Chapter 129
“……” Yoo Dahui lay nestled in my arms, catching her breath. She couldn’t lift her head, burying her face deep against my chest. I held her tight, giving her time to collect her thoughts.
When her breathing finally steadied and the sweat had cooled, I patted her back and asked, “Feeling any better now?”
“Huuu…”
Yoo Dahui slipped out of my embrace and stood on her own. Her face was a complete mess from the accident, yet somehow it only looked adorable. I didn’t ask how she felt about it. There would be plenty of time for that once she grew used to this sort of thing.
Elena spoke up. “By the narrowest margin, Miss Dahui’s little accident caused her to lose the contest.”
“…I know that. Why bring it up right now… It’s humiliating…”
I had just calmed her down, but one word from Elena sent Yoo Dahui blushing furiously as she dropped her gaze again.
Yoo Dahui had wet herself. She failed to hold back her climax and her body had declared defeat. Just as Elena said, the bet ended in my complete victory.
Yoo Dahui looked up at me. Those drooping, miserable eyes made her look so pitiful I almost felt sorry for her.
“…Since I lost, I have to pay the price, right?” she muttered weakly.
I nearly told her she didn’t have to. No. That won’t do.
I had wagered my own asshole, after all. If I had been the loser, I would have had to surrender my anal virginity to her. A month without masturbation or sex? That was laughably light compared to what I had put on the line.
Suddenly Yoo Dahui started sneaking glances at me, her eyes rolling around as she tried to read my mood. Our gazes met.
This bitch…?
Mind Reading ON.
Maybe he’ll let me off? He might, right? It was just a joke. We were wearing masks and roleplaying.
No masturbation or sex for a month? Doesn’t that mean Kim Jinwu won’t sleep with me either?
I can’t do this. Telling me not to do anything for a whole month? I’ll lose my mind. I’ll die.
If I act pathetic enough, maybe he’ll take pity. I wet myself. I even pissed. That should be enough, shouldn’t it?
Mind Reading OFF.
I hardened my heart immediately. I had almost fallen for her little beauty trap. All sympathy was tossed into the wind as I slowly lowered my mask. Wake up from that dream.
“Miss Dahui, you just need to swear the Mana Oath.”
“Jinwoo-ya…”
“Throwing a tantrum won’t change anything. Please swear that from today onward, for one full month, you will not masturbate or have sex.”
“Just this once. Please?”
“Hehe. No can do.”
With her tear-streaked, ruined face, she clung to my arm and tried acting cute. I couldn’t stop the laughter from slipping out. I barely pulled myself together and explained.
“If you keep your promises, I’ll be able to trust you next time too, won’t I?”
When you make a bet, the loser has to pay the price. If we start arbitrarily reducing that price, the entire meaning of the wager disappears.
Yoo Dahui pouted and glared at me. When her final trick failed, she openly showed her displeasure. Then, as if rethinking her approach, she nodded.
“Just you wait. Next time I’m going to win for sure.”
The mana inside her body began to vibrate.
⟨ Mana Oath ⟩
The Mana Oath has been applied.
Player ‘Yoo Dahui’ is now forbidden from masturbation and sexual activity for one month due to Player ‘Kim Jinwu’s victory.
The Mana Oath had taken hold. Starting today, Yoo Dahui would be unable to relieve her sexual urges for an entire month.
She scrunched up her face. “I’m already annoyed…”
The play was over. I took off my mask and stored it in my inventory. When we stepped outside the shop, the sun was already rising.
Causing a damn scene since the crack of dawn…
Seol-ah, who had been crouching in the corner, scurried over.
“W-White Mask…?”
I hadn’t planned on showing my real face. But after going all out—getting my asshole licked and everything else—in front of Isilia, Elena, and Yoo Dahui, I had basically handed over every clue. There was no point hiding anymore.
If anyone wanted to find me, they would track down Isilia, Elena, or Yoo Dahui. Eventually they would discover me standing right beside them.
“Grab whatever you need from the shop.”
“The dragon is blocking the shop. White Mask, I don’t understand what’s happening. Why are you only sparing us?”
“Because you won the match. That’s why I’m letting you live.”
“You’re sparing us just for that? Those others are women, though…”
“If I feel like sparing them, I spare them. Stop asking questions and hurry up and gather your things before heading back to the village.”
Seol-ah stood there sullenly and asked, “…You. You liked me, didn’t you? You liked my body, so you were helping me…”
“No, so shut your mouth. Do you want to die?”
At Seol-ah’s sudden wild assumption, I felt a chill run down my spine from behind me. I didn’t bother turning around. Seol-ah was already sneaking glances behind me and trembling on her own.
“R-right… I should do that…”
She answered awkwardly and slipped into the shop. No one stopped Seol-ah from shopping.
“That sister is really misunderstanding the situation.”
“She really is.”
“Maybe it’s because you came inside her?”
I kept my mouth shut at Yoo Dahui’s remark. It was so accurate I couldn’t even argue.
“Ugh… How am I supposed to survive a whole month…”
“You’ll manage just fine.”
“It’s not your problem, so of course you can say it so casually…”
Yoo Dahui’s face crumpled completely. “You’re really okay with not being able to have sex with me?”
“No, I’m not okay with it.”
“Then why make me swear something like that?”
She shook my arm violently, pulling and pushing as if venting her frustration.
“Just because. I’m curious what kind of person you’ll be after a month.”
“Kim Jinwu, you’re so annoying!”
Yoo Dahui hissed angrily and stormed off toward the house. Since she had been up since dawn, she was probably going to take a nap.
Once Yoo Dahui left, only Isilia and Elena remained. From the moment the bizarre bet began, Isilia had been watching silently like a corpse.
“Want to make a bet under the Submission Oath?”
“Would you do it if you were me, you bastard?!”
“…Yeah, even if it was me, I probably wouldn’t have.”
Isilia drooped as well. A slave’s life under Pluto with no dreams or hope. She was probably rotting away mentally.
Even military service was that shitty. I can only imagine how bad it is for her.
While I felt some sympathy, another part of me was genuinely displeased.
No, fuck. Aren’t I being way too nice? Isn’t someone like me a good master?
That dragon-headed bitch. She’ll only realize how precious I am after suffering under a truly terrible owner.
“Just get lost.”
I chased Isilia away too. Maybe because I had been cumming nonstop yesterday and today, I had zero desire to do it again. Even the sight of those magnificent horns did nothing for me.
“White Mask. I bought everything.”
When I turned, Seol-ah emerged from the shop after finishing her shopping. She must have emptied every last coin she had. Her inventory was probably bursting.
“But… you’re going down too, right?”
“Huh?”
“You’re staying here…? No matter how I look at it, you all seem close, so I thought maybe you weren’t planning to descend…”
Seol-ah couldn’t hide her anxiety. She clearly hoped I would go with her.
“I’m not going down.”
“Ah…”
She drooped in obvious disappointment. Everyone seemed to slump their shoulders so openly. It was almost funny.
Thanks to Seol-ah, I had genuinely enjoyed the last two days. I was truly grateful for that.
“…Yeah. If a man says he’s leaving, a woman’s role is to send him off with a smile. How could she possibly hold him back?”
Seol-ah began removing the clothes she was wearing. She neatly folded the tunic and pants she had worn only because of me, then pulled out her signature cheongsam and slipped it on.
Now that I had drawn such a clear line, regret washed over me. Even though my face had been hidden by the mask, we had still shared our bodies.
“Can’t you come up instead?”
“There are children who only have me. They’ve lost their guardian. I can’t abandon them.”
“Really?”
Then why not just bring them all? Seol-ah asked dumbly, “What?”
“I mean, wouldn’t it be fine to bring all of them? You could build houses here, and there are plenty of empty ones over there.”
Seol-ah looked around the area near the shop with a dazed expression. Surprisingly, there were quite a few intact buildings not far away—all properties that had once belonged to Wang Gohan’s gang.
“…Is that really okay?”
“There’s no rule saying it isn’t.”
Seol-ah made a tearful face and picked up the neatly folded clothes.
“Damn it, I was trying to look cool…”
She couldn’t bring herself to change back, so she stored the clothes in her inventory and muttered. She had just reconnected the line she had tried to sever while acting tough.
“So you really do like my body, huh? That’s why you’re taking care of me like this…”
“Shut your mouth and go bring the people.”
“…Understood.”
It felt strangely awkward to end things so cleanly with a woman who had licked my cock and sucked my asshole just to survive. Seol-ah practically flew down the path. She wasn’t weak; if she ran seriously, she would arrive in no time.
One by one they left. In the end, only Elena remained at my side.
“Why leave only me? Do you have something to say?” Elena asked, surprisingly curt. Her twitching ears gave her away—it was just a front. Deep down she had probably been hoping it would end up just the two of us.
Or maybe I’m overthinking it. Whatever.
“Something to say? Of course I do.”
“I-is that so…? Ahem.”
The corners of Elena’s mouth kept twitching upward. She tried hard to suppress it and forced a blank expression.
“If you have something to say, say it now. While there’s still time, tell me in advance.”
“…Really?”
“Yeah. Anything is fine. I can accept it all.”
“Then help me with my training a little.”
“If it’s for Miss Dahui, no matter what you want, I’ll… Hm?”
Elena, who had been rambling, suddenly realized something was off and stared at me. I felt the same. Who would have guessed that after what seemed like the end of her sentence, another part would come tacked on like a tail?
Elena hung her head, shoulders slumping as she muttered, “…Forget it. Just forget what I said.”
“Why would I?”
“Just forget it if I tell you to.”
“No.”
Suddenly, thanks to Elena, a humiliating memory resurfaced—the way she had grabbed my ankle and pulled, exposing my ass completely to Seol-ah.
“You seemed pretty eager to help Seol-ah earlier.”
“…It’s a misunderstanding.”
“What misunderstanding?”
Elena avoided my eyes. No matter how hard I tried to meet them, she kept turning away. Back when I had been leaning against that chair with my ass on full display, I had seen her face. I still hadn’t forgotten that vile, laughing expression.
“Still, thanks to you I had a valuable experience. Who would have thought I’d feel a living person’s tongue on my asshole in this lifetime? It was quite the novelty.”
“…Don’t mock me.”
“I’m not mocking you. I’m just saying. Hoo, later I should ask Elysha to lick it for me.”
“Y-you bastard! You trash! Why are you dragging Princess Elysha into this again?!”
“It’s my choice. What about it? Then will you do it instead of Elysha?”
Elena’s pupils shook violently, vibrating as if an earthquake had struck. A mixture of disgust and strange anticipation swirled within them. The former was likely her fundamental revulsion toward licking an asshole. The latter came from the twisted sacrificial roleplay of doing it in Elysha’s place.
The answer was already decided. This spoiled knight commander would do anything if it was “instead of Elysha.” She had even handled my sexual relief in her place, getting excited and sobbing all by herself.
“…I’ll do it. Instead of Princess Elysha, I will lick your a-a-asshole.”
“Good. Can I look forward to it?”
I had only meant to tease her, but saying the words out loud left me feeling strangely unsettled.
So basically I just asked if it’s okay to look forward to Elena licking my asshole.
What the hell…
I decided not to dwell on the topic any longer. Elena was staring at me with an expression full of anticipation, but I didn’t continue. That wasn’t the important matter right now.
“Anyway, what I wanted to say was…”
“Wasn’t that what you were going to say? Asking me to lick your asshole.”
“No. What exactly did you hear? Before the anal stuff, I asked you to help with my training.”
“Y-yeah, that’s right. Geez… If anyone heard, they’d think I was some pervert expecting weird things.”
I had no intention of dragging this out, so I kept my mouth shut.
“Hurry up and help me. I need to hunt the Black Imugi and awaken too.”