The Watching Eye

Still wearing an uneasy look, Sujin apologized to me several times before gathering her clothes and retreating to her room. The way she fumbled those clothes back on was so unbearably sexy I wanted to pin her down for round two — but that would have wrecked my entire plan, so I let her go without a fuss.

The woman who'd come within a hair's breadth of becoming a female rapist went back to her studio apartment as an ordinary person. The first button of my plan had been fastened perfectly, and I couldn't help but smile.

The reason I'd engineered this situation was simple. If I accused her of rape and pressed her with it, I might seize a weakness and force her into sex — but then our relationship would sour overnight.

Cornered like that, she might even turn around and report me. Granted, given Sujin's personality, the odds of that were low.

What I wanted was for her to fall for me of her own accord. That required patient, unhurried conditioning. She'd managed to salvage the situation thanks to my apology, but she knew full well that she'd reverse-raped me. That meant she couldn't help but be conscious of me from now on.

"And on top of that, thanks to Power of Sex and the aphrodisiac, her first time felt that good. There's no way she can just ignore me. Heh. I wonder how long it'll take before Sujin drops right into the palm of my hand."

Come to think of it, among the items I'd newly acquired, there was one perfectly optimized for watching Sujin. I pulled it from my inventory.

The Watching Eye — an item purpose-built for hidden-camera work. A light touch was all it took to summon an inventory item into the real world. It was an eyeball-shaped camera about the size of my fist.

Honestly, I only knew it was a camera because the description said so. If I'd seen it for the first time with no explanation, I wouldn't have had a clue what it was for.

"Watching Eye. Film me."

At my command, the Watching Eye suddenly floated up into the air. Its pupil turned to look at me, and at the same time my face appeared in the corner of my vision like a television feed.

I could check the footage from the Watching Eye in real time. An incredibly convenient function. So this was what a B-Rank item could do.

"This is insane. Wait — it said it has a cloaking function too, right? The applications for this thing are endless."

I ordered the Watching Eye to cloak. Like a chameleon, it blended into the surrounding colors and melted into thin air. To my eyes, however, the camera's outline remained clearly visible as a white wireframe.

Whether I could see it because I was the owner, or whether anyone else would see it that way, I couldn't be sure — but given the circumstances, it was almost certainly the former.

"This should have no problem watching Sujin."

It was as broken as Succubus's Gift. Considering Succubus's Gift was a one-time-use item, this might even be more ridiculous.

I decided to plant it in Sujin's apartment. The method was simple. It was the weekend, so she'd be home. Well — she'd just gone back, and after what had happened, she definitely wouldn't be heading out anytime soon. Besides, if she ever left her place, I could hear her front door opening loud and clear from my apartment.

I went to Sujin's door and knocked. For the record, our villa doesn't have working doorbells. More precisely, they're broken and unusable. The only unit with a functioning doorbell is the landlady's on the first floor. That stingy old hag. How much could it possibly cost to fix them...?

"Yes...?"

Sujin's stiff voice came from inside, as if she still hadn't fully settled her rattled nerves. A few seconds later, her door cracked open. What was she going to do if I were some dangerous stranger? She seemed surprisingly careless. No — come to think of it, she was a Hunter. Unless I were some vicious Demonic, I wouldn't be able to harm her. Sujin had thought it through after all.

"Ah! Jaeseong!"

The moment she saw my face, Sujin looked flustered. Her gaze went straight to my neck. Were the handprints still that visible? I'd have to cover them with a collared shirt whenever I went out for a while. Seeing how anxious she looked, I almost felt sorry for her.

I slipped the Watching Eye into her apartment as planned. The cloaking was perfect — the vivid outline I could ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠see was apparently invisible to her. I said something appropriate so she wouldn't find my visit strange.

"You looked so upset earlier, I wanted to check on you. Um... you really don't need to blame yourself. Honestly, I consider it an honor just to have done that with a beauty like you, Sujin. Marks like these will fade soon enough anyway. I may not look it, but I'm a Hunter too. I only awakened recently, but still."

Had my consolation soothed her even a little? Sujin's expression seemed to ease. The faint guilt I'd felt about planting the camera evaporated. After listening carefully, she nodded.

"Thank you. I... still think you should cover that neck, though. If a stranger saw it..."

Nobody would interpret a man covered in dark handprints around the neck in a favorable light. I decided to take her advice starting with my next outing. Having accomplished my goal, I offered a light goodbye and returned home.

Then I checked the footage the Watching Eye was feeding into the corner of my vision. This was the first time I'd ever seen a woman's studio apartment. I studied her room with a thrill similar to when I'd ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠lost my virginity.

"Wow. People say a woman's room is as filthy as an animal den, but Sujin's place is actually spotless."

It was so neat and clean that, to slightly exaggerate, it barely even felt lived-in.

Not a single drop of water clung to the sink. In the dish cabinet, just enough tableware for one person sat stacked in perfect rows. On the bookshelf, volumes of identical size and genre were lined up with military precision. Most of them were about Dungeon Hunters.

Our rooms were the same size, yet hers looked far more spacious. Clearly because she kept it so well organized. Maybe I should tidy up my own place while I was at it.

"Haa~ This is the worst. Why did I even do that..."

Sujin flopped onto her bed and muttered to herself. She was the type who let her thoughts spill out of her mouth, same as me. Just lying there, she made a picture. Her glossy black hair fanned out across the sheets like a river of ink, creating an atmosphere like a work of art. Even I, peeping on her, felt something almost sacred.

"Haa.... And it was definitely my first time..."

Her muttering snapped me to attention. It was definitely my first time. A loaded phrase. The full sentence was probably, It was definitely my first time, but it felt so good.

"Heh. That's the power of the aphrodisiac and Power of Sex."

I didn't think I'd ever easily forget the pleasure of losing my own virginity either. Honestly, I was pretty sure I'd remember that ecstasy until the day I died. In fact, even as I stood on death's threshold, I'd been so swept up in the ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠pleasure I couldn't think of anything else.

"Haa.... No, this is really not okay."

Sujin muttered that as her right hand fidgeted. A movement that stole my entire ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠focus. What was that right hand about to do? There was only one thing a human who couldn't forget the pleasure of sex would do.

"Nngh.... I shouldn't..."

To feel resistance even toward masturbating. Recalling last night's Sujin, the gap was absurd. If the genders had been reversed, she would've been a shameless rapist rotting in a cell for decades. Of course, the fact that she'd become that way was largely thanks to my aphrodisiac and Power of Sex.

Sujin's right hand slipped inside her pants. Goddamn~! I knew it! With a flow like this, masturbation was the natural next step.

I didn't hesitate. I pulled my pants off. We'd be masturbating at the same time. This was basically ninety percent the same as having sex. Not cam sex... remote sex.

"Haa...! Haa...! Haa...! It was so hot...!"

Sujin's body clearly hadn't forgotten last night's rapture. Like my own first time, she'd probably never be able to forget it for the rest of her life. The fact that I'd left an enormous, indelible footprint on her made my heart pound even harder. And knowing this was merely the prologue of the long scenario I'd conceived made it pound harder still.

In the end, she would become a body that couldn't live without me. A creature who craved my affection and hungered for my flesh. It was a truly outrageous piece of erotica. The fact that I'd even conceived this plan was surely because of my profession as an erotic novelist.

"Ugh! Fuck. Come to think of it, I still have to write my novel. Damn it. Who cares. I'm a Hunter now."

For a brief moment, real-world concerns needled me, but I quickly returned to the fantasy. I stroked my cock in time with Sujin's pace, marshaling every ounce of my brainpower to reconstruct the image of her from last night, hungrily devouring me. The sight of her clumsily masturbating with her right hand made excellent accompaniment.

"Haa....! Haa...! Haa...! I really lost my mind...! Why did I even do that..."

Her tone wasn't regretful at all. If anything, Sujin sounded like she already missed last night's sex, rubbing her slit with a yearning voice. A fully naked Sujin was sexy enough, but even the bulge of her hand through those thin cotton pants was unbearably erotic. This had a charm all its own.

"Ah... I want to fuck her."

If I knocked on her door right now, couldn't I have her? If I threw last night in her face and threatened her, couldn't I shove my cock back into that delicious pussy? I could. If I wanted to, I definitely could.

But I couldn't do that. It would be no different from slitting open the goose that laid the golden eggs. I refused to become the protagonist of the fable I'd always mocked.

"Once Sujin offers me her body and her heart, I'll be able to take every last bit of her completely. Nngh...!"

A bead of pre-cum leaked out. Total domination of a woman's body and mind. Thinking about it, it was a plan you couldn't even conceive without an erotic novelist's mindset. But the power of the Unix Cube could turn that kind of unreality into reality.

"Hnnn...! It's so hot... so hot..."

Sujin's desperate expression was captured perfectly by the Watching Eye. Damn it, that was hard to endure. I wanted nothing more than to thoroughly defile her face with my milky white cum. But I held on with patience. Endure. Blessings come to those who wait.

"It's so hot... I can't come..."

At her last words, I came. The Sujin in my imagination received my pale, cloudy load. Remote sex wasn't half bad.