Chapter 150
Chapter 150
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 150
Chapter Title: How to Steal the Protagonist's Woman
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The warp ended, and the sight of a tiny village filled my vision. A rich scent of earth and grass wafted into my nostrils, filling me with a refreshing vigor.
"Being in Yggdrasil really makes the natural smells hit you all at once."
I was right in the middle of the village.
It was too small to really call a village, but a tall hotel stretching up in the center lent the place some real prestige.
The moment I glanced at the hotel and started heading that way...
Suddenly, someone from behind covered my eyes with their hands and tickled my ear with a bright, lively voice.
"Who is it?"
"...Who else!"
"Kyaa! Hmmp..."
Churp... Chuuup... Churp.
I spun around, pulled the girl into my lap, and showered her with kisses without restraint.
In broad daylight, with the sun high in the midday sky, we were putting on a public display of affection smack in the village center.
But even under my forceful kisses, the woman hugged me back, pressing her ample breasts boldly against my chest to tease me.
After a long kiss, I gently looked down at the woman in my arms.
"Haa... Haa... What the heck, all of a sudden! Hehe..."
Long, flowing brown hair. Clear black pupils that seemed almost transparent. A flawless, pure white face without a single blemish.
The woman gazing up at me with a beaming smile.
It was Min Ha-yeon.
Min Ha-yeon dragged me along to the hotel restaurant.
We'd only been apart for a mere twelve hours, but she clung to my arm like she had no intention of letting go.
Even sitting at the fancy table in the hotel restaurant, she stuck right to my side.
"Hungry? Let's eat quick. I skipped breakfast on purpose so I could eat with you."
"Weren't you hungry? You could've just eaten."
"...I didn't wanna eat alone."
I smiled at her, but a puzzled feeling crept in.
'Huh? What's this? She wasn't like this before.'
Was Min Ha-yeon always the type to flaunt her affection so openly?
I knew she got super passionate during sex when her lust ignited, but she wasn't the clingy, cutesy type.
Having immersed herself in the hyper-competitive world of archery, she was more tomboyish than girly—she wasn't one to act all coy like this.
Armonia, overhearing my doubts through our link, offered her own theory.
[Suho-nim, maybe it's because you satisfied her sexually so perfectly before you left.]
'Ah... Yeah, I went all out with my Hand Skill LV 555 at the end and made her climax so hard she passed out.'
Before leaving this place, I'd had sex with Min Ha-yeon and used my hand skills to give her an earth-shattering orgasm, knocking her out cold.
Armonia figured that was why she was treating me extra nice—for the first time in her life, she'd felt true satisfaction.
She stuck right to my side, neatly setting out spoons and chopsticks in front of me, fussing over every little thing.
With no NPCs in the village, food items popped out of inventories like magic.
As Min Ha-yeon and I ate and chatted, the conversation naturally shifted to Han Yeo-reum.
"Hahaha! You really said that?"
""Yep! I told him he should try being on the receiving end for once, and you should've seen him—he was wailing and clinging to me!"
Min Ha-yeon recounted how she'd run into Han Yeo-reum that morning after leaving the hotel.
She said that upon meeting Han Yeo-reum, she preached like some kind of sex evangelist, telling him how much she loved being raped by Seong Su-ho..
And the final blow was killer.
"I told Yeo-reum we should date but have sex with other people, and he ran off crying!"
"Puhahaha!"
I couldn't stop laughing at her story.
Min Ha-yeon was dead set on shattering Han Yeo-reum's spirit.
It was a mix of her love for me and all the pent-up resentment finally bursting out.
I moved past the Han Yeo-reum talk and brought up the next topic.
"Anyway, while we're here, let's grind hard for points."
"...Why? Can't we just stay like this?"
Min Ha-yeon gazed at me with a wistful look.
She probably wanted to make as many good memories as possible, since regression would wipe not just points but my memories too.
But good memories wouldn't protect her future.
Regression would reset points and items, for sure.
But there was one thing that carried over.
Her abilities.
We had to grind points like mad to max out her stats.
That way, even after regression, she could clear the beginner village without a hitch.
"Ha-yeon, it's for your abilities. I wanna stay with you forever too, but chances like this don't come around often."
"...Okay."
Min Ha-yeon pouted but understood.
After staring at me for a while, she flashed a cheeky grin.
"I'll get so strong you won't be able to say stuff like that later."
"Hahaha."
We finished eating, left the hotel, and headed to the hunting grounds.
At the hunting ground entrance, I muttered at the sight of Han Yeo-reum collapsed in a heap.
"...What do we do about him?"
"Haa..."
Min Ha-yeon's face screamed mortified embarrassment.
No wonder—she'd once dated that loser.
'Wow... this guy really has nothing going for him other than the regression.'
[But this is strange. Why is he lying there like that instead of being in the hotel...?]
Why sleep rough like a hobo when there's a comfy hotel?
"Ha-yeon, I'll go talk to him. Wait here a sec."
"No, let me go say something..."
Min Ha-yeon tried to step up, like she wanted to handle it herself and spare me the hassle.
But I stopped her and explained why I'd go instead.
"We need to direct all his resentment at me."
"..."
"The 'rape play' yesterday was part of it, but we can't let him build hate toward you. The teasing earlier was fine, but better safe than sorry."
"Haa... Fine."
Min Ha-yeon agreed and promised to keep her distance while I talked to Han Yeo-reum.
I approached him right away.
"Hey, what're you doing here?"
"..."
He turned at my voice, glanced at me, then ignored me and looked away.
"You a hobo by profession or what?"
"Grk..."
He reacted, so he wasn't deaf.
I grinned at him.
"Answer me. What're you doing here?"
"Th-the... fairy... restricted... lodging..."
Grinding his teeth, he explained why he was camped out on the street—reluctantly obeying my order.
Only after hearing his full story did it make sense.
Han Yeo-reum had mistaken our rape play for the real deal and summoned the fairy.
I knew that much.
But frustrated with no resolution, he'd hurled insults at the fairy, who slapped him with penalties: No use of lodging facilities, no use of points, no summoning of the Fairy..
He got bounced from the hotel, couldn't buy anything from shops.
Starving and exhausted from wandering, he'd collapsed here.
Min Ha-yeon's words had hit him hard too...
"Hey, you're lucky to be alive. Surviving after talking to a fairy like that is a miracle."
"Grk... Kk! Just kill me already, you!!!"
"Puhahaha!"
What was this, some knightly 'Kk! Kill me!' melodrama?
I burst out laughing for a long time at Han Yeo-reum's anger-filled formal speech.
It was awkward as hell, but that awkwardness made it hilarious.
Funny was funny, but spending days with that speech pattern sounded annoying.
'Gotta keep him rebellious for the fun to last, right?'
He was irritating, but popping his anger bubbles had its appeal.
"Hey, drop the polite talk. It's lame."
"Grk..."
I told him to cut the formalities and summoned the fairy.
She appeared with a bright smile and fluttering wings.
"What can I do for you?"
"Oh, just got a question..."
I asked about Han Yeo-reum's lodging issue.
I didn't want him catching a cold or dying out here—it'd be a pain for me.
If he suddenly died while I was in the middle of having sex with Min Ha-yeon, I would get so annoyed that I might actually kill the guy myself.
But the fairy's answer disappointed me.
"Sorry, I can't lift the lodging restriction arbitrarily now."
"Ah... It's fine. Can't be helped."
"...But! There is a way to stay in lodging."
"Huh? How?"
"If you and that lady over there permit it."
Lodging allowed group stays.
If Min Ha-yeon or I booked a room "with" Han Yeo-reum, he could use the hotel.
"Oh... Got it. Thanks for the tip."
I slipped the fairy 3,000 points.
Not the full 10,000 from before, but she looked satisfied.
"Call me if you need anything! Bye~"
She vanished after that.
I glanced at Han Yeo-reum—his hate-filled glare was trying to murder me with eyes alone.
I looked at him and said,
"Hey, for now..."
"...?"
Min Ha-yeon and I hunted like we were hellbent on wiping out every monster around.
Normally she'd shoot arrows while I brewed potions, but now we both loosed arrows, sweeping the mobs clean.
Min Ha-yeon gawked at my archery, then slumped her shoulders.
"Haa... Magic, alchemy, and now better archery than me... I feel so useless..."
"Nah, what're you talking about? It's not like that at all. I'm just shooting well with magic assist—it's not my real skill."
To dodge suspicion, I'd bullshitted Min Ha-yeon that my aim came from magic.
However, having seen me—who couldn't use a bow before—suddenly become proficient, Min Ha-yeon felt a loss of motivation more than suspicion.
Still, the suspicion lingered a bit.
As time passed, she started asking.
"Su-ho... if you're that good with a bow, why did you hide it all this time? I mean... why did you hide it before?"
"..."
People get uneasy about secrets.
Her devotion and love for me kept it at bay, but original Min Ha-yeon would've pegged me as shady ages ago.
I stayed silent a while, then spoke.
"Actually, I wanted to be with you. I was worried that if I said I was good at archery on the first day, it would only instill a sense of rivalry in you."
"..."
Min Ha-yeon stared blankly as I messaged Armonia.
'Total BS.'
[...]
I'd never even thought about archery.
But the lie seemed to clear her mind right up.
"Hehehe... Ah, seriously..."
Min Ha-yeon grinned ear-to-ear, glued herself to me, and whispered,
"Don't think about sleeping early tonight."
While Min Ha-yeon was clinging to me and whispering, Han Yeo-reum's cursing could be heard from a distance.
"Hey! Min Ha-yeon! Stop clinging to him! You're being fooled!!!"
"Haa..."
Min Ha-yeon sighed, her face twisting in annoyance.
Even scowling, a pretty girl stays pretty.
"Ha-yeon! That bastard called you a whore when you weren't around!!"
Han Yeo-reum.
He was currently a completely useless piece of trash in this hunt..
So why drag him along?
Back at the village entrance, I'd taken pity (or whatever) and brought him to the hotel penthouse.
(Wash up first, then stay here. ...But sleep on that sofa in the living room only.)
I let him use the penthouse.
Just one bathroom and one sofa.
No other facilities.
He panicked and sputtered.
(Wh-what?! Why're you being nice all of a sudden?!)
(...)
I ignored him, waited till he cleaned up, then dragged him to the hunting grounds with Min Ha-yeon.
Since the Han Yeo-reum I brought along was of no help at all, I kept him at a distance, far away from us.
In truth, I would have done that even if he were helpful.
Time to execute why I brought him.
I glanced at Han Yeo-reum whining to Min Ha-yeon from afar, then whispered in her ear.
"Ha-yeon... Can I ask another favor?"
She smoothed her frown and beamed at me.
"Huh? What?"
I paused, then murmured softly.
"I wanna do it here."
"...Huh? Eek!"
With that, I pulled Min Ha-yeon down and kneaded her firm ass.