Chapter 172: Revenge
Chapter 172: Revenge
A few days later.
“Haa… I just want to die.”
Pots muttered, downing his drink with a gloomy expression.
“What the hell is wrong? Why are you like this? Where’s that girlfriend you couldn’t live without? Drinking all alone.”
Guwon, sitting across the table from Pots, asked, feigning ignorance.
The place was the restaurant of an inn on the 2nd Floor. After returning from a hunt, Guwon had found Pots sitting alone in the restaurant, chugging his drink.
Even after Guwon's party had finished their meal, Pots kept drinking, looking like he was on death's door. That's why Guwon had approached his table.
“It's Kate! That's the problem! Uwaaah! Kaaate!”
Shut up, you bastard. Don't start shouting just because you're drunk.
And even if you didn't say it, I know better than anyone that the problem is between you and Kate. How could I not? I'm the one who made it this way.
That day, Kate had gone so far as to fight with Pots and walk out in the middle of sex to keep her promise to Guwon. After that, she acted as if she had nothing left to hold her back.
She started coming on to Guwon at all hours, and she would always seek him out right after sleeping with Pots. At first, she remembered Guwon's words and would clean herself out completely whenever Pots came inside her, but soon even that became a hassle, and she said she'd started taking it all in her mouth instead. Because of that, Pots apparently hadn't been able to level up properly lately.
Furthermore, just as she had promised, Kate never refused any of Guwon's demands.
There was even a time when Pots was setting the mood in the restaurant and tried to kiss her, but she slipped away just before their lips met and went to suck Guwon's cock. And once—just once—she even went straight to Pots and embraced him right after Guwon had come inside her.
Honestly, Guwon had thought of the time he came inside Kate as the decisive day, intending for Pots to find out she was cheating.
But the idiot Pots, while thrusting away, saw a foamy white liquid emerge from where they were joined and stupidly mistook it for Kate's thick arousal fluid, thinking she was just that turned on.
Of course, Pots got even more excited and went wild. Watching his idiotic display from the ceiling above, Guwon and Sara felt so deflated that they just went back to Guwon's room and had sex themselves.
Because that bastard Pots was far more stupid than they'd expected, Guwon and Kate's activities escalated further and further, and as a result, Pots and Kate's relationship grew more and more strained.
To be honest, while she hadn't said it out loud, it seemed certain that Kate's heart had completely left Pots.
It was just that Pots was so devoted to her that she felt too guilty to break up, so she was just dragging the relationship on. According to Kate, they had only started dating in the first place because Pots had come on so strong when they first met.
Anyway, because of all this, Pots, whose entire life revolved around Kate, was going through hell. His relationship with the woman he loved was continuously falling apart for reasons he couldn't even begin to understand.
His face grew more haggard by the day, to the point where it seemed like he might just kill himself even if we did nothing.
If he killed himself, that would be a fine outcome in its own right, but it was better to be more certain.
And now seemed to be the perfect opportunity.
As it happened, tonight was Sara's turn. A perfect day to make something happen.
Guwon's party was about due to head back up to the city anyway, so there was no reason to drag this out any longer.
“So. What about that girlfriend of yours?”
“I'm the one who wants to ask! Lately in bed, Kate's been getting off like crazy, our compatibility is getting better and better so she feels the best she ever has, and she serves me with total devotion, so why does she get angry at the drop of a hat! Just now….”
That's why she's angry, you idiot.
It's not that she's getting off like crazy with you; she's just satisfied because she already got off with me. Your compatibility hasn't gotten better; she just feels better because her level went up after I came inside her. And she's not serving you with devotion; she's using her mouth so you can't come inside her.
“Tsk, tsk. You bragged so much about your girlfriend, and now you can't even manage the one you have? You should learn from your big bro here. I've got three and…”
“If you're just here to rub it in, get lost!”
This bastard… he's done the same damn thing to me every time we've met.
But I’ll let it slide.
“Hoo… Listen up. This big bro, who travels with three women and lives in perfect harmony, will give you poor bastards a piece of advice.”
“…What is it?”
The guy looked like he was grasping at straws, sending a desperate gaze despite Guwon's pompous tone.
“Sometimes in life, things can get a little rocky with a woman. But if you have a true, unbreakable bond, it's nothing more than a momentary hiccup. If your relationship with Kate is strained right now and you don't know why, it might be more effective to form a true bond rather than trying to figure out some unknowable reason.”
Guwon pontificated as if he were some kind of love doctor.
That's how this stuff works. As long as you sound convincing, any nonsense can sound plausible. It's especially effective on a drunk guy.
“So what is this 'true bond' you're talking about?”
“You idiot. Between a man and a woman, how many kinds of unbreakable bonds could there possibly be?”
“…I see! I just have to get Kate pregnant! Ah, but the contraception magic is still…”
“You idiot! Is that the only thing in your head?! There's something you have to do before you get her pregnant!”
“What? Something I have to do?”
“A proposal. A marriage proposal!”
At Guwon's shout, Pots shot up from his seat, his face a mask of realization.
“A pro… posal…!”
“In the world I came from, they say a single, successful proposal can make a marriage happy for a lifetime. Women are suckers for that kind of thing. A romantic proposal filled with the sincere promise to look only at her and take responsibility for her forever. No matter how rocky things are between you two right now, the fact that Kate likes you hasn't changed, right? Then one romantic proposal will solve whatever problems you have.”
“Is that right…! Is that right…! Ah, but…”
“Hm? What's the problem now? Don't tell me you're not ready to get married yet? You're crazy about her, but you don't actually want to marry her? That's completely…”
“No! Of course I want to marry her! But the money…”
“…What did you do with all the money you've earned until now?”
An adventurer capable of handling the 2nd Floor would naturally earn a considerable amount. He should have some savings. Maybe not if this idiot was alone, but he has Kate with him.
“I live to enjoy every single moment to the fullest! Of course I don't have any savings!”
“Is that something to be proud of? Did Kate just let you do that?”
“Of course. Kate manages most of our income anyway, and the money I spend is just my allowance that she gives me to spend, so there was never a problem.”
So he was living on an allowance. He was completely whipped.
“…Fine. I'll lend you enough money for a ring.”
“What?! Really?!”
“Yeah, you punk. What are friends for?”
“You… you're a good guy!”
Pots grabbed both of Guwon's hands tightly.
Let go. I have no intention of getting touchy-feely with some sweaty bastard.
“So. How much do you need?”
“Hehet. As much as possible…”
Seeing the guy rubbing his hands together obsequiously, Guwon coolly pulled a handful of gold coins from his inventory.
I can get the money back later anyway, so this much is nothing.
“Here. Take it.”
“Th-this much?!”
“I'm lending it to you, not giving it, so make sure you pay me back later.”
“O-of course! Don't worry! If things work out with Kate, I'll treat you as my lifelong benefactor and pay you back double!”
“Sure. Now hurry up and go. You'll have to go up to the city to buy a proper ring, right? If you don't leave now, you won't make it back today.”
“R-right! I'm off, then!”
As if he'd never looked like he was about to die, Pots ran out of the inn with a bright smile, like a man who had just grasped a lifeline.
And that smile would be the last one Pots ever made.
Smile all you want. From now on, only a future of despair awaits.
Guwon first went to Sara's room to explain what had just happened.
“…I see. Then, finally…”
“Yeah. No matter how stupid he is—so stupid he can't even notice another man's semen leaking out of his girlfriend's body—he'll have to grasp the situation after this.”
“…I understand.”
It would take quite a while for the guy to buy a ring and come back anyway.
After thoroughly discussing the plan with Sara and getting their story straight, Guwon headed for Pots's room.
Pots had been drinking alone in the restaurant, but Kate wouldn't have gone far.
It was more likely they'd had a big fight and Pots had been kicked out of the room.
Without knocking, Guwon opened the door.
As he'd expected, the door wasn't locked, and Kate was inside alone.
“Pots, you… G-Guwon-ssi!”
The moment the door opened, Kate, who had been about to shout something with an annoyed expression, immediately changed her tune and broke into a bright smile upon seeing Guwon's face.
“W-what are you doing here all of a sudden? You didn't even knock…”
“Just felt like it, all of a sudden.”
“Th-then, should we go to that room again…”
For the record, Kate thinks Sara's room is a room I rented just to have sex with her.
It was always empty whenever we went in, and we always had sex there, so she must have gotten that mistaken idea.
“No. I want to do it in this room today.”
“What?! B-but…”
Even though Kate seemed to have almost completely lost interest in Pots, she still seemed to have some reservations about going that far.
“I just ran into Pots downstairs. He said he had some business in the city and was heading up for a bit. If he's suddenly going all the way up there, it'll probably take him quite a while, don't you think?”
“Really? I wonder what business he had to leave for without even telling me.”
“How should I know? More importantly… are we doing this or not?”
“Are you sure you want to do it here?”
“Yeah. If we make a memory of us doing it here, won't you be able to better recall how it felt with me when you're doing it with Pots?”
“I think it would just make the comparison to being with you more obvious, and I'd hate it.”
“Then should we go to another room?”
“…No. If this is what you want, Guwon-ssi…”
Kate looked at Guwon with eyes full of anticipation and turned toward the bed.
“Kyah!”
Guwon rushed at her, roughly tearing off her clothes and throwing them to the floor.
Even little things like this help direct a more dramatic scene.
He immediately threw Kate onto the bed and stripped off his own clothes. Then, as if to check, he brought his hand to her pussy.
“Why are you already wet?”
“Th-that's because…”
“You were with Pots just now?”
“O-of course not! I was thinking about you, and that's why I fought with Pots!”
“Well, I feel a little bad about that.”
“That's right. So take responsibility.”
As she said that, Kate grabbed her own legs and spread them wide.
“Haaah! Guwon-ssi! Guwon-ssiiii!”
How much time had passed?
Kate was coming undone beneath Guwon, completely losing her mind.
It was now about the time when it wouldn't be strange for Pots to return. But Kate, as if she had completely erased Pots from her mind, showed no intention of stopping. Instead, she coquettishly rotated her hips, as if begging for more.
Guwon grabbed her hips, turned her around, and sat on the edge of the bed while still inside her. He positioned them to face the door, so they would be immediately visible to anyone entering the room.
Then, he spread her legs wide, squeezed her average-sized breasts firmly with both hands, and began to thrust his hips upward.
“Haang! Yes! This feels gooood! So deeeep!”
Just as Kate cried out in a voice drenched with pleasure, the door suddenly opened without any warning.
“Kate…! K-Ka…te…?”
Along with Pots's dumbfounded voice, the sound of a ring falling and rolling across the floor could be heard.
Seeing the stunned look on Pots's face, Guwon thrust his hips one more time.
“Haaungh!”