Chapter 47
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 6
Chapter Title: Efficient Resource Management
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She's not a stranger. I've met every woman on this cruise. At least once.
They're my sex slaves.
"Why... why are you in here?"
"To... to attend to your bath..."
"Ah."
I recalled what Diana had told me. The women would appeal to me, and if I wasn't interested, I should just brush them off appropriately.
Up until then, I'd imagined that once the party started, drunken women would approach me, or that women I ran into on the ship would proposition me for sex.
Apparently, it went beyond that.
It wasn't strange. This cruise was a space made entirely for me. The women gathered here weren't here for their own purposes—they had assembled solely to serve me.
"I'll come in."
"Yes!"
All three had black hair. They were East Asian. One of them was probably mixed-race.
Pretty faces, great figures. If they posted body shots on SNS, they'd rack up plenty of likes.
They were beautiful. I couldn't deny that fact.
Long legs submerged in the water, skin slightly flushed from the onsen steam, breasts just the right size.
I faced them directly as I entered the hot spring water.
"Hoo..."
It was warm. Not too hot or too cold. The perfect temperature to heat the body just right.
The scent was nice too. The claim that it replicated famous onsen waters perfectly didn't seem like a lie—the feeling was pretty good.
One of the women spoke first.
"S-Seong-ha?"
"Yes?"
"Have you been to places like this a lot, Seong-ha?"
I tilted my head for a moment.
"Onsens? Or cruises?"
"Cruises. This is our first time in a place this nice..."
"First time for me too."
The conversation stalled. Silence passed. The women were watching my reaction.
It wasn't a pleasant feeling. I'd lived a life where I had to watch others' reactions, not the other way around.
The silence felt awkward.
"Your Korean is really good—how did you learn it?"
"M-My parents are Korean, so I learned from them."
The other women jumped in too. They seemed eager to exchange even a few words with me.
"I was already into K-pop, so I knew some."
"I got a language education chip implanted for this..."
I nodded slowly.
"I see."
Language education chip.
They called it a chip, but it was more like a procedure that directly implanted information into the brain.
When it first came out, everyone called it revolutionary, saying kids wouldn't need to study in school anymore.
It couldn't provide knowledge beyond a certain level, and it was too expensive to become widespread. Still, it had significant effects for quickly learning languages in a short time.
'They implanted those in all my sex slaves, huh.'
Language barriers were definitely important. I could speak English, but not fluently enough for real-time conversations with people from all over the US.
It showed they'd put real effort into this.
"Wow..."
All three women's gazes converged on one spot. A bit lower than my eyes.
'Ah, it's erect.'
Not unusual.
My libido had grown ridiculously compared to before. My cock stood up plenty of times without reason.
The onsen water was fairly hot, but apparently not enough to calm it down.
There was ample reason for it to be erect. The three women in front of me had plenty tempting bodies.
"You look really uncomfortable... Shall we... relieve it a bit?"
Seizing the opportunity, one woman asked.
I kept my mouth shut for a moment. Only after some time could I respond.
"No."
There were no moral issues with embracing these women. They were villains who'd committed crimes. As Diana said, I could do whatever I wanted to them.
It was even consensual. Beyond just agreeing to be 'ravished by me,' they clearly wanted sex with me right now.
Still, my heart didn't stir.
I only realized it after encountering a woman here.
I wasn't turned on. Seriously so.
It wasn't that their bodies weren't arousing. They were plenty beautiful. If street beauties like them reverse-hunted me, I'd be thrilled.
The situation was objectively hot too. Beauties in the onsen offering to bathe me while eyeing my cock.
But something was missing.
Boredom set in.
Nothing changed.
Every time I'd embraced other sex slaves so far, it had been necessary. I had a duty to satisfy their desires, and I could fulfill it gladly.
Lee Ha-seon, with so many penalties that a normal person would go mad from lust, went without saying. Baek Se-ra was a bit better off than her, but it was clear that time without sex with me caused her pain.
Yi Yu-jin and Kim Yoon-seul, relatively recent additions to my sex slaves, weren't much different. Sex with me was necessary for them.
But sex with these women felt pointless by comparison.
'...'
Thinking about it, it was odd.
Sex wasn't originally something done for reward or necessity. Usually, men and women just did it because they liked each other. Even if I did it that way like everyone else, it wouldn't be strange.
I wasn't a gigolo getting paid for sex—there's no reason beyond pleasure.
'But...'
After much thought, I finally realized the source of my boredom.
Any woman would surely feel joy and pleasure from sex with me. Especially my sex slaves.
But it meant nothing to me.
I didn't love them.
So I felt no thrill from them feeling pleasure on my cock.
Making Lee Ha-seon happy was enjoyable. Seeing Baek Se-ra writhe on my cock was blissful. Receiving loving service from Yi Yu-jin and Kim Yoon-seul felt great.
But these women meant nothing to me.
Them genuinely wanting me, moaning in pleasure impaled on my cock—it wasn't special to me.
That was it. No deeper reason for refusing sex.
'In a way... my standards have risen.'
I didn't necessarily need sex overflowing with love, enjoying the partner's pleasure, only with loved ones.
But just as Lee Ha-seon had ruined me for average women, having tasted sex brimming with love and affection, I didn't want to expend effort on blander fare.
'Not strictly necessary, but...'
I didn't need to do anything.
If I just sat here, they might do anything to serve me.
They might lick my cock with their tongues. They might straddle me themselves, letting me pierce their virgin pussies.
I'd feel pleasure then. My cock was erect, and vaginal pressure would bring sensation regardless.
But that felt unpleasant in its own way.
It meant using a human as less than an onahole. I didn't want to take their virginities like that, without any emotional exchange.
No one would end up unhappy from it, sure.
"Are we... lacking somehow?"
One woman asked with trembling eyes.
I gave an awkward smile.
"No. Just... not in the mood. I want to enjoy the onsen right now."
Answering 'yes' to her question would be cruel—and a lie besides.
Did she love me? I didn't know, no way to tell. Even if she did, it meant little since I didn't love her.
Was her appearance or figure lacking? No. My cock told the truth regardless of my feelings. It was erect. Painfully so.
These women lacked nothing. No reason for them to feel like failures.
I enjoyed the onsen for a while. Feeling satisfied, I stood up.
"B-Before you go, how about a massage? We've practiced hard..."
"Sounds good."
Beside the onsen were a waterbed for sex and a sturdy massage table.
It fit my height perfectly. Guessing my cock would be erect here, they'd made a hole for it to slip through when lying face-down.
As I lay down, the three women diligently massaged my body.
"Hoo..."
"Feels good?"
"Yeah. Great."
One handled my shoulders, one my back, one my feet.
It felt refreshing. They looked delicate, but all were villains—Awakened. Stronger than average women.
"This area looks really tense... Should we massage below too?"
The one on my back asked carefully. She didn't specify 'this area,' but we both knew it meant my cock.
"I'm good."
That was the last question.
The three chatted lightly now and then as they massaged me. It was refreshing. That was all.
Nothing else happened until I left the onsen.