Reunion 2
"Mom... look over there... right there."
Kim Gayeong lightly grabbed her mother Seo Ji-hye's elbow and whispered in her ear. The mother and daughter, out shopping for pork and various ingredients at the mart, had run into a nightmare from their past.
"Th-that... man. That guy."
Seo Ji-hye felt chills run down her spine. Memories flooded back of pretending to be a Shell monster back then. At the same time, a damp heat rose between her legs. It had been a pleasure she'd never felt before—a ecstasy unlike anything she'd known.
"Gayeong, act like you don't know him. There are too many monsters around anyway; they won't be able to do anything to us."
"If it weren't for that uncle, I would've thought you were a real monster all the way to the end, Mom?"
"I... didn't know you were a survivor either, Gayeong. Mom's sorry."
In truth, the mother and daughter had both been acting as monsters without realizing the other was a survivor. They'd only learned the truth after the man's visit, which had made their bond even stronger. Seo Ji-hye and Kim Gayeong clasped hands tightly. At the same time, they stole glances at the man. There was fear, but his handsome looks and that unforgettable pleasure wouldn't leave their minds. Especially for Kim Gayeong, she couldn't forget her first orgasm. The fact that her first man was handsome enough to rival a celebrity made the young girl's heart flutter even more.
At the same time, anger toward Kim Myeon-hyeong bubbled up in both their minds. He was their father and husband, but neglectful of the family—a betrayer who'd set up another household.
"I wish that uncle was my dad."
"Don't say silly things."
Seo Ji-hye pinched Kim Gayeong's arm, her face flushing red.
The man paid no attention to his surroundings. The mother and daughter actually hoped he'd recognize them. That's when it happened.
"Ah, fuck! You fucking Baal bastard!"
Wasn't the man yelling at the top of his lungs? The mart echoed with his shout, and the mother and daughter felt their breaths catch.
"What do we do about him? He's yelling."
Kim Gayeong stomped her feet in worry. At the same time, weren't the Shell monsters snapping their heads toward the man?
The mother and daughter had a gut feeling. That man was about to have his body taken over by the monsters.
"Oh my, oh my?"
What was this? Even though the man had clearly spoken words with intent, the Shell monsters ignored him? It was just like in a mart when someone yelled—everyone glances once and ignores it.
"Mom... that's weird. He definitely spoke, but he's fine."
"Yeah, I saw it too."
"Could it be that all the Shell monsters have turned back into normal humans? Like us, maybe everyone's a survivor pretending to be monsters?"
Kim Gayeong's words made sense. Seo Ji-hye and Kim Gayeong had lived under one roof but suspected each other of being monsters, never showing they were survivors.
"That could be... Who else but humans would come to a mart to shop..."
Seo Ji-hye's line of thinking was, in a way, reasonable. She'd even pretended to be a monster in front of her own daughter.
"Mom, that uncle at the butcher shop, Namguk... he seems like a survivor too. He was chuckling to himself. It wasn't a creepy smile."
"Really?"
At Kim Gayeong's words, Seo Ji-hye felt certain there were more survivors. Her younger brother, Seo Namguk, ran the butcher shop at this mart. Even after he became a Shell monster, she came occasionally to check on him and buy pork.
"Still, we need to be sure."
Seo Ji-hye and Kim Gayeong headed to the butcher shop. Her brother Seo Namguk was diligently slicing pork. Seo Ji-hye's eyes welled up with tears. She stared hard at her brother.
If only Namguk were a survivor. He'd be such a reliable ally on my side.
That's when it happened, as Seo Ji-hye thought that. Her brother Seo Namguk's movements and expression were off. Heh heh heh. While slicing meat, her brother laughed. Seo Ji-hye remembered that laugh. He'd laugh like that vacantly when thinking of something amusing.
Seo Ji-hye had a gut feeling. Her brother was a survivor. She'd never seen a monster make a natural expression like that instead of the Joker Smile.
Seo Ji-hye swallowed hard and walked toward her brother. She approached and whispered quietly in his ear.
"Namguk. It's your big sis... Stop pretending to be a monster and come home with me."
Confident, Seo Ji-hye grabbed her brother's warm hand tightly. That's when it happened. Seo Namguk shook off her hand, and his gentle expression changed abruptly. Inverted eyebrows. And a hugely gaping mouth. He didn't scream, but that open mouth seemed to shout, "A survivor's here!"
"No..."
Seo Ji-hye was terrified. Her brother was a monster after all. She backed away step by step. Hiccups escaped her nonstop.
"Mom... I... hngh."
In that moment, Kim Gayeong's slender hand grabbed Seo Ji-hye from behind. Her daughter was turning red-faced from breathing trouble, flailing her hands. Kim Gayeong had asthma. In the end, she collapsed to the floor. Seo Ji-hye knew her daughter's asthma was critical. She had to find the inhaler in her handbag for her fallen daughter. With trembling hands, she dumped out nearly everything before finally finding the asthma inhaler. She shoved it into her daughter's hand and looked around.
Seo Ji-hye's face fell into despair. In that short time, the Shells had surrounded the mother and daughter in layers. No escape from the tight encirclement. Tears welled in Seo Ji-hye's eyes.
"We can't... die like this..."
Kim Gayeong, coming to with the inhaler, began trembling in fear. People had gathered in layers, blocking them with horrifying expressions.
Seo Ji-hye had only one option to protect her daughter. She grabbed the kitchen knife Seo Namguk had been using on the pork. Gripping the handle with both hands, she stepped forward. Her hands shook nonstop. Terror turned to panic, consuming her, but she aimed the knife at the Shells. It was terrifying.
"Gayeong... don't worry, it'll be okay. Mom will protect you."
"Mom... what do we do... what do we do..."
Kim Gayeong wet herself on the floor. The fear of death enveloped the mother and daughter, dragging them into a pit of despair.
That's when it happened. In Seo Ji-hye's view, behind the layered Shells, she saw the tall man. The one who towered over her and her daughter, crushing them. The man who'd just yelled in the mart, causing the misunderstanding.
"Uncle!! Pl-please... save us! Please!!"
Seo Ji-hye screamed at him like a banshee. The man smirked and put his index finger to his lips—a gesture to be quiet. Then his lips parted.
"Put down that knife. If the Shells feel threatened, they turn aggressive."
Seo Ji-hye was stunned. He spoke calmly and clearly even with the Shell monsters around.
"Y-you... you're speaking... why aren't the monsters attacking you?"
"Who knows?"
The man shrugged and grinned brightly. That relaxed expression clearly meant something. Seo Ji-hye realized he was their hope.
"Help us... please. I don't want to die. Please."
Seo Ji-hye cried out desperately. Shamefully, urine leaked from her in terror.
"Drop the knife already. Unless you want to die pathetically to the Shells."
At the man's words, she dropped the knife. Then Kim Gayeong, who had collapsed, knelt and began begging with clasped hands.
"Uncle, please help us? Yeah? Dad did wrong, not us. We're innocent. Please."
"Hmm..."
The man stroked his chin, staring at the mother and daughter. He looked like he was thinking. His expression showed he didn't want to save them right now. Kim Gayeong grew frantic.
"I'll do anything. Uncle, please... whatever you say."
"Whatever I say?"
At those words, the man's eyes sparkled. Like a good idea had struck him. At the same time, police sirens sounded from outside the mart.
"No... the police are here..."
Seo Ji-hye knew. If the police came, they'd have their bodies seized by them. Once the police entered the mart, it was over. Even in despair, Seo Ji-hye began begging.
"I'll... do whatever you say too. Save us. Please! Anything you want."
The man walked slowly toward the mother and daughter with a resigned expression. Pushing the Shell monsters aside casually. The monsters parted at his touch. Like Moses parting the Red Sea, he walked through the gap.
"You two... can you pledge loyalty to my commands from now on? Obey me well, and I'll send you back to your original world."
"Y-yes?"
Seo Ji-hye and Kim Gayeong's eyes widened. Unbelievable words came from the man's mouth.
"Original world? Wasn't the world destroyed overnight by monsters...?"
Seo Ji-hye's eyes shook violently. Her lips dried in terror, but as the man approached, an inexplicable sense of relief washed over her.
"No time. If the police come, that precious body of yours gets taken by demons. Will you pledge loyalty to me? Or not?"
"We'll pledge loyalty! Whatever you command... we'll do it!"
Seo Ji-hye shouted desperately, tapping her daughter's shoulder. Kim Gayeong bit her lower lip, then cried out in resignation.
"...Me too. I'll pledge loyalty."
Kim Gayeong realized she and her mom were destined to become the man's fucktoys together. It was embarrassing. She imagined herself panting under him alongside her mom. Her crotch grew wet.
The man looked down at Seo Ji-hye and Kim Gayeong, a satisfied smile spreading across his face.
They seem to have misinterpreted the word "loyalty." Love juices were dripping from between Seo Ji-hye and Kim Gayeong's legs, after all. Well. Mother-daughter rice bowl isn't bad... but I'm not buying them to fuck.
I came up with a great idea to use them. A better revenge than just killing them.
"Both of you, close your eyes. And relax your bodies. Tensing up will get you hurt."
Seo Ji-hye and Kim Gayeong's long eyelashes trembled as they closed their eyes. Both had long lashes and double eyelids, so closing their eyes felt like a camel shutting its eyes. Definitely a pretty mother-daughter pair.
I scooped Seo Ji-hye and Kim Gayeong under my arms and bolted out of the shopping mall. The layered Shells looked around in confusion as the mother and daughter vanished suddenly.
Tak-tat-tat-tat! I dashed to the parking lot. Even with two under my arms, they weighed nothing. I covered over 200 meters in an instant. The Shells couldn't even track where I'd gone.
"Heh."
The soft female bodies felt like they'd snap with a crack if I squeezed. I gently set them down in a corner of the parking lot.
"You can open your eyes now."
Seo Ji-hye and Kim Gayeong opened their eyes simultaneously. They looked around, confirming the safe parking lot.
"Th-thank you... you saved us."
"Thank you."
They sighed in relief.
"You remember why I saved you, right?"
Seo Ji-hye bit her lower lip and nodded.
"Should we do it here? My daughter... she's not feeling well, so please be gentle."
Seo Ji-hye started unbuttoning her blouse.
"Who said anything about fucking? You'd like that. I'm the one who'd get tired."
At my blunt refusal, Seo Ji-hye's face turned beet red. She'd put herself in a position of begging for it, so shame hit her.
"Kim Gayeong. What does the word 'loyalty' mean?"
"Loyalty??"
Suddenly quizzed on the word's meaning, Kim Gayeong panicked.
"What does it mean?"
"A vassal devoting body and soul to their king...?"
"Ding dong dang!"
"You two are my vassals from now on. Obey my commands. Otherwise, I'll drag you back to this hell."
"Is... this place hell?"
"Hell? No way."
I quietly summoned SpongeBob. The mother and daughter gaped in horror at the 2-meter monster standing behind me like scenery. SpongeBob's presence was overwhelming. Huge build, with trapezius muscles replacing its head—a black shadow monster. I covered Seo Ji-hye's mouth as she opened it to scream and fed her a pill. Same for Kim Gayeong. It was digestive medicine I'd bought ahead for overeating with Nangryun later, but they didn't know that.
"Shut up and swallow."
I confirmed their throats bob and checked their mouths.
"The pill you took is poison that kills you if you betray me. No antidote. Betray me, and you just die."
"Hieeek??"
Kim Gayeong was still trembling like she had the chills. She couldn't lift her head.
"Pl-please... get rid of that monster..."
SpongeBob's terror was intense. The inverted-triangle black monster with trapezius for a head was scary. I soul-returned SpongeBob, who was scratching its traps.
"You get that I'm something to fear, right?"
"Yes!"
"Yes."
The mother and daughter nodded vigorously with identical expressions. They were so in sync it was cute.
"I'm not such a bad guy. As payment for your loyalty and not betraying me... I'll send you back to the original world."
"R-really? The original world... where I go to golf department college... and we go golfing together, Mom?"
Golf? So Kim Gayeong aspired to be a pro golfer. Makes sense; with all that money, Kim Myeon-hyeong probably wanted his daughter into golf too.
"Yeah. I'll send you there. But you have to keep feeding me info on Kim Myeon-hyeong."
"Huh?"
"The price for going back to the original world... is your husband... your dad. That horny mad dog bastard. Sell him out to me. If you don't like it, stay here. I won't kill you."
"I was planning to divorce him anyway."
Seo Ji-hye said calmly.
"No, no divorce. Stay by his side and feed me info. Your husband's a cheating scumbag drug lord. I'll make sure all his wealth goes to you and your daughter."
"Drug lord?"
"Mom... if Dad's a drug lord, doesn't that mean he's got tons of money?"
I heard Kim Gayeong whispering while tugging her mom's elbow. She spoke softly, but my ears caught it clearly. Greed laced her trembling voice.
"You two just monitor Kim Myeon-hyeong's every move and report to me. That's the condition. I'll split all his illegally amassed wealth with you mother and daughter. With paper companies even in Japan, it's gotta be trillions of won."
"Trillions?"
At my words, Seo Ji-hye and Kim Gayeong's expressions turned strange.
"At least 3 or 4 trillion?"
"Y-yes... sounds good."
"Yes."
Pale at selling out her husband, then beaming at the money talk. Money's scary as fuck.
"Go home. Your car's in this lot, right?"
"Yes."
"I'll drop by around dawn tomorrow. Get ready to return to the original world and wait."
"You promise...?"
"I said I'd send you to the original world."
"No... his wealth... the trillions."
I was speechless for a moment, staring at Seo Ji-hye. Her beautiful face was filled with greed.
"Kukukuku... Yeah, that motivates you more, huh. All your husband's wealth is yours and your daughter's. I promise that for sure."
Truth is, grabbing valuables here would've been easier, but they couldn't think that far. Might be best for them anyway. I sent the mother and daughter off, grabbed the shopping basket I'd seen at the mart, and headed home. I'd created unexpected spies in the real world. Kim Myeon-hyeong's family, no less. Fuck. Just thinking about it makes me wanna cum. Their bodies in the real world are probably hospitalized? Gotta ask Jiwon-young and Shan. They're body-laundering experts.