Chapter 39
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 39
Chapter Title: The Promise in the Piano Room
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"It's swarming down there."
Seeing all the zombies clustered below the building made me want to chuck a bomb at them.
Of course, that would just draw an even bigger horde than the ones already here.
By shifting the ladder around, I finally managed to lure them all the way to the third building.
Starting from the second building, the other three crossed over using the ladder too.
We looted our occupied buildings for wearable clothes and anything useful, hauling it all up to the rooftops bit by bit.
Once I got back with the ladder later, the plan was to grab everything from the roofs.
In the meantime, they'd even gathered some stuff for me.
I wiped down my machete with one of the discarded shirts and approached the three of them.
Farming those buildings had changed our situation quite a bit.
Mostly for the better.
One of the most striking changes was the women's appearances.
They'd been beautiful before, but now they looked like completely different people from yesterday.
"Clothes really do make the woman, huh?"
"What're you saying! We were cute before!"
I teased So-yoon playfully, and she punched my side with her fist.
A bit of a cap, sleeveless top, and baggy pants. It was close to hip-hop fashion, but it suited her surprisingly well.
Su-ah had thrown a loose button-up shirt over her sleeveless top with a pair of jeans—a casually safe look overall—but just having clean clothes made her plenty pretty.
And with some light makeup, her eyes looked a touch sharper, giving off a sly fox vibe.
So-yoon's charm had come alive even more after doing her makeup too.
Her pale skin and sharp features were accentuated, highlighting her expressive face.
"...What?"
"Nothing."
I'd apparently stared at Su-ah a little too long, so she asked gruffly. I flashed her a small smile and brushed past.
Min-hyuk was checking the foodstuffs stuffed into his bag.
They'd come from raiding the convenience store in the second building.
I wandered closer to see what kind of food we'd scored, and Min-hyuk looked up at me with a faint smile.
"What?"
"You just... you kinda look like a protagonist from a novel or something."
"...Yeah?"
"Yeah. Everything's been going our way since you showed up."
Hearing the real protagonist of this world say that to me felt kinda weird.
Did he even know?
That he was actually the protagonist of this world?
Of course, I was the only one who knew that.
We used the ladder to head back to the familiar academy building.
Everyone was loaded down with gear in our hands and on our backs, faces beaming endlessly.
I smoothly snatched the luggage weighing down Su-ah, who was struggling with it.
"...What're you doing?"
"What? You look beat."
"I'm fine."
She said that, but her hands were trembling.
Unlike So-yoon, Su-ah didn't have much strength, so the load in both hands felt heavy to her.
"Whatever. Save your strength. Piano academy, right?"
"...You're such trash."
She muttered that I'd almost made her feel touched for a second.
Her cheeks flushed at my loaded "piano academy" line, and she shot me a glare.
It was her attempt at an insult, but after hearing every kind of curse in the hero world, this just came off as cute pouting to me.
We dropped our bags, and I decided to head down with Su-ah.
"Where are you two off to?"
So-yoon asked as she saw us heading down.
"Thinking of clearing out the leftover zombies."
"Oh~ Okay, we'll tidy up here then."
Last time, the two of us had handled zombies to rack up points, so So-yoon sent us off without a second thought.
The moment we stepped into the piano academy, we locked the door like it was second nature and slipped into the deepest room inside.
Now, entering this room felt like an unspoken agreement—somehow, the air turned steamy right away.
Without a word, Su-ah and I locked eyes.
"You really didn't touch her, huh."
"Huh?"
"So-yoon."
"Regretting that I didn't?"
The teasing words had barely left my mouth when Su-ah's slender fist flew at me.
I didn't dodge.
She knew it was a joke, so she didn't hit hard.
"Honestly, I didn't think you'd actually keep that promise."
Keep the promise? More like I just hadn't had the time.
Plus, it was partly because of So-yoon's fetish.
"Well, now it's your turn to keep yours."
I pulled something out of my pocket.
Su-ah's eyes went wide, shaking side to side wildly at the sight.
The convenience store in the second building.
Of course it'd have condoms.
"W-wait a sec. Even so."
"You said it yourself, remember? Or should I go straight to So-yoon right now?"
"Ah, fine. Fine, okay."
She reluctantly took the condom I held out, hesitating.
She couldn't exactly back out after saying it aloud.
Did she know I'd plotted the whole zombie-luring route just for this condom?
C-condom... this is the only one, right?"
"Yeah. Too bad."
"...What a relief."
It was a shame.
Only one in my size.
Her expression calmed a bit at that.
"Th-then... once we finish, that's it. Got it? Just once?"
"...Sure."
There were plenty of convenience stores anyway.
I could find more later—
"Oh, right. Wasn't it just teaming up until we escape to the apartment complex?"
"Huh? Oh... yeah, it was..."
She remembered her own words from before and answered in a smaller voice.
Truly, even bad blood was still a bond—she was hesitating.
And understandably so.
Sticking with me was torture for her, but it was a huge help to So-yoon and Min-hyuk.
Her sacrifice fetish was probably kicking in.
"I'll undress you."
"..."
No reply.
But she moved to make it easy, cooperating to get it over with quickly.
Su-ah's flushed cheeks and trembling eyes.
The rustle of fabric against skin got me fired up.
"Ngh..."
Her still-sensitive body reacted sharply even to accidental brushes.
"But why go this far for So-yoon?"
"So-yoon's always so upbeat... ngh... and kind..."
"That's all it takes?"
"It's not just that! ...Thanks to her, we made it through the zombie outbreak too..."
I gently supported her body as she rarely raised her voice, grabbing her swaying breasts with both hands.
Her mouth parted slightly.
Her pitiful expression deepened, her sensitivity even higher than last time.
"If anything, it feels like those two are holding on thanks to you."
So-yoon and Min-hyuk were righteously heroic, like true protagonists.
But in this brutal changed world, that personality wasn't exactly great for survival.
The one keeping those moth-to-flame types in check was definitely the girl in front of me.
Without Su-ah, the two of them would've thrown themselves away too easily for others.
"See? If it weren't for you, So-yoon almost got in serious trouble because of me."
"How can you even say that... ngh..."
I tapped the entrance of her pussy like I was praising it.
She shook her head wildly in response.
"Don't... do that..."
Whether my clumsy praise comforted her or she was just starting to melt into my touch, she was now fully leaning against me, taking the caresses.
Every tap on her pussy now made wet smack sounds.
"It's embarrassing..."
The crude noise echoing in the room.
Her face beet red as she begged me to stop, but I pulled my dick out from my pants instead.
"Here, put it on."
"W-wait a sec..."
Her hands shook from the pleasure as she tore open the condom wrapper.
"I-is it this way?"
She fumbled awkwardly with it.
I grabbed her hand and guided her slowly, teaching her.
The cool touch of the condom slid over my dick.
"Whoa..."
Feeling my size anew as she rolled it on, she let out a small gasp.
"Turn around."
"Y-you're really gonna...?"
"You got it this wet, and you're still hesitating?"
"Ahng... this is... why am I... like this..."
Even she looked confused about why she was so soaked.
I checked her fetish again.
Being inexperienced, she'd developed one easily.
Caress, no less.
That explained her sensitive body.
"Come on, hurry."
"Wait just... ah..."
To help her hesitation, I decided to take over.
I grabbed her waist and gently turned her around.
When she resisted a little, I softly pressed her nipple with my finger until she turned.
Her expression glazed over amid her rough breaths.
"Ahng..."
Her body offered no more resistance.
Su-ah's clenched pussy was fully ready.
As my glans touched the entrance, her waist twitched like it wanted to flee.
But slowly, languidly, scraping her inner walls with my tip as I pushed in, her waist sank down instead—like she couldn't stand it.
"Too big... so hot..."
Her insides were tight and scorching.
I could feel her pussy stretching to my shape.
It should've hurt like hell, but Su-ah moaned wildly, shaking her head.
"It's breaking... feels so weird..."
And then, her pussy clamped down hard on my dick.
Su-ah's first insertion orgasm.