Chapter 60
Chapter 60
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 60
Chapter Title: Promise
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10 minutes later,
Creep's remnants stepped out of the bathroom, finally relieved after indulging in their brutal fun. They seemed satisfied, having vented their urges, even if a bit anxious about the aftermath.
In one corner of the abandoned bathroom wall, Lily and Deoksoon lay side by side. Fortunately, neither was seriously hurt.
It was probably thanks to sharing the beating between them.
"Sob... sniff..."
The intensity and frequency of the violence were similar for both, but their reactions couldn't have been more opposite.
Deoksoon wailed uncontrollably, tears and snot streaming down her face without restraint. Her beaten spots throbbed. Nightmares from her school days resurfaced, leaving her heart in ruins.
But on second thought, maybe enduring all those beatings in high school had toughened her up enough to handle this.
Her resilience was nothing short of miraculous.
"..."
In stark contrast, Lily silently wiped away the blood and rose to her feet with eerie calm. It was as if the savage group beating from moments ago had been a mere illusion.
"..."
Her cheek was split open, blood trickling from her mouth. Lily casually smeared it away with her forearm.
What occupied her mind now was the foolish human sniffling beside her.
"Do I know you?"
"Huh...?"
Lily asked Deoksoon. For a girl who was usually so emotionless, this was an extraordinarily rare occurrence.
"Cr-Crow Oppa’s little sister..."
Whether it was the word "little sister" or calling Crow "Oppa" that rubbed her the wrong way...
"Tch."
Lily clicked her tongue sharply and got to work.
She rubbed the bloodstains from her arm onto various spots on her prison uniform, smearing them around. To anyone glancing over, it looked like she'd bled profusely.
She had lost a fair amount of blood, but
this was a form of staging—or self-promotion, if you will.
If it ended with just "she got beaten," Crow wouldn't feel the full despair. She had to make it look as bad as possible, act like she was in agony, to draw all his attention to her.
"M-Me!"
As vital as this task was,
Deoksoon cluelessly interrupted.
"I helped you out, so... you have to tell Crow Oppa that, right...?"
This counted as self-promotion too. When people accomplish something, they have to brag about it far and wide to get the rewards they deserve.
"..."
But Lily's reaction was different.
Utterly unlike what Deoksoon expected.
Deoksoon was lost in fantasies of a joyful reunion with Crow—him bowing repeatedly in gratitude, declaring her his one true ally, showering her with sweet kisses...
"Hey, who the hell are you?"
"Huh?"
Instead, Lily snapped at her.
Had her expression ever hardened like this since entering the prison?
"Who are you? What gives you the right to call him Oppa?"
Was this even anger?
Deoksoon, facing this bizarre emotion and twisted fury for the first time, broke into cold sweats, wondering if she'd messed with the wrong person.
Something felt off.
The jerks who'd beaten her earlier,
Creep's remnants just now,
or other villains—they'd never shown faces like that.
It was as if she viewed people not as people, but as bugs or dust... that kind of rage and contempt...?
"Call him Oppa one more time, and I'll rip your skull open from the back of your head. If it happens a second time, I'll yank out every bit of fat from those tits of yours and flush it down the toilet."
"Wh-what...???"
And Deoksoon was the older one, technically.
A year older than Lily.
She just looked young and baby-faced from too much time at the computer. Definitely not the same age.
"Got it?"
"Y-y-yes..."
Deoksoon stammered politely first, shrinking back. A hierarchy had already formed between them.
"And from now on, don't stick your nose where it doesn't belong. It's a nuisance."
It was too much, even so.
From Deoksoon's perspective, she'd mustered courage and risked her life to help, yet Lily dismissed her with contemptuous irritation.
"B-but... I did help you..."
"Yeah, thanks. Don't do it again."
Deoksoon had thought buttering up the little sister would score points with Crow too...
Things weren't going as planned. Lily was fuming over an unexpected trigger, kicking Deoksoon's plump butt repeatedly as she went about her business.
"Fucking bitch, who gave you permission to call him Oppa... He's my Oppa..."
Lily could overlook most things, but not someone else calling Crow "Oppa."
It felt like an intruder barging into the sweet world she shared with him alone.
So when they volunteered at the orphanage together or rescued kids taken hostage,
she'd always grind her teeth and exact petty revenges on those brats.
Slipping laxatives into their food,
or conjuring centipedes into the clothes of girls whining in Crow's arms...
Of course, if caught, Crow would explode in rage and ignore her properly for a full week, so it was high-risk payback.
"...Sob, hic..."
Her cute desire to monopolize "Oppa" was understandable.
But seeing Deoksoon whimper from the sudden venom was heartbreaking.
"..."
Only now did Lily compose herself and rethink Deoksoon and Crow's relationship.
She'd lashed out wildly over "Oppa," but rationally speaking,
shunning Deoksoon like this was a losing deal.
No matter how much of a busty, hippy, fat, airheaded mess she was, there had to be some use for her, right?
Lily extended a hand toward Deoksoon, who was face-down on the floor sobbing, and did something specific.
"..."
As if reading something.
After a few more seconds,
having gleaned certain facts,
"...Thank you."
Lily's attitude had softened considerably.
"Huh?"
Deoksoon was bewildered by the terrifying emotional whiplash in mere minutes. The girl who'd been ranting about ripping her breasts just now was suddenly expressing gratitude.
"I just... couldn't believe a villain would help me..."
In that instant, Lily decided on a new approach and stuck to it.
She fabricated a reason she had to snap—playing a character, essentially.
"I think I was wrong. You helped me, after all. I'm sorry..."
But Deoksoon's instincts were sharper than expected. A woman who'd spent over twenty years cowering through life had senses not to be underestimated.
Even if no one else noticed, Deoksoon could sense the chilling predator aura from Lily's forced tears.
"Uh, um... y-yeah..."
So Deoksoon nodded vigorously, playing along as harmlessly as possible.
She instinctively knew adding anything would backfire on her.
"Can I call you Unnie? What's your name?"
Surprisingly, Lily's acting was thorough.
Deoksoon sensed the danger on a gut level, but hearing this doll-like beauty call her "Unnie" didn't feel bad.
Maybe she'd misjudged her. Seeing those teary eyes and thanks, Lily didn't seem that bad...
"Uh, um... I'm Deoksoon... Im Deoksoon."
"Oh...? No codename or anything?"
"Nope. Nothing like that for me."
Lily even hugged Deoksoon tightly, showing vulnerability.
"Deoksoon Unnie, thank you. Crow Oppa and I are stuck here alone... I was so lost about how to survive. But not everyone in prison is a monster."
Now it was confusing whether her earlier demeanor or this one was fake.
Especially for Deoksoon, who felt flattered by the validation.
She rarely got recognition, so a little praise went straight to her head, making her strut.
"Y-yeah...! N-no big deal. I had a promise with Crow... O—er, Crow."
"Are you on our side, Deoksoon Unnie? Thank goodness... Scardi scares me. She gives off bad vibes..."
"R-right?! Me too! That woman's all lies!"
And unexpectedly, they clicked.
Deoksoon briefly imagined capturing both Crow siblings for a sweet newlywed life in prison.
"Don't worry! I'm always on your side...!"
That was her declaration.
As long as no other variables popped up, she could rack up points with the Crow siblings over two months for a comfy prison stay.
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Chapter 4 - Union
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While Deoksoon and Lily were deep in conversation,
"..."
The door to Wing C opened. A woman returned, escorted by two guards.
The inmates' reactions to her face were mixed—joy and dread.
Some tensed up, glancing nervously at others,
while those who'd just beaten Lily and Deoksoon to a pulp grinned widely and approached her.
"Big Sis!"
"Sis, you're back! They said ten years felt like one month, but how many months did they lock you in solitary?"
But as they got closer to the familiar face, their smiles faded too.
"...Uh, haha. You're in a bad mood, Sis. Of course you are..."
Creep's face, after so long, looked downright ghostly.
No one dared speak to her.
She simply
gazed intently, with those coldly boiling eyes,
at where Crow was.