Shifting the Blame
I arrived at the vast gym where even the smallest sound echoed because no trace of human presence lingered anywhere. I never thought I’d set foot in this place again.
“It feels like it’s been ages. Even though I’ve never actually been here before.”
It seemed I wasn’t the only one who felt that way. Lee Chae-yun, standing beside me and scanning every corner of the gym, appeared to be recalling the layout from the memories of her human days.
“...It’s dark.”
The lights were off, so moonlight leaking through the windows illuminated the gloomy interior. A silhouette stood atop the large ring positioned at the center of the enormous space.
“Ah, you’re both here.”
My eyes had adjusted to the darkness, revealing a woman leaning against the ropes and looking down at us. Hong Su-a was smiling brightly as she gazed at us.
“Wow, I’ve never seen unnie make an expression like that before.”
“Same here.”
“What the hell did you do to change someone that much?”
Chae-yun stared at me with a mixture of fascination and shock, shoving her face close as though demanding answers. I deliberately ignored her and walked toward the ring.
As I drew nearer, Su-a’s face came into clearer view.
“So, what are you planning to do? ...Huh?”
“Ehehe...”
“Oh my, unnie.”
I was stunned the moment I saw her fully. The hair that had once been short enough to mistake her for a man had grown well past her shoulders. The sight of Su-a with long hair and full makeup, dressed to the nines, left me speechless.
“...How did your hair grow so long in a single day?”
“I can do that too.”
“Ah, so that’s how it works now.”
Well, I supposed I shouldn’t be surprised by things like this anymore. I nodded in immediate agreement with Chae-yun’s words.
Su-a twirled a lock of her hair around her finger, then lowered her head shyly and asked, “D-does it look good on me?”
“It looks perfect on you, unnie!”
At those words Chae-yun excitedly latched onto her, while a flustered Su-a tried to pry her off.
“Th-thank you..! Thank you, but... could you back up a little...!”
“Why? Ehehe...”
I sighed at Chae-yun’s wicked grin. She knew exactly how Su-a felt about her and was deliberately teasing her by clinging so tightly. I pointed at the other two figures on the ring and pulled the mischievous girl away.
“So what about those two? What are you going to do with them?”
They were probably the family members Su-a had captured. Among them were her younger brother—our senior, Su-ho—and their father, the owner of this gym. Both were tied to chairs.
Su-ho appeared to have simply lost consciousness, but their father’s condition was far worse. His eyes were bruised black, and blood from his split lips covered his entire face. I decided not to ask what had happened.
“I didn’t do anything too terrible since they’re family. I only brought them here to say their final goodbyes, so don’t worry too much about either of them.”
Su-a smiled, glancing back and forth between me and Chae-yun.
“I thought you called me over because you needed help disposing of bodies. Guess that’s not it.”
“...”
I ignored Chae-yun’s bizarre remark and asked Su-a again.
“Then what do you need us to do?”
“Ugh... ugh...”
My head felt like it was splitting open. Had I dozed off for a moment? The fragmented, hazy memories only fed my growing confusion.
My dim consciousness slowly sharpened as an uncomfortable sensation spread from my lower body. Finally, my eyes opened.
“Ah, oppa. You’re awake?♡”
“...Chae-yun...?”
The moment my eyes focused, an impossible scene unfolded. The girl who had left me—Chae-yun—was stroking my crotch with her hand.
What was this? A dream? Or...?
“Ch-Chae-yun?!”
Startled, I reached out to pull her into my arms. Yes, everything until now must have been a nightmare. That’s what I told myself.
But the hand I stretched toward her was abruptly stopped by something. I whipped my head around to check. Both of my hands were bound tightly to the chair with duct tape.
“What the hell is this?”
“Did you sleep well, little brother? Ah, I suppose you aren’t anymore.”
Someone who had been hidden in the shadows walked steadily toward us.
“N-noona?! What is...?”
Even with the makeup and longer hair, I recognized her immediately. It was Hong Su-a, my older sister. None of this made any sense.
“Ch-Chae-yun, stop that for now...!”
“Why?♡”
“Why? What do you mean, why...!”
My sister stared at me with cold eyes, as if this absurd situation meant nothing to her. Meanwhile Chae-yun paid her no attention at all. Wet, squelching sounds continued as she kept stroking my cock.
“Ugh?! Ch-Chae-yun...!!”
An inexplicable wave of pleasure shot up my spine. What the hell was this?
Her vigorous hand movements brought me to the edge at an absurd speed.
“Ugh?!”
“Oops...”
Chae-yun pulled her hand away right at the moment of release. My semen spilled weakly onto the floor.
“...Really, I don’t even want to imagine what would have happened if you’d kept seeing this man.”
“...What?”
I heard those unbelievable words in the voice I had longed for. She touched the semen on the floor with her finger and spoke coldly.
“...These genes are a zero out of ten for reproduction. The same species born in the modern era must be so sad. They need to breed, yet their males are like this.”
“What are you talking about? Chae-yun. Just untie me first...!! Ugh?!”
Something blunt struck my cheek. My sister had approached. She looked down at me with harsh, icy eyes and kicked me hard.
Bound to the chair, I toppled backward helplessly and crashed to the floor.
Chae-yun crouched beside me. In a voice completely opposite to my sister’s—gentle and affectionate—she dangled the semen from her finger like a thin thread in front of my eyes and said,
“Don’t misunderstand, Su-ho oppa. It’s not that I’ve come to hate you. Remember? That early morning when flower petals fell from the sky? We took pictures together that day, didn’t we?”
“...Huh?”
“The me you knew back then is dead.”
I couldn’t comprehend what she was saying. In my confusion I narrowed my eyes at her, but she continued calmly.
“That petal that day was me.”
“...What? What have you been saying this whole time? Chae-yun, untie me first and we’ll talk slowly. There’s so much I need to tell you...”
I hadn’t wanted to show her this pathetic side of me, but tears kept blurring my vision. Even though I was in this miserable state in front of my sister, the fact that I was finally speaking with Chae-yun after so long must have been the reason. I swallowed my tears and tried to keep my voice steady—until that moment.
“...As expected, it’s probably better to show you directly.”
“...Chae-yun?!”
Her head suddenly dropped forward. Worried, I crawled closer to see her face. But she looked like a doll. Her expression was utterly hollow and vacant. There was no tension in her facial muscles at all; saliva dripped from her open mouth.
And then the unbelievable reality hit me.
“Uwaaaaack?!”
A white liquid shimmering like movie CG crawled out from her ear right before my eyes.
“Wh-what the hell is that...!!”
“Th-this... is... me...”
Still expressionless, body twitching, Chae-yun moved only her mouth to speak.
“Ah... the connection is... weak... so my words... aren’t coming out... properly...”
“Ch-Chae-yun?! You...!!”
The monster that had briefly revealed itself slipped back into her ear. Life immediately returned to her face.
“Whew. This really is more comfortable.”
“...What...”
“Ehehe♡ That was my true form earlier. The petal you saw with me, oppa.”
My brain still couldn’t process it. What was she saying? A petal? Then where was Chae-yun? Where had she gone? A monster? That was ridiculous. So the person in front of me right now was...?
It was confusing. So confusing. While my mind failed to understand, my mouth automatically spat out curses.
“You fucking bastard!! What did you do to Chae-yun?! Give her back right now! You monster piece of shit!!”
“...♡”
“...”
The monster wearing Chae-yun’s face turned to look at my sister. My sister nodded at the creature. Seeing that, the monster turned back to me and said,
“...I suppose that’s true. You were this body’s lover, after all. I can let you meet her once.”
The monster shivered briefly as it spoke. My sister approached, grabbed me, and pulled me upright again.
“Hey, Hong Su-a... what the hell are you doing right now...?”
“What am I doing? It’s the last gift I’m giving you. So you can talk to your precious Chae-yun as much as you want.”
With those words, my sister stepped out of the ring. I shouted after her, but she vanished into the darkness without even acknowledging my voice.
“O-oppa. Ugh?!”
I turned toward the monster that was once again imitating Chae-yun’s voice.
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!! I had to get free first. I strained against the duct tape binding both hands, desperately trying to tear it off.
“Oppa... it’s... me...!”
“Chae-yun, Chae-yun?! You...!!”
I whipped my head around in shock. A trembling voice. Tears in one eye. Those were the eyes I remembered.
“Ch-Chae-yun...!”
Words wouldn’t come. If I spoke, I knew I would break down crying. I held the tears back, swallowed them, then lifted my head and called her name again.
“Chae-yun...”
“Why did you do that...?”
“Huh?”
She began clutching my collar tightly. Startled, I looked at her face. With completely lifeless, hollow eyes she poured out endless tears.
“It hurts... it hurts so much! That thing forcing its way inside me, turning me into something that isn’t me... it hurt so badly... I was so scared...!! Why did you do that? Why didn’t you save me? Why did you just abandon me?”
“....Huh?”
“It still hurts...! It hurts so much I can’t stand it... Please save me...! Please...!!”
“Wait, just wait!! I’ll save you! I’ll save you!!”
I strained so hard it felt like the skin on my hands would rip off. I shook my bound arms violently. The constant friction tore my skin against the tape, blood beginning to seep out, but I didn’t care.
“...It’s all because of you...”
My hands stopped moving.
“...What?”
“It’s your fault. If you hadn’t seen that flower, if you hadn’t dragged me there, no—if I had never met you in the first place...!! I would still be alive...!!”
“That’s not true...”
“No, it is.”
“It’s not!!”
“No, it is.”
The Chae-yun I knew was disappearing more and more. The monster smiled as it wiped away the tears it had shed.
“Since I am Chae-yun, I know everything. It’s all your fault♡”
“That’s not it...! It’s not, right...? Chae-yun? It’s not, right?”
“What are you talking about? Thanks to you I obtained a wonderful body. What I did with my hand earlier was my way of saying thank you♡ It didn’t taste very good and the size was disappointing, though.”
Because of me? Chae-yun lost her body to that monster because of me?
“....Ah, aaaaaah!!”
“You’ve gotten quite hard in the meantime. Sorry, but I don’t want to touch a cock like this anymore.”
The monster approached me.
“Don’t come near me! Don’t come!! Aaaack!!”
The monster untied my hands, then took one and pressed it against her breast. It was soft.
“Still, it used to be your girlfriend’s body, right? Remember the sensation properly and use it as a side dish later♡”
“Fuck...! Fuuuuuck!!!”
Tears wouldn’t stop flowing from my eyes. I felt sick looking at my own fully erect cock. Leaving me screaming, the thing that wore Chae-yun’s face moved away and vanished into the darkness. My sister reappeared.
“...How pathetic. In that state you couldn’t even protect your own woman.”
“Shut up, shut up, shut up!!!!”
“I’m sorry, sunbae. I didn’t mean for it to happen like this.”
Another figure emerged from the darkness alongside my sister—a man whose face I had heard about far too many times.
“Still, it’s not like I stole her. Even if it’s awkward to say it myself, you never realized your girlfriend had been taken by a monster. Not even after she was taken. So it’s not your fault, right?”
Im Chan-woo, you son of a bitch.