Misunderstandings and Misunderstandings and Misunderstandings
Misunderstandings and Misunderstandings and Misunderstandings
'Ah, so pretty'
That was Hye-eun's first impression upon seeing her reflection in the mirror.
It wasn't that Hye-eun was particularly narcissistic.
It was just that among ability users, who were generally above average in appearance, Hye-eun was one with especially outstanding beauty.
And that exceptional beauty, combined with perfectly matching makeup, had now produced this flawless result.
"Oh my, Hye-eun-nim, you're truly perfect! Absolutely flawless!"
"Yes, well... thank you"
"I should be the one thanking you! I wanted to achieve this level during that photoshoot before, but it was so disappointing! Am I right? Everyone's really only looking at Hye-eun-nim, right?"
Before Tyrone had fully naturalized
Even when shooting a photoshoot to show off to overseas media with him, this makeup artist who mainly works with celebrities had accompanied them.
"R-really?"
Remembering the compliments she had given back then, Hye-eun looked around and saw that everyone around was indeed staring at her as if mesmerized.
'The attention is overwhelming...'
Although she usually only wore basic makeup out of necessity, Hye-eun already received advances from both ability user families and men completely unrelated to that world.
Now that she had received makeup filled with the dedication of an industry-top makeup artist, that flower had fully bloomed, monopolizing the attention of everyone around regardless of gender or age.
'But even so, Han-gyeol will say I'm pretty, right?'
"Hehehe"
"Wow~ Hye-eun-nim. Really, why don't you become a celebrity? It's such a waste for you to go to the Tower, really!"
The smile she made while thinking of Han-gyeol, whom she would soon meet, caused Hye-eun's already numerous fans to increase even more - a secret known to everyone except Hye-eun herself.
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"Phew...I'm a bit late, but around 10 PM...it's not that late, right? Right? Yeah, of course!"
She finished her mission around 5 PM, then received thorough beauty care and makeup that could be considered excessive, emerging around 9 PM. Finally, carefully making her way to Han-gyeol's house so her rare makeover wouldn't get messed up, it was exactly 10 PM sharp.
'Han-gyeol definitely only went to the Tower and returned home without entering any dungeons, right?'
Having checked Han-gyeol's Tower access records and Association registration card records (which could also be used as transportation cards) in advance, Hye-eun was confident Han-gyeol was either home or hadn't gone far. She entered the elevator of the apartment building where Han-gyeol lived.
This was originally supposed to be protected personal information, but before an Association ability user - and not just any ability user, but a special-grade ability user who was the Special Team Captain of the Association Chairman's direct special forces, Yoo Hye-eun - such privacy protections held no power.
Indeed, before special-special-special (Special Forces Special Team Captain Special Grade) ability user Yoo Hye-eun, no one below the level of Association Chairman could keep secrets. Even if this fact became known, people would only envy Han-gyeol for receiving Hye-eun's attention rather than blame Hye-eun for her crimes.
That's just how society was.
The existence of ability users had once again forced the law of the jungle into human society.
"Hoo~ haa~ hoo~"
Sungshim Central Brilliant River Tower Park Building 102, Unit 702
After finally arriving at the apartment where Han-gyeol lived, she took a deep breath and pressed the doorbell.
Ding dong-
"..."
Even after waiting quite a while after pressing the doorbell, there was no response.
'Did he go out? Or does he go to bed early?'
Though disappointed she couldn't show off her rare makeover, if he was sleeping, she didn't want to wake Han-gyeol for such a reason. Thinking it was too late to simply wait for his return, Hye-eun turned to leave...
'Really?'
...but stopped.
Because her intuition, which had saved Hye-eun and her team's lives several times in the Tower, told her she absolutely shouldn't leave like this.
Vrrrm-
Confident in her intuition, Hye-eun activated her ability despite knowing she shouldn't, using psychokinesis vibrations to observe the inside of Han-gyeol's apartment.
'A man and a woman... one feels familiar... Tyrone!? We were supposed to go to the Tower together during the day, but he disappeared. Why is he at Han-gyeol's place!?'
And as if confirming her intuition was correct, inside the apartment were intertwined energies - one from someone she disliked but had become too familiar with, and another she hadn't felt in a long time that she missed dearly.
"This energy is definitely Han-gyeol. How could I forget this. But...Han-gyeol is a woman? Tr-transgender? No, no. The energy is too pure for that. It's as if she was born a woman from the start..."
Though she had never seen it herself or heard about it from Han-gyeol, in an instant, through perfect deduction, Hye-eun realized that Han-gyeol had become a woman and was currently intimate with the man she hated most.
'Female transformation due to an ability? It's not without precedent. B-but if that's the case, then Han-gyeol became a woman and is now with Tyrone...'
But before she could feel disgust at that fact, an absurdity beyond Hye-eun's control assaulted her.
[Rio of the Constellation, who never imagined such a being would appear already, says "Aren't you both too clever? Han-gyeol and you? Couples who are too similar are boring~"]
"Constellation? Rio? What is...this..."
The absurdity named Constellation stole the answer from her.
[The kind Constellation Rio says "I believe this will definitely bring better results for both of you. If by any chance it doesn't...hmm! I'll sufficiently repay you then!"]
A moment of silence
"...Huh? What just happened? No, more importantly, Tyrone and some unknown woman are inside!"
Though she felt like she was having a daydream in the middle of the night, confronting the bastards who had arbitrarily occupied Han-gyeol's house took priority.
Ding dong- Ding dong- Ding dong-
Creeeak-
"Ah, someone's comi..."
Knowing for sure someone was inside, she pressed the doorbell impatiently. Soon the door opened to reveal a naked Tyrone.
"Hey homeowner! Look at this...Hye-eun?"
"Tyrone? Why are you...and who's this bitch?"
A woman whose pussy was tightly wrapped around Tyrone's cock - he had probably mistaken Hye-eun for the homeowner...meaning Han-gyeol.
"Haa♡...haa♡...Yoo, Hye-eun..."
"Ha, you know me? You know me and you're doing this in this house?"
This was the first meeting with Bo-ram, a woman with a face so similar to hers that they could be believed to be sisters, though Hye-eun couldn't bring herself to admit it.
***
Time had long passed what could be called night, approaching early morning
"Hye-eun? Now that I think about it, we were supposed to go to the Tower together today, right? Sorry Sorry! But you would've been fine alone on around the 30th floor anyway. Ah, the guild contacted me. They said they'll record it as if we entered the Tower together today"
"..."
"Anyway, ya~ I thought you looked similar, are you sisters or something? Oh! Both your family names are Yoo, right? Are you really sist..."
"...Shut up, Mr. McGuff"
Somehow, a three-way confrontation between me, Mr. Tyrone, and Hye-eun had begun. Not knowing what to talk about, only awkward time passed with Tyrone doing all the talking.
"Tch, damn, acting all high and mighty...ah~ I left my cigarettes in the manager's car. Boram? Do you smoke by any chance?"
"No. I don't smoke"
"Aww tsk, ah, your husband too?"
"Huh? Ahh~ yes, he doesn't smoke"
'He's not my husband, but how should I explain this...I'll correct that later...!?'
As I worried about how to explain to Tyrone, who seemed to be misunderstanding my male form Han-gyeol as my husband, an enormous energy that didn't need to be seen began flowing from Hye-eun sitting across from me.
"Hu...sband? Han-gyeol? You're saying he's your husband?"
"Heyheyheyhey! Stop! Hye-eun Stop! Here is not a tower!"
"Sss~ hoo~ sss~ hoo~"
Stopped by Tyrone, Hye-eun finally calmed down and began glaring at me with a sharp gaze I had never seen even once when we were children.
"Husband, yes husband. Well, let's say that's the case...anyway, you're a married woman who's been seducing men and cheating since broad daylight?"
"N-no, he's not my husband..."
"Then boyfriend?"
"...I guess?"
"You guess? Why are you asking me that. Anyway, you're living together, right? Common-law marriage but not husband? Well, there are plenty of people like that these days. But does that mean you can cheat? Adultery laws are gone, so why didn't you just get married and then cheat? Huh?"
"...What's it to you?"
"Huh? What did you say? Say it clearly"
"I said what business is it of yours"
"...What?"
Angered by Hye-eun's prickly remarks toward me (Bo-ram), who she mistakenly thought was Han-gyeol's wife after being stood up for their Tower trip and coming to find Tyrone, equally sharp words came out of my mouth.
"My partner knows all about it. It's just that my ability is that kind of ability"
"That kind of ability?"
"It's an ability where if I have sex with strong ma-, no, strong ability users, my partner can also become stronger through it"
"Ha! Are you calling that an excuse? Where in the world does such an ability exist? No, first of all, our Han-gy..."
"Before that, why should I explain myself to Yoo Hye-eun-ssi?"
"Huh?"
"Are you married to Tyrone or something, Yoo Hye-eun-ssi?"
"No, why would I be with McGuff! No!"
"Then what are you, to be scolding me like this just because I had some sex with Tyrone?"
"No, that's because you!"
"Is it because of our Han-gyeol-ssi? Why? Do you feel sorry for him or something?"
"...Shut up..."
"Ah~ you were from the same orphanage as our Han-gyeol-ssi, right? You didn't contact him even once after awakening, but when you heard he awakened, you came to see him once, and seeing his wife fucking his partner made you feel sorry for h..."
Slap!-
Hye-eun's stinging hand forced my mouth, which had been spewing whatever came to mind without filtering, to shut.
"Shut up before I kill you? Huh?"
"...No?"
Trickle-
It seemed my cheek split from Hye-eun's slap, as blood trickled from my mouth.
"Uh...I'll go buy some cigarettes for now?"
"Don't go, Tyrone"
"Wait. I still have more questions to ask, McGuff"
"Oh..."
Tyrone, who had experienced this situation several times and always found it awkward, tried to use cigarettes as an excuse to escape but sat back down in his place.