Chapter 207
Chapter 207
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 207
Chapter Title: 세계수를 따먹다-207화
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 207
Chapter Title: Let's Eat the Star (7)
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They say if your husband rocks your world in bed, your legs give out the next morning.
It wasn't morning yet, but even in the dead of night, Star had given it her all.
"Did you chop all the green onions?"
"Yeah, should I put them in now?"
Star, wearing a yellow apron, nodded her head.
She looked just like a chick with stubby legs. As I stared blankly at her, she noticed my gaze and flashed me a bright, innocent smile.
"Why are you staring? Am I pretty?"
Star, holding a metal ladle, said that.
The kiss marks stark on her neck looked pretty erotic.
"...You are pretty."
I answered honestly, and the corners of her mouth lifted.
"...Hehe."
Look at her, smirking like that.
Isn't she a bit too honest with her feelings?
"Say it one more time!"
"Yeah, sure. Love you."
"Hey, no emotion in that! Do it properly. Go!"
"Sure, love you."
"Tch."
When I replied mechanically, Star pouted and lightly tapped my shoulder with her hand.
So full of herself.
For some reason, ever since the class reunion, Star's displays of affection had gotten even more aggressive.
"There's no one else like me, right?"
It was like a woman past her prime marriage age desperately flaunting herself to lure in men.
The expression might be off, but that's how it felt.
"What do you want?"
"Say you love me a bit, and like, hug me from behind while I'm boiling stew? A kiss would make me die happy!"
Even as she said that, I was still awkward with affection.
I'd only started doing it more recently; I wasn't good at it before.
"Alright, alright."
No helping it.
I tossed the thinly sliced green onions into the bubbling kimchi stew and moved behind Star for a back hug.
My yellow apron touched her back.
Star leaned her head against my chest and looked up at me from below.
Her eyes dripped with affection.
"...Feels good."
-Bubble bubble.
Her satisfied voice echoed along with the stew boiling.
We kept hugging and chatting.
"I'm pretty good at cooking, huh?"
"About as good as me. I started living alone back in middle or high school."
"Really? We're so alike. We both love games, lived alone, and have talents at the academy... Hmm. Oh yeah! Even our sexual chemistry?"
She had a point—we did have a lot in common.
Star rubbed her cheek against my arm like a cat.
I could feel the softness of her cheek and the perky bridge of her nose against my skin.
"Feels like we got lucky meeting each other."
"Though originally, I planned to just hit it and quit it."
"Sigh... Still a hundred times better than Se-young's rape attempt."
"...You just made it impossible to argue. And she called it her 'flower interval'."
"Yeah, she'd say that. Oh, don't tell Se-young about this? She'd kill me for real!"
I got one over on Se-young.
I'll casually drop it later.
Soon enough, Star finished cooking.
"All done."
She tasted the kimchi stew, then grabbed my arm and let go of the hug.
Then she scooped some broth with the ladle and brought it to my mouth.
"...How is it?"
It wasn't bad at all.
A sharp spiciness with just the right saltiness...
"Tastes like MSG. But it's good?"
"Beef MSG is the classic. My mom loaded it up too."
We placed the fully cooked kimchi stew in the center of the table, and it made for a pretty decent spread.
Egg rolls and kimchi stew. Braised beef and various seasoned veggies. Freshly steamed rice topped with barley.
She didn't skimp on seasonings or ingredients—everything was high quality.
Even I was shocked hearing one egg cost tens of thousands of won.
-The vice chairman gig comes with this stuff, or you'd crack from stress.
The Hunter Association must be brutal.
And the pay must be insane.
"Let's eat!"
Home-cooked meal after sex—had to be delicious when you're starving.
"Thanks for the food."
"Eat up."
I scooped some rice and popped an egg roll in my mouth first.
"Whoa..."
The ingredients were killer.
The fancy eggs made all the difference in flavor.
I grabbed some braised beef next, and the meat fibers split satisfyingly, hitting my nose with rich soy sauce aroma.
Moment when the prejudice that solo meals don't matter shattered.
Our cooking skills were similar, but the ingredient quality made it worlds apart.
-Gobble gobble.
Lost in eating, I heard Star's proud voice from across the table.
"Tasty?"
When I finally looked up, she was grinning ear to ear, hands under her chin like a flower.
"Not eating?"
"Just watching you makes me happy."
She hadn't even taken a single bite yet.
When I paused mid-meal to look at her, Star blinked her round eyes and giggled.
"Feed me?"
It sounded teasing, but she was probably hoping for it.
I speared an egg roll with my chopsticks and fed it to her.
"Ahh~"
Star bit half the egg roll.
She just held it there, giggling at my hand holding the chopsticks.
We checked the taste for a while, then she took a bite. She ate the other half and smiled happily.
She smiles so much. Kinda envy that.
I ate the remaining half and grinned faintly.
I hope I can keep seeing that smile.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ After the meal, all that was left for the night was more intense fun.
Games.
Sex.
Games.
Sex.
Sex.
With game-sex-game-sex-sex repeating, I wondered if this was how beasts driven by desire lived.
Not that we were really playing games—we were glued together the whole time.
-Smooch.
"Tasty?"
Pop chocolate or snacks in our mouths and kiss.
We kept moving the controllers, but the skinship never stopped.
"Want more?"
Stuff more chocolate in her mouth, then she pounces on me lying on the bed.
Our tongues meet, melted chocolate wrapping everything sweetly.
"Sweet..."
Amazed by the chocolate, we dove back into gaming.
The repetitive grind of RPGs made our affections grow even steamier.
Throwing her thigh over my belly. Stroking my shin with her foot.
When she suggested playing shrimp snacks-style games, I asked why not just kiss, and got scolded for lacking romance.
Then the switch flips, and we make out intensely for an hour straight.
If we get horny midway, clothes come off and we go at it.
Until the sun rose.
"Hoo... Hoo."
Star scooped the semen pouring from her pussy with her fingers and pushed it back inside.
Sunlight streamed through the curtains.
Morning had come—it was time to part from Star, if only briefly.
But after a night of pouring affection into her, it was working.
Unlike that one time before, her body was getting hotter and more skilled.
"...Hold me."
We hugged naked.
Star trembled happily in my arms, breathing raggedly.
"I want to stay like this forever."
"You like me that much?"
"Hehe, love you. My place was always so cold... But just having you here makes it so warm."
Solo apartment. Living alone.
Loners aren't immune to loneliness.
Sometimes you come home to dead air. It hits like a brick, plunging you into deep depression.
Not the room temp... It's the total lack of human warmth in that cold bachelor pad.
Spend years rotting there, and you wonder if this is right.
Star lost her parents—no one to lean on.
I could relate, being in a similar spot.
We'll live together someday for sure.
Star nodded happily at my words.
"...Si-heon has a lot of girls."
"You can say that now?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm happy enough. That's that... But I had a thought?"
Star inhaled my scent from my arms, her hands gently stroking my back.
Every touch and gesture brimmed with love.
"Think about it... That Azalea girl too, Se-young too. And me—we're all kinda... Missing a screw somewhere."
"You too?"
"Yeah, me too... I don't talk about it, but I hit my limit. Stuff keeps happening... Killing people. After Mom and Dad died, I tried hard, but... It's been tough. Really tough."
Star continued.
"You're... Kinda weird too."
"Oof."
"Not bad-weird. We're all flawed, so maybe that's why we ended up together. Like fate or something."
Fate, huh.
Not a fan, like with the World Tree of Time.
"There used to be World Trees that literally controlled fate back in the day. Not weird at all."
"What's that?"
"If all the girls drawn to you have some kind of deficiency, maybe my theory holds?"
At Star's conspiracy theory, I thought of the women I'd met.
White Peach, Golden Peach, Heavenly Peach. Cornus. And so on.
Not a normal one among them.
Each had their lacks.
Cornus barely had emotions, White/Golden/Heavenly Peaches cursed by World Trees, memories fractured.
Moment when Star's insight shone?
'Sigh.'
Sudden neck twinge.
Feeling my face stiffen, Star quickly changed the subject.
"Ah, not certain! Even if so, huh? Even if some jerk forced us together, I'll love Si-heon forever! Hearts popping!"
-Mwah, mwah.
Star peppered kisses on my cheek.
Her desperate cuteness cracked me up.
Yeah, even if true, love doesn't vanish.
"...Kuhuhu."
Seeing me laugh, Star finally relaxed and smiled, soaking in my warmth.
That weird theory didn't come up again.
"Anyway, focus on the now."
"Right."
"Thanks for handling the Forest Keeper selection. Pushing out Flower is your job, but Hunter Association's too."
I might not like the Association, but Star's different.
Our goals aligned.
Forest Keeper prelims soon. Today last day off.
"Yeah."
Star slipped from my arms, crawled to the vanity, grabbed a file, and handed it over.
"Flower bases uncovered this time. Top secret."
"Bases?"
"Yeah. From the last terror attack... Got lucky, captured a few, squeezed info. Filtered out obvious lies, picked the promising ones."
I took the file.
About twenty spots. Manageable alongside academy, night ops.
'All that effort to sleep someday.'
Back to all-nighters.
I smiled faintly; Star eyed me half-worried.
"...Telling you this could be trouble. But I trust you won't abuse it."
"I know."
"Keep work and personal clear. Got it?"
Star loves games, total nerd... But not vice chairman for nothing.
"I trusted you. Hired you, basically. I'll help however I can. Just... Don't do anything too risky."
"Worried much?"
To my retort, Star said seriously.
"You're mine."
"Hired, huh? Salary next?"
"...Want my body?"
"Already mine."
"Hehe... Score~"
The serious mood broke; Star laughed freely.
Prefer this Star over pro mode.
I hugged her sitting there and kissed her lips.
"Good?"
"Love it!"
Her cute "love it" never got old.
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