Aftermath and a Sister's Plea
…What the hell am I supposed to do about this?
Now that I'd had my fill of Yang Ji-hyeon, I suddenly had no idea how to clean up the wreckage left behind.
The Red Crescent members were all out cold, and Yang Ji-hyeon herself was unconscious. My sticky semen was still dripping from between her legs.
While I'd been enjoying myself, she'd thrashed her hips like a slave to pleasure—but the moment sage mode hit, every law of the universe started looking trivial.
My own movements included…
"Even if you can regress, leaving things in this state could cause problems down the line."
…No choice. I've got to clean this up.
Still stuck in sage mode, I reached out to wipe the semen dripping from Yang Ji-hyeon's sex—
Whoosh!
"Wh-what the—!?"
"Master, it's me."
"…Lena?"
I stared at her in surprise as Armonia explained the situation over the comm.
"Miss Lena volunteered to handle the cleanup, so I sent her."
She didn't have to go that far.
"Warp charges only twice a day regardless. And when it comes to cleaning a woman's body, I judged Miss Lena would handle it more skillfully."
I finished listening and turned to Lena with an apologetic look.
"Sorry. This has to be a pain."
"Not at all. Please rest for a moment—I will take care of everything."
Lena smiled softly and set to work. In barely ten minutes, every last trace had been cleaned away. She bowed deeply at the waist, smiling as she took her leave.
"Please take care of yourself, Master."
"Thanks~"
The moment I answered, Lena vanished. Armonia's voice came through the comm almost simultaneously.
"We didn't expend much Enel, so that isn't a concern—but please be careful. You will be unable to respond to any regression for the next twenty-four hours."
"Okay~"
Armonia had only authorized the warp because she figured there would be no problem so long as nothing forces an immediate regression.
As long as I kept an eye on Han Yeo-rum while the warp energy recharged, it shouldn't be a big deal.
I shook the still-unconscious Yang Ji-hyeon until she finally stirred. She showed no interest in getting up at first, but after a while she managed to open her eyes.
"Hey. Get up already."
"Hh… nngh? Hnh—!"
The second she came to, Yang Ji-hyeon crossed her arms over her chest and scrambled backward, scanning the situation. She checked her own body, then fixed her eyes on me.
"You passed out and ruined the whole mood."
"I… I'm sorry."
Yang Ji-hyeon let out a breath of relief when she realized her pants—which had been stripped off earlier—had been neatly put back on. I sighed and spoke to her.
"Hey. You owe me for this. Got it?"
"I'll keep that in mind…."
Even while staying wary, Yang Ji-hyeon continued addressing me with formal respect. Whether that was a guild officer's instinct or an artificial effect of the subjugation, I couldn't say—but it was a good reaction either way.
I started giving her instructions.
"We're changing tomorrow's plan."
"Please tell me what you need."
"We should enter the dungeon later than planned."
I laid out everything she needed to do the next day.
"As for the ones left in the village, handle them however you want. I'll deal with Han Bom myself."
"Understood."
"Oh—what items are you carrying right now?"
The question might have made me sound like a thug shaking someone down, but I asked on the off chance she had something useful.
Most of what she carried were status-ailment items and stat potions.
Her gear was limited to a spare weapon or two for emergencies. She also told me about all the recording and communication equipment she had
Among them, there were items that caught my interest.
"I also have a Pardon Ticket and Mana Contracts."
I was still wondering what those two even were when GayCockGuardian nearly lost his mind in the chat.
"What's that?"
On the surface, it didn't sound particularly useful.
Orange Summoner status didn't come with any real penalties, and depending on the situation it just faded after a few days—basically a minor status effect.
GayCockGuardian explained that if you used it strategically—commit a minor crime, then scrub the status to sow confusion—it became extremely valuable.
"Oho…."
Hearing it was expensive, I decided not to ask for it.
I figured it would be convenient to have, and since she was subjugated, I could take it whenever I wanted.
However, I didn't need it urgently right now, and starting off by bleeding her dry would leave a bad impression.
"Just give me a few Mana Contracts."
"Understood."
Yang Ji-hyeon handed me three Mana Contracts.
Apparently they were the same item used when I'd contracted with Han Yeo-rum last time.
GayCockGuardian explained that while they were valuable items, they weren't outrageously expensive like the Pardon Ticket.
I took the contracts and laid out the plan I'd cooked up.
"Tomorrow, you're going to…."
The next day, Min Ha-yeon and I headed out to the hunting grounds and started the hunt.
The difference from the previous loop was that Han Bom and Han Yeo-rum were with us this time.
Han Yeo-rum spent the entire hunt with curses rolling off his tongue.
"Fuck, why the hell am I stuck with this bastard…."
"Would you just shut up already…."
And it fell to Han Bom to fire right back at every insult.
The truth was, Han Yeo-rum had graduated from useless and settled comfortably into the role of active liability.
Every time Min Ha-yeon and I lined up a shot, he'd wander into the line of fire and screw up the hunt.
Han Bom came over to me and bowed at the waist in apology.
"I'm sorry…. My brother keeps getting in the way…."
"No, fuck! Why are you the one apologizing!?"
"You… just… shut up…."
One thing was crystal clear: Han Bom's attitude had completely changed.
The prickly, high-and-mighty girl from the previous loop was gone without a trace.
Even Han Yeo-rum had to be wondering what the hell had gotten into her.
While the two of them bickered back and forth, the trio of beauties appeared.
"Oh my? You were hunting out here?"
"Let us join you!"
"If there's room, maybe…."
Given the connection we already had, I couldn't exactly look them in the face and say no.
"Sure."
I agreed readily, then continued.
"We've already crossed paths, so growing together seems like a good idea. The problem is balance, though."
"Balance?"
"Honestly, Ha-yeon and I are more than enough on our own."
No—I was confident the two of us hunting alone would pull maximum efficiency.
One clean shot each from Min Ha-yeon and me, two arrows total, and every monster out here died on the spot.
The people here should still be stuck around level four or five, yet Min Ha-yeon's Archery was already level ten. Mine was fifteen. And since I could brew potions, we didn't even need a healer.
The only reason I was taking them in at all was the subjugation.
Park Seonhee — Subjugation Stage 1
Son Hyeeun — Subjugation Stage 1
Park Jinhee — Subjugation Stage 1
All three of them had the subjugation locked in cleanly.
Weird…. Is the subjugation influencing them enough that they sought me out on purpose?
"The probability is high."
Having just discovered another quirk of the subjugation, I spoke up.
"Alright—Ha-yeon, Miss Han Bom… and you. You three form a party. I'll party up with these three."
"…What?"
"Huh? Why?"
The ones projecting open resistance were Min Ha-yeon and Han Bom. I explained my reasoning.
"Growing together is what matters. I'll help these three, and Ha-yeon… you take that guy."
"Haa… I don't want to…."
She made no effort to hide how much she hated the idea. Han Yeo-rum, hanging his head with a look of pure humiliation at Min Ha-yeon's reaction, was just a bonus.
I thought it over, then pulled her aside away from the rest of the party.
"Then how about we switch, Ha-yeon? I'll take that guy."
"…Can't it just be the two of us?"
There were layers packed into what Min Ha-yeon was saying—selfishness, affection…. But that didn't mean I needed to abandon those women.
As long as the subjugation held, a single order from me would make them useful to Min Ha-yeon too.
I explained carefully, staying just short of rubbing her the wrong way. The conclusion we landed on was that I'd take Han Yeo-rum.
The reason….
"I feel like you're going to do something with those women."
"…."
Min Ha-yeon's instincts were razor-sharp and aimed straight at me. I really needed to write up that chastity wall sooner rather than later. This was getting scary….
And so began the heart-pounding adventure of me, Han Bom… and the single most pathetic regressor in history.
Han Bom watched Sung Su-ho and Han Yeo-rum hunt for a while, then muttered under her breath while staring at her brother.
"…This isn't going to work."
"What isn't?"
She didn't answer. Instead she walked over to Sung Su-ho.
"Um… Ajeossi, I'm going to talk with him for a bit."
"Go ahead."
"Hey. Come here a second."
"…? What? All of a sudden?"
Han Bom dragged Han Yeo-rum far enough from Sung Su-ho to speak freely.
"Hey… at this rate, you're not going to get anywhere."
"Okay, from the start—what the hell are you even—"
"With your current skill, how exactly do you plan to survive out here?"
"…."
Han Yeo-rum had regression. Points and items didn't carry over, but stats did. No matter how pathetic he acted now, his stats would keep stacking.
Meaning someday, he will get strong.
Someday….
The problem was that "someday" was absurdly, hopelessly far away. Some people bled and sweated for ten thousand points a day—while others casually pocketed millions from a single duel.
Truly effortlessly.
'Fuck, that should be me! Not some bastard like him!'
After this latest regression, Han Yeo-rum had tried to find situations where he could score a one-shot windfall the way Sung Su-ho did.
But a man who had never put in real effort in his life found even thinking that hard.
He still had his luck, sure—but the field monsters around here only dropped mediocre junk.
That bastard… what the hell even is he….
In that moment, Han Bom's face entered his field of vision.
Every time Han Yeo-rum looked at his sister, irritation surged up. Defiant, never listening, always nagging, always ready to kick him.
That stubborn little sister who had never known a man—
(Ajeossi… please be my first.)
"Fuck!!!"
"Stop swearing!"
"Grrrk—!"
Deep down, without even realizing it, Han Yeo-rum had trusted his sister.
He could at least understand why Min Ha-yeon had changed—the scrap of conscience he still had whispered that it was the price of all the cheating.
But Han Bom was different.
Even when she teamed up with Sung Su-ho, Han Yeo-rum hadn't complained.
The reason was his absolute certainty that she would never feel a speck of affection for Seong Su-ho.
Han Bom… why on earth would you!
Han Yeo-rum honestly didn't remember much of what happened after that.
He'd been so consumed with the need to stop whatever Han Bom was doing that he'd run out of the village, found a monster, and killed himself.
Faced with his silence, Han Bom sighed and started talking.
"You… you're genuinely in danger if you keep going like this."
"…."
"Honestly, even hunting alone out here is already too much for you. And this is just the beginning—it'll only get worse later."
Her words had weight.
More than weight—they overflowed with it.
It was only at this level because of the regression.
In the previous timeline, it sometimes took dozens of minutes to catch a single field monster.
But Seong Su-ho took only two shots.
Most monsters died after just two arrows; in fact, if he hit them well, he often killed them in a single blow.
Tens of minutes versus a few seconds. The gap was grotesque.
Even regressing won't fix this. Fuck, I have to keep taking humiliation from a bastard like that….
There was a limit to what regression could overcome.
This wasn't a short sprint where the finish line was visible.
It felt like running a marathon in pitch-black darkness, unable to see a single step ahead.
And on top of that, he had to be humiliated by Seong Su-ho every time he regressed?
He could still endure it for now. But even Han Yeo-rum couldn't swear he'd always be able to.
Han Bom looked at him and began to persuade.
"…Just swallow your pride for now. We have to survive here…."
"Fuck… don't make me laugh!"
"Then I'll be the one to swallow it."
"What are you talking about?"
Han Yeo-rum didn't understand. Leaving her dazed brother behind, Han Bom walked over to Sung Su-ho, bowed at the waist, and spoke.
"Um… Ajeossi. Please help my brother."