Chapter 295: Turning Point
Chapter 295: Turning Point
“Soohyun, are you asleep?”
It was Ko Yeonju who opened the door and stepped inside. When I turned my head toward the door, a pair of ash-gray eyes, which hadn’t lost their light even in the darkness, were staring at me.
“You’re awake.”
Seeing that I was up, her eyes, round as the moon, curved beautifully in an instant. Ko Yeonju smiled lightly and began to slowly approach me.
Step. Step.
One step at a time. The slow sound of her footsteps. The moonlight filtering through the window was dim and hazy. The sound stopped in a place bathed in moonlight, and only then could I finally see Ko Yeonju’s form. Her figure, reflected in the moonlight, was so lewd and seductive it was almost shocking.
Her top revealed not only her shoulders but also the valley of her breasts. The bottoms connected to the top were so short and sheer that her underwear was visible. It was undoubtedly a shameless one-piece dress, but on Ko Yeonju, it gave off a completely different vibe. It was fatally alluring, yet not vulgar. She had a slightly forward air, but there was a deep allure to her as well.
“I came to apologize for last night. I’m sorry. The moment I saw Yeon Hyerim, I lost my senses.”
“And you’re someone who should know better? Tsk… In any case, I managed to smooth things over. I heard you have a personal grudge, but be careful from now on. This is your only warning. There won’t be a second one.”
“Yes, I’ll take your words to heart. I was truly in the wrong. From now on, unless she picks a fight with me first, I’ll just ignore her.”
“I understand.”
Ko Yeonju’s voice was filled with sincerity. A woman like her wouldn’t make empty promises, so I could trust her. Just as I was thinking that, Ko Yeonju took another step closer.
“Hoho. Thank you. I’ll be very careful. But… I felt that an apology with words alone lacks sincerity.”
“…So you’re planning to apologize with your body?”
Thinking what a fine excuse that was, I couldn’t help but let out a dumbfounded laugh. As if she also found her own words absurd, Ko Yeonju offered an embarrassed, smiling glance. In any case, taking my reaction as a silent approval, she slowly extended her hands toward me.
Just as I felt her gentle hands softly wrap around my shoulders, I found myself lying back down on the bed. Ko Yeonju then let her body collapse onto mine, layering herself over me. As the rich scent of her ripe body filled my nostrils, I calmly stroked her back. Her faint breaths tickled my chest, and I could feel her soft skin against my palm.
After burying her face in my chest for a moment, Ko Yeonju quietly opened her mouth.
“I will serve you with all my heart, so will you please accept my apology?”
“I’m looking forward to this apology.”
“It will be quite sweet. But I have one concern.”
“?”
Suddenly, a playful tone entered Ko Yeonju’s voice. As I looked at her with curiosity, I saw her face as she lifted her head. Ko Yeonju’s eyes were curved even more than before, forming a beautiful crescent moon shape.
“Hmm~. Everyone should be asleep in the annex by now. And there’s no one in the main building… so I want to scream as much as I want today…”
“Right. But what’s the concern?”
“I’m just so worried about your stamina, Soohyun, if we go that intensely. I wonder if you’ll have too hard a time today…”
“…Ha.”
Judging by her expression and her words, this was a clear provocation.
And the moment I heard those words, I recalled a vow I had made long ago.
*
Creak! Creak! Creak! Creak!
“Ahhhhh! Su, Soohyun! N-No! Pleaaaase!”
Ko Yeonju screamed, shaking her head wildly. But I kept her from moving recklessly by pinning her down, pressing firmly on her breasts. When I squeezed them hard, I could see the soft mounds distort under the pressure. All the while, my manhood was mercilessly parting her precious place, thrusting in and out to the very root.
Faced with a ferocity quite different from before, Ko Yeonju let out a wail. Seeing her in such a weak state gave me a strange sense of déjà vu. The Shadow Queen, whom I had once considered a tree I could never climb in the first playthrough, was now pinned beneath me, crying out in pleasure. The thought brought an unconscious smile to my lips.
“St-Stop! Soohyun! I-I-I was wrong…! Please, stooooop!”
I drove into her hard once more. Ko Yeonju shrieked as if her throat would burst. Ignoring her, I moved my hips even more forcefully, feeling her legs flail behind my back. Her hands trembled violently as they gripped the sheets, threatening to tear them.
The turmoil that had filled my mind was now completely gone, replaced by a conqueror’s lust, a beastly desire. Perhaps I was venting all my unsolvable frustrations and complexities onto Ko Yeonju.
I released her breasts and moved my hands to her slender waist. Then, I pulled my deeply embedded manhood out and lifted my hips for a moment. She must have thought it was finally over, as she let out ragged breaths and slightly raised her head. However, I immediately betrayed that expectation.
My hands, which had been caressing her waist, slid down past her buttocks and shins in an instant to grab her ankles. I lifted them straight up from below, and unable to resist the force, her stomach folded inward as her hips rose. Soon, Ko Yeonju’s slender legs passed over her own slightly sagging breasts, framing her head.
Ko Yeonju’s eyes filled with despair again, and her lips parted. My gaze traveled from her tightly curled toes up along her V-shaped legs. The moment my eyes reached their apex—her raised buttocks—an involuntary gasp of admiration escaped me.
I could see her precious place, glistening with thick fluid and swollen red. And below it, Ko Yeonju’s shameful anus, which I had never seen before, shyly revealed itself.
“Soohyun…! Please don’t look…! It’s embarrass…! Sob!”
Ignoring her pleading voice, I spread her legs even wider. As her round buttocks opened fully, her precious places also parted, flaunting their lewdness. Ko Yeonju moaned and covered her face with her hands. Maintaining that position, I aligned my manhood with her reddish hole.
As I attempted a slight entry into her vulva, Ko Yeonju’s hips twisted from side to side. It seemed she was trying to avoid me, but the tip was already inside. If anything, her movements only resulted in greater pleasure as my member was drawn further in.
I felt a faint resistance from within her, but it was a place I had entered and exited hundreds of times throughout the night. The path was already made. With a slight push, my manhood slid inside with ease. The moment our groins collided, Ko Yeonju’s body trembled violently.
Thrust!
“Ack!”
With a plunging sensation, I drove in all the way to the root in one go. Inside Ko Yeonju was as hot and comforting as ever. Her inner walls reflexively tightened around my member, and the pleasant pressure made me groan. Was this what it felt like to be clenched so tightly? Savoring the sensation that made me feel like I could cum at any moment, I kept my grip on her ankles and pushed down with force.
Creak… Creak… Creak… Creak… Creak… Creak… Creak… Creak….
“Ah, ah, ah, ah…”
Ko Yeonju began to let out near-screams again. Savoring the tightness of her passage, I slowly rocked my hips.
Creak! Creak! Creak! Creak! Creak! Creak! Creak! Creak!
But soon I began to pick up the pace, and her large, bountiful breasts began to jiggle up and down, swaying in time with the rhythm. With each movement, Ko Yeonju’s screams grew louder, and her body shook uncontrollably. I could feel the occasional tremor travel up from the ankles I was holding.
“Ah, ah, ah, ack! Ah, ah, ah, ack!”
The urge to release was slowly building. I let go of her ankles and pressed down on her upper body. Her breasts were crushed against my chest, providing a strange pressure. Enjoying the feeling of her erect nipples mashing against my chest, I moved my hips even more diligently.
“Su, hyun! Ugh, ugh! P-P-Please, I, beg, you! St, op, n-mph!”
Ko Yeonju’s plea. In response, I pressed my lips against her fine ones. With the soft touch, her lips parted slightly, and a hot, sweet breath flowed into my mouth. Inhaling it deeply, I pushed my tongue inside without hesitation. As our tongues intertwined, I could truly feel the heat of the moment. A sweet scent wafted from her mouth, and where our skin met, it glistened with our mixed sweat.
For a moment, Ko Yeonju’s hands tried to push my shoulders away. I brushed them off easily and pulled her even tighter. Then, with a force that felt excessive even to myself, I began to pound into her more violently.
“Ah, guk! Ah, sob! Sob… Aahng! Aaaahng! Aaaaaaaahng!”
Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!
The sound of splashing fluids and the lewd friction of skin on skin formed a duet with Ko Yeonju’s screams, creating a beautiful harmony.
How much time had passed like that?
“Ah… sob… Ah… sob… Ah…”
Having lost the strength even to cry out, Ko Yeonju merely twitched and let out weak, breathy sounds. Her legs, which had been wrapped around my waist as if to break it, and her hands, which had been fiercely scratching my back, were now sprawled limply. She was like a puppet whose strings had been cut, rattling and shaking with my every move. Even so, her senses seemed intact, and she let out a faint whimper each time my member pulled out and entered again.
At that moment, the urge to cum that had been slowly building shot to the top of my head. I lifted my hips and reached out my hands. I grabbed her breasts, which were swaying like waves, and held them fixed in my hands. At that, Ko Yeonju’s eyes, which had been thin as threads, and her lips, which had been hanging slack, flew wide open.
As if her reaction were the catalyst, I stopped moving after one final, deep thrust and felt an explosive climax at the same time. The heat that had built in my blood through the long night surged into my member, and my seed erupted forcefully inside Ko Yeonju.
“Hah… Hah…”
“Aaaaaah…!”
Gush! Gush!
My manhood spewed a sticky stream of essence without restraint. White seed poured in, striking her inner walls. With each pulse, Ko Yeonju’s body convulsed with a faint moan. As I savored the afterglow of my release, I briefly wondered just how many hours we had been at it.
After expelling all my seed, I lifted my head and saw the morning sun faintly illuminating the bed.
Don’t tell me we really went all night… Huh?
It was then.
Ssshh…
As I was feeling a bit dumbfounded, I felt a warm sensation soaking my lower abdomen.
Startled, I pulled my member free from Ko Yeonju and quickly sat up. Then I looked down at the center of her legs, which were still spread wide.
Ssshh…
From Ko Yeonju’s precious place, a stream of yellowish liquid was gushing out like a fountain along with the white fluid. She had lost control of her bladder.
“G-Ko Yeonju.”
“Sob… sob…”
When I called her name in a daze, Ko Yeonju burst into tears. Even then, she seemed to be trying to close her legs, but they barely moved, as if she had no strength left.
Watching Ko Yeonju cry silently, I felt numb. She was always so confident and composed, yet here she was, weeping sorrowfully in front of me. No other thoughts came to mind. Only the thought that I had made a mistake dominated my mind. Feeling as if I were possessed, I slowly reached out my hand.
“I’m sorry.”
“Sob… Hic…”
“Ko Yeonju, I’m sorry. I’m really sorry.”
“Sob… Why… sob… so… Hwaaang… Uwaaaah…”
Ko Yeonju’s lips trembled as if she wanted to say something. But in the end, unable to overcome her sorrow, she broke down into sobs.
I grasped her faintly trembling shoulders and reflexively pulled her into an embrace. Then, I began to soothe her, gently patting her back.
*
About thirty minutes seemed to have passed since I started holding and comforting Ko Yeonju. She hadn’t responded to my apologies, only shedding tears, until she eventually grew tired and drifted off to sleep.
For a while, I watched Ko Yeonju’s peacefully sleeping face. Then, I carefully covered her with the blanket, opened the door, and stepped outside.
…
My feelings were complicated. As I walked blankly down the hallway, I felt a sharp pang of guilt in my chest. I suddenly remembered the first time I had been with Ko Yeonju. It had been less intense than this, but we had both been satisfied, and it had been a time of confirming our feelings for each other.
But not this time. To say I did it to clear my head, or that I fell for Ko Yeonju’s provocation—it was all a childish excuse. The truth was that a sordid desire to conquer Ko Yeonju as a man, a desire carried over from the first playthrough, had finally exploded.
Letting out another short sigh, I descended the fourth-floor stairs. As I calmly collected myself, I made a promise. When Ko Yeonju woke up later, I would formally apologize for what happened today.
I was smacking my lips at the bitter taste in my mouth and about to turn from the stairs into the third-floor hallway.
Tap, tap.
At that moment, I heard someone coming up the stairs.
I stood still and waited, and I could see a figure gracefully ascending from the second-floor staircase. The source of the footsteps was Lim Hanna.
“Good morning.”
“Oh! Clan Lord!”
Lim Hanna’s eyes widened in surprise as she saw me, and she blinked.
“It’s a little early to call it morning. You’re up early.”
“Ah, yes… I’m not one to sleep much, and it felt a little strange trying to sleep in a new place. I also wanted to look around the Clan House a bit. I hope I’m not being a bother?”
“User Lim Hanna is a member of the Mercenary Clan. Of course you’re not a bother.”
“Thank you for your generosity.”
Lim Hanna bowed her head respectfully and offered a gentle smile. A quiet silence fell. She also seemed to feel the awkwardness of the broken conversation, avoiding my gaze and looking down at the floor. I was wondering if I should just bid her farewell when Lim Hanna suddenly spoke.
“By the way, Clan Lord, what brings you here…?”
“I was thinking of stopping by the warehouse on the third floor.”
“Ah… I see…”
“…If you don’t mind, would you like to see the warehouse with me?”
Lim Hanna was still staring at the floor, just fidgeting with her fingers. But she soon answered by nodding her head meekly.
Was she always like this?
I walked ahead down the hallway, lost in thought. The Lim Hanna from the Love House had shown a kind side, but she wasn't shy. Even when she talked to me about the Flowers of the Night, she had made a request, but she hadn't shown any servility. If anything, I had caught a glimpse of a confident and overflowing grace. Since we were the same age, I thought it wouldn’t be awkward, but now she seemed to be intimidated by me.
After arriving in front of the warehouse, I held my hand out toward the magic circle drawn in the center. The moment a cold sensation touched my palm, I slowly began to infuse it with magic power. The magic circle glowed blue in response, and I felt the lock click open from inside.
“Currently, there are a total of three people, including myself, who can enter the warehouse. We have quite a bit of equipment, so we have to manage it carefully.”
“Ah, I’ve heard. It identifies who can enter with a magic circle.”
“That’s right. Shall we go in?”
“Yes.”
I immediately pushed the door open and went inside.
Inside the warehouse, the equipment that had been put on hold during the last accounting was neatly displayed. Some of the equipment was hanging on the walls or placed on display stands, while other items like eggs, gold, and jewels were gathered neatly on the floor.
As I rummaged through the potions, I turned to Lim Hanna, who was cautiously looking around, and spoke.
“By the way, User Lim Hanna, how old are you?”
“Me? I’m twenty-four. And you, Clan Lord?”
“I’m also twenty-four. We’re the same age.”
“Oh, really? That’s a relief.”
I had just thrown out a comment to break the awkward atmosphere, but Lim Hanna’s reaction was surprisingly strong.
“What’s a relief?”
“Ah. I’m just happy to have met someone my age. For some reason, everyone around me was always either younger or older. So I was hoping to have a friend.”
“A friend, huh. I’m the only twenty-four-year-old in the Mercenary Clan. So, shall we be friends? It might be difficult in official settings, but we could speak casually in private.”
“Oh, no! How could I dare… to the Clan Lord… That’s not what I meant.”
Users were all modern people. Even if they showed respect in official settings, it wasn’t uncommon to speak casually in private. Even the incredibly charismatic Han Soyoung had allowed a few clan members to speak to her comfortably in private. Yeon Hyerim, for example.
As I was looking at the collection of potions, I found three bottles filled with a yellow liquid. Picking one of them up, I straightened my back and said.
“It’s fine with me. It seems like you’re being too formal. It would be troublesome if that attitude continues.”
“Th-Then… I’m sorry, but may I ask a favor?”
“Yes? Yes. Go ahead.”
“Um… I’ll continue to speak formally for a while, so could you, Clan Lord, speak casually to me? And I’ll call you Oppa… Ah. N-No, not that.”
What’s with her?
Lim Hanna’s face was already flushed red. I had brought her to see the warehouse, but instead of looking around, she was pouring all her attention onto me. The memory of meeting her eyes in the conference room flashed through my mind. Back then, Lim Hanna’s eyes had been filled with a strange yearning.
I tilted my head for a moment, but it wasn’t a difficult request, so I readily nodded.
“Alright. I’ll speak casually from now on, Lim Hanna.”
“Th-Thank you. I’ll keep speaking formally for a while, and I’ll let you know when I feel more comfortable.”
“Do as you like. Ah. I’m about to leave, do you want to look around a bit more?”
“N-No. I’ll leave too.”
Lim Hanna shook her head. After we left the warehouse and closed the door, she looked at the bottle in my hand and spoke.
“By the way, what’s in that bottle?”
“An Elixir.”
“Wow…! So that’s an Elixir.”
“Yeah. I was able to get it by chance. Hmm… Lim Hanna. I know it’s early, but can I ask you a favor?”
Lim Hanna nodded, replying, “Of course.” Watching her, I fell into deep thought.
I pushed the matters with Ko Yeonju and Lim Hanna to the back of my mind for now. This was the time to focus on what Han Soyoung had told me. The Haemil Clan needed an Elixir. If I followed my heart, I desperately wanted to rush over there, through fire and water if I had to. It wasn’t just my brother; every single one of those clan members was like a savior to me.
But I couldn’t do that. There was a proper procedure and order to everything. If I set my mind to it, it wouldn’t take long to go to the eastern city and meet my brother. The East and South were still maintaining an implicit alliance, so using the Warp Gate, it wouldn’t even take an hour, maybe not even thirty minutes.
The Haemil Clan. A User afflicted by Banshee’s curse. Less than two weeks left. An Elixir can save their life.
I calmly organized my thoughts. Then, I turned to Lim Hanna, who was waiting for my answer, and opened my mouth.
“I’m planning to step outside for a bit. It might take some time. Don’t wake anyone on purpose, but when the clan members wake up, could you ask them to gather in the small meeting room on the third floor?”
“That’s not a difficult request. But where are you planning to go?”
“The Temple.”
“The Temple?”
What I needed now was information. The Elixir I was holding was a priceless panacea, worth a life in its own right, capable of curing any abnormal status as long as the person was still breathing. To use it based on mere emotion was an action I had to avoid, both as a User and as a Clan Lord.
I nodded calmly and replied.
“Yeah. I’m going to meet my assigned angel.”