First Floor Hotel
"Han Ga-eul, this is an expensive hotel."
"I've got plenty of money."
I took Haetnim's hand and unlocked the door with the key from the front desk. A luxurious, vintage-style room greeted us, spacious enough to feel almost overwhelming. Booking a thirty-gold room on impulse left me oddly unsettled instead of relaxed.
"Let's rest here for today."
"We didn't even look around the first floor and went straight to the café, and now you're heading straight to bed?"
"Yep. This is our prime time, right? We should enjoy it."
I flopped onto the fluffy bed and felt my mood lift instantly. "Haa, this is nice."
Haetnim slowly scanned the room with her usual blank expression. From her posture to her face, everything was perfectly straight and proper—so rigid it almost looked stiff.
"You said you've been working hard searching for the Holy Grail."
"That is correct."
"You even quit your job as the tutorial floor manager. Let's eat delicious food and go sightseeing together."
"Sounds good!"
"Baek Seol likes it too?"
"Eung!"
Baek Seol snatched the answer away and wriggled happily on the soft bed. She seemed to like the room.
"Aang!"
"You ate...!"
I popped one of Baek Seol's soft ears into my mouth. She froze with a startled look.
"Baek Seol's ear got eaten."
"Eung!"
Ariel stood at the foot of the bed watching us, her face full of questions.
"Are you climbing the Tower with that kind of mindset?"
"Yep."
"You'll die quickly."
"It's fine. I won't die."
Ariel's already stiff expression hardened even more.
"Everyone who said that didn't last long. This is the Tower."
"Are you worried about me?"
"Yes."
"Honest, aren't you?"
I spread my arms toward Ariel. She hesitated for a moment before slowly approaching. I pulled her down to sit beside me. Her golden eyes widened as they met mine, sparkling beautifully without a single flaw. Those eyes really did look like the embodiment of purity.
I brought my face to her neck and she trembled faintly. Chup.
"Hut!"
"Our Haetnim's body is honest too."
"...It is not."
She answered well, like a well-trained rabbit. When I licked up her neck, her body shivered.
"You smashed all those alien star friends' heads because Haetnim asked, right? I should praise you."
"...Yes."
As I leaned closer, I felt her hot breath. Chuuup. I took her lips into my mouth, feeling their soft, plush texture.
"Uum."
She flailed her hands, unsure what to do as I kept rolling her lips inside my mouth.
"You have to hug me."
"...Embarrassing, hup!"
Chuuup. As the kiss continued, her hands slowly lowered and wrapped around my waist.
"Haung."
She let out an uncharacteristically cute sound. I rolled her lips in my mouth and tapped her teeth with my tongue. She flinched again but stayed firmly closed like a fortress. I pulled back for a moment and she exhaled roughly.
"Haa... haa..."
"Phew. Open up before I devour you."
"Hik...! Haum."
I pressed our lips together again and slipped my tongue in. She began to open up little by little.
"Huung, huung..."
Her cute nasal sounds filled the air. Chuuup, chuuup. Our tongues started to mingle. Haetnim, who had been embarrassed earlier, had loosened up and began to reciprocate. Soon, only the wet sounds of saliva mixing echoed through the wide hotel room.
〈Lust〉
"Huung♡"
Her hips bucked violently. I tightened my grip around her slender waist, pulling her closer. Her sun-like warmth pressed against me.
Chuuup. As our tongues tangled, saliva dripped from the corner of her mouth.
〈Lust〉
"Huuuung♡"
Every time I activated the Evil Eye intermittently, the once-stiff Haetnim grew softer. Her earlier shyness had completely vanished.
"Eut."
She suddenly pulled away and squirmed, climbing onto my lap to sit. A long strand of saliva stretched between our glistening lips.
"Haa... haa..."
She panted heavily, her sweet breath brushing my face.
"Why?"
From this angle, I had to look up to meet her sparkling golden eyes. She raised both hands and silently cupped my cheeks, her usually expressionless face now relaxed as if drunk on pleasure.
"Does Ga-eul taste good?"
"......"
She didn't answer my playful question, just kept kneading my cheeks. Thwack! When my hand slid down from her waist toward her hips, she immediately stopped me. Her golden eyes flashed as she wrapped her arms around my neck and slowly leaned in.
Chup. Our soft lips met again. Her tongue slipped into my mouth without hesitation.
〈Lust〉
"Huung♡"
She trembled and made cute noises but didn't pull away. As our tongues mingled, saliva mixed stickily. When I sucked on her tongue and released it, she sucked on mine in return. Chuuup, chuuup. The wet sounds made my head spin. She tightened her arms around my neck, pressing closer. Breathing grew difficult.
Chuuup.
"Huung, huung."
She pushed her tongue deeper. Sticky saliva I couldn't even tell whose it was followed her tongue down my throat. Gulp. When I swallowed the saliva she fed me, the corner of her mouth curled up slightly. She looked pleased, though I didn't know why. Still breathing hotly, she released my neck and began playing with my lips. Curious, I stayed still. She pressed her thumb firmly against my lower lip, then slid her finger inside. She touched my teeth and pressed my tongue, exploring everywhere. Once satisfied, her eyes curved cutely. She wrapped her arms around my neck again, her saliva-glistened lips drawing near.
"Haum."
Chuuup. She tangled her tongue with mine messily.
〈Lust〉
"Huung♡"
Haetnim, now slightly softened, kept making adorable sounds. I couldn't overuse the Evil Eye or she'd develop resistance. Intermittent, light taps were enough for today.
Chuuup, chuuup. My hand stroking her back slid lower and she trembled faintly, but didn't push it away like before. As my hand descended, I felt the curve of her hips. I gave a gentle squeeze and her plump rear filled my palm nicely.
"Huung."
She let out a cute nasal sound as if asking what I was doing. Being allowed to touch her stomach and now her hips made me feel oddly proud.
Chuuup. She sucked hard on our tangled tongues. Chuuup, chuuup. The wet sounds echoing in the room and our shared body heat made my head spin. My senses melted pleasantly, rationality sinking with them. After sucking on my tongue like candy, she pulled back and looked at me with sparkling, sunlit eyes. She cupped my cheeks again, then pressed my lower lip. When her finger slipped between my lips, my mouth opened on its own. She leaned in once more and carefully parted her lips.
"Beh—"
She stuck out her tongue while gently pressing my lips and let the mixed saliva drip into my mouth. She kept my lips parted with her fingers, as if worried I'd close them. Saliva slid down her pale pink tongue into my mouth. When I stayed still, she pressed my cheeks in protest. Gulp. Her eyes curved into pretty crescents. It was the first time I'd seen her smile like that. She pressed my lips again and opened my mouth to check if I'd swallowed properly. After licking the saliva string between us, she pressed her lips to mine once more.
Chup.
Everyone shows and confirms affection differently. Either way felt good, but an angel's territorial marking habit was a bit too intense.
"Huung."
Whether it was a side effect of the Evil Eye or her hidden nature, her needy, confirming behavior was cute enough that I didn't mind. I lifted her off my lap and laid her down. She blinked. Chuuup. I pushed our tangled tongues apart and pulled back. A long saliva string stretched and snapped. Her arms, once wrapped around my neck, were now pinned above her head by my body, her legs spread.
As I kept staring, she belatedly realized her position and her face flushed bright red. Chup.
"Huat?! W-why there...?"
When I kissed her armpit, her golden eyes darted around in panic.
"H-ha, Han Ga-eul. The promise has been fulfilled..."
〈Lust〉
Chup.
"Huit?!!"
I channeled Lust into my lips and kissed her armpit. Her body trembled violently.
Chuuup.
"Hueut! Contract violation...!"
"You promised a sticky kiss."
"I already did... Huaat!"
When I lifted her clothes, her pale stomach was revealed.
"Not sticky enough. I'll leave plenty of friend marks on cute Haetnim's soft tummy."
"Liar!"
"Many players call the first floor of the Tower a newbie cutter. So gather plenty of information."
"What's that supposed to mean."
"It seems many players who take their first steps in the Tower fail to adapt and fall."
From the stories, the test to reach the second floor sounded quite difficult.
"Mister, why is this fifty gold? Give me a discount."
"Aigoo, if I discount it there's no profit."
"Look at these scratches."
"It's a used item, of course it has scratches!"
I kept haggling until the stall owner finally exploded and jumped up.
"Aish, this is too much. Right, Haetnim? At this rate my mana will get shaved off instead of regenerating."
I showed the item to Haetnim. She gave me a salty, cooled look, as if asking why I was being so cheap after casually booking a thirty-gold hotel.
"Haetnim, they say the cake over there is delicious. Want to go eat?"
"Is the information you worked so hard to gather really just about a dessert shop?"
"So you don't want to?"
"I'll go."
When I put the item back on the stall, the owner who had been arguing let out a hollow sigh.
"Just give me forty-seven gold."
"Forty-five."
"You're squeezing blood from a stone..."
"Sell a lot."
After handing over the gold and heading to the dessert shop, Haetnim grabbed my collar and followed along obediently.
《Macho Man Cleaning Cow Dung sends an invitation to the room owner》
《Handstanding Self sends an invitation to the room owner》
"Come later. Right now we have to eat cake."
