Chapter 100
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 100
After getting dressed and packing his bag, Si-woo left the house and headed for the academy.
His heart, which had been heavy and confused, felt much lighter after exchanging texts with Se-hee Noona.
Though it wasn't intentional, Se-hee Noona had now become the only person who could share his secrets and all the family secrets he was beginning to uncover.
Just having that kind of relationship with her made Si-woo feel as if he had been rescued from a deserted island.
Se-hee Noona still seemed intent on forcing him to go on the group blind date with her friends.
—Judging by the fact that she hasn't said anything else about it—
It seemed Se-hee Noona regarded the special relationship she, Mom, and Aunt Seon-ju had with Si-woo as a temporary secret or a lapse in judgment that would naturally come to an end someday.
Was that why she was playing along with his unreasonable demands, almost as if she were trying to coax him?
* * *
Through Aunt Gyu-ri’s Slave Contract and the video Aunt Seon-ju had sent, Si-woo had learned what kind of man his father really was.
His father had laid hands on Mom’s friend, Aunt Gyu-ri; his eldest daughter, Se-jin Noona; his sister-in-law, Aunt Seon-ju; and even his niece, Su-a.
It was shocking, but by now, the desire for or the orientation toward incestuous relationships wasn't entirely foreign to Si-woo.
However, Si-woo felt anxiety and fear regarding how the abnormal acts between his father and the family—things that had happened without his knowledge—would affect their lives.
Se-hee Noona seemed intent on moving past the secrets and relationships of their father and the other family members without mentioning them directly.
In a way, the attitude Se-hee Noona was taking might be the wisest way to maintain their daily lives and the superficial relationships within the family without breaking them.
* * *
Did Mom know about the relationships between Dad and the other family members?
At least, the Mom Si-woo used to know would never have tolerated such a relationship between Dad and Aunt Seon-ju.
—If she were the Mom Si-woo used to know...—
But Si-woo now knew his mother’s true nature, which he hadn't known before.
A female who agonizes and suffers, unable to shake off the ecstasy of being demeaned.
What concerned Si-woo the most right now was the matter regarding Se-young.
The video at the pension that his aunt had sent, and the photo of Su-a.
The sign hanging around Su-a’s neck...
The phrases related to being a sex slave...
If his father were still alive, would he have reached out to Se-hee Noona or even Se-young?
Looking at the video of Aunt Seon-ju breastfeeding Se-young, it didn't seem like she was treating Se-young like Su-a just yet.
When Si-woo had touched Se-young, Mom hadn't reacted immediately.
Through the conversation he had with Mom afterward, Si-woo could clearly confirm the embarrassment and shame she felt...
Mom was definitely someone who fundamentally possessed a resistance toward incestuous relationships.
How would such a mother have acted in front of the father, with whom she shared a relationship of sexual dominance and submission?
At the very least, he could no longer imagine Mom resisting or rebelling against Dad under the pretext of exercising her maternal instincts to protect her daughters.
Amidst the anxiety and sense of futility, a smile unconsciously formed on Si-woo’s face.
* * *
Si-woo decided to send a text to Mom.
It wasn't that he intended to interrogate her or confirm anything specific at this point.
Now that he had had sex with his aunt and shared the family secrets with Se-hee Noona, he simply felt like talking to Mom.
Si-woo opened the smartphone chat window.
He typed the word 'Mom' but hesitated before sending it.
He scrolled up to look at the conversation they had exchanged last night.
The last conversation he had with Mom the night before last, and the photo of her breasts she had sent.
It was a photo of Mom’s breasts, taken and sent at Si-woo’s request.
And the conversation that ended with them saying 'I love you' to each other.
It was that very conversation with Mom that Se-hee Noona must have seen.
Si-woo stared at the chat window for a long time, and as if he had made a decision, he erased the word he had just written and typed Mom’s name into the chat window.
'Seon-mi-ya~'
After sending the text, Si-woo waited for Mom’s reply.
Soon, a reply came from Mom.
'Yes?'
Mom replied simply, without pointing out or showing any dislike for the fact that Si-woo had called her by her name.
It seemed Mom hadn't forgotten the relationship they had established over chat the day before yesterday.
'What are you doing?'
Si-woo continued the conversation with Mom, suppressing the slight excitement rising within him.
'I was resting for a bit after sending the kids to the academy.'
'Aren't you working today?'
'I think I have to wait a bit until I get a job. What about you, Si-woo?'
'I was just on my way to the academy and thought of you, so I texted to see what you were doing~'
Aside from the fact that the son was casually calling his mother by her name, it was a normal conversation between a mother and son.
'Aren't you a bit late for the academy?'
'Something happened this morning, haha.'
'What could have happened in the morning? Si-woo, did you oversleep again today?'
'No~ Something really did happen this morning~'
'If you overslept and are lying about being late, you'd better watch out!! I'm going to check with Se-hee~!'
Even in the humiliating situation of being called by her name by Si-woo, Mom didn't seem to forget her duty as a mother.
That attitude of hers strangely excited Si-woo.
'I'm serious~ Seon-mi, you don't believe me?'
Si-woo replied, slyly slipping Mom’s name in again.
'You can't even wake up properly if Se-young doesn't wake you~ What's there to believe or not believe?!'
While Mom was scolding Si-woo, she was accepting him calling her by her name over chat without questioning it.
'If you really can't believe me, you can just check with Se-hee later! But if you check and it turns out I really was late because of something, you'd better watch out!!'
Even though he was slightly annoyed by Mom’s attitude of suspecting him of oversleeping, Si-woo felt triumphant on the other hand because she was letting him call her by her name.
Si-woo replied by mimicking Mom’s way of speaking.
After a short delay, Mom sent a reply.
'What are you going to do?'
Mom asked as if confirming his rude attitude.
'You'll have to be punished again!!'
Si-woo spoke as if talking down to Mom, continuing from last night.
'You have to go to the academy now~!!'
Mom tried to find an excuse to avoid Si-woo’s words.
'Then tonight... after Se-young is asleep?'
Si-woo proposed to Mom, as if negotiating the rules of a game.
Mom didn't reply for a while again.
'Got it?'
Si-woo pressed for Mom’s answer.
'Fine~ Do whatever you want!'
Mom finally accepted Si-woo’s proposal as if she had no choice.
It seemed Mom had made up her mind to follow through with the game of obeying Si-woo over chat, just as she had promised.
After finishing the texts with Mom, Si-woo headed to the academy triumphantly with a satisfied expression.
* * *
Si-woo arrived at the academy and entered the classroom.
As soon as he stepped inside, a lively girl’s voice rang out as if she had been waiting for him.
"Si-woo~ You're a bit late today? What were you doing?"
The owner of the voice was Seul-gi.
She was the one who had surprised Si-woo by making an unexpected appearance during his visit to the magic academy yesterday.
"Just... something happened this morning..."
Si-woo repeated the same answer he had just given Mom.
Yesterday at the magic academy, Seul-gi had been wearing an orange witch cosplay outfit.
Si-woo recalled that although he hadn't recognized her at first because he was flustered by her unfamiliar appearance, she had quite a seductive, curvy body for an intermediate student.
"With Se-hee Unnie~?"
Seul-gi asked Si-woo in a casual, friendly tone.
"Huh?~ Oh... yeah..."
Si-woo replied, slightly flustered as he remembered the conversation they had while looking at the crystal ball yesterday.
Seul-gi knew about the relationship between Si-woo and Se-hee Noona.
—And the relationships with the other family members too...—
Whether she had heard it directly from Shin-bi Noona or overheard a secret conversation, Si-woo couldn't help but think that way.
"Did anything happen last night~?"
Seul-gi asked about last night as if it were just casual small talk.
To Si-woo, who had roughly grasped the situation where his smartphone password and the information within it had been leaked, Seul-gi’s question couldn't help but be uncomfortable.
"What do you mean, did anything happen? It was the same as usual..."
Si-woo was very flustered by Seul-gi’s question, but he pretended to be calm again.
"Really? That's very different from what I know?!"
Seul-gi said to Si-woo with a grimacing smile, as if she were disappointed.
As he remembered what happened with his aunt last night, cold sweat seemed to break out on Si-woo’s back.
Could Se-hee Noona have told Shin-bi Noona while Si-woo was sleeping?
"What is?!"
Si-woo intended to play innocent until the end.
Si-woo looked at Seul-gi shamelessly, his eyes wide as if claiming his innocence.
Seul-gi stared at Si-woo for a while, then approached him closely and whispered into his ear.
"Your expression... is really annoying. Maybe I should just spread the rumors?!"
It was a tiny whisper that only Si-woo could hear.
In an instant, goosebumps broke out all over Si-woo’s body, and he felt dizzy as if he had been hit on the back of the head.
With a bewildered expression, Si-woo pulled his body back and looked at Seul-gi warily.
"It's a joke, a joke~~ Hahaha!"
Seul-gi laughed brightly while tapping Si-woo’s arm.
Just then, the bell rang for class.
"That was fun~ Si-woo! See you later~~"
Seul-gi said goodbye cheerfully and went back to her own classroom.
Si-woo sat in his seat with a blank expression, trying to organize the scenes that had just flashed by in his head.