Chapter 24
Chapter 24
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 24
Chapter Title: Spice Called Jealousy 1
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A long, long day finally came to an end.
I had planned to exchange light greetings with my care target Han Min-jeong, hear about her flaw, and head back, but the date had changed before I knew it.
“Ah… I’m really gonna die.”
The saying that sex is exercise suddenly felt all too real.
It had only been once, but it was such an intensely thick one.
My physical and mental fatigue was no joke, as if I’d fought a war.
“Since I showered at the hotel, I should just crash right away.”
As I trudged along, I naturally passed by Se-ah Sister’s place next door.
‘Sister’s probably already asleep, right?’
It was well past midnight, and from a glance, not a single light was on at Se-ah Sister’s.
I hadn’t made any plans to meet up, but she’d called several times, so it weighed on my mind.
She’d probably reached out out of concern or curiosity about my meeting with Han Min-jeong, whom we’d worked with before.
When I noticed the missed calls, it was too late at night, so I figured calling back would be rude and headed straight home.
“Phew…”
Letting out a deep sigh, I opened the familiar front door of my house and stepped inside.
With the thud of the door closing, as I was about to enter the silent house, a strange sense of incongruity hit me.
‘Is someone here?’
After being away all day, the house should have felt chilly, but it didn’t.
Standing at the entrance, I peered into the thick darkness blanketing the house, but the bright entrance light made it hard to see.
“Gulp…”
Tension rising, I swallowed dryly and forcibly shook my fatigue-dulled nerves awake.
Info about a small monster called a Hunter targeting Care Supporters flashed through my mind.
Slowly reaching for the pistol I’d never used in real combat, the entrance light suddenly flicked off.
Flinch!
As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I saw something standing stock-still in the middle of the living room.
‘A person?’
Even small ones, monsters were larger than an adult male, so they’d stand out.
An unidentified intruder slightly shorter than me.
Wondering if I should use the suppression pistol on a burglar, I quickly recalled my training when two eyes suddenly lit up in the darkness like will-o’-the-wisps.
The moment I saw the violet irises reminiscent of violets, a strange relief washed over me.
“Haaa… what the heck. It’s Se-ah Sister.”
Probably because we’d lived together for so long, and I couldn’t imagine anyone else with such distinctive eye color.
Sighing deeply, I took off my shoes and stepped inside, but Sister stood stock-still in the living room.
“Sister…?”
Weird.
Standing motionless in the middle of the living room shrouded in darkness, she stared fixedly at me without a twitch.
Her posture, gazing without even blinking, felt eerily creepy and bizarre, belated chills crawling up my spine.
She wore her usual baggy, stretched-out sweats, looking perfectly normal and familiar on the surface, but the vibe was off.
No answer to my call, no reaction.
Anxiety rising from my feet, I stepped into the living room and froze.
‘Hold on? Something’s wrong… In the dark, do human eyes really glow like that?’
There was a reason my gaze had locked first on the violet irises floating alone like will-o’-the-wisps in the darkness.
Sister’s eyes glowed with mana’s light even in the dark, burning as if self-illuminating.
“……Mana?”
Retired Magical Girls went to extremes to avoid drawing up mana.
But drawing it like that meant she’d lost self-control—definitely a flaw manifestation.
“Damn!”
The moment I reached to draw the pistol I’d holstered, Sister’s figure vanished before my eyes.
No, precisely—in the blink of an eye, she closed the distance and tackled me.
Thud!
“Argh?!”
Before I could even register being tackled by Se-ah Sister, my body toppled backward, pain surging from my back as a scream burst out involuntarily.
‘Didn’t something like this happen before? This is what they call déjà vu, right?’
The moment I’d learned the shocking truth that Sister was a retired Magical Girl and gotten tackled flashed through my mind.
“Huff! Huff! Huff!”
Hot breath scorching my face poured down.
My head spun from the impact to the back of my skull, but the damp saliva wetting my face forced my eyelids open—revealing Sister deep in heat.
Violet eyes burning with mana in the darkness, drooling like a beast starved for days.
‘Did the pistol fly off when I fell?’
Carefully groping my waist, it seemed the impact had dislodged it.
First priority: stabilize the manifested Magical Girl.
“Sister. Hold on! Why all of a sudden?!”
I tried talking first, but she kept panting, staring down at me.
Her nose twitched, then she buried her face in my neck.
“Sniff sniff.”
Having just met sadistic-flawed Han Min-jeong, my mind skewed one way.
I worried she’d bite my neck, but she just sniffed.
“……Flower scent.”
Flinch!
The words slipping from Sister’s mouth sent chills down my spine.
Cautiously glancing down at her.
The violet eyes peering up from my neck blazed with jealous flames.
“Ah, th-that, well, Sister…”
My voice shrank like a husband caught cheating in an instant.
No, I’d just done something no different until moments ago, so I had no excuse.
At my timid attitude, her glare grew even more menacing.
“What’d you do with Min-jeong Sister.”
“Ahem! Uh, well…”
“Min-jeong Sister runs a flower shop, but what could possibly make you come home stinking of flowers this strong~?”
Under the jealous Magical Girl’s grilling, I could only flounder with my mouth.
Even manifested, she conversed clearly without slurring—making it even creepier.
She was clearly feeling jealousy so intense it suppressed the flaw.
‘Lie? Or tell the truth…’
Sister noticed my hesitation.
Her usually languid eyes narrowed sharply, filling with even greater jealous flames.
Lies beget bigger lies.
And ultimately carve irreparable emotional chasms.
With a beast growling like it’d rip out my neck any second straddling my belly, I recounted what happened today.
Of course, hiding the key confidential detail: Han Min-jeong’s specific flaw.
“……That’s how it went.”
I ended up confessing honestly that the flaw had led to intimacy with Han Min-jeong.
At some point, straddling me and panting like she’d devour my neck right then, Sister listened quietly to my words.
‘Silence hurts.’
Better if she’d raged or cried, clashed some emotion—but she stayed silent.
Face buried in my chest, leaning still without a word or movement.
As I cautiously hugged her and opened my mouth for a sincere apology, a chilling sensation swept my neck.
“Lick!”
“Hik?!”
A wet, rough tongue dragged long across my neck, drawing a shrill yelp from me before I knew it.
“Sister?! Wh-what?!”
Panicking to shove her off, but she wouldn’t budge, heavy as lead.
Impossible, I thought, trying again—but overpowering a manifested Magical Girl using even a tiny bit of mana with brute force was futile.
“Lick, lick, lick.”
“Ugh…! Ahh?”
Sister slowly started from my neck, licking my shoulders and collarbone like she was claiming me with her scent.
The ticklish, ecstatic sensation made my legs tremble on their own, but the situation was too dire to savor it.
Looking down at her licking my upper body with just my head raised, the jealous female’s eyes gleamed fiercely in the dark.
‘I’m screwed.’
That was the thought the moment I saw her state.
We’d endured and held back for so long to finally become lovers, but I’d cheated not even long after.
Head might understand, but how many could truly accept it?
Sister was clearly channeling those emotions on the verge of explosion into lust.
“Sister. Sister, wait…! At least…!”
Even if we did it, not right by the front door, in bed—those words died in my throat at her murderous glare.
“Lick, lick, smack, slurp, slurrrp…!”
Rip!
To widen her licking range, she started tearing my shirt barehanded.
‘It’s an expensive shirt!’
Not a luxury brand, but made of natural material with a soft texture—definitely pricey.
I couldn’t just watch my expensive shirt rip.
I shouldn’t have, but in desperation, I slipped up.
I grabbed her face firmly without thinking.
“Ah…”
Locking eyes with fierce purple irises peeking between my fingers, cold sweat poured down.
It was pure survival instinct, like grabbing a carnivore’s face barehanded.
“……”
Her eyes narrowed slenderly, glinting with interest.
“Ah, haha… s-sorry, Sister. You were gonna rip my expensive shirt, so I couldn’t help… Hiya???!!!”
Desperately making excuses, the soft, wet sensation on my palm made me scream.
‘Wh-what?! Did Sister just lick my palm?!’
My palm was right at her mouth.
I’d figured hot breaths blasting out, but between them, soft wet flesh suddenly darted forth, enveloping and licking my palm.