Private Beach (1)
Park Jihun clicked his tongue at the endless stream of texts from Yang Siwu lighting up his phone and promptly turned the device off.
This exhibitionist pervert bitch... She just won't stop contacting me.
Ever since that day she followed him, stripped naked, and squirted all over the place, she'd been bombarding him with messages. She'd even waited for him in front of his apartment complex once. He'd threatened to report her to the Association, which finally made her back off, but the texts and calls never stopped. She kept begging to meet up and talk.
Even when he blocked her, she somehow got new numbers and kept spamming him from different contacts. At this point, it was borderline stalking.
"Why the hell would I meet up with you?"
Obviously, Park Jihun had zero intention of sitting down with Yang Siwu. It was obvious what she wanted. Either she'd try to recruit him to her guild, or she'd strip again, start squirting, and beg him to fuck her.
He had no reason to leave Another Guild, and as for sex... he wasn't exactly desperate for women. There were already plenty of girls around him who were far more attractive, kind, and beautiful than her.
...Well, all of them except one were monsters, but that was actually a huge plus in Jihun's book.
With his phone completely powered off, Jihun turned to his familiars and began discussing their future plans.
"Let's go on a trip."
"A trip?"
"Trip?"
That's right—a proper vacation!
"We tried to go to Gapyeong before but got dragged into that gate and everything fell apart. So this time, let's actually go on a real trip."
When Jihun glanced at Sira, she immediately looked away and started whistling innocently.
"A trip, huh? Sounds good."
"You mean going somewhere else to have fun, right?"
"Kyaang! Having fun! Kar loves it!"
The concept of travel was still somewhat foreign to his familiars. They'd heard a basic explanation back when they planned the Gapyeong trip, so they at least understood what it involved. However, the first trip they'd ever taken after becoming his familiars had ended with them getting sucked into a special gate, so their impression of vacations wasn't exactly positive.
"A trip..."
"What if something weird happens again?"
"Haa, does that mean we'll get tormented by succubi in another gate?"
"Hey... you get tormented by succubi every single day in the sub-space, remember?"
One weird comment slipped in, but overall, the group seemed heavily against the idea.
"Come on, something like that is super unlikely. It's way rarer than getting struck by lightning while walking down the street."
When the negative reactions continued, Shin Jiyeon shook her head and stepped in.
"Traveling is wonderful. You'll get to see sights you've never seen before, eat delicious foods you've never tried, and experience all sorts of new things!"
Then she leaned in with a sly, perverted grin and whispered, "Plus, they say sex at a vacation spot tastes especially amazing..."
It seemed that was her real objective all along.
"...Ahem."
"Kar likes anything!"
"Oho, vacation sex, you say."
"The beach! The beach is best! Beach sex! Sex on the beach!"
Where the hell did she learn that phrase? Sira started jumping around excitedly while chanting "Sex on the beach!" at the top of her lungs.
"...Anyway. Traveling is good. Once you actually go, your opinion will change."
Jihun wrapped up the discussion, and the conversation seemed to be flowing toward agreement.
"So where are we going?"
At Shin Jiyeon's question, Sira immediately answered.
"Sex on the beach!"
"...The seaside does sound nice. But somewhere crowded is out. It'll be too annoying."
Jihun shuddered, imagining hordes of people recognizing them and ruining any chance of actually enjoying the trip.
"Then how about an overseas hotel with a private beach where people won't swarm us?"
"Private beach?"
Everyone turned to look at Shin Jiyeon after her suggestion.
"Yes. A tourism company sent us a sponsorship offer under your name before, Sunbae. They said if you wanted, they could let us have an entire Southeast Asian resort all to ourselves for a few days."
"Whoa, seriously? They sponsor stuff like that?"
"Yep. It's a really big company, so they said three or four days during the off-season wouldn't be a problem."
Just how massive was this company that they could offer up an entire resort with a private beach? Even in Southeast Asia where prices were lower, it was still shocking. Jihun himself was surprised by the level of sponsorships coming his way.
It was probably the effect of his growth abilities being revealed to the world. His name had become known globally, which naturally made him a much bigger advertising figure. On top of that, there were offers for foreign cars and all sorts of luxury brands. These days, companies and even individuals were sending him gifts unsolicited.
To be honest, there were so many he couldn't even use them all.
"So, what do you think?"
Shin Jiyeon asked for his opinion, but the answer was already obvious.
"Fucking perfect."
A few days in a completely private space with no one around to play with his familiars? That was the definition of a real vacation. There was no reason to refuse.
"Then I'll contact them."
"Yeah, thanks."
While Shin Jiyeon called the sponsoring company, Jihun imagined his familiars running around the beach in swimsuits.
"Mm, very nice."
Since it was private, he could just send the hotel staff away and let everyone run around naked if he wanted. But still—it was a beach. And when you thought of the beach, you thought of swimsuits! Bikinis!
Mm, there's a different kind of fantasy compared to being completely nude.
A nude beach was fine, but the real appeal was watching women casually running around in what was basically underwear. Plus, with a bikini, he could just pull the fabric slightly aside to expose their most intimate parts and fuck them right there. That alone gave it massive points.
"How delightfully lewd."
Jihun nodded to himself. He was incredibly excited about this vacation.
The warm Southeast Asian region was either in the dead of winter or the height of summer during peak season, which made spring months like April the off-season. Of course, since it was a tourist country, the off-season didn't mean zero visitors. Still, if you looked hard enough, you could find hotels with no guests at all for two or three days.
"There's a resort in Vietnam with a completely empty three-day window next week. They said they can book it for us then?"
"Oh... that's faster than I expected."
"Yes. Apparently gates have been appearing frequently in Vietnam lately, so the number of tourists has dropped sharply."
Jihun had assumed they'd have to wait at least a month no matter how quickly things moved, but the schedule was set much sooner than anticipated. It was already off-season, and the recent surge of gates in Vietnam seemed to be playing a big part in reducing tourist numbers.
Most of Vietnam's powerful hunters had been scouted away to other countries, leaving the nation critically short on hunter manpower. As a result, they had no choice but to entrust most gate subjugation to foreign hunter guilds. Naturally, this process was slower than using their own hunters, which led to more frequent gate overload incidents compared to other nations.
This wasn't unique to Vietnam—it was common in developing countries and poor nations that lacked funds. The International Hunter Association did its best to resolve gates before they could overload, and since the Association began taking active measures, the number of overloads had decreased to about five or six per year. Even so, that was still quite high compared to other countries.
Recently, however, an abnormal phenomenon had caused gates to appear far more frequently in Vietnam than usual. Naturally, this also led to an increase in gate overload accidents.
"Hmm... Well, it should be fine. As long as it's not an A-rank overload nearby, we can handle it."
After all, they weren't ordinary people—they were hunters and familiars. And quite high-powered ones at that. There wasn't much to worry about.
A-ranks only appear once or twice a week in Korea if we're lucky. There's no way an A-rank overload would happen there, right?
Even considering Vietnam's larger landmass, the frequency of A-rank gates would be similar or only slightly higher. Besides, an A-rank or higher gate would cause massive damage if it overloaded, so the International Association would respond quickly.
If anything, fewer tourists might actually work in our favor.
With that thought, Jihun clapped his hands together.
"Then it's decided!"
The vacation plan was finalized.
"We should start preparing right away. Next week means we need to get passports first... and swimsuits! We need to go buy swimsuits!"
His eyes sparkled. He was excited at the thought of picking out swimsuits for Shin Jiyeon and his familiars.
"No need to buy any. One of the clothing brands that sponsors us does swimsuits too!"
"...Oh, right."
Hearing that, Jihun thought, So this is what they mean when they say famous celebrities and hunters don't spend their own money.
Still, Jihun wanted to see the swimsuits in person and watch the girls try them on. He took his familiars to a swimsuit store. Of course, he'd called ahead to rent out the entire shop, so there were no customers inside—only staff.
"Whoa, swimsuits everywhere."
Men's trunks, competitive swimsuits, rash guards, one-piece swimsuits, bikinis—the store was packed with every type imaginable. Jihun looked around with genuine fascination.
"This is my first time buying a swimsuit."
Before becoming a hunter, he'd never had the time or money to go swimming, so this was his first time shopping for swimwear.
"Wow... it's so interesting."
"Kyaang, this feels weird."
Briana and Kar looked around curiously as well.
"Isn't this just human underwear? You're telling me people wear this to swim...?"
Serina stared at the swimsuits with an expression of pure disbelief.
"Hmm, what should I get..."
"Jiyeon, how about this one? It looks like it'd suit your big breasts perfectly."
Ever since their double paizuri session, Shin Jiyeon and Sira seemed to have bonded over their massive chests and had become quite close. However, what Sira was holding up to her was...
"A m-micro bikini?!"
It was barely more than a few thin strips of fabric that only just covered the absolute minimum required areas on both top and bottom. Jihun hadn't expected to see something like that being sold in a regular offline store. Weren't those just for cosplay events or something?
As he stared blankly at it, he suddenly caught himself.
Ah, no—this isn't the time for that!
He shook his head to clear his thoughts. Why had he gone through the trouble of coming to a physical store instead of just ordering online?
"Alright then... let's try them on. We should do some fitting, right?"
The real reason was to watch the girls—monster girls who normally wouldn't wear swimsuits—parade around in them. To enjoy the surreal sight of female monsters living out an everyday human activity!
Unrealistic daily life within the everyday? Double the gap moe!
It was a completely incomprehensible mindset, but Park Jihun desperately wanted to experience it.