Parting Kisses
The next morning. After falling asleep in the same bed with Kang Hye-eun and Eunyeong noona, I stepped outside with the two of them at an early hour. Hye-eun had a work schedule that morning, so we had no choice but to leave the house at dawn. Eunyeong noona also mentioned she needed to head into the company early to handle some tasks. As the guest, I couldn’t very well stay behind alone while the homeowners left, so I had no option but to follow their rhythm.
“You didn’t have to come out just because Mom and I are leaving…”
“Hm?”
“That’s right, Taegyeong. When you were little we practically lived together for a while, remember?”
“Staying cooped up in the house would just be a waste of time anyway. Since I’ll probably be transferring to the company soon, it’s better to sync up with the company commute schedule.”
“I suppose that makes sense.”
The conversation naturally flowed toward company matters, which brought Eunyeong noona’s advice from last night’s drinking session back to the surface.
“As I said last night, if you don’t become a talent that even Ok-hui would covet, the transfer process could become very difficult. Keep that in mind.”
“I will.”
“Still, it’s fortunate that the president is also a multiple awakener. She probably won’t be too shocked even if you reveal your own multiple awakening abilities. After that, the next thing she’ll focus on is most likely your potential for growth… Honestly, I believe you’ll pass without any problems, Taegyeong.”
“Aunt always says that, but don’t get complacent. I’ll mention in advance that you’re preparing to transfer to the company and that you were active under a different name in the association…”
“No matter how favorably you speak of me, the most important thing is still for me to earn that person’s trust, right?”
“Yes, exactly.”
She was the highest-ranking active hunter in South Korea, holding nearly every first-and-youngest title imaginable. The thought of how strict she might be in person made me a little nervous. On top of that, as the sole remaining SSS-class hunter in the country, she was also the person closest to my own goal. A faint sense of admiration stirred within me.
While I was thinking like a fresh graduate preparing for his first job interview, Kang Hye-eun murmured quietly once we reached the crosswalk.
“This is where we split up.”
Continuing straight would take us to the association building, while crossing over and heading the opposite direction led to the company. In any case, it was time for me and the two of them to part ways physically.
“Work hard today. Next time, let’s commute together without splitting up.”
“Yeah, let’s do that.”
“And……”
The way Hye-eun kept glancing around before locking eyes with me made it easy to guess what she wanted. I leaned in toward her slightly offered face and pressed my lips to hers. At the fork before we parted, we shared a very brief, fleeting kiss.
“You work hard too, Hye-eun.”
“Yeah… Thanks to you, I think I’ll be able to focus.”
After seeing her blush with happiness, I subtly turned my gaze toward Eunyeong noona. She had been watching our skinship in silence and now awkwardly looked away.
“You should get one too, Eunyeong noona. A goodbye kiss.”
“…Don’t say such silly things. A woman my age acting so shameless…”
“No one thinks that about you. And what’s wrong with being a little shameless? I don’t mind at all.”
“…Hye-eun is watching, you know.”
“I’m fine with it, so Mom, just hurry up and kiss Taegyeong already.”
“…Hye-eun?”
I hadn’t expected assistance from Kang Hye-eun’s side, so her reaction caught me off guard. Maybe something during the night had shifted her feelings. In any case, this change in attitude was positive, so it wasn’t bad for me at all.
“Do you think I’d complain about Mom kissing Taegyeong at this point? It’s fine, so just kiss him.”
Even the daughter I thought would object was now urging us on. Eunyeong noona finally drew her previously evasive gaze back to me.
“……”
She tilted her head forward the tiniest fraction, expressing just enough consent not to refuse. It was all the invitation I needed to pull her close and share a quick kiss.
A kiss so short it barely lasted a second, yet more than enough to heighten our emotions.
“…Work hard, my son.”
“Yes. You too, noona.”
The crosswalk signal changed at just the right moment. She hurried across the eight-lane road.
By the way, Hye-eun really has become gentle these past few months. When I first revealed my awakening abilities, she used to cry and explode with jealousy. Now her heart had grown wide enough that she could willingly allow me to kiss another woman right in front of her.
“…Just one more time.”
“Huh…?”
She still hadn’t crossed. She mumbled something beside me, then the same sensation returned near my lips once more.
“…Still, you have to love me more than Mom.”
Having stolen a second goodbye kiss in the blink of an eye, she barely made it across the road just before the light changed. The moment the signal switched and countless cars began streaming over the crosswalk, she naturally disappeared from sight alongside Eunyeong noona.
She had grown more generous, but her jealousy remained firmly intact. I wondered what kind of reaction she would show if she ever encountered my other women—like Do Sihui or Senior Hwayoung—whom she didn’t yet know about. …I could only hope she wouldn’t recreate the battle scene I had witnessed in that alley the previous evening.
In the open sea between the islands of Indonesia, a yacht carrying a blonde chaebol heiress and a black-haired maid sliced through the water with a refreshing sea breeze. The only sign that the person steering the yacht was a maid was the single head dress perched on her head. The rest of her clothes lay neatly folded on one side of the deck.
A maid standing completely naked in the middle of the ocean, steering a sailing yacht like some kind of slut. Across the entire world, Eunbyeol was probably the only one who fit that description.
“Hngh… haaaang…!”
Even with her owner sharing the same space, she let out vulgar moans while piloting the yacht in nothing but her bare skin. Since the entire act had been permitted by her master, Do Sihui, there was no reason to hold back.
“Since today is the last time, enjoy it to your heart’s content. You’ll probably have to suppress those secret desires of yours for a while again…”
“Yeees…! Hnghhh…!!”
Indonesia’s equatorial climate never dropped below twenty degrees, even in October. It was the perfect environment for Eunbyeol, who felt ecstasy from shedding her clothes in the heart of nature, to indulge her hobby.
Of course, as Do Sihui had said, this would be the last time for such deviant behavior.
Every task the pair had needed to handle in Indonesia was now complete. Today marked the end of the Kraken corpse analysis that had required dozens of round trips over three full weeks. The remaining cleanup would be left to the staff still on the island. As a relatively busy A-class hunter and chaebol heiress, Do Sihui had left the island first with her exclusive maid.
Naturally, claiming she was busy and needed to return early was only half the truth. The greater purpose was to satisfy the sexual tastes of her longtime friend and loyal servant, Maid Eunbyeol.
Maid Eunbyeol—real name Geum Nari. Once considered a strong candidate to inherit the Geumhyang Group, the reason she now served as Do Sihui’s maid was because she had been completely pushed out of the family’s succession race.
She had reached B-class with the so-called mediocre green mana, but that level of power alone could not secure victory in the Geumhyang Group’s brutal competition. Her two older sisters had used their own awakening abilities to exploit her at will. The moment that truth came to light, she was driven out of the succession structure for exposing the family’s shame and nearly forced into a political marriage as a discarded pawn. She had run away from home three years ago.
Had things continued unchanged, she would have been sold off in marriage to some old man staring down his twilight years. Not only would she have faced an unsatisfying future through a marriage she never wanted, but her special sexual inclinations would have been crushed entirely. Fortunately, thanks to the help of her old friend Do Sihui, Geum Nari had been able to hide her identity by disguising herself as her exclusive maid.
Do Sihui, who possessed an equally unique set of desires, felt a strong inner bond with her. Of course, she couldn’t run forever. It was possible the Geumhyang Group had already discovered that Geum Nari was living as Maid Eunbyeol. Even so, Do Sihui intended to protect her as much as her influence allowed.
As a comrade who had once shared the pain of abnormal sexual urges, Do Sihui genuinely wished for Geum Nari’s happiness—just as she wished for her own.
“Hnghh…! Haaaaang…!!”
…Watching that vulgar figure squirting in climax at the edge of the yacht, it was hard not to wonder whether any man in the world could truly love her.