Brainwashing, Suggestion, and Gaslighting
When Jieun regained consciousness, the world around her was nothing but total darkness.
She quickly realized it wasn’t ordinary darkness—something was deliberately blocking her sight. Startled, she began to thrash wildly.
“Mmph?!”
A gag filled her mouth.
Judging by the feel, handcuffs bound her arms and legs.
“Did you sleep well, Jieun?”
The familiar voice came from nearby.
It was Senior Kang-hyuk.
“Mmmph!”
Jieun shouted toward the voice in protest.
“You must have a lot you want to say. Shall we have a little talking time, then?”
There was a rustling sound, followed by the sensation of the gag being pulled from her mouth.
“Ugh… Ptooey…!”
Jieun spat out the saliva that had pooled in her mouth.
The metallic taste of blood lingered strongly on her tongue.
“Go ahead. Say whatever you want.”
“Senior Kang-hyuk…! Were you deceiving me—no, us—from the very beginning?!”
“Deceiving you? About what?”
“Stop playing innocent! That you have nothing to do with the Dark Byurut-byurut Dan… and that if I became your girlfriend, you wouldn’t lay a hand on anyone else!”
“I did say that. But I’ve never broken my promise, have I? After you became my girlfriend, I haven’t touched anyone. The same goes for anything involving the Dark Byurut-byurut Dan. Of course I’m vaguely aware of their existence. I’m an Awakened, after all. But think about it. How could I possibly be connected to them? They’re aliens, and I’m just a human being.”
“Then what about Miss Hyeji…!”
“I got involved with her long before I started dating you. That woman was mentally unstable from the start. She suffered from delusions, and I thought it would be a shame to waste such a beautiful face, so I was ‘treating’ her. I’ll admit it—I wasn’t completely without selfish motives. But you know what I used to be like, Jieun. I was quite the playboy. After I met you, though, I stopped. That is the undeniable truth.”
“Lies…!”
“I’m disappointed in you, Jieun. I’ve shown you my sincerity with all my heart, yet you’re still doubting me over the delusions of a woman you barely met? Do you really think that’s how a girlfriend should behave?”
“Ugh…!”
Jieun began to waver.
What if Senior was right? What if Miss Hyeji really was delusional and Senior had been kindly looking after her?
It sounded absurd.
What Jieun didn’t know was that while she was unconscious, she had been injected with various drugs designed to cloud her judgment.
Moreover, this place was the underground Nexus where the Dark Byurut-byurut Dan channeled their power—the very spot where the Dark Byurut-byurut adults’ influence was strongest.
No matter how strong Jieun was, resisting the erosion of her mind here was nearly impossible.
“But Senior… you did such horrible things to Violet…!”
“I admit my discipline may have looked excessive. But it was necessary. It was for Violet’s own happiness. And as you can see, she has become happy. You must have felt it too, right?”
Become happy.
Violet had been crying back then….
Suddenly, pleasant memories with Violet flooded Jieun’s mind.
The fun times they had licking each other’s pussies, the fun times masturbating together in the bath, the fun times fawning over Senior, sucking his cock together and happily performing oral sex.
Those ‘pleasant’ memories blanketed her thoughts and threw her into chaos.
“The one who made Violet sad was none other than you, Jieun. She was overjoyed to finally have a friend. At least until you betrayed her.”
“Ugh….”
That accusation hurt more than anything else.
“And so was I. I was deeply disappointed by your betrayal. I trusted you.”
“Senior was the one who—!”
“Who what?”
Jieun couldn’t finish the sentence.
Because she herself no longer knew.
What exactly Senior had done wrong.
There was no proof that Miss Hyeji wasn’t actually delusional.
There was no proof that Senior was a bad person.
There was no proof that Senior was lying.
There was no concrete evidence that Senior was connected to the Dark Byurut-byurut Dan.
The underground facility they had visited that time… wasn’t the suspicious place Miss Hyeji had claimed.
It was just a PC bang with nothing but computers.
Moreover, the symbol on the screen wasn’t the mark of the Dark Byurut-byurut Dan.
Wait… wait…? Then why had she suspected Senior in the first place?
As confusion swallowed her, Senior spoke again.
“…But unlike with Violet, I have no intention of doing anything harsh to you. Because I truly love you. You were the first ‘real’ girlfriend I ever made, Jieun. So I don’t want to hurt you. But you betrayed me. You trampled on my heart. Therefore, you must receive punishment.”
Punishment.
“I’m going to leave you here. Once you’ve reflected enough, I’ll come back and listen to what you have to say. Until then, stay quiet. If you disobey even this, I will truly abandon you.”
With those words, Senior replaced the gag in her mouth.
Then he left the room.
“Mmph…!”
Left alone, Jieun squirmed with anxiety.
As silence descended, loneliness washed over her.
Jieun realized something anew.
While she had been with Senior, she had never once felt this way.
The sensation of being alone, the anxiety, the helplessness—she had never experienced any of it when Senior was beside her.
Because Senior had filled all those voids. His very presence made her heart feel full, and as long as he was there, she never needed to worry about anything.
At some point, Senior had become the purpose of her life, her reason for living, and her ultimate goal. The beginning, the end, and everything in between—Senior had filled it all.
Being loved intensely by Senior, staying at his side, submitting to him—that was all she needed.
But now Senior was gone.
The moment she remembered that, sorrow and anxiety surged through her. Her body began to tremble violently as hot tears spilled down her cheeks.
“Mmph… Uuu…”
Deep in her heart, a faint suspicion that Senior might actually be a villain still lingered.
What if Miss Hyeji had been telling the truth?
But she was delusional.
Was it right to take the words of a mentally ill person at face value?
Besides, the underground facility she had mentioned didn’t even exist.
It had simply been an ordinary PC room….
Perhaps a place where she, Senior, and Violet could have happily played together someday.
Yet she had smashed the door down and thrown a tantrum there.
“Mmmph…!”
Shuddering with embarrassment, shame, and crushing guilt, Jieun sobbed.
How much time had passed?
Subjectively, it felt like several hours had flown by.
Every single minute and second since being abandoned here stretched on unbearably.
Perhaps it was only her perception; maybe barely ten minutes had actually elapsed.
Her lips were bone-dry and her body ached.
Cum… I want to drink it… Warm, fresh cum… Master’s piss… Cock… I want to suck his cock….
She licked the gag blocking her lips until it was drenched in saliva, writhing helplessly.
Master…♥
In truth, escaping this place would have been trivial for Jieun if she chose to.
The handcuffs on her limbs could be shattered effortlessly with even a fraction of an Awakened’s power.
Thanks to an Awakened’s superior healing, the sword wound had already nearly closed.
But the instant she broke these restraints, she would never be allowed back at Master’s side again.
That was why Jieun could do neither one thing nor the other—she could only wait desperately for Master to return and claim her.
Master…♥ Master…♥ Master♥ Master♥
Her heat had grown unbearable. Eventually Jieun began frantically shaking her hips in the empty air, masturbating against nothing.
What Jieun didn’t know was that a special incense burned inside the punishment room where she was imprisoned.
Its scent clouded the mind and triggered intense arousal.
The more her thoughts drowned in lust, the weaker her resistance to suggestion became.
The willpower she had barely reclaimed was being chipped away into nothingness.
And the more her will withered, the deeper the brainwashing sank its roots.
Deeper than before.
Jieun had doubted Kang-hyuk once, but that rebellion had ended in complete failure.
In the end, she had reached a state where she could no longer trust the version of herself that had suspected him.
Kang-hyuk’s ability grew stronger the weaker his target’s resistance became.
And her own backlash against “the self that had doubted Master” only lowered that resistance further.
Master…♥ I’ll be good…♥ I won’t defy you ever again…♥ Please, just one more chance…♥
Jieun desperately shook her cunt and clit in the air, muttering the plea over and over inside her mind.
How many more hours passed?
Exhausted from humping the empty air, Jieun lay dazed on the floor.
Master… cock… sex…♥
Then she sensed movement outside the door.
Jieun jerked upright in surprise.
The door opened and someone entered.
“Mmph! Mmph!”
Master♥ Master♥ Master♥
Jieun drooled uncontrollably, squirming with desperate need as she screamed for him inside her head.
“…Why are you acting like a dog greeting its owner? It’s me, Violet.”
It wasn’t Master.
At the sound of the voice, Jieun instantly deflated, looking utterly dejected.
Soon came the sound of an iron-barred gate opening.
“Your wounds have healed cleanly. That’s good. I was worried I stabbed you too deeply. It couldn’t be helped. I had to stop you back then.”
She felt gentle hands stroking her body.
Even that soft touch felt like a caress. Jieun let out a feverish sigh.
“Haa…♥”
“Because of what you did, Master is still deeply hurt. You probably didn’t know, but after you arrived, Master became so full of life. He has always… been lonely. I was the same. After you came… I was so happy too… but you ruined it all.”
“Mmmph….”
At the voice thick with resentment, Jieun shrank and hung her head.
The thought that she really had destroyed everything, just as Violet said, made her eyes burn with tears.
“…Honestly, I didn’t come here to blame you. Don’t cry, silly. There, there.”
Violet gently stroked her hair as she spoke.
“Are you thirsty? Master told me not to come near you, but leaving you like this is too cruel….”
A warm stream of liquid suddenly splashed across Jieun’s face.
It carried a sharp, pungent scent.
Jieun gulped down every drop that slipped between her parted lips.
It was bitter and sour.
“Ugh…♥ Hoo… I held it in and saved it just for you. I didn’t use the bathroom on purpose.”
“Uuuu…”
Violet….
To go that far for her….
Jieun felt both guilty and overwhelmingly grateful.
She was the one who had shattered the peaceful life Master and Violet had shared.
Soon Violet reached out and pulled Jieun into her arms.
She comforted her tenderly, whispering into her ear.
“You idiot. Reflect quickly and come back out. Master wants that too. And so do I…”
“Uuuu…”
Jieun could no longer hold back. She burst into tears.
“It’s okay. Don’t cry. There, there. We can return to those happy days together…♥”
