Chapter 221 – Artemis Rage – Gravel Road
Fun times pass quickly.
As I spend my daily life struggling with Artemis, I feel like even the passing of each day is becoming blurry.
However, even at this moment, a spaceship is rapidly approaching Earth. Containing various risks and greater rewards.
Although a big operation is ahead, my heart is light. No matter how difficult the task was, I was confident that I would do it as well as I had done so far.
Rather, my interest lies in other areas.
The desire to see Artemis embarrassed and embarrassed in front of me kept rising.
I feel like a boy who is mean to the girl he likes for no reason.
Things I couldn’t enjoy because I spent my childhood in an orphanage.
Could it be said that it feels like a belated reward for the sense that I should have enjoyed as a young mischievous child?
When I look back, the reason why Artemis was so picky but ultimately listened to my wishes.
Despite her shame, I think the fact that she was willing to be ruined was a gift of her own.
So just once.
“This is the last time. “I’m going to be busy from now on anyway.”
I decided to play prank just one more time.
* * *
“…”
Artemis crossed her arms and was silent.
Wearing a short skirt and hoodie for ease of movement, smooth pebbles are laid out in front of her. Each one has a different size, shape, and color.
It is part of a walking trail created to accommodate the popularity of earthing at the time the shelter was built.
“It was a lot more expensive than it looked. Rather than purchasing in bulk, each stone was individually inspected by a professional masseuse before being sent. Is it because most of the high-ranking people are elderly? There was a lot of interest in this area.”
An acupressure path occupies one axis of the artificial garden in the upper area. We are standing at the entrance there.
She was happy when I told her that I wanted to go for a walk with her, so she followed me and couldn’t accept the sudden change in the situation.
The pretty sandals I was wearing were immediately confiscated and in my hands.
She stands with her bare feet in front of her bumpy cobblestone street. When I look at her from behind, I think her ankles are really thin.
“It’s good for your health too. Let’s experience it once.”
“If you want to be healthy, there are many more effective ways than this.”
“They say your feet are your second heart, right? They say that since it is connected to all kinds of organs, stimulating it like this is like receiving full-body physical therapy. Additionally, blood circulation improves. If tens of millions of people enjoy it every year, isn’t there a reason?”
“Are you giving advice in front of the doctor now? Do you know medicine better than me? “Your doctor is me, wow!”
When he pushed her gently, she hurriedly stepped back and hit her buttocks. It’s a reaction to a gravel field that has been heated by some kind of fire.
“Are you doing that because you’re scared of getting sick? “I’m not some kind of child.”
“What do you like, like an old man?”
“After joining the company and dealing only with high-ranking people, I guess we have similar tastes.”
When I caught her with a sly smile, she closed her mouth.
To deliver the final blow, I played back a previously recorded voice log.
Beep.
[That’s because I’m not used to it yet. That child will soon enjoy even that pain. You enjoy getting a massage even though it hurts, right? Same thing.]
This happened in the past when nymphs were made to walk barefoot on gravel roads.
[People who don’t get hit will only get sick. Artemis, if you walk that way, you’re going to scream the whole time?]
[What are you talking about! That shit is nothing, right? I think you overestimate your senses.]
When I felt sorry for her, she responded naturally.
Dalkak.
A mechanical sound sounded from the PDA, indicating the end of voice recording.
When I was recording this, I told myself that if I ever get her body, I’m definitely going to set her on this acupressure stand.
“Is there anything else you want to say?”
“…”
There was no reply.
* * *
If you think about it, Artemis seems to be very weak to the sensation of pain.
Children cry profusely, shedding tears and snot when they fall and scratch their knees.
However, as you get older, you get used to various pains, and you gain social prestige, so you can tolerate most things.
Artemis has no such experience. She cares about her reputation to the utmost, but it is no exaggeration to say that she is a big girl when it comes to pain.
The feet are particularly sensitive parts of the human body with a high concentration of pain-sensing nerves.
When you go to get a foot message from her, it’s not uncommon for grown adults to make a fuss about the pain.
“Walking?”
“Yes.”
“I’m really walking?”
“There’s no one here to stop that.”
Golden eyes looked at me with resentment.
Gulp.
She was very nervous and stuck out her white toes among the pebbles.
Wiggle.
But I don’t take a step right away.
She felt the pebbles with the tips of her toes as if checking the temperature of the water in the hot spring.
It was so cute that a smile never left my face. I think that was the final blow for her.
“Hey Jinsu, I really…”
As she was thinking of a way out, she saw my amused expression and slowly closed her mouth.
“Ugh.”
She then had a stern look on her face as if she had decided to break through head on.
She decided to take on the challenge of looking at my smile rather than coercion. She is a very beautiful young lady to me.
“Hmph!”
Are you trying to strengthen your fighting spirit? He changed his attitude and placed both his hands on her waist and lifted the bridge of her nose.
“So, you think I can’t do this?”
“Cancer. It’s nothing. How much would her feet hurt? Like you said, it’s overrated.”
She takes a deep breath and carefully takes her first step.
Puuk.
Immediately, a blue pebble the size of a ping pong ball dug into the center of the soft sole.
In that way, she was frozen like a stone statue in the same position she stood on her feet.
“…”
I held her breath and observed from next to her.
“Fuuuuu.”
A huge amount of air passed before her eyes, as if showing off Artemis’ lung capacity.
Again, she is only slightly better than her newborn in terms of her pain experience.
And the second step.
Kkook.
Two smaller pebbles than before stimulate the heel and forefoot at the same time.
“Hyung.”
Artemis lifted her feet without even being able to stand.
Standing on one leg and flailing her arms, she barely managed to hold onto her shoulders.
“What can I do if it’s already like this?”
“You’ll get used to it soon… “It’s like going into a cold bath for the first time.”
Looking at her face burning with determination, I don’t think she’ll break down like this.
The third step after a while.
Kuuk.
Artemis endured.
Fourth step.
Hold.
Her feet shrunk as if they were trying to hold a pebble.
The feet, which had dozens of cute wrinkles, soon slowly straightened out.
She endured!
5th step.
Kuuuk.
And the 6th step.
Hold.
Although it is slightly, walking speed increases.
“Huh… Hmph! Are you watching it now?”
She looked at me with her confidence rising.
Even though her delicate arms were fluttering wildly in the air as if she was walking on a jumping box, her face had regained its usual arrogance.
“You adapt really quickly.”
I spoke honestly.
I must have really become more bearable, so I completed the 7th and 8th steps safely.
Although the expression still shows pain, the fear of the next step has definitely been diluted.
“Of course. “I told you, it’s nothing special.”
She smiled awkwardly at me and continued walking.
But turning a blind eye was fatal.
Pooh wow!
“Hey!”
I stepped squarely on a pebble that was slightly larger and longer than the others.
She sat down due to a sharp pain that seemed to pierce her blood vessels.
“Ahhh…”
In tears, she massages the soles of her feet and looks at her wife Roy for the long road ahead of her.
However, until the end, the words ‘It hurts!’ Are not uttered out loud. This is such great pride.
Since I couldn’t do anything, I decided to help just a little.
As I stood next to her and tried to move a little, Artemis held onto my arms and shoulders. This is the so-called weight distribution operation.
She clung to me more passionately than ever. It was as if her own lifeline rested on her shoulders.
It worked.
* * *
“Success!”
“…”
She cheered after completing her first course.
However, I jumped over the last 1.5 meters and skipped it.
It was so cute how he carefully looked at me to see if he had been stabbed.
“Now we’ve only just overcome the weakest one.”
We are only part of the acupressure path that leads to various courses, that is, beyond the tutorial.
“Getting started is half the battle!”
But Artemis was happy like a trainee heading to her hometown.
The second course could be described as random in one word.
Rocks ranging from as small as ping-pong balls to larger than my palm are mixed in a disorderly manner.
She chose the widest stones she could and stepped on them as if she were stepping over them.
Toward the end, there were cylindrical stones the size of bamboo lined up in a row, but they seemed to be trying to finish in one month, so they sped up the pace.
“Atte!”
While making strange noises in proportion to the increased speed.
“Oh!”
Jump!
“Ugh!”
Jump!
“Hi!”
Jump!
“Hyaaa!”
Jumping and jumping, waving her arms from side to side in an extremely girlish posture.
Seeing that lovely appearance, I squatted in my seat and whimpered with laughter.
“Whoa!”
After crossing her last stone, she sat down.
It exhales a mixture of relief, victory, accomplishment, and faint pleasure.
“Of course you can do it well. And ‘Hyaaa!’ When did you become so cute?”
“…!”
As she was sitting next to her, she threw a furious kick at me, smiling.
But even more than her face, which was heated by her anger, the color of the soles of her feet burned even more, and I burst out laughing.
Have you run out of patience with me, who laughs even as I get hit? Artemis stopped kicking and started stepping on me.
“Wahahahahah!”
“Is it that funny?”
It took quite some time for both sides to calm down.
So the third course.
This was similar to the first course, but it was a more reinforced gravel road.
It is different from the first course, which had a mixture of round and flat stones the size of quail eggs to ping pong balls.
Every single one of her places says to her, “Hey!” It was full of people who made noise. It looks like egg cartons filled with stone eggs are connected.
Instead, there is a handle attached to the side to hold.
“Go!”
Artemis stretched out her feet without being intimidated, perhaps thinking she had a chance of winning by distributing her weight on the handle.
I walked normally for the first few seconds, determined to make up for my disgrace on the first course. It really seemed like nothing was wrong.
However, as she took each step, her posture gradually began to tilt.
She suddenly grabbed the handle, which she had been holding with one hand, with both hands, and her posture continued to lower each time she put her foot out again.
Later she almost squatted and then stopped.
“Ahh…”
She eventually sat down on her side.
“So don’t pretend to be strong from the beginning, just walk carefully.”
“…”
Artemis looked like she wanted to hit me for being mean, but she couldn’t.
Her hands are busy kneading the soles of her feet, which seem to be burning brightly.
“Wow, that’s really hot.”
When she touched her foot, it felt really hot, like it was on fire.
“You!”
“Can you see over there?”
He cut her off and pointed to the end of her course.
There was an artificial stream with flowing water passing by.
“I guess we can cool off there for a while. Soon. Let’s cheer up a little.”
“…!”
Hope fills her eyes, like a person wandering in the desert discovering an oasis.
She gathered her strength and took another step.
Pooh wow!
Three hard eggs pounded the soft soles of her feet.
“Oh!”
I opened my eyes wide.
Have you ever seen a cat stretch?
The posture Artemis took now was similar to that.
She leans on the handrail next to her and lifts her big buttocks high into the sky.
Her slim waist sank to the ground and then her upper body rebounded, forming a U shape.
Would you say it is a reverse version of ‘bend your back like a bow’? If you look at it from behind, it’s such a sexy posture.
Artemis walked with difficulty in a shallow posture, like a female leopard in estrus seducing a male.
When the egg hell finally ends, a short break is given.
Splash!
Quickly dipping her feet in the shallow, narrow artificial stream, Artemis caught her breath.
If you listen closely, you can hear ‘Warning!’ At her feet. A warning sound like ‘Warning!’ May be playing.
Her feet, which were pure white like her bridal dress, were red like swords pulled out of a smithy.
Only the black claws at the ends of the red center maintained their original color.
I can’t even massage her because she’s lost all of her energy because she’s putting her weight on the handle.
“Give it to me.”
I grabbed her cooling feet and pulled them towards me.
“Well, what is it? That’s enough, let go!”
I slowly massaged it and released it from the top.
“If you do this, the pain will go away.”
“Huh?”
As she grabbed my hand and tried to pull it away, her grip suddenly lost strength.
“It’s much better, right? When I was in the military, whenever I marched, I was released like this. Otherwise, we won’t be able to survive with even the commander in chief defeated. “I’m not at the level of a professional masseuse, but I’m quite a specialist.”
Artemis’ face melted as the cold water cooled her and the firm yet flexible hands massaged her sore muscles.
The massage ended briefly. This is because the pain was not caused by a long march or labor.
“Okay, here we go.”
“… Mmm.”
The dissatisfaction that she couldn’t hide remained on her face, which made a faint sound of disgust.
“We should leave soon, right? The fourth course is waiting.”
She grabbed her head. But she still doesn’t say anything about being sick. Anyway, she is a woman with great pride.
“This one should be pretty easy.”
Artemis didn’t say anything, but her face seemed to agree with what I said.
A narrow passage made of two rows of wooden stakes. It was full of wooden beads that looked similar to acorns.
If it were that, it wouldn’t hurt that much.
Artemis pushes her feet through numerous wood pellets.
Sigh!
“Kya!”
And just like that, he jumped up.
If you jump with your right foot, you must land on your left foot according to the law of gravity.
“!!!”
Then this time, jump with your left foot.
Repeating this quickly, she began to run.
It has entered a kind of racing state of pain.
Could this be a mission to complete before the waves of pain catch up with her patience?
Everyone has probably experienced something similar to this at least once in their daily lives.
The problem is, seeing Artemis racing through her pain was so funny.
She couldn’t run at a normal pace because her feet were buried in countless wood particles.
She ran with her feet raised from side to side, similar to her eight-legged steps, and she reminded me of a gecko running in the desert.
“Oh my.”
Humans have a primal desire for slapstick.
Artemis’ body gag gave me more joy than all the laughs I’ve had since entering the shelter combined.
Fifth course.
This is a two-way street.
To the right is a gravel road. Now, beyond round stones, geometrically shaped stones are waiting.
‘Please step on it quickly. These stones seem to show off their courage by saying, ‘If you have confidence!’
The left side was flat, but instead it was covered with black soil. If you pass by, your feet will become dirty and covered in dirt.
I walked next to her and whispered in her ear.
“Originally, you have to go only on the acupressure path, but I will also accept it if you go especially to the left.”
“!”
Artemis was worried with her serious face.
Since gaining her body, she has become more tolerant of the element of messiness, but her only natural destination is seawater and sandy beaches.
Visually, she would hesitate to set foot on a dirt road that looks like it needs to be sprinkled with manure right now, as she is so sensitive to cleanliness.
Did I finally give in to the pain? She extended her foot towards the dirt road and stopped just before taking a step.
“Profit!”
She stopped 1 to 2 cm above the dirt, gritted her teeth and put her foot back.
Then, she stood in front of the stones on her right that looked as scary as I mentioned earlier.
“Really, his pride.”
Maybe he didn’t like being messy, but he probably didn’t like compromising because of the pain.
She closed her eyes tightly and stretched out her foot toward the stone that looked painful at first glance.
“Okay, this is it.”
“Wow!”
I yanked her shoulder and she came straight into my arms.
“What, what?”
“This was enough.”
Then I went over to Artemis and squatted down.
“Now, get on your back.”
“… Can you walk all the way?”
“That’s enough, get on your back. Wow, I really laughed a lot of thanks to you. Because there was no separate comedian. I feel like I am healthier after watching from the side than you. A true endorphin explosion!”
She quickly jumped on my back.
“Ouch! It hurts!”
Not because it was difficult, but because I wanted to punish the head next to me with both fists.
I stood up carrying her, enduring her headache.
“Utcha!”
Grab her big butt and throw it into the air! When I lifted it up and adjusted my posture, it came in close contact with me.
The hand is not only a hand, but the feel of it on the back is terrifying.
“… It doesn’t hurt?”
She said as she watched my feet sinking into the deadly pebbles.
Her weight was added to my weight, causing quite a bit of pain.
“This is nothing. Even though I’ve been here, I’ve been hit by several bullets. Even though it hurts, it doesn’t even pierce the skin, so it’s there.”
“You’re bluffing.”
She wrapped her arms around my neck and buried her face.
“It’s tingling. “It feels like the soles of her feet are falling off.”
Every time she walks, her feet sway in front of me.
“Don’t worry, I’m watching. It sticks nicely.”
“I don’t even have the energy to respond to your nonsense.”
“Let’s come again next time.”
“Please take a look at this guy.
There is still a little more left to do one full circle.
We walked along a quiet trail, feeling each other’s body heat without much conversation.
Only the breeze created by Artemis enveloped me warmly.
