Chapter 200: Beast Taming (4)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 200: Beast Taming (4)
“Ah… I really should’ve stopped drinking.”
Park Gwang-cheol, completely wasted, staggered to the front door of their dorm.
He’d originally planned to just crash at a friend’s place, but that had somehow fallen through.
In the end, he found himself returning to the Vanquisher dorm well past midnight.
Creeak.
He practically threw himself inside, opening the door with a clatter.
In that instant.
Aaaahhhnnn!!!
A voice pierced his ears.
“……”
Park Gwang-cheol’s drunken, unfocused eyes shot wide open, and he froze on the spot.
It felt as if the alcohol evaporated in an instant.
Slowly, very slowly, he lifted his head and looked toward the second floor. All the room lights were off, save for one—a faint glow leaking from under the door at the end of the hall.
Ha Sion and Jung Hae-in’s room.
“Heh heh.”
With a level of caution that was worlds apart from how he’d entered, he turned around and silently slipped back outside.
“They’re all grown up.”
Even if it meant sleeping on the street.
He had no intention of interrupting.
*
I opened my eyes.
The traces of the night’s passionate activities remained on the crumpled sheets and the bunny costume strewn across the floor.
No, wait. Did I even sleep?
Honestly, I couldn’t even tell the difference.
I turned my head.
No wonder my side felt so warm… Sion was asleep in my arms.
Naked, of course.
It seemed we had slept, at least for a little while. I thought we’d been at it all night without a break.
“Sion…”
“Mmm.”
When I called her name, she snuggled deeper into my embrace.
Her skin was so fair.
She was glowing, as if she’d slathered herself in sunscreen.
I had no idea why.
Slowly, slowly….
Just then, Sion’s head, which had been resting in my arms, slowly began to travel downward.
Lower and lower…
This early in the morning?
“Sion…”
The moment I called her name again in my bewilderment.
“Hmph?!”
Sion shot her head up.
She stared into space for a moment, calculating something, then shouted, her face pale with horror.
“Grandpa’s coming!!”
“Ah.”
Now I remembered.
This wasn’t the Gaon Penthouse.
“He’s not here already, is he…?”
Sion whispered, lowering her voice.
I immediately expanded my senses.
What they picked up was…
Nothing.
Unless he was training deep underground in the training facility, he wasn't here.
“I don’t think he’s here yet.”
“Ah… thank goodness…”
With a sigh of relief, a light returned to her eyes.
Slowly, slowly….
As she said that, from under the covers, she lifted her smooth leg and draped it over my thigh.
Then, she began to press her body against mine.
“Ngh…”
In the end, we went for another round.
*
“♩ ~♪~”
Sion was bustling about the kitchen, humming a cheerful tune.
I was buried in the plush sofa, just breathing as I blankly watched the whole scene.
I’d tried to help, but she told me not to do a thing.
She even dabbed the water from my hands before sending me back to the sofa.
“What do you want to eat?”
Mwah.
Sion, who had approached me without my noticing, asked as she gave my cheek a light peck.
She smelled of my shampoo.
I wonder why.
“It’s morning, so just some toast or…”
“Okay.”
Mwah.
Along with her affirmative reply, Sion kissed my other cheek before returning to the kitchen.
We were practically newlyweds.
It was a scene I’d seen somewhere before.
As I bit into the toast Sion had made, I brought up what the Old Man had told me.
“Heard your bow broke, Sion?”
“Huh?”
At my question, her eyes, which had been sipping coffee, went wide.
“Oh. Yeah, it broke. But Grandpa went to get me a new one.”
I nodded.
The Old Man would surely find something, but I knew that auction house didn’t primarily deal in weapons.
It was mostly rare materials and Artifacts.
Therefore, he might not be able to find what he was looking for.
If he couldn’t find one, I was just thinking I’d have to get one for her myself.
Beep.
Just then, we heard the sound of the penthouse’s front door unlocking.
My and Sion’s gazes simultaneously turned to the entrance.
Standing there were Seong Ara and the Old Man, still in the same clothes they’d worn out last night.
The fatigue on both their faces was palpable.
“You came back together?”
I asked, puzzled.
They had left together, but I’d heard they had separate errands.
“Yeah… we met out front…”
Seong Ara answered in an exhausted voice, kicking off her high heels.
She threw herself onto the sofa and said to Sion.
“Sion… can you put on some water for ramyeon for me…?”
“Okay.”
Without a word, Sion expertly headed to the kitchen and started boiling water.
I watched her for a moment before approaching the Old Man, who was sitting on the sofa loosening his tie.
“Sir, were you able to get Sion’s bow?”
He closed his eyes and shook his head.
“It was nothing but a bunch of swindlers.”
Just as I thought.
There was no way a weapon that could satisfy the Old Man’s picky standards would be there.
Especially not for his one and only granddaughter.
“Ack. Grandpa, what am I going to do then?”
Sion, who had been eavesdropping from the kitchen, came running over.
She clung to the Old Man’s arm.
Sniff, sniff….
At that moment, Seong Ara, who had been lying on the sofa like a corpse, gave a slight twitch of her nose.
She slowly opened her eyes and stared intently at Sion, who was standing next to the Old Man.
“…? Sion, did you use Hae-in’s shampoo?”
Seong Ara asked.
“Uh, huh?”
Sion answered, startled.
“No, it’s just that you really smell like Hae-in.”
“Ah… w-well… maybe because we were in the same room, the scent just… rubbed off on me?”
“…Is that so~?”
Seong Ara said, drawing out the last word with a smirk before burying her face in the sofa again.
And I saw it.
The corner of her mouth, on the side of her face pressed into the sofa…
was turned up in a smile.
This woman… I think she knows…
Well, Seong Ara isn’t one to gossip…
In the end, Sion’s bow had become a difficult problem.
Nothing worthy of the Old Man’s eye had appeared at the auction. In that case, it seemed right for me to get one for her myself.
“Sir, do you know of Artemis’s Bow?”
“Of course I do,” he answered, taking off his jacket.
“Could we… not get that one?” I asked him.
“If I could, I would have already. If some strange bastard hadn’t stolen it.”
So that’s how it is.
In truth, I know where Artemis’s Bow is.
If the Old Man doesn’t know… it’s safe to assume that nobody does.
In that case, I should be able to go get it.
Just then, Seong Ara, who had been collapsed on the sofa, let out a groan and staggered to her feet.
Watching her back, I began to formulate a new plan in my head.
*
And so the stormy weekend passed, and Monday morning dawned.
I was back at Gaon.
You might ask if classes even have any meaning at this point, but…
I still had business to take care of.
According to the story, there’s still an important object hidden at Gaon.
And the other kids connected to me still had things to learn here.
Especially Yoon Chae-ha.
She needs to learn more.
Even if I have to spank her.
Though, she might actually enjoy that.
Gaon had neatly marked my absences as attended.
It didn’t really matter to me, but it would’ve been ridiculous if they hadn’t, after all.
The Chairman isn’t bold enough to mark me absent for getting injured while killing Belial.
9:00 AM, sharp.
I opened the back door of the classroom and stepped inside.
Creak.
I quietly took a seat in the back.
Yoon Chae-ha was already there. She was resting her chin on her hand, just staring out the window with a bored expression.
Cheon Yeo-wool was absent.
Where’d she go?
I asked Yoon Chae-ha as I sat down.
“Where’s she?”
“Dunno.”
She answered indifferently.
Then again, it’s not like she’s the type to care about other people.
I sent Cheon Yeo-wool a message on her Watch.
[belief_]: Where are you?
[1000_y]: I have the regular worship service today ㅠㅠ
Ah, it was a service day.
Then she couldn’t come.
She’d be gone all day.
A glance at the front of the room showed that Yohan was also missing.
I nodded and looked to my side.
“……”
Yoon Chae-ha was staring at me.
“What?”
“……You said you’d be right back.”
“Ah…”
I had spanked Yoon Chae-ha’s butt on Saturday morning and told her I’d be right back.
And yet, I’d only just returned this morning.
“Sorry.”
At my short apology, she said nothing.
To break the silence, I made a suggestion.
“Wanna go to the Board Game Club today?”
“……Okay.”
At those words, Yoon Chae-ha’s expression slowly began to soften.
“Good girl.”
Finding her adorable, I reached a hand under the desk, about to give her butt a reassuring pat…
‘Right, we’re at school.’
So I stroked her head instead.
