Chapter 14
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 14
Chapter Title: If You've Stolen
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The next morning.
At the sound of the wake-up trumpet, Sohee barely opened her eyes.
"Ugh..."
Her whole body felt as heavy as a waterlogged cotton ball. Dark circles sagged hollowly under her eyes, and her legs shook so badly she could hardly stand. She hadn't caught a single wink all night, locked in a struggle with 'that thing'.
"Sohee, are you sick or something? Your face looks half-dead."
A fellow maid asked in surprise, but Sohee just weakly shook her head instead of answering.
But despite her exhausted appearance, one of her hands was clenched tightly around something in her pocket. The smooth texture at her fingertips brought a deep sense of relief.
'I... I can't give this back.'
Sohee swallowed hard.
'No way. This is mine now. I'm not selling it. I'll keep it forever.'
What had been a means to pay off her debts just yesterday had now become a treasure more precious than her life. Her brain had already been rewired into a body that couldn't live without its powerful vibrations.
Staggering toward the morning assembly area, Sohee ran into Cheonwi approaching from afar.
Cheonwi spotted her and flashed a peculiar smile.
"Oh? Looks like our newbie maid had quite the fun night. Your face... it's like you've been to Hong Kong—no, trekked the Great Wall of the Western Regions."
"......!"
Sohee flinched and took a step back. The thief's own guilt had caught up to her.
Cheonwi's gaze flicked briefly toward her pocket.
'Just as I thought.'
Cheonwi inwardly cheered.
The 'jade stick' he'd crafted (project name: Heavenbound Express) came equipped with a tracking feature. Data showing it had been wildly active in Sohee's quarters all night had already beamed straight into his mind.
Sohee's face flushed red as she whipped her head away and scurried off.
'Hmph, no one knows. No one saw me pick it up.'
That's what she desperately wanted to believe.
But Sohee had overlooked one fatal detail.
The item she'd clung to and rolled around with all night had a built-in remote control that let its owner activate 'powerful vibration mode' anytime, anywhere.
Cheonwi watched her retreating figure, fiddling with a small remote from his pocket.
"Alright then, time to kick off phase two testing."
Morning assembly time. A tense atmosphere hung over the front courtyard before the grand hall where the maids gathered. The sight of hundreds lined up in perfect rows was utterly solemn—but for one person, Sohee, things were anything but.
"......"
Sohee's face had gone from pale to ashen blue. She stood with her lips pressed tight, legs twisted oddly.
'I'm insane. I must be crazy.'
Sohee screamed inwardly. The item she'd picked up in Cheonwi's workshop yesterday. The smooth jade rod carved from precious stone. Swallowing her curiosity about it was one thing. But wearing it during morning assembly? That was pure madness, beyond excuse.
It had started as an impulse to fill an aching emptiness. But once that heavy foreign object settled inside her, an inexplicable mix of relief and depravity washed over her.
The problem was, it wasn't just any jade rod.
Level 1 Vibration
Deep within her skirt, pressed tight against her most sensitive mucous membrane, the jade rod hummed faintly. The weakest setting, but during assembly where she had to stand still, even that felt like a typhoon.
"Ngh......"
A stifled groan leaked from her lips. Sohee hurriedly covered it with a fake cough.
"Ahem! Hm!"
The trainee maid beside her looked at her with concern.
"Sohee, you okay? Your face is beet red. You're sweating bullets."
Sohee, usually haughty from her noble family pride, masked her trembling voice with irritation.
"Mind your own business. It's just... hot, that's all."
"Hot? The weather's freezing today."
The other maid tilted her head, but Sohee had no energy left for more talk. The muscles inside her thighs kept contracting on their own.
'Please end soon. I need to hit the bathroom and take it out. I can't hold on much longer.'
Just as Sohee prayed desperately—a group of men in eunuch robes approached from afar. At their center strode Cheonwi, tall and smirking arrogantly.
'Cheonwi?!'
Sohee's heart plummeted. Thief's guilt flaring, she ducked her head to avoid his eyes.
But Cheonwi already knew.
He'd been reading mana flows from a distance, brow furrowed. His prized invention, the 'mana-responsive vibrating jade', was signaling from the wrong place.
Cheonwi's lips curled mischievously. He pulled something from his pocket—a flat, smooth jade remote.
He led the eunuchs slowly past Sohee. She stared at the ground, barely breathing.
Step. Step.
Cheonwi's footsteps halted right in front of her.
"......"
Cold sweat trickled down Sohee's spine. Cheonwi fiddled silently with the remote. His finger brushed a button.
'No way.'
The moment instinctual dread hit Sohee, Cheonwi's thumb pressed down hard.
Click.
[Vibration Intensity: +3 Levels]
"Hngh!!"
Sohee's eyes rolled back in an instant.
Level 4 Vibration
This was leagues beyond the faint buzz. A ferocious vibration like a swarm of bees raging in her gut slammed her insides.
"Hah, ngh, kuh!"
Sohee's legs buckled; she nearly collapsed. She grabbed a nearby pillar or she'd have sprawled disgracefully on the ground.
Cheonwi feigned ignorance at the sight.
"You there, newbie."
"Y-yes......?"
Sohee looked up at him with glazed eyes. Her unfocused pupils were already half-drowned in ecstasy.
"Go check inventory in the supply shed over there. I'll inspect it myself."
"R-right... now......?"
"Yes. Right now."
An order she couldn't refuse. Sohee stepped forward with bitter resignation.
"Y-yes......"
She shuffled along awkwardly. But every step drove the thing deeper, spreading vibrations.
Bzzz— bzzz— bzzz—.
Behind her, Cheonwi rhythmically pressed the remote.
"Haa, nngh, haa......"
Sohee's gait wobbled like a drunken dance. Her hips swayed back exaggeratedly—an odd sight anyone would notice—but the assembly's gravity silenced comments. Only Cheonwi savored it, humming cheerfully.
Finally, the supply shed.
The moment Sohee opened the door and stepped in, Cheonwi darted after her, slammed it shut, and locked it.
Clunk.
In the dim, dusty warehouse, silence fell amid the musty scent. Sohee leaned against the door, panting raggedly.
"Ch-Cheonwi, sir. I-I......"
"I said check inventory. Why are you gasping here?"
Cheonwi asked shamelessly, raising the remote. His thumb hovered over the red button this time.
[MAX Power]
"Now, let's properly interrogate the culprit."
Press.
"Kyaaaaah—!!"
A scream burst from Sohee. She collapsed face-down, ass up, shuddering violently.
Full-Power Vibration
The jade rod thrashed wildly, scraping her inner walls. Reason shattered under the sky-high stimulation.
"Aaaah! Pl-please...! Stop, stop it...!"
Sohee clawed the floor, begging. All trace of the proud noble daughter was gone. Drool streamed from her mouth.
Cheonwi approached slowly and lifted her skirt.
"Eek!"
Her white undergarments were soaked translucent with arousal. Through the thin fabric, the rod's tip bulged, vibrating nonstop.
"Huh? Why's my belonging stuffed in the 'precious place' of our haughty noble lady?"
Cheonwi asked, feigning shock.
Sohee couldn't lift her tear- and snot-streaked face. Shame screamed for death, but overwhelming pleasure dominated her brain.
"I-I'm sorry...... Hic, I'll give it back...... Please take it out......"
"Steal, and you pay. Can't just remove it."
Cheonwi shook his head firmly. He dialed it down just enough for talk.
"Haa, haa, ngh......"
Sohee sighed in relief, rubbing her cheek on the floor. But his next words plunged her into despair.
"Want it out? Bark for me."
"......Pardon?"
"Bark like a cute, lovey-dovey bitch."
Sohee's eyes wavered.
"I-I'm from a noble house......!"
"Not desperate enough yet?"
As Cheonwi reached for the button, Sohee flailed in panic.
"N-no! I will! I'll do it!"
But her mouth wouldn't move. The last shred of human—or noble—pride choked her.
Another wave of ecstasy crashed over her.
"Hnnngh!"
She couldn't endure. With reason burned white, Sohee crawled on all fours to Cheonwi's legs. Clutching his pant leg, she looked up pitifully.
"W-woof......!"
"Too quiet."
"Woof woof! Nghhh...... Woof! Woof!"
Sohee shook her hips desperately, barking. Tears splashed the floor. The more she realized her actions, the worse the shame—and that shame twisted into tighter uterine pleasure.
Cheonwi patted her head approvingly.
"Good girl."
Only then did the remote stop.
Deactivated.
Sudden silence, like a lie. Sohee slumped, gasping. Her body was slick with sweat and fluids.
Cheonwi looked down at her without covering her skirt—instead, he prodded her soaked underwear. Squatting, he met her eyes with a devilish smile.
"No removing it without my say-so. It's my personal storage now."
Sohee nodded through sobs, no words needed. Her eyes showed total submission to him.
Cheonwi pocketed the jade remote, humming as he left. His steps were light, oblivious to one thing.
His growing collection of stockings and vibrating toys had snagged the surveillance net of the Eunuch Bureau Chief's office.