Chapter 39 – Moans and Groans!
“We’re done now.”
Pang Soso said, exhausted.
In conclusion, Pang Soso’s prediction was correct.
After his engagement with Pang Soso was broken due to his taste being exposed, Un Juwon began to cross the line slowly. He started killing women he liked and satisfying his sexual desires with their corpses.
Of course, he couldn’t turn all of them into corpses, so he would use them until they became corrupt and then dispose of them in remote places, pretending they were attacked by beasts.
The remaining unlicensed gangsters would usually accompany him, but if they had to fight or be in crowded places, they would hide in a safe place.
This time, they left them in a cave a little way off and apparently had made various preparations to turn us into gangsters.
We don’t need to wander around here and there; we just need to find the cave.
“That’s what happened.”
“Thank you for your hard work, Pang Soso. We need to go to that cave and check if it’s true. Would you like to rest here if you’re tired?”
“It’s okay. I’ll go with you. I want to see it with my own eyes.”
“If that’s what you want.”
If it’s their will, there’s nothing we can do.
Hong Yeon-hwa seemed to think the same way and nodded silently.
…with dumpling crumbs on her lips.
I wiped her mouth with my sleeve.
“Bu-eu… ub-eu….”
I watched her soft cheeks squish and squash for a moment before getting up from my seat.
“Let’s go.”
I can’t leave Un Juwon like this.
I lifted Un Juwon, who had fainted, and Hong Yeon-hwa, who was holding onto his cheeks, and Pang Soso, who seemed to be a little more relaxed for some reason, picked up the gangsters.
In the end, we found the cave we were looking for with Pang Soso’s guidance.
As we began to search the area, we found the cave we were looking for in no time.
As we entered, we saw a courtyard filled with unknown diagrams and objects that were probably necessary for gangsterization.
As we went further inside, we found a roughly carved stone bed and four unlicensed gangsters lying neatly around it.
They all had a subtle resemblance to Pang Soso in appearance and hairstyle, and they were wearing strange clothes with signs of “use” still visible….
“Don’t look!”
Hong Yeon-hwa raised her foot and covered my eyes.
“What’s wrong all of a sudden?”
“No matter how much of a corpse it is, it’s still a bit much. Close your eyes for a moment just in case you fall into strange thoughts.”
“…That’s a completely unnecessary worry.”
I didn’t even think about the possibility of seeing the corpse-packing, let alone the thought of seeing the hickey marks on Pang Soso’s body.
Pang Soso, who had seen the vulgar scene while we were talking, was slowly washing her face.
“This is….”
Pang Soso’s voice trembled as she carefully chose her words, but she eventually couldn’t find the right words and let out a deep sigh with a cold gaze.
Even the remaining sense of justice seemed to have fallen from her eyes.
“Now that we’ve confirmed it, let’s go back. We’ll leave the gangsters we brought here.”
“Y-yes.”
Pang Soso, who always showed a polite attitude in front of me and Hong Yeon-hwa, seemed to have changed a lot.
After that, everything happened quickly. Instead of going to the next village from here as we had previously discussed, we returned to the capital for a break.
Since the capital was close to the royal palace, it was a place where the gold nobility resided.
Pang Soso had run away, but she hadn’t been expelled from the Pang family in the north.
Thanks to Pang Soso, who had been throwing around the name of a family that had never been mentioned before, we were able to meet with the head of the gold nobility in the capital who oversaw the gold mines.
Un Juwon was taken care of, and we confirmed the cave with the help of the gold nobility. Somehow, my heart felt relieved that this incident was over.
Just when I thought I could rest a little, Pang Soso looked at us cautiously and spoke.
“Um, Eun-in? We still have some time left. Should we leave for the next village right away, or should we leave early tomorrow morning?”
“Huh? Isn’t there a risk of being followed from somewhere? I’d like to see how this ends firsthand if possible….”
“Bu-gun is right. There’s no need to rush like that.”
Pang Soso shook her head with an uneasy expression when Hong Yeon-hwa chimed in.
“This was a problem solved as a woman of the Pang family in the north. My father will definitely hear about my news.”
Pang Soso had a protective personality towards her daughter to the point where she had decided to run away. When she heard that Pang Soso was here and that she was in danger, she would come running.
The Pang family’s territory was Hwagyeong. If a master of that level ran non-stop, we would be caught up in no time.
“So let’s go to Hanamseong before that. Once we cross Hwabukseong, our family’s influence will decrease significantly. It will be difficult to find us from then on.”
It was a reasonable reason and conclusion. But do we really have to do that?
The biggest reason for deciding to travel with Pang Soso in the first place was to make contact with the Pang family in the north.
“I was trying to win Pang Gaju’s favor and make various requests… But already, Eun-in and I have saved Pang Soso’s life twice.”
Isn’t it unnecessary to help Pang Soso run away anymore?
Wouldn’t it be better to be caught by Pang Gaju, who will arrive later, and save time?
Was that thought reflected on my face? Pang Soso looked suddenly dark with an uneasy expression.
“I’m sorry. I can’t repay you for saving my life twice today, let alone make such a request… Let’s forget what I just said.”
Hong Yeon-hwa, who was snacking on something she had brought from Geum-uiwi, answered instead.
“That’s fine. It’s only right to help until the end since we already decided to help once. However, we’re tired today because of the life and death situation we just went through. It’s better to rest well and leave tomorrow morning. …What do you think?”
“Huh? It’s up to you, Yeon-hwa.”
All the calculations I had been doing until now were thrown out the window. What Hong Yeon-hwa wants is more important.
As I nodded my head in agreement, Hong Yeon-hwa cut a piece of the snack and put it in my mouth as if to say thank you.
The snack… she even gave me half of it….
As I hesitated with a complicated mind, I suddenly felt Pang Soso’s deeply moved gaze.
…I feel a little guilty.
I barely managed to stop Pang Soso, who was thanking me, and headed to the guesthouse where we stayed last time.
***
After resting for a day, we left a letter at Geum-uiwi saying that we would leave the rest to them and set off on the shortest route to arrive as quickly as possible.
We ran for a week on the shortest path to arrive as quickly as possible.
Since we were running in a straight line, we mostly had to sleep outdoors without passing through any villages.
However, even after arriving in Hanamseong, we ran for a few more days, so we stopped at a nearby village to rest.
After washing our bodies thoroughly, eating proper meals instead of preserved food, and lying down on a bed instead of the ground, as soon as we were about to fall asleep…
“Eun-in, Eun-in. Are you already asleep?”
Hong Yeon-hwa started shaking my shoulder with her small hand.
“Ugh… What is it?”
I opened my eyes since I was half asleep, but my mind was still hazy. Hong Yeon-hwa stared at my face like that, and then blushed…
“Eit!”
She took off her top.
It bounced.
Her large breasts shook in different directions, probably because she took it off too roughly.
In an instant, my eyes became hazy, and I met her gaze on her nipples.
Then, Hong Yeon-hwa grabbed my head and pulled it towards her chest.
Squelch.
“Ah….”
The smooth texture of her skin and her warm body temperature enveloped my face. Hong Yeon-hwa’s unique scent filled my nostrils instinctively as I breathed in.
Just this alone made me feel like all the exhaustion I had been carrying was melting away, but Hong Yeon-hwa didn’t stop there.
She gently stroked the back of my head with her slender fingers and asked, “We haven’t… done it for a week, right? Has it built up a lot?”
“Well, yeah…”
We hadn’t had the chance to be intimate properly for the past week since we had been sleeping rough. Even if we wanted to, we couldn’t just bite, suck, and thrust while Pang Soso was sleeping right next to us. Plus, we would have definitely been caught if we got too carried away.
As a result, as Hong Yeon-hwa said, it had built up quite a bit, and it seemed like it wasn’t just me.
“Now that the improved version of the contraceptive method is ready, and both your male energy and my female energy have ripened…”
Hong Yeon-hwa lowered her head and whispered into my ear, “Shall we try it out?”
Just once?
