Leisure Time (8)
The culprit behind a grudge that had only begun yesterday was now collapsed right in front of me, staring blankly into the air while her entire body trembled as if she were having a seizure.
“...Hngh...! Mmph... ugh...♡”
Up until now, she had seemed no different from any other petal, but something had clearly changed.
The reaction a petal shows when it begins parasitism varies from case to case, person to person. Yet nothing particularly unusual had stood out before... so what was different this time?
The arrogant Hong Su-a—who for some reason I could never quite understand had despised me so intensely—was now drooling uncontrollably from the corner of her mouth while letting out vulgar sounds.
From her pussy, proof of her lost virginity mixed with my semen flowed out in a sticky mess.
“...Come to think of it, I wonder why she hated me so much.”
It was a question that had come to mind later than expected, but at this point I wasn’t particularly curious anymore.
I could just find out directly.
The petal that had been wriggling near Su-a’s ear while her eyes rolled back in seizure finally slipped completely inside her ear canal. Gradually, the convulsions wracking her body began to subside.
“Good. Now then...”
I was in the middle of brushing the dirt off my clothes from our earlier scuffle when it happened.
Sudden light flooded my vision, narrowing my sight until everything began to recede into darkness. The abrupt shift was too fast to track with my eyes. It brought on a wave of nausea and the urge to vomit, but nothing came up. An unprecedented dizziness crashed over me, forcing the knees I had just cleaned back down onto the dirt.
“Wh-what the...?!”
Another set of senses overlapping with reality.
This feeling wasn’t new.
It was that same mysterious sensation I had experienced before, accompanied by familiar blue rays of light. The memory of eating that glowing fruit and losing consciousness in the bathroom flashed through my mind.
Soon the dizziness began to ease. When I lifted my head and looked around, I found myself in a space almost identical to the one the glowing fruit had shown me last time.
The difference was that before, I hadn’t been able to control my body properly. The space had felt alien, like sitting awkwardly in someone else’s house. But now, this place felt like my own studio apartment—like a space that belonged entirely to me.
Was this reality, or an illusion?
My mind couldn’t comprehend it, yet my eyes seemed to already know exactly what to do. They naturally followed the only shape emitting light in this dark space.
That light took the form of a person, shining pure white.
As I slowly approached, the silhouette grew more and more familiar.
It was Hong Su-a—the same one who had been collapsed on the ground moments ago. A statue-like figure of her, as if sculpted entirely from light, stared at me with a vacant expression.
She is yours.
I think I knew what I had to do.
I reached out toward the figure that wore Su-a’s shape. My hand began to radiate a deep blue glow.
As I brought it closer, the figure turned deathly pale and tried to resist, but its strength was as weak as a newborn’s kick. The moment my hand grasped the shape, the blue light from my palm began to seep into it—like dropping dye into a bucket of water.
.....
There was no resistance like before. It was over in an instant.
The moment the light was completely dyed blue, I closed my eyes once and opened them again. I had already returned to reality.
Hong Su-a still lay unconscious on the dirt ground.
“...”
I looked down at my palm.
The blue light that had enveloped my hand was gone, replaced by an ordinary human hand as if nothing had happened.
What the hell was that?
It felt familiar, like something I had longed for. That strange mix of familiarity and unfamiliarity was severed by a peculiar resonance echoing inside my head.
I turned toward the sound, but it wasn’t coming from the air—it was coming from where Hong Su-a lay.
When I located the source of the resonance and looked at it, I saw Hong Su-a slowly rising to her feet.
It wasn’t difficult to sense the dissonance coming from her.
Her eyes.
The black pupils that had once looked at me with pure disgust had changed. Now they glowed a vivid blue, bright enough to stand out even in the dark predawn park, with pupils dilated wide.
The moment I met her gaze, I understood what the resonance was.
It was a small signal that she and I were now connected.
Not in a physical sense, but I could feel the creature that had parasitized her brain.
I could sense what she was thinking, what condition her body was in.
And I could tell that the original Hong Su-a had not yet disappeared.
I decided to ask the lifeform now controlling her silent, motionless body a question.
“So, what exactly are you?”
“...We are the same as our predecessors. However, thanks to Father, we have successfully evolved one step further.”
The creature spoke in a calm, pleasant tone using Hong Su-a’s voice—which had previously been urgent and full of rage. It knelt before me, bowed its head respectfully, and showed deference by calling me Father.
...Father?
I thought I was still a bit young to be called that, but in a way, I supposed I really was their father...
It felt strangely complicated, but I scratched my head and gave Su-a a signal to continue explaining.
“We exist solely to serve Father. We are specialized in modifying the host’s body exclusively for Father’s entertainment.”
“...Then you don’t reproduce?”
“Of course we can perform reproductive activities, which are the fundamental nature of our species. We can also utilize them for other purposes.”
“What exactly does this modification entail?”
“Just as the name suggests, we can adjust the host’s personality to perfectly suit Father’s tastes, and we can freely modify their physical body as well. While previous generations could only make simple modifications to the host’s body, we are capable of far more unconventional alterations—such as modifying breasts to produce breast milk, or reshaping the interior of the vagina to create countless protrusions for better service.”
In short, they were all-purpose.
I rested my chin on my hand, impressed, when the kneeling parasite spoke to me again.
“I have just finished reading the host’s memories. I have confirmed that she behaved extremely rudely toward Father. How shall I proceed? Shall I destroy her personality and turn her into a complete vegetable? Or should I leave her personality intact and make her sell her body on the streets?”
The parasite spoke these horrifying suggestions with cold indifference, as if they were nothing.
No matter how I looked at it, unlike Chae-yun and Seo-hee—who had consumed their hosts’ brains and taken their places—this creature showed no trace of emotion as an individual.
“Do you not pretend to be human? Or can you not?”
“We are merely entities that manage and adjust this body. Of course, if Father enjoys this body to the point that the original personality is damaged beyond repair, we can perform the act. Does Father wish for me to act as ‘Hong Su-a’?”
“....No.”
That was actually better.
It was the perfect opportunity to drag Hong Su-a down into the abyss.
“Leave her personality intact. And erase today’s events from her memory for now.”
“Understood.”
The sky was gradually growing brighter.
It was about time to wrap this up and move on to other things.
...But before that, there was one last thing I needed to ask.
“You said you read all of Hong Su-a’s memories?”
“Yes. From infancy to the present, I have memorized everything.”
“Then why did she hate me so much? We only met for the first time that day. Did she hear about what happened with her brother?”
The reason she hated me.
We had only met yesterday for the first time.
Judging by her personality, she didn’t seem like the type who would care so deeply for her brother that she would go this far over what happened between him and me.
“The reason the host hates Father... Please wait a moment. The original personality is resisting this information quite fiercely.”
She wanted to hide it that badly?
What on earth could it be?
A slight change finally appeared on Su-a’s previously unchanging expression. Her cheeks trembled faintly, her eyelids fluttered uncontrollably for a moment, and then, as if The tidying up was completed., the parasite began to speak the truth through her mouth.
“...It is correct that she became angry after hearing about her brother.”
“...Really? I wouldn’t have guessed.”
I clicked my tongue at the surprisingly bland reason and was brushing dirt off my clothes when the possessed Su-a continued.
“However, the cause of her anger does not seem to have been for her brother’s sake, but rather due to her own personal feelings.”
“...Personal feelings?”
“It appears the host harbored feelings of love toward the human named Lee Chae-yun, who was her younger brother’s lover.”
“....What?”
I thought I had just heard something ridiculous.
But if what the parasite said was true, everything suddenly made sense.
There had been a woman who only cared about herself, living for her own arrogance and vanity.
That woman had fallen in love with someone, but it was a love that could never be acknowledged by those around her.
Simply being near her through her brother had been enough, but then one day someone had stolen that love away from her.
And if that very person had the audacity to show up in front of her...
“Pffft! Puhahahahaha!”
I had never laughed this hard in my life.
“So, does she hate men?”
“...It seems to go beyond hatred into complete disgust.”
The man she had despised so much had taken her virginity.
It also explained why a woman with such a boyish yet beautiful appearance had no lover and had kept her chastity.
Ah, seriously. This bitch Hong Su-a...
I barely managed to stop laughing, approached the body controlled by the parasite, kissed her, and slipped my fingers into her pussy, gently caressing her for a moment.
“...Slurp, mmm...”
I pulled away from the parasite, which had casually wrapped its tongue around mine, and asked once more.
“How was it? Tell me exactly what Hong Su-a is feeling right now.”
“...She is experiencing feelings of ‘disgust,’ ‘it smells,’ and ‘it’s filthy.’”
That answer made me burst into laughter again.
“Ah, seriously, what should I do with you? Out of all the women I’ve met so far, you’re the one I’m looking forward to the most.”