Chapter 31
Chapter 31
'So delicious...'
Minji took a bite of the hamburger Jihwan had brought as a Reward.
Eating food given as a Reward like this was one of the few luxuries and joys Minji could enjoy in this place.
Moreover, this time, for the first time since coming here, she wasn't eating prone like a dog; she was sitting and eating with her hands like a human, which doubled the emotional impact.
"Does the food taste good after selling out your boyfriend?"
Taesu sneered, as if Minji's appearance was disgusting.
'Ha... I was eating happily for the first time in a while, what a buzzkill, seriously.'
She was in the middle of eating pleasantly, but Taesu had ruined her mood.
At first, Minji had felt guilty because of what she had done to him.
However, due to the constant fighting and the pain she had suffered because of Taesu, that guilt had long since evaporated.
Now, there was nothing left but anger toward Taesu, who didn't understand her and only caused her stress and pain.
"Fuck, seriously, are you still on about that? That boyfriend, boyfriend! It's exhausting! Let's just break up, you're not my boyfriend anymore, okay?"
The biggest reason she felt guilty for her actions toward Taesu was the fact that Taesu was her boyfriend.
Her conclusion was that if she removed that fundamental reason, she wouldn't have to feel as guilty as she did now.
She had already gone through this situation anyway; even if she got out of here, it was impossible to date as harmoniously as before.
Her honest feeling was that she just wanted to break up as quickly as possible and shed this burden on her heart.
"Ha... seriously, did you lose your mind after being locked up here? Are you crazy? We should be joining forces to escape..."
As soon as the word 'escape' came out of his mouth, Minji automatically felt a chill and goosebumps.
It was because she remembered Jihwan warning her not to do anything stupid before he left.
He had allowed her to talk to Taesu on the condition that she behave.
But if the conversation included 'escape', she didn't know what kind of Punishment he would use as an excuse to inflict on her.
"Escape, what escape. I have no intention of escaping. Are you trying to get me punished again?"
Of course, Minji also desperately wanted to escape.
However, thinking that Jihwan might be listening via CCTV, she had no choice but to pretend to oppose Taesu's opinion.
"You crazy bitch, you've really become a slave to that loser Kim Jihwan. Amazing, Kim Minji, amazing! Is this even the Minji I knew?"
"Shut up! I'm the manager here now, and making you quiet is within my authority, got it?"
Minji didn't want to hear Taesu's words criticizing her anymore.
She didn't want to have her bleak situation confirmed again by a third party.
"Uuuup... uuuup"
So Minji put the ball gag in his mouth to stop him from talking anymore.
Taesu was furious and wanted to argue with Minji more, but because of the ball gag, he couldn't articulate.
The more he tried to speak, the more saliva leaked out, making him look truly pathetic, like a pig.
The nature and tendencies of a bully, where would they go?
It was a small power allowed only in this narrow basement, but Minji, having obtained that power, wielded it immediately.
The relationship with Taesu was already broken beyond repair.
Minji had only been accumulating stress until now, and she needed a target to release that stress on.
And that target inevitably had to be Taesu, who had the lowest status here.
Because Taesu was no longer her boyfriend anyway.
'It's okay, Minji. He's not your boyfriend anymore. I can't help it, if I don't do this, Master will find fault with me for talking to Taesu for too long...'
She rationalized it to herself, thinking she didn't need to feel guilty since he wasn't her boyfriend anymore.
-4-
I came to my senses amidst the noisy surroundings.
Why am I here?
I was clearly at home, wasn't I?
My head was throbbing as if it were splitting.
In my dazed state, just waking up, I looked around at my situation and surroundings.
There were the oppa I missed so much and his girlfriend, Minji eonni.
But why are oppa and eonni acting like that?
It was unrealistic that the two were fighting over something strange,
but oppa was wearing a strange dog collar and was tied to the wall in a ridiculous state.
Is it a dream?
What kind of crazy dream is this?
In my still-dazed state, I couldn't grasp reality properly and thought this was a dream.
But no matter how much time passed, this dream didn't end.
And as I woke up from my dazed state, I got goosebumps from the all-too-realistic sensations.
'What... this wasn't a dream?'
Minji eonni, who had gone missing, is here, and looking at the state of me and oppa...
Don't tell me... fuck, were me and oppa kidnapped too?
Realizing it wasn't a dream and looking at oppa's condition, tears welled up in my eyes before I knew it.
I had seen the face of the oppa I missed so much, but I wasn't happy at all.
During that short period, what on earth happened here...
Let alone being tied to the wall naked, his whole body was covered in stabs and scratches.
Especially that... that part of oppa was fitted with a hideous chastity device,
and just looking at it gave me such goosebumps and pain that I couldn't even look at it straight.
What kind of crazy bastard is doing this?
While anger surged toward the bastard who did this crazy thing, on the other hand, I was so afraid that I might end up like that too.
Since I knew for sure it wasn't a dream, let's ask eonni about the detailed situation first.
"Minji eonni! What... what on earth is this situation right now?"
Calling out to Minji eonni, I let her know that I had come to my senses.
Naturally, I wanted to talk to oppa before Minji eonni,
but oppa looked to be in a state where he couldn't talk to me at all, so I had no choice.
I spoke to Minji eonni, who was closer and looked a bit freer than oppa.
"Seolhee, you're awake."
"Yes. Eonni... please explain what, what on earth this situation is. And why is oppa like that?"
I was very flustered by this unrealistic situation, but I asked while trying to calm my mind as much as possible.
"That is, Seolhee...... this is how it happened. Do you understand?"
Minji eonni's long explanation ended.
To summarize, in the end, eonni, oppa, and I had all been kidnapped by a crazy psychopath bastard named Kim Jihwan.
And if we didn't want to be tortured by him, we had to obediently follow whatever that bastard ordered.
It was a situation as bleak as this desolate and dreary basement.
Just hearing roughly what had happened here so far made me tremble.
It was shocking enough just to hear what eonni and oppa had suffered,
but what was even more shocking was the fact that I might, or rather, would definitely be subjected to it now.
"Th...that makes sense? Isn't he a total psychopath and a nutjob? H-how can a person do such a thing?"
"You shouldn't say... such things about Master. Minji."
Eonni's voice and body trembled slightly as she tried to dissuade me, showing how scary that person was.
Whether eonni had already been brainwashed by that bastard, or whether fear had eroded eonni's brain.
She had no qualms about calling that crazy psychopath bastard 'Master'.
Just how much had she suffered to end up like this?
Minji eonni, who was so haughty, high in self-esteem, and confident in everything...
I couldn't believe that she was acting like a slave herself and holding up another man as her master.
"I can't teach you everything in one day, so I'll start by teaching you the most basic things."
"No. I, why! I didn't do anything wrong to that bastard, why should I listen to that loser's orders and submit?"
Although I was afraid, I couldn't accept, in my pride, submitting to that loser Korean-man-trash bastard without trying anything.
"You have to do it even if you don't want to, Seolhee. If you don't, you'll be punished, but I'll be punished too."
Ha... what should I do?
Eonni's expression and tone were so desperate, as if the corporal punishment was that scary.
"Okay. I'll do it, alright? Just show me once."
I couldn't ignore Minji eonni begging so desperately.
And I also had a fear of that corporal punishment, so I decided to learn it for now.
At my words, eonni's expression brightened up.
"Yes, you made a good choice. Then first..."
"Ah, eonni. But, before doing that, why did you fight with oppa earlier? I saw that you were the one who put that strange ball gag on him too."
Earlier, I was dazed and thought it was a dream, so I just stayed still,
but now that I knew this was reality, I had to clarify it.
I couldn't undo all the restraints binding oppa's body, but I wanted to loosen them even a little.
"Th, that is. That..."
I could feel eonni was quite flustered by my words.
What on earth happened that oppa and eonni, who had been dating since high school, fought like that,
and eonni went that far with oppa?
And now... what should I do now?