Chapter 80
Chapter 80
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 80
Chapter Title: Dual Cultivation Partners (2)
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'She's here.'
Kang Woojin knew it instinctively.
'I had a feeling, but good thing I left the door open.'
Han Ye-eun had come.
Her breathing.
Inhale and exhale.
Her footsteps.
Gait and stride.
Indistinguishable from others at first glance yet uniquely her own—Kang Woojin sensed her presence and picked up the pace.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Lee Ji-hye, pinned beneath him, squirted all over the bed as she wailed in ecstasy.
"Ahhng! Eut! Eut! Ah, n-no waaay!"
Kang Woojin naturally pulled the pleasure-wracked woman into his arms.
"Too deeeep! Ahhng! Eut! Hnng! It's too deep!"
Lifted into the air and clinging to him, she threw her head back as far as it would go.
"Hngg! C-coming! It's all weird now! Aaang! Ang! Ang! Ah! G-gonna cum—!"
Her legs, thrashing wildly in midair, wrapped tightly around his waist, her curled toes twisting together in a knot.
"I'm cummiiing♡!!!"
Lee Ji-hye tensed up all over.
Squirt! Squirt!
She crushed him in a fierce embrace, climaxing violently.
"Eek! Ooooh♡!"
She barely swallowed a gulp of air before going limp like a marionette with cut strings.
As if time itself had frozen, a hush settled over the bedroom.
The momentary silence blended with the afterglow of her peak, and the spasms on Ji-hye's rapturously distorted face began to fade.
Like frames flipping slowly in an animation.
Thud!
One by one, the images of her collapsing onto the bed etched themselves sharply into his mind.
Into Kang Woojin's eyes, after he'd filled her depths with his seed.
And into Han Ye-eun's mind, as she watched them wordlessly.
"Haa, haa, ha......"
Ji-hye, still panting hot breaths and far from regaining her senses, mumbled toward Woojin.
"K-kiss, kiss me......"
But as she sought afterplay like always, her eyes widened like a startled rabbit.
"Huh?"
She'd spotted Han Ye-eun standing rigidly shocked behind the half-open door.
"Y-Ye-eun?"
Conversely, having exposed her shameful side, Ji-hye snapped back to reality with a flustered expression.
Along with her, Han Ye-eun's dilated pupils slowly came into focus.
Exuding an icy aura like frost on a winter morn, she spoke in a voice as cold as the grave.
"What... are you two... doing right now......?"
Her tone was muffled, as if suppressing her emotions.
In truth, Han Ye-eun wanted to scream at the top of her lungs.
But the shock and terror were beyond words.
And her rage choked them off entirely.
They said true fury made people eerily calm.
That was Han Ye-eun right now.
Her eyes had focus, but she wasn't truly seeing Woojin and Ji-hye before her. Staring into a foggy void with dead eyes, she muttered.
"What the hell are you doing right now this is a sacred temple you can't do that here it's not even fully ordained yet what if the neighbors hear you two a man and a woman all tangled up naked and moaning shamelessly do you even have any self-awareness as believers you're ruining the Truth Church's reputation this is a capital offense total extreme punishment death death death death I didn't bring you into the church for this I even packed you lunches I didn't let you join to see this how could you do this to me Woojin you weren't like this before you weren't this promiscuous back then back then back then back then back then back then back then back then back then back then back then…………."
Han Ye-eun's bowed head cast deep shadows over her face.
Her blank expression and mechanical drone of words suddenly cut off.
"……."
"……."
"……."
Ji-hye pulled the covers up to hide her body, and a chill wind swept between the three.
Whoooosh!
And right then.
"Explain!"
Han Ye-eun clenched her fists and glared at Kang Woojin, shouting.
"What the hell are you two doing?!"
Deep down, she knew.
That Kang Woojin and Lee Ji-hye were lovers.
And the name for what they'd been doing.
She wasn't asking out of ignorance.
A couple tumbling in bed was hardly unusual.
But she wanted to hear it straight from Woojin's mouth.
'Please say it was a mistake.'
That he'd lost his senses for a moment.
Or acted on impulse. She hoped for any excuse.
Smooth.
Kang Woojin glanced between pleading Ye-eun and Ji-hye, mulling her question(?).
"What we're doing?"
Crushing her desperate hopes, he answered calmly.
"Dual cultivation."
As if it were the most obvious thing.
"We're training."
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Ji-hye and I quickly dressed and moved to the first-floor living room.
I brewed hot coffee for Han Ye-eun in the guest area.
"Here. Calm down first."
No reply.
"......Thanks."
Well, a tiny voice came.
So faint even my sharp ears almost missed it.
'Hmm.'
Looking down at Ye-eun sipping her coffee, I thought.
'Honestly, didn't expect her to be this shocked.'
It was entirely intentional.
But her feelings for me ran deeper than I'd imagined.
I figured it was just fondness at best.
Yet the emotions she'd built since middle school were far heavier and more tangled than I'd guessed.
'Even better.'
I tilted my coffee cup like Ye-eun and gazed out the window at the setting sun.
Toward the Paradise Truth Church headquarters.
Truth be told, I felt a twinge of guilt toward Ye-eun.
Whether she liked me or not, no one could witness friends having sex and stay unfazed.
Her shock was natural.
Like pure Cynthia back in the day, Ye-eun—who'd never dated—freaking out was par for the course.
But I had no choice.
Ye-eun was brainwashed by her father (or whatever he was).
Winning her over normally was near impossible.
Without Ji-hye, avoiding stimulation and closing the distance casually—god knows how long that'd take.
Even advancing step-by-step, her brain was programmed to find sexual contact repulsive.
To break that brainwashing and aversion, I needed equally radical measures.
Plus, unlike with Cynthia, time was short.
The Great La Saintess selection rite.
There was a hard deadline.
I had to pull Ye-eun fully to my side before it began—no holding back on methods.
Fortunately, it worked.
No, spectacularly so.
"......I'll do it."
After a long silence, Ye-eun set down her cup and spoke.
"Dual cultivation partners. Let's do it."
At her decision, Ji-hye and I exchanged blinks like we'd rehearsed.
With us before her, Ye-eun shot to her feet.
"I can't stand it! That's not training! I'll guide you properly!"
Her face full of resolve, she reaffirmed her intent.
"You sure?"
I asked with an inward smile.
"No. So I have conditions."
"Conditions?"
"First, you, Ji-hye."
Ye-eun whipped her head toward Ji-hye and continued.
"Dual cultivation partners means a man and woman training together for yin-yang union. While we train, you absolutely can't interfere."
I explained for puzzled Ji-hye.
"So, no relations with Ji-hye while training with you?"
"......Right. That's the point of partners. Never heard of it with multiple."
Not true.
You just don't know, Ye-eun, but tons of disciples are already living loose, vulgar, filthy sex lives.
But playing dumb, I nodded.
"Got it."
Ji-hye frowned, displeased.
"Wait, what? Woojin's my boyfriend right now!"
I quickly took her hand to soothe her.
Say yes, then do it behind her back.
Like the other disciples.
This exposure was deliberate, but if I wanted, I could dual cultivate with others anytime without Ye-eun knowing.
"Let gooo. No, isn't what she's saying ridiculous?"
But forgetting our agreement, Ji-hye—immersed in her fake girlfriend role—pushed back.
"We didn't do anything wrong, but she treats me like a homewrecker. Sorry you saw something embarrassing, but you barged in uninvited."
Her eyes flashing, Ji-hye picked at Ye-eun point by point.
Ye-eun's lip twisted up.
"You're right, Ji-hye. But know this?"
"What?"
"Truth Church lay believers must follow ordained disciples' teachings and orders."
"......"
"You applied recently, right? With initiation tests coming, think slacking on doctrine now is smart?"
Unlike her usual self, she pressed Ji-hye hard.
Her sense of betrayal must've been huge.
I hadn't even touched Ye-eun yet, and already her gentle, famously sweet nature cracked into fallen saintess mode.
Fallen saintess.
Love it.
"Sigh. Anyway, if my conditions don't sit well, just say so. We'll stop."
Ye-eun eyed us dully.
Stressing it was at my request.
Clarifying positions, she continued.
"If we do it, do it right. During training, Woojin, you promise to obey me unconditionally."
"Got it. As the student, I'll follow you, naturally."
"And my dual cultivation with you is only until the rite. You, Ji-hye—it's our three-way secret. No telling anyone."
Specifying the term, she crossed her arms emphatically.
A few minor conditions followed, but nothing tough.
"Got it."
I nodded repeatedly, repeating the words.
Thus, I successfully became dual cultivation partners with a Paradise Truth Church Great La Saintess candidate.
And the day for our first session arrived.