I glanced at Pomi behind Yu-ra—face full of shock and disbelief—and shot her a smirk.
"Life's meant to be lived solo anyway. Bye, Pomi~?" 😭 Pomi Rage! 😭 🖕 Middle Finger Salute 🖕
As Pomi flipped me off, Yu-ra covered her mouth in shock.
"Ah, uh, o-oppa, this... is real?"
"Yeah. Once this is over, let's get married."
I had no idea what "this" was, but survival first.
"Oppaaa.. What do I do?"
Had I overdone it and moved her too much?
"Don't cry. When you cry.. it hurts my heart."
"Oppa, I'm so touched. Sorry for doubting you.."
"Nah, no biggie."
".. I knew you'd pull something like this."