## Chapter 298 – 30. Emergency (3)
Deep hatred.
And beyond it, a faint obsession.
“You treated all your classmates like idiots, calling them slaves and whatnot, even did an early graduation ceremony, but you still bothered to come here. Did you want to see your classmates’ pathetic chains?”
Baekseol bit her lip, reading that emotion.
Although it ended on such a bad note, she couldn’t honestly say she completely hated, despised, or disliked him.
“…You’re…alive.”
“…What?”
That’s why she struggled even more to get the words out.
All her anger towards him had burned away when she crushed his balls and made him a eunuch.
Now, all that remained was a kind of vague wistfulness and pity.
“Hahaha!”
Jin Gu-ok burst into laughter.
He laughed heartily, then suddenly stopped, his face turning serious.
“Alive? Of course, I’m alive. Did you think I’d be dead or something?”
“No, I…”
“You, who were always first place and even became a Knight of One, probably don’t know, but I was always right behind you. There’s no way I’d lose my life from just one kick.”
“….”
Back when they broke up.
Unable to control his emotions, Jin Gu-ok had spewed out words he shouldn’t have, and Baekseol, enraged by this, had kicked him in the groin.
Not holding back at all, Jin Gu-ok’s testicles were completely ruptured, turning him into a eunuch.
If left untreated, it probably would have led to his death.
“Thanks to you, I’ve become neither man nor woman, but it’s okay. Because I’ve learned something more precious.”
“More precious?”
For a man, was there anything more precious than that?
Looking at their lord, Go Mu-yeol, he seemed to cherish his manhood more than anything.
“Freedom.”
“!”
Baekseol’s eyes widened.
“Was it the day after I confessed to you? You shattered my world. I vaguely thought becoming a Knight of One was the best success and most glorious thing, but you made me realize that wasn’t the case. The yearning for freedom had already begun to sprout then.”
“That’s…”
“You’re right, Baekseol. Serving someone is never a glorious thing. You’re just a slave. We were made to be sold as slaves, and we’ve grown up enduring harsh training all these years. Our lives have been stained with misery from the very beginning. Even if we cover it with loyalty, the essence remains a tragedy.”
Baekseol sighed.
Jin Gu-ok seemed like he was looking at her past self.
The past when she thought that a knight was ultimately just a slave, and even more so, a Knight of One was just a personal slave.
Back then, it resonated so deeply with her, and she was always frustrated that the other classmates didn’t recognize this fact.
But now….
‘He completely misunderstands.’
‘You’re wrong, Baekseol.’
‘You gained freedom precisely because you served me.’
She was thinking something completely different than before.
“No. It’s different. A knight…isn’t like a slave. You’re…thinking wrong right now. Like I used to.”
Jin Gu-ok narrowed his eyes.
“…You’ve changed a lot since I last saw you. Right. You’ve probably spread your legs a lot by now, so you can’t think otherwise. Because you’ve already become a slave. There’s no point in lamenting your inescapable situation, you’ll only make yourself look pathetic, right? You have to rationalize it. So, you were just that kind of person after all.”
“….”
Insulting words.
Back then, she had gotten angry because of words like these and made him a eunuch.
There was no need to endure it this time either, but…she decided to endure it once.
He seemed to be in a lot of pain right now…because of her.
It was a kind of responsibility.
“Well, don’t be too sad. We’re both in terrible shape anyway. After you became a slave like that, I was dragged off to a lab.”
“A…lab?”
“The reason I came here today is because I was passing by on the way to another lab. They said I was lucky. They said it’s rare for the timing to be so perfect, so they told me to go and watch the classmates’ graduation ceremony one last time. But I never expected to meet you here.”
“….”
“You took away my ability to reproduce, but at the same time, you made me realize freedom. So, I hate you, but at the same time, I respect you.”
Jin Gu-ok declared with a hardened face.
“I will find freedom.”
“!”
“Even though I’m currently being dragged around as a mere test subject, unable to escape the shackles of loyalty, I will definitely find freedom. I will become a free man and use my current self as a snack to reminisce over. At that time, I’ll be thinking of you too as I raise my glass.”
“….”
“As a slave of the family, report me if you want. No matter what hardships come, my will won’t be broken. Whatever comes, I’ll use it as a noble stepping stone to freedom.”
He was very resolute.
He seemed to have made a very firm resolution.
It was knightly, but at the same time, it seemed precarious.
Baekseol felt a strange sensation.
Discomfort? Or pity?
There was an unknown emotional turbulence.
‘Was I…like that to my lord….’
Being in the most glorious and free position, yet considering it a constraint, regarding it as slavery, this frustration and ignorance.
How could she make him realize that he was free precisely because he was a knight who could receive pure faith without any doubt?
‘This is…an emotion you can’t understand without serving a lord.’
She didn’t know either.
Until Go Mu-yeol told her,
Until he enlightened her, she was trapped in misguided desires and beliefs, just like Jin Gu-ok now.
“I’m not the one to say this, since I’m the one who made you that way…but meet a good lord. Then, you’ll understand. What true freedom is.”
“You’re leaving me with a curse until the very end.”
“….”
Jin Gu-ok turned his body.
As if he had no regrets at all.
It was in stark contrast to the past, when he had said he had no lingering feelings for someone like her, but clung on until the very end.
“Go and see your master some more. Slave.”
Baekseol watched him disappear and muttered quietly.
“He said he was dragged off to a lab. The fact that a guy like that can wander around like this is proof that he’s…a free man. Jin Gu-ok, the freedom you’re looking for is a shackle in disguise.”
Ironically, Baekseol became even more convinced of how valuable her master’s absolute trust was, seeing Jin Gu-ok.
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“Ah! Ah, ah!!”
“Keuh!”
It was when I was burying my face in Kim Seo-ye’s breasts and having what must have been my nth cumshot.
Just as I was shuddering and ejaculating, Baekseol knocked and came inside.
“I’m back, my lord.”
“Oh…?”
Baekseol bowed silently with a chic expression.
She looked the same as always, but there was something, a slightly sentimental feeling.
So, memories really do make people weak.
“Hoo…. You’re back early? More than I expected.”
“I saw…enough of what there was to see.”
“Really?”
I had released her hoping she would take a trip down memory lane since she had come all this way, but Baekseol came back much earlier than I thought.
Even just taking a walk around the training center would have taken longer than this.
“Did you talk enough with your classmates?”
“….”
Baekseol made a face as if she was remembering something, then nodded.
“Yes. I faced my past.”
“Oh, really?”
She’s giving a really unique answer.
“We’re leaving tomorrow, so if there’s anything you need, do it now. You never know when you’ll be back. Anyway, everyone will be scattered here and there, and you don’t know what will happen.”
“…Thank you for your consideration. But I’m fine.”
“Really…?”
‘No matter how I think about it, it’s too fast to have done anything. Was she a loner or something?’
I thought about that for a moment, but soon shook my head.
There’s no way someone as excellent as Baekseol in every way would be bullied. She’s overwhelmingly strong in terms of force too.
‘Well…. If she says she’s seen everything, there’s no need to force her out.’
In that case,
Squelch.
“Heung.”
I pulled my dick out of Kim Seo-ye’s pussy.
The flesh clung to it wildly, but eventually, my dick came out, and the semen overflowed.
“Do you remember where this is?”
“…Yes. It was my room.”
“And it’s also where I took your first time.”
Baekseol smiled faintly, as if she had thought of something.
“Yes. It was also here that I realized what true freedom is.”
Suddenly, freedom?
“The day my lord awakened me to freedom, I was no different from being reborn.”
“Oh…really?”
Was it that much…?
“I, who was always pessimistic about my situation, never thought that way again.”
“I see. So, what are you thinking now?”
“I’m thinking that I’m glad to have met my lord…and to be my lord’s exclusive knight.”
“I happen to be thinking that I’m glad you’re my knight too. In many ways.”
Baekseol smiled slightly and began to undress.
She now knew so well what I wanted.
“What makes me happiest is that I’m a woman who can be embraced by my master.”
“We’re on the same page. I think so too.”
Baekseol climbed onto the bed and hugged me.
It was a pleasant scent.
