Chapter 64
Chapter 64
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Translator: crow
Chapter Title: Love Comes Suddenly
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‘Jun-hyuk.’
Yoo Jun-hyuk pulled Yoo Ha-yul into his arms to protect her.
Since Yoo Ha-yul was a full head taller, it ended up looking like he was the one being held in her arms instead, but even so, Choi Yu-ra didn’t feel any sense of betrayal.
‘She really is innocent.’
After all, Yoo Ha-yul was the villain trying to steal a man who already had a girlfriend, while Yoo Jun-hyuk was nothing more than an oblivious victim.
Choi Yu-ra understood that, to Jun-hyuk’s eyes, this would just look like his business partner suddenly attacking his girlfriend in the middle of a business discussion, so she wasn’t particularly angry at the sight.
‘That’s what makes it even better.’
Of course, Yoo Jun-hyuk knew all the facts, had even hypnotized Yoo Ha-yul, and had only stepped in to smooth over the situation where Choi Yu-ra was clashing against a massive corporation. The oblivious one here was actually her.
“Sis, hurry up and explain.”
He pulled Yoo Ha-yul even closer while acting perfectly calm.
He immediately applied second-stage hypnosis, but as expected, it didn’t work.
‘I knew it! She had another artifact!’
The previous artifact she’d worn had signaled its skill defense through a color change.
Was the one she was hiding now doing the same?
Or did it notify the wearer the instant it blocked a skill?
If it was the latter, that could be dangerous, so he subtly checked Yoo Ha-yul’s expression. She just looked flustered.
‘I need to wrap this up quick and get out of here.’
Even though he was asking Choi Yu-ra about the situation, he could easily guess why she had suddenly shown up here and tried to assault Yoo Ha-yul.
‘I don’t know how she found out, but she must have realized this woman was trying to make a move on me.’
Sis has a surprisingly strong jealous streak.
No, wait—a woman trying to steal my man? Of course she’d want to beat her up.
But if that happened, it would lead to a clash with the massive Geumseong Corporation.
‘Sis wouldn’t lose, but it’s better if it never happens in the first place.’
With the fame of an EX-Rank Hunter and the number one guild, Millennium Guild, she could certainly stand up to Geumseong Corporation.
However, if it dragged on to court, it would be years of endless fighting, leaving both sides exhausted.
“I won’t ask anymore. Let’s just head back for now.”
Second-stage hypnosis hadn’t worked either.
Yoo Jun-hyuk, wanting to resolve the situation quickly, gently pushed Yoo Ha-yul aside and approached Choi Yu-ra.
“Sorry about this. Let’s talk business another time.”
Normally, she would have used the fact that he’d attacked her to prick at his conscience or gain the upper hand.
“…….”
But for some reason, right now she just stared at his retreating back without saying a word.
Only after the two had left did the hotel’s security guards finally find her, quite some time later.
“Ah, miss! Are you okay?”
They had only entered after confirming that Choi Yu-ra and Yoo Jun-hyuk had passed through the lobby and left.
Normally, this would have been grounds for her to chew them out for being so late and fire them for failing in their duties as hotel security, but Yoo Ha-yul remained silent.
“Miss?”
“……Yeah, I’m fine.”
It took her a long while to finally respond to the guard’s question.
“I’m okay, so clean this up here. I’m a bit tired and need to head back.”
Her face was somehow flushed.
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‘Haa, what am I gonna do from now on?’
On the way home with Yu-ra sis.
His head was already aching over how to handle things with Yoo Ha-yul.
The cafe event thing, and what happened today—it was supposed to be smooth sailing after just opening the cafe, but life sure wasn’t easy.
‘Sis didn’t hit her, but we did damage the hotel a bit... She wouldn’t use that as an excuse to approach me again, would she?’
Like demanding to meet me in exchange for not suing Yu-ra sis.
Or maybe like in some naughty comic, blackmail me into sleeping with her using that.
Whatever it was, Yoo Ha-yul didn’t seem like the type to give up easily, but there was nothing he could do unless she made the first move, so for now, he pushed it aside and focused on Yu-ra sis.
“But sis, you’re not gonna answer?”
“Hm? Answer what?”
“Why you tried to hit Yoo Ha-yul earlier—I asked you back there.”
He asked again why she’d done that to his sister, who had been quietly silent the whole way home.
He had a rough idea of the reason, but it was just a guess, so he wanted to hear it straight from her mouth.
Sis pondered for a moment, then made a serious face he’d never seen before.
“Jun-hyuk, there are a ton of bad women in this world.”
Women’s hearts are dark and insidious, so be careful about meeting them alone.
Especially those who pretend to be all polite and mannerly.
She added that women all have strong libidos, there are tons of trashy ones who like men who already have girlfriends even more, and women are all wolves.
“Hmm, so what you’re saying is Ha-yul didn’t meet me for business—she met me to seduce me?”
“That’s right. She’s got a bad reputation. Word is she loves stealing guys who have girlfriends.”
Rumors are usually unreliable gossip not worth believing, but the rumor sis mentioned was true because he’d experienced it firsthand.
How trashy must she have lived to have rumors like that spread about her?
‘That sponsor offer... Better not mention it.’
If he did, she might barge into the hotel sponsor or no and break Yoo Ha-yul’s arms and legs regardless, so he didn’t want sis getting in trouble because of him. Better to bury it deep in his chest.
“We’re already here.”
It didn’t feel like they’d walked much, but maybe because it had been so long since he’d strolled the night streets with sis?
Time flew by, they chatted about trivial stuff, and suddenly they were at his doorstep.
‘Kinda don’t wanna say goodbye like this.’
He rarely got to meet sis in person because of her busy schedule.
Should he seize the moment and suggest a longer walk in the park?
“Sis, wanna hit the park?”
“Huh? Oh, no. It’s late. Aren’t you tired?”
Still dodging.
He vaguely knew that after the last incident, sis had been working on controlling her strength.
“It’s not that you hate being with me?”
“N-No, it’s not that...”
And since he was partly responsible for her current state, he could understand.
She’d become a transcendent EX-Rank Hunter because of his hypnosis.
Normally, when skills strengthened, you could control your power in any situation, but sis had grown strong in an abnormal way, so her control slipped when she got excited.
“Jun-hyuk, it’s not that I hate being with you! I want to be, but I’m worried you’ll get tired...”
“Hmm, really?”
But sexless was one thing—rejecting just being together?
She’d come looking for him out of worry, so it wasn’t that she disliked him. She was hiding something.
What could it be?
“Got it. Well then...”
He didn’t know what, but it probably wasn’t bad.
Before heading inside, he stepped close and hugged her tight.
Partly for skinship, partly to test if his hypnosis could help her adjust her power.
‘Nope, doesn’t work.’
He could feel it.
This wasn’t something his hypnosis could fix.
She’d grown too strong—now her body was immune to hypnosis, regardless of mental strength.
“See you later. Get home safe, sis.”
“Ah...”
But what was this?
Why were her breasts so soft?
Like she wasn’t wearing anything underneath.
“Sis, no bra?”
“Huh? Oh, yeah, it was getting sweaty.”
“Yeah? But... something feels off.”
Sis tried to pull away in a panic, but his hand reached her breast first.
No bra. But through her clothes, his palm felt something attached to her nipples.
“What’s this?”
“J-Jun-hyuk!?”
The usual sis would have brushed off his touch easily, but she was so flustered he was faster.
He quickly slipped his hand between her shirt buttons, past soft skin to the peak of her massive breast, where his fingertips felt something like a pad.
‘No way, is that why she kept trying to head home quick...?’
He slid his other hand into her uniform pocket.
He pulled out what was inside—a remote control of some kind.
“What’s this?”
“N-No!”
The moment he pressed the button on the remote.
Whiiiiiirrrr—!!!
“Hya!”
Her overwhelming breast mountains quivered, asserting their presence.
No way—sis was doing something this perverted!
“J-Jun-hyuk! I-I can explain!”
Sis desperately made excuses in a flushed voice.
That she was wearing this adult toy to practice controlling her strength even when excited, for the sake of their relationship.
“So this isn’t anything weird—it’s all for treatment...”
“Yeah, yeah, got it.”
He kept hugging her tight while listening.
Due to their height difference, it looked like he was in her arms, but her vibrating breasts battered his scalp like a massage.
‘This... feels kinda good, surprisingly.’
As he slipped a hand lower, he found she wasn’t wearing panties either.
Hmm, in his past life terms, this was like a guy wandering outside covered in sex toys?
No panties, even.
‘That’s why she wanted to get home so fast.’
She was scared of getting caught.
And the person she feared was probably him.
“I get it. Sis wouldn’t do anything weird.”
He understood.
But he slipped the remote back into her pocket, then opened the front door and went inside.
“Sis.”
“Y-Yeah!”
As he closed the door, he grinned and said.
“Pervert.”
“No, it’s not like that! Jun-hyuk! It’s not!”
From beyond the closed door, Yu-ra sis’s excuses-not-excuses kept going.
“Jun-hyuk! This is medical treatment, I swear!”
Was this what it meant to tease your girlfriend?
This is fun.
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“…….”
Yoo Ha-yul stared blankly into space with documents right in front of her.
Secretary Kim, who had been massaging her neck beside her, watched for a long time before finally grabbing her shoulders, unable to wait anymore.
“Ugh, you’re not under any skill, so why are you making that dumb face?”
No response from her.
Secretary Kim waved a hand in front of her eyes.
A normal person’s pupils would follow the moving object, but hers didn’t budge.
“Hello? Miss? When are you gonna snap out of it?”
“Huh? Secretary Kim? When did you get here?”
“I’ve been right next to you the whole time.”
“Oh, right? Has it gotten this late already? Gotta work.”
She finally reacted, but Yoo Ha-yul’s state was still off.
“Haa...”
She kept sighing during work.
Or made a face like she was gazing at distant mountains.
“……Hee.”
Or parted her lips slightly with her face turning red.
Secretary Kim set aside the vacation plan she’d had tucked in her pocket, watching her act like a teenage girl lost in fantasies about her crush.
‘Damn, was gonna file for industrial accident leave and take a vacation too, but miss is totally out of it.’
She did it for the money, but after years with Yoo Ha-yul, she’d grown fond of her and couldn’t just ignore it.
Snap!
“Hello? Miss? Let’s talk.”
“Huh? Yeah? What?”
“You’re not in a good state right now? What are you thinking about so much?”
Secretary Kim snapped her fingers to drag her mind back.
Yoo Ha-yul shook her head like it was no big deal.
“Nothing’s up?”
“As if. You haven’t finished a single document.”
“Yeah, can’t focus today for some reason.”
So she didn’t want to talk about it herself?
As a former S-Rank Hero, Secretary Kim began deducing.
‘The only recent incident is the Choi Yu-ra Hunter thing.’
It couldn’t be fear from getting scared off by her.
The Yoo Ha-yul she knew would seek revenge, not space out like this.
Even if she was really scared, she’d cut off all contact, not act like an idiot.
‘Then the other side...’
Just then, Yoo Ha-yul spaced out again.
This time, Secretary Kim observed quietly without waking her.
“Hee...”
Lips parted slightly again.
Her face flushed the same way.
‘Ah, no way...’
The other person she’d met that day besides Choi Yu-ra.
Secretary Kim unwittingly voiced her guess.
“You’ve seriously fallen for Yoo Jun-hyuk?”
“!?”
Her slightly flushed face turned beet red like a ripe tomato.
Secretary Kim laughed in disbelief.
“For real?”
“No, th-that’s impossible! I’d never fall for a guy for real!”
“Hmm, why would a woman who looked down on men suddenly fall for one?”
“I said no!”
Ignoring her reaction, Secretary Kim recalled the CCTV footage from yesterday.
She’d checked it in preparation for any response from Millennium Guild or Choi Yu-ra, but there wasn’t much special about it.
“Why on earth...”
Choi Yu-ra had ripped open the panic room that stayed intact even if the hotel collapsed—with her bare hands.
And the moment she went to hit Yoo Ha-yul inside, Yoo Jun-hyuk had pulled her into his arms and protected her. That was their last contact.
“No way, you fell for him because a man protected you?”
“It’s not that...”
Secretary Kim teased as she looked at Yoo Ha-yul’s face, now so red it looked ready to burst.
“Haha, falling for a guy because he protected you? That’s totally...”
Then she remembered something.
“...old-fashioned?”
Before the world had changed like this.
“…….”
“For real?”
A special taste that preferred classic masculinity.