Cheon Yu-hwa (2)

“That’s… I didn’t really mean to let you know or anything—”

Fuck.

“It’s just… I have a really sensitive sense of smell…”

I’m so screwed.

How can I not think of that time whenever I see her…?

That’s why, whenever I saw her, I’d just duck into the bathroom to quickly take care of it myself.

I couldn’t just turn into a succubus—well, she wouldn’t know it was a succubus, but still—I couldn’t just turn into a woman in the middle of a gate strategy meeting.

No wonder she’d been giving me such meaningful looks.

Or was I just imagining it because I felt guilty?

Ugh, get a grip.

You’ve already been caught.

My sense of smell? Shit, did she figure it out by scent? Because she’s a harpy and has a good sense of smell? Do harpies even have a good sense of smell?

“…Han-gyeol?”

“Huh? Ah… Just a moment…”

“…You really don’t have to feel burdened by it.”

How can I not feel burdened?

“Han-gyeol. I’m sorry. I won’t cause any more problems like this in the future.”

Misunderstanding my flustered reaction, Yu-hwa gave a bitter smile and started to get up—

“Nuna.”

A hellish dilemma.

1. Endure my lust for now and transform into a succubus (at some unknown point in the future).
2. Don’t endure it and just do it (worst-case scenario: social ruin).

Wait, this wasn’t a hellish dilemma at all, was it?

Laying it all out, the answer was obvious. Of course, whether that answer was the right one remained to be seen—

“I like you too, Nuna.”

The moment I said it, she buried herself in my arms.

Seeing her held in my embrace—

…

This is bad.

Dangerously bad.

The first time I transformed automatically, I was drunk and had no idea what was happening, so I didn’t know when the change would occur. But now, I could feel it coming.

If she stays in my arms like this, it won’t be long before—

“Nuna.”

The words that were about to follow were automatically slammed with a brake.

What, was I going to ask her to have sex? Or ask her to help me relieve some sexual tension?

Saying that right after we confessed our feelings for each other would make me a fucking lunatic, wouldn’t it?

An image of the succubus flashed through my mind, but I was trying to treat her as a separate person.

Seo A-gyeol just needs to give me Essense, wasn’t the thought. It was, This is dangerous, what do I do?

What do I do? What do I do? Fuck, what do I do?

“Han-gyeol.”

“Yes, Nuna.”

“Aren’t you… poking me a little too much?”

“Poking you? With what, ah…”

My libido, which had skyrocketed to dangerous levels, had caused something else to skyrocket as well.

Fuck…

“Just kidding. When you’re inside an uncharted gate… everyone has moments… like this.”

The desire for survival, the slow release of peak tension, the boredom from having no internet…

I’d heard whispers of how gates could turn into the ‘animal kingdom’ due to various factors, but experiencing it firsthand…

Still, knowing that this sort of thing happened didn’t do anything to cover up my shame.

“…Wanna do it? A little… of that can help relieve tension… Though we can’t get too relaxed, of course.”

But if she was going to go this far…

I had no choice.

As I wrapped my arm around her waist, she gave me a smiling glance and pressed her lips against mine—

…My first kiss as a man was, disappointingly, not much different from my kisses as a succubus. Fuck.

I guess I had to console myself with the fact that it was my first time with someone whose lips were smaller than mine, and who was shorter than me?

I tried hard not to recall the memories of my past kisses.

Ah, I want to do it.

It’s getting really dangerous now.

If I hold back any longer, I’ll really—

I slipped my hand under the waistband of Yu-hwa’s suit.

“Why are you in such a hurry?”

But even as she said that, she began to take off her clothes.

…It wouldn’t be okay to just pull down my pants and underwear and start, right? That would make me look like I have no manners or etiquette, right?

As I undressed, my bare body was revealed.

I didn’t have any flab, but I didn’t have that much muscle either…

The naked bodies of the men I’d been with—no, the men Seo A-gyeol had been with—came to mind.

…I need to work out.

Just as I was debating whether I should take off my pants, Yu-hwa, now in nothing but her underwear, approached me.

…She’s not as voluptuous as the succubus, so I guess it all evens out… Ah, no, that’s not it…

It almost looked like she had more muscle than me…?

“Getting shy now that we’re about to do it?”

“…Is it really okay to do this so suddenly—”

“Don’t play coy when you want it too. I’m only saying this now that you’ve said you like me, but you know you’re a bit of a pervert, right?”

“Nu-Nuna.”

“You go to the bathroom to take care of yourself every time you see my face. Now,”

Peck.

After a light kiss, she met my eyes again.

“Inside a gate, you’re supposed to do things right away. You want to die with regrets?”

“What?”

“Just kidding. It’s pretty relaxed and safe right now, but sometimes things get intense. In times like that, the comrade next to you is so, ah.”

She gave my cheek a light pinch.

“But that doesn’t mean I go around doing this with just anyone. Got it?”

“Eh? Yes.”

“What’s with that reaction? It’s because you’re really my type. A scrawny, pretty, pale boy.”

“Nuna…”

“So, don’t get any weird ideas… I really don’t do this with just anyone.”

She was in my arms.

So this is what it feels like when skin touches skin.

Let’s not think about why the feeling of skin on skin feels so familiar…

She’s a different person, I tell you.

“I’m not thinking anything weird…”

“Right, you’re probably thinking other weird things.”

As her hand slowly stroked the front of my pants…

I can’t take it anymore.

“Nuna.”

I yanked down my pants and underwear in one motion.

Thwump—it sprang out.

“Oh my.”

“I like you.”

I grabbed her and gently laid her down on the ground.

The moss, warmed by the sunlight, felt soft against my bare skin. This was a nice spot.

I kicked off the pants and underwear tangled around my ankles and reached for the waistband of her underwear to pull it down.

“You really are a pervert.”

Her face now flushed, she slightly parted her legs.

“You’re a pervert too, Nuna. Who was the one who made the first move?”

“Alright, alright. I made the first move. Happy?”

“Yes.”

My first time seeing another person’s—a woman’s—private parts.

“There’s… no condom.”

She wasn’t a succubus who could instantly convert semen into Essense. If I accidentally came inside, she could get pregnant.

“Ah, I have some back at the campsite, but I didn’t bring any. …Why are you looking at me like that? Condoms are on the list of standard supplies.”

“Really?”

“I told you not to get any weird ideas. Condoms are on the supply list. It’s not weird, okay?”

“If you say so…”

“I’m serious, you know. You want to use one? It is safer.”

…If I hold back now, I’m definitely going to transform.

But I couldn’t just say I wanted to do it without a condom.

Ugh, what kind of skill gets harder to control the higher its level gets? Isn’t level supposed to mean proficiency?

As proficiency increases, control should get better, not worse. What’s this nonsense about transforming unconsciously—

“…Do you want to do it without a condom?”

My silent protest against the absurd proficiency standards of the transformation skill made me late in answering her question.

“Uh, ah, well.”

“Now, aren’t you the real pervert? Playing coy this whole time, and now you want to do it without a condom—”

“It’s just, uh, I’m sorry. It’s my first time, so without a condom—ah, what am I saying.”

My mind was in such a jumble that I misspoke.

“It’s your first time?”

“Huh? Yes. It’s my first time…”

“Oh…”

“What’s with that look?”

“Nothing. Just because you said it’s your first time.”

“What about it being my first time?”

“It’s nothing. …You want to try it without a condom, then? If you pull out… it should be fine.”

“…Really?”

“It’s Han-gyeol’s first time, after all.”

“Nuna.”

“Do you really have to pull out?”

“…I’m going in.”

My first time…

But where is it…?

“You really are a virgin, huh? It’s… right here…”

It was a little embarrassing—no, it was very embarrassing—but I was finally at the entrance.

“…I’m really going in now.”

“Mhm…”

Slowly, I pushed my way in.

Oh… so this is what it felt like.

It was definitely better than my hand… and the fact that it was inside another person… was a new experience.

Soft… and the way it wrapped around me, wetly… oh…

I slowly pulled my hips back.

My member slowly revealed itself.

You’re finally inside a woman.

I pushed all the way back in, pulled out again, and again—

…I really need to work out.

Maybe because it was my first time, or because we were in a gate—a somewhat unfamiliar(?) place—the position was awkward.

“Why are you so clumsy?” she teased, her voice full of laughter.

“Nuna, just a second.”

“It really was your first time, wasn’t it?”

“What are you talking about…”

She wrapped her arms around my neck and pulled me down sharply. This makes it—hmm, how do I position myself, li-like this?

“You’re so cute.”

“Nuna…”

I moved my hips awkwardly, trying my best to get a rhythm going. I need to work on my flexibility, too—

Dammit, how did Choi Shin-woo or Yoo Yi-jun, or any of those other guys, do it?

After a few thrusts, I started to get the hang of it.

I definitely need to work out, though—

Schlorp—

Her tongue entered my mouth.

Wet below, and wet above.

My hips rotated as my tongue swirled with hers.

“Hngh, Nuna.”

Schlorp—

As I slowly rotated my hips, I could feel her ‘inside,’ and that feeling of being gently squeezed…

I think my lower body is starting to tremble—

…!

Ah, already?

“Nuna, I think I’m going to cum.”

“Already?”

“I’m sorry…”

“It’s nothing to be sorry about. It’s your first time… it happens.”

The tip of my penis was tingling, the sensation building. I had to pull out.

“Nuna, I’m pulling out.”

The crimson, swollen head of my penis emerged.

I’ll just use my hand—

She sat up, took hold of me, and—

Put it in her mouth.

“Hagh!”

The moment her lips touched me, my semen erupted.

White, sticky fluid streamed down the lower half of her face.

“Nu-Nuna. Wait a second.”

A tissue, where’s a tissue? Do we even have any?

There were no tissues, so I turned back to her, intending to offer her the clothes I’d been wearing.

But she had already wiped herself off with her hand and was flicking it clean. When it didn’t come off easily, she rubbed her hand on the moss.

“Well… it was your first time.”

“I’m sorry…”

“I’m kidding. But our Han-gyeol is pretty well-built down there, huh?”

“Really?”

I wasn’t, like, that well-endowed.

When I compared mine to Choi Shin-woo’s or Song Gi-woo’s… well, those two were huge, but still.

“Well, it was enough for me to feel something in that short time.”

“I’m sorry…”

“I told you it’s fine since it’s your first time. I was a little worried that if you were scrawny, you’d be scrawny down there too. I’m relieved.”

“Nuna…”

“It’s getting dark. Let’s head back. Even if there’s nothing around here, we don’t know what the night will bring.”

“Okay.”

*

“Oh, there you are. Is a new couple born?”

Yang Geun-tae greeted us as we returned to the campsite.

“Ah… a guy who left his girlfriend back home is going to die of loneliness.”

“If you’re so jealous, Geun-tae, you should have brought your girlfriend along.”

“Hey, why would I bring her to a dangerous place like this?”

“By the way, where are Ji-min and Seung-hoon?”

“They were together somewhere else. I’m here to give them some space. Yu-in is in her spot, said she was going to prepare some potions and powders in advance.”

“Well… there’s not much to talk about before bed anyway.”

I’d heard that larger teams even did a roll call before sleeping, but our team wasn’t that big.

All we had to do now was… organize tomorrow’s schedule and decide on the night watch?

But the spirit had already volunteered for watch duty, and tomorrow’s schedule was just simple travel, so there wasn’t much to discuss.

We’d gathered in the center of the camp with nothing to do, and now we had nothing to say.

“So, skip the pre-bedtime meeting?”

“Sounds good to me.”

“Let’s do that. Yu-in is probably concentrating right now. I’ll let her know.”

“Then I’ll go tell the new couple. Hah, what’s a lonely old man like me to do?”

*

After playing with the spirit who was standing watch (it had created a ring of fire around the campsite), I returned to my spot to find someone there.

“Nuna?”

“Come on in.”