Chapter 30. If I keep going like this, it's going to explode.
Chapter 30. If I keep going like this, it's going to explode.
After the series of commotions ended, I lay down in bed to sleep. Beside me, Choi Yeon-ju was leaning against the bed in her pajamas, drinking coffee and reading a book.
I stared blankly at Choi Yeon-ju's intellectual profile and, without realizing it, blurted out some nonsense.
"We look like a married couple, don't we?"
I felt a twinge of regret as soon as I said it. I knew damn well Choi Yeon-ju would hate it. But to my surprise, Choi Yeon-ju just shrugged her shoulders and nodded.
"Hmm. If someone else were to see us, they might see it that way."
This was actually kind of touching. Isn't she indirectly admitting that we look like one? Just as I was feeling good and about to smile, Choi Yeon-ju launched a delayed-reaction attack.
"Of course, the so-called husband is full of intentions to turn his personal PT trainer into a sow slave. Ah. And of course, if that succeeds, he's a scary person who also has the ambition to stick his dick into even more women's pussies."
"........"
That's an attack that leaves you reeling. Getting hit with a delayed reaction makes it even harder to keep my head straight.
"But even if I actually asked you to marry me, you wouldn't do it, right?"
"What are you talking about? If you asked me to marry you, I'm in a situation where I'd have to do it no matter what."
As I tried hard to refute her, Choi Yeon-ju closed the book she was reading and retorted with a serious expression. I couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
"For real?"
"Would I be lying?"
"Why?"
Could it be that you actually... have feelings for me...?
Just as I was about to ask that, Choi Yeon-ju started firing off words rapidly.
"Think about it. I am, by anyone's standards, a perfect superhuman. If I were to get married, who do you think I'd marry?"
"Uh... um... A second-generation chaebol?"
"You think so too, don't you? But, if a woman who is supposed to serve her husband is pledging loyalty to another man, do you think the husband would be very happy about that?"
"Hmm..."
That's true.
"Besides, what if the person I pledged loyalty to is a lunatic who uses the dick I modified to fuck women and treat them like sow slaves? Wouldn't we both be ruined the moment we get caught?"
"That's also true."
"So how could I possibly marry another man?"
It's a brilliant speech that I can't help but be convinced by. I barely held back the urge to cry from both ends, I was so moved.
And I asked this:
"Then shall we get married? Can't we just live happily, just the two of us, without making any sow slaves?"
To be honest, if Choi Yeon-ju agreed to marry me, I wouldn't mind not making any other women into slaves. She makes good money, she's pretty, she's smart, and on top of that, she's under hypnosis, so she's a true wife who will never betray me, right? I asked with a pounding heart, but as soon as Choi Yeon-ju heard me, she scowled. It was such a dramatic change in expression that I thought her pretty face looked hideous. She hadn't even replied yet, but her expression alone made my heart ache.
"Are you crazy?"
"...Huh?"
"Why should I take such a shitty loss? If you ask to get married, of course I'll marry you, but it's better to keep sow slaves. They're women to get fucked in my place, aren't they? Besides, if you don't make sow slaves, who's going to bring us the byproducts?"
"...A shitty loss?"
The words 'shitty loss' pierced my lungs, and I didn't even hear the part about the byproducts.
"It is a shitty loss, isn't it? I was living happily, and you suddenly showed up and hypnotized me. An absolute hypnosis that won't even break. I'm no different from a pedestrian who got hit by an 8-ton truck while walking by."
"......"
"Besides, the person who hypnotized me was an Association janitor. A truck driver would actually be a better marriage partner. They make good money, they don't come home often when they're out on a job so I don't have to support them, and since they do physical labor, they'd have good stamina. But what are you? You quit your janitor job and now you're a bum. You're too scared of Gates to even go in alone, and even if you do go in, you're just at the level of fighting for your life against Goblins, your stamina is pathetic, you're not smart, and on top of that, your face is busted, isn't it?"
Stop....
Please stop hitting me....
My HP is already at 1!
Choi Yeon-ju drove the final nail into the coffin for me, whose self-esteem wasn't just shattered, but was on the verge of sublimation.
"So do as you're told. I'll never betray you, but if you have any human decency, shouldn't you do what you're told properly? Do you have no conscience?"
"I'm sorry."
There was nothing I could do but bow my head to Choi Yeon-ju.
A conversation that started with a confession and ended with a dogeza.
Even I found it so ridiculous that I almost let out a dry laugh.
Choi Yeon-ju snorted as if she felt relieved. Then, as if she were done talking, she opened the book she had closed again. But her mouth didn't rest. It seemed she had a hell of a lot more to say to me.
"Anyway, the 1st Modification has begun, so I will let you know what the next modification and plan are."
"Okay...."
"Why are you so down?"
"Huh?"
Why are you asking me that?
You're the one who's been beating me up this whole time!
I was dumbfounded by the absurd question. When I looked at her, Choi Yeon-ju immediately continued with what she was originally going to say, as if she had no interest.
"The 1st Modification is a mandatory modification. Because without it, it's impossible to turn women into sow slaves. But from the 2nd Modification onwards, it's not. It's purely up to you whether you want to do it or not."
"What are the 2nd and 3rd Modifications?"
"The 2nd Modification is stamina amplification, and the 3rd Modification is physical strength enhancement."
"Isn't it mandatory?"
"Because stamina or physical strength can be covered to some extent through training. If you train hard, eat well, and manage yourself, you can have excellent stamina, physical strength, and muscle power, can't you?"
"So that means it doesn't matter if I don't get the modification?"
When I asked, Choi Yeon-ju shrugged her shoulders. It was a gesture that could be interpreted as meaning it might be right or it might not. Soon, the words that came out of Choi Yeon-ju's mouth confirmed that my guess was correct.
"It's literally just covering it. You can't expect the same efficiency and dramatic changes as the modification. Because the modification literally makes you like a monster."
"What kind of modification is it?"
"The 2nd Modification will use Troll byproducts."
"Troll?"
"Yes. Troll. A monster that can be called synonymous with regenerative power. Once the modification is finished, you will gain tireless stamina and physical strength, and the ability to stay erect all day if you set your mind to it. As a minor side effect, you'll also gain regenerative power that heals most wounds on their own without even a scar."
"...Why is that a minor side effect?"
Isn't that the main thing...?
When I thought that and asked, Choi Yeon-ju looked at me as if asking what kind of nonsense I was spouting, and said bluntly.
"Aren't you just a person who wants to have sex?"
"...You're right."
As expected, a Ph.D. isn't something you get by swindling.
It gives me goosebumps how accurately she grasps my essence.
But I'm human too, so I was a little embarrassed. I knew that in this situation, it was better to quickly change the subject, so I quickly asked about something else.
"Then what about the 3rd?"
"Is there a need to know right now? Once you receive the 2nd Modification, it won't be too late to think about it then. It's going to take quite a while."
"I see."
I quickly nodded. I was curious. I could have pestered her to tell me, but having already been through enough with Choi Yeon-ju, I had realized that pestering her to tell me was the same as handing her a knife and offering my neck, asking her to kill me. I didn't know what harsh words I might hear next, so in this situation, it was a hundred times better to just shut up and nod.
When I just accepted it and nodded, backing off, Choi Yeon-ju looked at me with suspicious eyes. But I will absolutely not ask. I could guarantee that even if I heard it now, by the time I actually needed the 3rd Modification, I wouldn't remember it.
Because my memory is worse than I thought.
Choi Yeon-ju stared at me, and when I didn't whine for her to tell me, she nodded.
"What you need isn't just dick modification. You'll also need to study hypnosis and suggestion."
"Do I have to do that too?"
"Isn't that obvious? There's a limit to what I can do with my hands. I have to do research and I have to go to work. I'm in a position where I have to make what you want when you tell me. Even I can't do everything perfectly."
"That's true."
I nodded at Choi Yeon-ju's words. Certainly, I had been relying on Choi Yeon-ju all this time. It's not that I didn't secretly think, "So what?", but even so, I had thought for a while that I needed to move with some motivation myself.
Because even if it was possible to fuck the women Choi Yeon-ju spoon-fed me, it didn't feel like it would be rewarding.
"Hypnosis and suggestion, which aren't superpowers, are light. No matter how deep and powerful you cast them, as long as the subject is a person, it wouldn't be strange if they broke at any time, in any way. If that's the case, a situation where you have to constantly manage them from the side will inevitably arise, and since I'll be at the Association laboratory most of the time, it's impossible for me to be with the sow slave for a long time, isn't it?"
"That's true. But if you put it that way, aren't I the same? Lim Seo-yoon lives alone. Wouldn't the time you and I spend meeting Lim Seo-yoon be almost the same?"
"There will be a distinct difference, so you don't have to worry about that."
Is that so?
Well, if Choi Yeon-ju says so, then it must be so, so I didn't feel the need to understand it.
When I nodded, Choi Yeon-ju gave me a stern warning.
"Do you know why I'm saying this?"
"After today, Lim Seo-yoon's training has effectively begun."
"It means that from now on, both you and I must make up our minds and prepare thoroughly for Lim Seo-yoon's training and future schedule."
"The point is that from tomorrow, things will inevitably be very different from now. You must remember that well and steel yourself."
If it was a serious conversation, it was a serious one.
For once, I dropped the playfulness and nodded with a serious face. Choi Yeon-ju was right. Lim Seo-yoon, despite having done such filthy things with me, did not run away of her own volition. That meant that from now on, it was effectively a sign that I could gradually increase the intensity of the training, knowingly or unknowingly.
Lim Seo-yoon wouldn't be the end. When Choi Yeon-ju first chose Lim Seo-yoon, she clearly said she was the first test subject. It must be because more people are needed for the byproducts.
Both I and Choi Yeon-ju have become clear villains based on what we did to Lim Seo-yoon today.
From now on, as Choi Yeon-ju said, I naturally thought that if I didn't pull myself together and commit, something big could happen.