Chapter 1561 – 1561. Saint Unicorn
Sluuuuurp!
Son Ga-yeon sucked on the straw of the sweet rice drink with ice floating in it. In an instant, her cheeks hollowed out, and the large-sized cup of sikhye was nearly empty.
“Pwah!”
Having downed the cool sikhye in one go, she wore a thrilling and satisfied smile.
“Sikhye is the best at the jjimjilbang, after all. Don’t you think so too?”
“It’s not bad.”
I drank the beverage in front of me. It wasn’t sikhye, but cider. I took a sip of the cider and checked the food on the table. Ramen, seaweed soup, stir-fried pork, and so on. But there weren’t many that I wanted to eat.
I reached for an egg.
‘Originally, you’re supposed to crack an egg on someone else’s head.’
I glanced at Son Ga-yeon. We weren’t close yet. It hadn’t even been a week since we met.
‘She might not like it. Let’s play it safe. I can’t do something that might make her dislike me.’
Just as the egg was about to head towards my head, Son Ga-yeon chuckled and said,
“Why are you so hesitant? We’re friends. You can use my head, especially since you’re supposed to crack eggs on someone else’s head, right?”
“You have a big heart, noona.”
Thwack!
I swung the egg as if throwing it.
“Ack!”
She let out a short scream, not expecting me to swing the egg right after she finished speaking. She glared at me with a hint of resentment in her eyes.
“Wait. You hit me too hard!”
“Come on, noona, you’re an A-class hunter. You’re not going to whine over something like this.”
“Even hunters feel pain. Do you think I’ll just let this slide?”
Son Ga-yeon grabbed an egg. Her hand drew an arc. The target was my head. I quickly wrapped my head in mana.
Thwack!
The sound of the egg cracking was quite cheerful.
I didn’t feel any pain. As I grinned, Son Ga-yeon glared at me, displeased.
“That’s cheating. You’re not supposed to use mana!”
“There wasn’t a rule saying I couldn’t use mana.”
“Ugh, seriously!”
She turned her head back and forth, dissatisfied, and then began eating with a battle-like intensity, moving her spoon. She was the type to relieve stress by binge eating. I watched her while eating only cider and a boiled egg.
The meal was over.
I felt a pleasant sense of fullness. We lay down in a corner of the jjimjilbang.
“Ah, I feel good. It’s been a while since I’ve had an experience like this.”
“Noona, you came to the jjimjilbang after a long time, are you just going to lie down? You should at least try the jjimjil once since we’re here.”
“I’m fine. I’m already sweating just lying here, I don’t want to go into a hot room. I’m most comfortable like this.”
Son Ga-yeon didn’t move from her lying position. After a while, she closed her eyes and started dozing off. I could openly look at her defenseless body. Her large chest rose and fell with each breath she took.
‘She’s sweating even when she’s sleeping.’
Stains began to appear on her yellow-brown clothes. Under her armpits, on her chest, and other areas where she tended to sweat a lot.
Thinking about it, I realized she must have a hard time. If she sweats that much, she must have a lot of inconveniences in her daily life.
‘She sweats a lot overall, but especially around her head.’
Only a short time had passed, but her face was as moist as if she had washed it. Beads of sweat were glistening on her face.
I grabbed a towel next to me. I carefully wiped away the beads of sweat on her face.
Then, she suddenly opened her eyes wide. Our eyes met. Her face instantly turned red.
“W-what are you doing?”
“You were sweating too much while you were sleeping, so I was wiping it off. Did it make you uncomfortable?”
“N-no, it’s not that I’m uncomfortable. It’s just that, we’re not that kind of relationship.”
“We’re friends, we can wipe each other’s sweat.”
I focused my mana on my ears. My hearing amplified, and I started to hear small sounds. Thump-thump. I could hear Son Ga-yeon’s heartbeat.
“Even if we’re friends, this isn’t right!”
Son Ga-yeon, who had been lying down, jumped up. Was she too flustered? She slipped, unlike her usual self. She fell towards me. I calmly opened my arms and caught her in my embrace. Son Ga-yeon’s body was voluptuous and hot.
I understood why she was sweating so much; she had a high body temperature.
“C-can you let go of me?”
“Sorry, I was surprised when you suddenly fell into my arms.”
“Fell into your arms! It was a mistake! I slipped… Ah?”
Flustered, she slipped again. I grabbed her waist and hips, pulling her closer. Our faces were very close.
“Are you okay, noona? You still seem half-asleep.”
“I’m okay. I’m fully awake. …Please let go of me. I’m going to the restroom for a moment.”
I let her go as she wanted. She ran to the restroom as if escaping. I used the Taste of the Vagina on her.
[Son Ga-yeon, 28 years old, virgin
Sex experience: 0
Number of partners: 0
Sex drive: 80
Inner thoughts: Why is this happening? It was just an accident… My body is so hot.]
Thankfully, she didn’t dislike or detest it.
When she came back from the restroom, she smiled as usual, without any signs of embarrassment.
[Son Ga-yeon, 28 years old, virgin
Sex experience: 0
Number of partners: 0
Sex drive: 82
Inner thoughts: I thought of him as a younger brother… He’s a man too. I need to be careful from now on.]
‘She just thought of me as a younger brother?’
That was shocking. From her reactions so far, I thought she was definitely aware of me as a man.
‘Should I be relieved that she sees me as a man now, even if it’s just now?’
We sat on the floor, talking and watching TV. Son Ga-yeon held a towel in her hand and constantly wiped her body. As soon as she felt sweat, she would immediately wipe it off with the towel.
“Noona.”
“Yeah?”
“You’ve looked pretty tired since a while ago. Should I give you a massage?”
“A massage? Like a shoulder massage?”
“Yeah. I’m really good at massages. You won’t regret it.”
“My shoulders do feel a bit stiff. But…”
“It’s just a shoulder massage. I’ll do it well.”
Massage and anma. The meanings were the same. But the nuance was quite different. Anma sounded more wholesome.
“…Then, could you do it for a bit?”
“You won’t regret it.”
I grabbed her shoulders and started the massage. At first, I started the massage in a textbook manner.
“Ugh, ugh… Ah. It’s so refreshing. You’re really a professional. Why are you so good at massages?”
“I’ve done it a lot.”
At some point, I started using the Sensual Stimulation. The massage, which had been simply refreshing, started to feel strange.
[Son Ga-yeon, 28 years old, virgin
Sex experience: 0
Number of partners: 0
Sex drive: 84
Inner thoughts: I feel something strange. Should I stop him here? It feels good, but…]
I lowered my voice as much as possible and said,
“Noona. Look over there. The right corner.”
“Huh? Oh…!”
Son Ga-yeon was startled and froze. In the right corner, there was a couple engaging in public displays of affection. They looked to be in their early to mid-30s, kissing and touching each other’s bodies. Especially the man’s hand movements on the woman’s chest were blatant.
“S-shouldn’t we stop them? They shouldn’t be doing that here!”
“It’s just a couple being affectionate. If you hate it so much, you can go and stop them.”
“……”
Son Ga-yeon only glanced at the couple, not moving.
I looked at the couple from a different perspective. Just because it was a jjimjilbang didn’t mean there were no CCTVs. The area where the couple was located was a blind spot not covered by the CCTV.
‘Those two aren’t doing this for the first time.’
There were all sorts of perverts in this world. A couple enjoying outdoor play wasn’t that surprising.
I watched Son Ga-yeon’s reaction. She was embarrassed but couldn’t take her eyes off the couple. It was very intriguing.
I brought my mouth close to Son Ga-yeon’s ear. I opened my mouth with a playful tone.
“Noona. How is it?”
“Eek!”
Son Ga-yeon was startled, and her back straightened.
“You, you! Don’t play such pranks! I almost hit you!”
“You’re reacting too sensitively. Anyway, how’s the massage?”
“…It felt good. You can stop here.”
Son Ga-yeon flopped onto the floor. I spoke to her several times, but she didn’t properly respond to me.
***
5 AM.
We left the jjimjilbang and got into the car. The car drove to a rural village.
So Tae-jin, the guild master of No Count, was hiding in an abandoned house in the rural village.
As Son Ga-yeon and I walked towards the abandoned house, we stopped at the same time. We had sensed something foreign with our senses.
Bang!
An explosion occurred right in front of us. Son Ga-yeon and I were wrapped in mana, so we were unharmed.
I spread my palm and waved it. A gust of wind blew away the black smoke.
“That’s the ability of So Tae-jin, the master of No Count. He can make objects transparent, and he made the bomb transparent. You should be careful.”
Son Ga-yeon said. It was the perfect ability for distributing drugs.
“Is there anything else we should be careful about?”
“There’s an ability user with So Tae-jin who fooled our surveillance. We haven’t figured out exactly what their ability is yet. Be careful.”
Whoosh.
Something flew towards me. It was too sharp and fast to be a stone. I pulled out the Hwaryeon Flying Daggers from my waist and deflected the incoming object. It spun around and fell to the ground with a thud. The transparent object regained its form. It was a sharp, pointed dagger.
“The ability to make objects transparent… It’s a bit subtle. He can’t make himself transparent, right?”
“I heard he can’t make living things, including himself, transparent.”
“That’s subtle.”
If you’re skilled enough, you can sense things even if you can’t see them. It’s not like the mass disappears completely, so you can feel a presence. Even the dagger that flew straight at me just now came with the sound of tearing through the wind.
“Yujin, don’t let your guard down. That bomb from earlier was dangerous. If it had been more powerful, even we might have been hurt.”
No sooner had Son Ga-yeon finished speaking than a bomb exploded nearby. However, the explosive force didn’t penetrate our protective mana.
‘The bombs are hard to find since they’re installed.’
I looked around. The yard in front of the abandoned house was quite large. There was no one else around except us. The surveillance from the Bukbaek Son family were quietly watching from behind. They wouldn’t move unless Son Ga-yeon gave them a direct order.
‘Should I deal with the bombs first?’
Crackle.
I stepped on the True Step. Blue currents flowed along the ground. The bombs that came into contact with the current began to explode.
Bang! Boom! Boom! Boom!
With the explosions, the yard was devastated. That took care of all the annoying bombs.
