Chapter 305: Blazing Flames of the Battlefield[R-18] (23)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 305: Blazing Flames of the Battlefield[R-18] (23)
After deciding to pop Adele Licencia's cherry, I intentionally stuck close to her.
But there was one unexpected obstacle.
“Oppa. Say ‘ahhh.’”
Sakurai Hina.
She was attached to my side all day long. From morning till night, she’d link her arm with mine, sit on my lap, and jump into my arms whenever she got the chance.
She seemed a little unstable, as if she was traumatized by my near-death experience at the colony.
‘Not that I mind…’
Hina was obedient.
Every night, she did whatever I asked—any position, no matter how rough or kinky.
On top of that.
Lately, Kim Su-hyeon had also been subtly wagging her tail at me. Her expression was blank, but she would stare intently, her gaze shifting between my hand and her own chest.
“Hah… the burden of being so popular.”
“Oppa, stop talking nonsense and eat your food.”
“My dear Hina. The way you treat me has been getting stranger lately.”
“Is that so? I wonder whose fault that is.”
Even as she smiled, she tapped my lips with the tip of her chopsticks.
“You two seem to be getting along well again today.”
Just then, a familiar voice came from the cafeteria entrance.
Adele Licencia.
She approached slowly.
Her expression was as composed as ever, but her eyes were different. They flickered over Hina's fingertips and then the corner of my mouth.
When our eyes met, she let out a short, unreadable laugh.
“Did I… interrupt something?”
“No.”
I slowly opened my mouth.
“Have a seat. There’s still room.”
Adele nodded. Then, without another word, she sat down.
Hina and Adele. And me, sitting between them.
A little later, Kim Su-hyeon came in. She silently took the seat across from me.
More glances than dishes were passed around the table.
An awkward silence.
In the midst of it, the women's eyes met.
Though no words were spoken, an invisible battle was beginning.
“Miss Hina.”
It was Adele who spoke first.
Her voice was soft, but the edge of her words was slightly cold.
“Yes?”
“Are you, by any chance, officially dating Lieutenant Jin?”
A sudden attack.
“Uh…?”
Hina froze for a moment.
She turned to look up at me with her characteristic dumbfounded expression.
Her eyes were trembling.
A look that said she couldn't answer on her own.
Of course she couldn't.
I had never once asked her to be my girlfriend.
‘I’d treated her like a toilet.’
I’d call her when I wanted to use her and fuck her as I pleased.
Forget asking her out, I'd never even said I loved her.
Hina’s face grew redder and redder.
Her lips parted slightly, and I could see her clenching her fists tightly.
“Well… we’re…”
As Hina stammered, the corner of Adele’s mouth curved up slightly.
“I was just curious. Since you two are always stuck together.”
At that moment, Kim Su-hyeon, who was sitting opposite me, slowly nodded.
“I was curious as well.”
A single sentence, delivered quietly and simply.
“Oppa…?”
Hina looked at me. Her eyes were telling me to be the one to decide.
I sighed inwardly.
I’d thought the atmosphere between the women had been getting strangely tense lately.
‘Ah… if only my traits weren't sealed. It would've been so much easier to just stick my dick in them and raise their affection.’
All three of their gazes converged on my mouth. Under the silent pressure to answer quickly, I slowly spoke.
“We have something going on.”
“Oppa…?”
“Something…?”
“……?”
Each had a different reaction.
Hina was disappointed.
Adele was relieved.
Su-hyeon was expressionless.
And then.
“If you just have something going on…”
Kim Su-hyeon spoke quietly.
“…why do you have such rough, hardcore sex?”
In that instant.
Hina’s face went rigid.
“H-Hieeeek?!”
Any trace of her teary-eyed look vanished as Hina, her face now flushed as if it would explode, became flustered.
“W-What are you talking about?! Th-That's... not... w-well, it's not not true... but, wait a minute! How... did you...?!”
Her words tangled, and her voice trembled. Her reaction was a complete confession.
“Eh…?”
Adele said, her face stiff.
“Sex…?”
Even she hadn't expected this turn of events.
“…To say such vulgar things to each other every day when you’re not even dating…”
Kim Su-hyeon said quietly, her face expressionless but blushing all the same.
“Things like… ‘semen toilet’… ‘bitch,’ ‘cum’… ugh.”
“H-Hieeeeeek!!”
Hina practically shrieked.
“S-Saying things like that…! Don't say those things with such a straight face!”
Adele covered her mouth in shock.
“…Semen toilet…? Bitch…?”
Then she looked at me.
“Lieutenant Jin, don't tell me… you call Miss Hina such things…”
“Aaaaaaaah!! My lady, why are you saying it toooo!!”
Hina covered her face with both hands. Even her ears were beet red.
The atmosphere turned awkward.
The cafeteria fell silent.
Hina slumped forward onto the table. Her lips trembled as she muttered under her breath.
“This is… social assassination… Ehit… I'm ruined. Mom, Dad, I'm sorry your daughter is a pervert…”
Adele quietly lifted her teacup.
“Oh my… Miss Hina seems to have lost it a little.”
Kim Su-hyeon also bowed her head and said.
“…Miss Hina, I apologize.”
“Sob… I don't care! I'm ruined! And it's all… your fault, Oppa!”
Letting Hina’s blame roll off my back, I looked at Kim Su-hyeon and spoke.
"Miss Su-hyeon. How did you... find all that out?“
A faint blush remained on Kim Su-hyeon’s impassive face.
“For the lady's safety… I installed surveillance devices in your and Miss Hina's rooms.”
At those words, Hina’s head shot up.
"Th-Then… when we…“
Kim Su-hyeon quietly nodded.
"I watched everything. The cafeteria, the hallways, the infirmary, the maintenance bay… there are surveillance cameras in most of the common areas.“
"The storage room in front of the showers, too…?“
"Of course.“
"And the supply closet behind the hangar…?“
"Yes.“
Hina covered her face with her hands.
“It's over… I'm finished…”
Hina lowered her head and slammed her forehead against the table.
Her small, hunched shoulders were trembling.
Beside her, Adele’s eyes were wide. Her expression was a mix of shock, curiosity, and a subtle hint of jealousy.
“…And since that day…”
Kim Su-hyeon began to speak softly.
“I also got worked up… and couldn't bear it… so I used the footage. I'm sorry.”
“……”
“……?”
Both women’s eyes wavered at the same time.
“That day…?”
“What happened…?”
The two women asked quietly.
Without a word, Kim Su-hyeon wrapped her hands around her breasts. Then, blushing, she glanced at me with a look that was part shame, part something else entirely.
Hina and Adele.
Both turned their heads at the same time.
And then, the words flowed from Kim Su-hyeon’s lips.
“That day… in the alley, he did this to my breasts…”
“…?!”
Hina gasped. Adele silently pressed her lips together.
“He sucked on them with his mouth, toyed with them… and then, down here…”
At those words, Hina shot up from her seat.
“O-Oppa, is that true?!”
I put down my spoon.
I lifted my head.
Three pairs of eyes were fixed on me.
Hina’s was filled with shock.
Adele’s with a mixture of embarrassment and jealousy.
Su-hyeon was smiling with her eyes.
I spoke slowly.
“Hmm… It is.”
In that moment, I heard Adele’s small voice.
“…Everyone, but me…”
Jealousy. Confusion. A crack in her pride.
Her words hung in the air, and silence once again descended upon the table.
Everyone was speechless.
Just then.
[—Warning. One Arsenos vessel detected.]
[Approaching at high speed, 12 o'clock.]
A sudden alarm.
We rose from our seats without a word. And at the same time, we ran for the bridge.
When we arrived, an enemy ship was displayed on the central tactical screen.
A black, heavy silhouette. The light reflecting off its stern flashed like a blade.
In that instant.
“……Equinox.”
Kim Su-hyeon was the first to speak.
“They’re persistent.”
Adele lifted her head and stared directly at the black ship on the screen.
[Enemy vessel, 12 o'clock. Current range 17,000 and closing. Speed increasing.]
[High-speed ballistic missile, tactical photon cannon, and medium-range electronic interference systems activation detected.]
The ship's internal alarms blared, and the lights switched to red. Adele commanded decisively.
“Connect me to the hangar, now.”
“Connection established!”
A mechanic from the hangar appeared on the screen.
“What’s the Legion’s current status?”
[Repairs are partially complete. However, there are still some minor instabilities in the armor and frame.]
“……So it’s usable, right?”
[Yes. Considering Lieutenant Jin’s piloting skills, it’s ready for combat deployment.]
Adele took a short breath. Then she nodded.
“Good. Lieutenant Jin, please prepare for launch.”
“Understood.”
I gave a short reply and immediately turned around.
*
Aboard the Legion, I quietly maintained standby for launch.
The inside of the cockpit was deathly still.
The lights were dim, and the only thing on the HUD was the clearly displayed silhouette of the Equinox, blinking slowly.
[The Equinox is maintaining a fixed distance. It’s not approaching, which is strange.]
The operational comms continued.
The voice was calm, but it was tinged with an unknown anxiety.
[It’s probably because this area is within the Federation Army’s operational radius.]
“In that case, the enemy might just retreat.”
[That’s a possibility. But… we can’t let our guard down.]
“Understood for now.”
I responded briefly and closed my eyes.
An hour passed like this.
I remained on standby, with no movement whatsoever.
In that moment.
[Warning. 10 mobile weapons launched from the Equinox.]
Red dots began to appear one by one on the HUD.
I opened my eyes.
“Finally making a move.”
My hands moved naturally to the controls.
[Legion L-77AX activation sequence initiated.]
[Unit status normal. Awaiting launch clearance.]
[Final sequence complete. Manual pilot control approved.]
In front of the hangar, the red lights slowly dimmed, warning lights began to rotate, and the exit opened.
—KWAANG!
The heat-dissipating grates split open, spewing light and heat.
[Launch countdown 5, 4, 3…]
[2, 1. Launch.]
Flames erupted from its back as the Legion shot out into space.
In front of me, I could see 10 enemy units.
Speed, formation, weapon status… the HUD quickly spat out analytical data.
One thing among them stood out.
“……What’s that?”
The five units in the lead were holding strange equipment.
It wasn't a weapon. Both its shape and structure were unfamiliar.
‘They brought something with them.’
I immediately transmitted the camera data.
“Hina. Analyze the equipment those five units in the front are holding.”
[Yes! One moment, receiving data now.]
But before Hina’s analysis was complete, the enemy made their move.
Ten enemy units.
Five of them spread out into a wide formation.
And the other five charged straight for our cruiser.
“I don’t think so.”
My hands moved reflexively.
The targeting reticle locked on, and one of the enemies was fixed in my sights.
I immediately pulled the trigger.
—KWAANG!
The Stormblaster pierced through the enemy’s rear.
And right at that moment, Hina’s urgent voice burst through the comms.
[Oppa! Be careful! What they're holding isn't just a weapon! It's a 'Coffin-Lock'! It's a specialized restraint system for suppressing ace units!]
“……What?”
In that instant.
Five red dots on the HUD simultaneously changed their trajectory.
They surrounded me, forming a semi-circular formation. Each unit launched the equipment it was holding into the void.
—CHANG! CHANG! CHANG!
The sound of metal tore through space. The Coffin-Lock units spun through the air.
Thin, glowing wires shot out, weaving between them.
“Shit—”
I instinctively yanked the controls. The Legion unleashed its thrusters and shot upward.
The cockpit shook, and a wave of pressure washed over me.
I predicted everything—the trajectory of the incoming Coffin-Lock units, their rotational axes, their angles, and even their descent speed.
Then, the five units that had been watching silently opened fire simultaneously.
A barrage of plasma and photon blasts spread out from all directions.
I spun around in a reverse turn.
—KWAANG! KWAANG! TZZZZT!
The energy blasts flew past.
The wires went askew, and one of the units grazed the Legion’s shoulder as it flew by.
I flipped the unit completely upside down.
Reverse thrust. Descend. Then a sharp turn. G-force and counter-reaction.
“Now, it's my turn.”
Bonus
