The Core's Secret

Seong-il quietly lowered his gaze, staring down at the energy. But he soon realized his prediction had been wrong. The energy had slipped into his embrace and was now sparkling in a perfect rectangular shape. The moment he saw it, Seong-il understood exactly where the energy was being sucked into.

'The glowing shape is exactly the size of my phone...? No way?!'

Just as he suspected, the energy was being violently drawn into his smartphone. Seong-il stared at the sight in a daze, his mind racing.

'Don't tell me... the reason Game Master told me to stay within three meters was because of this...?'

The energy continued pouring into his phone for a long time. As Seong-il ran through every possible theory while watching it, the flow suddenly began to weaken. The amount being absorbed gradually decreased until it finally grew quiet, then vanished completely.

'Is it over...?'

The moment that thought crossed his mind, his body suddenly moved again.

'I can move...!'

Still ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠holding the core, Seong-il looked at Seung-jin and asked urgently, "Hyung...! Are you okay?"

"Huh...? What are you suddenly talking about...?"

Seung-jin frowned and asked in return. Seong-il was taken aback by his reaction and thought frantically.

'W-what...? D-did I just experience that alone?!'

Still puzzled by Seung-jin's response, Seong-il asked again to resolve his doubts. "Um... didn't you feel anything strange just now?!"

Seung-jin sighed as if annoyed. "Haa... why do you keep doing this? I didn't feel anything. I understand you're worried after seeing that weird core rampage on your first dungeon exploration, but don't overdo it."

'This confirms it. That strange phenomenon earlier was something only I experienced...'

Now that he understood the situation, Seong-il hid his agitation as best he could and continued speaking to Seung-jin. "Ah... I'm sorry. I guess I was really nervous because it was my first dungeon?"

"It's fine. That can happen. It can. So just hurry up and collect the cores."

"Yes...!"

At his urging, Seong-il quickly but carefully gathered the cores and placed them into the duffel bag.

After collecting cores with Seung-jin for quite some ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠time, the task was finally complete. Seung-jin turned his head toward Ah-hyun and said, "Ah-hyun. Core retrieval is done. Shall we withdraw?"

"Yes, sunbae. I think this is enough. Let's head back."

"Got it."

Seung-jin gave a short reply to Ah-hyun, carefully sealed the duffel bag, slung it over his shoulder, and began the withdrawal.

"Let's go...! Kids~"

And so, Seong-il's first dungeon exploration came to an end. They also managed to escape without any trouble.

"Ah~ You're back?"

The security bureau employee who had been waiting for them. Ah-hyun and Seung-jin nodded and approached him, returning the cores. After examining the contents, the employee nodded and spoke to the group.

"Everything checks out...! The core appraisal results will be available in a week. Your contribution points and reward money will be determined after that. Good work, everyone."

"Thank you."

After a brief conversation with the employee, the group returned to the school and verbally reported the results. Once the report was finished, they immediately began to disperse.

"Well then~ See you tomorrow! Kids...! If you're hurt, make sure to go to the hospital."

"You too, sunbae!!"

After parting ways with Ah-hyun and the others, Seong-il returned to his studio apartment. The moment he got home, he tossed his gear onto the floor, pulled out his smartphone, and immediately checked Game Master.

'...What the hell? Absorbing a psionic energy core?? What is this... And it says to avoid dungeon entry for 15 days?'

'Fifteen days is the time needed to absorb that energy core or whatever it is. So basically, entering a dungeon before fully absorbing the core would be dangerous?'

The meaningful contents of the Game Master status window and especially the overall assessment left Seong-il feeling a strange sense of threat. The phrase 'Safety not guaranteed' in particular gave him an ominous feeling.

'Hmm... "Safety not guaranteed," huh... I don't know the reason, but does Game Master have some kind of connection to the alien civilization's cores...?'

Seong-il pondered the overall assessment of Game Master for a long time. When his deep contemplation yielded no clear answers, he eventually shook his head and thought,

'Whatever, I don't know. Anyway, once this absorption thing or whatever finishes, the picture should become clearer.'

Having wrapped up his thoughts, Seong-il turned Game Master back on and began entering the ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠world of Magic City and the Great Detective for the first time in a while.

"Ugh... It's been a long time here too..."

His room in the Magic City and the Great Detective world, which felt like he hadn't visited in nearly ten days. Seong-il felt a sense of welcome as he descended to the first floor.

"Hmm? You went upstairs saying you had something urgent to do, but you're coming right back down?"

Sia asked with a puzzled look. Seong-il smiled gently and answered her. "Ah~ It wasn't anything big. By the way, I'm hungry. It's a bit early, but could you prepare a meal...?"

"Hmm? It's quite early... How about a simple sandwich and stew?"

"Sounds good~ Why wouldn't it?"

Charlotte, who had been listening to their conversation, yawned and spoke to the pair. "Huaaam... I'm sleepy... Seong-il-kun! I'm sorry, but to prepare for tomorrow's decisive battle with Luphtesia, may I take a short nap to adjust my condition?!"

"Ah...! Conditioning is important! Please go rest right away!! Great Detective!!"

"Yeees~~!! Thank you so muuuch!!"

Charlotte nodded at Seong-il's words and hurriedly ran up to the third floor. Watching her, Seong-il thought,

'If it were any of the other girls, I'd find it really annoying, but when she acts like that, it doesn't bother me at all... She's such a strange kid.'

As he was evaluating Charlotte, one thought suddenly popped into Seong-il's head.

'Wait...? In that case, should I just slack off too...? Hehehe...?'

After confirming that Charlotte had completely disappeared from view, Seong-il quietly approached the front door, locked it, and headed toward the kitchen where Elysia was.

Tap tap tap. He approached the kitchen like that. There, Elysia stood in her neat maid outfit, preparing sandwiches for Seong-il.

'Hmm... A blonde beauty in a maid outfit. And black stockings under the skirt... Come to think of it, that's an incredibly arousing combination.'

Admiring the elegant figure of Elysia, Seong-il quietly walked up behind her. Sensing his approach while preparing the food, Elysia felt puzzled and asked him,

"Hmm...? Why? The sandwich and stew will be ready soon. If you wait just a little..."

"No. That's not why I'm here."

"???"

Elysia couldn't understand what he meant. Since it wasn't the first or second time he'd said something strange, she simply ignored his odd remark and resumed cooking.

'Hehe... Behind a blonde maid who's cooking.avi'

With lewd thoughts running through his mind, Seong-il quietly stepped up behind her. Without a word, he reached out with both hands and began kneading her buttocks.

"Eek!?"

Elysia was startled by Seong-il's sudden groping of her rear. Flustered by his behavior, she cried out urgently, "W-what are you doing?!"

"Don't worry, the boss went upstairs to sleep."

"E-even so, if a client comes to the office...!"

Seong-il brought his face close to the protesting Elysia's, gently bit her ear, and answered, "Don't worry about that either. I locked the door, so no one can come in now. And you haven't forgotten about our contract, have you...?"

"Mmm... That's true, but..."

Elysia trailed off in a coquettish tone at his words. Taking her cute response as agreement, Seong-il silently continued kneading her buttocks before dropping to his knees.

"Mmm...?"

Elysia had been quietly cooking while savoring his touch. She was puzzled when his hands suddenly stopped. Then—

Flutter.

"Eh...?"

A sound came from behind as her skirt was suddenly lifted. Seong-il slipped under Elysia's maid skirt.

"W-wait a moment. Ahh...!"

Once inside her skirt, Seong-il silently placed his hands on her black pantyhose and began freely kneading her voluptuous buttocks.

"Ahng..."

Letting out a pleasant moan at his touch, Elysia resumed making the sandwiches. Seeing that she wasn't really resisting and was only letting out sweet moans, Seong-il grew bolder. He poked at her valley with his fingers.

Rip!

Then he applied force to the threads of her pantyhose and tore them apart.

"Ah!"

Startled once again by his sudden action, Elysia was taken aback. As if enjoying her confusion, Seong-il became even bolder, startling her further.

"Slurp... slurp... smack...!"

After roughly tearing the stockings, he buried his face between her legs and began sucking on her pussy aggressively. Elysia was flustered by his actions and tried to stop him.

"S-stop... I'm in the middle of cooking..."

"Slurp... smack... Haa... Cooking is done with your hands, not between your legs, right? Don't mind me."

Spouting such nonsense and ignoring her resistance, Seong-il buried his face in her pussy again and began sucking fiercely.

"Ahng...! T-that's not what I m-meant... Ahk...!"

When Seong-il ignored her words and eagerly sucked on her pussy, she eventually gave up and quietly surrendered to the pleasure, struggling to finish the sandwiches.

"Hngh... Hk... Hngh... Mph?!"

At some point, Seong-il had circulated his internal energy to heighten the sensitivity of Elysia's pussy. Thanks to his dual cultivation technique, she couldn't keep her senses straight. Eventually, she lightly climaxed and sprayed her juices onto Seong-il's face.

"Haa... Haa... Haa..."

Her waist buckled from the orgasm, and Elysia collapsed onto the sink. Seong-il admired her sexy figure, quietly lifting her maid skirt to admire her thoroughly soaked pussy.

"Hmm... You're really wet."

"..."

When Seong-il looked at her climaxed pussy and mockingly made a lewd comment, Elysia fell silent from embarrassment. After savoring her reaction, Seong-il silently pulled down his pants, grabbed her hips, leaned over, and whispered into her ear.

"Hmm~ Our cheeky maid doesn't answer when her master speaks...? Then she deserves punishment, doesn't she?"

"...?!"

Elysia was puzzled by Seong-il's sudden mention of 'punishment.' Then she felt a heavy insertion into her pussy.

"Ahk...!"

Without warning, Seong-il thrust into Elysia's pussy and began shaking his hips roughly. At his violent thrusts, Elysia buried her upper body against the sink, moaning uncontrollably.

"Ahk... Ahp... Ahng... Hic...!"

"Hoo... Our maid's lower lips are always so chewy. You must take good care of them?"

"Hngh... Y-yes... Master..."

As if she'd been waiting for it, Elysia played along with the master-maid roleplay and answered him. Satisfied with her perfect response, Seong-il smiled and continued thrusting without pause.

With both hands caressing her beautiful waist and hips, he shook his waist roughly, savoring the chewy tightness of Elysia's pussy. From beside them came the sound of the stew boiling fiercely.

Bubble bubble... Hiss!!

At the sound of the stew, Elysia suddenly came to her senses and begged Seong-il.

"M-Master...! The s-stew is burning...! I need to lower the heat right now..."

"Shut up. Just spread your legs and stay quiet. I'm about to cum soon."

"B-but..."

Though he'd only said it to avoid killing the mood, he couldn't let the kitchen catch fire. Pushing aside his regret, Seong-il hurriedly moved his hips and began to ejaculate.

"Khhup... I'm cumming...!"

"Y-yes...! Please spray Master's noble semen into this vulgar maid's cunt...!"