Chapter 5
Chapter 5
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 5
Chapter Title: Puhahaha! Hey! You Actually Did It Just 'Cause I Told You To?!!!
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“Sparring match concluded. The winner is student Kim Taeyang.”
Eventually, I took down Seol Harin.
To be precise, it was Pomi who pulled it off, but in this world, Constellations were just treated like a hero's weapons anyway.
Everything up to this point had gone exactly as I'd planned.
The problem was this guy's mouth.
“Hey! Hurry up and declare it already! It's starting to get boring!!”
“......”
Slave declaration? Out of nowhere?
All I'd wanted was a little bet with Seol Harin.
In my head, I'd planned to say something like, The loser grants the winner one wish.
But suddenly, slave contract? What the hell?!
“Student Kim Taeyang, student Seol Harin. Please return to your seats.”
The professor's intervention kept Seol Harin from making any slave declaration.
Honestly, it would've been hilarious to see... but I didn't need to trash my relationship with the heroine just for a laugh.
But Kim Taeyang was a runaway freight train of a man who knew no brakes.
“Hey, you sow. Come find me after all the spars are done. I'm getting that slave declaration no matter what. Heh heh heh.”
“......”
So yeah.
At least tone down calling her a sow or whatever.
“Answer me!”
“Ugh... Fine......”
No matter that she'd lost her Constellation, for a proud character like Seol Harin to just meekly accept being called a sow?
Without radiating killing intent and trying to murder me?
...Now that I thought about it, it made perfect sense.
According to the original story, while the protagonist dithered over his blue-balled choices, the heroines all ended up in Kim Taeyang's clutches anyway.
Sure, he used dirty tricks, but they still fell in the end.
With their inherent masochistic tendencies, wasn't "falling" inevitable?
In other words, even high-and-mighty Seol Harin was a closet perv...!
Jackpot!!
“Heh heh heh. Hilarious.”
If this theory held up, things might go even smoother than expected.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ All the sparring matches had wrapped up.
Fates of admission or rejection were mostly sealed based on the results.
But the exams weren't over yet.
Written and practical tests still loomed.
Me and the other students poured out of the gym.
On the way back to the temporary dorms.
All eyes were on the center of attention: yours truly.
Kim Taeyang.
...More precisely, Pomi right beside me.
“Master! Pet me!”
Pomi was still in her female humanoid form.
The ultimate evolved state of a Constellation, only visible at peak affinity with her hero.
Truth be told, I hadn't expected to see Pomi's female form this quickly.
In the game, it didn't show up until the mid-to-late game.
And players could never witness it anyway.
Probably thanks to that massive playtime bonus.
“I'm already petting your head, aren't I?”
“Pet my body too! I love when Master touches me! More! More!!”
“Heh heh heh. You're totally hooked on my hands now. No way you're going back to your old master like this.”
“Woof♡”
Pomi was stunningly beautiful.
Drawing every eye around her, men and women alike.
With those husky breed features, her facial lines were sharp and intense.
She exuded powerful charisma.
Tall, long limbs, ample chest—untouchable aura all around, yet acting like a total puppy? Massive gap moe!!
A mega-deredere who looked tsundere!
I was in bliss overload!
Following Kim Taeyang's instincts, I hugged Pomi even tighter, parading her like a trophy.
But keeping her female form up this long was a strain.
“Whine...”
“Hey, what's wrong?”
“Master... I gotta pee. Can I go in the bushes? You said it's okay to pee in front of everyone now...”
“......”
No, that's for your dog form, Miss Constellation...
What kind of grown woman pees in public?!
“Just use the bathroom.”
“But I gotta mark the streets so other dogs know it's me! I've always wanted to try it...”
Marking: dogs' version of social media, huh?
※ Quick Common Sense! What is 'Marking'? Dogs leaving their scent via urine. They use it to assert presence and communicate with other dogs. Pomi had been bound to Seol Harin her whole life, never able to mark before.
So this was like her finally getting her first smartphone...!
She must be thrilled!!
“Heh heh heh. Not content with peeing where everyone can see—you wanna strut around spraying your scent for other dogs too, you bitch in heat...? Hey! Aren't you proud?!?”
“Woof!”
“But first, shift back to dog form!”
“Woof...? Why......?!”
“Duh! If you pee as a human, other dogs'll think you're one of them!!”
“Master...! So smart!!”
Sob sob. Thank goodness I talked her out of it...
Almost became the hero who lets his bikini-clad Constellation piss on the street...
Pffft-!
Pomi reverted to dog shape amid a puff of mist.
She shoved her nose to the ground, sniffed excitedly, then started peeing everywhere.
She was so pumped, it made me proud just watching.
That's when someone yelled from behind.
“Wh-what are you doing?!!”
“Hah-?”
Sure enough, Seol Harin stood there.
“Glacis! You can't just pee anywhere! Everyone's staring!!”
“Grrrrr......!”
“Eek!”
Glacis wouldn't let Seol Harin get close.
The kids' attention snapped back to us with her arrival.
“Hey...! Where my pet dog pees ain't your business!!”
“Pet dog......”
Rookie who lost her Constellation in ten minutes flat.
Incompetent ex-master who'd suppressed Pomi.
Noble lady who lost the spar and became a slave (true).
And potential masochist, Seol Harin.
“Quit meddling and make that slave declaration like you promised!!!”
Taming a masochist is only natural.
But my training method would be a bit different.
From today, you're a trainee slave!!
I'll drill you every day till you're a total airhead!!!
And with that sweat, you'll save this world!!!!
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Seol Harin admitted it.
She'd been a deficient hero.
Unable to heed her Constellation's voice.
But she didn't think it was all over.
Glacis leaving was devastating, but fixable.
I can clear up the misunderstanding with a talk. In female form, I can hear Glacis's words too...
“...I'll declare it. Just let me talk to Glacis first.”
Seol Harin awaited Kim Taeyang's reply.
She knew he wouldn't make it easy.
She'd steeled herself for that.
But his response was utterly unexpected.
“What? Glacis? Who's that?”
“Huh...?”
“Who's Glacis?”
“G-Glacis... The one next to you, my Constellation...”
“Ohhh—this girl? Glacis is gone. Her name's Pomi now. Heh heh heh.”
Grit-!
Seol Harin clenched her teeth.
This guy really wanted that childish name from her lips.
Pomi.
Not English, not Korean—just silly.
No elegance, no noble grace. Purely ridiculous...
Glacis had become a Constellation with such a vulgar name.
“Let me... talk to P-Pomi...”
“Nope!”
You sneaky bastard!
She'd called her Pomi like he wanted.
But this thug Kim Taeyang shot it down flat!
His sleaziness had unfathomable depths.
“What'll make you let me talk to her?”
“I already told you. Declare slavery with Dogeza. Right here, right now.”
“......”
“Perfect timing, huh? Heh heh heh.”
Kim Taeyang gestured around like he owned the place.
Dozens—no, hundreds of students gawking at Kim Taeyang and Seol Harin.
Most wouldn't make Ark, but some would be classmates for three years.
Bow her head to this thug in front of them?
Recite humiliating lines for a slave declaration...??
Seol Harin bit her lip hard.
A nightmare she'd never imagined.
She'd rather die...
But.
I can't live without Glacis...
To her, Glacis meant more than a Constellation.
Ten years together like family.
Self-respect can wait. I need Glacis back. Slave crap's temporary.
She had no intention of truly becoming Kim Taeyang's slave.
Declare, talk to Glacis, clear the air.
Once Glacis returned, revenge on Kim Taeyang.
Sure, she'd be used as a slave meantime...
Have to offer her cherished purity to this creep...
What choice did she have?
It was the only way. She was resolved.
If Glacis sees me repent, maybe she'll come around...
Seol Harin made up her mind.
Dogeza slave declaration it was!
Shff-
She assumed position, and the crowd buzzed instantly.
“She's really doing it!”
“Seol Harin? No way...”
“Constellation on the line, though...”
“Why not naked Dogeza?”
“Go die, asshole.”
Ignore the gossip.
She was used to being tabloid fodder, so whispers barely fazed her.
Do it...! For Glacis...!!
Thud-!
Seol Harin dropped to her knees.
Palms flat on the ground,
forehead smashed into the dirt.
“I... from today... declare myself Kim Taeyang's slave......”
Words that crushed her pride to dust.
Forcing them out was agony...
But Kim Taeyang wasn't satisfied at all.
“Hah? You deaf?! Or is your head full of minnows?!? State your name, age, address, high school, and three sizes!! Louder!!! No ant squeak qualifies you as my slave!!!!!”
Squeeze......!!
Her fist clenched involuntarily.
Humiliation shook her whole body.
But she had to.
Pride wasn't the priority.
Getting Glacis back was.
Seol Harin steadied herself and shouted.
“M-My name is Seol Harin...! I'm twenty years old! I live in Gangnam-gu!! Graduated Gangnam High, currently applying to Ark Academy...!! My th-three sizes are... 32-22-34...! I declare that I lost to Master Kim Taeyang in sparring and became his sl-slave......!!”
She spat it out like vomit.
Mortified to death,
yet she praised her own endurance and courage.
I did it, Glacis...
Without that, she couldn't have endured.
But thug Kim Taeyang wouldn't even grant that.
“Puhahaha!! Hey!! You actually did it just 'cause I told you to?!!!”
“......?”
“That was just a test!!! Hilarious!!! Super hilarious!!!!!!!!!”
Immature prick...!!
What do you mean "just a test"?!
You were gonna torment me till I meant it!
The retort burned in her throat, but she swallowed it.
Couldn't let all the humiliation go to waste.
Just as she thought the ordeal was over.
Another hurdle appeared.
“Oops? Hey, anchovy boy. Isn't that your boyfriend?”
Boyfriend...?
Seol Harin had no boyfriend.
But one guy Kim Taeyang might call that: her longtime friend.
Not Ju-hyuk?!
Kang Ju-hyuk.
Her childhood friend.
Always perfect, always admiring and praising her.
A precious friend.
No! Not Ju-hyuk seeing me like this...!
She thought she'd hit rock bottom.
Now she was plunging underground.