Chapter 13
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 13
Chapter Title: A Very Small Sacrifice - 4
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- Voluntary Weakness Exposure
- At regular intervals, lewd videos or photos of your own body must be exposed to an unspecified multitude.
Baek Se-ra steadied her breathing.
She had selected this penalty, so she needed to act accordingly.
In truth, "Voluntary Weakness Exposure" wasn't that severe a penalty. Hunters, heroes, and even villains often picked it—anyone except someone in Baek Se-ra's unique situation.
The first reason was that every Awakened had different status windows. More precisely, the skill trees allowing penalty selection varied from person to person.
For Baek Se-ra, "Voluntary Weakness Exposure" was linked to "Incapable of Resisting Blackmail." She couldn't select it without first taking the latter.
But not everyone was the same. Some Awakened could pick "Voluntary Weakness Exposure" without "Incapable of Resisting Blackmail."
For them, it was a penalty that earned points with little downside beyond mild embarrassment. Unless they had unusually strong views on chastity, there was no real loss.
Most used anonymous alt accounts to post lewd photos. The penalty didn't require showing their faces.
Occasionally, some Awakened's identities got exposed, leading to trouble, but often it blew over without issue.
In more open countries, a few even ran full-fledged OnlyFans accounts, raking in side income. No need to give their bodies to anyone—just scatter some naughty pics online.
And if a man could select this penalty? Even less hesitation.
If they were confident in their dick size, exposing it caused no major problems. It wasn't something to be ashamed of for life.
It was harmless. Depending on the person, in a choice between "live on vegetables forever" or "have your lewd photos leaked anonymously," most would pick the latter.
On top of that, Baek Se-ra didn't even need to go that far.
No need to expose herself to an unspecified multitude. Thanks to Lee Seong-ha's "Master of the Female" ability, her target was fixed to one man: Lee Seong-ha.
No alt account required. One message, and it was done. Using the secret messenger for hunters and heroes meant no hacking risks.
With Humanity's Shield glued to Lee Seong-ha, no worries about his phone getting repaired and photos leaking.
Her existing trait, "Incapable of Resisting Blackmail," ensured she couldn't refuse his sexual commands anyway.
It was meaningless. Baek Se-ra was already his sex toy. Regardless of her abilities, that man could take her body anytime.
Nothing would change. So she just needed to snap and send a photo. Simple.
"Haa."
Back home, Baek Se-ra stood before the mirror on her closet door.
She carefully removed her outer clothes. Her thin undergarments were revealed. But that wasn't enough. She needed to bare more boldly.
She stripped away the clothes hugging her body bit by bit. Something she'd done thousands of times, yet a strange tension gripped her.
Staring at her reflection in just her underwear.
...Looks fine.
It was a novel experience. Not in the shower, but gazing at her naked form in her own room via mirror.
She wasn't disinterested in her appearance. But that was always for maintaining a tidy guild master image—not to seduce men.
She usually checked mirrors fully clothed. No interest in her bare body.
"So this is what I look like."
Her skin was snow-white. No major complaints about her figure. Not overly fat, no awkward angles.
"Will he be satisfied?"
After a moment's thought, she shook her head.
He was the man who'd fucked Lee Ha-seon. He'd ravaged that beautiful, toned muscular body without restraint. Unlikely he'd like Baek Se-ra's somewhat scrawny frame.
Even if he did like it, that was a problem. She had no intention of sleeping with him. Not the act itself, but the time it wasted.
If he lusted after her body and ordered her to offer it, she couldn't refuse. Thinking that, there might be a slight risk here after all.
"Can't be helped. I steeled myself for this much."
Baek Se-ra had been the first to pledge "Loyalty Oath" ahead of everyone, and Humanity's Shield had aided Blizzard Guild in return.
They'd shared closely guarded intel freely and lent rare gear and artifacts money couldn't buy.
From the slave contract onward, she'd expected occasional ravishment. She was reasonably attractive, and he was a young man.
Meeting him in person wasn't to check if he'd fuck her or not.
It was to gauge if he'd monopolize her with excessive desire, chaining her to his side forever—or if he could moderate his lust.
"Shall we start?"
She picked up her phone to snap a mirror selfie. In that instant, she felt a vague inadequacy.
"Should I take off the underwear?"
Expose nipples and pussy, or cover them? She pondered.
More precisely, she didn't know if her penalty "Voluntary Weakness Exposure" counted underwear-clad photos as lewd—or deemed them insufficient.
"No clue."
Baek Se-ra was a sensible person. She had no hobby of peeking at other heroes' OnlyFans or alt accounts to ogle their nudes. She knew they posted exposure shots, but not the extent.
After some deliberation, she stripped off her remaining bra and panties.
"Better safe than sorry."
A bit more humiliating, but no big difference. Better to nail it once than reshoot two or three times.
"Common sense says nipples and pussy can be covered..."
Standing before the mirror, Baek Se-ra covered her nipples with her right arm and her pussy with her left.
"This is trickier than expected..."
She had to keep her arms at right angles while covering.
Draping over her breasts risked exposing nipples, so she positioned precisely, pressing lightly to hold them in place.
With her right arm set, she had to maneuver her fingers to hit the shutter. Far more awkward than anticipated.
"Nngh..."
Struggling, she snapped the shot. Tragically, the camera caught her room corner, not the mirror.
After four tries, she barely got a lewd photo exposing her full body without nipples or pussy showing.
More embarrassing than expected. Maybe covering her face would've been better, but no desire to hunt for a mask from god-knows-where and repeat the ordeal.
"Haa."
She had Lee Seong-ha's messenger number. Humanity's Shield had given it, saying contact him directly if needed.
She sent the photo. Seconds later, a reply.
-Baek Se-ra Guild Leader? This is...
-Don't mind it. Had to send it for a penalty.
Baek Se-ra bit her lip hard.
Should I ask him to delete it?
If she requested now, Lee Seong-ha might delete the shameful photo. He didn't seem the sadistic type who relished others' humiliation.
But for some reason, she didn't want to. An inexplicable regret stirred.
Why?
Maybe his "Master of the Female" ability at work. Or perhaps, as an ordinary woman, she yearned to look good to him.
As she wavered, a reply came.
-Saw it well. You're too beautiful! Like a statue!
"Uh... Huh?"
She hadn't expected that response. As she froze, the next message popped up.
-The way your breasts are pressed is so erotic!
"Nngh..."
Baek Se-ra's cheeks flushed red.
-Send more!
"Ah?"
A storm raged in her mind.
Why was he grateful for this photo? If he wanted more, what did he plan to use them for?
Yet her body interpreted his message as a "master's command." Independent of her reason, it prepared the next photo.
Shame forgotten. No thought to cover nipples or pussy.
She cupped her breasts with both arms, creating deep cleavage.
No covering her pussy. Her flawless, snow-white slit subtly revealed itself.
She snapped the photo. As she went to send it, she noticed his additional message.
The "Send more!" was deleted.
-Ah, forget the last part! Slip of the tongue! Sorry!
"What...?"
Her body returned to reason's control. No need to send this photo.
"..."
The pose was so slutty it was hard to believe it was her body. Sending this to a man would be interpreted as offering herself up.
Baek Se-ra desperately caught her breath. Her head burned hot—the mind that never lost cool since awakening her chill powers.
He lusted for her. Praised her body. Reflexively ordered "send more," then retracted it seconds later.
Baek Se-ra bit her lip.
She didn't send the new photo. Not yet.
But her instincts whispered: someday, she'd send it to him.
And someday, he'd gaze not at a photo, but her real body.