Chapter 44
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 44
Chapter Title: Jealous Little Sister Jeong Ji-su (1)
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"It looks like the Apostle used his skill..."
Did a mission pop up somewhere else while I was looking away for just a moment?
Did he stop time just to do something naughty with that woman?
'I've been too complacent.'
I'd been avoiding my brother out of sheer embarrassment.
I wanted to hide the fact that I'd gotten wet between my legs while sucking on his chest...
I desperately wanted to strip off my soaked panties...
And I had to look after half-delirious Unnie Hye-jeong, so I quickly fled the scene.
'That was the wrong move. I should've stalled for time somehow until the next mission appeared.'
I got my priorities mixed up.
More than making my brother stronger, his safety comes first. And not harming others is crucial too.
'If the number of people he does naughty things to keeps growing, he'll get caught eventually...'
We commonly call people who misuse skills for crimes 'villains.'
As someone who once charged ahead more than anyone in taking down such villains, my brother's actions right now looked dangerously precarious.
"This won't do. We can't just sit around waiting. Let's grab our drinks and go look for him."
"J-Ji-su..."
Unnie Hye-jeong hesitated, like she had something to say.
It was a rare sight. Unnie usually spits out whatever's on her mind without holding back.
"Come over here for a sec?"
She led me away from the counter to a spot further off and whispered softly.
"I don't think the Apostle was... gone the whole time."
"Huh? W-what do you mean?"
"You see that room the cafe owner came out of? The one curtained off."
"......"
"I think he came out of there and left the cafe."
A sinister thought flashed through my mind.
"N-no way... There's no way. Why would Oppa come out from there...?"
"But I saw it...?"
"......"
"In that silent world where nothing moves, I saw and heard it."
"W-what? What did you see and hear?"
Deep down, I hoped it was a mistake.
I wanted to believe Unnie Hye-jeong had seen wrong.
"The curtain rustled. And there was a tiny sound, like someone crawling carefully across the floor."
"......"
"The sound faded away, then the cafe's glass door cracked open slightly, and it vanished completely."
Then Unnie Hye-jeong must be right.
In a stopped world, only one person can move.
My brother, Jeong Ji-ham.
"No... Th-that can't be..."
This cafe owner has a husband, plain as day.
Kim Cheol-su, who fought alongside us in this hunter mobilization, is her husband.
And this woman was hiding behind the curtain during business hours, doing naughty things with Ji-ham Oppa?
Embracing each other so tightly their uniforms wrinkled...
Rubbing their lips together so passionately the lipstick smeared...
In there...
I turned to check the cafe owner's appearance.
Her disheveled silver hair was tied up sometime, revealing a strangely alluring neckline.
"A woman like that... why would she cheat on her handsome husband...?"
Not that I should say this as his little sister, but Ji-ham Oppa isn't particularly handsome.
Average at best, if you stretch it.
And it's not just his looks. There's a pervert living in his heart. The kind who jerks off to VR every night.
The type who spends hours sucking, fondling, rubbing, pinching, and biting his little sister's breasts under the guise of a mission.
The kind who stops time, pulls down her pants and panties, and slurps away at her pussy.
And not content with that, he leers as his little sister writhes in pleasure—a top-tier pervert among perverts.
Why with a guy like that?
What's so great about Oppa?
"Ji-su. What does this mean?"
"......"
"It must be Lord Chronos's will too! Why would the Apostle hide this from us? Does he... does Lord Chronos want us to turn a blind eye? What on earth happened in there?"
"......"
No, Unnie.
This isn't the will of the gods.
Just like how he groped your privates freely and kneaded my thighs to his heart's content.
This is nothing more than my pervert brother's lewd impulses at work.
"Unnie... exactly when did time stop? Before that woman came out? Or after?"
"When you were pulling out your wallet."
"Haa..."
Then it wasn't stopping time for naughty stuff.
This was consensual lewdness.
Just like when Oppa sucked my breasts, or when we sucked his...
This woman and Oppa mutually desired each other and agreed.
'He was playing around with a married woman... behind my back...?'
A dark emotion welled up from deep in my chest.
Darkness like when I used my wormhole.
A pitch black that sucked in all light.
Yet red-hot like lava, sluggishly overflowing.
I didn't bother naming this feeling.
As his little sister, it felt like I shouldn't.
Yeah.
I'm not mad because it wasn't me as his partner.
It's because Oppa did something morally wrong...
Just my buried sense of justice rearing its head in anger.
"J-Ji-su? Your face..."
"What's wrong with my face?"
"......"
A voice so cold it startled even me leaked out.
Shocked, Unnie Hye-jeong shook her head and clamped her mouth shut.
"Your ordered coffee is ready."
Right then.
An old black cat was calling out to me, right on cue.
......
"Dangerous. Dangerous. Dangerous. Dangerous."
I climbed to the second-floor emergency stairs and collapsed in a heap.
I'd stopped time and crossed the cafe to get out.
Carefully avoiding Ji-su and Hye-jeong.
"What excuse should I make?"
Ji-su doesn't know much about my relationship with Bae Da-hye.
She vaguely knows I played naughty pranks on Bae Da-hye.
But not that we meet up and fuck whenever we want. She doesn't know we're in a semi-immoral, adulterous relationship.
"She said it'd take 30 minutes... Why'd she finish showering so fast...? Don't women usually take forever? I thought it'd take even longer..."
They've probably already checked the study room and come down. Can't say I was there.
Saying I was getting a massage is weird too. No 30-minute course exists.
"Right! I'll say I was showering. That's the best."
I was waiting in the study room, but felt grimy so I went to the gym late.
Then I showered, and the hot water felt so good I lost track of time.
Snapped out of it, came out, and found missed calls and KakaoTals piled up.
Perfect scenario.
"But what about the skill? If they ask why I stopped time, what do I say?"
Hye-jeong can sense when I use my skill.
She definitely felt time stop.
So I snuck out of the cafe super carefully, hoping she wouldn't spot me.
Crawled on the floor to avoid touching the curtain.
Didn't stand, just crawled across the cafe.
And slipped out quietly.
"B-but what if she noticed anyway? She's not just any awakener... She's been a hunter for nearly 10 years..."
Negative thoughts kept creeping up.
The curtain might've brushed my back and swayed.
The cafe door opening might've just barely entered Hye-jeong's peripheral vision.
"Say a mission popped up while showering at the gym?"
No.
If the final mission targets Ji-su then, it'll tangle things worse.
I'd told her missions max out at 3 per day.
"Argh... Screw it... Just say 4 missions popped up today!"
I clasped my hands to my forehead.
And prayed fervently to a real god.
"Lord Chronos! Please make sure Hye-jeong doesn't notice. Even if she does, don't let her tell Ji-su. Make her think it's all your will... That she should keep quiet about me sneaking out... Please!"
The moment my prayer ended, my smartphone in my clasped hands lit up.
It was Ji-su. A call from Ji-su.
"Whew... Uh. Uh. Hello? Hello. Ahem!"
I cleared my throat.
Had to erase the tremor, answer calmly like nothing happened.
"Hello? Oh, Ji-su. Sorry, I was showering and missed your call."
"......"
"The water was so nice and warm, I lost track of time..."
"......"
"He...hello? Ji-su?"
"You showered? Where?"
For some reason, my little sister's voice was gentle.
The softest I'd heard from her lately.
Which made me even more uneasy.
"Wh-where else... Everywhere, duh. Was gonna wait in the study room, but suddenly felt like showering..."
"Everywhere? So you stripped completely?"
"To shower, yeah... Can't do it with clothes on..."
"Oppa."
Ji-su cut me off sharply.
Her voice was so cold it sent chills down my spine.
Especially after the previous warmth, it hit harder.
Colder than the winter chill piling up on these emergency stairs.
"Why lie to me?"
"......"
"You were just here, Oppa."
"......"
"How long did you plan to hide it? You thought you could keep it secret forever?"
"Wh-what are you talking about...?"
"I was worried about you. Wondering if my obsession with your growth was messing things up. If you got dragged into some unknown mess without me. I told you to rely only on me, I'd fix everything, but nothing's going right. I gotta stay sharper from now on... That's what I was thinking."
"......"
"And you trick your worried little sister, hit on a married woman?"
Looks like the worst-case scenario is right upon us.
"J-Ji-su... It's not like that..."
"Showering? If Hye-jeong Unnie hadn't said anything, I'd have fallen for it. Oppa."
"......"
"What? Should I sniff your nape? You just showered, right? Must smell nice. Right?"
Cold sweat trickled down my back.
No way it smells nice.
Actually, it probably does smell.
Of the sweet women's perfume Bae Da-hye uses...
"Come here and explain everything. From one to ten. Everything I don't know."