Chapter 11
Chapter 11
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 11
Chapter Title: Exclusive Punishment
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Her eyes were glazed over, but she was desperately trying to muster a venomous glare.
"I want to kill you right now, but I'll stop here for the time being... Consider yourself lucky that there's still more of you to drain..."
The surrounding succubi, myself included, all stared at her in disbelief, but she was utterly shameless.
"You saw that, right? All of you."
She barked at her subordinates, who had been watching, in a trembling voice.
"This male... his essence is too potent. You lot couldn't handle him. One wrong move, and you'd end up the ones getting drained instead."
"Ah... Y-yes..."
Lilith responded in a daze.
Anyone could see it was nonsense, but it was the queen's word, so they had to obey.
"He's dangerous. Lock him up in the underground isolation cell for now. Double the barriers too."
Yupia was leaning against the wall, struggling to stand.
Her legs were shaking like a newborn fawn's, but she glared at me and made her declaration.
"From now on, I'll handle your ejaculation personally. Got it? You're exclusively mine now... No, I'll take charge of your punishment. None of you lay a finger on him."
Her face was red as a ripe tomato as she turned away, forcing a stern expression.
"I only lost this time because I used too much mana... Next time, your body won't come out unscathed..."
Clinging to her pride until the end.
Truly S-Rank.
Her mental fortitude was even stronger than Seo Jubin's.
"Lilith, I need to rest. Tie this guy up and lock him away again right now."
Yupia staggered off like she was fleeing.
Her tail hung limp between her legs, and as she walked, white fluid trickled visibly down her thighs—she couldn't even hide it.
'Cute.'
I chuckled, then snapped back to reality.
'Wait, this isn't the time for that.'
I turned to look at Lilith.
"Lilith."
"...Y-yes?!"
Lilith, who had been staring fixedly at my crotch, jumped in surprise and looked up at me.
"I'm super late for work. How are you going to take responsibility?"
"Ah, well..."
"Let me go."
Lilith's face turned pale.
"A-are you insane? If Yupia-nim finds out, she'll kill me! She claimed you for her exclusive punishment...!"
"If you don't let me go now, you'll never get another taste. Didn't you hear Yupia declare she'd monopolize me? You won't get to feed on me anymore."
"H-heek?!"
Lilith's face grew even whiter.
Never tasting that heavenly flavor again for the rest of her life?
She was probably thinking exactly that.
"But if you close your eyes and let me go right now, I'll call you over later for a special treat—just you. Behind Yupia's back, until you're stuffed."
"S-special treat?!"
Lilith's ears perked up.
"R-really? You'll call just me later and use my mouth and ass, right?"
"I promise. Hurry up. I'm already late. And if you have any spare men's clothes, give me those too. My clothes and underwear got torn because of Yupia."
"Ah, got it!"
Lilith fetched some clothes and helped me dress, then hastily opened a spatial transfer gate.
Pajit!
Space warped, and I dropped near the company.
'These bitches...'
They'd definitely been monitoring me.
I'd only asked to be sent out, but they dropped me right at my workplace.
'Well, at least it saved time.'
I straightened my clothes.
But that wasn't the issue.
My body reeked of women's perfume and sticky pheromones.
'Damn, if I go in like this... No, this is proof.'
I'd been kidnapped by succubus villains on the way to work.
The evidence was wafting off me in waves of scent.
'What time is it anyway?'
I sighed and pulled out my phone.
As I checked the time, I saw a pile of missed calls.
[Team Leader Choi Yura]
-Seonghwa-ssi, not coming in today?
A chill ran down my spine.
If you just read the text, you might mistake it for a female coworker missing me.
But no way.
'Screwed.'
Choi Yura, the team leader infamous for her prickliness.
This was definitely sarcasm.
Just reading it made her stern face pop into my head, giving me goosebumps.
"Ah, shit... Gotta run."
I started to hurry off.
But my phone rang long again.
This time, it was a call.
'No way...'
With a sinking feeling, I cautiously checked the screen.
An unfamiliar number was displayed.
'What? Spam? I'm busy as hell.'
I tried to ignore it, but the same number kept ringing insistently, so I reluctantly answered.
"Hello."
-Kim Seonghwa-ssi?
The voice was familiar.
"...Seo Jubin?"
-Yes, it's me. Sorry for contacting you when I said not to, but... are you okay?
"What's with the sudden call? What's this out of the blue?"
Seo Jubin's voice wasn't as cold as before.
It carried genuine concern.
-Relieved to hear you answering so calmly. You seem fine.
"That's what I've been asking—what's going on?"
-Or are you suddenly using formal speech because you're under surveillance and can't speak freely?
"No, it's just sudden."
-Do you know Morse code, Seonghwa-ssi? Or just say you didn't order jjajangmyeon, and I'll get it.
I had no idea what nonsense she was spouting.
-The taxi driver reported a missing passenger. Forensics at the scene confirmed it was you.
So that's what it was.
Seo Jubin thought I'd been captured by villains and was undergoing horrific torture right now.
-Who was it? Can you tell me?
Her voice dripped with thick killing intent.
-If they so much as harmed a hair on your head...
"I'm fine. I escaped."
-What? Really?
"I'm serious. So don't contact me needlessly. Once my cooldown's up, I'll reach out later."
-You're serious?
"Yes. Hanging up. I'm way late for work."
*
"What time is it now?"
The moment I opened the office door, a chilling dagger flew at me—not a greeting.
I bowed my head, panting.
"I'm sorry!"
Over the partitions, Team Leader Choi Yura glared at me with arms crossed.
Objectively speaking, she was pretty.
But to our department, she was the 'pretty psycho.'
"Something unfortunate happened on the way in..."
"Kim Seonghwa-ssi. Then report it ahead of time or pick up your calls. Are you messing with me right now?"
Choi Yura strode toward me, her heels clicking sharply.
"I'm sorry. But it was truly unavoidable. I got kidnapped by villains on the way."
Silence fell over the office instantly.
My colleagues' gazes pierced me with looks that said, 'That lunatic finally lost it.'
One of Choi Yura's eyebrows arched skeptically.
"Ha, kidnapped?"
She let out a disbelieving scoff.
"The world's gotten so convenient, huh? Back in the day, the best excuses were traffic, stomachache, or overslept alarm. Now we live in an era where you can blame villains?"
"It's not an excuse..."
"Seonghwa-ssi. If you're going to make excuses, at least make them believable."
Choi Yura stepped right up to my face and prodded my chest with a file folder.
"You weren't even caught in a villain incident. Why would villains kidnap an ordinary guy like you?"
"Well..."
"What, did you get swept up in a hostage situation on your commute, screaming 'Help!' until a hero swooped in with a 'bam!' and saved you?"
Her sarcasm was unmatched.
"It wasn't a bank robbery or anything. What villain kidnaps a random office worker first thing in the morning? Did they invent the ransom-demanding salaryman type now?"
"No, it wasn't about ransom..."
"Enough."
This bitch was cutting me off for the umpteenth time.
"...More importantly, what's that smell?"
Choi Yura suddenly wrinkled her nose and stepped back.
She pinched her nose and grimaced.
"Ugh, it's foul. Did you dump a whole bottle of women's perfume on yourself? And you didn't even shower—you reek."
I inwardly cheered.
This was it. Proof I'd been rolling around in a succubus den!
"It's not..."
"Don't play dumb. There's this weird, gross body odor that's not even covered by the perfume."
No matter what, I had to see this through here.
Even Choi Yura would cut me some slack if I did.
"Ah! This is the proof! I got kidnapped by succubus villains! Do they care if you're a civilian? If you're a guy with essence, they'll..."
"Stop."
Choi Yura's expression turned to pure contempt.
"...Ha."
She waved me off like she didn't want to deal with me anymore.
"Boss asks why you're late, and you hit me with sexual harassment first thing. You've got it all."
"No! It wasn't sexual harassment...!"
"I don't want to hear any more disgusting nonsense. Submit a written apology by end of day."
Fuck. Does she have a stick up her ass?
Even Yupia wasn't this rigid.
Seo Jubin... well, pre-fuck, she seemed similar, so pass.
"No, really!"
"Sit down! And stop stinking up the place!"
Choi Yura spun on her heel and returned to her desk.
I wanted to protest my innocence but gave up on explaining and sat down.
'Sigh, this is why I shouldn't get involved.'
As I booted up my computer, I overheard Choi Yura muttering from her desk far away.
"Working with subordinates like that makes me wish I'd stayed a hero. At least that pays well."
Hero life?
I chuckled and turned on my monitor.
With that personality, a hero? Maybe a verbal-assassin hero who slays villains with insults.
'Not even an awakener, and she's bragging.'
After the hellish workday ended, I dragged my battered body homeward.
Sucked dry in the penthouse, sucked dry in the villain lair, and soul-sucked at the office.
"Gonna crack open a beer at home and crash."
As I trudged near my place,
a familiar silhouette appeared.
"Haa... seriously..."
A sigh escaped me naturally.