Chapter 56
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 56
Chapter Title: How Do Girls Even Have Sex...?
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Sia’s suggestion left Yesol hesitating before she replied.
“...I’d love to, but you must be really busy.”
“Isn’t unnie even busier? Dealing with gates and sorting out the succubus issue...”
“Well...”
“Hm... Actually, I feel kinda embarrassed now for suggesting it so thoughtlessly.”
“No, no! I’m grateful you even offered! It’s such a rare opportunity...”
Yesol waved her hands as she spoke, and Sia let out a small laugh.
Yesol felt her face strangely heating up and averted her gaze.
‘I’m not imagining it... she’s coming onto me, right?’
It was too blatant to dismiss as just her imagination.
Take the divine power infusions, for example.
Before, it had been just light touches on the shoulder or hand like with anyone else, but now it felt like she was subtly caressing her body.
And then using the succubus visit as an excuse to come see her, or straight-up trying to spend more time together like this—it was impossible not to suspect something.
Honestly... considering her promiscuous nature, maybe it was only natural.
‘But if you ask if I hate that...’
She couldn’t say she definitely did.
It just felt oddly thrilling.
This was the first time she’d felt this way about a woman, after all.
Sure, she’d once been a man, but now she was prettier and cuter than most girls...
The one sticking point was that so many of her friends and little sisters were already dating her...
“You free this day?”
“Yeah... But, are you sure you’re okay doing this with someone like me...? I’m nowhere near your level...”
Separate from her joy, those thoughts couldn’t be helped.
The gap in their skills was obvious even to a child.
It was basically her offering to train Yesol under the guise of sparring.
This wasn’t the time to worry about pride... but it was hard to ignore completely.
With how busy she’d be from now on, she didn’t want to burden Sia unnecessarily.
At that moment, Sia—who had been half-pleading with a cute smile—shifted to a serious expression.
Yesol unconsciously stepped back at the sudden change.
“It might sound funny coming from someone who hasn’t known you long... but you don’t need to rush so much. You should take pride in your skills. Sparring with you actually helps me too, that’s why I suggested it.”
“...Yeah.”
Yesol chewed her lower lip.
It was humiliating to be comforted by someone so much younger.
But at the same time, she couldn’t help feeling pleased to hear it.
It was just words, but to someone starved for recognition, even that felt precious.
Seeing Yesol’s expression soften, Sia impulsively pressed her lips to her cheek.
-*smack*♡
“...Huh? Wh-what?”
“Ah, s-sorry... It’s a habit, I didn’t mean to...”
Even Sia seemed startled, as it hadn’t been intentional.
Sia gave an awkward laugh and rubbed the back of her neck.
Yesol’s face stiffened like a rusty tin doll as she struggled to move her lips.
“N-no, it’s fine, really.”
“I’m really, really sorry.”
The two stared at each other awkwardly.
Yesol’s eyes flicked back and forth between Sia’s eyes and lips.
Noticing, Sia playfully tilted her head side to side, and Yesol’s gaze followed like a magnet.
“Kuk...”
“...!”
Sia chuckled softly, and Yesol bowed her head, her face flushing red.
“Ah, it’s about time. I’ll go meet the others then.”
“Okay. For the gate, just use the spot I mentioned earlier... Mmph...”
-*muah*♡
As Yesol lifted her head to reply, having snapped out of it, Sia planted another kiss on her other cheek.
“Thanks. See you later!”
Sia giggled as she left the room, and Yesol collapsed into her chair like her strings had been cut.
Leaning back against the headrest, she let out hot breaths in succession.
She rubbed furiously at the spots where she’d been kissed.
The first one could generously be called a mistake... but the second couldn’t be brushed off that way—and shouldn’t be.
Her mind kept replaying the feel of those lips.
Yesol shook her head and slapped her cheeks repeatedly to snap out of it.
Rubbing her flushed cheeks—red for two reasons now—she focused on her monitor.
“Work, just work...”
She tried shoving Sia-related thoughts to the corner of her mind... but it stayed filled with her.
‘Am I... finally losing my virginity...? To a girl...?’
Sia hadn’t even properly seduced her yet, but Yesol was already half-fallen.
Having spent so many years without a real relationship, she had little resistance to this.
‘If it had been something lewd, maybe...’
This innocent stuff was harder to handle.
“Innocent... sounds weird. She’s got tons of girls already...”
Her lingering inferiority and jealousy toward Sia still simmered... but the confusing heartbeat was making her head spin.
Objectively, Sia had plenty of appeal, but the flaw of having too many women and being so promiscuous stood out.
Yet here she was ignoring that—it was weird even to her.
‘She said she was cursed by the succubi...’
Maybe that was connected?
It was baseless speculation... but otherwise, it didn’t add up.
‘But... how do girls even have sex...?’
Do they... just rub together?
How do you rub?
Or... do they use dildos or something?
Lost in those thoughts, Yesol couldn’t focus on work and opened her browser.
[How girls have sex...]
The more she searched, the hotter her body grew.
Feeling stifled, she undid a few shirt buttons.
Yesol didn’t even notice her hand slipping between her legs as she dove into the videos.
“Hnn...♡”
Between her thighs, it was growing steadily wetter.
“Well, well, if it isn’t the traitor who didn’t even come pick up her girlfriend yesterday.”
“What’re you saying? I waited the first day—that should be enough. Who knows what kinda weird stuff I’d get put through again.”
Jiyu, waiting in front of the audiovisual room for Sia, put her hands on her hips and huffed.
She looked like a small animal puffing up—adorably.
-*peck*♡
“Hey! Don’t just kiss me whenever!”
“Aw, c’mon. Who cares who sees now?”
“I do?”
Jiyu poked Sia’s side with her finger, grumbling.
“Seriously, what were you thinking saying that in the interview? It’s hard even getting in there because of you.”
“Why?”
“...Everyone was reading your article. What do you think would happen if I walked in like that?”
Jiyu shuddered at the shoulders.
Just imagining the hellish scene drained the color from her face.
“Hm... That scandal, right? But wouldn’t it be worse if we went in together? You’d have been better off waiting alone inside.”
Just as Sia said, with the scandal blowing up, the two most famous people involved showing up together might draw even more attention.
Realizing it, Jiyu muttered with a dazed look.
“Ah, shit... This is insane.”
“Sorry... I got carried away without thinking... I’ll be careful next time.”
Sia’s slightly downcast tone made Jiyu scrunch up her face.
Hard to tell if it was acting or sincere.
Letting out a big sigh, Jiyu balled her fist and lightly punched Sia’s arm.
“Ehehe...”
Sia giggled cutely and clung to her.
After kissing Jiyu’s cheek at length, she linked fingers with her and headed into the audiovisual room.
Jiyu, half-resigned, kept her head turned away but gripped her hand tightly.
As the audiovisual room door opened, all eyes turned to Sia and Jiyu.
Specifically, to their tightly clasped hands.
Some were people who’d taken the Cheongrin Guild entrance exam.
They already knew about Sia and Jiyu’s relationship... but seeing it again after the article, all they could say was “insane.”
Jiyu let go of her hand and sat in the back row, a few seats away from the others.
Sia strode down the center aisle and stood boldly at the front.
“Nice to meet you all. As you know, I’m Sia Yu, the leader for the gate raid next week. Looking forward to working with you.”
A smattering of applause followed Sia’s brief introduction.
“You’ve probably already studied the gate info inside out... So let’s start with some light getting-to-know-you time.”
It was essential when pulling people from various guilds for a gate raid.
Like the gate info, they’d all memorized each other’s details, but direct Q&A was valuable.
They were all rookies with little experience, but talented and skilled.
None of them were total newbies to this.
“Ah, should I start?”
A diligent-looking guy in the front row raised his hand.
Sia lightly shook her head.
“Nah, just introductions would be boring, right?”
Sia gathered divine power in her hand.
A chilling wave of energy rippled through the room.
She hadn’t said it outright, but everyone got the hint.
It was old-school and sweaty, but surprisingly, they all seemed into it.
They preferred action over sitting around anyway.
That’s why they’d applied and passed the interviews.
And... though emotionally hard to accept, she was near-superhuman in skill, right?
Sparring with her would be great experience.
“......”
Not everyone was thrilled, of course.
Some glared at Sia with displeased faces.
Sia met their eyes lingeringly with a smile, as if daring them to try something.
She even subtly lifted her chin to make it look like a smirk.
As intended, their eyes hardened.
“Gear’s ready—talked to the Bureau for spares. Get yourselves sorted and meet at the underground gate in 30. Location’s in a text.”
At Sia’s words, everyone filed out of the audiovisual room.
Jiyu, who’d been glaring at Sia with narrowed eyes, sighed deeply and left.
Sia, Iseo, and Sina were the last ones remaining.
“Sorry, you go ahead.”
“Okay...”
After sending Sina off too, Iseo called to Sia in a trembling voice.
“T-teacher...”
“Yeah?”
They’d grown close during training, so Sia dropped formal speech, and Iseo called her “teacher” affectionately.
“...You’re doing that, huh?”
Sia just smiled brightly at Iseo’s disjointed question.
“Ah...”
Iseo’s face paled instantly.
Rare for her, emotions plainly showed.
Bleating like a sick goat, Iseo stared blankly at the ceiling.
“We’re screwed...”