The Mother and Daughters' Weakness
Day broke. For the first time in a long while, I had slept deeply. When I stepped outside my room, a sandwich sat waiting under plastic wrap, and Mom was watching television in the living room.
"Adapting pretty fast..."
"Son, you're up? I didn't know when you'd wake, so I made breakfast ahead of time. Go on and eat that~"
"Yeah."
Sua's and Sujeong's doors were both shut.
"Where's Noona?"
At the word Noona, Mom startled and looked at me.
"Ah... Sujeong. Sujeong went out to look around the neighborhood."
I answered nothing and chewed the sandwich while watching YouTube.
Mom quietly switched off the television and sat down in front of me.
"Junwoo... Mom has been reflecting a lot... I'm sorry... for not finding you sooner."
"It's fine now. I know you only came because of the money."
"Mom just... Mom hated that he never paid her any attention. But to you, Junwoo, I'm truly sorry..."
"I'll know by watching what you do from here on out."
"Son... Mom will really do better. Can't we live together as a family again, get along? Mom became a debtor, but seeing you makes me so happy."
"Happy to swallow my money, you mean?"
"Ah—no, no, that isn't— I only meant living like this wouldn't be so bad..."
"We haven't even been reunited three days. What am I supposed to trust?"
"R-right...? Mom's sorry for interrupting... Eat comfortably."
With that, she stood again.
Those dolphin shorts from yesterday—when she rose, they rode up a little, baring a sliver of flesh beneath her ass. Once she became a slave, I would be able to look at that ass whenever I wanted.
I swallowed without meaning to. Oblivious, Mom went back out to the living room, sat on the sofa, and stared out the window.
"Why don't you go out somewhere and clear your head."
"I can't... What if I run into the loan sharks?"
"This is Seoul."
"That man... he's terrifying. He has connections everywhere in the country—once he knows your face, he can find you. And it's daytime now..."
"You went out just fine yesterday."
Mom was afraid of something she still didn't understand.
"Son... couldn't you at least pay off the loan sharks first? Mom won't run anywhere..."
"Yeah? Then take those pants off."
"...Sua's here."
"So what? Once you're all sex slaves, that kind of thing won't matter."
"S-Sua will hear... please..."
"Just a little. Take them down."
Mom hesitated, then slowly lowered her pants. Ivory cotton panties came into view.
"Damn... that body is no joke."
"Th-that's enough, right?"
She spoke trembling with shame.
"Turn around once."
"Please..."
When I kept staring without a word, Mom turned a full circle right where she stood.
She had no choice but to obey. Her maternal authority meant nothing here.
"Underwear's plainer than I expected. Don't you have anything prettier?"
"..."
"Want me to check everything myself?"
"Th-there should be some..."
"Hahaha. Of course there are. I'll be looking forward to it. Oh—and Sua studies hard, right?"
"Yeah... she's the type who takes care of herself."
Mom dressed again as if nothing had happened and sat on the floor. I hadn't collected every oath yet, so I let it slide.
"She's going to need a desk."
"Th-that's true. Could you buy her a desk now?"
I pointed with my chin at the oath forms still lying on the living-room floor.
"Mom will persuade them properly..."
"Ah, and if anyone buzzes the intercom, don't answer. It could be the loan sharks."
"O-okay..."
I made sure to plant the fear again.
Evening came like that.
All four of us finished dinner in silence.
"Shall we all gather in the living room for a moment?"
The suggestion came from Mom.
The four of us assembled in the living room.
"What did Noona decide? Sua's still in, right?"
"Yeah. But I have one request."
Suddenly dropping her formal speech, Sua laid down a condition.
"What is it?"
I asked back, ready to accept almost anything.
"I have study hours, so I don't think I can wait on you all day."
"Don't worry about that. Someone else can fill in while you're busy."
"Thanks."
Before I knew it, Sua was speaking casually to me.
"What happens if we sign this?!"
Sujeong, of course. As prickly as ever.
"You become obedient to me and do everything I want."
"What? Sex and stuff like that?"
She spat the word out without hesitation, right in front of Mom.
"That can be part of it, sure."
"So we don't get any human rights."
"If you want your human rights, leave. I'm not ordering anyone murdered—I just want sex slaves."
"You're not going to share us with other people or anything, right?"
"Right. Only me."
"Then at least tell us how far the rough stuff goes."
"Hmm... a slap across the face?"
"That's it?"
"Want me to piss on you?"
"O-oh... pissing on us?"
"If we're ranking severity, about that far? I don't know yet what I'll feel like doing."
"Fuck... fine, whatever."
Having roughly sized things up, Sujeong accepted.
"Okay. Then write the oaths, and we'll add terms one by one as we go. And for a week, as an adjustment period, I'd like us to live a little like a family. You know all the cash in this house is in checks, right? You can't steal it."
"O-of course... how could we steal our benefactor's money..."
Mom said, flustered.
"Here."
Sujeong held out her oath—the same handwritten form as the other two, already signed.
"The hundred million will go in a week from now, right after you start acting in ways I can trust. Now, everyone tell me what furniture you need."
"F-furniture?"
"Furniture?"
"Furniture, you said?"
All three asked at once.
"Yeah. Sleeping on the floor or studying without a desk would be uncomfortable, wouldn't it? You're my slaves now, so speak up—I'll buy it. Other things too; if you request them later, I'll consider it."
"What, this bastard was actually a good guy?"
Noona's face brightened as she spoke.
"Mom first."
"Um... a wardrobe for me? And a bed?"
"Noona?"
"Me too—wardrobe and bed! And can I buy clothes?"
"Sure. I'll give you a little allowance; buy what you want."
"Oh... not bad."
"Next, Sua."
"A wardrobe, a bed, and a desk are enough for me. And if I could get a few workbooks, that would be great."
"Done."
I ordered them on the spot. The three of them warmed to me a little. Because of the money, of course.
And so a week of ordinary family life began.
Mom cooked, watched television, cleaned, and went out for groceries toward evening. Sua rose before dawn for exercise and then buried herself in study all day. Sujeong was supposed to be in college, but under what amounted to a forced leave of absence she simply lounged around the house.
We grew closer than I expected, and I wavered a little myself. This was the kind of family I had wanted... why only now...
But I steeled myself looking at the graduation photos taken alone. They had come for my money. Even so, the everyday life was sweet.
And that everyday life was already racing toward its end.
"So starting tomorrow... what do we do...?"
"We begin with the sex-slave initiation ceremony."
"In-initiation?"
"Yeah. I've got something in mind."
With that, the last evening meal of our ordinary days was finished.
The next morning, I woke at nine.
Sua was already out; Sujeong was still asleep. Mom was cooking as usual.
"What's for breakfast?"
"Mm~ kimchi stew and savory pancakes... and a mushroom side dish."
"Aren't you a sex slave starting today?"
"Ah... that's right..."
"Say it again."
"Kimchi stew, savory pancakes, and a mushroom side dish."
"Call me when it's ready."
"Yes~"
"Add 'Master.'"
"Yes, Master~"
Mom returned soon after.
Sua came back quickly as well, and Mom woke Noona and sat her at the table.
Knock, knock.
"Come in."
"Master~ the meal is ready."
"Good."
I came to the table and ate breakfast.
"From today you're all my sex slaves, so follow the oaths."
"Yes~"
Sua answered at once.
"Y-yes... but do we really have to go this far?"
"You'll be doing worse."
"Tch..."
After the meal I sat on the sofa.
"All right—you brought your IDs like I said?"
"Yes."
They answered in unison.
"Then drop the pants you're wearing so I can see your underwear, and open the tops so only the bras show."
At the sudden command, all three froze solid.
"I need insurance too, don't I? Hold the IDs beside you and strip. I'm not telling you to get completely naked."
Caught in unexpected humiliation play, they only glanced at one another.
The first to undress was Mom.
"Everyone... do it... we're sex slaves."
"That's right~ Mom setting the example."
Mom slipped off her dolphin shorts and folded them neatly beside her.
Sua followed, peeling off her Adidas track pants.
"A-are you all really doing this? I... I'm not wearing anything up top..."
But even Sujeong, unable to hold out, finally shed her short shorts.
"Tops off too."
"At least... leave the underwear."
"No. And why aren't you speaking respectfully?"
"Please leave them on."
"I said no. Strip!"
The sight of the three mother-and-daughters was quite a spectacle.
Mom wore black lace lingerie; Noona stood braless in light-blue panties; Sua stood in a sports-bra-style top and mint panties.
"Squat down and spread your legs to either side."
"Th-that's insane...!"
"Already trying to weasel out after one day~"
I waited at my leisure for the three of them to obey.
How many seconds passed? Realizing they could not refuse my order, they began to take the position.
All three squatted with their legs spread wide.
"Now hold the IDs so they're clearly visible..."
Click. Click.
"W-wait? Photos...?!"
Sujeong shouted, but her posture never changed.
"Hey, Kwak Sujeong—look straight at the camera. Again."
"Y-you never said anything about taking pictures...!"
"It's leverage. I'll keep it to myself. Look here."
Mom had lowered her eyes a little in shame; Sua said nothing, but her face had flushed a deep red I had never seen before, and she turned her head slightly aside.
Click. Click.
"There. Done~ Now I should show a token of the promise too. Mom, give me that overdrawn account."
"Ah..! Yes... it's... XX Bank, 0000000000000."
Ding.
"Check it in your banking app."
"Yes! Master."
Mom scrambled for her phone and confirmed it.
"One... one hundred million confirmed. Master."
"Everyone, ease up. Go about your day. And the first rule is that while you're in this house, you walk around in your underwear."
"Yes, Master."
Sua answered at once and went into her room.
"I-it's summer and it's hot—what if I don't want to wear underwear?!"
"Then go naked."
After a humiliation play like that, the rest was nothing.
"Th-th-this is really too much...!"
Sujeong struggled to get the words out, as if her language itself had short-circuited.
"You saw the hundred million go through, right? This is only the beginning. From now on it depends on how you behave, Kwak. Su. Jeong."
"Ugh..."
"Is underwear enough?"
Mom asked me politely.
"Yeah, Mom. And once you've finished clearing the table, come to the master bedroom."
"Yes, Master."
Mom, too, was now ignoring Noona and committing fully to her role. The power of a hundred million was that staggering. She must have finally tasted real hope that she could pay everything off.