Chapter 48
Chapter 48
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 48
Chapter Title: Why Are You Coming Out From There? (2)
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No matter how I looked from this angle or that, that house wasn't Yu-ra's. It was our house.
My imagination couldn't possibly picture Mom and Yu-ra together.
Whether I was shocked or not, the two of them came out chatting and laughing like the best of mother and daughter, then stood by the door exchanging a few words.
"Yu-ra, shouldn't you head home now?"
Uh, Mom. Why are you talking so casually to Yu-ra? You two seem awfully close.
"Mother, let me walk you to the parking lot."
Yu-ra, Mother? Why is my mom your mother?
"What a sweet girl. Shall we go down together then?"
"Yes!"
Mom stopped Yu-ra from pressing the elevator button.
"Ah, it's just a couple floors. Want to take the stairs? I've been gaining weight lately, so I've been exercising."
"Ah, yes. Mother."
Take the elevator! I've got the stairs covered!
The two of them started walking my way.
I pressed myself flat against the stair railing, afraid even my breathing might give me away, and sucked in a deep breath.
Thump, thump.
"Mother, be careful going down."
Yu-ra took Mom's free hand as she gripped the railing with the other.
"How did our Jun-young end up with such a pretty and sweet girl?"
Yu-ra smiled shyly at that.
"Why? Brother Jun-young is pretty reliable himself."
"Listen to her, already taking his side. He's my son, you know?"
"Hm?"
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
I landed back on the ground as I watched them chat and gradually move away.
-Huff, huff. No flight skill, and I'd have been 100% caught. So-jin, thanks for the escape earlier!
I'd been clinging to the stairwell, but the moment I saw Mom grab the railing, I activated [Flight] in a flash of brilliance.
The chill that ran down my spine when my shoe tip just barely grazed her permed hair as I rose!
But what was even scarier was something else.
As they descended the stairs, Yu-ra sniffed the air and started glancing around.
Once their voices faded completely, I climbed back up the stairs, opened the door as quietly as possible, and slipped into the house.
"What the hell did I just see? Why the heck were those two together?"
I stood frozen in the entryway, shoes still on, lost in thought, when faint footsteps echoed softly from the hallway beyond.
Tap, tap.
I'd always thought the soundproofing was bad, but today it felt especially loud.
I pressed one eye to the peephole.
In the round view, Yu-ra smoothly appeared around the corner by the stairs.
Sure enough, those footsteps from before were Yu-ra coming back after seeing Mom off.
She reached the top of the stairs, walked toward her door, paused, and opened her mouth.
"Oppa?"
-Eek!
-Hiii!
The voice from beyond the door made me and Pomi, who had been holding our breath watching her, let out terrified squeaks.
"Oppa, you there? ...Or not?"
She glanced around the empty hallway, then turned toward her own door.
Step, step, step.
-Phew.
-Haaah, what the heck? She's scary, Jun-young.
-Demons aren't supposed to fear humans! You protect me this time since I'm the human!
-Eh?
The moment we sighed in relief watching her leave.
-Ring ring!
-Gasp!
-Hyaa!
-Ring ring!
The phone in my hand blared with a loud ringtone.
Ugh, damn it. Silent mode. Silent mode.
Caller ID: Mom.
I'd kept holding it in case she called back, but why now of all times?
I pressed my eye back to the door, holding my breath.
Through the tiny hole... just an empty hallway.
-Haa, haa. That was close. Whoa, my heart's gonna drop out. Mia, looks like Yu-ra left. You got pretty scared too...
I turned to Pomi, who'd screamed just as loud as me, and spotted a trickle running down her leg.
-J-Jun-young. I peed... Hiiing.
-Dude, you really do everything. Ugh, take off your panties, toss 'em in the washer, and go clean up in the bathroom. I'll mop the floor here.
-Okay.
Nod, nod.
Pomi shuffled off to the bathroom, looking all dejected.
What kind of demon has such a weak bladder?
She looks young, but she's twenty-three?
Even if startled, peeing yourself at that age? Wait. Come to think of it, I feel a bit damp too. Ahem. Must be sweat.
The call finally ended after ringing forever even on silent, adding one more missed call.
"First, clean up Pomi's mess and call back? Wonder if she's driving."
The moment I turned to grab some toilet paper.
Ding-dong.
The doorbell rang this time. Intercom screen: Yu-ra, arms crossed.
"Hweee."
Ding-dong, ding-dong.
She must've heard the phone ring earlier? Anyway, don't open. Pretend no one's home!
Knock, knock, knock.
-Oppa, I know you're there. Open up. Oppa, oppa?
Yeah. Not opening. Go away.
Meanwhile, texts from Mom started popping up on my phone.
Mom, you still in the parking lot? You're not texting while driving, right?
I ignored the doorbell in one ear and unlocked the screen to check the messages.
[Why aren't you picking up?]
[Packed kimchi and side dishes, so eat them before they spoil. You said you finished the miso, it's in the kimchi fridge.]
[Mom saw your girlfriend today?]
[Pretty girl, very polite too.]
[But is that your house? It's Mom's house. Can't just give the passcode to your girlfriend however you like.]
[Walked in thinking no one was home, and there's a strange girl. You know how startled Mom was?]
Thud.
My phone slipped from my hand.
I thought dropping things from shock only happened in dramas.
At the same moment, the doorbell stopped, replaced by the sound of the door lock code being entered.
Beep, beep, beep.
Aaagh! So-jin, sorry, mister! This must be how you felt!
The second the beeps started, I activated Invisibility and retreated to my room.
Something told me if I stayed put, she'd sniff me out again.
Creeeak.
Soon, Yu-ra entered with cold eyes.
"..."
Th-that was close. Ahh! My phone!
I finally noticed the phone I'd dropped, but Yu-ra had already spotted it.
No pattern lock since no one would snoop. My eternal regret.
Yu-ra picked it up, glanced at the screen, smirked, and spoke.
"Oppa? You here? Come out."
Huff, huff, shudder.
The sweet Yu-ra from when [Suspicion] was in my stat window. What the hell happened to you! Come on out, Status!
⚔ STATUS ⚔ 👤 Target: Kim Yu-ra (Dormant Female, Lv.22, 21yo) 📏 Measurements: 168cm, 55kg, B87 W61 H90 📊 Difficulty: Easy 💋 Virginity: Non-Virgin (Partners: 1) 🤰 Pregnancy Risk: Dangerous Days ❤️ HP: 27/28 🔥 Arousal: 0/100 😍 Affection: (Next-Door Oppa, Demon Lord) 👍 Favorability: +60 (Obsession) 🧎 Submission: +50 (Acceptance) 💦 Lewdness: +70 (Lewd) 📈 Stats STR
>22 AGI
>20 INT
>30 MNT
>18 LUK
>29 🎭 Talents Sacred Womb A | Beauty B | Intelligence C | Sensitivity B | Obsession B (new) 🔗 Fetishes Verbal Humiliation (Obscene Taunts, Mid) | Masochism (Maso, Weak) | Masturbation Addiction (Mid) | Yandere (Weak) | Jealousy (Mid) 🎯 Erogenous Zones Tongue, Armpits, Breasts, Vaginal Interior 💭 Sexual Fantasy Why doesn't he come. 📜 Quest His Revisit (Repeatable) Period: Within 3 days of last visit Success: Provide greater pleasure than last visit Failure: No extra reward, but quest repeats Reward: Points x2 Sh-sh-shudder.
Even after not visiting for a while, her favorability had gone up.
The problem was it had shifted from 'affection' to 'obsession'.
And now there's even Obsession in her talents!
What kind of talent comes and goes so easily?
Other changes... Yandere? Jealousy?
Yandere—that scary genre? Like 'let's die together' or 'become one inside me' type?!
My terror peaked when I saw her sexual fantasy.
'Absolutely can't go out. Feels like she already knows, but still, can't go out.'
No reaction despite calling my name, so Yu-ra gave a sinister 'hmph?' smile, pulled out her phone, and started tapping away.
Wh-what's she doing?
-Riiiing, riiiing, click.
-Hello?
Wh-what? That voice?
Yu-ra smiled brightly and replied.
"Ah, Mother? Hi, it's Yu-ra."
M-Mom? She gave her your number too?
Mom's voice came through the speaker. Th-this brat, trying to tattle to my mom!
She'd collapse hearing her son assaulted the girl next door.
-What's up, all of a sudden?
"Ah, wellll."
Yu-ra dragged it out, then covered the phone with her hand so the sound wouldn't carry and spoke.
"Come out quick. Before I tell her everything. Counting to three. One."
U-ugh!
"Two."
Uwaaaah!
"Three."
The second she hit three, I dropped Invisibility and walked out of my room. Total surrender.
Seeing me appear, Yu-ra lit up like a hundred fluorescent lights had turned on.
Why, why are you still so pretty even now?
-Hello? Yu-ra?
"Ah, Mother, sorry. I just met Oppa. Looks like his phone screen broke, so he couldn't answer. I called 'cause I was worried you'd fret."
Mom, don't believe her. She's blackmailing me.
-Oh? He's a pro at spending money. How long ago did you buy that phone...
Mom. You're embarrassing me, stop.
-Put him on.
M-Mom?
"Yes, Mother."
Yu-ra answered sweetly, walked over handing me her phone, and eyed me up and down.
I felt like a frog raised high before a snake as I took the phone.
Our fingertips brushed, her scent wafting in.
"Uh, uh, Mom. It's me."
-Phone broke?
"Y-Yeah, yes."
-You sound off. Sick?
"N-No, not at all."
-Didn't see Mom's texts then? I'm at the gas station bathroom now? Told Yu-ra about the sides earlier, so ask her. I like that girl.
Mom, the girl you like is about to murder me.
Meanwhile, Yu-ra stuck right to my side, listening and chimed in toward the phone.
"Thank you, Mother!"
-Oh, you heard? Yu-ra, take good care of our son~.
"Yes, Mother! Drive safe!"
Yu-ra politely hung up after Mom ended the call.
"Oppa."
"Y-Yeah? Yes?"
"Talk casually. Like always."
"C-Casually? What do you mean always? I always used polite speech..."
"You'll die, for real."
"O-Okay. I'll do casual. There, happy? Casual speech."