The Devil's Bet ♡
The moment I declared with unyielding conviction, “From now on, any attack on Kim Minji will be considered an attack on me,” Lee Jiun raised one eyebrow in a slanted frown.
“...Oppa, are you feeling okay?”
“I am. My heart hurts.”
“......?”
I ignored the look in her eyes that now regarded me like a madman and turned around. My gaze fell on Kim Minji, who was trembling violently on the sofa.
“You, get out for a bit.”
“......”
“I said get out. I’ll settle this properly.”
“No, how am I supposed to go anywhere looking like this? And this is my house anyway....”
“Ah.”
My mind snapped back to reality. And in that same moment, I scooped Kim Minji up as well.
“E-eh...!”
I lifted her effortlessly in a princess carry and headed straight for the master bedroom. Was she always this light? Especially with breasts that enormous.
With a soft poof, I carefully laid Kim Minji down on the bed.
‘Mmm—.’
Come to think of it, I’d been too distracted until now to notice. But looking down at her entire body from above like this, the sight was nothing short of violently obscene. Her arms and legs were tightly bound, yet the most important areas were left completely exposed by the bizarre outfit. Still, I could understand the designer’s intention perfectly. The contrast between her pale skin and the black mesh made her look far more lewd than if she were simply naked.
My gaze, following pure instinct, slid over her plump breasts, past the cute little navel below them, and continued steadily downward.
At that moment, Kim Minji yanked the blanket all the way up to her chin with a frantic whoosh.
“W-what the hell are you staring at so hard, you crazy bastard!”
“...Sorry.”
Only then did she seem to fully register her own state. She burrowed deeper under the blanket, hiding her body completely. The way she looked terrified yet burning with embarrassment... was strangely arousing.
I studied the squirrel-like Minji for a moment before gently brushing her disheveled hair back with my fingers. The instant my hand touched her, her shoulders flinched. But soon she surrendered to my touch and looked up at me with wet, glistening eyes.
It was a look of complete, absolute trust—the kind she had never shown her parents or any acquaintance. The kind that said, I believe in you.
This was a little embarrassing, honestly.
“Sleep for a bit. I’ll wake you after I clean up.”
“Um... uhh... but....”
Kim Minji’s lips moved as if she wanted to say something. But the moment I tucked a pillow firmly behind her head, her eyes lost focus rapidly. Maybe the tension had finally drained out of her now that I was here. Or perhaps her body and mind had simply reached their limit after all the brutal abuse she’d endured. Probably both.
“Kang... Minu....”
With that faint murmur, Kim Minji fell completely unconscious.
Good. What was about to happen wasn’t exactly something she should witness with a clear mind.
Leaving behind her soft, rhythmic breathing, I closed the bedroom door and stepped back into the living room.
Click.
The moment the door shut, the atmosphere shifted completely. Now only Jiun and I remained in the living room. Arms crossed, I stared at her coldly, wondering how best to deal with this.
Even in this situation, Lee Jiun remained perfectly composed. She neither ran nor lunged at me. She simply stood at a slight angle, meeting my gaze head-on. There was a trace of displeasure on her face, but her eyes still burned with the confidence that she controlled the situation.
It was Jiun who broke the silence first.
“Hmm... It seems like there’s been a bit of a misunderstanding about the situation.”
“Me? Or you?”
“Obviously you, oppa.”
She jerked her chin toward the closed bedroom door and snapped, “I have no idea why you suddenly showed up and started interfering. This was a consensual play.”
“...Consensual?”
“Yes, consensual. We even wrote up a contract. Senior Minji agreed to obey my every word for one month, and I promised not to touch her afterward. Since we both agreed, it’s a legitimate transaction. So why are you butting in? What gives you the right?”
“......”
Huh? Wait, this wasn’t how it was supposed to go. The moment she brought up “rights,” I suddenly found myself at a loss for words. Seeing me hesitate, the corner of Jiun’s mouth curled up slightly. It was the smile of someone who thought they had seized the upper hand.
She strode boldly right up to me and stood tall.
“Well? What right do you have to interfere? You’re not Senior Minji’s boyfriend or family, are you?”
“That’s... well....”
“And didn’t I already tell you last time? I genuinely like Senior Minji. So what’s the problem with me playing the kind of games I like with the person I like, under mutual consent?”
“Even so... this kind of play is clearly violence—”
“Then wake her up and ask her yourself.”
“Huh?”
“Wake Senior Minji up and ask her. Ask whether she wants to fulfill the remaining two weeks of the contract or not. But I guarantee you—she’ll say she wants to continue.”
When I glared at her with a look that clearly said this bitch, she shot back with an expression that said what did I do?
The standoff lasted for some time. I could feel the rage that had been boiling inside me cooling rapidly. She was so brazen that I actually started wondering if I was the one in the wrong. And honestly, looking at it coldly, there was nothing factually incorrect in what Lee Jiun had said. She liked Minji. She also liked BDSM. So while it might look like clear abuse from an outsider’s perspective, from her point of view it was simply intimate play between lovers and a rather twisted way of expressing deep affection....
No, fuck that.
I had almost been sucked in for a second. I stared straight into Lee Jiun’s eyes.
“Fine. Let’s say, for the sake of a hundred arguments, that this really is your way of showing affection. But isn’t that the thing about relationships?”
“What thing?”
“Love isn’t when only one side unilaterally expresses affection. That’s stalking, harassment, and abuse.”
“That’s....”
“Let’s be honest about what we can. I don’t know about you, but Minji doesn’t like you. Why would someone be terrified of the person they like?”
Lee Jiun bit her lip.
“...It doesn’t matter. A contract is a contract. It was for one month and there are still two weeks left. If it gets broken, I’ll act however I want too.”
The more we talked, the more transparent her true intentions became. Why had she proposed a one-month period? This little fox had probably been confident she could completely brand Kim Minji in that time. She would gaslight her both physically and psychologically until Minji could never escape even after the contract ended. I could feel it clearly.
This wasn’t an ordinary bet. Whether you called it clever or downright wicked, she stayed calm in any situation and had the guts to never flinch. On top of that, she possessed cunning rhetoric and nonverbal cues that made the other person think, Wait, am I the one who’s wrong? That was exactly why I had nearly fallen for it. In short, her mental pressure was quite high. She also had a real talent for bewitching people.
If left alone, someone as naive as Kim Minji would have melted to the bone.
But I was no longer the old me. I had been reborn, transformed. And while I didn’t have a status window... I had become quite an extraordinary person myself.
“So you’re saying you absolutely won’t let her go?”
“That’s right. I won’t. This is an opportunity I finally seized. So, what exactly can you do about it, oppa? Are you going to try to solve this with force? Just so you know, my uncle is a prosecutor and my grandfather is a judge. And as I already said, you have no right to interfere.”
“Actually, I do have the right.”
“What right?”
“I told you earlier. Starting today, Minji and I are one and the same.”
“...Stop talking nonsense and get out of my house. Before I call the police.”
Jiun actually picked up the phone on the table as if she meant to do exactly that.
Hmm. Wait. What now?
I had burst in after receiving the call, but I hadn’t actually planned out how to resolve this. To be honest, I didn’t have any concrete ideas prepared. Using violence was out of the question. This was modern society with actual law enforcement. I could probably drive her out of the house for now, but that wouldn’t be a complete solution. If I unilaterally broke the contract, Jiun would clearly threaten to spread the video and continue tormenting Minji.
So making her withdraw of her own free will and ensuring she never even thought about clinging to Kim Minji again was far more complicated than it seemed.
“......”
But if it’s complicated, I just need to make it simple. It might be an impossible puzzle for others, but for me it was possible.
Because I know your desires.
“Let’s make a bet.”
“A bet? What kind of bet all of a sudden?”
“Whether you’ll fall in love with me or not.”
“......Excuse me?”
Yes. This was the only way.
“You said you’re tormenting her because you like her, right? Then if someone you like even more appears, you won’t lay a hand on Kim Minji anymore. I’ll satisfy you more than she ever could.”
A brief silence. Lee Jiun stared at me with a face that asked if I was sane, then let out a dumbfounded laugh.
“...Ha. You really have no shame.”
Yeah, I know I’m being shameless. But honestly, you’re interested too. Even though you’re keeping a poker face, standing right in front of you I can see it—the other emotion lurking behind your eyes. The gaze that warily watches me while secretly scanning my body up and down.
I stood up and slowly approached her. One step. Two steps. The closer I got, the further back her head tilted.
Nearly 180cm in height. Broad, powerful shoulders. And above all, the Alpha Aura radiating from my entire body. After countless clinical tests, I knew it clearly—I had become the kind of man no woman could resist.
“Give me two hours.”
“Two hours?”
“Yeah. If you fall for me within that time, I win. If not, I lose.”
“And if you lose, oppa?”
“I’ll back off cleanly.”
Lee Jiun began glaring at me with eyes full of wariness.
“You really... have ridiculous confidence. Just so we’re clear, I have no interest in getting fucked. I’ve dated men before, but... I basically prefer women.”
“I know. But I think it’s because you’ve never met a real man. Don’t you think I might be different? Don’t you think you’ll fall in love with me within two hours?”
Jiun swept her hair back as if she couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Yet even then, her eyes kept darting to my broad chest, the thick forearms visible beneath my sleeves, and the slightly bulging front of my pants. It was the instinctive curiosity any woman would feel.
I took one more step forward. Now there was barely a hand’s width between us—close enough for my breath to brush her forehead. Jiun’s gaze met mine directly without flinching. It was provocative. But within it, a strange excitement flickered.
I uttered the magic word that people like Lee Jiun could never resist.
“Scared?”
For a split second, it sounded like a vein popped on Jiun’s forehead.
She hadn’t even opened her mouth yet, but her expression alone told me exactly what her answer would be. She was the proud queen type. There was no way she could ignore a provocation like that.
“...Fine. Whatever.”
Jiun forced the corners of her mouth up in a twisted smile and uncrossed her arms.
“You’re so shameless it’s actually interesting. Go ahead and try.”
She pointed at the digital clock in the corner of the living room.
“The time limit is two hours. If I say I don’t love you after that, I win, right?”
“Yes. But there’s one condition.”
“What condition?”
“For these two hours, you must obey my every command absolutely. Honestly, this bet is already heavily skewed in your favor, so I should at least get this much of an advantage, right?”
Jiun seemed to consider it for a moment.
“Fine. A completely one-sided game wouldn’t be fun anyway. For two hours, I’ll do whatever you tell me to. But I have a condition too.”
“What is it?”
“No penetration. I’m a virgin. I’m saving my hymen for someone I truly love.”
“......”
An unexpectedly pure declaration. It didn’t matter. I had never intended to give her my first time anyway. My first partner was already decided.
“Okay. Confirmed. Then starting now—two hours. Let’s begin.”
“Go ahead. Try me.”
Jiun snorted as if it were ridiculous.
But the very next moment, her arrogant expression shattered instantly.
Slap!
With a crisp, sharp sound, Jiun’s head snapped to the side.
“......?”
She wore a dazed expression, completely unable to comprehend what had just happened. Trembling, she raised a hand to her cheek. Her pupils shook violently. Before she could even process the shock—
Slap!
Her head whipped to the other side. Only after her tilted head slowly returned to face forward did focus gradually return to her blank eyes.
Shock. Rage. And humiliation.
Jiun looked up at me with eyes that couldn’t believe what had happened. I spoke calmly.
“What? It’s part of the play. Are you really going to act like a baby over something like this?”
“......”
Jiun glared at me silently. Though she said nothing, her quivering lips perfectly conveyed the psychological impact. Well, of course. She had probably never been slapped by a man in her entire life.
Paying no mind to her reaction, I raised my hand again with a cold expression. Jiun flinched violently, reflexively covering her face—then, startled by her own reaction, quickly lowered her hands. She grit her teeth and lifted her head high once more.
“...Do whatever you want. After two hours, I’ll make you regret this for real.”
Slap!
The third slap landed cleanly.
“We’ll see who ends up regretting it. For now, get on your knees on that rug.”
With a face flushed red from both fury and the slaps, Lee Jiun obeyed my command. Leaving her kneeling obediently, I crouched down beside the sofa. Next to it lay Jiun’s backpack and an array of various play tools.
“Hmm....”
Right. Let’s start with this.
I picked up a leather blindfold. Then I moved behind the kneeling Jiun and placed it over her eyes.
“......!”
She gave a slight tremble when the blindfold went on, but she didn’t resist. It seemed that, just like with her contract with Minji, she was the type who kept her word no matter what.
I looked down at Jiun, now isolated in darkness, then sat on the sofa. I pulled out my smartphone and accessed the Pandora App.
In truth, ever since I had secretly watched her masturbate through the Pandora Lens, there had been several items I had been keeping an eye on. Tools capable of drawing out Lee Jiun’s hidden tags—her twisted, latent desires.
I entered the shop and opened my cart.
◈ Silent Face Set
◈ Doggy Suit
◈ Abyssal Slime
◈ Gate Keeper
◈ Soggy Slug
◈ Stinging Parasite
◈ Whisper
Without hesitation, I pressed the purchase button. The space around me warped slightly, and then a pile of black, red, flesh-colored, slimy, sticky, and rigid tools poured onto the sofa with a clatter.
Grotesque instruments that sent a chill down the spine just to look at them.
And before them knelt Lee Jiun, completely unaware, still on her knees.
A little while ago, she had said she would make me regret this in two hours.
But honestly, right now I was more worried about her. If I used everything here, wouldn’t her soul end up completely broken?
Still... ‘I have to do what I have to do.’
I picked up the first tool I would put on her.
Silent Face Set
Alright. Let’s start by changing your clothes to match the theme.