## Chapter 199 – Rain Shower (5)
“What is this place? It looks better than the hotel room we stayed in Busan.”
“It’s nice, but it’s completely empty.”
As soon as they entered, Chaeyoon and Seohee took off their shoes and looked around the house with curiosity. Seohee, who had her hands in her pockets, got bored and plopped down on the floor, looking exhausted. Chaeyoon, still wearing the same clothes as last time, unpacked her bag and sat next to Seohee.
“…Let’s talk about this house later. First, I have so much to ask you two…
More importantly, what happened to you both? You were with Sua, so where did she go?”
The reason they hadn’t been in contact, and the ‘Flower Ritual’ that I heard about through Theresa.
I had a mountain of questions, but I couldn’t bring myself to speak after seeing their condition.
Chaeyoon’s clothes were stretched out and slightly torn in places, covered in unknown stains. Seohee was in even worse shape, with bruises and scratches on her hands and face. And Sua, who I told to come with them, wasn’t even there. Everything was a mess.
I was speechless, gaping at the situation, when Chaeyoon and Seohee looked at me at the same time…
“Hehe… Oppa seems ready now, and I want to tell you what happened…”
“…Can we use the bathroom first? I haven’t showered for a day, and I smell…”
They were soaking wet, as if they had been caught in the rain, fidgeting with their clothes and hair. I started to feel sorry for them, like I was looking at a couple of drowned puppies.
…Judging by their appearance, they hadn’t been able to eat properly, let alone shower, while they were out of contact…
“The bathroom is on the right, under the stairs to the second floor. Go wash up first.”
“Okay…”
“Yes…”
I pointed to the direction of the bathroom, and the two of them quietly replied and walked towards it. I should prepare some clothes and food for them while I wait.
“…But seriously, where did Sua go?”
“Sua Unni said she’d be here soon, so don’t worry.”
Chaeyoon peeked her head out of the bathroom and answered my small mutter.
With that, all I could hear from inside was the sound of water pouring and hitting the floor.
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“Mmm, this pizza is so good!”
“There’s plenty, so eat slowly. I ordered two in case.”
Chaeyoon, wearing a large t-shirt that I used as pajamas because it didn’t fit me, was eating pizza.
She must have been really hungry, because she was stuffing pizza into her mouth with sparkling eyes as soon as she came out of the shower.
I wasn’t very hungry, so I was just sipping on cola and watching them,
when I noticed Seohee sitting quietly, unlike Chaeyoon, who was smiling as she ate her pizza.
“But Seohee, why aren’t you eat…”
“…..Sniff…♡ Haa…♡”
Seohee wasn’t even looking at the pizza in front of her, but was looking down and breathing heavily.
She grabbed the collar of my shirt that she was wearing and put it to her nose,
quietly inhaling and exhaling, blushing, so that we couldn’t hear her.
…What’s wrong with her? Seohee was giving off a strange vibe, different from usual.
I tried to look away from her and pretended not to notice, putting the cola can to my lips.
“Anyway, let me tell you what happened first. Listen while you eat.”
I cleared my throat loudly enough for Seohee to hear and calmly started to talk.
Thankfully, I glanced at Seohee, who was startled and hurriedly grabbed a slice of pizza, and then
I started to explain what had happened during the day that they had been out of contact.
Finding Jung Ah-un hiding in Seoul and going to see her, and meeting another Creator, Theresa, there.
Winning the fight against her and finally killing Jung Ah-un, and finally finding their base.
I told them everything without leaving anything out.
“…Anyway, this house is where Jung Ah-un used to live. Minjung Nuna took care of everything,
and she confirmed that we don’t have to worry about being tracked or monitored by the Research Society, so don’t worry.”
“Oh? So we’re living here now?”
“I don’t know what’s going to happen, but Minjung Nuna said it should be fine for a while.”
Unlike Chaeyoon, who was smiling happily and jumping up and down,
Seohee was holding a half-eaten slice of pizza in one hand and asking me with a calm face.
“That’s good, but where is the woman you mentioned, Theresa?
Knowing your personality, you wouldn’t have just left her there, and you wouldn’t have left her alone until now.”
“…You know me too well. She’s in that room right now, I don’t know why she’s not coming out…”
Come to think of it, what is Theresa doing in that room? She must be hungry too.
I got up from my seat and slowly approached the room where Theresa was and called out to her.
“Theresa? Are you in there? Come out, you haven’t eaten anything either. Come out and have some pizza.”
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“Theresa?”
I called out again, but there was no response. Feeling something was wrong, I opened the door and went inside, but
the dark room was empty. Just neatly arranged towels and a new mattress.
There was only a small note left on it, and Theresa was nowhere to be seen.
‘I’ll be back soon after grocery shopping♡’
There was only a short sentence written in a cute font. Grocery shopping, so suddenly?
…Wait a minute, did Theresa have any money? More than that, did she go out wearing that maid outfit?
My mind went blank, and I picked up my phone to call her, but she didn’t have a phone either.
“…..I don’t know, I’m sure nothing will happen.”
“What, she’s not there?”
“Yeah, she’s not there. I don’t know when she left…”
I quickly gave up looking for Theresa and went back to my seat and picked up the cola can again.
I was worried about her going out in the pouring rain in the middle of the night, but nothing would happen.
I was thinking that I should buy her a phone later, and I was sipping on cola,
when Chaeyoon, who had finished eating the slice of pizza in her hand and rinsed her mouth with a drink, said.
“By the way, don’t you have something to ask us? I’m sure you already know everything.”
Chaeyoon wiped the grease off her hands with a wet wipe and came to my side and leaned against me.
She was waiting for me to open my mouth with an expression that seemed to know what I was going to ask.
“…Last time, I was drunk, and I didn’t know what this power was, so my memory is vague…
But the day you and I drank alcohol and turned Jiyu into a flowerpot,
your atmosphere changed from that day on. At first, I thought it was just my imagination.
But now, you and Seohee both have a strange atmosphere from earlier.”
I looked back and forth between Chaeyoon and Seohee, who were sitting next to me, and recalled what Theresa had said.
‘You still don’t know about the ‘Flower Ritual’? The hidden nature of the petals.’
‘In the first place, it was us, the ‘Creators’, who needed the prosperity of the species.
We decided to use the petals, which have a high reproductive rate.’
Unlike the first petals that were created to give humans power and wisdom,
the petals created by the four Creators who started the war were tools for their own prosperity.
Petals that turn the parasitized humans into sex slaves who are loyal and obedient to them.
The very petals that survived from the distant past and were revived in modern times were the girls in front of me.
And the ‘Flower Ritual’ to pledge absolute loyalty to the Creator who had the greatest influence on them,
and to be recognized as a ‘companion’ who would protect the Creator for the rest of their lives.
If the two of them were influenced by me and remembered their true purpose,
then the changes in Chaeyoon that I had felt recently, and the different atmosphere of Seohee now, were also due to that influence…
“…Finally, Oppa… no, Master has realized…♡ The ritual we are preparing…”
“I, I’m going to offer flowers to Master soon, so wait a little longer!
My, mine hasn’t fully grown yet, so I couldn’t bring it…!”
Seohee, who had been looking at Chaeyoon with a disdainful attitude, came to me, jealous of Chaeyoon.
That woman came to me and sat in the empty seat next to me,
with a flushed face, tearful eyes that seemed to feel uneasy, and whispered softly.
“….S, so… P, please don’t abandon me. Master…”
“…You.”
I felt something sink in my heart at her round, different expression.
She buried her face in my arms so that I couldn’t see her tears and took a deep breath.
“Ah, Unni has never been honest with her feelings, so her anxiety isn’t calming down.
She’s been worried about being cold to Master before we came here, and she’s been anxious.
She’s been saying, ‘What if Master abandons me?’, ‘Won’t he hate me?’♡”
“So that’s why?”
After hearing Chaeyoon’s explanation, I understood a little bit why Seohee was acting like this.
Seohee usually hides her feelings and is aware of her surroundings.
She had been hiding the feelings that naturally drew her to me because of the instincts of the petals with a cold attitude,
but now that she knew her true existence, she was worried that she would be hated for her actions towards the man who was everything to her,
me.
“Why are you thinking like that? Why would I abandon you?”
“…M, Master…?”
Seohee looked up, tearful. I suddenly lifted her shirt.
Then her breasts and pink nipples were exposed without underwear.
Seohee, who was embarrassed by the sudden event, let out a small moan of ‘Uh…?’, I grabbed her chin.
“I know what you’re thinking. How do I know?
Because you’re an honest pervert who moans when I fuck you. Am I right?”
I denigrate her, who is dependent on me, as a disgusting pervert.
If someone who didn’t know anything saw it, they would say it was crazy, but…
“…Y, Yeshehet…!♡ I’m a bitch who cries honestly when Master fucks me… a bitch in heat…!♡”
Seohee trembled and took a rough breath with her tongue out, her expression free of anxiety.
I have lived by reading people’s faces because I am not good at comforting or empathizing.
I have learned what that person likes and what to give as a gift to make them happy.
It is a hideous and vulgar act in the eyes of others, but it was the best comfort for Seohee.
“Ha, you’re a girl who can’t understand, follow me. There’s something you can do, even for someone like you?”
“Kyaa…!♡ Y, Yes!♡”
I grabbed Seohee’s hair and pulled her hard, and went into the room where the mattress was.
“…Oh… are you two doing it alone? That’s so mean…”
“What are you talking about? You come too.”
“…Hehe♡ Yes~”
Of course, Chaeyoon too. Chaeyoon, who licked her upper lip with her tongue at my call.
With Chaeyoon following me in with quick steps, the door slammed shut.
