Chapter 154
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 154
Chapter Title: Ya Hye-jeong's Service and Seol I-seom Eavesdropping (2)
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I debated for a long time whether to just go to sleep like this or head down to the first floor for some nighttime fun.
And in the end, I carefully sat up.
Careful not to wake the sleeping Ji-su, I slowly slipped out from under the blanket.
"..."
Fortunately, Ji-su didn't stir at all until I climbed down from the bed. Her breathing stayed perfectly even, without a single twitch.
Just as I relaxed and turned toward the door...
"Oppa."
Ji-su's calm, subdued voice echoed through the dark room.
"Where are you going?"
"B-Bathroom?"
I could've just confidently said I was going to the bathroom, but instead I trailed off uncertainly.
My voice came out so suspicious that anyone would've doubted me.
"You sure you're really just going to the bathroom?"
Ji-su didn't turn to face me.
She simply lay there in bed, asking again in a flat tone.
"Did I wake you? I was trying to be quiet..."
"Oppa. Just one question."
"Uh... sure. What?"
"..."
Ji-su paused for a moment before speaking.
"Are you going to Hye-jeong unnie?"
"...No. I'm really just going to the bathroom."
"Then, hypothetically... if I said it's okay for you to go and come back... would you want to?"
"..."
I had no answer to the unexpected question.
"Well... your eyes on Hye-jeong unnie earlier weren't normal."
"W-What are you talking about? It's not like that. Hye-jeong just dresses provocatively like always. My eyes wandered, that's all."
"But you want to sleep, right?"
"..."
"See? You do."
I pulled Ji-su into my arms as her voice shrank with resignation.
Even after clinging to each other post-shower, it seemed her anxiety hadn't fully faded.
"I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to, but I can hold back."
"..."
"I'll do it if a mission pops up targeting Hye-jeong."
"Today's... the last mission that appeared... it was to do something naughty to Hye-jeong unnie, right?"
She seemed to be under some misunderstanding.
"After the shower, you eyed unnie's breasts and thighs up and down."
"..."
"I saw it all. You looked so disappointed. You gave it up because of me, right? Because I'm anxious and struggling."
"...Yeah."
Of course not.
Today's missions were already all cleared.
But wouldn't this misunderstanding help me a little?
The thought crossed my mind unbidden, and I lied with a yes.
"Your little sister's eyes seemed to be saying it's time to look after me now. So I gave it up."
"When did I ever say that..."
Fortunately, Ji-su's voice lightened considerably.
They say one word can repay a debt of a thousand nyang—this was exactly that situation.
"You can go for a night stroll... but when I wake up in the morning, you have to be right beside me."
"...Huh?"
"No exceptions. When I open my eyes in the morning, oppa has to be lying next to me."
"..."
"I'll pretend not to notice your night strolls as much as possible... but don't just fall asleep like that. Come back clean, whether you wash up yourself or ask A-young to do it for you... handle it however."
"O-Okay."
After that, Ji-su said nothing more.
In a daze, I tiptoed out of the room.
And replayed what Ji-su had just said.
'This... she gave permission, right?'
I didn't know what had changed in her mindset, but as long as I returned to her side by morning and was all hers then, it was as good as permission to go downstairs and fuck another woman.
In short, nighttime free sex privileges.
'C-Crazy... I was just gonna stop time, grope for three minutes, and head back... but now I can enjoy it more?'
Heart pounding, I headed to the bathroom first.
Debating whether my next destination would be Hye-jeong's room or I-seom noona's.
The first floor was quite dark.
Dark enough that the light filtering through the windows felt bright.
And bright enough to spot the light leaking from Hye-jeong's room.
'Praying or something?'
Getting closer, I heard mumbling from inside.
No light seeped from under the other doors, and no other voices.
'Not even midnight yet, and everyone's asleep?'
Knock knock knock.
The room went silent right after the knock.
Then Hye-jeong's soft voice followed.
"Who is it?"
"It's me, Hye-jeong."
"Ah! Apostle-nim!"
The door opened, revealing Ya Hye-jeong in extremely sheer lingerie.
Completely see-through.
So thin her perky nipples were plainly visible.
'They say partially dressed is hotter than nude... damn right.'
Hye-jeong made no move to hide her body, clasping her hands tightly together instead.
Her arms squeezed her breasts together into perfect cleavage.
"Coming at such a late hour... Ah... ♡"
Before she finished, my hand darted forward.
I slipped it between her arms and gripped her breast.
The warm, soft mound reshaped in my hand beneath the thin fabric.
"Busy?"
"Just before bed... I was praying to Lord Chronos."
"Oh? Too bad. I wanted to hold you after so long... but I can't interrupt your prayers to Lord Chronos..."
I regretfully pulled my hand away from her breast.
Not forgetting to pinch her nipple between thumb and forefinger and tug it long.
"I-It's fine."
Hye-jeong grabbed my retreating hand and pulled it back.
She placed it naturally on her breast and murmured seductively.
"Skipping today's prayer... Lord Chronos will surely understand... definitely."
'What the hell is Riyo unnie thinking...'
Naked on the bed, I reflected on the day's events.
When I returned after escorting Hong Ha-yoon to the dorm, there was a pet bottle in the guild master's office.
'Who would've thought the elf's piss was that infamous Amazoness poison...'
I was shocked by the poison's origin, but something even more shocking awaited.
Having to live in this cramped, poorly soundproofed house with an elf.
'How am I supposed to sleep with that distraction...'
Ya Hye-jeong the hunter kept praying nonstop in the room to my right.
In the room to my left, a tiny elf and a baby fox slept quietly, barely breathing.
After living alone for so long, sharing thin walls with others felt psychologically suffocating.
'Even if I ordered them to keep each other in check...'
Knock knock knock.
A knock came at the door.
Not mine.
By the sound, the room to the right...
Ya Hye-jeong the hunter's door.
I instinctively focused toward the noise.
At this hour, the one knocking on another's door...
"Who is it?"
"It's me, Hye-jeong."
"Ah! Apostle-nim!"
Sure enough, Jeong Ji-ham.
He'd come to see Ya Hye-jeong the hunter.
'He went up to the second floor and never came down... why so late?'
Checking the time: just past 11.
No, more than that—what was this 'Apostle' business?
What connection did Jeong Ji-ham have to the god called Chronos?
Was that why he wielded time skills?
Why the women around Jeong Ji-ham fell for him?
Why even I...
"Coming at such a late hour... Ah... ♡"
Ya Hye-jeong's moan suddenly tickled my ear.
What the hell did he do to draw that sound from a devout priestess?
I couldn't even imagine.
"Busy?"
"Just before bed... I was praying to Lord Chronos."
"Oh? Too bad. I wanted to hold you after so long... but I can't interrupt your prayers to Lord Chronos..."
My face scrunched up involuntarily.
Bluntly saying he wanted to hold her was one thing; the cringey dramatic lines were another.
I caught myself switching perspectives.
If I were in her place, how would I react?
Late night, Jeong Ji-ham knocks.
I open the door.
Ask why, and he says he came to hold me.
'I'd freeze him solid on the spot...'
But Ya Hye-jeong didn't.
"I-It's fine. Skipping today's prayer... Lord Chronos will surely understand... definitely."
"Then, may I come in?"
"Yes! Come in! Ungh... ♥"
Another moan.
Jeong Ji-ham's voice followed.
"Why are you wearing such sexy clothes? Did you... know I was coming?"
"No... I-I always wear stuff like this..."
"Then why is this standing so hard?"
Unconsciously, my hand went to my breast.
Recalling this morning's sensation when Jeong Ji-ham sucked and nibbled it, I pinched my nipple lightly.
'Haa... N-No... If I make a sound...'
I clamped my mouth shut and strained to hear next door.
I knew I shouldn't.
But it wasn't my fault.
The guild master's for shoving us into this sound-leaky house.
Jeong Ji-ham's for visiting Ya Hye-jeong late at night.
Ya Hye-jeong's for moaning so lewdly.
"No panties either... What? Already wet?"
I flinched at his words.
Clearly meant for Ya Hye-jeong, yet they sounded directed at me.
"Could you spread your legs a bit?"
In the dark room.
On the narrow bed.
Alone, I slowly parted my legs.