Leisure Time (18)

I deliberately waved my tentacles wide and approached the blonde woman slowly. She was so terrified she couldn't even stand properly, frantically kicking her legs in the sand to get away from me.

“...Hehe.”

She was kicking with all her might, but the thick layer of ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠sand on the ground made her movements almost like crawling in place. Catching up to her wasn't difficult at all.

“Kyaa?!”

I finally caught up to her as she crawled ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠along the ground and used my tentacles to pierce the nerves in both her thighs, ensuring she couldn't run anymore.

“Kyaaaaak!! It hurts...!! Ah, Dad...!!”

Maybe it was the overwhelming pain—despite her age, she was crying out for her parents while clutching her legs. A woman screaming for her daddy.

“Do you still believe Daddy will come save you?”

I crouched down to her eye level and spoke with the clear intention of mocking her.

“Hiiik!! I-I'm sorry... Please, just spare me this once, okay?! Isn't that woman over there enough? I'll give you anything you want, please, please just let me live...”

Completely ignoring my taunt, she forced her barely functional legs to kneel, rubbing her hands together desperately as she begged for her life. It seemed her will had been easily broken by the pain of the tentacles digging into her legs.

“...How boring.”

The smile that had been on my lips just moments ago vanished in an instant.

“Subject 1, come here.”

“Yes, Master♡”

I called Subject 1 forward. Her brainwashing had already been completed earlier. The moment I spoke, her face was filled with a mix of anticipation and happiness—a simple yet complex emotion.

“Lie down here. I'm going to use you as a chair. That's fine, right?”

“Of course, Master♡ Please use me as your chair...♡”

Without hesitation, she placed her hands and knees on the dirty dirt floor and lowered herself. I sat lightly on her back. I could feel her body trembling beneath my hips, but she didn't utter a single complaint. Because she truly wasn't struggling. The happiness of being used for her Master's sake had severed the connection between her body and mind.

“...Hic, hik... Please... spare me....”

Still seated on Subject 1's back as she let out small moans, I looked down at the blonde woman who was desperately holding back her tears while still begging me for her life, and let out a sigh.

Really, what was she so proud of with a sense of self-worth that could break so easily? Even after gaining human knowledge and trying to think from a human perspective, I still didn't understand.

“...Do you want to live?”

“Yes!! Yes! If you spare me... I'll—!”

“No. I don't need anything from you.”

“...Huh? Then...”

She hesitated with a slightly anxious voice. I gave her a fake smile and lifted my foot, slipping off my shoe and sock. I brought my foot—pale and glowing faintly under the moonlight—right in front of her nose.

“Lick it.”

“...What?”

“I said lick it. You don't think your life is cheap, do you? For that high price, I'll take that lofty pride of yours.”

“...Ugh...”

Swallowing her welling tears once more, her face flushed with shame. With trembling hands, she grabbed my foot, abandoning the last remnants of her pride like dust. She brought her face close and pressed her lips to it.

“...Chup, ugh...!”

The shock of her long-guarded pride crumbling made her retch, but she desperately kept her lips from leaving my foot.

“...Who told you to just kiss it?”

“Hik!! I-I'm sorry...!!”

She had only pressed her lips to my foot, eyes tightly shut and shivering. The pathetic sight made me sigh loudly without realizing it. When I spoke in a slightly cold voice, she flinched and answered in a frightened tone. Finally, she parted her lips slightly and brought her tongue to my foot.

The sensation of slick, warm muscle touching my foot sent a shiver of pleasure racing up my spine. The feeling of her breaking that fierce pride of hers, even selling off the last scraps of it to me—it felt so good I could barely stand it...♡

“Uuu... Weeeh... Churup, haup...”

Once pride was discarded, throwing it away multiple times didn't seem so hard. After her tongue touched my foot, she began licking every inch, cleaning off the filth. Tears she could no longer hold back streamed down her cheeks, but she paid them no mind. From her mouth came the mingled sounds of sobbing and the wet, obscene noises of her licking.

My previously sour mood seemed to improve a little.

“Hey, Lee Chae-yun. It's fine to enjoy yourself, but you need to finish before sunrise, okay?”

“Yes, don't worry.”

I turned to smile at Seo-hee unnie, who was sitting behind us with Na-bi, tearing open some snacks I didn't even know she'd brought. She was right. It was about time to wrap this up...

“You can stop now.”

“Haa... R-really? Thank you, thank you so much!!”

She pulled her mouth away from my foot and bowed her head repeatedly in gratitude. The blonde woman didn't even notice the strand of saliva still connecting her lips to my foot. She was drowning in relief at having survived, shedding tears of joy.

“Th-then... my legs...?”

“Oh, your legs?”

Without a word, I pulled a tentacle from my mouth and shoved it into her ear.

“Agh?! Wha... ah.... Why...?”

“It seems you were under some misunderstanding. I never said I was going to kill you.”

“Ah... Aaaah...!!”

Wasn't that true? From the very beginning, I had never intended to kill this woman. She had simply fallen into her own delusion.

“I won't kill any of you. You're all going to be important toys for me from now on♡”

Even without looking at her empty, tear-streaked face, the tentacle connected to her brain transmitted her emotions to me with vivid clarity. A tangled mess of despair, sorrow, and rage.

It was time to make things easier for her.

I stood up from Subject 1, who had been serving as my chair, and approached the woman who was now slumped over, crying in terror. I gently stroked her cheek. Through the tentacle linked to her brain, I began the brainwashing process.

Her brain began working frantically to process the flood of information being injected through the tentacle. The backlash hit her body—the owner of that brain—full force.

“Ungh?! Nooooooo!!!”

She sensed the foreign presence seeping into her and violently thrashed in rejection, even more intensely than before. I watched her with a smile. The simplest way to render a rejecting brain helpless was to pump it full of irresistible pleasure until it couldn't take any more.

“...Ahik♡!! No!! Don't do this♡♡!”

The face that had been twisted in disgust was gradually melting under the forced waves of ecstasy.

“I don't waaant it!!♡ I don't like feeling good♡♡!!”

Having seen what happened to Subject 1 earlier, the woman subconsciously understood what was happening to her now. Even amid the explosive pleasure, she continued to resist.

“Ik, ugh?! No...!!♡♡”

“...I guess I have no choice.”

Watching her grit her teeth and endure with nothing but her stubborn will to survive, I pulled several long tentacles from my mouth.

“Then, can you endure this as well?”

“Ah, aaah...!! No...!! Unguoh?!♡”

The woman, who had barely been able to speak coherently until now, lost all intelligence in her voice the moment those many tentacles invaded her mind. She had fallen completely, reduced to nothing more than a beast.

“Ohoooooh?!!♡♡ Aaaahng?!♡♡”

Her body shook violently as drool poured from her mouth. ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Unable to withstand the overwhelming pleasure and flood of information, the mental barriers she had built crumbled away.

I stopped the tentacles and quietly observed her.

“...Hiiik...!!♡ Hiiik...!!♡”

With her eyes rolled back, she was frantically catching her breath during the brief moment of respite I'd given her. I stared into her pupils.

“...It's faint, but there's still some resistance left. This is the perfect time. Unnie?”

When I turned my head, Seo-hee unnie sighed, shoved the rest of her snack into her mouth in one bite, and approached while pulling out a syringe with her fingernail.

“You, finish the next one quickly.”

“Yeees, yeees♡”

When I answered playfully, she sighed once more, stabbed the syringe into the woman's neck, and injected the blue drug. In sync with it, I pushed more information through the tentacles.

“...How is it? Doesn't this wonderful feeling make you want to keep going?”

‘I want to keep going...♡ I want to keep feeling this...♡’

“Then I'll make sure you do.”

“Ahhh?!♡”

‘Ah♡ My head is turning blue and sparkling. It feels like I'm floating in the sky... Thank you... It feels so good....♡’

“How obedient. What a good girl.”

‘Ah, who is that? Someone is touching my cheek. It's warm and feels nice...’

‘Your Master.’

‘My Master? Did I have one?’

‘He's the one who cherishes you and loves you. Everything you're feeling right now is thanks to him.’

‘...Ah♡ My Master...♡’

‘Lee Chae-yun.’

‘Lee Chae-yun.’

“...Aaaahng!!♡....”

‘Are you ready to repay your Master?’

“...Yes♡ Master...♡”

“...Seriously, the more I see it, the more disgusting this method is.”

“What's wrong with it?”

Seo-hee unnie made a face of utter disgust as she watched the writhing tentacles and tried to back away. I smiled at her, then for the final step, grabbed the chin of the woman who had once had a name—'No. 2'—and lifted it.

“Alright then, No. 2? There's work you need to do starting today.”

“...Yes, Master♡”

The person standing before me was completely different from before. I stroked her chin once and spoke to her as she wore an ecstatic smile.

“From today onward, you'll be working for us.”