Heroine App 269

Chapter 269 – Episode 269 – The Protagonist Is Being Targeted (9)

“You seemed to have a lot of fun with Eunju?”

After finishing our shopping, I asked Delia, looking at her as we walked through the parking lot.

“Did I?”
“Yeah, I thought I’d be jealous.”

I met her gaze with a fresh expression.

Today was a rare day that Delia and I could spend alone together.

From her perspective, she must have felt a little disappointed.

Even if it was a chance encounter, I was planning to just send Eunju away and spend time alone with Delia.

Eunju probably would have thought the same. It was obvious that Delia and I were out on a date, so it would be strange for her to join us just because she happened to run into her childhood friend.

In the end, it all worked out well because the three of us had fun, but originally, it could have been an uncomfortable situation for Eunju. It’s really fortunate that Delia and Eunju got along so well.

Someone like Eunju, who seems outgoing but is surprisingly shy, is difficult to get close to at first.

I thought that maybe those traits had disappeared a bit as time passed and Eunju became an adult, but Eunju was still the same as ever.

It was the same when we were in the orchestra together. I suddenly remembered how she didn’t even have long conversations with anyone other than me and Harin.

Delia stared at me intently, then smiled faintly and turned her head away.

“Hmph, I am jealous.”

She puffed out her cheeks as she answered. For someone who’s sulking, her expression is too cute.

I hid my chuckle and tilted my head.

“But did you ask her to join us?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”

At my curious question, Delia glared at me prettily and then pouted her lips this time.

“You’re going to target her anyway.”
“Huh?”
“Since you’re going to target Eunju unnie anyway, I thought it would be better to get close to her beforehand.”

Oh. So that was her intention.

She kept answering as if she was still sulking at my question, but there was a gentle smile on Delia’s lips.

It was like that when she was talking to me as a love messenger after meeting Eunju. She seems to be in a pretty good mood.

Instead of saying anything, I just changed the way I was holding Delia’s hand, interlocking our fingers.

“Ah.”

She looked at me, slightly surprised, and then gripped my hand tightly.

And then, she pressed her body close to mine, tucked in her pouty lips, and looked up at me.

“U-Um, Jinhyun…”
“Yeah? What is it?”
“Since we spent lunch and dinner with Eunju unnie today, how about we spend tonight just the two of us…”

Delia’s eyes sparkled with a mix of allure and innocence.

We’ve been together for months, but she still shows this shy maiden-like side of her so often.

When I first summoned her and kept delaying the targeting, and ended up sleeping with Jina on a foreign trip, she showed a possessive side due to jealousy, but she quickly returned to being the cute and obedient Delia.

Sometimes, when I’m having sex with Sujeong, it bothers me a bit that she’s hiding and masturbating… Well, I guess she can be jealous too.

I looked at Delia’s hair swaying in the breeze and grinned.

“Lia.”
“Yes?”
“Your face is red.”

It wasn’t a joke, it was really red. It couldn’t be because of the cold.

At my smile, Delia touched her cheek lightly.

“R-Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Then let’s go before it turns white…”
“Shall we?”

Nod, nod.

Delia quickly led me towards the car we had come in today.

I got into the passenger seat, and she got into the driver’s seat.

With Delia’s driving skills, we could get home very quickly. But…

‘This is a 24-hour parking lot anyway.’

The department store was already closed. However, since there were many commercial buildings and other entertainment venues nearby, the above-ground parking lot was open 24 hours.

Then there was no need to hold back.

I fastened my seatbelt and pounced on Delia, who was about to move the gear.

“Jinhyun, I’m about to start, so buckle your belt… Kyaa!?”

I put a little weight on her and grabbed both of Delia’s shoulders, and her face was right in front of mine.

“You can buckle your belt later, right?”

She could have easily avoided it, but Delia looked at me as if she had been forced down by me.

“R-Really, Jinhyun…”

After consistently learning the Thousand Mile Qi Technique from Delia, I was able to feel the movement of magic outside my body a little.

Delia made an expression as if she couldn’t help it, but she quickly cast a barrier with magic so that no one could see inside the car from the outside. I also naturally used the Silence Field skill to block out the sound.

After casting the barrier, she also reclined the seat, which made me suspect that she had actually read that I was going to pounce on her.

So cunning.

“Jinhyun… Ung, uhn… Mwah…”

Mwah, mwah-

As I kissed Delia’s soft lips, she naturally wrapped her arms around my neck and breathed out a warm breath.

I felt that sweet breath and sucked on Delia’s lips even harder.

“Uhn, chwup, mwah… Mwah. Jinhyun…”

The kiss, where we were exploring each other’s lips, became more intense as Delia started to knock on my teeth first.

Our tongues intertwined, and we exchanged saliva.

Delia and I gradually lowered our positions and hugged each other tightly, and I felt her warm tongue in my mouth as I slowly took off Delia’s clothes.

* * *

Tap, tap-tap, tap-

“Hmm.”

It was late at night.

It was past 10 PM, and it was dark outside, but Ju Harin’s room, with the lights on, was brightly lit along with the monitor.

Ju Harin, who was wearing computer glasses to prevent eye strain, was typing diligently. She looked at the monitor for about 10 more minutes before getting up from her seat to stretch.

“Huu… Is this donation chat a bit awkward?”

She loosened her stiff body and leaned back in her chair. Ju Harin looked at the densely packed letters on the monitor and muttered in a low voice.

She pondered for a few seconds.

“Ugh, no. It’s still weird.”

Ju Harin frowned and deleted a few lines of sentences.

She was concentrating on writing, but it still wasn’t coming out well. Ju Harin shook her head and stared blankly at the ceiling.

Ding-

“Huh?”

At that moment, her phone notification went off.

Ju Harin immediately picked up her phone and checked who had sent the message.

“Ah, Eunju.”

No wonder she hadn’t replied.

Today, around 4 PM, she had sent a message to both Eunju and Jinhyun. Jinhyun had replied right away, but Eunju’s reply had only just arrived.

She thought she would take a break and refresh her mind by chatting with Eunju.

With that thought, Ju Harin unlocked her phone.

[Eunju: (Photo)]
[Eunju: (Photo)]
[Eunju: (Photo)]
…

“Huh?”

However, Ju Harin, who had tapped on the chat room with Eunju, was a little taken aback by the unexpected flood of photos from Eunju. She flicked her finger and checked each of the photos that Eunju had sent.

“One, two, three… There are a lot.”

There were many different photos, including one of her wearing a flowy cosplay outfit, one of her concentrating on a game at an arcade, and one of delicious-looking food.

“But…”

Ju Harin narrowed her eyes.

What was even more unusual was that it wasn’t just Eunju taking photos alone, but there were quite a few photos where Jinhyun was also in them.

‘We didn’t go to places like that yesterday?’

Ju Harin had a question mark in her head.

Right.

Yesterday, the three of them had only gone to Jinhyun’s cafe, a nearby restaurant, a karaoke room, and a park. They had already exchanged all the photos.

Ju Harin briefly recalled the fun they had yesterday.

It was so much fun to meet and hang out together for the first time in a while.

Ju Harin, who usually didn’t reveal herself much, needed someone to talk to besides Min Jia, and being with Jinhyun and Eunju made her feel comfortable, as if she had gone back to the old days.

The karaoke room was especially good. Jinhyun and Eunju were both so good at singing that she felt a little intimidated, but it was quite refreshing to just let loose.

However, she didn’t remember going to any clothing stores or arcades like that.

As she was thinking that, another message arrived from Eunju.

[Eunju: I went shopping today and happened to run into Jinhyun lol]

“Ah.”

Ju Harin understood why there were so many unfamiliar photos in Eunju’s messages.

Ju Harin was briefly convinced, but she immediately had another question before replying to Eunju.

‘Hmm…?’

No, but is it really possible to run into a childhood friend like that while shopping?

Ju Harin looked at the photos that Eunju had sent.

Looking at the number of photos and the places, it seemed that Jinhyun and Eunju had been hanging out for quite a long time, not just a little.

Even if they happened to meet, would they usually just talk for a while, or would they hang out together for that long?

‘Maybe…’

Ju Harin suddenly had a strange thought that maybe they had made plans and gone out to play just the two of them, leaving her out.

But she immediately shook her head.

‘Come on. What am I thinking?’

They weren’t the kind of people to do that in the first place.

Ju Harin sighed and looked at her phone, then turned her gaze back to the monitor.

Maybe she was feeling impatient because the streamer novel she had submitted to the contest wasn’t doing well, and the two of them were doing so much better than her.

The novel, which she had planned to discontinue if there wasn’t a dramatic change after 40 chapters, had just reached 40 chapters yesterday, but there was still no significant change.

She had been sitting in front of the computer all day today, but she couldn’t write well.

It’s a little envious.

“That looks fun…”

Ju Harin clicked her tongue slightly and continued to chat with Eunju.

Since she was a child, she had been compared to her older sister, who had shown unbelievable talent, and now she was comparing herself to her childhood friends who used to comfort her. She felt a little pathetic.

“Should I go for a walk?”

Ju Harin stared blankly at the monitor after finishing her chat with Eunju. Her hands on the keyboard didn’t move, so she made a slightly dissatisfied expression and headed for the closet.

It was a night when she couldn’t write her novel well.

Ju Harin put on a light winter coat and went outside.

‘It’s a bit cold. And I’m hungry.’

Her stomach rumbled. She suddenly craved something delicious when she went outside.

It was partly because she had only eaten a salad for dinner, but she usually didn’t feel this hungry.

‘Stress is the enemy of humans, after all.’

Ju Harin could eat whatever she wanted at the hotel’s restaurants if she wanted to.

On a night like this, the cafe on the 10th floor was good, and the buffet on the 3rd floor was usually good for eating a variety of things.

However, she didn’t want to have such a fancy meal. She would either buy something from the convenience store or…

‘It would be good to get some takeout chicken.’

Thump, thump-

She walked for about 20 minutes, breathing in the fresh air. Her walk was just going around the hotel’s annex.

Still, it was winter, so it was cool, and the surrounding area was densely packed with trees, so the air was very nice.

“Okay. I’ll have chicken today.”

Ju Harin nodded as she re-entered the hotel.

It was something that Jia, who often nagged Ju Harin about her eating habits, would be shocked to hear, but unfortunately, Ju Harin wasn’t someone who was particularly on a diet. She just took good care of herself normally.

Instead, she decided to take the stairs instead of the elevator to get back to her room.

After picking up the takeout chicken from the basement chicken place, Ju Harin started walking.

As she was going up the stairs, one floor at a time, she stopped for a moment when she reached the 3rd floor.

‘Hmm? An awards ceremony?’

Something caught her eye.

It was a sign. There was a sign next to the door leading to the 3rd floor.

According to the sign, there would be an awards ceremony on the 3rd floor at 5 PM tomorrow, so the 3rd floor buffet would only be open for breakfast and lunch and would be closed for dinner.

“Hmm?”

She opened the door to the 3rd floor and went to the entrance of the buffet, and there was the same sign at the entrance.

‘Come to think of it, they rent this place out sometimes, right?’

The halls of the Royal Hans Hotel were so famous that many groups rented them out, and the 3rd floor buffet was also rented out for specific times quite often.

A famous example was the lecture by singer-songwriter Jin Sua last time. Harin wasn’t there at the time, but she had heard about it.

This time, it wasn’t a lecture but an awards ceremony.

Ju Harin read the sign in more detail.

‘The 11th iPlebon Winter Comic Contest Awards Ceremony?’

iPlebon was a pretty famous platform.

Come to think of it, Ju Harin had seen it before.

It was a pretty large-scale comic contest, so she had explored it to see if there was anything she could use as a reference, and there were a lot of really interesting comics.

In particular, the comic that had been ranked first in the romance category for several weeks in a row was a huge hit.

Not only was the art style good, but the background music in every episode really captured the atmosphere. It had also become a hot topic in the community.

‘I heard that if you win an award here, you get to serialize it as an official webtoon.’

Ju Harin looked at the sign with interest and then headed back to her room with the takeout chicken.

She didn’t have any particular plans for tomorrow afternoon.