Chapter 169
Chapter 169
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 169
Chapter Title: Destined Partner
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'...What the hell is this?'
I'd expected there might be a secret room, but I hadn't anticipated something like this underground chamber radiating an ominous aura that anyone could sense from a mile away.
No matter how much you're living in hiding, shouldn't you at least get some sunlight?
'Does air even circulate in here...?'
This wasn't just hiding; it was practically imprisonment.
I'd come searching for the Heavenly Demon's destined partner, and this basement had appeared...
'...No way.'
I pushed aside the grim imaginings creeping into my mind and stepped inside the door.
The thick, musty air unique to underground spaces stabbed at my lungs, and with each step down the stairs, an eerie energy climbed from my feet, gradually overtaking my body.
My initial suspicion hardened into certainty once I'd descended the stairs completely.
"...What is this?"
At the bottom was a room large enough for one person to live in.
If it had just been a plain room, I wouldn't have reacted like this, but what caught my eye alongside it was more than enough to provoke such a response.
One was a door exuding a suspicious vibe.
The other was a chain fastened to the wall.
No matter how oblivious I might be, it was too blatant to miss.
"Ugh..."
Judging by the hair strands and dust patterns scattered on the floor, I could guess that someone was regularly bound with those chains.
And since I'd entered this space seeking the Heavenly Demon's destined partner,
that monstrous woman couldn't possibly be the one restrained, so the identity of the person normally confined in this room went without saying.
'She didn't seem like the type...'
I'd thought she just had an eccentric personality, but I never imagined it was this kind of eccentricity.
I wasn't one to meddle in a couple's relationship, but even so, this crossed the line.
Hell, I wasn't even sure you could call this a marriage.
No matter the era, this had to be illegal...
-Creak...
-Flinch!
The sound of a door opening made me shudder involuntarily as my gaze shifted toward it.
The suspicious door I'd noticed upon entering the room earlier.
It was now slightly ajar.
And peeking through that narrow gap was
-Wriggle, wriggle.
'A hand...?'
It was a hand crawling out along the floor.
The distance was considerable, but I could tell it was pale, as if deprived of sunlight, and on the smaller side.
Its owner seemed desperate to escape the room, scraping at the floor outside the door with the hand to pull their body free.
By the time my view extended to about their elbow,
-Thud!
"...! ...!!"
-Wriggle, wriggle.
A larger hand—though not by much, presumably a woman's—grabbed their wrist and yanked it inward.
The owner of the first hand thrashed as if to resist being dragged back, but the gripping hand paid no heed, slowly pulling them inside with deliberate force.
The sight of their nails digging into the floor made me grimace with pity.
'How did it come to this...'
I had no idea what was happening inside, but their desperate bid for escape made it clear it wasn't anything good.
I wanted to help, but there was nothing I could do.
I was a complete outsider in this world, after all.
'Even if I could help, it wouldn't make a difference.'
The opponent was none other than the Heavenly Demon herself.
Even if I somehow freed them from this room, they'd just be dragged back in.
If I didn't make things worse for them, I'd count myself lucky.
-Thump, thump.
Clutching my pounding chest, I edged toward the door to at least get a look at them.
I had to see their face so I could do something about it back in the past.
'I'll keep you from going down that path if I can, so just let me see your face for a moment...'
-Creak!
As they flailed, their arm banged against the door, widening the gap further, revealing the man's form through the opening.
A youthful face that hardly looked adult, skin pallid from lack of sun.
Dark circles under eyes sunken from exhaustion and pleasure, drool trickling from the corner of his mouth.
The moment I saw him, our eyes met.
"..."
-Thud!
"Hngh...!"
Our gazes locked, and my heart plummeted, my legs giving out beneath me.
It was inevitable.
No matter how scarce mirrors were in this world, I'd checked my reflection in rivers multiple times out of curiosity since arriving.
It might be someone else's body originally, but it felt like mine now.
There, before me, was someone identical to me.
-Tremble, tremble.
'W-what the hell?!'
Doppelganger flashed through my mind, but considering this was a future space, there was only one answer.
That was me from the future.
I barely stifled the scream rising in my throat with my hand and backed away from the door.
It was pure instinct.
Who could stay composed seeing their future self in such a state?
"..."
The other me, having met my eyes, stared back with a dazed expression as if he could actually see me.
Normally, people in these spaces couldn't perceive me—no reaction even if I waved my hand in their faces—but his eyes were fixed directly on me.
'C-can he see me?'
On a whim, I pointed at myself and mouthed the words.
Only then did he seem to realize something, his body shaking as he mouthed something back at me.
'...Huh?'
It looked like "ah," but what did that mean? Then it hit me—it was "go."
'...Go?'
I mouthed it back, and he finally closed his mouth, nodding faintly.
Go? What did that mean?
If it were "help," that'd be one thing, but go?
I wasn't in any danger in this space anyway?
While I pondered that, my future self stopped resisting and was dragged back inside.
-Thud!
The door slammed shut, leaving me alone in the room once more.
'...'
Let me sort this out.
I'd entered this space to find the Heavenly Demon's destined partner.
And the me in this space was imprisoned underground by the Heavenly Demon.
Thinking back, those four siblings upstairs resembled not just her, but me too.
With this much evidence, denying the obvious would be harder.
'...Me?'
The Heavenly Demon's destined partner?
-Blank.
My mind went blank.
Okay, fine. Let's say, a hundred concessions granted, it could happen.
My reality already had three wives lined up, but suppose some unknown event in the future led me to her.
'...Then what the hell is this?'
That didn't explain the current situation.
Why was I locked away in this deep basement?
We weren't talking one kid—it was four, and they'd grown quite a bit, so at least a decade must have passed since my present, yet still imprisoned...?
-Gulp.
This wouldn't do.
I'd identified the destined partner, and I could leave now, but I couldn't just go.
I needed to figure out how I'd ended up like this to prepare back in reality.
Leaving ignorant could leave me defenseless if this future became real.
'No matter how pretty she is or how compatible our tastes, this is too far...'
And I already had(?) three wives to be accountable to in reality.
I couldn't just roll over and accept this future.
Steeling myself, I ignored the warning bells in my head and stood before the door where my future self had vanished.
"...Hoo."
Calm down.
I wasn't in danger here anyway.
Back when I fell into that battlefield, swords and arrows passed right through me.
So I'd learn what I needed quickly and return to reality—no risk.
-Grip.
I clenched my fist and passed through the door into the room.
The moment I saw the scene inside,
I froze solid.
"Mmph!! Mmmphh!!!!"
The room reeked of musky semen and the distinctive scent of carnal indulgence.
Splatters of sticky white fluid clung to every corner, impossible to guess what depraved acts had produced them, alongside various presumed adult toys scattered about.
Blindfold, gag, handcuffs, whip, and more...
Just looking made my head spin.
Finding where my earlier self had gone required no effort.
-Slap! Slap!
There he was, pinned beneath a naked woman whose identity as the Heavenly Demon was obvious from her back alone, muffled moans escaping him nonstop.
At least ten years, probably fifteen, had passed since my present, yet she showed no signs of aging.
She'd borne four children in that time—her body should've suffered, but...
"Mmmph!!! Mmph!!!!"
Her skin wasn't just unharmed; it gleamed with vitality, her figure untouched by wear.
Her waist was so slender it made you question if she'd ever been pregnant, contrasting sharply with wide hips. And those breasts visible even from behind...
'Have they gotten even bigger?'
What was I thinking?
I wasn't here to ogle her.
-Slap!
"...! ...!!! "
-Twitch! Twitch!
As I appraised the future Heavenly Demon's looks, the me beneath her, enduring her grinding, began trembling, eyes fluttering.
Recognizing the prelude to climax, she removed the gag from my mouth only to seal it with a kiss, denying even a breath.
-Slurp, slurrrp, sluuuurp.
-Twitch! Twitch!
I shuddered pathetically, ejaculating into the Heavenly Demon's depths.
'That technique is brutally intense.'
I'd experienced something similar a few times with Dang Ayoung—nearly blacked out each time.
Kissing in sync with the orgasm while slamming her hips down.
No tolerance built up even in my future self; I shook violently, spilling seed for a long while.
My bucking hips, driven by stimulation, were pinned immobile under her weight—a truly pitiful sight.
Just as I thought it was over and he'd calm down,
-Squelch!
"?!"
A forceful sound rang out, and the grinding resumed.
-Sluuurp.
-Wriggle, wriggle.
Embracing my future self's head, she continued the kiss while mercilessly pounding her hips.
This transcended mere sex.
No rest, pure forced extraction.
No consideration for her partner—just hip movements to sate her own desires.
I unwittingly staggered back,
and it didn't take long for my future self to reach his limit.
-Spurt!! Spurt!! Spuuurt!!
With the final ejaculation, my arms atop her back went limp, strength drained.
For a moment I feared he was dead, but his breathing was audible—somehow alive.
'...Ugh.'
Trembling from fear bordering on terror, I leaned against the wall when
"...He passed out."
The Heavenly Demon, who'd been silently grinding away, finally spoke.
"The effects of that elixir I fed him last time are finally wearing off. Age is unavoidable, it seems."
'You know that and still treat him like this?'
By the timeline, I'd be in my mid-to-late thirties.
My looks were oddly unchanged, but my health should've crumbled long ago.
I wasn't some superhuman staying youthful through martial arts like certain others.
'Anyway, even her mutterings might give a clue...'
"How about... you fill in for the rest?"
'?'
Who was she talking to?
Thinking someone else might be here, I looked up at her—only to find her staring right at me.
"I still haven't had enough."
-Smirk.
That signature smile, unchanged even after over a decade.
Only then did I understand why my future self had urged me to leave quickly.
"Don't you think you should pay the price for interrupting our private marital time?"
It wasn't just my future self who could see me.