Chapter 170
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 170
Chapter Title: The Ninth Sister, Silri (4)
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"So, you're saying Ji-ham actually caught the Amazoness villain himself? Again, after last time?"
Riyo noona forced an awkward smile, as if trying to suppress her surprise.
She was casual with her words and demeanor when we were alone, but now with others in the room besides just me, she was deliberately speaking more formally.
"It just kinda happened naturally while I was carrying out the mission."
"Gaining skills without even leveling up... Cases like this are incredibly rare... Time Stop, was it?"
"The curse of the Time Stop Uncle."
"What kind of perverted skill name is that?"
Harsh words.
But it was still an S-Rank skill.
"I think the important part is the effect, not the name."
"Right... The target's body time freezes, yeah?"
"Yes. But all their other senses remain fully active—they can feel textures, hear voices, everything. She's hearing every word we're saying right now."
Of course, that assumed the aphrodisiac effect from Miho's fluids had worn off.
"So, how long does this villain stay frozen like this?"
"If you're asking about the skill duration... probably until she dies."
"......"
Riyo noona's eyes widened as she blinked rapidly.
Her gaze darted back and forth between Silri on the sofa and me.
"To lift the condition... well, she needs my semen."
"S-semen?"
I scanned Riyo noona up and down as I continued.
"Putting semen inside her body temporarily lifts the effect."
"Temporarily? Then what does it take for a complete release?"
"There are exactly two ways to fully break this curse. First, absorb a total of 100 liters of semen. Oh, mine specifically, of course."
"A h-hundred liters?"
"Yeah. About seventy 1.5-liter PET bottles."
"......"
Riyo noona sat there primly, lips parted in shock, as she licked them.
Were thoughts of my semen's taste resurfacing because of the topic?
"That's a terrifying curse... Even taking semen every day, it'd take months to reach 100 liters..."
At that moment, Iseum noona—who had been unusually quiet, just listening—chimed in.
"What's the second method? You said there was another one. What is it?"
"Ah... The second is getting pregnant with my child."
"Wh-what...?"
"That's what the skill description says. 'The curse lifts immediately upon bearing Jeong Ji-ham's child.' Something like that."
"Ahh............ Th-that's insane............"
Iseum noona's lips twitched in a daze.
She covered her mouth with one hand, stepped back a few paces, and leaned against the wall—clearly quite shocked by my words.
"Unnie, you okay?"
"D-does that mean she's stuck... having to take semen forever? Th-this is a lie, right? You're just not telling us another way?"
"Iseum noona, why would I do that?"
"Why? You're the kind of guy who'd totally do it!"
Iseum noona buried herself in Ji-su's arms, glaring at me with fiery eyes.
"Hold on. The one cursed is the villain—why's Seol Iseum Hunter reacting so intensely?"
"Huh? You didn't know? Iseum unnie's cursed too."
"......What?"
"Oh, don't misunderstand. I didn't use the skill on Iseum noona. I got it today—the time it happened was when a Sudden Mission penalty got directed at her somehow."
"Sudden Mission penalty... to Seol Iseum Hunter? Why her?"
"No idea."
As I shrugged nonchalantly, Iseum noona shook her head and muttered.
"I thought I'd finally escape it... Is this the will of the gods?"
"Hm...? So Seol Iseum Hunter... has been taking your semen...?"
Riyo noona looked back and forth between me and Iseum noona, her eyes full of disbelief.
"Seol Iseum Hunter, who hates men so much?"
"That's why she's glaring at me like she wants to kill me right now."
"Ahh... So that's why she accepted the bodyguard job so readily. Makes sense now. Still, not reporting something this serious to me, the guild master, is something we can't overlook. Seol Iseum Hunter, we'll talk privately later."
"Yes....... Got it."
Confirming Iseum noona's defeated nod, Riyo noona continued.
"We've been finding snakes inside the guild lately anyway. Like with Miho, I figured they could infiltrate in animal form, so we beefed up security. Must've all been this Silri villain's doing."
"So what happens to this villain now?"
Riyo noona glanced at Miho in response to my question.
"I'd like to decide after talking with Miho. Can we chat?"
I nodded, and Miho instantly shifted to human form.
Miho sat boldly on the sofa, naked, facing Riyo noona.
"What do you want to know? Ask anything."
"Cover yourself with the blanket in front of you first. We prepared it for you."
"......"
Miho reached for the blanket but hesitated.
Then she turned to me and spoke.
"Master. Is it okay if I cover up with the blanket?"
"Oh...? What? You're even more obedient than before?"
"I'm simply impressed by Master's strength."
"Hm, so anal felt that good, huh?"
Miho's smile faltered slightly at my words.
But unlike before, she didn't snap back—instead, she continued calmly.
"I'm just happy I could give my first time to Master. Use me anytime if you wish."
"Empty words... Fine, cover up."
"Thank you."
Miho draped the blanket over her lap, barely hiding just her crotch.
"Let's talk."
"Not covering everything?"
"Master prefers it this way."
"Oh......"
As I admired Miho's words again, Ji-su snorted from behind and muttered.
"Well... Better to stay as oppa's pet than suffer that curse, right?"
"......Quite right."
"Good. Then let's converse like this. I just want your opinion. What kind of personality does this villain Silri have? If we try talking, would she be reasonable?"
"......"
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Shirobara Riyo’s question made me reflect on the past for a moment.
Silri unnie was indifferent to others.
As long as no one bothered her and no orders came from above, she was always focused on training herself.
A being who pushed forward solely toward getting stronger.
Not just leveling up—she absorbed any martial arts or weapon techniques floating around outside, constantly climbing higher.
She didn't seek delicious food.
She hunted monsters in sinkholes and took their bones and flesh.
She didn't even make a place to stay.
When she tired from hunting, she slept right there.
The earth her bed, stones her pillow, the sky her blanket.
A wall that seemed impossible to surpass, no matter how hard I struggled.
Just the difference between 9th and 10th place, but I always felt that overwhelming powerlessness.
I'd need hundreds more years like this, with far more tails, to overtake her.
No amount of effort from me could catch up.
That was what I thought every time.
'So it's better for me if she stays like this... asleep.'
I racked my brains.
Would she be reasonable to talk to?
In other words, would she betray the Amazoness and side with us?
Would she be like Eroph or me—bow her head and spread her legs for Jeong Ji-ham?
'For strength, she'd gladly do it.'
Rotting away like this, accomplishing nothing.
That would be what she hated most.
"I think Silri unnie would definitely adapt to reality and join us. But we should leave her like this for a while to make her feel the helplessness intensely. Once the Amazoness learn Silri's been caught, the eighth sister will move. Better to capture her too before creating extra variables—then we can persuade her slowly after."
The choker around my neck prevented lies.
So after saying she'd be reasonable, I added that we should delay lifting the curse as long as possible.
"Lucky. If persuasion wasn't possible, we'd have to kill her... If we can bring her under Jeong Ji-ham later, our guild gets even stronger."
Shirobara Riyo's eyes gleamed with greed.
"Absorbing them one by one like this... Raiders might stand as the top guild one day."
I suppressed an inward laugh and nodded.
Even calling him Master, it might be best not to tangle with the higher sisters.
No need to bring it up now and sour the mood.