Chapter 183: Desire Absorption (3)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 183: Desire Absorption (3)
“…Desire Absorption.”
The small whisper brought about a change before my eyes.
A pink mist, emanating from the woman collapsed before me like she’d fainted, drifted toward me.
Swoosh…
The pores all over my body opened wide, and the pink mist seeped inside.
[Absorbing the remnants of desire flowing from the target.]
[A small amount of Karma has been accumulated.]
[The user’s disposition grows closer to ‘○○’.]
[Stamina has increased by 1.]
“Hmm…”
How in the world was I supposed to describe this feeling?
A faint image, something like a delusion, sketched itself in my mind.
An imagination—no, a delusion—unfolding not with me at its center, but with Jo Yun-kyung.
Seeing it, I couldn’t hold back my laughter.
“Phahahah!”
Jo Yun-kyung’s body trembled nonstop, her ass jutting into the air.
“She’s far more twisted than I thought, isn’t she?”
The desire of hers that I had fulfilled was ‘to be handled roughly, regardless of her own will.’
Isn’t it ironic?
That a woman who had been put on a pedestal by men her entire life actually wanted the exact opposite.
They say people fantasize about and obsess over what they don’t have. I guess it’s true.
“…It is.”
I didn’t have to look far; I was the same.
Abandoned as an orphan, I’d never received the warm love of a family, which in turn gave me a fantasy, an obsession, with having a happy home.
When I thought about how, even when I was called the National Hunter and had everything, I yearned for that one thing I couldn’t have, it made me realize just how precious one’s desires are.
“And I’m the one to grant them.”
I stroked her ass, firm and perky from diligent care.
“Nngh…♥”
With a faint moan, her hips swayed as if throwing a petulant fit.
The movement felt like she was instinctively begging for another round.
If I wanted to, I could keep pounding away at her all night… but I shouldn’t.
There was a reason I’d described sex with Jo Yun-kyung as instant food.
It’s incredibly delicious at first taste, but if you keep eating just because the first bite was good, you get sick of it.
So this was the perfect amount.
Just enough for me to put out an urgent fire, and for her to feel a spoonful of longing mixed in with her satisfaction.
That’s how I could use her for a long time without getting tired of it.
My mind felt much lighter. I put my carelessly discarded clothes back on and was about to leave when…
“You’re leaving…?”
Finally emerging from her daze of pleasure, she managed to push herself up.
“I’m done with what I had to do, so I have to go.”
“……”
My reply must have sounded cold, because she pouted.
Not that it would change anything.
“Ah, there is one thing you need to do.”
“What is it?”
Jo Yun-kyung’s eyes sparkled slightly.
She must have realized that the moment she took care of my task, we’d be able to meet again soon.
“I’m thinking of screwing with Kim Jeong-hun a little.”
A small smile formed on her lips.
“How are you going to do it?”
“Well, taking it out on him directly seems a little bland, so I was thinking of messing with someone close to him.”
“Someone close to him…? Who?”
I took out my smartphone and showed the curious woman a photo.
It was a picture of Kim Jeong-hun with his older sister, Kim Eun-bi, their faces affectionately close.
Seeing it, Jo Yun-kyung’s eyes widened.
“Oh… I’ve seen this woman before.”
“Where?”
“She was the woman that bastard Kim Jeong-hun met for his next appointment yesterday. They looked really close. Who is she?”
“Kim Jeong-hun’s sister.”
It seemed the affectionate photos on social media weren’t a lie.
As if she’d grasped my intention, Jo Yun-kyung stared at the photo for a moment before giving me a mischievous smile.
“Aha… you’re planning to seduce this woman, aren’t you.”
It’s nice that she’s quick on the uptake.
“Yeah, you’re right.”
It wasn’t something I needed to hide, so I admitted it cleanly.
I judged that getting her help would save me a lot of time in many ways.
Besides, I had something else I needed to look into.
“From now on, I want you to investigate this woman. What she does day to day, where she goes often, what she likes, and so on… everything you think would be good to know.”
As I gave her the order, Jo Yun-kyung’s brow furrowed.
“I’m not a private investigator. How am I supposed to find all that out!”
As she protested in an annoyed tone, I gently stroked her head and face, pressing down lightly.
“Use every method at your disposal.”
When you’re told to do something, you do it.
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As time passed, I came to realize something I hadn’t known before.
…And I was saddled with two, then three new questions.
“Why is this guy’s life so full of shady shit…?”
Just when I thought I’d solved one headache, other questions would spring up like weeds.
The latest question was none other than ‘Desire Absorption.’
From the feel of it, it seemed like a higher version of the ‘Mana Absorption’ I used to have…
“Desire, huh.”
Unlike the straightforward concept of mana, the ambiguity of the word ‘desire’ was enough to drive a person mad.
That pink mist that had emerged from Jo Yun-kyung’s body at the moment of intense climax.
When I absorbed it, the message window had clearly called it the ‘remnants of desire.’
“Remnants.”
Judging by the word’s meaning, the pink mist that came out of her body was the dregs or residue left over after her desire was fulfilled.
“The fact that I can absorb that means…”
So what, am I supposed to fulfill people’s desires and then absorb the leftovers?
“What am I, Santa Claus?”
Did it want me to become some kind of Santa Claus for adults?
The method was utterly ridiculous, but it wasn’t actually that bad.
Having various sources of growth as a Hunter meant I could grow faster than others.
“Though I’m already ridiculously fast.”
In fact, the growth of this body was at a level unprecedented in history.
For a mere Hunter aspirant who had only awakened six months ago to possess power surpassing a B-rank Hunter was impossible with talent alone.
It had to be seen as the result of a combination of things that a normal person could never hope to obtain even one of: being a ‘One with Aptitude’ or whatever that was, outstanding talent, and a lifetime of accumulated experience and secret arts.
Thinking about it that way, my respect for Fake Si-woo, who was living diligently in my place, bloomed once more.
“Ah, I can’t just sit here like this.”
From now on, whenever I wake up in the morning, I’ll have to bow in the direction of Fake Si-woo’s house.
Twice.
Since he’s getting thoroughly screwed over in my stead, the least I can do is pray for his soul.
Ah.
I got a little sidetracked.
Getting back to the topic of ‘Desire Absorption’…
“I think I need to experiment a little more.”
There were still too many ambiguities.
When I absorbed the ‘remnants of desire’ from Jo Yun-kyung, my stamina increased, but would other stats increase too?
The Karma accumulated by fulfilling desires—was it good Karma or bad Karma?
And what did it mean that I had grown closer to a ‘○○’ disposition at the end?
“Ugh, my head hurts.”
There were so many things that even my experience and knowledge from living as an S-rank Hunter couldn’t explain, which made it tricky to act boldly.
I lay down on the mattress to rest for a moment when suddenly, I heard loud footsteps from the entrance.
Click!
The door even opened on its own.
Clack!
The person who strode in so confidently was Shin Yu-jeong.
That shameless brat was now using the key to someone else’s place as if it were her own.
“Ugh, it’s fucking cold.”
“……”
You’re wearing leggings and a tank top in this weather. Of course you’d be cold, you idiot.
…Though my eyes were certainly enjoying the view.
“Hey, move over a bit.”
Rubbing her cold arms, the girl scurried over and brazenly squeezed herself under the blanket I was using.
Wait, why was I naturally making space for her?
“Aren’t you a little too comfortable coming into someone else’s room?”
“Since when was there a ‘your room’ and ‘my room’ between us?”
Shin Yu-jeong scoffed as she said it.
“Then can I just walk into your room whenever I want too?”
“Be my guest.”
Well, that’s fair, I guess.
“But once you’re in, you’re not leaving until you’ve cum at least three times.”
“……”
The way she licked her lips, it didn’t seem like she was lying.
“Aren’t you a little too horny…?”
“Yep. You made me this way.”
“What did I do?”
Wow, she’s good at making a guy feel wronged.
“You’re the one who jumped a guy who was minding his own business.”
When I protested my innocence, she, who had been lying with her back to me, suddenly flipped over, climbed on top of my body, and looked down at me.
A faint smile and a gaze that seemed to drip with sex appeal.
Her moist lips parted.
“Who told you to become so damn hot?”
“……”
This was making my spine tingle a little.
I’d never been called ‘hot’ in my life, so I didn’t know, but so this is what it feels like.
“You think I’m hot?”
Without a hint of hesitation, she nodded with a look of conviction.
“Yeah. Fucking hot.”
She really knew how to get a guy worked up.
We stared at each other with heated gazes until a question popped into my head.
“Yu-jeong.”
“Yeah?”
“What’s the one thing you want to achieve most in your life?”
“…Something I want to achieve?”
“Yeah. Like a dream, or a wish.”
“Hmm, a dream…”
The girl, who seemed to be thinking hard about something, uttered an unexpected name.
“Son Si-woo.”
“…What?”
Why was that name coming up now?
“Becoming a Hunter like Son Si-woo.”
“Ah.”
Oh, that’s what she meant.
“So… you want to become the National Hunter?”
“Yeah. Honestly, it’s fucking cool, isn’t it? The title of the Nation’s Guardian.”
It’s really not that big of a deal.
When I made an indifferent face, she curled her lips into a smile and asked.
“What, you don’t think I can do it?”
“…I don’t know. Your personality might be a bit of a problem.”
Her personality was the type that people either loved or hated. I wasn’t sure if she could earn a national title.
At that, she flared up and shouted.
“They said Son Si-woo used to have a fucking terrible personality back in the day!”
“No, he didn’t.”
“What do you know?!”
“I just know!”
Where was she hearing these rumors?
I might have cursed a bit when I was full of youthful vigor, but my personality has always been great, you brat.
After bickering for a short while, an exhausted Shin Yu-jeong waved her hand.
“Ah, whatever. Anyway, that’s my long-term goal. Right now, I have something more urgent.”
“…What is it?”
A fiery heat filled her eyes.
“Sex.”
Her shameless tone is very impressive. Hmm.
“…What about the ajumma?”
“Went grocery shopping. Probably for an hour or two.”
Ah, well, in that case, I can’t resist.