Chapter 53
Chapter 53
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 53
Chapter Title: Settling Scores - Reina (2)
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Reina's eyes widened. An expression of utter disbelief.
"...Father, I—"
No matter how much she'd messed up, wasn't the family punishment and her apology to the Academy Director enough? It was a rebellion born of that logic. Girls with pride like hers could never accept reality. And after getting beaten by me in the Nishikiyo waste market last time, even pissing herself...
Having to kneel before me—the one who'd given her such a humiliating memory—while in her right mind would be utter shame.
"I won't say it twice."
Ryuichi rose from his seat and faced Reina directly.
Confronted with the piercing gaze that had even made me tense just moments ago, Reina immediately broke out in cold sweat. But in the end, she clenched her fists tight and shook her head.
"...No."
At that moment, Ryuichi's hand slowly moved toward his waist.
—Click.
Silver flashed.
"..!"
My muscles, transcending human limits, tensed up instantly. Without thinking, my feet shifted into the optimal stance to face him. Instinctively, my chin tucked to protect my carotid, my wrists turned inward in a peek-a-boo guard.
As I ramped up my battle intent amid this sudden, perilous situation, Ryuichi casually tossed out:
"Don't tense up."
The dagger slid from its sheath without hesitation.
In an instant, Ryuichi circled behind Reina and gripped her head with one hand to keep it still.
Is he seriously going to kill her now!?
His own daughter!?
"—!"
A short gasp escaped as the blade swept by.
Schwick!
The sound of severing rang out, and her black hair, reaching down to her waist, tumbled to the floor. The severed strands scattered in the air, carrying the scent of black cherry.
"Wha... what... are you... my... my hair..."
Reina's shoulders trembled violently. Her eyes bloodshot, her breathing ragged. Her fingertips shook as she reached for the cut hair, but Ryuichi's grip still pinned her crown.
"I won't say it again. Kneel."
His voice was cold and merciless, as if that slash was merely a warning. A ruthless man who could discard his second daughter to erase the family's weakness.
Reina ground her teeth, but her legs finally gave way.
Thud.
The dull sound of knees hitting the floor echoed. Humiliation, rage, and shattered pride frozen solid. Ryuichi pulled a thick envelope from his bag and tossed it onto the desk where Mesui sat.
"I renounce all rights to this child. Her future disposition is entirely up to the Academy Director. She will receive no more protection from the Kurogami name."
With that, Ryuichi left without once looking back.
"Ah... uh..."
Still on her knees, Kurogami clutched the hair on the floor. That short cut wasn't just about hair. It was the severing of father-daughter ties. The moment her backing as the Kurogami second daughter—near-absolute power—vanished.
So this was it.
This was why he'd dragged it out.
By showing the victim the head of the region's top yakuza family personally disowning his own daughter, minimizing damage to the clan. Smart judgment.
"Ahem. Sanghyeon, shall I step out for a bit?"
As I stared down at the despairing Reina with a stiff expression, the Academy Director offered to leave. She stood, handing me the documents she'd just received.
"Honestly, though I stepped in as the negotiator, I just made good use of the material you provided. No reason for me to take this. So... handle it as you see fit, Sanghyeon."
Do whatever I wanted with Reina—bend her or break her.
Mesui's gaze surprisingly resembled Ryuichi's from moments ago.
Not in appearance, but the cold, resolute eyes unique to leaders who must protect their domain from on high.
From Mesui's perspective, Reina was trash who'd dared enter her academy and commit an outrage against heaven and earth. No obligation to treat her as a student anymore. Offering this bitch as a 'sacrifice' to quell my anger and steer our future relations positively.
"Thank you, Director."
"Then."
Now, only Reina and I remained in the Director's office.
"H-how... how could you do this to me..."
She muttered to herself in bewilderment for a while, then suddenly whipped her head up with a whoosh, glaring at me like she wanted to tear me apart.
"Having fun?"
Her first words.
"Feeling good, you fucking bastard?!"
Oh?
I sat in the chair and crossed my legs.
"Reina, why are you yelling? Still sore that I didn't pierce your clit last time? Want me to do it now?"
Flinch.
Reina, who'd been barking like a rabid chihuahua moments ago, went dead silent. PTSD flashing in her mind. But as they say, those with nothing left to lose are the scariest. In her despair, Reina ignored her body's warnings and challenged me again.
"I'll kill you... you... I'll tear you apart no matter what it takes!!"
I shrugged lightly.
"Yeah, do your best. Earlier, I asked if it felt good?"
It did.
Revenge really is sweet.
Those who tried to steal and ruin my precious people...
They all deserve a taste of hell. Mercy? Forgiveness?
Bullshit.
"Feels great. Incredibly refreshing. Like a weight's been lifted off my chest."
As I smirked down at her, curling my lip viciously, Reina completely lost it.
"Oh yeah? So you risked your life charging into Nishikiyo just to watch this pathetic play? You psycho fuck."
"Pfft. I never risked my life. And you don't know what I'm willing to bet."
Reina, refusing to lose, met my eyes squarely and forced a laugh. Then she racked her brain for the words that'd piss me off most.
"Oh~ really? So you acted like a mad bastard just to fuck that Tsumetai bitch or whatever?"
My idly twitching fingers froze.
"...Keep going."
"I don't need trash like you telling me to. That Tsumetai slut? I'll sell her to a brothel someday."
She spat each word like chewing glass, lips quivering.
"That bitch... passed around by dozens of men, infertile right in front of you—"
This fucking bitch..!
"Gak!?"
Reina's vision suddenly flipped upward. That's how it'd feel.
"Kh... guk...!"
I stood from the chair, seized her nape with one hand, and hoisted her into the air. The moment her toes left the floor, Reina's eyes bulged.
"Hey, you trash bitch..."
Like a flimsy paper doll, she dangled from my beastly strength. I growled into her ear.
"There are lines you don't cross."
Reina's hands flailed in the air.
"Ke, keok, gerrk—"
Thud! Thud! Thud!
As her breath gave out in seconds, her limbs thrashed wildly. But struggling was pointless. I had no intention of forgiving trash like her easily. With each passing second, convulsions wracked her body.
"Agk, aheek, geheek..!!"
A shoe slipped from her dangling foot. Beneath the thin skin of her nape, her carotid throbbed madly. Heart rate skyrocketing in the face of death.
I tightened my grip further.
"!!"
As my fingers dug halfway into her neck, I felt the blood flow twist between soft flesh and muscle. Pressure built as blood was squeezed in her vessels, spiking her blood pressure. Any more force, and carotid compression could cause brain death. Even more explosively, and I could snap her neck instantly.
The moment of death.
No one in this Director's office to save her.
Reina's black pupils dilated hugely, irises trembling at the edges. Her instinct to suck in air grew frantic, only tightening her windpipe further. Even without more pressure, oxygen deprivation would cripple or kill her.
An overwhelming terror no living being could resist.
She'd tormented others so easily, fainting at just a clit piercing—a frail human trash bitch. Could she overcome the fear of death?
"Think your precious pride and arrogance will save you?"
"S... save... krrrk—"
A cracked voice leaked through her strangled breaths.
"I... wrong... krrk, did... please.. mercy...!"
Her hands clutched my arm.
But no strength in her fingers. Growing weaker.
A single tear streamed from Reina's glossy eyes.
Her bloodshot eyes, veins burst red, slowly rolled upward. Her mind probably blanking out with a strange sensation by now. Prolonged near-asphyxiation like this... gives humans something orgasm-like.
Pssht—
"Ok.. ghok..!? Geh...k."
Her timing? Inner thighs wetting gradually. Bladder control lost now too.
Shiver shiver shiver
Hiiiisss....
Urine streaming onto the Director's office floor. Poor floor. Soaked in Mesui's pussy juices yesterday, now this human trash sow's filthy piss today.
"Ghek.... ge..he..k......"
Reina's body seized in violent convulsions. Common in drownings or hangings. The final rebellion of a body on death's doorstep, desperate to escape.
Splurt— sploort—
Blood rushed so hard, nosebleed sprayed from her dainty nose.
"...Gek!... gik...!"
Like a bug.
I dangled her a few more seconds.
Each frantic kick of her toes choked her further, head lolling heavily back. Her flushed face gradually turned blue.
Leave her like this, and she'd really die.
"On second thought, killing you easily like this is too merciful. Right?"
Crash!!
"Keheek! Kuheok, heueok, huaak, huaak, huaaak...!"
Cries and coughs mingled indistinguishably. Reina sprawled on the floor soaked in her own urine, barely regaining control of her trembling body.
"Sell her to a brothel? Let men pass her around? Infertile?"
"S-s-sorry.. sorry... kehk.. heuk.. I-I'm sorry.."
Tongue limp, slurring words, but she kept apologizing frantically. Finally aware of her place?
But that's not enough.
Time to smash that flimsy pride of yours right now. I know countless surefire ways to crush a bitch's pride.
I knelt to meet her eyes.
"Hey. Strip."