Chapter 486: Thanks to You, I Was Able to Satisfy My Lust
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 486: Thanks to You, I Was Able to Satisfy My Lust
'Wh... Why?'
A look of utter confusion crossed Paeng Ga-ryeon’s face.
She couldn't understand why Kang Myeong hadn't spilled his semen into her uterus. Wasn't internal ejaculation the very thing he had craved and yearned for?
How could he let such an opportunity slip away so fruitlessly?
Thud.
Kang Myeong set Paeng Ga-ryeon down on the floor.
"Good work, Hall Master."
He then expressed his gratitude with a polite, almost formal attitude.
"You took responsibility quite admirably."
He glanced around, picked up the cloth he had used to wipe his forehead earlier, and added, "Thanks to you, I was able to satisfy my lust."
Scrub, scrub.
He began to wipe his cock, which was slick with sexual fluid and semen, using the cloth he had just retrieved.
"You may leave now."
Kang Myeong spoke as if he didn't have a single lingering attachment.
".........."
Paeng Ga-ryeon was speechless at his behavior.
Was this rudeness? Disregard? Insolence?
A surge of displeasure rose within her as she felt a mixture of every negative emotion imaginable from his attitude.
"......What do you think you're doing right now?"
"What do you mean?"
"What is the meaning of this disrespectful attitude?"
"Which part was disrespectful?" Kang Myeong asked, feigning ignorance.
"Telling me to leave just because you've sated your lust! How can you treat me so lightly, as if I were some common street prostitute!"
"It's not as if we're lovers, is it?"
"What!?"
Paeng Ga-ryeon flared up, her voice rising in anger.
"Let me ask you one thing. Do you love me, Hall Master?"
Kang Myeong looked her straight in the eye as he spoke.
"................"
At his question, Paeng Ga-ryeon fell silent.
Love.
That was an emotion she had buried deep within her heart a long time ago. How could someone like her possibly feel something like love?
"If there is no love, how can we be called lovers?"
When she didn't answer, Kang Myeong continued with a playful smirk. He seemed to be genuinely enjoying her predicament.
"You...... you've changed."
Paeng Ga-ryeon glared at him with suspicious eyes. She felt a massive sense of cognitive dissonance.
This was the man who used to burn with lust and love for her. He was the one who looked only at her, loved only her, and craved nothing but her affection.
But now, he had transformed into a completely different person. How could she not feel the discrepancy?
"How can a person remain the same forever? I am a completely different man than I was before, Hall Master. It will be troublesome if you continue to view me as the old Kang Myeong."
Kang Myeong continued with a stiff expression, his tone incredibly businesslike.
"Does your attitude change this much just because you crossed the wall? The Super-Peak Realm is certainly impressive, but I don't think it's enough for you to act so high and mighty in front of me."
Paeng Ga-ryeon glared at him with a cold gaze.
"You're not wrong. While the Super-Peak Realm is exalted, it's not exactly rare when looking at the Murim as a whole," Kang Myeong replied calmly. "But isn't it rare enough among the Rising Stars participating in the succession competition?"
".........."
Paeng Ga-ryeon remained silent. He wasn't wrong.
The Super-Peak Realm was a lofty stage, but it wasn't necessarily rare. There were numerous Super-Peak masters scattered across the vast Murim.
However, the story changed if the scope was limited to the Rising Stars. Currently, the only Rising Stars known to have reached the Super-Peak Realm were Jang Sun-woo and Kang Myeong. Out of the countless Rising Stars as numerous as the stars in the sky, only two had reached that exalted realm.
It was bound to be rare. Especially now, with the succession struggle in full swing.
Kang Myeong was pointing out exactly that—just how high his current standing was.
"You've gone quiet."
Seeing her silence, Kang Myeong continued with a mischievous expression.
"I suppose I misjudged you. I thought you had a stubborn and diligent personality like an ox, but to think you had such a fox-like side to you."
Paeng Ga-ryeon spoke with a look of disbelief. She had never imagined Kang Myeong could be this cunning.
"If you live like an ox, you're bound to be used and then eaten."
".........."
Paeng Ga-ryeon stared at him without a word.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Are you really Kang Myeong?"
"Do I seem like someone else?"
"You seem like a completely different person to be called Kang Myeong. Your way of speaking, the look in your eyes... everything."
Paeng Ga-ryeon scrutinized his face with a suspicious expression.
"If you're that doubtful, would you like to give it a pull?"
Stretch.
Kang Myeong pulled on his own cheek and asked her.
"Forget it. No matter how much one transforms, they can't replicate body scars or bone structure."
Paeng Ga-ryeon shook her head. Despite her suspicions, she had no choice but to believe him. Not just his face, but everything about him was Kang Myeong himself.
The size of his muscles.
The frame of his bones.
Even the size of his cock—it was all him.
'He's become a very difficult man.'
Paeng Ga-ryeon thought to herself. Kang Myeong had become far too difficult to handle. Looking at him now, it seemed impossible to keep him wrapped around her finger. He had become far too aware of his own value.
"Kang Myeong, what is it that you want?" Paeng Ga-ryeon asked in a level tone.
"I'm not sure what you mean."
"You've shown your true colors, which you kept hidden like a snake, because there's something you want, isn't there? Speak. I will grant you whatever it is."
She spoke with a look of humiliation. It was degrading, but she desperately needed Kang Myeong. He was a crucial piece for winning the succession competition. She had to hold onto him by any means necessary before he had a change of heart.
"Well... I'm not really the greedy type."
Kang Myeong replied with a contemplative expression.
"Think carefully. I will make anything happen for you."
"Anything?"
"Yes, anything."
Paeng Ga-ryeon nodded.
"Then, could you start by leaving?" Kang Myeong said, pointing toward the door.
"Wh... What!?"
Paeng Ga-ryeon looked bewildered.
"I'm feeling sleepy now that I've finished... I'll think about what I want later, so I'd like you to leave now."
Kang Myeong spoke with a drowsy expression.
'This man...!!!'
His attitude made Paeng Ga-ryeon's blood boil. How could he act so arrogantly when he had only just reached the Super-Peak Realm? She felt a sudden urge to strike him down and take his head right then and there.
But she quickly suppressed her anger. She needed him more than anyone else right now. He was the only one who could act as a countermeasure against the greatest Rising Star, Jang Sun-woo.
"Fine."
Paeng Ga-ryeon swallowed her pride and stood up slowly. She felt like she would lose control of her temper if she stayed in his presence any longer.
Flick.
Suddenly, Kang Myeong tossed the cloth he had used to wipe his cock at her.
"Are you going out looking like that? Why don't you at least wipe your pussy before you go?"
Kang Myeong pointed at her pussy, which was dripping with fluids.
"........I'll take care of it."
She gave a curt reply and walked straight out. Watching her leave, a smile spread across Kang Myeong's lips. He felt a profound sense of satisfaction.
"Aaaaaagh!"
Crash!
Clatter!
Back in her office, Paeng Ga-ryeon began throwing and smashing everything in sight. She couldn't contain the rage boiling over from Kang Myeong's insolent behavior.
"Kang Myeong! Kang Myeong! Kang Myeong!"
To her, Kang Myeong was nothing more than a dog she could manipulate at will. But now, that dog had grown a bit larger and was barking at its master. How could she not be furious?
"Kaaaaang Myeooooong!"
Snap!
Crunch!
What she found most unbearable was the fact that, for a brief moment, she had actually wanted to be dominated by him. When he was relentlessly pounding her with his cock, she had thought to herself that she wanted to be ruled by such a superior male. She had wanted to receive his seed and bear his children.
She felt a surge of self-loathing for having such thoughts. She wanted to use the Five Tiger Broken Gate Blade Technique, the secret art of the Paeng Clan, to lop off his arrogant head this instant.
"Aaaaaaaaagh!"
But she couldn't. She couldn't kill him.
Kang Myeong was an essential piece to ensure her daughter, Lee Gi-yeon, would win the succession competition.
Grind.
Paeng Ga-ryeon gnashed her teeth. She vowed that once the succession struggle was over, she would tear that arrogant face of his to shreds.
'Until then... I'll let you have your way.'
A murderous aura flickered in her eyes.
*
Knock, knock, knock.
Someone knocked on the office door.
"Who is it?" Paeng Ga-ryeon asked sharply.
"Mother, it's Gi-yeon."
A clear, bright voice came from outside.
"Ah, you've come. Enter."
Upon hearing that voice, Paeng Ga-ryeon's tone instantly softened. Though she was haughty and cruel to others, she was a deeply affectionate mother to her daughter.
Creak.
With her permission, the office door opened, and a young woman appeared.
She was slightly shorter than average, with her hair tied in twin tails. Her large, starlit eyes were her most striking feature, giving her a cute appearance. Despite her petite stature, her chest was quite well-developed.
This was Lee Gi-yeon, Paeng Ga-ryeon's daughter.
"Mother, I hope you have been well."
She bowed politely to her mother.
"I have been fine. What about you? How was your closed-door training? Did you achieve anything?"
"Hehehe..."
At the question, Lee Gi-yeon blushed and gave a bashful laugh. It seemed she hadn't made any significant breakthroughs.
"Don't be too impatient. Enlightenment doesn't come easily. If you keep your focus and persevere, you will reach it eventually."
Paeng Ga-ryeon offered words of comfort.
"I will take your words to heart, Mother," Lee Gi-yeon replied with a bright smile.
"Good, good. You're a good girl."
Pat, pat.
Paeng Ga-ryeon gently stroked her lovely daughter's head.
"Hehehe."
Lee Gi-yeon giggled, clearly enjoying her mother's touch.
"By the way, Mother, there's something I wanted to ask."
"Go ahead."
"Is it true that Brother Kang has reached the Super-Peak Realm?" she asked curiously.
Frown.
Paeng Ga-ryeon's face darkened instantly. The mere mention of the arrogant Kang Myeong irritated her.
"......That's right."
Paeng Ga-ryeon nodded reluctantly.
"Wow... that's amazing... To reach the Super-Peak Realm at only twenty-five."
Lee Gi-yeon spoke with a dreamy expression. Her admiration for Kang Myeong was growing rapidly.
The Super-Peak Realm was a stage of mastery. It was synonymous with a level that was difficult to reach without the passage of significant time. Yet, a young master like Kang Myeong had ignored the flow of time and reached that exalted height.
How could she not admire him? Kang Myeong's immense talent was more than enough to shake the heart of the twenty-year-old Lee Gi-yeon.
Thump, thump, thump.
'Oh my.'
She felt a pleasant fluttering in her chest.
"Yeon-ah."
Paeng Ga-ryeon called her name in a sharp voice.
"Yes, Mother."
"Do not harbor any foolish feelings for him."
"Foolish feelings? I don't have anything like that."
Lee Gi-yeon shook her head in denial.
"Good. Keep it that way. He is not a man who suits you."
Paeng Ga-ryeon spoke firmly, as if stating an absolute fact.
"Hmm.... Since you put it that way, it almost makes me want to rebel."
Lee Gi-yeon spoke with a playful expression.
"Isn't he the perfect candidate for a husband? He's talented, his martial arts are high, and since he's a lone orphan, I wouldn't have to worry about in-laws."
"No, he is the worst candidate for a husband."
Paeng Ga-ryeon shook her head, dismissing the idea.
"Why?"
"Yeon-ah, people have something called 'status.' This status is something you are born with, and it can never be changed. He lacks status. How could you, the future Leader of the Cheonmu Alliance, ever be a match for a lone orphan with a mediocre sect background?"
Paeng Ga-ryeon looked at Lee Gi-yeon, her eyes filled with unwavering resolve.