Chapter 193
Chapter 193
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 193
Chapter Title: The Yandere Fairy's Gaze is Strange
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Seo Junseok felt his heart pounding wildly.
In the dark mountainside, in this space where he was utterly alone, Han Haeseong's voice coming through the earphones had cut off for the moment. He was by himself.
All that echoed in his ears were his own ragged breaths alternating with the woman's low voice.
"My ankle hurts so much... Please help me."
The woman's voice was strangely soft and gentle, each word lingering in the air like a caress.
Though her presence far off in the darkness was invisible to the eye, her voice came through crystal clear.
That made it all the more eerie.
'Wait, what if she's actually a person?'
The thought took root in his mind like a stubborn weed.
What if this woman was just an unlucky hiker, truly waiting for rescue amid the darkness and isolation?
No matter the talk of ghosts, if she turned out to be human, wasn't ignoring her in this situation downright cruel?
"...Damn it."
Seo Junseok muttered under his breath and slowly lifted his foot, steeling himself.
Part of him let his guard down because she was a woman.
He shone his flashlight ahead and cautiously descended into the darkness.
Sweat poured down his back more profusely than ever, but his eyes stayed fixed forward.
"Where are you?"
"H-Here!"
Seo Junseok aimed the flashlight toward the woman's voice.
Then, the face of the woman sitting behind a tree came into view.
'What...?'
The instant he first saw her, Seo Junseok instinctively swallowed hard.
It was as if the world had frozen still.
Even the ragged breathing in his ears seemed to stop.
'Holy shit...'
She was a being that couldn't be described with mere words like "beautiful."
Her face was impossibly exquisite, refined beyond reason.
Even in the darkness, her eyes gleamed with a depth and weight no human could hold, their corners softly upturned in an air of aloof elegance.
'An elf...?'
Her nose was high and straight, yet perfectly harmonious.
Her face was ghostly pale and translucent, as if light seeped right into her skin.
'No way that's human...'
The sense that she wasn't of this world came from her "too perfect" beauty.
Her black hair fell neatly to her shoulders, and even that motion looked like a scene from a slow-motion film.
Gulp.
Seo Junseok stared at her in a daze.
Her otherworldly appearance pulled him in like a magnet.
His arm holding the flashlight began to tremble.
"...Wow..."
No other words came to mind but an exclamation.
She was that beautiful.
Even in the pitch-black mountain night with no light whatsoever, she sat there gracefully, as if the shrouded landscape were her backdrop.
"I'm here! Hurry and come!"
Up close, she was just as stunning.
And that only confirmed it for him.
She wasn't "human."
No person could possess such flawless beauty amid the mountain shadows—it was too surreal.
"Th-This isn't right..."
Seo Junseok whispered, taking a step back.
Fear swept through his mind.
His senses finally snapped back.
Swish.
Seo Junseok spun around on instinct.
He twisted the flashlight and took a step forward.
But right then—
The air itself split as a fleeting presence brushed his back, and icy fingers clamped over his mouth.
"Mmph!"
Her fingertips were unbelievably cold, delicate yet firm.
Seo Junseok writhed to break free, but she whispered into his ear first.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Sowol. But how could you think of running from an injured woman?"
Her breath tickled his ear.
Her voice slipped in like a soft rustle, yet each word stabbed into his brain.
What should have been sweet sounded like a cold dagger, her mocking tone sharp as it tightened around his throat.
"You're an interesting human..."
Seo Junseok felt his entire body freeze over.
Breathing felt laborious; he struggled to move, but Sowol the fairy's hand seized his wrist even faster.
It was the hand gripping the flashlight.
She glanced down at it with a frown, as if annoyed.
"Something like this..."
Without warning, Sowol snatched the flashlight from Seo Junseok and hurled it far away.
It sliced through the air, hit a tree with a thud, and rolled down the mountainside.
"We can do everything even in the dark, right?"
With the flashlight's beam gone, the mountains returned to their original silence and gloom.
Seo Junseok desperately tried to flee, but Sowol's strength was astonishing.
Her slender, fragile frame belied a grip far stronger than his, a grown man.
'What kind of power...'
Unable to keep up with his feet dragging, Seo Junseok was hauled deeper into the mountains by Sowol.
She parted the thick underbrush and snapped branches without hesitation, moving swiftly and precisely as if she knew every inch of the terrain.
"Mmmph!!"
Seo Junseok thrashed for his life one last time, but no sound escaped.
And in that moment, something dropped to the ground with a faint noise.
Thud.
One earphone slipped from Seo Junseok's ear and landed softly on the dirt.
It rolled to a stop on a small pile of earth.
'F-Fuck, I'm screwed.'
The path narrowed as they went, the trees growing denser.
The undergrowth was thick, untouched by humans for ages, and the ground carpeted with decayed leaves.
'Where the hell is she dragging me...'
Seo Junseok's toes scraped the dirt as he was pulled along, but Sowol never panted or faltered once.
How much farther did she drag him?
Though his body should have tired, she led him steadily onward in silence.
Then, amid the trees in the heart of the dark forest, "it" appeared.
"...!!"
It was a small cabin.
A primitive wooden hut carved from logs.
The roof was patched with thin metal sheets and fallen leaves; the walls woven from roughly hewn timbers.
It looked like a ruin unfit for living at first glance, but when Sowol opened the door, faint light spilled from within.
"Ugh..."
The hand over his mouth released, and Seo Junseok doubled over, gasping for air.
But Sowol silently yanked his arm again, pulling him inside.
Soon, the door slammed shut, shattering the mountain's quiet.
Creeeak—thud.
The dim interior was lit by a portable generator's glow.
White light filled the cabin, revealing a sparse scene.
A single bed sat plainly in the room.
No blanket on it.
"What the hell do you want with—wow..."
Seo Junseok raised his voice to fight for his life, only to let slip another involuntary gasp at Sowol's appearance.
Her beauty was so intense it momentarily drowned out his fear.
An indescribable allure.
She looked like a living doll.
"...Why are you doing this?"
Sowol stood silently by the bed, gazing at Seo Junseok with an expressionless face.
Her lips didn't move, but her eyes clearly held curiosity and mischief.
A teasing, playful stare.
Yet even that gaze was strangely captivating.
'Fuck... She's insanely hot...'
Seo Junseok tried to pull himself together.
This was no normal situation by any stretch, so he barely managed to move his lips and speak again.
"...What do you want from me?"
Sowol met his eyes and took a step closer.
He flinched back in surprise, but his back hit the wall—he couldn't retreat further.
"Wh-What are you doing?"
Sowol said nothing again.
Instead, she shrugged off her jacket, revealing a white t-shirt underneath.
It clung to her skin, soaked with mud and sweat, rising and falling softly with her breaths.
"...?"
In an instant, Sowol stripped off her top and bottoms completely.
She stood there naked, staring at Seo Junseok.
"The only thing I want is you."
Sowol smiled.
Her smile carried both threat and seduction.
At the same time, Seo Junseok felt a mix of fear and excitement he couldn't explain—his cock hardening.
"...Oh my."
Sowol's gaze dropped to the bulge in his pants.
She covered her mouth with her fingers and continued.
"Scared to death, yet so hard already... Human men are really..."
Sowol slowly approached Seo Junseok.
She grabbed his chin and flashed a broad smile.
"Behave yourself, and it won't hurt."