Chapter 92
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 92
Chapter Title: Path to Paradise
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After deciding that our next destination would be Paradise, I headed straight back home. By the time I arrived, it was just past evening.
Yejin and Seo-yoon were waiting for me. I quickly washed up, and we all gathered together to eat dinner.
While we ate, I explained everything that had happened that day.
"Wow... so we're heading to the Yeouido area next?"
"Probably. First things first, we need to confirm if Joo Hye-ri is really there."
Today, we'd confirmed circumstances suggesting that Joo Hye-ri had moved to Yeouido with her father, but it wasn't 100% certain she was there. We had to see for ourselves if she was alive.
"Hmm... I hope she's in Yeouido so Seo-yoon can get her revenge. Someone who does that to another person deserves divine punishment, don't you think?"
Yejin knew about the scars on Seo-yoon's body and that one reason she'd become my disciple was to seek revenge. It seemed like while I'd been away from base today, Seo-yoon had opened up to Yejin quite a bit.
"Yeah, we need to check if that bitch is alive so Seo-yoon can have her revenge—or not. Once we confirm she's there, moving on to the next step won't be hard."
It'd be great if Joo Hye-ri was in Yeouido, but even if she wasn't, it didn't matter much. I was planning to check out this so-called Paradise anyway.
I was curious about what kind of person would call their own place Paradise and advertise it to others amid the chaos of a zombie apocalypse.
These were days when even taking care of oneself was a struggle, so extending a helping hand to others meant they had serious leeway.
What kind of setup allowed them to call themselves Paradise and take in survivors?
Gathering large numbers of people in one place and sustaining them wasn't easy.
The more people you had, the more resources got consumed proportionally. The problem was that the manpower needed to replenish those resources didn't scale the same way.
For example, if a group suddenly gained ten kids, you'd have to feed them and provide space—but kids couldn't gather resources effectively.
In other words, to accommodate more people, you needed the ability to cover the exponentially leaking resources. Honestly, even in my current state, pulling this off here seemed tough.
Power consumption could be solved by adding more generators. Drinking water was manageable by drawing from the river and purifying it.
The real issue I couldn't easily fix was building a smooth food supply system.
Right now, since the zombie apocalypse had just started, we had massive stockpiles of food that could last months. But going forward, establishing a self-sufficient food production system was a key challenge.
For now, Miyoung had the Farmer trait, so she could grow simple vegetables. Investing coins in her would help with food supply.
If we could expand to animal husbandry, we'd even get meat.
Once we secured zombie-free land as our base and started livestock farming for food production, we'd truly live in a perfect paradise that made the apocalypse seem like a joke.
While people outside scrambled daily just for food, I could probably spend the rest of my life in something close to pre-apocalypse comfort.
Considering the traits we'd seen so far, there had to be livestock-related traits exclusive to Farmers or Awakeners.
The Farmer trait sped up vegetable growth, so livestock traits likely did something similar.
The question was when and where to find them. I'd have to keep looking.
Scouting anyone with such vital traits to our base was definitely worth considering.
That brought me back to needing massive amounts of coins going forward.
It'd be nice if black magic could solve everything, but that was unrealistic. I had to borrow the system's power too.
Man, the pile of things to do ahead felt like a mountain.
"Thank you so much, Master. For going this far... for me..."
Seo-yoon, who'd been quietly listening to my conversation with Yejin, bowed her head and murmured in a sad voice.
"No need to thank me. As your master, this much is nothing. Just learn quickly what I'm teaching you and become useful to me, got it?"
"Yes, I understand, Master."
What I planned for Seo-yoon was to have her gather demonic energy in my absence.
First, I'd teach her to enchant weapons—for So-hee, Ha Dong-seok, and the subordinates when they hunted zombies—with Mana Drain.
Then, when they returned with weapons infused with demonic energy from killing zombies, she'd extract it all and pass it back to me.
Once her demonic energy control improved, I could teach her a few more black magic spells.
The amount would depend on her talent.
Her appearance meant I no longer had to hunt zombies personally for demonic energy supply—a huge gain.
It was like stumbling on a pearl hidden in an oyster shell.
As I gazed fondly at Seo-yoon, I felt a poke in my side. Turning, I saw Yejin pouting at me.
"Oppa, the stuff you're teaching Seo-yoon... Can't I learn it too?"
"You?"
"Yeah. I'd love to learn if I can. Or at least tell me what it is. It's like that magic you showed me before, right?"
I'd never fully explained black magic to Yejin, but she knew I had similar abilities.
Of course I'd considered teaching her,
"Sorry, but you have no talent for it."
I'd subtly shown her demonic energy before, but she hadn't noticed a thing.
Even now, as I pulled some out right in front of her, no reaction.
That meant it'd take forever to learn—or she might never get it.
"Oh... That's too bad. I wanted to learn from you and be helpful."
At my words, Yejin sighed regretfully and lowered her head.
"You're already plenty helpful. They came from Haedong Faction for treatment today, right?"
While I was out, Haedong Faction had brought patients to her and paid coins.
She earned from treatments, relieved my urges at night, and organized base supplies.
That was more than helpful, but Yejin still seemed insecure.
Maybe she worried her roles could be replaced by anyone, leaving her discarded.
To comfort her bowed head, I stroked her hair.
"You're already great as is. Let's keep going like this."
"Heehee, okay, Oppa! Oh, right. I set up a room for Seo-yoon on the 4th floor. That work?"
I hadn't even asked, but she'd handled it.
"Good job. You're worth keeping around."
"Hehe, thanks."
As I chatted with Yejin, Seo-yoon cautiously stood to wash the dinner dishes.
"Oh, I'll help."
Yejin tried to get up too, but Seo-yoon stopped her with a hand.
"No, it's fine. Stay with Master, Unnie."
"Really? If you're sure..."
Yejin reluctantly sat back down beside me at Seo-yoon's insistence.
As we watched Seo-yoon do the dishes from the kitchen, Yejin leaned her head on my shoulder and whispered softly.
"Oppa, so what exactly are you teaching Seo-yoon? You really can't teach me?"
Our eyes met as I turned, and she grinned innocently.
She had a rough idea and was just fishing.
"Fine, I'll teach you."
"Really?"
Yejin pulled away excitedly, eyes sparkling.
"But on one condition."
"A condition?"
I smirked at her curiosity and pointed at Seo-yoon washing dishes.
"Make me cum before she finishes those dishes, and I'll teach you."
It was a climax time attack.
Judging by the dishes from earlier, it'd take her about 5 to 8 minutes.
"You sure about that? I'm confident."
The moment she heard, Yejin flashed a lewd smile and slipped her hand between my legs, stroking gently.
"Why so chatty? Can't handle it?"
"Ha, I'm confident! Let's go then."
Provoked, Yejin hurriedly yanked off my pants.
Seo-yoon in the room or not—she didn't care.