114. Preparing something...
114. Preparing something...
-whoosh!
"Urgh! Eugh! Uuugh! Eeeek!"
Sa Ma-yeon, dangling limply from Charles's shoulder.
His stomach kept getting squished from the high speed, making him let out the most pathetic sounds.
Irritated by the disgusting noise right by her ear, Charles shot him a cold glare and barked.
"...Shut the fuck up."
"Uk! You... so!! Fast!!!"
Killing intent boiled up to the top of her head, but she held back.
He was the only lead she had to finding her family right now.
But Charles had something even more urgent.
The two slipped into one of several secret passages.
As soon as she opened the door, the fresh night air washed away the musty underground stench, greeting them.
Charles quickly headed to the rooftop and roughly tossed Sa Ma-yeon aside.
-fling! Thud!
"Gak!! Ow..."
"Explain."
"Hm?"
"Why I had to keep that man alive."
"......"
Sa Ma-yeon squeezed his eyes shut and crossed his legs into a lotus position.
The time had finally come.
The moment he had to pretend like he knew something, no matter what.
Sa Ma-yeon decided to test the waters first.
"...By any chance, didn't you feel something the first time you saw that man?"
"The first time? No."
"..."
"???"
'Ah, fuck, what do I do.'
Sa Ma-yeon's brain was already freezing up.
He decided to dodge the question he just asked for now.
"Yeah, you shouldn't have felt anything... of course not..."
"W-what are you talking about!!"
His attitude like he knew something set Charles on edge, making her anxious.
Sa Ma-yeon continued like a fortune-telling con artist.
"Good thing... it's not that bad. Then tell me about the part where you felt déjà vu."
He was straight-up telling her to spill everything, but this naive bitch wouldn't catch on.
Charles just blabbed it all out naturally.
"During the fight... my ability didn't work on him."
"Ability... no way...!!!"
"Yeah. Hypnosis. The ability definitely took effect, but there was no reaction. His skills are clearly below mine... why?"
'Thanks...'
Because you're dumb.
Sa Ma-yeon... started piecing together bullshit.
Bullshit is a skill too!
How could he package it to sound plausible?
How could he create that sucking-you-in vibe that makes her forget the core point!
First... he had to hype up Ryu-o's value to Charles.
That way she wouldn't go off to kill him alone later.
So, what did Charles like?
Truth be told, she was so quiet he didn't know her that well.
If there was nothing to connect it to, he'd have to bring up her biggest issue.
"Charles... have you ever used your ability on one of your own kind?"
"?!?!?!??? N-no..."
Of course. She'd never even seen one of her own kind, so no way she'd tried.
Sa Ma-yeon shouted triumphantly at how perfectly it fit.
"Of course. That was probably the first time you've used your ability on one of your own kind."
"T-that guy... is my kin? With monster blood... how do you know that! Answer me!"
Sa Ma-yeon wasn't scared at all by Charles's yelling.
She just looked like a weak butterfly struggling in his web...
Sa Ma-yeon mixed in just enough truth.
"I actually worked with that kid before."
"???? Wh-when..."
"My previous job was a fortune teller. He was a clerk at our shop. Go check Chwihyangru's info in the east district. It's solid information."
"......"
'Don't believe me? Dig yourself.' His attitude was that confident.
Charles's focus shot up in an instant.
"So because he's kin..."
"Yeah. When that kid worked as a clerk, he lost his reason to lust."
"And...?"
"???"
Too relieved, Sa Ma-yeon had thrown out flimsy evidence.
As Charles's focus started to waver...
"...No way that's..."
"And, and also!!"
"..."
"I saw it."
Regaining the flow, Sa Ma-yeon started making shit up.
"..."
"T-that kid... absorbing customers..."
Sa Ma-yeon, who had turned perfectly normal people into Succubi.
He wondered if this was okay, but seeing Charles fully convinced, he let out a sigh of relief.
".........Really?"
'Naive bitch.'
"Yeah."
-swish...
"???"
Sa Ma-yeon spoke to Charles, who had turned around.
"W-where are you going?"
"Gotta meet him."
"???!?!?!!"
And so Sa Ma-yeon began explaining why she absolutely could not meet him right now.
"...Got it, right?"
-... nod nod.
Success this time too.
Sa Ma-yeon... the woman who wouldn't die even if she tumbled down.
Today, she extended her lifeline once more.
"Hehehe... hohoho~♥"
So elated she was even humming as she worked: Silvia.
Her head was clearer than usual, refreshed, her hand flying across the page with the pen.
"Phew... all done."
Silvia hung a subtle smile on her lips and blankly stared at the ceiling.
"I... with Ryu-o-nim..."
Did it. Several times, even. Intensely.
Recalling the steamy affair, heat rose to her face and her pussy started to tingle.
Silvia stretched and yelled energetically.
"Hah... I wanna do it again!!"
Once the desire started creeping up, Silvia began craving even more.
"...Me too... as the legal wife..."
The legal wife would get all of Ryu-o's love, right?
She could do it whenever she wanted, right?
They'd truly love each other, right?
Humans are so sly—once they get what they want, they crave something even better.
The driving force etched into genes, letting creatures evolve.
Silvia, whose dopamine system was wrecked from sex with Ryu-o, sank deeper into worry.
It was weird for a man to divide into legal wife and concubine to begin with, but her brain was already shattered from one fuck session: Silvia.
She couldn't even feel déjà vu as she threw her head back.
"How can I become the legal wife~!"
That uniquely girly scream when alone.
Right on cue, as Silvia yelled, the door opened without a knock.
-creak!
Naturally, Silvia was startled.
"Hiiiik!!"
She glared at the insolent fool who flung open the Guild leader's door.
"Huff... huff..."
"......Master."
"M-Me, Meidel... Knock! No... Meidel?"
She barked first, but Meidel's condition was off.
Eyes bloodshot red, looking all wilted and withered.
Had she secretly been crying? No tear stains or swelling.
Just... like she'd pulled all-nighters for days?
Weird. She hadn't been working overtime much lately...
"Meidel? What's wrong with your face?"
"............"
"Meidel?"
Meidel bit her lip, furrowed her brow, jutted her chin back and forth, and ground her teeth.
-rattle... clack... clack...
"???? Meidel?"
".........N-no, it's nothing..."
Acting like something was up, then saying it's nothing?
She looked deep in agony over whether to speak, so Silvia smiled kindly.
"Meidel... don't hold back, spill it. Sharing worries makes them better, right?"
The unique generosity of a woman refreshed from sex.
Seeing the glowing Silvia, Meidel wailed.
"Cloak!! Give me the Banshee's Cloak!!"
"??? W-why all of a sudden, seriously?!!?"
"...I-I don't even know myself... what I want..."
"......?"
Did the kid drink scorpion venom or something? Why couldn't she get a grip?
Silvia handed over the Banshee's Cloak with a bewildered look.
Adding a little advice.
"Don't do that—go meet a guy or something? Being alone is making you snappy..."
-flinch!
"A-a g-guy...! How would you know, Master!"
Meidel's backlash made Silvia's mouth itch.
Dying to brag wildly.
But Silvia just smiled leisurely.
"Hm~ Yeah, I wouldn't know~"
Meidel was flabbergasted.
When was it she was whining for advice... what was with that smug face?
Just... ha... haha, once... no? Multiple times? Anyway, not even a day ago.
Not wanting to lose, Meidel started bluffing.
"Hmph... I know dozens of ways already."
"? Ways? What ways?"
"What else~ ways to capture a man."
"...I've never seen you date..."
"D-do I have to date?! Just... casually~ have fun!"
"You, you?"
Seeing flustered Silvia, Meidel got drunk on her victory high.
"Of course~ They go crazy for me~ Once even came to my house..."
"? Who?"
"...We met briefly for a day, so I don't know well."
Hearing her coworker's love life, Silvia went blank-faced.
Meidel racked her brain making up stories that didn't exist.
And Silvia bit first.
"How... did you do it?"
Meidel spouted nonsense on the spot to bait her...
"Hm... F-first..."
"Uh..."
"And then..."
"Huh? Huh? A girl... does that...?"
"You can't make them fall head over heels by acting prim and proper!"
"Even so..."
"It's trueee~~!!!"
And so the room was left with only the non-virgin listening intently to the virgin's tales...