Lucky Wooden Charms
I had been to Dan Yuha's house once before. It was an immaculately clean, orderly place — and unsurprisingly, little about it had changed.
"Search every inch of it. There might still be traces of him left behind."
Mo Seyeong ordered me to inspect the house as well.
"Do you really think that erotic demon Chu Pawol was hiding here, my lady?"
"He may have already fled, but if he spent even a single day in this house, there will be traces. Guaranteed."
"Traces, my lady? What kind of traces?"
"The traces of copulation, obviously. Chu Pawol is a notorious erotic demon who raped countless women. If he stayed in a woman's house, there's no chance he didn't have his way with her."
At Mo Seyeong's words, I stole a glance at Dan Yuha, who was enjoying tea and snacks in the living room.
"Surely you're not suggesting the Rakshasa Demoness and Chu Pawol... copulated?"
"Nothing strange about it. Dan Yuha may look like that, but she's well past forty. She's bound to have experience with men. And while Chu Pawol looks like a pile of filth, he possesses a special erotic art that bewitches women."
I knew the power of that erotic art all too well. Indeed, someone of Chu Pawol's caliber might well have been able to take Dan Yuha. The Yin-Yang Harmony Technique was a formidable martial art — and an equally formidable erotic art — when used against women.
"There's nothing in the living room, my lady. I even went through the trash. Not a single masculine item turned up."
"Hmph. Thorough, I'll give you that."
We entered Dan Yuha's bedroom. Having granted permission for the search, she made no move to stop us.
"So the house is just the living room, the bedroom, and that outhouse outside?"
The house was small; there wasn't much to search. Dan Yuha's room was a modest space, just large enough for a woman living alone. A large, wide bed occupied nearly half of it, with a wardrobe and a simple dressing table besides.
Mo Seyeong opened the wardrobe and inspected it meticulously. It was packed with Dan Yuha's martial uniforms and everyday clothes.
"Hmm? What's this?"
Mo Seyeong pulled something from inside the wardrobe. My eyes went to it of their own accord.
"Eugh! Th-that's...!?"
The moment Dan Yuha saw what Mo Seyeong had retrieved, she strode over and snatched it away. The object in question was a wooden phallus. I stared at it, stunned.
Holy hell. What is that? Don't tell me she's been using that to masturbate?
I'd ordered her to stimulate her clitoris, but fingers were more than enough for that. The existence of a wooden cock this elaborate meant she'd been using it for penetrative masturbation.
She was definitely a virgin when I took her... which means she acquired this after I started training her.
Well, once you'd tasted my cock, how could you possibly go back to a normal life? Of course she'd struggle to get by without one.
Still — I was already pounding her three times a day, and she'd gone and bought a wooden dildo? Apparently even three times wasn't enough for Dan Yuha.
"What is this supposed to be? A rather peculiar-looking object."
The funny thing was, Mo Seyeong had no idea what it was for. She dangled the wooden phallus this way and that, her expression suspicious — and yet she seemed like an entirely different person from the one who'd just ordered us to look for traces of Chu Pawol's copulation. She was completely ignorant about sex.
Not that it was surprising. Fairy Gate was a men-forbidden zone, so the kind of romantic entanglements between disciples that cropped up in other sects simply didn't exist here. And the proud martial artists of Fairy Gate would never stoop to romancing their servants — that was next to impossible.
Raised in that environment, Mo Seyeong was a sexual idiot. If she'd known about something as advanced as a dildo, that would have been the real shock.
"This is... nothing! Ahem, ahem! It's just a decorative ornament."
Dan Yuha's failure to keep her composure made Mo Seyeong's eyes gleam sharply.
"That's a suspicious look if I've ever seen one. I think I need a closer look at that."
"Th-this is truly nothing at all."
"You gave us permission to search this house, did you not? Are you going back on your word? Then again, I suppose that's just like an unorthodox practitioner."
That was Mo Seyeong for you. Fearless. She had to know that if Dan Yuha felt like it, taking her head off would be no trouble at all.
The only reason she could afford to be this reckless was the enormous backing of Fairy Gate. Connections really were everything, no matter where you went.
Dan Yuha's gaze met mine for a brief moment.
She'd realized it too — that I, being a man, couldn't possibly fail to recognize what that object was for.
Dan Yuha's face flushed as red as a ripe strawberry.
"She's hiding something, all right."
Mo Seyeong smiled with the satisfaction of a hunter who'd caught her prey.
"This is definitely connected to Chu Pawol."
"It is not!"
Dan Yuha's voice cracked into a shout. I nearly shouted myself. Dan Yuha was my woman.
"Then you shouldn't have any problem showing it to us, should you?"
Now it was Mo Seyeong pressing the attack.
But was this really okay? If Dan Yuha actually snapped, we might be holding Mo Seyeong's funeral. That couldn't happen. I'd already earmarked Mo Seyeong as my toilet. I couldn't let her die a dog's death here.
"Ah! Come to think of it, I believe I've seen ornaments like that at the marketplace. I heard they're symbols of good fortune."
"Huh? What did you say?"
I diverted Mo Seyeong's attention.
"It's something the carpenters sell at the market, my lady. You can pick one up for about five copper coins."
"...Really? The shape looks extremely suspicious."
"Ahem! Indeed. This is a wooden carving sold at the marketplace. I bought one to liven up this rather barren room."
"Then why was it inside the wardrobe?"
"Th-that's because... it didn't quite match the rest of my room... so I put it away."
Dan Yuha's talent for improvising excuses was surprisingly sharp. Mo Seyeong didn't entirely drop her suspicion, but she nodded for the time being. Suspicious as the shape was, the thing itself was just an ordinary lump of wood, and her doubts faded quickly.
"Fine. Let's keep searching."
She dug deeper into the wardrobe. And then she found another wooden phallus. This one even bigger than the last.
"What's this? It's the same thing. No — this one's a bit larger than the other."
I glanced sideways at Dan Yuha. Just how many dildos did she have? Apparently one hadn't been enough to replicate the taste of my cock.
"There's something suspicious on this one. A sticky fluid? Hmm... the smell is a little fishy. What is this?"
What's more, it looked freshly used. Wait — so she'd been masturbating right up until we arrived? Judging by Dan Yuha's expression, that was exactly the case.
"That's also a lucky wooden carving, my lady. The larger they are, the more expensive."
"Unexpected. I wouldn't have taken the Rakshasa Demoness for the superstitious type. And this carving... I can't even tell what it's supposed to represent."
If she'd ever seen a cock, she'd know instantly.
Regardless, Mo Seyeong finished searching the entire house. Aside from the two rather unusual wooden carvings, she found not a single clue. Naturally — Chu Pawol and Dan Yuha had nothing to do with each other.
"Did you find what you were looking for?"
Dan Yuha asked with a smirk. Mo Seyeong couldn't say a word, her expression sour. When Dan Yuha pressed her with a beaming smile, Mo Seyeong finally managed to open her mouth.
"I didn't find anything."
"Heh. Would you like to look some more?"
Dan Yuha's cramped house had already been searched three times over. We'd even checked for hidden rooms, of which there were, of course, none.
"No. I'll admit I was wrong."
"Very well. Then I shall be taking this boy with me."
Dan Yuha said this as she laid a gentle hand upon me.
Mo Seyeong returned to her sect, looking defeated. I watched her through the window. I hadn't expected Dan Yuha to claim me so impulsively.
Well, once I put her through a Defeat Orgasm, getting back to Fairy Gate will be simple enough. I suppose I can play along for a while.
The whole reason I'd been at Fairy Gate in the first place was to fuck Baek Seolhwa and Mo Seyeong. I still hadn't had either of them.
Originally, I'd planned to quietly stack some flags at Fairy Gate or cook up a scheme, but learning Chu Pawol's Yin-Yang Harmony Technique had changed my thinking. Mastering that technique to a reasonable degree came first. And if I wanted the freedom to train martial arts, being outside Fairy Gate was more convenient anyway.
"Chu Pawol's prison break. What an amusing turn of events."
Dan Yuha said this as she poured the tea. It didn't seem particularly amusing from Mo Seyeong's perspective.
"Drink. It's ginger tea."
"Thank you, my lady."
I accepted the warm ginger tea and drank.
"By the way, why did you buy two wooden cocks?"
"Pfft!"
Dan Yuha coughed as if she'd choked.
"Ahem! Well... I thought that perhaps, in order to stimulate yang energy... doing that sort of thing... might be more effective."
A hastily fabricated excuse if I'd ever heard one. I let it slide for now.
"I see. That's an excellent attitude. Trying various approaches is certainly the way to treat an illness quickly."
"Hmph! Precisely. I absolutely did not purchase them out of any personal desire. Of course not."
"In that case, would you show me? How you used them."
I held up the pair of wooden phalluses as I spoke. Dan Yuha froze like a stone statue.
"W-what did you just say?"
"I need to know how you used these, Lady Dan Yuha, in order to determine whether they help or hinder your treatment. Stimulating yang energy clumsily can turn it into poison instead."
Complete bullshit. I just wanted to watch Dan Yuha masturbate.