Mother-Daughter Reunion

"Results came in way faster than I expected. Did she already have a knack for this?"

Watching Min-ju wring the semen out of her third man of the day, Chan-ho couldn't help but be impressed. It was a strange feeling, looking at the girl who'd squirmed and suffered so much when her virginity was taken, now transformed into a full-blown slut of a bitch. If it had only taken a month to get her this far, what more needed to be said?

"Well, she might have had some talent for it, but the fact that you dumped every last point you collected into Min-ju is probably a big part of it too. The points you used to harvest from Yeon-hee alone, you can now pull from both mother and daughter at the same time — that's double, just on a simple calculation. And you spent every bit of it on her, so this was bound to happen."

"Yeah, when you put it that way, I guess so."

Chan-ho opened the Employee Management app and tapped into Min-ju's profile. The space that had once been a blank canvas of empty elegance was now packed with a considerable list of settings.

A magnificent list, built over a month of spending every last point the moment he had any to spare. On top of that, the personal changes Min-ju had undergone as she'd accumulated experience with these settings weren't even reflected in what the Employee Management app displayed. Taking all of that into account, calling the Min-ju from before she became a Sex Entertainer and the Min-ju of today completely different people wouldn't even be much of an exaggeration.

"Hmm, did I go a little overboard? Leaving a hint of the original flavor is part of what makes it hot, you know."

"You can erase settings, but it actually costs more energy than applying them in the first place."

"Then I just won't bother. I'll treat this as a lesson for when I hire the next girl."

He was going to keep making more employees anyway. No reason to get hung up on just one. What mattered now was how to put the one he'd already made to use. He judged that Min-ju's settings had ripened enough for her to function as a proper employee. Which meant it was time to start seriously figuring out how to differentiate this from a regular brothel or compensated dating.

"...Let's see. Come to think of it, it's almost summer break, isn't it?"

"Yes, that's right. Students will be heading into summer vacation soon. Though for the ones prepping for college exams, a break probably doesn't feel like much of a break."

"Then that's perfect. Min-ju won't be going to school, so she can stay home the whole time. We should have her drop the cram school stuff soon too."

A capable secretary could read her boss's intentions in an instant.

"You're about to have the mother and daughter reunite, aren't you?"

"Yeah. Both of them are ready now. We've had their house this whole time and haven't put it to proper use. Time to make it pull its weight as the first attraction in our theme park. How long are we going to have the employees go out and drag customers in themselves? Customers should be coming to us."

While they were at it, they needed to write up a proper menu of available services so customers could pick and choose, and add special options that no ordinary brothel would ever have. That was how a Sex Entertainer would finally become something distinct from a common whore.

"Up until now, this has all been half-baked. It's not like doing something right now is going to fill in the other half overnight, but we still need to take that first real step."

That first step. Let's start with a mother-daughter reunion.

"What? Whaaat?! Y-you're terminating my contract?!"

The news hit Min-ju like a bolt from the blue, right in the middle of faithfully carrying out her duties as a Sex Entertainer. And So-yeong, the bearer of this terrible news, didn't even drop her trademark sunny smile as she delivered it.

"Yes. Unfortunately, the boss has made that decision. We're planning a formal restructuring of the business. To handle quality control on the operational side and resolve some legal issues, we're going to reorganize around full-time employees this time. So all the part-time positions are being dissolved."

"N-no. You can't just drop something like that on me out of nowhere! That's completely unreasonable, no matter how you look at it!"

Min-ju's pupils shook wildly as she protested. Having your job vanish into thin air like this was never going to sit well. Well — it was only a part-time gig, so calling it a real job was a stretch.

"I'm sorry, but grown-ups have grown-up circumstances. You weren't a full-time employee anyway, were you? Just think of it as a good experience."

It wasn't fair. They'd been perfectly happy with her work this whole time, and now they were tossing her aside for their own convenience. This couldn't be allowed to stand. But there was no one she could appeal to. And even if there had been, she wouldn't have known what to say.

A-am I really getting fired from being a Sex Entertainer, just like that? Th-then what about the money? Does that mean I can't make money as a Sex Entertainer anymore?

She'd learned how to sit back and make money this easily, and now they wanted her to go back to the way things were? She couldn't. She'd rather die. This was as vicious as selling someone drugs until they were addicted, then snatching the drugs away.

"Alright, hand it over."

So-yeong held out her hand as she said it. Min-ju instinctively went on guard.

"H-hand what over?"

"Your employee card, of course. You don't need it anymore, do you? We have to recycle it, so give it here."

"Nngh!"

Sh-she was serious. She was genuinely planning to throw Min-ju away and find some other girl to turn into a Sex Entertainer. The moment that certainty hit her, Min-ju wrapped her arms around herself and cried out.

"I don't want to!"

"Excuse me? Oh, come on, don't throw a tantrum over something this ridiculous. You're not even a full-time employee — keeping that card won't do you any good. You can't even use it. Hand it over."

"Th-then I'll go full-time! I'll become a full-time employee! I'll quit the part-time thing! That works, right?!"

She'd just shouted the first thing that came to mind because she ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠couldn't stand having her employee card taken away — or so she told herself. But the more she thought about it, the more devastatingly persuasive it sounded, even to her.

"Ah, right! Finding a new full-timer would be a pain anyway, wouldn't it? If I just become the full-time employee, it's convenient for the boss and good for me — two birds with one stone! Right?!"

It was a childish bit of stubbornness. The logic wasn't entirely unconvincing, but it wasn't a decisive reason to make Min-ju a full-time employee either. However—

"Hmm... if you put it that way... but are you sure it's okay to decide something like that all on your own?"

"Wh-why wouldn't it be? It's my life!"

"It is your life, yes. But do you think your parents would see it the same way?"

"Nngh, that's..."

Mention of her mom and her mouth clamped shut. She knew perfectly well her mother would never think the way she did. She'd keep it as secret as possible, but if her mom ever found out she'd gotten a job as a Sex Entertainer, she might actually faint. No joke. But that didn't mean she could give up the taste of money she'd already gotten hooked on.

"O-okay. I'll talk Mom around slowly, so for now—"

"Aww, no need to go through all that trouble."

So-yeong said it in that warm, familiar tone as she took Min-ju by the wrist.

"I'll come along and help you convince her. That works, doesn't it?"

"W-what?"

The color drained from Min-ju's face. She'd been trying to stall with any excuse she could think of, and even that wasn't working.

"N-no, you don't have to—"

Before Min-ju could get another word out, So-yeong grabbed her wrist and started pulling.

"Come on, let's go. We'd actually prefer someone we already trust, someone who's been doing the job. I know where you live, Min-ju. You're right next door to the ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠boss, aren't you?"

"Ah..."

So-yeong steamrolled right over whatever Min-ju was trying to say and led the way toward her house. Trapped with nowhere to run, Min-ju floundered in confusion, until—

Whatever happens, happens.

She steeled herself, half resignation, half resolve. If she couldn't give up being a Sex Entertainer, a head-on confrontation was the only option left. All she could do now was trust in her mother's understanding.

"Hahh... s-so... I'm going in?"

"Yes, by all means."

Before opening the front door, Min-ju snuck a glance at So-yeong. That unwavering smile still sparkling on her face. She clearly had no intention of turning back.

"Haaah."

Now that they'd come this far, all that was left was to resign herself. Min-ju frantically scrambled for an excuse to give her mom as she opened the door. And then—

"Slurrrp, shluck... mmph... hoooh... shluck, shluck♥"

It was a familiar sound. How many times had she made that exact noise herself over the past month? And that timbre. It was identical to a voice Min-ju knew. She practically lunged out of the entryway and into the living room.

There sat the boss on the sofa with his pants off, and kneeling before him, naked, politely sucking his cock — Min-ju's mother.

"Mom?!"

A death-cry of a scream. Hearing it, Yeon-hee coughed, spat out the cock, and whipped her head toward the sound.

"Min-ju?!"

Mother and daughter sat at the dining table, heads bowed, their faces a tangle of complicated emotions. And across from them sat the boss and his secretary, looking perfectly at peace, as if none of that turmoil had anything to do with them. With this, you could say the employee meeting was more or less ready to begin.

"Why the long faces? Cheer up a little, would you?"

"And whose fault do you think this is?!"

Min-ju's voice cracked as she shouted. How was she supposed to not lose it when the culprit sitting right there looked so completely unbothered?

The moment Min-ju and Yeon-hee had first laid eyes on each other could only be described as a storm of chaos. Neither of them had ever imagined they'd run into each other in a situation like this — ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠there had been crying, shouting, fury, panic, the whole circus. Eventually they'd agreed to hear the boss's explanation first, and Yeon-hee had gone to put some clothes on, which brought the situation down to a simmer — but the embers were far from extinguished.

"Nobody told me about this! I never — I never thought the new job Mom started would be Sex Entertainer... You knew all along and you didn't say a word? How can a person do that?"

Min-ju was the first to pour out that fiery protest. And Yeon-hee picked up right where she left off.

"I'm just as stunned, honestly. I need an explanation of how this even happened. Didn't we agree that my work would stay a secret from Min-ju? Even you, boss — if you don't give me a proper answer, I'm going to be angry."

Both of them made it clear they weren't going to sit still unless they got a satisfactory answer. To which the boss replied,

Completely shameless. Both employees' faces turned ugly in an instant. They'd at least expected some kind of excuse, however pathetic — and he was going to play it this shamelessly? The boss puffed out his chest without a hint of shame.

"First of all, Min-ju. What's so weird about your mom being a Sex Entertainer? Did something go wrong?"

"Huh? N-no, it's not that, but—"

"Being a Sex Entertainer is your mom's true calling. Did you think she was going to spend the rest of her life looking after you? You're going to move out and live on your own someday. Your mom has to find her own path too, doesn't she? That path just happened to be Sex Entertainer."

"..."

Min-ju shut her mouth. Whether this actually addressed the reason she was angry was another question, but it had a certain force to it, you could say. It was hard to argue back right then and there. Once Min-ju had gone quiet, the boss turned to Yeon-hee.

"Same goes for you, Yeon-hee. So what if your daughter found out you're a Sex Entertainer? Are you ashamed of it?"

"Of course I'm not ashamed! I'm proud of being a Sex Entertainer!"

Yeon-hee declared it with her head held high. The words of someone who genuinely believed Sex Entertainer was her true calling. But that alone wasn't enough.

"But whether or not you tell your daughter is a completely different matter! What if Min-ju had been traumatized?!"

Yeon-hee all but snarled as she pressed Chan-ho. It was ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠the most passionate she'd been since growing accustomed and obedient as a Sex Entertainer. If anything, she seemed more furious now than when she'd first been taken. To that Yeon-hee, Chan-ho reminded her of the dissonance she ought to be feeling.

"There's something else you should be paying attention to, don't you think? Why Min-ju is accepting the existence of Sex Entertainers without any sense that something's off. Doesn't that strike you as strange?"

"What are you—"

She was about to say that was nonsense, but her mouth closed, and she looked at Min-ju. Come to think of it... this girl — why had she taken one look at her servicing the boss and immediately known it was Sex Entertainer work? Normally you'd assume she'd gotten a new boyfriend, wouldn't you?

Min-ju, sensing her mother looking at her strangely, broke out in a cold sweat and avoided her gaze.

"Ham Min-ju. Be honest with me. You already knew what a Sex Entertainer does, didn't you?"

"...The thing is, Mom... I..."

One minute until the household was turned upside down all over again.