Chapter 320: Stigma (4)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 320: Stigma (4)
“I’ll be counting on you, Do-jin!”
“Yeah, I’ll give it a shot.”
With a bright smile, the complete opposite of when she came in, Elena bowed her head and left the club president's office.
As the sound of her footsteps faded, a sigh of relief escaped me.
“Phew.”
That really gave me a scare. It’s been a while.
As I slowly calmed my racing heart and pushed my chair back, Shin Yu-jeong crawled out from under the desk, grabbing my thigh as she stood up.
The reason my heart was pounding throughout my conversation with Elena was none other than her.
“You almost gave me a heart attack.”
As soon as we entered the club room and she confirmed we were alone, she had suddenly proposed it.
Isn't having sex in the club room a special privilege only college students get to enjoy?
It was funny when I heard it.
If that was the case, we might as well do it in a lecture hall, or a university bathroom… Ah, right, we already did that one.
Anyway, after talking her down from her idea of having thrilling sex, we agreed to stop at just trying some fellatio and paizuri in the president's office.
Of course, she did make me promise we'd go all the way next time if it went well, but still.
Despite my light scolding, she paid me no mind, the corners of her lips curling into a charming smile.
“Why? Because you were so turned on?”
“Yeah.”
That was actually true.
I’ve had sex outdoors with Na-eun, who's an exhibitionist, but those were always with strangers around.
Doing something lewd while an acquaintance was right there… it was a whole different feeling.
How should I put it? It was like the sense of crisis that we'd be finished if we got caught, combined with a lewd curiosity about how Elena would react if she saw us, amplified the pleasure.
Anyway, it was good.
And as good as it was, it was just as hard on my heart.
Her firm breasts were still visible under her rolled-up t-shirt.
“Hurry up and fix your clothes.”
“Hehe… So, next time we go all the way, right?”
“What are you going to do if we get caught?”
“If we get caught, we get caught. It's not a crime for two grown adults to have a little sex.”
She said it as if she couldn't care less.
Well… she wasn't wrong.
After straightening out her completely disheveled—no, practically stripped-off—clothes, she perched on the edge of the desk and started staring at me with a meaningful gaze.
“…Why are you suddenly looking at me like that?”
I asked, feeling an inexplicable unease. She replied with a slightly hardened expression.
“You're going to seduce Elena, aren't you.”
Uh, well.
Just as anyone who's been hit right on the mark would do, I was about to deny it to escape the immediate crisis when a thought occurred to me.
Why bother making a hasty excuse?
So I asked her back.
“What if I said yes?”
What would she do if I planned on seducing Elena?
In the past, it would have been an incredibly cautious, perhaps even unspeakable question, but things were different now.
With our threesome with Yoon Ji-an as the turning point, she had been growing closer to my desires.
Meaning, she was slowly starting to realize what kind of person I am and what I want.
And Shin Yu-jeong, having realized this, had already…
“…Just don't overdo it. You bastard.”
Even if she cursed me out and called me trash, her body had become one that couldn't easily leave me.
It wasn't just because of the pleasure in bed.
So many other things had influenced her, and she's been stained by them.
To be precise, perhaps ‘contaminated’ would be a better word.
I pulled her into a back hug as she pouted and grumbled, and asked.
“Will you help me?”
“You crazy bastard.”
The curse came back faster than the speed of light.
And yet, she didn't refuse the embrace, lingering in my arms for a long while before leaving with one final word.
“If you neglect me even a little, you're dead.”
She left the club room to attend her next class.
Afterward, I sat alone in the chair, lost in thought.
How can I make Elena fall for me completely?
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A height nearing 180cm.
A large chest and hips typical of a Westerner, and a firm, lean body sculpted through intense training.
Light blonde hair and blue eyes that evoked a strange sense of romanticism.
On top of that, the ghouls haunting the internet communities had given her a new concept.
The blonde female knight who protects her lord!
Thanks to that, several memes were already circulating online.
They’d capture a shot of her frowning in the hot sun and add captions like, ‘Kuh... kill me!’
Anyway, she was receiving a lot of attention for her unique charm, different from the other team members.
And that woman…
“Come, Do-jin! Please, come in. I am ready for anything!”
…was steeling her resolve, wearing only a tank top and leggings that clearly revealed the curves of her body.
I might be emphasizing it a bit, but it wasn't really a special outfit.
She always dressed like that when she worked out.
That's not to say just anyone could see her like this.
To be precise, it used to be possible for any student who could enter the Korea University training room, but now even that had become impossible. That would be the correct way to put it.
“Hmm… shall we start with some stretching?”
“Oh, stretching! Understood.”
Elena immediately began to stretch her body.
After public interest in her skyrocketed, the training room became crowded with people who came just to see her.
The guys asking for just one picture were the decent ones; then people started secretly taking photos of her, so I immediately pulled her out and made a demand to the university.
To create a private training room just for our team.
How was that possible, you ask? I did a little threatening.
I told them that if they didn't make one, I'd just drop out, since I'd become a Hunter anyway.
And just like that, they set up a small but fully-equipped private training room just for our team.
I guess having me remain as an honorable graduate is better for the school's image than a dropout.
“…It's worth coming to see, hmm.”
Watching her continue to stretch, I found myself starting to understand those guys.
A firm body where her muscles subtly rippled with every movement.
Usually, having a lot of muscle means you're relatively less flexible, but that wasn't the case with Elena.
“Uungh…!”
Look at that.
The way she did a side split and bent her upper body forward.
Watching her large breasts get pressed and squashed against the floor… no, that's not it.
“Hoo….”
While my mind was briefly distracted, Elena finished her passionate stretching and exhaled.
“What do we do now?”
“Uh… well.”
My answer threw cold water on her enthusiastic question.
It couldn't be helped.
A training schedule that makes you instantly stronger, like she wanted, doesn't exist anywhere in the world, let alone with me.
Training or practice isn't about getting dramatically stronger; it's about improving in proportion to your effort.
With that alone, achieving the kind of dramatic, short-term growth that Shin Yu-jeong or Im Na-eun did is impossible.
“Elena.”
“Yes, Do-jin! Please speak.”
“The truth is, Yu-jeong didn't get strong because of the training schedule I made for her.”
When I confessed honestly, she tilted her head.
“If it wasn't because of the training… how did Yu-jeong get so strong?”
“That's… um.”
I hesitated for a moment before slowly parting my lips.
“I have this… unusual skill.”
“A skill… you say?”
“Yeah, you know tattoos? It's like that, engraving a pattern on the body….”
The existence and effect of the Brand. And how the other two were able to get stronger because of it.
After I explained the process as simply as possible, she finally nodded as if she understood.
“So, if I get this tattoo, I share mana with you, Do-jin… is that right?”
“That's right.”
“And Na-eun and Yu-jeong got stronger through that?”
“Correct.”
As I answered her questions faithfully, Elena suddenly pouted.
“But Do-jin… why didn't you do that for Elena?”
A sulky tone. She seemed quite upset that I'd given something so good to the other two and left her out.
Hearing just that much, it was understandable she'd be upset.
“It's because I can't just give it to anyone I want.”
Elena's expression softened.
“Indeed… Do-jin is different from other people. You're not the type to openly discriminate against me or the other team members… Is there a condition?”
“Exactly.”
Man, she's smart.
I felt a sense of pride inwardly.
Her words clearly revealed how she usually saw me as a person.
Perhaps because I was the only one who reached out to her when she was in trouble, her trust in me was quite solid.
“Then what is the condition? Why were those two able to do it, and not me?”
Elena asked, her expression showing she was desperate to meet the condition, whatever it was.
Through that desperate look and her earlier response, I became somewhat certain.
Certain that even if I told her the absurd condition for receiving the Brand, the team wouldn't fall apart, even if it created some misunderstanding.
“The condition is simpler than you think, and yet also difficult.”
I became curious.
What kind of expression would she make after hearing the condition?
At the same time, I even found myself hoping she would show a moderate level of refusal.
Why?
Because I also enjoy stories where a noble female knight shows her spirit, spitting out lines like ‘Kuh... kill me!’ before being slowly broken.
With a pounding heart, I slowly approached, placed a hand on her shoulder, and continued.
“For you to submit to me, Elena.”
The moment the words left my mouth, my body trembled.
I'm definitely going crazier.
Casually telling a woman to submit to me, and even looking forward to her reaction…
The old me would never have been able to imagine such a thing.
But it didn't matter.
You only live once. If I can live a life that's as stimulating as possible, wouldn't that be a good way to go?
“Submit…?”
Elena's brow furrowed as she mulled over the word ‘submit’.
Finally, her lovely lips parted.
“Submit… what does that mean? My Korean is still not very good.”
“Ah.”
I see. She didn't know the exact meaning of the word 'submit' yet.
“Submit… well, in English, it's ‘obey’.”
“Ah~ obey.”
I wonder if Archimedes had that same expression when he discovered the principle of buoyancy.
With a look of realization, she spoke again.
“Does that mean… Elena must become Do-jin's subordinate?”
How naive.
To ask that even after I used the word 'submit' between a man and a woman.
I had no choice. I'd have to raise the intensity a bit.
“I'm not talking about a subordinate.”
“Then how am I supposed to ‘submit’?”
“Between a man and a woman… to put it simply, I'm talking about submission in a sexual… a sexual context.”
The moment I finished speaking, her eyes went wide.
Judging by her completely different reaction, it seemed she understood perfectly this time.
With a bewildered expression, she carefully opened her mouth.
“Uh… Do-jin, does that mean you're… turned on by Elena?”
Wait, hold on.
“…Who taught you that word?”
“Yu-jeong did. She said that she and I have bodies that make men turned on.”
“……”
“Doesn't ‘turned on’ mean sexually attractive?”
“Well… you're not wrong, but.”
Shin Yu-jeong, you again… You're so good at teaching all the weird stuff.
Just as I was vowing to give her a spanking when I got home…
“Do-jin, please answer me. Are you… turned on by Elena?”
Elena pressed, her expression and tone a strange mix of bold and shy.
This was absurd.
There had to be so many more refined, beautiful ways to put it.
“Yeah, I'm turned on.”
To think I had to reveal my feelings for the first time with a word like ‘turned on’.
As I faced her with a feeling of utter misery, her expression was stiff.
She seemed displeased about something.
“Do-jin… I will be honest.”
Her serious tone made a sense of tension rear its head.
Did I go too far, too fast…?
Just as I was starting to feel a slight regret.
“The truth is… whenever I see you, Do-jin, Elena gets turned on too…!”
“Oh, you did… wait, what?”
What.
The hell.
What is this sudden development?
Just as I was getting genuinely flustered, Elena suddenly reached out, grabbed my hand tightly, and continued.
“If I had known how you felt, I would have proposed sooner… No, it's not too late!”
No.
Hey.
Wait a minute.
“From now on, Elena will be Do-jin's girlfriend!”
“……”
This isn't what I wanted…?