Chapter 9
Chapter 9
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 9
Chapter Title: Dad, Be Careful! I Might Even Steal Your Woman!
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Right after the shocking entrance ceremony.
An emergency general assembly was convened at the professors' request.
It was a meeting attended not only by the full professors but also by the Vice Head and the Academy Head.
There was only one item on the agenda.
"We can't just leave that thug be!!"
"How dare he stick out his tongue like some vulgar beast at Ark's entrance ceremony!!"
"It was broadcast live nationwide, so Ark's reputation has been ruined!!!!"
Kim Taeyang.
This was a meeting about his punishment.
Vice Head Shin Hye-won chimed in with a sharp voice as well.
"It's not just about the entrance ceremony. Kim Taeyang stole Seol Harin's Constellation. This is a national-level loss. We need to help her get her Constellation back."
A rookie of Seol Harin's caliber having her Constellation stolen.
That, too, was a grave matter.
"Heeeeh?! You all really think that?! Pomi looked happy with Gundaru-gun!!!"
"He must have used some illegal means."
"I haven't heard of Constellations being seduced with drugs?"
"Common sense says a Constellation that's shared ups and downs for ten years doesn't switch heroes overnight, right? Even if not drugs, who knows what method he used. Considering the environment Kim Taeyang grew up in, it couldn't have been anything pure."
There was some noise, but the majority agreed with the Vice Head.
That Kim Taeyang had tricked Pomi with some scheme.
Thus, the consensus was to discipline Kim Taeyang and restore the Constellation to its original place.
However, this was Ark.
The real power holder was Academy Head Yokozawa Tomoe.
"Hmm~ Tomo-tan thinks you're all being too hasty."
"Academy Head, this concerns our academy's reputation."
"That's why we need to be even more careful! What if Gundaru-gun did nothing wrong? What if she really switched affiliated heroes because Gundaru-gun was more attractive?"
"No way that's possible."
"It's not 0% probability!"
"……."
The Academy Head's words certainly had merit.
The problem was that the probability was extremely low.
"Still, he needs to be punished for ruining the entrance ceremony!"
"Heeeeh?! Ruining it?! Thanks to him, Tomo-tan's subscribers skyrocketed!!!!"
The Academy Head streamed as a hobby.
It was a hobby unfit for a top-tier hero and academy head... but whatever?
This was inside a game, after all.
"Th-that's..."
"Besides, he didn't say anything particularly weird, right? It was just rough humor~"
In any case.
The Academy Head had already made up her mind.
Further debate seemed pointless.
"...I'll make one proposal."
The last to speak was the Vice Head.
"At least let us investigate the incident. My Guidance Committee can figure out how Kim Taeyang earned Glacis's choice. And while we're at it, we can fix that attitude of his a bit."
"Hmm... That much is fine!!"
The Vice Head smiled as she left the meeting room.
A deeply shadowed,
somehow sinister smile.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ With the entrance ceremony over, I was officially recognized as an Ark student.
Accordingly, the freshmen were assigned dorms.
Unlike the temporary lodging, the dorm was huge.
A solo room with three whole rooms...!
It was top-quality, drawing involuntary applause and admiration.
"Sick! Super sick!! I figured it'd be big, but this is insane!!! The furniture's top-notch too!! This sofa's so plush my fingers sink right in!!! Fucking hot!!!!"
This was the only way I could express how great it was...!
Good thing no one's around!!
Ark's student welfare matched its prestige.
A spacious three-room setup, and the fridge even auto-stocks food.
Best of all, enrollment came with ten million won in living support funds...
Normal players use it to buy weapons or gifts for heroines.
But I'm decorating the room.
Setting up a home gym so I and the heroines can train anytime...!
Sure, there's a student gym on campus, but it's always crowded, so efficient workouts would be tough.
Training Seol Harin in front of everyone would draw too much attention too.
After ordering a ton of home gym equipment online, I logged into the community.
Ark Community.
Aka, Arkgall.
This was a community accessible only to Ark's students, staff, and professors.
Verified access, but anonymous posting meant it was a wild mess of shitposts and trolls.
Ask a random student if they use Arkgall, and they'd say "What's that?"
Yet daily users nearly matched the total students and staff... a bizarre place.
That was Arkgall.
💬 Arkgall — Anon Entrance ceremony was hilarious, upvote lololol — Anon Bragging about his slave in front of the whole school!! Fucking wild!!! — Anon Entrance exam was just a week and he's already causing chaos nonstop lolol — Anon Master and slave entrance oath ㅗㅜㅑ;; — Anon You guys know??? Tomo-tan was live-streaming the entrance ceremony lololololol — Anon Entrance video dropped?! Don't post if it hasn't, fuck!!!! — Anon Entrance video scary af only to me? Yelling alone in Hawaiian shirt feels off... gives me psychological horror vibes;; — Anon Kim Taeyang phobia ㄷㄷ — Anon Horny for Seol Harin becoming a slave, upvote;;
"Heh. Already a celebrity, huh? Kekeke."
As expected.
Arkgall was full of talk about me and Seol Harin.
The slave declaration had already spread wide via Arkgall.
At least no video survived—that's lucky for Seol Harin.
While checking other posts, I found unexpected info.
— Anon Kim Taeyang really Kim Tae-gun's son???
Kim Tae-gun.
My father Kim Taeyang's name.
I knew it from his phone contacts, but had no idea what he did.
Just figured he was ordinary.
But he seems famous.
Not a game character, though...
Did Kim Taeyang have a surprisingly solid backstory?
I immediately searched Kim Tae-gun online.
"Hah-? For real?!?"
The results were shocking.
To sum up:
Kim Tae-gun, nationwide gangster-turned-businessman.
CEO of a shady loan shark firm in the third financial sector, and a celebrity to boot.
Gangster loan shark a celeb?
Yeah, 'cause he drags around hordes of stunning beauties everywhere, throwing parties.
Old as dirt, yet reeling in young chicks—who knows how. Obvious sleazeball vibe.
Even more shocking were the rumors about those women.
That they were girlfriends, wives, daughters, little sisters, big sisters of guys who couldn't pay up.
Rumors he stole them in exchange for clearing debts.
This guy's... total Gold Taeyang...?
Did I inherit the genes from Dad...?
Now the name makes sense!
"Blond Tanning Thug" shortened to Kim Tae-gun!!!
His SNS was flooded with yacht party pics alongside a dozen bikini babes.
Some were explicit, groping them outright.
Skin tanned dark, muscles ripped, just like his son.
Fearsome middle-aged mug...
"Hey! What the hell kinda backstory is this?!"
Feels like trouble if I get too close.
Kim Tae-gun was an unknown even to me, the possessor.
Better delay contact as long as possible.
For now, just note he exists and move on.
—Or so I thought.
Bzzz.
My smartphone vibrated.
Caller: Dad.
Kim Tae-gun.
"……."
After agonizing whether to pick up, screw it, I answered.
Blasting music poured from the speaker, followed by a middle-aged man's voice.
-Hey!! Son!!! Saw your entrance vid!!!! Front row seats? More impressive than I thought?!!!!
"Hah? Whose son am I? Expected results, duh?!!!"
-Kahahahahaha!! Standing on your own and suddenly all grown up, you punk!!!!!
I played along, and super satisfied Kim Tae-gun sounded.
Like father like son—exact same speech patterns.
Gold Taeyang father-son duo...
Gonna lose my mind.
-Hey! Greet my son!!
-A-ah, hello young master......! I'm K-Kim Sun-ah, 23, working as... the young master's... no, master's secretary...! Kyaaah~ Young master's amazingggg......!!!
What the fuck.
What the hell are they doing during a call.
With his son, no less...!
-Son!! Stolen many girls yet?!!
"Hah? Where's the time? Too busy training-"
He's Dad, after all.
Can't just cut ties, so better earn some favor.
A studious son focused on training is the best son.
This was meant to please Kim Tae-gun.
But.
His reaction blew past my expectations.
-Aaaang? You punk, what'd you just say?!!!!!!!!
"……?"
His roar sounded pissed as hell.
No, what son is better than one grinding studies and training?
-Stealing women is obviously more important than training!!! I didn't shell out big bucks to send you to pricey Ark for some training bullshit!!!!!! I sent you to steal premium bitches!!!!!!
Shit.
Dropped my guard.
The guy's a lunatic!
A lunatic obsessed with stealing women!!
Time to switch tactics!
I gotta out-crazy him!
"Hey hey!! Old man!!!! Obviously kidding!!!!! Already made the chaebol top dog's daughter—who's called the Next Sword Saint—my slave!!!!!!"
-Kahahahahahaha!! That's my boy!!! Impressive, you... ngh?!!!!
-Squish!!!
...Did I just hear something lewd?
God, please let it be my imagination.
"Kekekeke! Dad, be careful! At this rate, I might steal your women too?"
Said it, then chills ran down my spine.
Hah. This damn mouth.
Doesn't know boundaries.
Even for Gold Taeyang father-son, touching family women is too far, right?
-Kahahahahaha! You a genius?!!
"?"
-Son steals Dad's woman!! Dad steals son's woman back!!! Steal her again! Steal steal steal!!! Infinite looping NTR?!!!!
"???"
-Hey! You useless scientists!!! Acting smart but worthless!!! Our father-son duo invented infinite energy first!!!!!! Hey!!!!!!!
"……."
I'm convinced.
This guy's a villain.
Yeah. Definitely a villain.
Best to keep maximum distance and grab whatever benefits I can.
Lucky thing: despite his words, he doesn't seem too interested in my life.
SNS is just him and his girls,
and records of calls or messages with Kim Taeyang are sparse.
-Son! Live fierce and pumped up!!
Call ended, and I felt drained.
Is this the exhaustion Seol Harin always feels dealing with me?
Guess I should buy her snacks next time...
After a short rest, I prepped for class.
Tomorrow, first classes start for real.
Basic Swordsmanship, Marksmanship, Magic, Hero History, etc...
A ton waiting for me.
And as a vet, I know exactly how it'll go.
"Kekeke. This'll be fun."
The muscle thug who enslaved Seol Harin!
The psycho strutting beach full-set, screw the uniform!
The problem child who pissed off every prof at entrance!
That's me, Kim Taeyang!
Ark official debut right around the corner!
...Scared to go to school, Mommy!!!!!!