A Little Accident
"Huh?"
My voice cracked from sheer disbelief.
What the hell did this girl just say to me?
I hurriedly swept my gaze down Lee Donggeul’s waist and hips, then along her thighs all the way to her ankles.
Right now her lower half wore nothing but the C-rank mana suit. The suit was made of an extremely tight, high-elasticity material. Getting into and out of it was a bit of a struggle, but once you had it on, moving around was incredibly comfortable. At first it felt like walking around without pants. Ventilation was decent enough that you didn’t have to worry about sweat building up inside. A large volume of urine, however, was a completely different story. This wasn’t the ocean or a swimming pool.
"Really? I don’t see anything."
I played dumb for the moment. My stare must have been far too brazen, because Lee Donggeul sank straight down onto the ground. That only made it worse. Her squashed thighs looked strangely erotic, and with her legs parted just a little the pose was pure adult-magazine material. No matter how hard I tried to look away, my eyes kept drifting right to the center—pure instinct.
Lee Donggeul only nodded without a word. Then she pinched her thumb and index finger close together and silently mouthed “a little.” So she hadn’t fully wet herself; she’d just leaked a bit. Why the sight of her like that made my chest thump so hard, I had no idea. I realized heat was rising in my face.
So what was I supposed to do in a situation like this? Company manuals and training materials never covered anything of the sort. Most expedition teams included at least one female manager. Cases where a man led Awoken alone like this were rare. All because of this shitty company… Haah… I wished I had a cute junior girl to help me out.
Come to think of it, my ex Shin Haneul used to do that. I’d never seen her on an expedition myself, but she probably handled situations like this with ease… The moment her name surfaced, the heat that had been blooming across my face vanished in an instant.
"The only suit we prepared is the one you’re wearing right now. What should we do? For now, would you at least like to change the underwear you have on underneath? Do you still need to use the bathroom?"
"Um… please keep this a secret…"
She pressed both hands to her cheeks as she spoke. Her face was flushed too. Well, it was an insanely embarrassing situation, so I understood… Still, Baek Hwayeon had been standing quietly nearby watching us the whole time. She must have heard everything. Kim Isol probably hadn’t…
I turned my eyes to Baek Hwayeon and shot her a look that begged for help—a truly desperate look. She must have been eavesdropping after all, because she nodded even though I hadn’t said a word. The Awoken I’d dealt with before would never have lifted a finger in a case like this. They’d just throw a fit about how the managers weren’t prepared. I was genuinely grateful Baek Hwayeon wasn’t that type of person.
I left Lee Donggeul with Baek Hwayeon and was about to run back toward the company staff when Baek Hwayeon came up and whispered in my ear.
"I… also need to pee…"
I spun around in surprise. Her pale face had turned noticeably red. I looked over at Kim Isol standing a short distance away. The way she was suspiciously crossing her legs told me she was in the same boat. And Jang Yong too, for good measure. It was all because of the fruit juice they’d drunk with cake at the café. Come to think of it, not a single one of them had headed for a bathroom on the way to the dungeon. It was truly ridiculous. I’d known they were rookies, but I never imagined they couldn’t even control their own bladders…
I went over to the company staff and asked if the toilets were finished. Unfortunately they hadn’t even started installing them yet; only the simple tents for lodging were up. The toilets would take another thirty minutes or so. No matter how urgent it was, there was nothing we could do. If we half-assed the toilet setup and a disaster happened, the only ones who’d suffer camping here would be us.
"What am I going to do about this…"
There were a few options. Have them go one by one inside the already-set-up lodging tents. Or dig a hole in a corner of the cave with a shovel, do their business outdoors, and cover it with dirt. Leaving the dungeon entirely was out of the question since this was a training exercise. I figured I should at least say something.
"They say the toilets will take thirty minutes to finish. Anyone who can’t wait that long—anyone who absolutely has to go right now—raise your hand."
Every single one of them raised a hand. I explained the two methods I’d thought of. Aside from Jang Yong, of course no one gave a cheerful answer. Lee Donggeul, who had already leaked, was even dripping tears.
"There’s no other way. Just think of this as part of the training. Remember the stories about the Forest of Karak or the Volcano of Despair, dungeons that took over a month to clear. Be grateful you even get to choose where to do your business."
The tale of Awoken who lost all their supplies during the Volcano of Despair raid and quenched their thirst with urine was legendary online. In the Forest of Karak the base camp and toilets had been burned in an attack, so people just went anywhere in the woods until the whole dungeon turned into a shit field—there were even jokes about it. These bottom-tier kids would never set foot in high-rank dungeons like that, but I had no choice if I wanted to persuade them.
"I’ve already taken care of it."
Jang Yong had already gone deeper into the cave, finished his business, and come back. That left the girls.
"I’ll… do it inside the tent…"
Lee Donggeul’s face had gone past red and turned almost yellow. She couldn’t hold it any longer and made the decision first. That was when Kim Isol asked,
"I get the tent, but where the hell are we supposed to go?"
Among the supplies we had, the only usable things were the cooking pots and the washbasins. Failing that, the water bottles. Each of our canteens in the bags I carried held about a liter of water. Near the tents there was a whole box of 1.5-liter bottled water. I told them they could use those, but all three girls looked mortified.
"No way… I never heard about anything like this at the Academy."
Kim Isol was furious. Whether she was angry or not, the desperate Lee Donggeul grabbed my arm.
"Um… could you help me walk a little…"
Was it that hard for her to walk? Well, she had already peed herself. I shot Baek Hwayeon a look. I couldn’t exactly follow her all the way into the tent. Of course, if it had been just Lee Donggeul and me alone in this dungeon, that might have been a different story. Huh?
As I held one of her arms and helped her move, something soft kept brushing against me. My eyes went there on their own. She was short, but she was carrying some serious weight. I swallowed hard and somehow got her to the front of the tent, then left the rest to Baek Hwayeon.
Unless I had a death wish. I didn’t think the company staff would peek at an Awoken doing her business, but I still decided to stand guard at the entrance. I absolutely was not hoping for anything else.
Yet the sounds coming from inside the tent were far too vivid.
"G-gently, please… If you pull like that, pee’s going to come out…"
They were probably peeling the suit off her. C-rank suits were one-piece, so getting out of them wasn’t easy. Baek Hwayeon must have been helping her with that… Ah, the more I thought about it the harder the post-nut clarity hit. Come to think of it, how long had it been… Two weeks… No, even before that the timing had never lined up. It had already been a whole month. That was why just overhearing a conversation like this was enough to get me like this. Back when my relationship was going well we’d done it every day of the week…
As if determined to wipe away those bitter thoughts, the sounds from inside the tent grew intensely stimulating.
"H-hurry. Aah… I-it’s coming out…"
What the hell were they doing in there? The sounds set every auditory cell and every fantasy neuron in my brain into overdrive.
Sploosh…
I even heard the sound of water flowing. Baek Hwayeon still hadn’t come out of the tent. Was she watching the whole thing? Gulp. I started feeling seriously jealous of Baek Hwayeon.
"Hiiing… What do I do…"
The water sounds hadn’t stopped, yet Lee Donggeul’s whining voice kept coming. Why was she like that? What was happening inside? Then suddenly the sound changed. The noise of water hitting the dirt floor turned into the sound of something striking metal. Don’t tell me she couldn’t hold it and just went on the bare ground… We all have to sleep here tonight…
I was pouring every bit of my attention into the tent behind me when I suddenly sensed someone approaching. I spun around and checked who it was. Kim Isol. Of all people, that little devil was striding straight toward me.
"Move."
Whew. At least that was a relief. I’d thought she was mad because I’d been eavesdropping on the sounds behind me, but that didn’t seem to be it. From where she’d been standing she probably hadn’t heard a thing. I shifted without a word, just as she ordered. Kim Isol was about to go straight into the tent. My body twisted halfway to the side to avoid bumping into her. Thanks to that, the instant she opened the tent flap I got a brief peek inside.
Lee Donggeul, completely naked. Her smooth, flawless pale skin was on full display. My gaze instinctively went to her chest, then instantly dropped lower. Ah… The angle was a shame. It was a side view. I only managed to catch one round, tempting cheek of her ass. Wait, what was that? A droplet of water clung right in the middle of her butt. Just five degrees. If the angle had shifted even five degrees I might have seen something. But like a dream, that beautiful body vanished from my sight. The flap closed in an instant. Tsk…
I settled back into position with the mindset of guarding the entrance again, only to feel another strange gaze. The transport company staff. They’d just started installing the toilets. Their hands had stopped. No wonder I hadn’t heard any noise. They must have been feeling the same way I was; when our eyes met they gave me bitter little smiles. For a fleeting moment we shared a sense of camaraderie.
Leaving that brief moment behind, conversation started up again from inside the tent. This time, though, there wasn’t even a hint of eroticism. A wild card had joined the party, so of course. Ah, fucking Kim Isol…
"What are you doing peeing on the floor?! God, you’re a real dumbass."
"Sorry… I was just too desperate…"
"We’re supposed to sleep here tonight, what are we gonna do?"
"Sorry…"
I felt bad for Lee Donggeul. When someone that strong-willed is next to you, a soft-hearted person just wilts. I’d been the same way back in school.
"Take that filthy thing and get out already!"
"Okay…"
But Lee Donggeul couldn’t come out. She was completely naked; there was no way she could step outside. I’d have been grateful if she did, though.
"Ah, shit. Seriously. This is so annoying."
"Give it to me. I’ll go throw it away."
The ones who came out were Baek Hwayeon and Kim Isol instead. Kim Isol grabbed a 1.5-liter water bottle and went right back inside. Baek Hwayeon, on the other hand, was holding a metal washbasin… Hmm. Did she have a strong stomach? Carrying a basin full of someone else’s urine like that—she really was a different person from her looks. I didn’t want to get close right now, but my goodwill toward her shot up dramatically.
"We should cover it with something for now… No, wait. Jang Yong."
I called Jang Yong, who was waiting at a distance, and asked him to take whatever was in the basin far away and bury it. He nodded, and Baek Hwayeon followed behind him carrying the basin. What the hell? Why were these two so nice? I almost doubted they were really Awoken. Adding Lee Donggeul, these three were, simply put, hard to find fault with.
While I was thinking that, more sounds came from inside the tent.
"What are you doing? When are you coming out? Trying to watch someone else pee?"
If there was one problem, it was that little devil of a girl.