The Voice
“What am I supposed to do?”
Bang!
An aged hand slammed down onto the conference table. The wrinkled knuckles made a sharp crack that echoed through the room.
“All the groundwork that the other guilds and the Association did until now has been wasted!”
The veteran congressman’s voice shook with pure frustration as he glared at the Soul Guild Master. The politicians seated around him—folded neatly on the long leather couches—nodded in grim agreement.
His eyes kept sliding sideways, landing on the woman sitting right beside him: An Jueun.
“Yongsan Park has been reduced to rubble. The Association’s trading post took heavy damage too. Soul is going to have to answer for this!”
He kept glancing toward the Association President, the old fox who had been unusually quiet until now.
Lee Seonyul, the Soul Guild Master, saw exactly where his gaze was going. She simply lowered her eyes, pretending not to notice.
“I’m sorry. Soul will cover all damage to Yongsan Park and the trading post…”
“Money isn’t the issue here!”
Ellipsis. The congressman’s fist tightened on the table.
“How did this whole thing blow up? What are we going to do about a repeat? How do we track down Red Rose? We need answers!”
“Haha, settle down.”
The Association President finally spoke, his tone calm and measured.
The congressman’s hand froze mid-air, then slowly lowered.
Even the congressmen who had come along because of the trading post in Yongsan were now watching the President’s every move. They all knew the stakes.
“By now both An Jueun and Soul’s side should understand what’s at stake. Right?”
“…Yes.”
Lee Seonyul answered first, voice soft. An Jueun, who had been staring at the floor the entire time, nodded silently.
The President gave a satisfied smile and rose from his chair.
“Soul, please compile everything the congressman said and submit it as soon as possible. And until An Jueun’s disciplinary hearing is decided, you’ll be placed under house arrest.”
“That’s—”
Jo Ilhwan’s jaw clenched so hard it made a sound. He tried to stand, but Lee Seonyul blocked him with a gentle hand.
“I understand. We’ll do as you say.”
“Good.”
The President stepped out with a satisfied smile. The politicians and Association members followed him out one by one.
“Fucking hell!”
The moment the door closed, Jo Ilhwan exploded. “That old fox pulled the politicians along like puppets!”
He had known exactly what the President was up to. He had seeded the situation so the private deaths could be handled internally by the Association, then brought the politicians in to add pressure. By threatening Soul’s top S-rank with punishment, the old man had shown his cards and tried to put the entire guild under his thumb.
“Those bastards…”
“Ilhwan.”
“Noona! You know what those bastards did! They leaked the entire plan—An Jueun almost died!”
An Jueun and Lee Seonyul had no answer. They simply stared at the floor.
The spot where An Jueun had been placed, the exact position she had chosen to stand in. Beneath the ground lay a magic bomb. The moment the ambush started, it had detonated, slicing her power in half and letting Red Rose’s hidden forces drag her away. Jo Ilhwan had been supposed to shadow Red Rose one-on-one, but everything had gone wrong. If it hadn’t been for the new item he had acquired recently, An Jueun would have been dead.
Jo Ilhwan was the only one who truly understood that. Watching the silent, defenseless An Jueun made his stomach twist. Lee Seonyul, who was supposed to protect her, was the one who made it worse.
“I know. I know…”
“But right now I can’t do anything.”
“Find the evidence. I’ll come back for it. Just wait.”
Jo Ilhwan tried to bolt, but Lee Seonyul stood up and grabbed his arm. “Ilhwan! You can’t just run off!”
“Noona, you’re the guild master! Guild masters are supposed to protect their members! Not just members—your own second raid leader!”
“Haa…”
Lee Seonyul pressed a hand to her forehead. He was right. She had no words left.
In the past she would have exploded and overturned the entire room, but this time the truth was too heavy. Yongsan Park half destroyed, the trading post ruined, An Jueun had lost Red Rose. The fact that no civilians had died was the only small mercy. If the President had learned about the leaked plan, Soul would have been smeared across the news and An Jueun would have been given a harsh punishment. Without proof, but with every other detail broadcast live, Soul had no choice but to stay silent.
“Haa…”
“I’m sorry… sister… oppa…”
Tudpudp. A single tear fell from her cloudy blue eyes. Even the sight of An Jueun calling him “oppa” made Jo Ilhwan’s chest ache.
“It’s all my fault… I let her slip away…”
“…”
Jo Ilhwan and Lee Seonyul had no words left for her self-blame.
【Amutda! Activated】
Remaining time: 00:01:22
One minute left. I was shaking my hips like a madman, pouring every drop of the cum I had been holding back into Red Rose’s pussy. Twenty hours of denial had left her insides overflowing.
“Haa… haa…”
“Whew… I feel like I can breathe again.”
I had thought she was going to pass out from holding it in. Same with An Juyeon. Why did I always end up suffering more?
I pulled out and stood in front of her. Remaining time: 00:00:51.
“Jin Suhee.”
“Haa… haa… yes…”
“My skill effect is about to wear off.”
“…”
I had told her about it while we fucked all night—enough to let her know, but not everything. I had also warned her that if she tried to kill me the moment the effect ended, I would simply walk away.
Her S-rank restraints and chains clinked as I sat back down. Wondering why an S-rank item needed so many was stupid. Of course she was the leader of Red Rose. I accepted it with a sigh.
“Master…”
Jin Suhee started shaking. Already? Only fifteen seconds left. I couldn’t let her do this. I was terrified too. “It’s too scary… If that voice just controls my body again, and I hurt or kill people without realizing…”
“…”
I had no answer to give her.
【Amutda! Duration ended】
“…”
Her pupils dilated. Her face flushed red from the shock. Then the scream would come, her power surging out of control. I took a tiny step back, buying more space. If she tried to pull power, I’d just get crushed by the pressure. I grabbed my aching lower belly. Sweat soaked my palm.
“…”
“Be quiet.”
“What?”
“I said be quiet.”
“What does that mean?”
The reactions from the other women had been completely different. Juyeon and An Juyeon both lost their minds, flooding with twenty-four hours of memories the instant the skill ended. But Red Rose was just… calm. And even her villain persona was speaking politely.
“Are you really okay?”
“Yes! I really am! Master!”
She even called me “Master.”
“Then the promise is still on? All of it?”
“…Yes. I remember Master’s offer to take responsibility for my sins and the promise that if I try to harm you, you’ll leave me bound.”
“Hm.”
She really was acting normal. But the unease remained.
What if it was just an act?
‘…I should test that method later.’
I slowly closed the distance. Even standing right in front of her, she didn’t summon power. She simply looked up at me with innocent, happy eyes. Ding!
First S-rank slave achievement unlocked!
Reward: 1 skill point
Current skill points: 2
‘Oh.’
That meant Red Rose was officially my slave. The system had officially certified it. Now I could climb the Tower with an S-rank slave in tow. The reason I had suffered so much for over twenty hours was the Tower itself. I needed money to survive, but D-class kids weren’t enough. ‘I’ll leave Sojin and Yujeong behind… and only bring Yujin.’
That chest was impossible to resist. Later. Right now I had to finish what I started.
“Jin Suhee.”
“Yes.”
“If you’re really just a human named Jin Suhee and not the leader of Red Rose…”
I pressed my already hard cock against her lips.
“Clean it.”
“…”
She took it into her mouth without a word. My cum and her juices and blood mixed and dried, then repeated again and again. ‘[Gojingamrae] off.’
The moment I released the skill, her expression changed drastically.
“Uwwk…”
“Suck. If you don’t clean it thoroughly, I won’t release you.”
“…”
Could this disgusting cock really stay in her mouth? My cock was protected by the Safe Man skill. If she tried to bite, I would punish her properly. “…”
Jin Suhee closed her eyes tight. The cum that had been inside her for twenty-four hours was probably too raw to taste. Tears gathered at the corners of her tightly shut eyes. Her whole body trembled as she forced her mouth open. “Hick… chuuup… chuuuulp… chuuuurup…”
It was an incredibly hot sight.***
“…”
The night before last. An Juyeon lay alone on the bed in her pajamas after Seonghyeok had been thrown out of the house early in the morning.
“He didn’t even call after I screamed at him all night… a man.”
I had finally gotten the skill to make men act like men, but here he was—back to his old self. “Me too.”
I pouted and rolled around on the bed he had left. I took a deep sniff. “Kiiing… kiing… strawberry?!”
It had been vanilla in the morning. Now it smelled like strawberries? I sat up suddenly. Bad feeling.
“No way…”
“It’s real? A new slave appeared?”
I had thought it was just a joke. Then the people who had entered the Tower with him? The reward he had given? “…”
I picked up my phone from the bedside. Rrrring… rrrring… “Can’t receive calls right now…”
Two rings and it hung up. The other person had ended the call. “Fuck!”
I tried again. Same thing. “Ah, I don’t care!”
I threw the phone aside and lay back down. Staring at the ceiling, an uneasy feeling crept in. “…”
Was I really being abandoned? I had been a slut to him and owed him money. ‘Then what do I do now?’
The future of a woman thrown away by her master had no image in my mind. Regret flooded me. I should have treated him better. Even after crying from one regret, I still promised myself I would never do it again. Yet before long I did the same thing. “…”
“I really am still not a good woman.”
A self-deprecating laugh slipped out. I turned my head. There, on the most visible spot, lay a black ribbon. The most precious treasure I owned. Seonghyeok had saved what I couldn’t. I could have just left it, but he had kept it. The thought made my pussy wet. “…”
“What is this?”
I hadn’t even thought about it. I had only been remembering how Seonghyeok gave me the ribbon. “…”
“Have I finally gone crazy, An Juyeon?”
For a pathetic virgin master? ‘No way.’
He was the opposite of my ideal type. I liked rich, handsome, capable men. Seonghyeok? Only that weird ability. ‘Nothing.’
Yet my body was honest. “Haa…”
That night I couldn’t sleep at all.