Chapter 23
Chapter 23
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 23
Chapter Title: Leakage of Heavenly Secrets (IF) #1: The Price of Trust
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I decided to trust Dang Ayoung and reveal my face.
-Rustle
The hat that had been hiding my face in some inexplicable way slid down, losing its power, and my features were laid bare to the world.
Dang Ayoung froze solid the moment she saw my face.
"...Is that enough?"
Personally, it wasn't a face I wanted to show off for long.
I'd admit it was handsome and cute, but for a grown man's body and features, it felt a bit off.
Especially here on this blood-soaked land of iron and steel—I knew exactly what happened if you let yourself get underestimated with such a delicate-looking appearance.
There was no way I'd casually flaunt it.
"Ah..."
"What're you staring at like that? First time seeing a human face?"
I sighed inwardly at her dazed expression and reached for my hat again.
"I showed you as promised, so I'm off. Dying for a taste of that liquor."
With Dang Ayoung still unresponsive behind me, I turned toward the door...
-Thud!
'...Huh?'
It took a moment to figure out what had just happened to me.
My vision shifted sharply; the floor filled my sight now. Pain throbbed from my knees and stomach, while a heavy weight pressed on my back.
"Little boss...?"
It didn't take long to realize Dang Ayoung had shoved me down.
"Wh-what the hell is this all of a sudden..."
"...Why are you trying to run away?"
"Run away? What're you even..."
"You were leaving. By yourself."
Something was off about Dang Ayoung.
This wasn't the gentle girl I knew.
"You tease me all day long... get me all worked up like this... and then run off alone? What am I supposed to do? Huh?"
I turned my head to meet her eyes, and flames of desire blazed within them.
Fierce flames, like a long-suppressed bomb finally detonating.
Only then did I grasp the nature of the desire burning inside her.
'Lust...'
Her ragged breathing, hands roaming over my body through my clothes, eyes smoldering like volcanoes.
I stood frozen like prey before a predator, utterly unable to react.
Yet somehow my mouth opened—probably my instincts screaming a warning.
If this keeps up, I'm done for.
"What the hell did I do to tease you..."
"You asked me to watch over you all day. Showed me your body you wouldn't show anyone else. Said I was the only one. Said you loved me. With your own mouth."
"That was... just a joke."
"A joke?? A joke?????"
"Eek!"
Her face suddenly lunged closer.
"Do you have any idea? How your every word makes my heart race? How my mind spins? It's torture. Every damn day, struggling to contain how I feel whenever those seductive words slip from that sly tongue of yours. And it was all a joke?"
"L-Little boss... you're really worked up right now. Just calm down a bit..."
"Do I look calm to you? Even today—you teased me so much. Wouldn't show your face no matter how much I begged, then finally say you'd show it if I took you somewhere alone. If that's not teasing, what is?"
My face drained of color.
I'd never imagined my words and actions had hit her like that.
"Teasing me like that, then having a body and face like this... how am I supposed to hold back?"
Dang Ayoung's hand caressed my cheek.
Her scorching desire seeped through my skin, sending chills racing across my body.
"...W-Wait. I have something to say."
But I couldn't just let this happen.
Look at those eyes, brimming with desire.
No way could I handle a whole night of that.
And if we crossed this line today?
Who says she wouldn't do it again?
'I have to stop this somehow.'
Even if her emotions had exploded now, who knew what came after.
In the worst case, I might never escape her.
I barely wrenched my head around, thought up a way out, and blurted it.
"Truth is, I already have a woman I'm seeing, so this kind of thing..."
Without realizing it was the worst possible move.
Lowering his strange bloodstained cloak and revealing his face—it was beyond words.
If I had to borrow known terms...
'A beauty to topple kingdoms.'
The phrase fit perfectly.
If the imperial court were filled with women, this man's looks could truly shake a nation.
So it wasn't my fault I couldn't control myself now.
After all that teasing, then seeing this face? Even a Taoist cultivator couldn't hold out—I'd stake my life on it.
It was all his fault.
He was the one who seduced me.
He was the one with this indecently alluring body.
'Haa... haa...'
I'd never imagined my first time would be like this—a rape. And me as the one doing the raping.
Not that he deserved a bad first experience at this point, but still, I didn't want to traumatize him.
I'd said I'd make him regret being born a man, but that was half a joke.
This would be a first for both of us. I didn't want to etch bad memories right from the start.
Just in case something like this happened(?), I'd carried some medicine with me.
This dose should let us enjoy pure pleasure without any burdens.
Or so I'd thought.
"Truth is, I already have a woman I'm seeing, so this kind of thing..."
-Drip
Up until I heard those words.
"...Ha."
He already had a woman?
Now, of all times?
"Haha..."
After all that teasing.
After getting my heart pounding.
After shyly showing me his face.
"Hahaha...!"
Now?
"Don't joke around."
It had to be a lie.
A blatant lie to escape this situation.
It had to be.
Please let it be.
"I-It's true..."
Then why does longing flicker across your face?
Who are you missing?
Who are you waiting for?
I'm right here.
I'm right here, thinking of you this much. Why?
Why!!
"...Haha."
It's okay.
You didn't do anything wrong.
You're just hurting a little right now.
I'll fix it for you.
-Click
You'll wake up tomorrow, and it'll all be better.
I'll make sure you never think of that woman again.
Ah, not "fix"—it's more like "treat," right?
No, "fix" is correct.
"Augh... ughhh..."
'You crazy bitch Dang Ayoung...!'
I'm going insane.
Ever since she forced that weird drug down my throat, my body's gone haywire.
"I trusted you...! I trusted you...!!"
The Phoenix of the righteous sects, turning a guy who has someone he loves into this?
Should've just stayed quiet...!
"Don't cover your face."
Dang Ayoung grabbed my arm over my eyes and lifted it up.
"Why the betrayed look? You hurt me first."
'When did I ever betray you...!'
Through tears welling in my eyes, I saw her face—lips smiling, but eyes not at all. They still burned with that earlier heat. Scariest expression I'd ever witnessed.
I fought desperately against the drug's effects, but what chance did a normal guy without a dantian have?
"Hnnngh..."
The drug surged through my body in seconds.
Strength drained from my limbs even as my cock stiffened rigidly, asserting itself.
"No...!"
I don't want rape.
No matter how pretty Dang Ayoung was or how loaded—the perfect bride material—this was a no.
The sex I wanted was mutual, born of hearts connecting and shared love. Not this one-sided lust dump.
But I had no strength left to resist.
Not content with sapping my power, she pinned my arms.
My legs were crushed under her, immobile.
Utterly subdued.
In that state, she started ripping my clothes off.
'Master made these for me...!'
Couldn't bear watching my favorite outfit tear, so I squeezed my eyes shut.
Master's face floated in my mind.
What would she say if she saw this?
[Foolish disciple. I told you not to show your face.]
Would she scold me like that? Or come save me with that rare gentle side?
Either way, impossible in reality.
Master was in secluded training. I'd snuck out to see the world during that time.
'Sorry... I'm so sorry...'
Should've listened to Master.
Taken her warnings about the dangers of the jianghu to heart.
Kept my face hidden like she said.
'I miss you...'
Her face, so tiresome before, was now the one I craved most.
"Ah..."
The moment had arrived.
Dang Ayoung swallowed hard at the sight of my erection, rigid from the drug and tearing clothes.
The only manly part on my otherwise small, delicate frame—what fate awaited it was all too predictable.
Pitiful thing, already leaking precum, prepped for her pussy.
"Haa... haa..."
Breathing ragged, Dang Ayoung straddled me.
The gentle girl I knew was gone.
Just a beast drowned in lust and obsession.
-Rip
Her hips moved, my cock sliding along her folds.
Even just the tip entering sent massive pleasure crashing through me, hypersensitive from the drug.
-Snag
Something caught at my glans tip.
Probably that thing I'd only heard about.
A faint hope she'd get scared and back off.
-Crunch!
"Kyaa...!"
"Urgh..."
But she wasn't afraid of the pain—she slammed her hips down.
My glans tore through the thin barrier, plunging deep into her.
And though it seemed unrelated to the moment...
For some reason, this sensation didn't feel like the first time.