Chapter 25
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 25
Chapter Title: Ordinary Date-4
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"I suppose you'd think that no matter what happens, it doesn't matter."
"That's right. If you don't feel any sense of kinship with them, there's no need to pity them, and no reason to fight for their sake."
"…."
"It's dangerous, right? That's why Nafre thought my state was risky. But I didn't listen to her advice. How could I? While I was resting like an ordinary person, playing around, and enjoying some leisure, people were dying out there."
Lee Ha-seon shrugged her shoulders.
"Looking back on it now, it really was a dangerous situation. It was no different from rolling the dice with my sanity on the line every single day."
"Maybe so."
"It's not just you and me. In fact, everyone should have those kinds of feelings."
"Why?"
"I told you. You're not the only one who could bring the world to ruin."
She gave a wry smile.
"An orphan who lost their family to war might think, 'I'd rather the world just end like this.' Someone who's lost their lover and fallen into despair, or someone suffering injustice because of those in power—they might wish for the world's destruction too."
"That's dangerous."
"Yeah. It's dangerous. Terrifyingly so."
There probably aren't many among them who could actually bring the world to ruin. But there are more than I think.
The more people writhe in rage and hatred, the closer the world's end draws. Even Lee Ha-seon wouldn't be able to stop it then.
"I think I get it a little."
Humanity's Shield was an organization dedicated to preventing the world's destruction, but surprisingly, they often engaged in ordinary social welfare activities.
Things like stopping wars, preventing famines, or blocking executions in the name of human rights—boring, mundane tasks.
There was a reason for that.
"Whether it's ordinary citizens, heroes, or villains, the very existence of people who think 'I don't care if this world ends' is a risk in itself…."
"That's it. Well, talk like this might sound heavy, but you don't need to worry too much. The world hasn't ended yet, has it? We're still okay for now."
Her words helped me regain a bit of my composure.
"I've been rambling, but the point is that finding ordinary happiness like regular people—it's all meaningful."
"Ah…."
"Even if we don't feel kinship with pigs, if we live among them for a few days, eating the same food, fighting over scraps with them, and becoming friends with one that licks our wounds… wouldn't that change things?"
"It would."
Today, Lee Ha-seon and I didn't accomplish anything grand.
We rode the bus. We took photos. We ate dessert.
But all of it was happiness we could only experience alongside humanity. Experiences we could never have if humanity perished.
It became a reason not to let the world end.
"Yeah. Dating like others do, eating sweet things like others do. By playing around so ordinarily like this, we can become one of them too. Regardless of how strong or important we are."
This was a kind of happiness similar to what other humans feel.
Lee Ha-seon is a hero. Her 24 hours are geared toward hero work.
She'd never had the experience of sitting side by side with a lover on a bus, going into trendy shops to take photos, or savoring the taste of desserts amid the bustle of crowds.
Her life is about defeating villains and saving the innocent. She might feel some camaraderie with fellow heroes, but it was hard to say she shared the exact same experiences as them.
The villain subjugation felt by the strongest hero, Lee Ha-seon, is surely different from what an ordinary hero feels. Even defeating the same villain, she couldn't possibly feel the exact same anxiety, fear, pressure, or sense of duty as they do.
But the experience of taking photos with a lover is something everyone shares similarly.
She didn't use terrifying strength or immense mental power in front of the camera to snap a super-amazing photo.
Apart from capturing her beautiful appearance, the photo was no different from anyone else's.
The dessert was the same. The cafe owner didn't know Lee Ha-seon had come to his shop.
It wasn't made with special, extraordinary ingredients just for her. It was the same dessert as the long line of people waiting had. Sweet and delicious, and that was it.
We share the same experiences. Not looking down on the masses she's protected from above, but standing in the same place, sharing the same moments. Feeling a sense of kinship.
"It's important."
"Of course."
This was worth spending Lee Ha-seon's time on.
"So, enjoy it. Don't feel burdened."
"Is that really okay?"
"Nafre worries a lot. Like, 'My kid just holes up at home playing games… doesn't spend money, doesn't call girls, I don't know what to do for him….' Something like that."
"Come on, that's… With someone like you around, Lee Ha-seon, calling other people feels a bit off."
"I can't be glued to you 24 hours a day. I'm grateful you think highly of me, but still, meet up with people you can meet. Pretty heroes or hunters, mostly."
"You sure that's okay?"
Lee Ha-seon is a woman too. It wouldn't be strange if she felt ordinary possessiveness toward me.
"It's a compromise with reality. If you embrace even a few more women, and those women gain traits and get stronger, we'll have a bit more leisure time, right?"
"True."
Lee Ha-seon gripped my hand tightly.
"The same goes for me! If you have desires, don't hold back—let them out as much as you want! I'll accept anything!"
"Ah, got it, so be a little quieter…."
Lee Ha-seon's eyes were sparkling.
In any situation, she was a hero to me.
"Alright, next up is the tram!"
She led me by the hand onto the small tram.
It wasn't a subway. Just a little tourist tram where you could see the scenery around.
"I heard this is popular as a date spot."
"Yeah, looks crowded."
It was packed with couples. Not like a rush-hour bus, but enough to think it could hold its own.
"Let's go!"
"Sure."
But with Lee Ha-seon beside me, I could quickly forget any minor discomforts like that. Just being with her doing something made me happy.
And so, I boarded the tram.
'Hmm….'
For someone who'd just been talking seriously, it might seem a bit immature, but it felt naughty.
Looking at Lee Ha-seon standing next to me in her pretty outfit—her face and figure—it was impossible not to get aroused, no matter how hard I tried to avoid lewd thoughts.
'Can't be helped.'
It'd been some time since I met Lee Ha-seon, but this was our first ordinary date like this.
Usually, our dates involved meeting in my room, a bit of talk, then straight to sex.
We didn't have much time for trivial things or leisure, and neither my patience nor hers was that endless. We'd dive right into ravaging each other's bodies intensely.
So I'd momentarily forgotten.
'Being together… the urges just surge….'
Lee Ha-seon had taken all sorts of 'desire'-related penalties. Naturally, she'd crave being violated by me in countless ways.
But the effects of those penalties she took didn't affect just her. I felt them too.
'Hng….'
Legally, taking traits that 'influence others' minds' is forbidden. Sexual harassment, threats, violence, rape, etc.
Penalties are the same.
If some Awakened took a trait like 'people around want to rape that Awakened,' it'd be a form of mind control.
'Horny and struggling to hold back, huh….'
I wanted to seal her laughing mouth with my lips, then knead her breasts furiously. Drag her to the bathroom and mercilessly dump my semen inside her pussy.
Until now, I'd somehow held back. But my patience was reaching its limit.
"What a view…."
Rivers and mountains passed by the window.
Lee Ha-seon must have seen far more spectacular and beautiful sights hundreds or thousands of times. She could fly through the skies with her powers alone, and she'd experienced looking down from high places countless times.
But leisurely viewing scenery from inside a moving tram like this? Probably unfamiliar.
'Whew….'
This experience was new to me too.
Lee Ha-seon's thighs? She exposes them even during hero work.
Her ass? I'd seen it countless times pounding her from behind. And that wasn't all—I'd groped it, wedged my cock between, spanked it plenty.
But I'd never seen Lee Ha-seon in fashionable clothes like an ordinary woman, with a skirt like this.
I'd touched and kneaded her bare legs many times, but seeing her in white stockings like now? First time.
It's different. I can't hold back desire. It's arousing.
'…She said holding back too much isn't good. A little should be fine.'
In the end, I made my move.
'Just a little should be okay.'
I placed my hand on her ass.
"Hngh!"
Lee Ha-seon let out a surprised moan.
'Wait, what was I about to do?'
If she reflexively swatted me, I could die on the spot.
In a normal state, I wouldn't attempt something so reckless. I wouldn't even think of groping like a pervert.
Apparently, even I couldn't completely resist the penalties Lee Ha-seon had taken.
'Still, seems okay for now.'
Lee Ha-seon kept staring out the window as if nothing happened. She knew I'd touched her.
'Well, of course she noticed someone behind her.'
If someone could sneak up on her like that, she wouldn't be called the strongest hero.
That flustered moan she let out wasn't from 'Who groped my ass?' but confusion like 'Seong-ha groping my ass here?'
'Even if not, the moment she felt it, she'd know it was me.'
NTR Prevention. She can't feel sexual desire toward any existence but me. The instant she moaned with that nasal tone, she'd know it was me touching her ass.
'…Let's do a bit more.'
It still wasn't enough. I slid my hand deeper under her skirt.
I wanted to enjoy Lee Ha-seon's body.