Sudden Mission! (2)

I clenched both fists tightly as I watched the message on the screen change.

The first item on the sudden mission list was now lit up. It meant I had successfully completed that part.

“Uuu… You said you wouldn’t look. Liar…”

“I’m sorry, Mother. I really needed the reward.”

“Hic… Then I guess it can’t be helped. Mommy bought what she wanted too, after all.”

She didn’t seem all that angry, surprisingly.

Maybe the abnormal situation had numbed her sense of reality. Either way, it was a relief for me.

But… what now?

The sudden mission wasn’t over yet. One more item remained.

Just reading it made my breath catch in my throat.

The difficulty was on a completely different level from the first item.

Breasts had been a huge challenge too, of course… but this was something else entirely.

“Instead, you really can’t ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠look anymore, okay? If you look again, I won’t talk to Changjae anymore.”

“…Yes. Don’t worry. The mission is already over.”

I lied to her with a straight face.

The mission wasn’t over yet. But whether I completed it or gave up, there was no need to tell her about this part.

…But seriously, what the hell am I supposed to do?

What would happen if I actually did what the message told me to?

Could I still have a normal relationship with my mother like this? Would she be able to forgive me again this time? Wouldn’t our relationship completely shatter?

No… that wasn’t the important part.

The real question was whether my intentions toward this mission were truly pure.

Wasn’t I just using the reward item as an excuse to satisfy my personal desires?

Now that I had a convenient justification, wasn’t I simply planning to peep at my mother?

The breasts I had seen with my own eyes just moments ago were undeniably beautiful.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say they were more beautiful than any woman’s breasts I had ever seen.

It had been moving. So much so that reverence had come before lust. It felt like I was standing before a sacred religious artifact.

But that didn’t mean my sexual desire hadn’t stirred at all.

I was still a man. Even though I called her Mother, she wasn’t my biological mom, and the age gap between us was only ten years. Among the women I had met, some had been older than her.

If a guy like me—who had been rotting away as a soldier for over a year—didn’t feel even the slightest bit of attraction toward his new stepmother after finally ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠seeing her again, that would be a lie.

Objectively and subjectively, Mother was clearly an attractive woman.

However… but…

I shook my head hard, trying to shake off the endless stream of distracting thoughts.

My mind had derailed again.

What mattered right now wasn’t any of that. I needed to focus on the mission and the items.

Was this item really necessary?

Would the system actually give me something like this if I completed the mission?

Would the item’s effect work exactly as described?

How was a bracelet supposed to prevent injuries? Was it any different from those shady germanium bracelets? Was this a scam item?

All sorts of doubts flooded my mind, but this wasn’t something I could judge so simply.

This was a virtual world. I couldn’t apply common sense from reality. There was a chance the bracelet might actually have some kind of magical effect.

My head was a mess.

But I didn’t have the luxury of thinking forever. The time limit was still ticking down.

From five minutes to four. From four to three.

The smaller the number on the screen became, the more anxious I grew.

Since it was labeled a ‘Unique Costume,’ this might be something I could never obtain again.

Thinking that way, I finally understood why Mother had reacted so strongly to the bug-repelling swimsuit. I felt exactly the same right now.

An important item I might never get again. And a time limit on top of that.

How could anyone resist a temptation like this?

I thought about it coldly.

If this really were a deserted island with absolutely nothing on it.

If there were no hospitals or medicine, and even a small wound could get infected and become a serious illness.

Then securing an item like this would be absolutely necessary.

There would be no room for selfish motives.

──I made up my mind.

I quietly turned the screen of my dead phone toward Mother again.

She had already put on the bikini top. Now it was time to change the bottom.

But even though she was holding the bikini bottoms, she was still hesitating.

“…Changjae. You really can’t look.”

“Okay.”

“I mean it this time. I’m going to change my panties too.”

“…”

…She really didn’t have to tell me that.

I already knew because I had seen it.

“Mommy… trusts you, Changjae…”

Her uncertain voice stabbed into my chest.

Since I already had a previous offense, it made sense that she couldn’t fully trust me.

…Especially since I was actually planning to peep again.

Ugh. Damn it. My conscience hurt.

At the very least, I had to abandon any vulgar thoughts. So I wouldn’t feel ashamed when facing her.

This was simply a matter of efficiency. I was absolutely not peeping with indecent intentions. This was all for the safety of both me and Mother.

But… no matter how much I tried to hypnotize myself, the weak part of my heart kept raising its head.

This time, Mother might really come to hate me.

I was afraid of being hated by her.

It felt strangely new. When I was younger, I had even wished she would hate me.

I had wondered why this woman with no blood relation to me was doing so much for me. Her one-sided love had even felt burdensome.

But now, I was simply terrified.

What if the way she looked at me changed?

What if the love I had received for free all this time dried up?

What if she really ended up hating me?

-Squeeze.

My grip tightened around the phone.

…This wasn’t the time to get lost in sentiment.

Efficiency. Right now, I had to follow efficiency without compromise.

She might be disappointed in me for now. She might even hate me.

But someday, she would understand. She would understand the feelings I had when I did this.

For now, I had no choice but to believe that and act.

“Ugh… It really is too small…”

Mother had been hesitating for a long time while holding the bikini bottoms.

Finally, she turned her back to me and began lowering the panties she was wearing. She must have turned around because it felt too embarrassing to change while facing me directly.

…Ah!

This wasn’t the time to be thinking so casually.

At this rate, I might not be able to complete the mission. Even ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠if I looked now, I would only see her ass.

…Wait. Maybe.

With this angle, it might be possible.

I focused on Mother’s movements reflected in the phone screen and waited for the right timing.

She folded the panties she had taken off twice and placed them on a nearby rock.

Then, with an anxious expression, she glanced toward me before grabbing the bikini bottoms with both hands──now!

-Swish!

The moment Mother bent at the waist to put on the bikini bottoms, I turned to look.

I knew from experience.

When a ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠woman bends forward while standing to put on panties, that place becomes visible from behind too.

Mother bent at the waist, lifted her right leg, and slipped her foot into the bikini.

And at that moment, beneath her round buttocks, a part clearly different from her ass was revealed.

It was the body part that proved Mother was a woman.

A woman’s genitals. Her pussy.

Below the pale white ass pushed backward, between her soft thighs, plump outer labia asserted their presence.

And the light pubic hair covering it, the vertical line carved down the middle, and even the pink inner flesh slightly peeking out from within.

It wasn’t all that different from other women’s, yet it felt incomparably special.

It was Mother’s vulva.

That’s right. Mother was a woman too, just like any other.

I realized that obvious fact all over again.

The fact that she too possessed organs meant for making love with a man and giving birth to a child.

Why? That truth hit me with a slight shock.

But I exerted every ounce of my concentration and refused to look away from that place.

0.5 seconds.

1 second.

1.5 seconds.

An eternity seemed to pass.

I didn’t know how the mission’s judgment worked.

So I stared at Mother’s back without blinking even once until that alarm finally rang.

After slipping her right foot in, Mother then lifted her left foot as well.

“Ah.”

She lost her balance for a moment and wobbled, but she managed to get her left foot into the bikini safely.

She straightened her waist with visible relief and pulled the bikini bottoms up.

-Snap.

The elastic string of the bikini bottoms settled over her hips, and finally, Mother’s pussy and the cleft of her ass were completely covered by the white bikini.

The moment Mother finished putting on the bikini, the alarm I had been waiting for finally rang.

“Hm?”

Mother turned her head at the sound.

But I had already snapped my head back to its original position the instant the alarm went off, so our eyes never met.

“──Changjae. You didn’t look, right?”

“No.”

“Okay.”

I lied as naturally as breathing.

Mother believed me without the slightest suspicion.

…Haaaa.

What a relief!

I let out a huge sigh and rubbed my chest.

My heart was pounding like crazy.

Even an undercover spy probably wouldn’t be this nervous. I hadn’t even run anywhere, yet my back was drenched in sweat.

Still, thanks to that, I had successfully completed the sudden mission.

A voice message announced the success.

Along with the same flashing effect that had appeared when I bought the bikini, two items materialized in the air.

One was a pair of pink beach sandals.

The other was a thin, ring-shaped silver bracelet.

They were exactly as described in the sudden mission message.

“It’s okay now, Changjae. I’m fully dressed, so you can turn around.”

“Ah… Yes. Just a moment.”

Even though Mother said that, I couldn’t turn around.

I was facing a serious problem I couldn’t possibly tell her about.

“Hm?”

Step, step.

I could sense her approaching from behind.

I immediately crouched down and started untying the perfectly fine combat boot laces.

“What are you doing?”

Oh, God.

Mother bent down to look at me, her pair of breasts—barely covered by the tiny bikini—hanging downward under gravity.

The pale cleavage that normally stayed hidden was now fully exposed.

I had seen her bare breasts just earlier, but seeing them this close in front of me felt completely different.

Her skin was so white it was almost translucent, with veins faintly visible beneath. My brain had no trouble imagining the soft, swaying texture of them.

I felt even more blood rush to my already rock-hard lower body.

I immediately looked away from her. Then, pretending to tie my shoelaces, I answered.

“No, my shoelace came undone.”

I couldn’t possibly make eye contact with her.

After getting excited from seeing Mother’s… that place, and then getting even more excited after seeing her cleavage, there was no way I could stand in front of her in such a filthy state.

“Want Mommy to tie it for you?”

“No!”

I rejected Mother’s kind offer with all my strength.

She drooped her shoulders, looking a little hurt.