Chapter 81
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 81
Chapter Title: You'll Never Tire of Beautiful Women, Anytime
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After emerging from the ruins and catching up on all the missed sex with the beauties...
Jinwoo's decision was to maintain the status quo for now.
'So this Dimensional Key is the item that opens the door in the ruins, huh?'
▶ Dimensional Key
Grade: S
A key that opens the hidden door in the ruins. Allows travel upon use.
What on earth could be beyond that door?
An item that lets you return to the original world?
Or maybe just a way to move to a bigger island?
One question led to another, but no satisfying answers came.
'Either way, I can't just use it recklessly.'
Clearing this ruin had honestly been a stroke of luck.
Without the Emperor's Declaration skill, he would've been utterly defeated by Han Soyoung.
The quests, the draws—somehow, it felt like the system was guiding him somewhere.
Even so, it was true that he couldn't predict what threats the next stage might hold.
Jinwoo decided to open the door only after thorough preparation.
'At the very least, Han Soyoung needs to be useful in battle, and we need time to get to know each other.'
With a new comrade just arriving, they might have to dive straight into a boss raid.
He wanted to avoid failing due to poor teamwork.
Not for long, but at least a few days of rest.
'I've got a ton of points saved up now. If a pickup event pops, it'll be perfect.'
This ruin event had been a total point bonanza.
The basic quests, plus the leisure quests cleared while conquering Han Soyoung.
An enormous amount of points had piled up unintentionally.
But he couldn't just burn them on regular draws.
Jinwoo decided to patiently wait for the pickup event.
Perfectly golden rabbit meat has been completed!
Cooking proficiency has increased by one level!
For that, it was time to rest up fully and stockpile stamina.
"Alright, dinner's served!"
Taking on the chef role for the first time in a while, Jinwoo unleashed his full skill.
Golden rabbit meat dripping with oil.
Fish grilling and bubbling away.
Clam soup so refreshing even one spoonful cleared the palate.
Fresh mushrooms and fruits picked just today.
Ingredients from this uninhabited island were incomparably delicious compared to anything from society.
This spread could rival any decent restaurant.
'And thanks to all the cooking, the trait effects have gotten pretty good too.'
The beauties waiting at the table Jinwoo prepared broke into fresh smiles.
"Heehee, it's been a while since I've had Master's cooking. Feels great."
"What's gotten into you, showing off your skills like this?"
Hilde and Shin Seomhwa were already well aware of Jinwoo's culinary prowess.
Truth be told, neither was much of a cook.
Even Hilde, the former princess, and Shin Seomhwa had lives far removed from cooking.
Even simple grilling or boiling tasted different based on skill.
There was a clear gap compared to Jinwoo's dishes.
Thanks to that, both loved his cooking especially.
"Waaah..."
And one more.
Sitting beside the two beauties was a woman of relatively petite stature.
Despite her small frame, her massive breasts belonged to the saintess, drool trickling from her mouth.
"Gulp."
Han Soyoung said she hadn't had a proper meal since arriving on the island.
No telling exactly when that was, but it surely wasn't recent.
Her craving for this far superior food to what the three had endured must be intense.
"..."
"Eek!"
But her puppy-like eyes wilted under Jinwoo's glare.
Han Soyoung literally shriveled up.
He'd accepted her for various reasons, but she still had sins to atone for.
She knew it too, so she shrank silently without a word.
"Aw, Master. Why be like that~?"
Hilde hugged Han Soyoung tightly from behind.
She shot Jinwoo an endearing smile.
"We'll be fighting together from now on. Don't tease her with food, okay?"
"Hmm."
Hilde cleverly signaled Jinwoo with her eyes.
He wasn't really angry anyway—it was deliberate—and Hilde knew it.
'Can't let her take this for granted.'
This life was hard-won by Jinwoo and the others.
Couldn't let Han Soyoung, who'd entered this setup from the start, take it lightly.
But seeing her dejected face, it didn't seem like that would happen.
Honestly, Jinwoo had no intention of being petty over food.
Asserting dominance with rations on a deserted island... a bit villainous.
"Fine. Meals should be enjoyed, after all."
"Th-thank you..."
Jinwoo served her some meat.
One bite, and Han Soyoung's face lit up brightly.
"D-delicious! Sooo delicious!"
Maybe thrilled by meat after so long.
She shoveled food into her mouth frantically.
"You'll choke. Eat slower."
"Mmmph... sniff... so happy..."
Tears even welled in her eyes.
Yet her stuffed cheeks puffed out like a chipmunk's.
'...Can't even scold her eating like that.'
Better drop the food teasing.
Of course, that didn't mean letting her off easy.
She'd enjoy Hilde's kindness while it lasted.
Starting tomorrow, the harsh training would resume.
'With her record, I need to break her thoroughly so she doesn't get ideas.'
With that thought, Jinwoo sat down too.
Just a week, yet sharing a meal like this felt nostalgic.
"So we're staying here for a while?"
Shin Seomhwa asked, picking clam meat.
Her "here" meant the ruins.
With goblins exterminated and the saintess room gone, the ruins had become a decent shelter.
"For now. Going back to the cave would take too long anyway. And this place is safer."
Fortunately, all their gathered items were in the inventory.
The cave would just be empty now—no reason to return.
'Though I did grow a bit attached.'
Sleeping in the crude hut dug with Hilde felt like yesterday.
Now eating dinner at a table under a roof.
Strange feeling.
"Come to think of it, it's wild. An uninhabited island with no human traces, yet someone built these ruins. Who? Why?"
"Yeah... Han Soyoung, you know anything?"
Han Soyoung shook her head while filleting fish diligently.
"Nothing at all. I just came in here and suddenly became the saintess..."
"No quests or anything?"
"Not like yours, with chains of them. There were system messages, but... nothing much to use."
The ruins lacked traces too, so it made sense.
Probably just dealing with occasional goblins.
"Honestly... if you hadn't come, Senior, I might've stayed holed up here for months and really lost my mind."
Han Soyoung had essentially been imprisoned in the ruins unwittingly.
That kept her surviving on the island so far, but...
Any longer, and who knows.
"Hmm, but our team being the only ones stranded here can't be coincidence."
Jinwoo nodded at Shin Seomhwa's words.
The boat had plenty of people.
Yet the three shipwreck survivors all knew each other?
More believable if one was dreaming in a hospital.
"Wonder if Hyejeong and Shaolin are on this island too."
"Who knows."
Hearing Shaolin's name, Jinwoo's grip tightened unconsciously.
The mastermind who tricked him, that bitch.
Han Soyoung was just a tool, so flesh slave status sufficed.
But Shaolin? No mercy.
"Maybe beyond the door this key opens."
Found Shin Seomhwa collapsed on the beach,
Followed quest to ruins, found Han Soyoung.
If the system had intent,
High chance of new comrade at next destination.
"Umm, no idea why this happened, but whoever caused it must be something else."
Hilde said, sipping water.
Jinwoo chuckled.
An island where draws summon beauties—what couldn't happen?
"?"
Catching his gaze, Hilde tilted her head.
Then her lips curved into a smile as she leaned in.
Mwah.
A short sound, lips brushing his cheek and parting.
"Eek!"
Han Soyoung startled more than anyone.
After all she'd seen in the ruins, a little skinship turned her face crimson.
'She got no dating experience either?'
Come to think, she'd said something similar in the ruins.
With her style, hard to imagine, but surprisingly innocent.
He'd been with Han Soyoung already.
Those heavy jugs shaking—any anger would melt away.
"...Too much PDA during dinner?"
"Jealous?"
"Crazy."
Shin Seomhwa's expression puffed slightly even as she spoke.
So cute, Jinwoo reached to toy with her ear.
"..."
Not as sensitive as Hilde's, but she seemed pleased.
Blushing primly, she savored the touch.
"Waaah..."
Seemed novel to Han Soyoung.
Mouth agape, staring.
"Eek! U-umm!"
Eye contact, she ducked her head hastily.
But sidelong glances continued.
Some odd emotion there... but unclear.
'What's her deal?'
Anyway, the rare dinner passed peacefully.
"Aang! Haaang! Master... right there...!"
Of course, post-dinner sex wasn't forgotten.
A beauty's pussy never gets boring, no matter when you eat it.