Chapter 216
Chapter 216
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 216
Chapter Title: Chapter 11 - Revelation
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"?????!!!!!"
No expression could better capture Dang Ayoung and the Sword Empress's faces.
As I've said time and again, in this world, a master is like a parent. Forming an improper relationship with such a revered master is unthinkable—ethically, logically, and something that should never happen.
Even in novels, making the master a love interest gets you flak.
Unless it's some blatant harem erotica where the protagonist beds every woman in sight, who would commit something tantamount to incest?
"Wha-wha-wha.."
In a world like that, I was just as flustered.
Sure, I'd crossed that line with my master over the past two days, but that was while I was asleep. Now I was fully awake.
And with several women right here, no less.
I'd harbored those feelings for my master once, but that was ages ago. I'd long known our bond could never go there.
But what the hell was this..?
Wh-what, wh-what are you..
"If you're asking what happened, it's exactly what you just saw."
"N-no, but.. th-that was definitely your master.."
"..."
-Thud
Dang Ayoung stammered like she'd witnessed something traumatic, struggling to get words out. The Sword Empress couldn't even manage that and simply collapsed.
Thankfully, Yeo Socheon caught her before she hit the ground, but it looked like it'd take a while for her to come to.
"Is there a law against a master and disciple doing this?"
"Th-there's that saying, 'teacher and student as one'! How could you do that with someone like a parent or child.."
"It's the same, but not actual blood kin. Not a drop of this one's blood mixes with mine."
"Th-that's not the point!"
She declared it so boldly that I couldn't even think of pulling away while still clinging to my master.
Guilt and depravity over what we'd done. Bewilderment and betrayal that she had forced it on me first.
And self-loathing for climaxing from just a kiss.
All of it swirled together, leaving me speechless, just staring at my master and Dang Ayoung.
Th-then say something! W-were you always in that kind of relationship with your master?!"
Dang Ayoung pointed at me, snapping me back to reality and finally grasping the situation.
Come to think of it, I couldn't just stand there idle either.
"N-no! I have no idea about this!"
"Th-then what was that just now?! Tongues entwining and you even.. finished.."
"Th-that was.."
I really had no clue.
No matter how lame I was, ejaculating from a kiss alone was too much.
Even lame has limits—this was blatantly abnormal.
It was like my body had already been trained; pleasure spiked exponentially, and before I could stop it, it just burst out.
"How heartbreaking. Now that you have other women, you don't need this master anymore? You'll turn me into the weird one too."
"Y-you..?"
"Don't say things that could be misunderstood! What do you think I've done with my master?!"
My brain couldn't keep up with the chaos around me.
What was going on? Why did my master suddenly deep-kiss me and now talk like we were lovers?
"N-no! My master's just acting! Nothing like what you're thinking happened!"
"A-acting or not, that kiss was real! I couldn't even make you finish from that alone, and I've done it dozens, hundreds of times..!"
Dang Ayoung looked on the verge of tears.
Her face radiated shock and betrayal toward me.
It hurt my heart to see, but I couldn't figure out how to explain.
Just as I was about to give up and lose it myself,
"Enough with the joke. Isn't that enough to seize the initiative?"
Yeo Socheon, who'd been quietly watching, cut in.
"Does it look like a joke?"
"That act wasn't, but the words before were intimidation, right? You knew your disciple would hate it, yet you threatened to drag him into the mountains and live with him till you both died of old age. You weren't serious."
"Why assume my disciple would hate it? If I made him choose between you lot later, he'd pick me, obviously."
"Well, yeah, impossible to surpass your bond after just 1-2 years. High chance he'd pick you if forced. But being forced to choose like that would hurt his feelings plenty, no?"
"Hm.."
...She spoke like she had me completely figured out, and the eerie accuracy unsettled me.
If my master told me to choose between staying here or returning to the mountains with her, I'd probably pick the latter.
No matter how attached I'd grown to these three, it paled against my bond with her.
But seizing the initiative..?
"Her vessel for worldly activities, eh. You seem to know quite a bit about my disciple."
"That man put her through hell. I'd appreciate if you acknowledged our share in keeping him safe in the secular world while she was away. And address her with respect."
"Well, I raised him—it's natural I'd balk at sharing with other women."
"...That's why you seized the initiative first. As if we wouldn't notice."
...I got the gist of "seizing the initiative" now.
That kiss was a show to the women present: "I know him better than you do, this much."
Thinking of it that way eased my mind a bit.
Not the best way to flaunt a close master-disciple bond, but at least it wasn't a lover's affectionate kiss.
"We'll concede priority to you, so wrap it up moderately. The Sword Empress is out cold already, and this poison vessel is one breath from passing out."
"S-so you couldn't just hand your precious disciple over to strangers as a master, so out of affection, you had no choice but to act out in front of everyone? It wasn't like that from the start?"
Dang Ayoung barely held on and pieced it together.
That's how I'd understood it too.
'...Still, I should corner her sometime and tell her this relationship is messed up..'
"That's not it."
"...Huh?"
"Yeah?"
Dang Ayoung and I turned to my master with matching expressions.
What wasn't?
I panicked, replaying her question, wondering if she'd really denied that.
"It has been that kind of relationship from the start."
My master confirmed it again, freezing us both solid.
Wh-wh-what, when did you.. fool us..
"N-no! I'm innocent!! Nothing like that ever happened!!!"
"You said you had a master..!"
"Y-Yeo Socheon! Explain! You know nothing happened!"
I desperately appealed to Yeo Socheon as I watched Dang Ayoung's mentality crumbling in real time, but
"...Your master's telling the truth."
"You..!!"
"Even you?!"
She'd been helping until a second ago—why turn on me now?
Sure, I'd once had feelings for my master, way back.
Deny having none since? I'd be lying. But I'd never confessed or touched her physically.
I'd always handled it alone internally. To corner me like this now was infuriating.
If I'd actually done it, I wouldn't feel so wronged.
How could I stay calm when they accused me of something like incest by this world's standards, which I never did?
"When did I ever do that?! I've never.."
"...No. Strictly speaking, you haven't."
"See?! I haven't.."
"His master has."
-Freeze.
Yeo Socheon's words halted Dang Ayoung and me. We slowly turned to stare at my master.
"...Master?"
"...Having it aired out like this isn't exactly pleasant."
"N-no way, right?"
Putting together everything Yeo Socheon had said: My master and I had been doing that stuff since long ago, but I had no memory of it.
I truly hadn't, but she had.
What else could that mean?
"It's not what I'm thinking, is it..?"
"..."
My master's silence usually meant yes.
She acted that way for tricky questions.
"N-no.. I won't get mad, just tell me. H-how much?"
"...10 days.."
"10 times?"
"...after."
"...?"
"From the day I took you in... 10 days after.."
"....."
This is insane.