Chapter 16
Chapter 16
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 16
Chapter Title: Hey! How Good Does It Feel to Make Beastly Noises on the Street?! Everyone's Staring!!
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Kim Taeyang said he'd buy her a gift, and Seol Harin was surprised twice.
‘He knows how to give gifts too...?’
—Once for that thought.
‘What am I expecting right now?!’
—And again for that one.
A thug like Kim Taeyang was sure to give some weird gift.
Or maybe the gift itself was a lie.
‘Hey, hey! What are you getting your hopes up for?! Do you think a normal gift is even possible for a sow like you?! Infinite squats until your quads and glutes cramp up on the roadside!!!’
Wasn't it more likely he'd spew something like that?
‘A guy with not even a speck of romance in him...!’
That was what Seol Harin firmly believed.
So when they arrived at the shop, she couldn't help but be a little surprised.
-HEAVEN WAY (Accessory Shop)
“......!”
A shop filled with blingy accessories.
Unexpectedly, it sold proper gifts.
A middle-aged female owner greeted the trio.
“Welcome! Here to buy a gift for your girlfriend? Which one's the girlfriend?”
“Hey, sis. This one's my pet dog, and this one's my slave.”
“Ahaha...?”
The owner didn't speak to them after that.
“Sparkly! So pretty!! Can I wear earrings too?!”
“Kekeke. Of course. But Pomi, can you even get your ears pierced?”
“Pierce my... ears...?!!”
“You need to make a hole in your ear to wear these.”
“Huh...?!! It wasn't supposed to stick on with magnets...?!!!”
Pomi learned the brutal truth about earrings.
With her tail drooping, she just darted around the shop looking at things.
Meanwhile, Kim Taeyang walked straight up without hesitation and picked out a pair of earrings.
“Hey. This one.”
“......”
He'd chosen earrings with small flower petals.
The design wasn't really to her taste, but as a gift, it wasn't bad.
‘Why something so normal all of a sudden...?’
Seol Harin felt a bit confused.
This guy treated her like a slave and casually called her a 'sow' with humiliating nicknames.
And now he was giving her something cute like this?
What wind was blowing today?
“And wear this one too.”
Kim Taeyang picked out one more, but it wasn't a regular piercing.
“This... you mean for the navel, right?”
“Yeah. Wear it 24/7 so you always remember you're my slave, no matter where or when~ Kekeke.”
‘Of course...’
It was humiliating to think she'd almost fallen for his trick for a moment.
Kim Taeyang had no love or affection for her.
Just possessiveness and the urge to show off.
“Hey. Let me put the earrings on you.”
“I can do it myself.”
“Stay still.”
“......”
Kim Taeyang put the earrings on her himself.
Large, rough hands.
But his movements were deft at handling a woman's body and accessories.
You could tell just from that how experienced he was,
how many women he'd had.
“Huh? It suits you better than I thought. Kekeke.”
This man praised her so casually.
He didn't see her as uncomfortable at all.
If anything, he treated her like a female who needed his help and protection.
“......”
Still, a gift was a gift.
Seol Harin felt a strange mix of emotions.
And it probably wasn't coincidence that her face heated up and her womb quivered with a ‘Kyung~♡’ right then.
“Hey, sis! I'm buying this, so pierce it right now!”
Kim Taeyang wanted Seol Harin to get the piercing done immediately.
As his slave, she had no choice but to obey.
*
We'd gotten everything we needed, but we wandered the streets for a while longer.
Because Pomi wanted to look around at stuff.
Pomi was already my constellation with high favorability, but I still needed to treat her well.
To keep that high favorability and get more stigmas from her later.
Whoosh—
I infused mana into Seol Harin's navel piercing.
She flopped around like a fish on a cutting board.
“Nngoook...! Kkiyooot...!”
“Hey! How good does it feel that you're making beastly noises on the street?! Everyone's staring!!”
Seol Harin's face twisted comically in pain.
The navel piercing I'd given her
had a low-grade recovery spell on it.
Infuse it with mana, and it restores the wearer's body—quite a lot for low-grade.
The problem was the side effect.
Being strictly 'low-grade' magic, it came with intense pain like a full-body massage.
“J-just... don't use it then...!”
“Gonna recover fast and double tonight's workout!”
“Th-that's...! Haaeut...!!”
Pain enough to make her moan.
A concept full of misunderstanding potential.
The kind of item that could only exist in an ero-game.
Once Seol Harin got used to the massage, she stopped making weird noises.
She caught her breath lightly and spoke.
“So... what perverted function does this earring have?”
Earrings imbued with a luck spirit.
They occasionally brought the wearer good luck.
One condition: the wearer must not know about the effect.
An item the game forced you to give to a heroine.
Which heroine you gave it to changed the route, but since I wasn't the protagonist, I didn't need to worry about that.
Anyway, I had to keep the function secret.
“Hah? That earring has no effect at all.”
“W-what?”
“Just like I said. It's just a gift.”
“A lie, right? You're waiting for me to let my guard down...”
“Hah?! Doubting a gift from the heart of this body?!?!”
“......”
Seol Harin made a subtle expression for some reason.
Her eyes still wary.
Well, I wouldn't believe it either.
After all the 'sow' crap and doing whatever he wanted, suddenly a heartfelt gift?
Of course she'd doubt it.
“Then... I don't have to wear it...?”
“Obviously? If you don't like it, toss it!”
“W-who said I'd throw it away?! I was just asking!”
The earrings weren't that important an item.
Luck could trigger anytime, and it didn't play a decisive role often.
Nice if it helped,
no big deal if not.
So I could leave wearing it up to her.
*
It was the weekend with no classes, but somehow more exhausting than a weekday.
I'd been dragged around by Kim Taeyang all day.
And on top of that, double training volume, so her body was bound to be sore.
‘Muscles hurt so much... Maybe... use that a bit...’
She channeled mana into the navel piercing.
It hurt like hell, but the refresh after was oddly addictive.
However.
The piercing didn't budge.
‘Why isn't it working...?’
No matter how many times, same result.
Kim Taeyang had done it easily, but no reaction for her.
‘Do I not know how to use it?’
There were no status screens in this world.
Seeing item descriptions was a perk only for the possessor, Kim Taeyang.
In the end, Seol Harin messaged him.
💬 Private Messages — Me Hey... — Master♡ Hah? What? — Me The piercing's recovery magic. How do you activate it? — Master♡ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Already addicted? Pretending to hate it but turned into a muscle freak chasing recovery! Hey!! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ — Me Stop teasing and just tell me ㅡㅡ Muscles hurt like hell. — Master♡ Wake up. Piercing only works for one person. — Me One person? — Master♡ Switch binds to the first activator. So come to my room if you need a massage ㅋ “......”
Seol Harin pondered for a moment.
It was 11:20 PM.
Leaving the dorm this late was a clear violation of rules.
And if she got caught sneaking into the boys' dorm, the backlash from public opinion would be brutal.
‘But... if I don't, tomorrow's morning workout will suffer.’
Public opinion didn't matter much anyway.
She was already at the center of Ark gossip.
No lower to fall.
No time to worry about others' mouths.
‘Let's go. It's all to get Pomi back.’
Keep showing her face, get as strong as Kim Taeyang.
That was the way to win back Pomi's heart.
*
That night.
Moans echoed from Kim Taeyang's room for a long time.
*
A new week began.
Seol Harin finished her refreshing morning workout, chugged protein, and showered.
Morning workouts were tough but rewarding.
Felt like dying during, but pride after let her start the day strong.
Back at her dorm, Seol Harin prepared for school properly.
Packed textbooks and tools, put on her uniform.
Light makeup, mirror check.
Still a beautiful face.
Noble, aloof... like transparent ice. She liked the impression.
Her public image might've changed as a slave, but she was still Seol Harin.
The noble lady of Korea's top chaebol!
Next Sword Saint, top admit by unbeatable skill...!
They whispered 'slave' behind her back, but most students couldn't even meet her eyes to her face.
Her aloof beauty played a part.
‘Not bad today either.’
Appearance check done.
As she was about to head out, Seol Harin touched her navel.
The foreign sensation still felt unfamiliar.
Kim Taeyang demanded she wear it 24/7.
To always remind her she was his property, anywhere, anytime.
‘So humiliating... Definitely humiliating...’
But it also felt reassuring somehow.
If something happened to her, Kim Taeyang would step up without hesitation.
If someone insulted or threatened her,
even if it was a professor, he'd swing without holding back.
The feeling of being protected by someone.
A first in Seol Harin's life.
‘Definitely different from Ju-hyuk...’
He was nothing like Kang Ju-hyuk, the cautious, thoughtful type.
A man who absolutely wouldn't allow anyone to touch his female.
That was the 'male' Kim Taeyang.
“...Ears feel empty.”
Seol Harin muttered at the mirror for no reason.
Her hand was already wearing the earrings.
The flower petal ones Kim Taeyang bought yesterday.
“Daring to give me cheap junk like this. Hmph...”
She brushed her hair back, exposing one ear nicely.
Clutching her oddly pounding chest, she headed to school.