Chapter 175
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Translator: True Detective
Chapter: 175
Chapter Title: 160. Rei's Enrollment
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Slurp... slurrrp... slurp.
Ow. My tail feels all tickly.
Greed sure knows how to suck a tail.
"Kyuhet! (Hehe!)"
"Ughhh... Hnghh."
"Grr rumble! (Stop sucking!)"
"Ah!"
It's gonna make my tail all shiny and slick.
Alright, time to wrap this up.
I stroked Yohana's head with my front paw.
"Kyurrrr! Kyu! (From now on, serve me properly.)"
"B-but... this feels more like lord and vassal than lovers, doesn't it?"
"Kyuruk!"
Rebelling against me right now?
As I spread my wings to leave again, she grabbed onto me.
"S-sorry! I got it. Just don't keep flying off. We even mated... you can't do this... I'll behave. Okay? Honestly, I was a little mad... but it felt good too, so anyway, don't go..."
Normally, she'd be furious with me by now. But this crazy girl seems to have some old-fashioned ideas. Like, once you have sex, you have to take responsibility and be married for life or something.
Hah. In this world, how many virgins could there even be left? All the non-virgins are married?
I'm not planning to leave anyway.
"Kyu! (I'm just stepping out!)"
"No, seriously, where do you keep going at this hour? Ah, I got it!"
I hinted at smacking her again, and she bowed her head in fear.
I comforted Yohana just enough, then headed to the room she'd given me.
Pretending to sleep for a bit until I heard no more footsteps, I shifted back to human form.
"This isn't working out. Guess I have no choice. I'll make a mana clone or something. If it pretends to sleep, she won't complain, right?"
Thinking about it, it's only 5 p.m. for her right now—pretty early.
Luckily, it sounds like she'll be out, so perfect timing to prepare.
I pulled out my tail and plucked off one scale, infusing it with mana.
For using when I'm away.
The mana-infused scale transformed into a mini version of me.
Now to boss it around.
"When I'm gone, pretend to sleep or play with her as needed. Got it?"
"Kyut! (Yes!)"
Of course, I didn't give this clone any ability to have sex.
Even if it's my clone, NTR is unforgivable.
Not that I plan to make her a heroine anyway. At this point, keeping her as a pet like Lee Yoo-jeong sounds good.
I'll addict her to dragon tail flavor so she can't pull any middle-school world domination nonsense.
Songdo.
Rachel had been scouring the internet for a school suitable for Rei.
But it wasn't enrollment season, and Rei's status meant she didn't even have Korean citizenship right now, so there was no way to get her into a school.
"Sigh. What to do."
If they just stayed in Songdo forever, the only people around Rei would be the brainless White Flower Church devotees here who treated her like an idol.
Just then, Lee Yoo-jeong, who had been idly trading stocks, noticed Rachel's sigh and approached her.
"Rachel, what's wrong? You look down."
"Well... I think it's about time to send my daughter to school here. But I don't know where."
School, huh. Rei definitely seemed ready for middle school level.
Come to think of it, that woman calling herself her sister had mentioned to the Master (Yoo Eun-ha) that they were opening a middle school division at Hansung.
Lee Yoo-jeong decided to use that.
Since she herself was one of Eun-ha's women, Rei was family too—this was a chance to help each other.
Lee Yoo-jeong sat next to Rachel and spoke up.
"Honestly, Rei's got some solid combat skills, right? How about sending her to a hunter academy? Cheonsan Group can handle the paperwork anyway."
"You think that'd work?"
"After the last war wiped out a ton of combat personnel, they're starting early hunter training programs, including middle school divisions at hunter academies."
Ten thousand hunters died in the Han-Chinese war. Sure, there were the monster folk, but they belonged to the autonomous zone and couldn't operate as Korean hunters under international law. Plus, the monster folk were stuck subjugating gates in erosion zones, so they couldn't handle gates in Seoul or other human areas.
In the end, the Hunter Association's solution to the losses was to open middle school hunter academies.
It wasn't conscription—just volunteers—but hunters earned better than office workers even at the bottom rung, so tons of parents signed up their kids.
"Really?"
"Yeah. I hear Hansung Academy renovated their auditorium for the middle school and is building a new one."
"You know a lot."
"My sister sponsored the middle school opening at Hansung this time."
With Cheonsan Group's sponsorship, they were even building a brand-new state-of-the-art middle school division.
Already, kids dreaming of becoming hunters were gathering there.
"But don't hunters need actual abilities to be useful?"
"That's why they're taking young kids. Even normals have a bit of mana. Master body enhancement, and they can at least fill a slot as one decent fighter."
"Hold on—you want Rei doing that?"
Like telling her to die for Korea?
Rachel had that sudden worry, but Lee Yoo-jeong shook her head.
"It's not enrollment season anywhere else, so Hansung's middle school is the only option. They just opened recently."
"Hmm."
"They've got elite instructors, and if I say I'm Rei's sponsor, academy life will be smooth."
Hansung was backed by Cheonsan anyway. Anyone connected to Cheonsan wouldn't face hardships.
Unlike others, it was a true elite school with upright instructors.
Class A's special privileges came from external pressure and money. But now, with Cheonsan's terraforming business letting them exclusively sponsor Hansung, there was no need to bow to elites.
And with Cheonsan behind Rei, school life would be even easier.
"Alright, let's do that then."
"But... did you get Eun-ha's permission?"
What permission did she need from Eun-ha?
It was the same academy high school division, after all.
"Eun-ha would approve anyway."
"Magnyut might be the issue?"
Right. Magnyut was the issue.
Eun-ha's first child—who was now hers too—was flying around outside with Rei.
"The yellow dragon's head melted, so we gotta feed her."
After the yellow dragon's corpse fell into the West Sea, Songdo's monster folk had fished it out.
They trimmed the battle-damaged inedible parts, packaged the meat—half already in Rei's belly, the rest frozen.
Thawed just right now, so time to feed.
Stew it well and serve for lunch.
"So when's that bitch Eun-ha coming back?"
Thinking about it, she was beyond worried about her daughter, but that girl was too into the Russian to come back.
Last night, I seriously thought I was gonna die.
Hey, come back quicker next time!
We agreed, didn't we?
You said you'd come and go! Anyway, my word is law. Show your face now and then!
Yes ma'am.
With the clone there, I'm good for a while.
It's identical to me except no sex ability, so it'll sweet-talk Yohana just fine.
I just need to drop by occasionally to bang her.
Still, it was scary as hell. Her ears perked up, she glared, and smacked my back.
We agreed, though. Why hit me? Females are impossible to understand.
"Whew. Scary. Your mom's terrifying."
"Daddy's cool!"
"Yeah, well, my male form is pretty handsome."
I'm in male human form right now.
Simple reason: to transfer Rei into Hansung Academy's middle school.
Rachel said I should show up as dad, so I disguised myself as a man. Similar to my old salaryman look—Rei'll be the hot guy's daughter and thrive at school.
"Let's go. What's taking Rachel so long to get ready? Hm?"
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
Rachel, you seductive bitch! Dressed in that suit like it's for me?
That's begging for some tail dragon asphyxiation play, easy.
"Fuck, let's have sex once in that outfit."
"No, we're already late for Hansung Academy middle school."
"Tch."
Can't a husband give his wife what she wants? My tail's about to burst.
"Tch, don't be like that, Eun-ha. Academy's on break now—perfect chance. You wouldn't send her without dad, right?"
"Ah, yep."
Right. It's Rei's send-off—gotta go as parents.
Other schools' middle divisions already passed enrollment. New hunter academies allow immediate entry.
Perfect timing for the entrance ceremony.
Feels like Yoo-jeong planned this. Not bad, though. My daughter graduating from my old Hansung! Proud moment.
Hm? Where's Magnyut?
"What about Magnyut?"
"Magnyut... ate the yellow dragon head. She can't humanize yet, so maybe that'll do it?"
"Hm."
"Boiled it into a rich broth—super tasty."
That's like... a white guy boiling an Asian's head into head soup?
Horrifying just imagining.
"And?"
"Stomachache."
"Duh! Making her eat kin like that—gonna upset her stomach!"
Even I'd get sick from that.
I rushed to the roof and found Magnyut.
"Magnyut!"
"Mommy!"
"Oh! My poor Magnyut! What's this state?"
I frantically stroked Magnyut's head all over. Even sister(?) Rei was shocked and rubbed her face against Magnyut's claws.
"After that yellow dragon head soup, my body's burning up like crazy."
I consulted the Akashic Record about Magnyut's condition.
"Akashic Record. What's up?"
The yellow dragon head soup, slow-cooked to perfection, served as excellent nourishment for Magnyut.
However, Magnyut had an empty stomach for the long time the Master was away.
Sudden intake of heavy tonic food has caused acute gastritis, which should resolve in a few days.
Hm, good. No real problem then.
Once it heals, humanization should be possible later?
"Her stomach was shocked from centuries? Millennia? without food, but Akashic Record says she'll be fine."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Aaaah!"
Rachel started yanking my hair.
"That's not it, you bitch! What mom starves her kid that long?"
I had to endure Rachel's lecture for a while.
I never even raised kids as a salaryman—what do I know?
Tried to argue, but she looked ready to kill, so I shut up.
Told her to rest up, covered her with a huge cloth, and hurried to the academy.
Rei held my hand in one paw, Rachel's in the other—as a family, we walked toward the academy.
"Where'd Rei get the uniform, though?"
"Yoo-jeong handled it."
"Quick on the draw."
Gotta grind her later. Or male-form sex?