Chapter 320
Chapter 320
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 320
Chapter Title: Siwoo; Romance Manipulation Squad (5)
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No, this bastard... isn't this even worse than the real-life Siwoo?
Because Siwoo would go berserk at the slightest touch, I couldn't see any path to clearing this at all. Was it even possible to complete the mission? I'd thought the goddess's request would be simple... but now it looked like the highest difficulty yet.
Maintain Siwoo's mental state while NTR-ing Sophia?
Damn. I could kind of guess why those two had made a soul contract in their previous lives. It had to be previous-life Sophia taking out insurance against Siwoo's mentality exploding every damn day. So, for a clear this time too, we'd probably need some kind of insurance...
Ah, whatever. If I just kept trying over and over, maybe it'd work once? Annoyed by the fact that I had to do something for Siwoo's sake, I half-gave up and pulled Sophia into my arms.
"Ugh... this is so frustrating! Is that idiot really supposed to be the hero? He's the absolute worst! We're not even dating, but he keeps acting betrayed and sniffling—it's so gross!"
"Sopi..."
"What!"
"No, it's just... even your angry face is too cute..."
"...Hmph, really? You like me that much, oppa?"
"Yeah. I thought I had a thing for bob cuts, but turns out it's just you."
"Idiot... saying stuff like that gets me excited again... Ah, you locked the door, right?"
After more than ten regressions, we'd mastered Siwoo's sleep patterns. We finally overlapped our bodies after a long time—it was to relieve the stress from dealing with him. Well, actually, that was just an excuse; we simply wanted each other... but whatever, the reason doesn't matter.
"Today too, ungh... oppa took my virginity again? Hehe..."
In this loop where the future was nowhere in sight, having Sophia by my side was truly a massive stroke of luck.
"Oppa, how about we tweak our strategy a bit?"
"How so?"
"Make Siwoo hate me! You know, the 'dumped without even confessing' operation! What do you think? Wouldn't that stop him from freaking out?"
Wisdom from post-nut clarity? Worth the all-nighter of sex. I'd gotten an unexpected idea, even if I hadn't aimed for it. So... make Siwoo back off first, right? Running simulations in my head, this actually seemed pretty viable.
No matter how much of a masochist Siwoo was, he wouldn't mentally implode just because he was disappointed in Sophia herself. I stroked her head in approval, and we hashed out the details together.
"Uh... Rachel? Ahem, your outfit... changed?"
"Yeah. As you know, Siwoo, the nun robes were a bit uncomfortable. So I switched to something easier to move in. How's it look? Does it suit me?"
"It suits you perfectly... but, uh, the exposure is a bit..."
"Oh, my legs? Come on, it's not that bad. The other adventurers show this much too. It's not like I'm wearing it to flaunt, so why worry?"
"W-well, sure, but ahem... why the top too..."
"This? My chest is big, so it gets sweaty... Switched to something breathable. They call this an underbust, right? It's fine, isn't it?"
Our first plan: have Sophia act like a slutty woman...
But it hit me harder than Siwoo. I'd trusted her word that I was the only one, and this was too much! The exposure wasn't dangerously high... but I didn't want to show Sophia's tantalizing figure to others—especially Siwoo.
"You, come here right now."
"Kyaa! D-Dirk?!"
I forgot the plan entirely and dragged Sophia up to her room.
"Hmph, oppa's jealous? First time seeing you like this... hehe, so cute."
"You... change out of that right now. Where'd you even get this?"
"Hehe... I secretly got it to show you. I was curious about your reaction, so I wore it for the plan... success! So this is what being dominated feels like? Hmph, not bad."
"Sopi... did you bring this up from the start just for this?"
"Not exactly... bonus round? Hehe, enough talk—want oppa to take it off for me? Actually, having you undress me was part of the plan too..."
-Clunk
"Rachel?! Dirk?! What the—huh? Why are you two hugging..."
"Ah, oppa, seriously! You should've locked the door!"
"O-oppa? What the hell... grrr, grraaaaaah!"
Sigh, back to square one. Our first plan bombed again in every way, so we scrapped it and moved to plan two.
"Hmm, uh... Rachel? I didn't want to say this, but... you've changed a bit, haven't you? Uh... you don't seem like the old you anymore."
"Me?"
"The old you always gave your all and trained every day without fail... Lately, you're like... wandering aimlessly? It feels like you've forgotten the goddess's mission... I hope I'm wrong. Haha..."
"Well, not wrong. Who cares about some mission? I'm just gonna live half-assed."
Plan two: Sophia pretends to slack off. Siwoo was already smitten... but keep showing him her lazy side, and wouldn't he give up? It was a solid plan, targeting his training fanatic mindset.
It even showed results—a week had passed already. If things kept going like this, success seemed possible. I held my breath, quietly spying on their conversation.
"Rachel, you... you're okay with this world ending?"
"So what if it does? It's not like I'll die alone. Honestly, more training here won't let us beat the Demon King anyway... Wanna all just die together? Yeah, sounds good. Forget the mission and enjoy the now."
"You... ugh, this isn't you... Is it because of me? Am I too weak... and it broke your resolve? Urrrgh... grraaaaaah!"
But sadly... Siwoo exceeded our imaginations.
Self-destructing over this? The plan was for him to lose faith in Sophia and resolve to take on the Demon King solo—but our Siwoo was too fragile for that. Looking at him now, beating the Demon King in his previous life was a miracle.
How much of a saintess was previous-life Sophia, really?
We paid brief tribute to her efforts, then committed to a brand-new plan: prick Siwoo's pride. What kind of hero worries about romance? Aren't you gonna beat the Demon King? Beat the porter in a spar, and he'll focus on training—we plotted diligently.
"Raaaaagh! Again, let's go again!"
-Boom, crash
"I can't lose! Once more!"
-Thwack, smack
"Grraaagh, again! I haven't lost yet!"
-Thud thud smack, thwack
"Gack... grraaaaaah!"
But ridiculously, Siwoo wouldn't even accept that. Fuck... this is the hero? If he lost, reflect and train—why's he rampaging solo? Now we had to start over! We'd underestimated him and got smacked hard.
"Oppa... what now? Are we trapped here forever?"
"Haa, yeah..."
"Ugh, I'm pissed! It's frustrating—can't we just have fun?"
"Huh? Have fun?"
"Yeah! No answers in sight anyway... Let's just tease Siwoo and enjoy ourselves! It'll relieve stress, and maybe spark a solution? Otherwise, we'll explode too!"
"That... actually sounds good?"
Worn out by repeated failures, I fell for Sophia's temptation.
Yeah, at this point, a break wouldn't hurt. Time to practice 'two steps back for one forward.' Huh? Something wrong? Whatever. The point is, we needed rest.
Thoroughly sick of Siwoo, we trial-and-errored our way into an even more devious plan.
"Huh? Rachel, you okay?"
"Unh, just... dizzy for a sec."
"Got it. Rest here today then?"
"Yeah, sounds good. It's getting dark anyway—let's call it."
"Sure, Dirk. I'll scout ahead—take care of Rachel."
"Got it. Just trust me."
-Step step
"Hng... he gone?"
"Yeah. Let's see... off to C-point, so 28 minutes till he returns."
"28's too short... Eh, whatever. Caught, caught. Now, oppa—stop recording and fuck me already."
"What, already soaked?"
"All your fault! That squelching noise scared me so much last time? Thought we'd get caught again!"
"Psh, I won't get caught ten times in a row like you. Got the hang of it now. Probably won't even notice if I grope from behind."
"Hng... really? Pfft, we're hilarious. More eager than before. What if we make it to the Demon King raid without getting caught?"
"Oho, yeah... fucking right in front of Siwoo before the raid could be fun?"
"Ahahaha! That's a great idea!"
The operation was codenamed 'Became the Hero Party's Porter'.