Chapter 86
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 86
Chapter Title: Karen's Circumstances
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"The factory manager of the soy sauce factory is the soy factory manager."
"Very good. Trainee Geum Taeyang. You're improving more and more each day... yes."
Geum Taeyang, who had now advanced to the next stage after mastering basic abdominal breathing, was receiving diction training.
Watching him, Karen unconsciously broke into a smile.
If anyone close to her saw it, they would be shocked. For Karen, whose emotions were dulled by frigidity, to smile like that...
"O-Okay, let's stop here for now! Everyone, take a break!"
The instructor Lulu could no longer hold back, her legs trembling as she called for a break.
A drop of unidentified liquid fell between her standing legs, but no one paid it any mind.
It was something that happened every time she taught Geum Taeyang over the past few days.
"Taeyang! Hehe! Want to hear my song?"
Seherian was no different.
Having bonded with him as fellow trainees, she had become close enough to act like friends with Geum Taeyang, freely showing her quirky side.
"I! Only love~~ you~ With all~ of me~"
Seherian sang in a beautiful voice, seducing Geum Taeyang like a siren.
"Whoa..."
Listening to Seherian's song, Geum Taeyang applauded in admiration.
"You sing really well. As expected of someone personally scouted by President May."
"Ehehe... What? Taeyang, you'd have women fainting just from stepping on stage."
"Hmm... Not quite that much, right?"
"You always undervalue yourself, Taeyang!"
Seherian chatted brightly with Geum Taeyang.
Kyung kyung♡
Pregnancy♡ Pregnancy♡
Of course, Seherian's womb craved pregnancy more and more with every word exchanged with Geum Taeyang, releasing eggs like a shattered bottle spilling its contents.
Though she desperately wanted to pounce on him right then, Seherian shook her head.
'I'm a 'male cosplay woman.''
She had been scouted by May, but Seherian had entered the entertainment industry primarily because she was broke.
What woman, unless desperate for money, would dress as a man if she weren't a lesbian?
That's why Seherian held herself back from getting any closer to Geum Taeyang.
She was just grateful for the attention he gave her.
'I'm jealous.'
Unaware of Seherian's inner turmoil, Karen simply felt envious.
She could never converse that casually with him.
Her frigidity had been such a massive flaw that she'd been bullied by classmates during school.
Geum Taeyang had said it was fine for a woman like her to be his manager, but...
He'd surely hate it if they got too close.
"Alright, time to get back to practice?"
As Karen and Seherian each stewed in their own worries,
Lulu returned from the bathroom looking refreshed and resumed the vocal training.
*
In an ordinary six-bed hospital room, Karen sat on the guardian's chair, peeling an apple.
"So, Manager Geum Taeyang seems like an amazing person."
"Really? From what you say, he sounds wonderful."
"Yeah... So Mom, stop worrying about me now."
"Yes... You should. I'm so relieved. Truly."
Karen's mother, Kaya, lay in her patient gown on the bed, accepting the apple slices her daughter offered.
At just over 40 years old, Kaya was dying.
Her illness was the same as her daughter's: frigidity.
Mana—also called magic power or spiritual energy—was practically a blessing for women.
Once adulthood hit, it halted aging and extended lifespan the more it accumulated.
That was the power universally known as mana.
But frigidity was the disease that prevented one from feeling that mana or sexual pleasure.
Unable to sense mana, they couldn't raise their realms to extend their lives.
All living beings had innate mana that kept them youthful until death, but...
That was it.
They died between 40 and 50 anyway—what good was staying young?
Treatment required men's semen.
Extracting one's own eggs for an incubator and fertilizing them to make a baby was free, but treatment was different.
It cost an astronomical sum.
Treatment semen currently went for 10 billion.
Originally 20 billion, but the price had dropped recently with Baekun Nation's massive import.
Even so, Karen and her mother could never afford it.
So Kaya said,
"My girl... If he's such a good man, try harder with him. Stop wasting money on my hospital bills to save me. Okay?"
Stroking her daughter's cheek, Kaya spoke in hopes her frigidity would heal.
She accepted her own doomed lifespan, but as a mother, she didn't want the same for her daughter.
Instead of spending on her, if Karen gifted the man something, he might pity her and give semen.
"Pfft! As if a man would give semen to a frigid girl?"
A laugh came from another patient nearby, mocking her mother's wish.
"Like any man would pity the likes of us!!"
The laughing patient exploded in anger, shouting. She had frigidity too.
"Hey! Don't you know a woman's highest value is serving men?!"
A visiting guardian from another bed yelled back, unable to tolerate it.
How dare they insult men?
This was exactly why frigid women were hopeless.
Unable to feel lust, they ignored men.
Ignoring men meant no semen from them.
Men wouldn't care about frigid women anyway.
Of course, such defective products insulting men made any normal woman furious.
"Ha! Then have you even had sex, despite not being frigid?"
"What did you say? I've been saving up stocks and crypto every day for men!"
"Hmph! My sister's dying, and you're hoarding for men?!"
"Wanna die for real?"
"Kill me! My life's almost over anyway—better to go quick!!"
Frigidity made them far weaker than other women since they couldn't sense mana.
They could beat ordinary men as women, but not other women.
They usually kept quiet.
But when death loomed like now, they'd speak their minds.
"Everyone, calm down! What is this in a hospital?!"
The fight between the frigid patient and guardian ended with nurses arriving after a report.
"Daughter... Stop worrying about me. Live your life. I was happy thanks to you."
"No, Mom. I'll save you for sure. We'll travel together. Okay?"
Kaya looked at her daughter with pity.
It pained her to see such a kind, smart girl ruin her life for her sake.
"Yes... Let's do that."
Unable to ignore her daughter's heart, Kaya nodded, knowing no miracle would come.
*
Shwaaaah-!!
Under the pouring water, Karen cleared her tangled thoughts.
Her mother growing frailer by the day.
Geum Taeyang, who said even a defective product like her was fine as manager.
Did she have to prioritize one over the other?
Should she abandon the mother who raised her while cleaning, and shower Geum Taeyang with gifts to cure her own frigidity somehow?
"I don't know."
Because of her frigidity, Karen thought she felt nothing for Geum Taeyang.
Would gifting someone she didn't truly like make her feel better?
She wondered.
Thinking of Geum Taeyang brought no emotions or thoughts.
The only time she felt anything was in enclosed spaces like the vocal training room with him.
Her heart racing, a slight heat in her lower belly.
Frigid Karen didn't know what it meant.
"Huh...?"
As she stood under the flowing water to lather soap, Karen realized something was wrong with her body.
Her nipples erect and hard, her clitoris throbbing prominently.
"Why is this...?"
Karen felt terror at the changes in her body.
Was it some disease?
If a big illness kept her from working, she couldn't pay Mom's bills...
She worried more about her mother than herself.
"Eek...? What's this sensation... Tingling all over..."
Wondering if something was wrong, Karen touched her nipples and clit.
The jolt of electricity surging through her made her yank her hand away in shock.
Unaware it was pleasure, Karen simply trembled in fear.
