A Lady Who Wants to Be Comforted (1)
The same day, at the same time, inside the grand residence of the Dogyeong Group.
A chaebol heiress with flowing golden hair and icy eyes strode down the mansion corridor, her heels clicking with clear irritation.
“Ugh…! That damn sister of mine…!”
Do Sihui, the second daughter of the Divine Archer Do family, spat out her frustration as she returned to her room. The moment her maid Eunbyeol, who had been walking beside her, opened the door, Sihui could no longer hold back and threw herself onto the bed.
“Grrrrrr…!!”
She had believed that once she returned from Indonesia, all the accumulated hardship and stress would be fully rewarded. Yet her passionate plan to earn her mother’s recognition had once again been completely crushed by her older sister, Do Yehui. With nowhere left to vent the enormous pressure, all she could do was bury her face in a pillow and scream as much as she could bear.
“Why! Why does she always have to ruin everything just for me…!!”
To prevent the ugly sight of Sihui throwing a tantrum like a child from leaking outside, Eunbyeol quietly closed the bedroom door.
“You’ve worked hard, Master.”
Although she was Sihui’s exclusive servant, as a mere employee she could not carelessly speak ill of her sister or mother. The only comfort Eunbyeol could offer was something this modest.
There had once been a time when they fought side by side as fellow hunters from the same foundation, treating each other as equals. But now her status was nothing more nor less than a servant of the Dogyeong Group.
“Aaaagh…! Do Yehui! Do Yeheeeei…!!”
Even Eunbyeol’s consolation failed to ease her rage. Sihui kept shouting her half-sister’s name, still far from satisfied.
“This time…! This time I really worked so hard…!!”
“I know, Master. I watched from your side how much effort you poured into finishing this task.”
“It’s so unfair…!! I worked hard too! Why does it always have to be my sister even on a day like this!!”
The sight of Sihui kicking her legs wildly on the bed while throwing a fit was quite different from the refined image she usually showed the outside world. It was a shameful, childish disgrace she could never let her beloved see. If Kim Seongcheol ever witnessed this, she would probably want to throw herself out the third-floor window. But since it was her longtime friend Eunbyeol—who had already seen far more embarrassing sides of her—she felt no restraint in unleashing her emotions.
The reason Sihui was furious with her half-sister Do Yehui was simple. After barely preventing her family’s private land in Indonesia from turning into a dungeon and spending nearly a month perfectly cleaning up the aftermath, she had been brimming with hope that this time her mother would finally acknowledge her qualifications as a proper successor.
Yet the news of her achievement had been completely overshadowed by the announcement that her sister had been promoted to A+-class Hunter. The thought that an entire month of suffering had been rendered meaningless left Sihui grinding her teeth in resentment.
“How does my sister always manage to drop some other huge news exactly when I accomplish something?! No matter how I look at it, it can only be deliberate. What a disgusting hobby!”
“You mentioned that Lady Do Yehui’s promotion test took place about a month ago. Perhaps she truly was waiting for you, Master.”
“She waited until the exact day I was reporting my Kraken subjugation to Mother, then bragged about her promotion at the same time! I worked so hard for a whole month to finish this perfectly!!”
It had always been like this since they were children. Whenever Sihui poured everything into creating an achievement others would admire, her sister would soon appear with something even more overwhelming.
When Sihui graduated from higher education and reached B-class Hunter in just one year, her sister—who was only a year older—came bearing news of her own promotion to A-class.
On the day Sihui first succeeded in using the family’s secret technique, Triple Shot, her sister summoned seven earth golems at once using her unique earth magic.
And this time, after achieving the incredible feat of defeating an S-class monster, the Kraken, and preventing the dungeonification of their private property, even that monumental accomplishment had been utterly buried by the news of her sister’s promotion to A+-class.
From Sihui’s perspective, it felt as if her sister existed solely to stand in her way every single time.
“And on top of that, she kept pestering me with endless questions about Mr. Seongcheol, who helped me hunt the Kraken! I told her several times I wouldn’t say anything!”
“You handled that part very skillfully, Master.”
“The moment she finds out who he is, she’ll definitely try to steal him for her own team. That greedy woman would never let him go.”
Having already lost several party members to her sister in the past, Sihui’s suspicion was perfectly reasonable. Among all the people who had once been in her party, the only one who had never received a scouting offer from Do Yehui was Geum Nari—in other words, the maid Eunbyeol.
And even after forcibly taking Sihui’s teammates and making things awkward, her sister would soon grow tired of them and toss them aside. To Sihui, it truly seemed her half-sister lived only to torment her. It was nothing short of a twisted hobby.
“Damn Do Yehui… Haa…”
Would the day ever come when she could surpass her sister?
Watching Sihui sob face-down on the bed in frustration, Eunbyeol whispered softly.
“It seems you’ve accumulated quite a lot of stress. Wouldn’t it be good to schedule a meeting with Mr. Kim Seongcheol to lift your spirits?”
The frantic kicking of Sihui’s legs suddenly stopped.
Indeed, even in her own mind, the only person who could resolve these feelings was Kim Seongcheol alone. It would also be the perfect chance to relieve the stress and sexual frustration that had built up over the past month.
The problem was that she had grown so afraid of contacting him first that she hadn’t reached out even once in the week since finishing her work.
It had already been a full month since they last saw each other. They had gone on a summer vacation together to Indonesia in mid-September, and the time spent dealing with the annoying incidents that occurred during the holiday season had added up to a month.
She was terrified he might have completely forgotten her in that time, so she kept hesitating. Of course she knew that the man she loved would never forget her. Still, she couldn’t be entirely certain that someone like her—an unpleasant woman—could keep his love forever.
As she had heard before, she already knew he had several other women he slept with besides her. It seemed he took great pleasure in relieving the pent-up sexual frustration of women who, like her, could not move on to the next stage because of their accumulated desires. Out of respect for him, she tried not to interfere with his private life as much as possible.
Yet the longer time passed, the more she couldn’t help but worry that her position around him was growing unstable.
She maintained her appearance and figure with strict discipline, so it wasn’t as if he was forcing himself on her. But when she wondered whether she possessed superior feminine charm compared to ordinary women, the answer became rather ambiguous.
What worried her most was, of course, her sexual preference. Although she could not aggressively pounce on a man like a wild beast, she felt intense sexual excitement when overpowered and taken by force. And ever since she began her relationship with him, the intensity of the satisfaction she craved had only grown higher with each passing day.
From their very first meeting, they had done anal sex and cleaning fellatio. Then there was spanking while he thrust into her, and the merciless deepthroat that pushed his cock all the way down her throat. During their last vacation, he had even finished by shoving hard ice cream into both her cum-filled holes.
Even though their relationship treated her almost like an object—or worse—Sihui found herself feeling stronger and stronger sexual satisfaction.
…Even she herself sometimes wondered if she had gone a little insane.
If any other man, or rather any normal person, saw her leaking semen with hard ice cream stuffed into both holes on the beach, any affection they felt for her would vanish instantly. Except for Eunbyeol, who shared similarly shameful fetishes that could not be spoken of in public.
Of course, every act had been carried out under his lead, so all of it was probably part of his own preferences. But if a woman appeared who possessed similar looks and family background yet had a normal sexual taste, could Sihui really win against her?
Every time she became aware of her own abnormal fetish, such thoughts inevitably crossed her mind.
“…I-I’ll contact him later. If I suddenly message him, it might trouble Mr. Seongcheol, right?”
“Isn’t the whole point of contacting him in advance to prevent that very trouble and set up a meeting?”
“……”
“If you truly cannot do it yourself, I will contact him on your behalf.”
With those words, Eunbyeol opened the smartphone she usually managed for Sihui and began typing a message in an old open chat room.
“Seong. Cheol. Sir. The. Work. Has. Been. Fi. Nished. So. Now…”
“Aaaah! No! Stop, Eunbyeol!”
Sihui, who had jumped up from the bed at some point, snatched the phone from Eunbyeol’s hands and hurriedly corrected the text. Eunbyeol simply stared at her with an exasperated look.
“……”
“…I meant I would send it myself, so stop. Don’t misunderstand, Eunbyeol.”
“Yes. I apologize for overstepping my bounds.”
“I-I really was going to send it myself, okay?! I was seriously about to contact him first!”
“Yes. I do not doubt you.”
“Ugh…!!”
Confirming that the subtle, doubtful gaze had not disappeared, Sihui opened her own smartphone and quickly typed out a KakaoTalk message. Half-impulsively, she sent it.
Sihui proudly showed Eunbyeol the KakaoTalk window with the sent message.
“See? Sending a casual KakaoTalk message to a man is nothing at all for this Do Sihui!”
“Yes, you did very well, Master.”
“……Good, as long as you understand.”
For some reason, Sihui couldn’t shake the feeling that she had been smoothly baited.