EP.39 Level 5 - My Head Went Blank (11)
I quietly watched Yoo Hyemi sleeping soundly, her body glistening with colors, before pulling the awkward Yoo Hyeun—who was standing beside me—out of the room.
Hyemi was definitely acting strange. Heading to the convenience store covered head to toe in breast milk? Even if she'd walked in on a shocking scene, that was an over-the-top reaction. And while she called her sister weird, she'd glared at me with those scary eyes, not Hyeun.
But that didn't give her reason to report me for "awakener crime." I'd never used my trait in front of her to begin with.
I didn't think she had the ability to detect traits either—and that was because this wasn't the first time Hyemi and I had met.
"Can you explain what's going on here?"
"Ahaha..."
And the strangest part was Hyeun's behavior. She'd predicted this whole mess, even injecting me with a mana recovery shot and urging me to tail her sister secretly.
The moment Hyemi left the house, Hyeun had panicked and pushed me to follow. It was crystal clear in my mind. No one acts like that without knowing something.
"It wasn't that long ago. About a year, I think."
"A year ago? That'd be right after Hyemi joined Yoo Chaerin's team."
"Yeah. She had this nightmare. Said it was about her sister getting raped..."
"Future precognition?"
"Something like that. After hearing it, I got convinced and started waiting for the rapist. Honestly, it was kinda exciting."
"You crazy bitch!"
So that was why Hyeun was waiting for a rapist? Normally, wouldn't you avoid a future where you get raped?
"I've always fantasized about rape itself. But in this fucked-up world, where's a guy bold enough to rape an A-rank hunter?"
"Fair point..."
The news these days was full of stories about big-breasted women rarely being targeted. There were warnings about crazy psycho lesbian rapists, sure, but...
Even those are mostly senior hunters bullying juniors, not street rapes.
Better to torment a junior and get hit with a #MeToo scandal as a hunter than risk street crime and get branded an awakener criminal. Crime always evolves in directions legally favorable to the perp.
"So, what exactly did it feel like?"
"Not like other precog abilities with tons of info. She said this world is like a novel."
"A novel. I've heard of prophecy types like that."
So in that novel, I rape Hyeun? It was true, but damn, it felt unfair. In that scene, sure, it looked like serious rape—but Hyeun wanted it.
"Must be fragmented info. This is so unfair."
If it was about raping the others, I wouldn't feel bad. But Hyeun? I was on the verge of tears it was so unjust.
"At first I thought she just had a dream, but then I remembered how she freaked out when I started wearing this hairpin after making it."
"Ah, you started wearing that hairpin about a year ago too?"
"Yeah, she reacted like she'd seen a ghost."
"Why?"
"I grilled her later, and apparently the hairpin was in an illustration from that novel. That's when she got convinced I was the heroine from it."
"And I'm the hero?"
"Bingo."
So the prophecy was a smut novel where the hero rapes the heroine. That's why she eyed me like a criminal. And since the prophecy revealed I was awakened, she tried to report me?
"Wait, so you didn't report me until now because...?"
"I suspected you. Wasn't sure."
But seeing that insane milking scene today confirmed it. The rapist was toying with her sister.
"Now it makes sense."
"Phew. So I think our meeting was fate."
"Fate's rapist, huh?"
"Exactly."
No matter how I sliced it, Hyeun was a total nutjob. Hyemi had no clue her sister was like this.
"How the hell did you hide this side from Hyemi?"
"Good luck, I guess... At first, it wasn't even about hiding—it was embarrassing back then too!"
"Now even the embarrassment turns you on!?"
"Oh, finally someone gets me..."
"That was Jeong-ah, not me. Not me."
I drew a hard line. I'd never had those pervert thoughts myself. Sure, I loved watching someone swap shame for ecstasy and cum from it. But being on the receiving end? No thanks.
"She idolizes me as this perfect big sis. Early on, after awakening, she was kinda lost—maybe from the prophecy."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Wouldn't talk to me, barely ate, just practiced spirit arts locked in her room. Hardly saw anyone but spirits."
"...And she started idolizing you and got better?"
"Yeah. I'm scared it'll go back to that."
She was a massive perv, but a loving sister too. After seeing only her inhuman side, this human touch was refreshing. I'd pegged her as some otherworldly machine for work and meat toilet for sex.
"So, I have a favor to ask."
"What?"
"You tamed your team girls so well. Do my little sis too?"
Canceled. This crazy bitch is insane. What sister pimps her sibling to a rapist for "training"?
"Aren't you human trash who abandoned all morals?"
"Knew you'd trash-talk me, but damn, that's harsh!"
"Then don't ask."
Of course, I did need to handle Hyemi somehow. She was blindly idolizing her sister, then seeking revenge on the guy she thought ruined her. On paper, she seemed so sweet.
"She's in bad shape. Stopped growing to save me."
"Stopped growing?"
"Prophecy memories are a kind of cost... Using them probably erases them again."
"Then just burn through them all?"
Contract her to spend the cost on "do it for me" and done? Why sell her precious sister's body to me for training?
"Too temporary. I could tweak her common sense to keep spending, but..."
"There's a problem?"
"As her skills improve, she recovers memories faster. Losing them seals related ones too, but recovering the same memory unseals everything."
"How do you know?"
"Told you—her wandering phase."
Hating and struggling with recovered memories consumes them as cost and wipes them. But recalling them revives the pain. No clue on the mechanics, but my erased memories could revive the same way. A ability seals what B unseals all the time.
"Last time, she leaned on a worthless sis like me and overcame it. Worried this'll break her."
"Tricky."
Hyemi pinned big hopes on her shining sister. Now an "enemy" who tarnished that shine appeared, so she's stepping up to protect her. Letting it slide means she'll try killing me again when memories resurface.
"A state where even full memories revived, she won't kill me—no memory wipes. And she's strong enough not to break. That's your training goal?"
"Yes, exactly."
Training? She just wants me to fix Hyemi's state. Her vocab's just filthy as hell.
"Oh, and I mean training! Protect that, and rape her, socially ruin her—I don't care. Hell, I'll help."
"You really are a crazy bitch."
"I have shame. Won't block your EXP with my time, effort, even mana."
"So, sell sister's body to save sister's mind?"
"Yes."
Truth was, I didn't have to accept. I could fight Hyemi, then tweak Hyeun normal. Hyemi wouldn't kill me if I swore off her sister.
"But still..."
Hyeun's path tempted me more. Aroused me. Hyemi had killer looks hidden by siscon vibes. Those spirit-art horns—er, handles—were hot too. Her own sister offering her up? Refusing would be rude.
Of course I'd train her head to toe as my perfect sex toy. Fix that siscon personality while at it.
And yeah, Hyemi wasn't evil, but I wasn't saintly enough to spare someone trying to kill me. No guilt? I'd be lying...
Your sister asked. What can I do?}
"You sure you won't regret it?"
"Yeah. Deserve her calling me a bad sis."
"You know?"
"But I can't watch Hyemi break anymore."
You're asking me to actually break her. Our definitions of "broken" differ wildly. She's nuts.
"And I want her to understand."
"Understand what?"
"My happiness. The bliss from rape and lewd scenarios. Understand me. She's my beloved sister."
"...You're insane."
Everyone craves understanding from loved ones—normal. Just wish it wasn't rape fetish shit.
"I dream of sister rice bowl scenarios! I want that too!"
"That's your real motive, you crazy bitch!"
"N-no!"
Bullshit. Her eyes sparkled brighter than anyone's.
"W-well."
"Huh?"
"I fantasize about cumming in front of her, sobbing apologies! Her crying for sis, but corrupted me just panting in ecstasy, her despairing as she cums too! Kissing while we get railed by a guy in turn!"
"Uh..."
"But Hyemi's too pure, so I kept it fantasy! Get it?"
Sorry, Hyemi. I almost nodded along. Kinda hot.