Entry Preparation and Persuasion (3)
Next target is noona……
Ugh. Do I really need to persuade noona? After the way she's been acting these past few months, if I open my mouth, I'll probably just get scolded instead.
Since the ski trip, she's softened a bit, but she's still as twitchy as if she's been cursed by magic. One wrong word and she's ready to pounce.
“……”
Thinking about it, she's still angry. What exactly did I do wrong that I've been enduring this unexplained irritability for months!
Irritation welled up, but ignoring noona was out of the question. After all, she'd thrown herself into the Grand Blue raid team work with the same dedication she gave to her own youth, treating it as her own duty.
Tsk.
I looked around for noona and found her lying face-down on the bed in her room on the 39th floor, reading a book. Wearing thin shorts and a sweater, she looked like she had no plans to go out today.
It was Saturday, and all the work had been finished in the morning? I could just go find her right away.
I was about to take the elevator down when irritation and laziness made me want to use Space Leaping. But seeing noona humming a cheerful tune with a peaceful expression, I suddenly got mischievous and used Space Leaping right over her waist, dropping straight down onto her.
“Hiiik!”
Noona, sprawled on the queen-sized bed, let out a startled scream and started writhing in pain from the sudden impact.
“W-what… eh?”
With her brows furrowed in confusion, she turned around with effort and spotted me. Her eyes widened……
“Kyaaah! You beast! What are you doing?!”
“Eh? Eh! Wait!”
I grabbed the edge of a large feather pillow and started swatting at her with all my might!
“Wait? What do you mean wait! Did you learn Space Leaping just to do this?! You pervert!”
“No! I just came because I had something to say to noona…… kuhk!”
“What do you mean ‘just’? Why did you Space Leap over me when you could have walked in through the door?!”
Thwack! Thud! Thud, boom!
The feather pillow stuffed with noona's body odor rained down on me, but instead of cushioning the blows, it was like she was using it as a punching bag, swinging her fists between the feathers with all her strength!
“Ow! Don't mix your punches with the pillow!!”
“Kyaa!”
I grabbed her wrist, which was swinging like a sledgehammer, and pinned the hand holding the pillow. The balance broke and we both tumbled backward. Noona, pinned under me, ended up in a strange position with my groin pressed against her chest.
“……”
“……”
Noona beneath me wriggled… Wow, has noona's chest gotten bigger? The feeling of it was completely different from the flat-panel days, like something I could never have imagined.
The strange position suddenly made the atmosphere awkward. Anyway, noona, still giggling, pushed herself up. She looked at my hand holding hers and glared at me with a flushed face, as if telling me to let go.
Wow, really. How much strength did she put into those swats to make her face turn that red? She's not noona, she's a witch, a witch.
“Release me.”
“If you promise not to hit me.”
Mentioning the promise made noona's eyes narrow instantly, and she kneeled down with a thud.
“Stop pretending.”
I, I, I said I was impotent……!
The moment I relaxed, the pain dug deep into my groin. I curled up like a shrimp, unable to speak, trembling all over. Noona, who had been glaring with arms crossed, slowly started to show concern.
“……Hey. Does it hurt a lot?”
“Kuuh…”
Unable to speak, I was panting heavily. Noona, seeing that I was in pain, leaned over me with worry in her eyes.
“W-where did it hit? It felt like something soft touched my knee…… Does it hurt a lot?”
Aah…… really. Really……
I forced myself to calm down, applied Healing Touch there, and only then did the pain disappear rapidly. My paralyzed senses returned.
“Huu. Huuh. Huuhuhu.”
Lying on my side, I laughed while groaning. Noona, trying to hide her unease, grabbed my shoulder and shook me lightly.
“S-Seoha……?”
I rose from my seat like a ghost, tilted my head up, and looked down at noona with a ghostly grin while laughing “Huuhuhu.”
Noona's face showed fear.
“No~ona~?”
“Why, why are you calling me that.”
“Where did you poke me! Do you know how painful it is to hit the vital points?!”
I shouted and grabbed noona's shoulder, spinning her around and pinning her down. Noona let out a startled scream and started struggling and sniffling.
For revenge, I twisted noona's legs together, wedged my legs between them to immobilize her, and pinned both of her flailing arms together, tying her wrists with a nearby handkerchief.
“Hii?!”
Noona, whose arms and legs were now bound in an instant, shook her head side to side, struggling to free her hands and arms, but did she really think she could escape like that!
“Prepare yourself!”
“W-wait! What are you trying to do! I-I said it was an accident!”
“Accident my ass! I saw everything you did on purpose!”
One hand pinned noona down with her back pressed firmly while the other mercilessly tickled her weak spot, her side.
“Hiiik?! Kyahaha?! Hiihihik! D-don't! Don't do that?!”
Noona shook her head vigorously, making her silky hair sway. This was it!
I gathered the hair in front of me and held it like a brush, tickling noona's ears and nape without mercy. She started thrashing as if her breath would fail her.
“Kyahaha! Hiiik?! Hiyaaaah! Ahahaha!!”
“What were you thinking, poking me there?! Do you know how painful it is to hit the male vital points?! Hitting the knee is a place where shock can even cause cardiac arrest!”
Tickling noona's ears, nape, and chin relentlessly with the hair brush, she cried out in a bizarre laugh that wasn't human at all, begging for her life. But since the afterglow still lingered, I didn't let up, using every ticklish weakness I knew about her to torment her.
After five minutes of merciless tickling, tears welled up in noona's eyes, sweat beaded on her forehead and nape, and her laughter turned into sobs.
I slightly lowered the intensity of the tickling, and noona started begging for forgiveness in a half-crying voice.
“Hic, heuk. I-I was wrong. Please forgive me……. My stomach hurts so much…….”
“Really wrong?”
“Yeah. Yeah! I won't hit there anymore. I promise…… huuaaah…….”
The fire egg grudge hadn't been fully resolved yet, but noona started sobbing quietly while laughing too much. I released her limbs before she could twist her intestines to death.
Lying face-down, noona sniffled and sobbed. I used her waist as a pillow and collapsed onto the bed, but noona didn't say a word and lay there motionless for a long time.
She was breathing…… Had she fainted? I closed my eyes and stayed still. After a while, noona mumbled something, but since her face was buried in the blanket, it was hard to hear.
“What? I can't hear you well.”
“……Heavy.”
Ah, she meant heavy. Then I thought I'd move her head…… Did I? I deliberately tensed my neck and pressed noona's waist down with the back of my head. Noona let out a “Kyuaah” and struggled, twisting her body to escape my attack.
“My stomach hurts…… You bad guy…….”
With a dying voice, noona muttered weakly. I let out a loud fart.
“You should have a conscience. Do you even know what you did just now? You almost made two concubines.”
“U……”
I wanted to hit her, but my stomach was rumbling, so I just let out angry breaths. Noona, who had been lying face-down like a corpse for a while, turned her head toward me with a “Kung” and looked at me with gentle eyes.
Huh? That face is noona's face from before she went to England.
Noona, who had been mumbling with her lips, didn't notice me using Spatial Perception. When I tried to move my head, she quickly buried her face back in the blanket.
……What? Hide and seek?
I didn't know what she was trying to do, but since I had to achieve my purpose, I called out to noona.
“Noona.”
“I can't agree.”
“Huh…… I haven't said anything yet.”
Noona showed her hidden face again, let out a big sigh, and reached out to stroke my hair.
“If you suddenly came to see me at this time, the reason is obvious, you dummy. Before becoming an ability user, you were quick-witted, but now you've become as dumb as a bear.”
“Wisdom is something the weak look at in the strong. I'm not in a position to watch anyone's eyes now.”
She let out a dry laugh at my retort, saying “You're amazing. Really~” and messed up my hair. Then she bent her body as if hugging my stomach and met my eyes.
“You really plan to enter alone?”
“Even if I take you, noona and Franc and Hwayeon aren't coming.”
“En…… No.”
En? Lately, you've been saying weird things or mumbling inside your mouth, making it hard to understand. I poked noona's stomach with my finger, and she swallowed with a “Ugh.”
“Don’t stop talking in the middle. What is it? En what?”
“I said no! Anyway, why aren't we taking you?”
“Because you're weak and precious.”
“Weak……! Eh?”
“In the romance novels you read, there were so many heroines who begged to be cherished, but in reality, everyone's struggling because they can't jump into dangerous situations.”
I sighed and crossed my arms, telling noona again.
“I'm not afraid of anything in the Phase World or in reality anymore. But seeing my family in danger is really hard to bear.”
Noona, staring at me with a complicated expression, stood up because her stomach was rumbling and looked down at me.
“So you're preparing for high-tier and highest-tier variants and protecting the prospective brides?”
“Yeah. As long as at least one highest-tier variant is guarding this place, no one can touch it.”
Noona thought for a moment, then let out a big sigh as if she had no choice and stroked my forehead. It was the same helpless expression she showed when she was a kid throwing a tantrum.
After showing that expression, I got what I wanted.
“If that's the case, I can lead the raid team into your Phase World? Thanks to Space Leaping, my range has become enormous, so I can even set up a base there and use it as a stronghold. With Miho, Hiarid, and Darky, even high and highest-tier variants won't be that threatening.”
Huh? I thought noona would be persuaded to leave her lovers behind and come with me alone, but she's persuading me the other way.
But if it's like this……
“It’s not just that. You saw it too, right? The Four Masters thought to be like gods, like the Sky Master that the Flauvis race on the Sky Islands worships, might be Phase-grade. Among those who serve them, there could be highest-tier or transcendent-grade.”
“I know you're worried, but that's worrying for no reason. If those monsters had aggression, they wouldn't have been able to come back alive from the Sky Islands in the first place. Just like you would have after meeting the Supergiant Turtle. So the things to worry about are high and highest-tier variants. With that, if we mobilize Miho, Hiarid, and Darky and unite with the raid team…….”
Noona suddenly stopped talking. She had realized she had chosen the wrong direction in persuading me.
“Noona, you make mistakes like this sometimes~?”
Noona rarely made mistakes when trying to persuade me, so I grinned and laughed. Noona's face turned red as she swung the pillow at me.
“Don’t laugh!”
“Stop hitting! You noticed too, right? My Phase World is different from the usual one and more dangerous. To set up a base in my Phase World, I have to bring those guys there, which would make things difficult on the real side. Besides, if I have to return, I have to consider round trips, so the travel distance would be halved.”
“Uuu, really. I don't know if you're big or still a kid. Seriously…….”
“What are you talking about? Even if I look like this, I'm older than noona, right?”
I answered naturally, and noona, who had noticed the hidden meaning, blushed and started swinging the pillow at me again. I grabbed the flying pillow and snatched it away.
“Kyaa?!”
Because my hand holding the pillow was strong, noona, who was about to fall while pulling the pillow toward me, reached out to support her. But her arm, which was trying to regain balance by touching the bed, collided with mine. Noona fell into my arms, and noona's face came right in front of me……
Thud.
“……!!”
Noona, whose lips collided with mine, stiffened her body and became dazed. I was also surprised, but since noona's face was too close, I slowly moved away……
Hah?!
Noona, with a dazed expression, stayed still. When I showed a troubled face and slowly moved away, she kept the dazed expression and tears started dripping from her eyes like chicken pox.
“Why, why are you crying. That was an accident, so no count! Besides, we're siblings! In the West, even family members kiss each other's cheeks or lips lightly like that, and moms kiss babies, so it's no count!”
But noona didn't stop crying.
“W-when I was in kindergarten, noona used to kiss me a lot, right?! So adding one more time now!”
No, really…… I should stop saying the word ‘really’. Anyway, I took out a handkerchief from my pocket to wipe her tears, but noona covered her eyes with one hand and pushed my arm away with the other.
“Ugh…… No. It's fine, so go.”
“Eh? Eh, that was really an accident…….”
“Go quickly!”
“Ah, okay!”
In a voice full of tears, I hurriedly got off the bed and tried to leave noona's room. Glancing back, noona was hugging the feather pillow and hiding her face while crouching.
I quietly closed the door and came out to the living room. Now my scent was gone, and the living room was filled with my dad's, mom's, and noona's scents.
“……Aah~~!”
Normally, I would have thrown a tantrum and yelled that it was dirty, but because noona showed an unusual reaction, I felt weird too.
It was more than just dirty, it was a different feeling from anyone else…….
Suddenly, I got scared and started drumming on my head with both hands, then Space Leaped to the rooftop. Aaaah!! What am I thinking about noona!! Get out of my head, you lewd demon!!
My face was burning with strange feelings, and my heart was fluttering as if I was about to go crazy.
What are you doing with Mana Sieve! Not working!!
……And, I returned to the house where my lovers were waiting, an hour later.
Spending days going back and forth between home and school, enjoying the last days of high school…… is a pain.
Even if I went to school, teachers wouldn't even look me in the eye, students would just send envious glances from afar, and underclassmen would run away as soon as they saw my shadow and do some voyeurism from a distance.
I felt like I was being ostracized in another sense.
But at least with Han Go-eun's group, it wasn't boring, but Han Go-eun and Kim Chang-hyun, who were leading the atmosphere, were laughing “Ha ha ho ho” in their own world, making a couple vibe, so the atmosphere felt different from usual.
Su Yu-ri, who was a bit perplexed that her boyfriend wouldn't play with her lifelong friend anymore, was also a bit awkward.
Lydia had started walking home with me for the past few days. Lydia was also a rare attribute ability user with an early entry permit like me, so after vacation, she was assigned to the Grand Blue raid team reserve and went on raids once a month. During that time, she stayed at a hotel in Yeouido, but because hotel life was uncomfortable, she seemed to have bought an entire apartment building.
There was only one reason for that.
“So, about this. Ah, can I walk home with you from now on?”
Looking at Franc's eyes behind me, I was afraid it might bother Franc's feelings, but Lydia's courage in approaching while being scared was amazing.
Franc smiled lightly and answered.
“We're going the same way home, so there's no need to trouble you, Princess Lydia.”
“Ah, i-is that so.”
“Yeah. Graduation is coming soon, but let's go together for now.”
“Thank you, Franc.”
……But, thinking about my background with Franc, it's understandable to be cautious, but why am I scared of Franc? Then again, Lydia was wary of Franc from the beginning, but at some point, it changed to being scared.
Lydia, looking at me as if she wanted my permission too after getting Franc's permission, nodded. Her expression brightened.
After finishing school, with slightly happy Lydia, we returned to the Grand Blue building, and the timing to persuade Yeongeun came earlier than expected.
“Welcome~”
- Master and Franc. Welcome~
As we got off the elevator, Miho, who had been waiting with her seven tails swaying, pounced on me.
Franc, who stroked Miho's head, approached Yeongeun, who was sprawled on the living room sofa in an ivory round-neck t-shirt and gray shorts from the dressing room.
Yeongeun was hanging like a sloth, but her lushly swollen breasts remained in perfect shape.
If you search for slightly lewd words on the internet, you'll see countless nude scenes, but looking at those photos, even with huge breasts, they spread out like jellyfish coming out of water when lying down.
It's really amazing. It's not fake breasts with implants that look unnatural.
Anyway, since Yeongeun rarely left work earlier than us on weekdays, I thought this was a chance and whispered to Miho while holding her.
“Miho. Want me to seduce Franc into going to the movies?”
Miho, whose ears twitched from the whisper, shook her head and looked at Franc talking with Yeongeun, asking in a small voice “Why?”
“I have to persuade Yeongeun. This is a secret, so seduce Franc into going to the movies. Got it? I trust only you!”
- Yeah! Master trusts only me!
Miho, who ran over to Franc and Yeongeun with her white hair swaying, looked back and forth between Yeongeun and Franc, hugged Franc, and started begging.
- Franc~ I want to watch a movie.
“Eh? Movie? What movie?”
- They say Avengers vs X-Men is coming out. I want to watch that!
Eh? Did that come out already? I want to watch that too.
Miho, without hesitation, naturally seduced Franc because she really wanted to watch the movie.
“If Seoha wants to watch too, shall we go together?”
Ugh. Yeongeun was busy with work, so who knew when such a chance would come again……. But Miho cleverly changed the subject and rubbed her face against Franc's chest.
Anyway, with Franc at 165cm and Miho at 150cm hugging each other, it was like two cute little sisters enjoying themselves.
- Master is busy, no time to watch a movie! Yeongeun said she's tired today too. Or should I go alone?
“No! If you go alone, what kind of ruckus will it be!”
Oh, nice Miho! When Miho asked if Franc could go alone, she was surprised and said no, looking back and forth between me and Yeongeun with a troubled expression. Then Yeongeun, as if asking what was the problem, waved her hand weakly.
“Go together~. No, rather, it would be better to take Suhan too.”
- Suhan~
As soon as Yeongeun finished speaking, Miho ran like the wind to Suhan, who was grinding fruits in the blender in the kitchen, and clung to her back.
- Movie! Let's go watch a movie!
“Understood. Be careful, please come down.”
Hearing Miho and Suhan talking in the kitchen, I sat on the sofa. Yeongeun, who had risen like a zombie, sat close to me and leaned her head on my shoulder.
Franc, seeing Miho being carried on Suhan's back in the kitchen, let out a small sigh and asked me.
“You said busy, is there something going on?”
“I'm trying to hone my abilities a bit. The movie is only two hours at most, so bring Miho. When you come back, Hwayeon will also finish work, so let's eat together.”
“Alright.”
Franc, who grabbed Choi Soohan's arm and pulled her over, told her a few things to be careful about and took her down in the elevator.
The closest movie theater from here was right across from Seoul Hospital. It was out of Franc's 500m Spatial Perception range. So even if Franc got curious about the home situation, she couldn't check inside the house with Spatial Perception.
It was the optimal situation to persuade Yeongeun.