Chapter 46
Chapter 46
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 46
Chapter Title: Aurora's Oath
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V~
The moment she drew back her bat-like arm to unleash a full-power straight punch.
"Hiiik! I-I swear!! I'll swear! P-Please, please don't do it! Hic, I'm scared, hiiic, please... Don't break my baby room... Don't crush it... Hiiik, uhuuugh!"
The second I heard those words, I hurled her to the ground.
"Urgh, kugh... Haa, haa..."
Aurora curled up, clutching her lower abdomen and writhing in pain. The agony and terror made the corners of my mouth twitch into a smile without me even realizing it.
To think that was the sound of someone who'd tried to harm me begging for mercy.
"What are you doing, trash? You should apologize first. I was even kind enough to offer it to a worm like you, and you rejected me."
She wriggled over to my feet and performed a full dogeza in the nude. Despite her tall frame, her perfectly wide, childbearing hips and ass caught my eye.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was arrogant, acting above my station... Kugh, I'm sorry..."
A dogeza with every shred of pride discarded.
Finally, Aurora's conditioning had entered stage two.
I pulled out my smartphone.
-Click
"Wh-what?"
"Oops, my mistake. Should've recorded video. Hold on."
Ding!
The camera switched to video mode and started recording.
"Alright, Rora, look here."
"Wh-what? Wh-what is this?"
"Smile. Before I crush your womb."
"Hiiik! H-huh, huuuh, ahaha..."
"That's it. Swear it with a smile on your face."
The facial muscles that rarely even changed expression, let alone smiled, struggled to move. Forcing a grin in this situation made her eyes tremble with spasms.
"I-I, Aurora, swear to d-devote everything to Master for life... Ah, ahaha."
"V~"
"A-ahaha... V-V~"
Her hands awkwardly rose into V-signs. Terror of her womb being pulverized from the gut punch had caused a trickle of urine, and ironically, her pussy juices dripped onto the floor from the pleasure derived from it. I zoomed the camera in to capture it all.
This would make for a fun memory.
I pocketed my smartphone, suppressing my thrill.
"Put your clothes on. We have somewhere to go."
"...Yes...."
All that was left was to take her to the conditioning room.
But then, an unexpected situation arose.
'What's going on here?'
[Oath Compulsion Failed]
'What the hell? A mental debuff state?'
Is this what's blocking my Oath Compulsion from applying?
So this debuff was what made Aurora fall even harder.
She'd blocked out all things sexual like a monk, focusing solely on training, so her twisted lusts built up inside until I came along and they all burst out at once.
But how did she end up with something like this?
'Desire Distortion'—a skill I'd never even heard of.
Ah. It was that bastard.
The 'King of the School'.
It had to be him.
He was the one who'd planted it on Aurora. Years ago.
But hadn't the 'King' avoided direct contact with her...?
That left two possibilities for how this bizarre debuff skill got applied.
Either he cast it on her at some point when she wasn't aware—like while she was asleep.
Or this particular skill could be activated remotely as an exception.
Which would mean the 'King' had multiple unique skills, just like me.
Memory manipulation wasn't his only special trick... And if it was on my level, it was a skill of unknown rarity, at A+ grade no less.
An ultra-rare skill pushed to maximum proficiency.
Its effects would be at peak potency.
How much had he used 'Desire Distortion' for it to reach that point?
'Did he awaken as a kid?'
A+ skill level varies by talent, but it's impossible without at least a decade of consistent training.
Assuming he was a super genius who awakened in high school and hit A rank in just 1-2 years is the most unrealistic worst-case scenario.
The more plausible one: He was a congenital psychopath who'd been practicing that twisted skill on people around him since middle school—or even childhood.
A true monster.
I knew I was a crazy psycho myself. But mine was madness forged by circumstances.
This guy was a natural-born monster who'd toyed with the minds of those around him like playthings from childhood.
Just imagining the face of someone I'd never even seen sent chills down my spine.
'My life's been one hell of a ride.'
I thought I'd get revenge after awakening and live happily ever after. How the hell did I end up tangled with a monster like this...?
Still, good timing—I scooped up the crumbling Aurora and slapped Oath Compulsion on her.
It didn't activate properly, but this intel was invaluable.
I'd confirmed the School King's mental manipulations were applied differently to everyone around me.
In Song Woo-seop's case, he died without even thinking to question his memories, but if I'd asked, they'd have been twisted in the details too, probably.
Shin Nari had her memories of the King outright 'deleted'.
Aurora remembered, but had this weird 'Desire Distortion' skill on her psyche.
Jin Kyung-pil had his very perception of me 'altered'.
Why bother applying different manipulations to everyone around me?
I glanced back at Aurora. Still clutching her battered lower abdomen, hunched over in pain, watching my expression.
Even then, her nipples were stiff and erect. Not from the cold. Despite everything, realizing her defeat to me, embracing her powerlessness as a girl... it had aroused her.
Given how that innate perversion was amplified by a malicious debuff, the King must really have hated Aurora.
All sorts of hypotheses swirled chaotically in my head.
My mind was a mess. No solid evidence for judgment, just the engine spinning idly. Time to shut it down for now.
'Hold off on conclusions.'
Be satisfied knowing the mental manipulations on those around me were all different.
No more info for now.
What was this addiction?
Huh?
How the hell did an athlete who's never even seen a Contaminated Area, let alone fought training dummy monsters, inhale Dark Matter?
I wasn't completely clueless. When Aurora sent that text in the old man's speech pattern, the attached photo showed her sniffing cum-stained tissues like a textbook addict.
Come to think of it, that rampage at the tournament was triggered by this Dark Matter addiction? That's why her harvest time came sooner than expected.
Dark Matter only comes from monster corpses or Monsterator gems... Was it on those tissues somehow?
I'd figure that out later.
More important questions first.
"Hey, tissue."
"T-Tissue...?"
"Yeah, you're gonna be my cum rag from now on. Do your job right, and I'll tell you how to get stronger."
"Urgh... L-Like that..."
"Shut up and answer. Our little bet? I won, right? So spill it now. Who was it that put you and Aurora up to setting that trap...?"
Riiing! Riiing!
Suddenly, my smartphone blared its ringtone. Default was vibrate, only set to ring for Nari and home. This was from Nari.
"Hello?"
-"M-Master, a car's just entered the neighborhood entrance."
"What?"
-"They're poking around everywhere, like they're searching for something. Wh-what do I do?"
Who could it be?
My hideout was in Sanggye-dong, Nowon-gu—right up against Uijeongbu in Gyeonggi Province to the north, bordering the northern Seoul Contaminated Area.
The contamination was spreading in real time, which was why everyone had fled. Civilians die instantly from Dark Matter.
No one dares approach a Contaminated Area.
Which meant whoever was driving around snooping in that neighborhood now... was an Awakener.
The good don't come; those who come aren't good.
No way to spin a mystery Awakener showing up out of nowhere positively.
I turned to Aurora. Blank expression, clueless.
Anyone in the know would know this was her turf, so it was either me or Nari...
"Got it. Stay put. Turn off all the lights."
-"Yes."
"You, get dressed and follow me."
"...Yes."