Ghost Romance

Clang! Clang! Clack!

I kept blocking the ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠wooden sword Yu Semi swung at me. I was managing to stop her attacks somehow, but her strength grew with every strike. My legs had no choice but to give ground, step by step.

"Amazing! You're the first person who's ever blocked my attacks like this, Yujin!"

Yu Semi shouted in an excited voice. Apparently no one had ever managed to stop her before. Fair enough — her swordsmanship was far too refined for any ordinary person to handle.

This is bad.

I barely deflected her strikes, cold sweat running down my back. Yu Semi's wooden sword was growing fiercer by the second. As her ghost qi rose, her physical abilities rose right along with it. Worse, the wooden blade was already transforming into steel.

If this kept up, I was genuinely going to lose. I could end up with my limbs severed, reduced to a living sex toy — a full-blown bad ending.

But counterattacking wasn't easy. Yu Semi's swordsmanship was pure offense, yet it left no openings. One reckless attempt at a counter and I'd be the one cut down instead.

I needed a variable.

Outside intervention would have been ideal… but Yu Semi's ghost qi was spreading in every direction, driving people away.

There has to be… some way…

Clang!

I just barely stopped her attack with the exorcism staff. The impact left my legs trembling. I reflexively tried to step back — and something caught my heel. Not a corpse. An unconscious thug.

…If there's no variable, I'll make one.

I bent down, grabbed the thug by the scruff of the neck, and hurled him at Yu Semi. She didn't flinch. Without a moment's hesitation she cut him down with her wooden sword. The blade, transformed by ghost qi into steel, simply bisected the man. Blood and ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠entrails spilled across the ground.

"Ah… aaaaah…!"

Yu Semi's lips split into a grin as she cut a human being. Ecstasy flooded her face. Her ghost qi surged even stronger.

An opening!

I smashed the exorcism staff into her right forearm. I felt bone crack.

"Aaaagh!"

The staff's power to repel spirits was formidable. Yu Semi staggered. But her broken right arm healed in an instant. She swung again.

The wooden sword had fully become a steel blade. Judging that blocking any longer was a bad idea, I stepped into the footwork of Noecheonryu. Without lightning qi it was only an imitation — but it worked. I dodged her strike and threw another thug at her.

I can't win this. So change the plan — abandon subduing her and aim to satisfy Yu Semi instead.

Yu Semi grew stronger every time she cut a thug. But her aggression was steadily dropping. She was finding satisfaction in the killing. Proof of that was the melting expression on her face — and the sticky fluid I could see running down between her thighs.

And this woman was supposed to be a heroine in a dating sim…

"Hah… hah… Yujin. You're really incredible. No one's ever handled me like this before."

All fifteen thugs were dead. Slaughtered to the last man. The ground was soaked in blood and guts. And Yu Semi, looking as if she'd climaxed at least four times, still came toward me with her sword in hand. Fifteen kills, and she still hadn't let go of the blade.

…Even this was outside my expectations.

I sharpened my focus. Yu Semi's approach seemed to slow.

Attack from the upper right…

I couldn't see the swing itself, so I had to predict it.

Claaang!

Blade met exorcism staff. The prediction had been correct. The problem was what came next. I couldn't read her following strike at all.

From above again? Or rising from below? She might go for the side.

In situations like this, you narrow the options. I took one step back and raised the staff.

My position and her stance. From where she stood, a horizontal cut would be awkward.

"Of course… it's you, Yujin. That stance belongs to a true swordsman. You and I are destined for each other. There's no doubt."

Yu Semi raised her left hand. Ghost qi gathered in her palm and took the shape of a blade.

Twin ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠swords.

She'd gone dual-wield.

I clicked my tongue. Now she could attack from the side. For all practical purposes, I'd already lost.

Damn it. Since I'm screwed anyway, I'll take the risk of losing an arm… and go for her head.

Yu Semi closed in. Both of her arms moved. Just as the two blades were about to swing at once, her balance faltered.

Shin Ojeong had successfully killed the water ghost. Thanks to that, the Ghost Qi Degree dropped and Yu Semi's ghost qi wavered. Missing a golden opportunity like this was unthinkable. I drove in and cracked the exorcism staff against her skull.

Thwack!

"Come back to your senses, Yu Semi!"

Blood sprayed from her head. The blue ghost-fire in her eyes vanished, and her pupils rolled upward. She was out cold. I caught her around the waist just before she hit the ground and pulled her into my arms.

"Hoo."

That more or less settled things. I'd gotten incredibly lucky.

Shin Ojeong's help was huge. I should at least buy him a triangle kimbap later. Next…

I needed to get out of here. Fifteen thug corpses were scattered everywhere. Staying around would do me no good at all.

I should erase the traces… wait. Are they already gone?

Yu Semi had been the one who did the killing. And she'd used ghost qi. In other words, this massacre was the work of a spirit. No human perpetrator's trail would remain.

There's a reason people talk about ghosts appearing and vanishing without a trace. And Yu Semi is a dokkaebi on top of that. The police won't be catching her scent.

I scooped Yu Semi up and bolted out of the park.

I carried Yu Semi into a motel. The blood on my clothes I cleverly hid behind a bag. The clerk handed over the keycard without a second glance. Once inside the room, I stripped first.

Of course I stripped the unconscious Yu Semi as well. I left the sexy underwear I'd given her on. Lying on the bed, her body was something to admire. Her figure was outstanding no matter how many times I looked. Not an ounce of spare flesh, and the muscle toned by kendo was firm and beautifully defined.

I got hard, then lay down beside the unconscious Yu Semi. I buried my face between her H-cup breasts and reached down to touch her pussy. It was already soaked, welcoming my fingers. Careful not to tear her hymen, I slid a finger into her hole.

Warm, wet walls closed around my finger. The virgin pussy that clenched and sucked at me was as fascinating and fun as a brand-new toy.

I played with her for a while. Even in sleep she seemed to feel it properly — her pussy spasmed intermittently. After about twenty minutes it had gone soft and slick. Her pink nipples standing stiffly erect went without saying.

"Nn… ahh…"

Yu Semi moaned and ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠opened her eyes. She started to move on reflex, then froze the moment she registered my presence.

"Yujin… what are you…"

Squelch.

My finger pushed deeper into her pussy. It clamped down harder than before.

"Hnnnnngh?!"

Her thighs fell open of their own accord. Her curled toes dug hard into the mattress.

I pushed myself up off her. I pulled my finger free. Her pretty pink pussy fluttered and gushed love juice in thick pulses.

I peeled off the panties that had become a nuisance and crawled between her thighs. I rubbed my hard cock slowly against her folds.

"…Yujin. Aren't you scared of me…?"

"Why would I be scared of you? You're this beautiful."

Yu Semi's cheeks flushed. At the same time her pussy fluttered wide. I never expected her to show me her hymen and the inside of her pussy like this. She was far dirtier than I'd imagined.

"…I killed people."

"Those thugs? They deserved to die."

"……Not just them. The random stabbing murders that have been happening around the neighborhood lately… that was me."

I'd already guessed as much, so it barely surprised me.

"I'm not going to be scared of you over something like that."

"……I tried to hurt you. I was going to cut off your arms and legs… and keep you forever. And you're still not afraid of me?"

"You didn't manage it in the end, did you?"

Even if she had, it would only have been a bad ending and a restart. I kneaded her breast with my left hand and stroked her face with my right.

"…I wasn't always like this. About a month ago, maybe? That's when the terrifying urges started. At first I could hold them back. I could hold them back… but it got harder and harder. I started seeking out people who were alone and swinging my wooden sword at them. For a while that was enough… but recently I started killing. And when I killed… it felt so good."

"It's the ghost possessing your body. Honestly, you don't regret it, do you?"

"…Yujin. You really do know a lot. You're right. I don't regret it. Even when I kill people, I don't feel any guilt. It must be because of that ghost you mentioned."

Yu Semi was smiling as she dredged up the past. She slowly rolled her hips, rubbing her pussy against my cock as if urging me to put it in already.

"Yujin. You're an exorcist, right? Are you going to exorcise me?"

"No."

Same as with Ji Dahye.

If I drove out the dokkaebi clinging to Yu Semi's body, she would return to being an ordinary girl. She wouldn't be able to live with the things she'd done. Better by far to leave her as a girl possessed by a spirit.

"If you want to kill people, kill them. Just don't overdo it — one a day. There are plenty of humans in the world anyway."

One a day.

Three hundred sixty-five a year.

Three thousand six hundred fifty in ten years.

Fewer than I'd expected, actually. South Korea would get pretty chaotic, but that wasn't my problem.

"Is that… really okay?"

"As long as you don't get caught. And with a dokkaebi's power, you probably won't."

"Haa. Yujin…. Hah…. I never thought you'd understand me…. I could die right now with no regrets!"

Yu Semi wriggled her arms up and wound them around my shoulders. She pushed her pink lips out as if asking for something.

Smack.

I gave her a light kiss and pulled away. Yu Semi looked up at me with eyes full of longing. I still had something to ask.

"Semi. What do you think is the cause of the urges you feel?"

"……The cause?"