Chapter 17: The Reason for the Filthy Conspiracy Makes No Sense
After forging an identity, my daily life with Seomun Ye-jin continued without interruption.
The target day was still nine years away, so I still had plenty of time to spare.
'There are many things I need to prepare within nine years, but most of them would only become bothersome if I rushed them right away.'
For example, as seen in the original work's title [I Became the SSS-Class Heir of National Power Level], Baek Seo-jin caught the eye of Choi Kang-in—the guild master of the world's strongest guild that dominates South Korea—mere days after entering the academy at the very start of the original story.
Choi Kang-in then appointed Baek Seo-jin as his successor and heir, handing over the entire Kangin Guild. With that support layered on top of his original talent, Baek Seo-jin grew at an astonishing pace.
That was exactly how the original story unfolded.
I would have to approach the original heroines and the Kangin Guild before the events of the original work began.
But with the exception of Seomun Ye-jin, the original heroines were all the same age as Baek Seo-jin, meaning they were only eleven years old at present.
'Lee Ha-yeon, Han Se-hee, Gang Yu-ra, and Moriya Yuka.'
Seomun Ye-jin, who was also one of the original heroines and the only one older than me, sat down beside me on the sofa, resting her hips against mine, and asked about my schedule for the day.
"Seo-jun-ssi, do you have any plans today?"
"Not really. Where are you going?"
"Yes! I have a photoshoot today. Could you be my bodyguard?"
Seomun Ye-jin boldly requested bodyguard duty, and I smiled faintly before answering.
"If it's the young lady's bodyguard, I can do it anytime. But what kind of compensation will you offer?"
"Hmm, how about this? I'll give you a ten-minute massage. If it's the ultimate young lady's massage, won't it be too much?"
"I don't need it."
My firm refusal caused Seomun Ye-jin's expression to freeze mid-smile.
But I truly had no need for it.
Merely letting the young lady's skin brush against me would be enough to stimulate me.
Just the sweet body scent already drifting from her proximity was enough to poke at my nose. Any further stimulation felt dangerously tempting.
"Ahaha~ If I give you a massage, it would be too stimulating, right?"
She realized her mistake a moment too late and quickly adjusted her expression into a playful smile.
"It might be. Two days ago, the young lady didn't clean the room, so I saw the panties she left lying around haphazardly... it's still burned into my memory..."
"Kyahaaaak! Forget that! I said forget it!"
Startled, Seomun Ye-jin hurriedly clapped her hand over my mouth.
After all, the only one listening was Lamia, who was taking a leisurely rest over there.
In the original story she had been the final boss trying to devour the world. Here too, unless she had been the The Fox that Devours the World, she would have been a divine being from another world that scattered power in this realm, a threatening invader—the Black Snake That Devours the World—addicted to TV.
Recently she had even set a goal of watching more than six movies a day.
It felt strangely peaceful for a house where a former final boss, an original heroine, and the original protagonist's brother—all seeking revenge against the original protagonist's family—lived together.
'But until when will this go on?'
Because our postures were so close, I felt Seomun Ye-jin's long hair cascading down to my face. Moreover, the gentle touch of her palm covering my lips...
Yet Seomun Ye-jin, this young lady, was blushing while carefully studying my face up close.
'I wish she would move her hand away soon.'
"Young lady, could you move your hand a bit? I'm trying to get up."
I could have forcibly removed it with strength, but I didn't want to use force on Seomun Ye-jin, so I sent her a message instead.
"Ah, yes!"
She snapped out of it and hurriedly pulled her hand away, then examined her palm.
"It probably didn't get much saliva. If it's bothering you, go wash your hand."
With my mouth free again, I spoke directly instead of sending another message and sat up from the sofa.
"N-no, it's fine. Ah, more importantly—if you have no schedule today, would you like to come with me?"
"Where are you going?"
"To the place where I'm filming. I have a photoshoot today as a model for the Hunter Magazine."
Seomun Ye-jin said it with proud enthusiasm, glancing at me as if she wanted praise for her boasting.
"I see. It must be time for the photoshoot soon. Of course I have to follow the young lady who's going to work."
I didn't offer any praise, and Seomun Ye-jin showed a slightly dissatisfied expression.
I had secretly hoped she would praise me as great, but somehow I didn't want to give sincere compliments.
A bit of mischief, perhaps?
Perhaps because my own body was also entering puberty, I was affected by it.
Seomun Ye-jin's outfit was a neat two-tone mini dress. With a small hat perched on her head, she looked every inch the young lady as she smiled bashfully.
"I have to change clothes at the photoshoot, but how is it? This is fine, right?"
"Yeah, it is. You really look like a young lady."
Noticing the double meaning in my words, Seomun Ye-jin answered confidently.
"Really? Don't I look like an elegant young lady now?"
"Elegant, I don't know, but you look pure and pretty."
"Uhm~ It would have been better if you added elegant too."
A bit dissatisfied, but Seomun Ye-jin smiled as if satisfied with my words, then looked at my outfit and said.
"But are you going out in that outfit, Seo-jun-ssi?"
My outfit was just a t-shirt and shorts for comfort at home. It was definitely unsuitable for going out.
"Will this do?"
So I changed my clothes.
I switched to a black shirt and long black pants.
"This is fine. Great, let's go!"
She grabbed my arm with obvious enthusiasm as if it were the most natural thing in the world, but I asked her.
"Wouldn't it be faster to make a portal nearby the photoshoot location and move?"
"What?!"
She seemed to have forgotten my abilities.
"Welcome!"
"Hello!"
At the photoshoot location, Seomun Ye-jin was popular, so everyone greeted her warmly.
Seomun Ye-jin, only fifteen years old, if she had not awakened her powers would have been in the middle of school, but her well-developed figure and overwhelming beauty beyond her years had made her famous as a model, guaranteeing her popularity.
Instead, it was worrying that villains might target her for attack, but the people here admired the person she had brought.
"Someone said his name is Kim Ho-jun?"
"Really? Isn't that the Kim Ho-jun who was measured as an SSS-class power awakener at fifteen?"
"Yes! That's him!"
The name Kim Ho-jun, Baek Seo-jun's alias, was quite famous in South Korea.
No, not just Korea—people interested in power awakens were paying attention to the fifteen-year-old genius from South Korea.
It was being watched what activities he would take on as a formal hunter in the future.
Whether he would become a hunter specializing in dealing with villains or monsters, many people were already curious, but since he was still a minor, he didn't need to take on the responsibilities of a hunter yet.
It would only begin in his mid-twenties after graduating from the academy.
"By the way, his appearance is better than I thought?"
"He would be good to work with Ye-jin as a model."
"If we do that, it might be troublesome if they get linked as a couple."
"More than anything, I get the feeling that he doesn't like her much?"
There were thoughts of trying to offer a modeling job to Baek Seo-jun, but I felt he wouldn't like doing modeling.
From the way he was watching over Seomun Ye-jin with a sharp atmosphere, it would seem so.
'This makes him look like a black knight.'
Seomun Ye-jin thought that Baek Seo-jun's appearance was like a black knight protecting her.
In her eyes, his original appearance was blue hair, but in others' eyes, it looked black hair, so she thought that to other people, he would look even more like her black knight.
'Still, I like Seo-jun's true appearance better. Hehe~'
"He really appeared!"
The youngest SSS-class power awakener, Kim Ho-jun!
After learning that Seomun Ye-jin was the one who vouched for him, Charles, who had been wandering around near the model photoshoot location, confirmed that the person who entered the building with Seomun Ye-jin for the photoshoot was the one estimated to be Kim Ho-jun.
And through the conversations inside the photoshoot location confirming that the black-haired boy who entered was Kim Ho-jun, his identity was confirmed.
"Guild Master, I'm here."
Charles, a member of Baekho Guild, sent a message to his guild master Baek Hyeong-won and reported.