Chapter 62
Chapter 62
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 62
Chapter Title: Watching That Bitch Eat It So Deliciously Is Fucking Hilarious. Peace to the Chairman Sow! Peace…!
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“Chairman! How on earth did you get here…!”
Seol Ha-jeong spread her arms wide.
Lena rushed over and hugged her.
“I pulled a few strings. Looks like you and Taeyang have been getting along well?”
“……!”
Reality came crashing down.
Her life as Ark Academy's student council secretary flashed vividly in her mind.
‘Right… I was on the student council…’
Lena turned to look at Kim Taeyang.
He was just flicking his tongue between his fingers.
“Did you perhaps come with Lord Charon?”
“No. Lord Charon said he couldn't come along.”
“That's a relief. This island is fatal to Constellations. It absorbs all mana.”
“Hmm. So that's why.”
Seol Ha-jeong recalled the memory from before arriving here.
—I can't go with you. I can't even leak info about the dungeon's interior. That's the contract.
—Even for more money?
—Urgh… I want to, but no. Breaking it would sever ties with all those Constellations over there.
Charon had helped her enter the dungeon.
But that was it.
She couldn't even get the slightest hint about the dungeon.
“Chairman. Did you bring any artifacts?”
“Artifacts? I've got some I can use.”
Lena let out a disappointed sigh.
“What's wrong? Did you need something?”
“…It's because of Lady Hecate.”
Seol Ha-jeong roughly pieced it together from context.
Hecate had exhausted herself.
But she couldn't hand over artifacts.
The ones Seol Ha-jeong brought were all expensive and hard to obtain.
‘If mana gets absorbed, even the bones I brought are useless. Artifacts would shatter the moment I use them…’
The island had restrictions everywhere.
Now she understood why Lena had stuck so close to Kim Taeyang.
“Lena. Hold on a sec…”
Seol Ha-jeong pulled Lena toward the beach.
Only after getting far enough from Kim Taeyang did she continue.
“What happened to Lady Hecate?”
“She's Charon's contractor. I'm the one who's awake.”
A pen peeking out from her shirt pocket raised its head.
“Lady Hecate. Thank goodness you're safe.”
“Yeah. All thanks to the Wanderer of Darkness.”
“Wanderer…?”
“I'm talking about Kim Taeyang.”
“…….”
For a brief moment, Seol Ha-jeong's expression hardened.
Hecate chattered on without a care.
“My contractor was so utterly useless she couldn't find a single artifact. I passed out so many times because of her, ugh… But compared to that, the Wanderer of Darkness found the Moon Jewel right when I was about to die…!”
‘This is bad. Lady Hecate might end up siding with Kim Taeyang… I need to keep my distance from that guy.’
Seol Ha-jeong unpacked her backpack and handed Lena some snacks.
“Lena. You don't need to rely on Kim Taeyang anymore. I've brought enough survival supplies, so from now on, you and I will figure out how to escape this place.”
“Ah…”
Lena didn't take the snacks.
“Lena? You're not gonna eat?”
“Ch-Chairman. Can I talk it over with Kim Taeyang first? Some complicated stuff happened after I got here. It won't take long.”
“…Sure. Go ahead.”
Lena hurried toward Kim Taeyang.
Her steps were oddly hesitant.
*
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Crunch!
Now with some entertainment to watch, I leisurely sat in my chair and bit into a fruit.
Who would've thought Seol Ha-jeong would show up.
Did she have an artifact that connects to the dungeon or something?
Maybe help from a Constellation.
I don't know everything about her.
From eavesdropping, it seemed Charon hadn't come along.
That was definitely a shame.
It could've been a chance to snag him too.
Well, Hecate alone was an unexpected haul, so I'd call it good.
Then Lena approached me with hurried steps.
“Taeyang. I have a favor to ask…”
“Hah? What?”
She looked extremely troubled, fidgeting awkwardly.
“You and the chairman kinda had beef from the outside, right…? I've forgotten all about it by now, but she just got here, so those feelings are still fresh… She wants to stick just with me…”
“Hey, quit dragging it out and spit it out.”
“…Can I help out by the chairman's side for a bit?”
This was getting interesting…
Seol Ha-jeong was pulling out a dungeon survival kit from her bag.
She probably thought surviving on this uninhabited island would be easy.
It wouldn't be.
Dungeon survival kits assume hero-level abilities.
They don't include anything truly essential otherwise.
No one's ever reported a dungeon that absorbs mana.
“Hey, useless sow. I don't give a shit what happens to trash like you.”
“Saying it like that kinda hurts…”
“Hah?! Quit your bullshit and fuck off if you're going!! I won't share food with you ever again!!!”
Lena hesitated, unable to leave easily.
She knew.
If she left now, she'd starve.
She wouldn't get back into this comfy Taeyang House.
“…Sorry. I'll try convincing the chairman, so just wait a bit.”
With that, Lena returned to Seol Ha-jeong.
About half the crates on this island remained.
Most would end up mine, so those two's survival would get harsher by the day.
Plus, Lena had grown used to my protection, food, and shelter.
If she'd been roughing it from the start, maybe.
But her body was adapted to comfort now.
She wouldn't last long.
The signs were already showing.
“You're making the shelter now? It's getting late.”
“We have to build it anyway. Doing it now means we can sleep warmer. Better rest quality too. Efficiency matters.”
“It's more efficient during the day…”
They bickered like new lieutenant and the skilled private back in the army.
“Lena. We're doing it now. I've made up my mind.”
“Haa… Fine.”
Seol Ha-jeong, pushing rank without knowing shit.
So fucking frustrating.
Poor Lena…
It's the chairman you chose…!
Just tough it out or whatever?
*
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ By dawn, the work was done.
Lena muttered with hollow eyes.
“It's finished… Though the sun's up and it'll get hot now.”
“Let's sleep first…”
Seol Ha-jeong was just as exhausted.
As she tried to enter the hut, Lena stopped her.
“Chairman. Give me some emergency rations.”
“Why rations? Already hungry?”
“We trade emergency rations for Taeyang's sweet potatoes or dried fish. Here, rations are a delicacy, so we'd get more calories that way.”
“…Since when have you been calling Taeyang ‘Taeyang-ie’?”
Lena flinched slightly at the pointed remark.
But soon, everything felt like too much hassle.
“It's not a big deal. Where are the rations?”
Seol Ha-jeong silently pointed to her backpack.
Lena traded for a bit of food.
The two lay down in the hut.
It was so cramped their skin touched.
Both sticky with sweat.
“…….”
The discomfort came out only as faint sighs.
And so the unpleasant first night passed.
“Let's push on and find crates. We'll look for artifacts for Lady Hecate, food too. Ultimately, a way off this island.”
“The crates on this island are like puzzles. Hard to find.”
“Challenging tasks ignite passion.”
Her body felt heavy.
Still, Seol Ha-jeong brimmed with enthusiasm.
To Lena, that enthusiasm was tiring.
“Why not just make up with Taeyang?”
“…Make up?”
“Taeyang's survival skills are top-notch. He finds crates way better than me. Just do what he says, and you won't go hungry.”
The offending part was ‘do what he says.’
Seol Ha-jeong didn't live by others' orders.
She was usually the one giving them.
“Lena. I know you've had it rough here. But don't doubt my abilities.”
“Push your luck in the woods, and you'll run into monsters. There are variants on this island.”
“I'll protect you, so follow me.”
“Haa.”
Lena sighed in frustration.
Even in the forest, she kept urging Seol Ha-jeong to reconcile with Kim Taeyang.
‘That's not reconciliation, that's submission. Lena's been gaslit.’
Seol Ha-jeong ignored it completely.
She just didn't pick fights, considering Lena's mental state.
Three hours of wandering the forest later.
No crates found.
“Taeyang's probably checked all crates around here. We'd have to go farther, but that's too risky. And it's late.”
“Can't go back empty-handed.”
“Pick fruits on the way. That's the best.”
“Tree fruits alone…?”
That moment.
Seol Ha-jeong spotted a white fluffball.
A wild rabbit.
“Lena! Rabbit…!”
“…….”
Lena looked at Seol Ha-jeong pitifully.
It overlapped with her own self from ten days ago.
“Don't get your hopes up. You can't catch it anyway.”
“I think I can.”
“Haa…”
A sigh like the ground caving in.
By then, even Seol Ha-jeong couldn't just keep holding back.
“Quit sighing. It's draining me too.”
“You're the one making me sigh, Chairman. I've tried it all—you can't catch it. No chance with a fragile body like this.”
“Lena. Companies that don't challenge themselves wither away. I was taught to dive into the flames and find a path, not wait for them to die out. That's how I've lived.”
“Then try it.”
Lena said, half-given up.
Seol Ha-jeong pressed her index finger to her lips, signaling silence.
Crunch.
She moved cautiously, like a predator.
Lowering her body, she approached the rabbit.
The oblivious rabbit munching grass looked like easy prey.
‘Can't use mana, but my physical senses are intact.’
Seol Ha-jeong had reason for her confidence.
Known as a summoner, her athleticism was elite too.
Nothing she couldn't do existed.
‘Now…!’
When close enough, she kicked off with her back foot.
Three steps would do it.
But focused on the rabbit, she didn't check the ground.
“Guh…!?”
Her foot caught a vine, body tilting.
Slam!!!
Seol Ha-jeong's face hit the ground hard.
“…….”
Dazed.
Just smashing her head into dirt caused this much shock…
‘Almost blacked out…’
As she tried to rise, a pen flew at her.
Hecate.
She clicked her tongue.
“Charon's contractor. You're useless too. Well, what can you expect from an ordinary woman…”
Seol Ha-jeong said nonchalantly.
“Failure is just a step to success.”
“Contractor. Wipe your nosebleed.”
“…….”
Seol Ha-jeong struggled with the nosebleed for a while.
*
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ There was a small success.
They caught a tiny snake.
“Let's eat…”
“Yeah…”
Having to eat that was utterly miserable.
Not just because of its twisted sausage from hell look.
“Wuhoo~ Lobster garlic butter grill, getto da~☆”
It paled next to the neighbor's dinner!
“Getting butter and garlic from a crate? Luck like a madman!!! This erotic smell for real?!? My nostrils are twitching on their own!!!”
Kim Taeyang's meal was insane.
Whole grilled lobster, baguette, fresh salad.
And even.
“Hey!! Wine too?!? Does this deserted island qualify as a dungeon?!? This is a resort at this point!! Hey!!!!”
Pop—
He poured and drank wine.
A proper restaurant-level feast.
‘Looks delicious…’
Staring at that, then at their finger-thick tiny snake skewer…
“Haa.”
“Damn.”
Only sighs and curses came out.
“I curse you…”
Lena muttered, tearing into the snake.
It irked her that the curse seemed self-directed, but no energy for arguments.
Meal ended in three minutes.
Not much food, and snake tasted horrific.
“Lena. Throat's so dry. Got any water?”
“I'll ask Taeyang.”
“Wait—”
“Taeyang's not petty. He'll give water.”
Lena dragged her weary feet to Kim Taeyang, mid-meal.
“Taeyang. Sorry, but can I have one bottle of water?”
“Hah?”
His thick fingers glistened with butter.
Lena suppressed the urge to suck them.
“Take a 500ml one.”
“Th-thanks…”
“Hey. Hold up.”
He stopped her, scooping some lobster meat and holding it out.
“Eat this while looking at that chairman bitch. Then you get the water.”
“……!”
Pristine white lobster meat.
Garlic butter dripping from Kim Taeyang's hand.
Just one bite.
It'd melt in her mouth.
Could she ditch pride and loyalty for that…?
Yes!!!
Nom.
Lena popped the lobster into her mouth.
His finger came too, but even better.
She could taste the oil on his hand!
‘This flavor…!’
Oil and spices mingling with lobster.
Heavenly… no, demonic food.
She let out a weird moan involuntarily.
“Hnggh…♡”
Shiver…!
The shocking taste made her body squirm.
“What was that moan? You didn't just cum from lobster, did you?”
“So goooood…♡”
“Hey! Look straight at the chairman bitch!”
Lena looked at Seol Ha-jeong.
She was staring right back.
‘Forgive me, Chairman…! But Chairman can't catch stuff like this, she's uselesss…♡’
Slurp!!
Still, Lena desperately sucked his finger.
“Lick. Rate the taste!”
“Garlic butter lobster grill… One bite and I'm addicteddd…! So good my tongue's meltingggg…!!”
“Your taste description's hilarious, bitch. Lick! Bonus bite!”
“Oooong♡ Oooongh…♡ Th-thank yooou…♡”
Slurrrp! Slurp!!
“Lick my hand with your tongue and peace! Peace!”
“P-peaceee…♡”
Sucking his fingers while double-peacing.
Seol Ha-jeong could only watch the pathetic sight.
.
.
.
.
“H-here's the water…”
“…….”
Lena returned after two bites of lobster.
Seol Ha-jeong silently took the water.
“Lobster good?”
“It was whatever…”
“Looked like you loved it. Even sucked his fingers.”
“Taeyang forced it. Said no water if I didn't eat.”
Seol Ha-jeong stayed calm.
She expected that from Kim Taeyang.
She wouldn't break from cheap provocation.
Seol Ha-jeong uncapped and drank.
“Hey. Chairman sow. That's my piss-filtered water, so savor it~ Kekeke.”
“Ptoo…”
Piss, though.
Even the great Seol Ha-jeong couldn't help getting mad at such a vile prank.
“…Kim Taeyang, you trash beyond imagination?”
Crunch!
As she went to crush and throw the bottle.
“Nooo!!!”
Whoosh!
Lena snatched the bottle with quick hands.
She glared at Seol Ha-jeong with fierce eyes.
“Chairman! Are you insane?!?”
“Uh, yeah…?”
“Water like holy nectar!!! How could you think of throwing it?!? What's wrong with your head?!?!”
“?”
Lena looked furious.
She seemed ready to throw a punch.