Episode 614. The Culprit Was Lee Hoyeon.

“Haa.”

Scarlet’s head began to throb painfully.

‘Where did my life go wrong?’

Every step she took on the stairs leading to the ground floor, a magic orb hidden inside her underwear made its presence known.

Having lived a life as an informant and assassin, she had long discarded pride and shame, but the thought of Lee Hoyeon having personally placed the magic orb into her panties made shame well up inside her.

‘Is the magic not activating yet?’

Scarlet flinched and continued up the stairs.

The magic orb wriggling inside her panties with every step was uncomfortable.

She didn’t even know when the magic would activate.

“When does the magic orb start working?”

“It’ll activate once it fully understands your body. It shouldn’t take long?”

“Haa….”

“Why do you keep sighing?”

“Are you asking because you don’t know?”

“I’m asking because I know.”

“….”

Scarlet scowled and glared at Lee Hoyeon.

Lee Hoyeon, who had glanced back briefly, naturally averted his gaze.

“Kuhum.”

Facing forward, Lee Hoyeon ignored the stares boring into his back and climbed the stairs.

He wanted to say, ‘Why are you acting like this when it’s just Underworld magic training?’, but he felt like he’d actually get hit if he did.

Maybe it was because he got hit so much in France. He didn’t want to be hit by a woman anymore.

• Awesome! Rebecca! Look at this-!

As they neared the first floor, Liliana’s excited voice could be heard.

Lee Hoyeon exited the underground training room passage and headed towards the living room.

“Today’s broadcast earnings are the highest ever! Woooaaang!”

“Liliana. I feel like I’m going to die of embarrassment….”

The kitchen, connected to the living room.

Rebecca could be seen, face down on the dining table.

Beside her, Liliana was jumping up and down, displaying the day’s earnings on her smartwatch.

“Liliana. What are you doing? Where’s the food?”

“Huh? Ah! Lee Hoyeon, you’re here! Look at this. It’s the money Rebecca and I earned today.”

Liliana confidently held out her smartwatch.

Lee Hoyeon, glancing at the smartwatch without much thought, widened his eyes.

“One, ten, hundred… Wait, is this real?”

The number displayed on the smartwatch was 4,560,000.

That was a whopping 4.56 million won.

To earn this in a single day, what on earth did they do?

“Yeah! I had Rebecca do a dancing reaction, and the viewers just kept sending money?!”

“Rebecca-ssi danced?”

“If she had done it a few more times, we would have earned over ten million won, but Rebecca said she absolutely couldn’t do it a second time, so we didn’t earn it!”

“What do you mean, making her do that? Idiot.”

“Ack!”

“Rebecca-ssi, are you okay?”

Lee Hoyeon flicked Liliana’s forehead and approached the prone Rebecca.

It had seemed strange that she hadn’t greeted him and remained face down.

So that was the reason.

“Baby’s Dad… I’m sorry. I’ve been tainted. If I had known it was this kind of broadcast, I wouldn’t have gone in the first place….”

Rebecca slightly lifted her head and took Lee Hoyeon’s hand.

Seeing this, Lee Hoyeon chuckled and teased.

“What are you talking about, Rebecca-ssi. But maybe you can show me a dance later.”

“Sob… Even you, Baby’s Dad….”

“You worked hard playing with Liliana.”

Lee Hoyeon patted Rebecca’s back with a smile.

This person was softer-hearted than she looked.

If he teased her any further, she might really get upset.

“Rebecca. Come out again next time. The viewers’ reaction was amazing.”

“Liliana…. I still feel like I’m going to die of embarrassment, so stop.”

“Hmm. Humans are such fragile beings.”

Lee Hoyeon shook his head, looking at the dejected Rebecca.

He decided he needed to ban her from appearing on broadcasts now.

While it might be okay for Liliana since she enjoyed it, Lee Hoyeon didn’t want the other heroines showing their faces on broadcasts.

Just saying hello was one thing, but dancing was a bit much.

‘Still, I am curious what kind of dance she did.’

She probably wouldn’t show me even if I asked, so maybe I should look it up.

Lee Hoyeon logged into ‘Every Day’ for the first time in a while.

Every Day was Victoria Academy’s community board, but it was also a place where Liliana’s broadcast was frequently discussed.

She had drawn a lot of attention early in the broadcast by pretending to be a student.

• Anyone know the Instagram of the red-haired woman who appeared on the sexy Succubus broadcast!!

• Her dancing was really cute. Does anyone have it saved?

He scrolled through the posts without much thought, but Lee Hoyeon’s name appeared unusually often.

• Reason why Lee Hoyeon is currently getting cursed out worldwide.jpg

• It’s not right for him to act tyrannically just because he has the image of a genius mage.

• The Academy is staying quiet, maybe they have something planned?

The more he looked at them, the more his brow furrowed.

There weren’t just one or two negative posts about him; they filled the entire page.

A few were in Lee Hoyeon’s favor, but overall, public opinion didn’t seem good.

“What is this? Have they all lost their minds?”

“Hmm? Weren’t you aware of the public opinion, Hoyeon-nim?”

Scarlet, who had entered the kitchen belatedly, said this upon seeing Lee Hoyeon’s bewildered expression.

“Public opinion?”

“I told you, didn’t I? There were many negative opinions about destroying the black pillars.”

“No, I didn’t realize it was this bad?”

Lee Hoyeon narrowed his eyes.

If the community was this hostile, the general public must already think negatively of Lee Hoyeon.

‘The media must have really torn into him for it to get this bad.’

Everyone knew Lee Hoyeon had connections with the Iris Guild and the Wizard Association.

It was nonsensical for such a commotion to arise over something whose dangers hadn’t even been proven yet.

This made it almost certain that Maestro had brainwashed high-ranking officials.

‘For now, I should just ignore it.’

The heroines wouldn’t care about that kind of news, and the public opinion would surely flip the moment the Underworld monsters started their attack.

He just needed to focus on destroying the black pillars.

Lee Hoyeon helped the still-depressed Rebecca to her feet.

“Rebecca-ssi. Please get up now. I have something to say.”

“Nnngh. Baby’s Dad. Why?”

“Starting tomorrow, as I mentioned before, we’ll be destroying the black pillars. You seem quite accustomed to using Underworld magic, Rebecca-ssi.”

“Didn’t you say you were forming teams last time? What about the teams?”

He had intended to get help from the heroines he could trust when destroying the black pillars.

First, he would divide them into two teams, centered around Im Sol and Rebecca.

Then, he would form the teams as comfortably as possible.

[Centered around Rebecca: Irene, Alice, Scarlet, Liliana.]

[Centered around Im Sol: Lucy, Lumi, Nam Daeun, Moon Surin.]

Excluding Baek Ahyoung, who lacked combat ability, they could form three teams including Lee Hoyeon.

Hearing Lee Hoyeon’s words, Rebecca nodded as if understanding.

“You got permission, right? Can we start moving tomorrow?”

“Yes. Everyone agreed to help.”

“Then I’ll do my best too. Ah, Baby’s Dad. Speaking of which, is Scarlet-yang okay?”

“Scarlet?”

Rebecca lowered her voice and spoke, glancing around.

Scarlet had gone into the kitchen to help Nam Daeun, so she likely couldn’t hear them, but just in case, Rebecca spoke softly so Scarlet wouldn’t get offended if she overheard.

“Scarlet-yang seems to be training obsessively because of the Underworld magic. You know that too, right, Baby’s Dad?”

“Yes. I’m helping her, so don’t worry. I figured out the problem.”

“Really? If you help, can she overcome it quickly?”

“Of course. Just trust me.”

The training will begin soon.

Lee Hoyeon swallowed the rest of his words and looked towards the kitchen.

*

“Thank you for helping me even though your training just ended, Scarlet-ssi.”

“Not at all. It’s something I always do. It’s more thankful that Daeun-yang helped with the training.”

“Should I help you with training tonight too? I’ll come after putting Dahee to sleep.”

“Ah… It’s alright. I found a method for Underworld magic training with Hoyeon-nim.”

Seeing Nam Daeun smile so innocently made Scarlet’s heart ache.

Her own training method had been quite unhealthy.

“Really? That’s great. Rebecca-ssi will be happy too.”

“Yes. Let’s have dinner first.”

Scarlet felt the presence of the magic orb in her panties again.

It was still inactive, but she didn’t know when it would activate.

Scarlet helped Nam Daeun move the dinner dishes to the table.

The others had already finished preparing the meal and were seated.

“Didn’t we say dinner was chicken today?”

“I played games with you earlier, remember? Let’s skip the chicken today.”

“Hmph. Scout. You understand me, right?”

“Yes. I understand.”

Scarlet replied to Liliana and placed a salad in front of her.

Liliana’s expression soured at the sight of the pile of vegetables, but she couldn’t complain since Lee Hoyeon was watching.

Liliana eventually picked up her fork with a sullen look.

“You need to eat plenty of vegetables too, just like Baby’s Dad said, Liliana.”

“Rebecca. Lions don’t eat grass even if they starve. That’s willpower.”

“Liliana. If you’re not going to eat it, starve.”

“… Hmph.”

Maybe lions don’t, but succubi die if they starve.

Liliana reluctantly put the salad into her mouth.

Every time fresh vegetables entered her mouth, she felt a pang of sadness.

“This should have been chicken.”

“I’ll buy chicken tomorrow, Huk. Hhht….”

Scarlet, who was answering Liliana as she placed down the last dish, suddenly choked on her words.

The magic orb in her panties had finally begun emitting Underworld magic.

Scarlet, sinking down without realizing it, leaned against the table and trembled.

The sudden pleasure was utterly bewildering.

“Huh? Scout. What’s wrong?”

“Ah, ah…. It’s nothing.”

Scarlet bit her lip slightly, took a deep breath, and straightened her knees.

The magic orb inside her panties was pressed right against her clitoris.

‘Even the magic takes after its master…!’

Was this what using an adult toy felt like?

The area around her clitoris vibrated, and pleasure washed over her body.

Still, it wasn’t unbearable.

“Scarlet-yang. Are you very tired?”

“… I’m fine. Rebecca-nim. Haa. Please don’t worry about me and continue eating.”

Scarlet clung to her composure somehow and sat down at the dining table.

Everyone was looking at Scarlet because of her sudden strange behavior during the meal.

Especially since Scarlet wasn’t someone who acted like this normally, she drew even more attention.

Feeling their gazes, Scarlet acted nonchalant instead.

If she left now, she felt she’d attract even more suspicion.

“Kuhum. My apologies. Let’s eat.”

“Scout. If you’re not feeling well, you need to eat properly.”

Liliana picked out a carrot from her salad and placed it on Scarlet’s plate.

“Yes…. Thank you.”

Vmm- vmm-

A subtle vibration tormented the area around Scarlet’s clitoris.

Fortunately, the magic orb’s output was weaker than when Lee Hoyeon directly infused magic.

Since she couldn’t control it directly, it had been made as safe as possible.

‘Still, my body… Haa….’

Scarlet swallowed hard.

Her uterus pulsed gently, pleasure rising, and her clitoris quivered.

Ang.

Scarlet maintained tension throughout her body while chewing her vegetables.

Dinner tonight was going to be difficult.