You Have Such a Pretty Neck
“He saw everything….”
I couldn’t see his face, but that thing was unquestionably built like a man.
I had never shown my naked body to anyone before. Not a single soul.
And yet my first time had been stolen from me—and by that vile, criminal bastard, no less.
“I should have just ignored it…!”
It was all because that damn voice kept blaring relentlessly inside my skull! Screaming that it had located the Demon King’s stronghold, insisting that I had to go this very second…. And what did I get for following its orders? This pathetic, humiliating mess!
“I thought… I really thought that being a magical girl meant I could just wipe out something like a Demon King in one shot….”
I believed that once I slaughtered that monster, I’d be able to slip right back into my ordinary life.
“Take it back! It’s the absolute worst. All of it…!”
“Let me hear you scream—!”
In the original story, Yu Sera’s journey began as an obscure member of an idol group housed under a struggling, mid-tier entertainment agency.
While she eventually skyrocketed to superstardom through her exploits as a magical girl, that heroic fame was merely an indirect catalyst. Due to an author-convenient setting, the public was incapable of recognizing her as a magical girl even when looking directly at her identical face.
Where, then, did her explosive popularity truly stem from?
The turning point that transformed her into the undisputed top idol of South Korea was that she had finally come to understand the raw power of carnal lust.
Squish, squelch, squelch!
“Augh…! Ah, aah…❤︎”
In the canon plot, she was first violated by low-ranking demonic minions, stripped of her virginity in the dirt.
Through that brutal violation, her body was forcibly imprinted with an agonizingly sweet orgasm she desperately refused to acknowledge.
“You can… do whatever you want with me….”
From that moment on, she took the initiative herself, offering her flesh to human men through outdoor exhibitionism and private social media accounts.
Both mentally and physically, she evolved into a genuine female animal—a bitch finely tuned to enslave the desires of the opposite sex.
Yet my transmigration had cleanly severed the catalyst for that delightful future before it could even begin.
“Which means I’ll just have to lend a helping hand.”
“What are you muttering to yourself about…? Hey, sir! I told you, nobody passes this point without a visitor’s badge. You look decent enough on the outside—what, are you some kind of stalker fan?”
At the entrance of Yu Sera’s agency, a young security guard barred my path, letting out a sharp, exasperated sigh.
“I thought you might be a newly signed trainee at first, but that’s clearly not the case. Good grief. Either way, rules are rules. Turn around and go back.”
Even though I wore a vessel crafted to appear exquisitely attractive to men and women alike, it seemed a handsome mask alone wasn’t enough to bypass stubborn bureaucracy.
I briefly entertained the thought of corrupting the man’s mind to make him madly infatuated with me, but decided against the unnecessary spectacle.
“Still, I would really like to go inside.”
“Ah… yes, of course. Here is your guest keycard, sir. Have a wonderful day.”
A whisper of light hypnosis was more than enough to dismantle the security.
Beep.
As if a navigational cheat had been toggled on, a luminous trail materialized before my eyes, marking the path directly to Yu Sera.
Following that radiant thread down into the basement, I arrived outside a dance practice room.
“Have you completely lost your mind?!”
Beyond the glass doors, a woman’s sharp, shrill screech echoed through the hallway.
Creak.
“This isn’t just about sneaking out of the dorm! Do you think this place is a playground?! Skipping scheduled broadcast appearances whenever you feel like it?! Are you insane?!”
Yu Sera stood with her head hanging low, biting her lip to swallow back her tears. In front of her, stabbing an accusatory finger into the air, stood a woman in her mid-thirties—the agency’s Team Leader.
No doubt Sera was paying the price for her reckless attempt to hunt me down yesterday.
“You are a contracted artist of this company! An employee! Your job isn’t just smiling pretty, singing, and dancing—you work for the firm’s profit… Wait. Who are you?”
Belatedly registering my presence, the Team Leader cut her tirade short and spun around.
Her initial look of irritation gave way to widened pupils. A faint flush crept over her cheeks as her eyes greedily traced my frame from head to toe, before locking helplessly onto my face.
“So hand—I mean, who…?”
“Haha, you’re joking, right? I’m the dedicated manager for ENIS, Team Leader! We’ve been working side by side for two years now.”
“Ah, ah…! Goodness, my head has been in the clouds lately. I’m so sorry, sweetie.”
Rewriting the memories of a fragile human mind was an effortless parlor trick that barely required conscious thought.
“Wait, what was your name again… No, never mind that! Yu Sera! Because of the mess you made, the staff had to run around lying through their teeth, claiming you were sick! We had to push out emergency press releases! And we had to forfeit the entire performance fee for the event the other girls carried without you! Are you going to pay for those losses out of your own pocket?! You’re drowning in trainee debt as it is!”
“I was… trying to save the world!”
Unable to bear the injustice any longer, Yu Sera finally burst out with a desperate retort.
“What did you say…? The world…? You’ve really lost your marbles—”
“You don’t know anything! That monster didn’t show up because I did something about it!”
At this rate, she was on the verge of blurting out her secret identity—a cardinal sin in the magical girl trade.
“Hey! You insolent little—”
“Team Leader, please stop. That’s enough.”
I placed a gentle hand upon the shoulder of the woman who looked ready to deliver a stinging slap.
“No, but this girl keeps spouting nonse—”
The moment my skin met hers, her cheeks flushed a deeper shade of crimson, and she instantly composed herself.
“I’m sure Sera understands the gravity of the situation by now. Isn’t that right?”
“……”
“Look at her! Such a hand—ahem, an adult is speaking to you and you don’t even have the manners to answer!”
“I’ll take care of the rest from here. Leave it to me, please.”
“…… W-Well, all right…. If you insist, handsome…. Yu Sera! You listen carefully to what your manager tells you! Honestly, kids these days….”
Click.
The noisy nuisance finally vacated the room, leaving behind heavy silence.
“Sob……… Hic…!”
The dam broke, and Yu Sera collapsed onto the cold wooden floor, weeping openly.
“I was really… just trying to save everyone… uugh…!”
A few minutes passed as I stood silently by, waiting for the frantic sniffling to gradually subside.
Only when her breathing slowed did I lower myself beside her, quietly waiting for her to speak first.
“Manager… you think I’m crazy too, don’t you…?”
True to form, she took the bait and opened the conversation herself.
“Not at all.”
“…Liar.”
“As an employee of this company, I do think your actions were irresponsible. But I also believe you must have had your own reasons for doing what you did.”
“…… That’s a lie too.”
Despite her sulky tone, her guarded demeanor had softened noticeably. Her knee-jerk denial was nothing more than a fragile shield.
“I’m not lying. Tell me, Sera, do you believe one human being can ever truly understand another?”
“…… Why are you asking such a hard question all of a sudden?”
“The answer is no. Understanding is not a matter of willpower. One person can never completely understand another.”
Her gaze, which had been glued to the floorboards, slowly drifted up to meet my eyes.
“That’s why I simply tell myself you had reasons beyond my comprehension. But as your manager—and as an outsider—I can’t pretend to truly understand them.”
“…So? What’s your point?”
“My point is that you should give up on trying to make others understand you. Before you think, ‘If they only knew why I did it, they’d understand,’ remember that the premise itself—the ‘why’—is something no one else can ever truly grasp.”
I shifted my posture, leaning in slightly at an angle that felt intimate without being overbearing.
“So what is it that you need to do? Regardless of your reasons, apologize for slipping out of the dorm, reflect on your mistake, and promise it won’t happen again. It just means enduring a few days of nagging. If the agency truly considered this an unforgivable offense, they wouldn't have let you off this easily. It means all you have to do is perform well from now on.”
“…Hmph. Easy for you to say.”
A soft, airy chuckle slipped past her lips.
Without realizing it, she had fully turned her body toward me.
“Hold on, you have something on you.”
Seizing the moment, I naturally rested my hand against the soft contour of her jaw.
My thumb brushed delicately across her skin before trailing down the graceful curve of her throat.
“Wh-What is it…?”
“Just a stray hair.”
Her wide, trembling eyes fluttered in surprise.
“You have such a pretty neck, Sera.”
“Y-Yes…?”
Confirming the furious crimson blush that instantly bloomed across her cheeks, I withdrew my hand with deliberate restraint.
“I have another meeting scheduled. Head home early and get some proper rest. You have a busy schedule tomorrow, after all.”
“Y-Yes…. Thank you, Manager….”
Wearing the immaculate, gentle smile of a caring human mentor, I turned and walked out of the practice room.
Click.
“Ha… repulsive. A future cock-sleeve destined to become nothing more than a ruined rag. Waiting for the fruit to ripen is truly a tedious chore.”
“Excuse me…? What did you just say… Who are you…?”
An unfortunate staff member crossing paths with me in the corridor froze in place. Had my plans hit a snag, I would have snapped his neck on the spot, but things were proceeding smoothly enough.
“Oh, hello there! I’m the dedicated manager for ENIS. Did you hear me say something? That couldn't be right.”
“Ah…! Right. Of course. I didn't hear a thing. I must be losing my mind from overwork….”
Satisfied that he would stick to his role as background scenery, I let the extra scurry off unharmed.
Ending the day on such a mundane note felt dreadfully boring.
“Perhaps it’s time to quicken the pace.”
“Is my neck… really that pretty?”
It was a part of my body I had never paid attention to. Honestly, I had plenty of other features that were far more attractive.
“…Why did he have to be so damn handsome, anyway?”
We had spent nearly every day together over the past two years, so why was I only noticing it now?
Was it just my imagination? Was I feeling this way simply because he sat beside me and offered comfort when I needed it most?
No.
Even taking that into account, he was undeniably, ridiculously gorgeous.
SCREEECH!
“Ngh…!”
Without warning, an agonizing alarm blared directly inside my head.
Location: 9862-64 Samseong-dong
Demon Incursion Detected. Demon Incursion Detected.
“What is it this time…?! After dragging me through hell yesterday…!”
I wanted to ignore it. I wanted to turn my back on it completely. Who knew what kind of sick humiliation awaited me this time…!
My brain screamed at me to stay put, yet—
Fwoosh!
Defying my conscious will, my legs kicked violently off the floor.
“Being a magical girl is so damn annoying…!”
I bolted up the emergency stairwell and burst through the ground-floor exit. My oversized T-shirt and sweatpants dissolved seamlessly into the ornate magical girl uniform, and the moment I shut and reopened my eyes, a blazing trail of light guided my path toward the battlefield.
There was no need to worry about public eyes.
At the velocity I was moving, normal human vision couldn't even register my silhouette.
“Haah, haah, haah….”
Carried solely by a sense of justice I didn't even truly possess, I arrived in the middle of a deserted, desolate construction site.
“As sluggish as ever, I see.”
“Y-You…!”
Waiting for me in the dusty expanse was the very bastard who had stripped me bare yesterday.
Dressed in an impeccably tailored human suit with immense demonic wings unfurled behind his back, his face remained concealed behind that haunting mask.
“You bastard…! I swore I’d slaughter you—!”
“I have no memory of such hollow words. Perhaps even the speed of your voice travels too slowly to reach my ears.”
“Why you arrogant piece of…!”
Rage flared through my veins, and as I clenched my fists, I could feel an even greater surge of magical energy coursing beneath my skin than yesterday.
Now.
Yesterday was on his home turf, where he held every conceivable advantage, but out here in the open, things were different.
Boom!
Kicking up a blinding cloud of grit and dust, I lunged forward with everything I had.
Snap.
“……!”
A dark hand, extended with effortless nonchalance, closed like an iron vise around my throat.
“What a truly pathetic, fragile neck.”
A shockwave of displaced air gouged the earth beneath us, and my entire body was lifted cleanly off the ground, dangling helplessly in his grip.
“Kh-urk…!”
With my airway crushed shut, only the faintest sliver of oxygen seeped in—just barely enough to keep me from blacking out.
And yet… why did this feel so strangely…
“I bring good news and bad news. Which would you prefer to hear first?”
“Khhk…! Gh-aahk…!”
“It seems an interpreter is required. I am entirely unfamiliar with the wretched dialect of dying vermin.”
“Ghk…! Cough, aagh…!”
“No matter. I shall indulge myself as I see fit. The good news: you will not die today.”
Thud.
“Haaaah…… Haaah…!”
The suffocating pressure vanished, and my limp body collapsed gracelessly onto the dirt.
“As for the bad news.”
As I desperately dragged air into my burning lungs, the demon folded his massive wings and loomed over me.
His towering shadow enveloped my fallen form, and along with the trembling breath I inhaled, an oddly familiar scent filled my nostrils.
“I have no intention of letting you return with all four limbs intact today.”