31. Seohyun

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“She’s not just crazy, she’s seriously batshit.”

 

 

Eun Soryeong and Shin Dohee, along with their team members, who were tasked with cleaning up the aftermath of the incident at Seo Hyun’s not-so-subtle request, leaned against the building wall with blank faces.

The maids were in charge of cleaning up the corpses, splattered blood, and bits of flesh, but they had still witnessed such a gruesome scene. Besides, the details and motives of the crime were just ridiculous.

 

 

Despite having a Master-nim, she had the audacity to meet another man.

 

 

For that reason alone, she had the men kidnapped and dismembered, and forced the women to watch the torture right in front of their eyes.

What an absurd woman.

 

 

“Waaah… I’m scared, Department Head-nim~”

“Don’t cling to me.”

 

 

Eun Soryeong, unsure if it was a joke or genuine fear, brushed off the team member who was trembling and clinging to her, and lit a cigarette.

 

“Phew. Seriously though, is that bitch’s brain okay? Even if she’s brainwashed, wouldn’t she be pissed if the guy she likes was having sex with another woman? I feel like she’d welcome it with open arms if that woman dated another man.”

“Department Head-nim, if you keep saying things like that, you’ll get dragged away like those women from earlier~.”

“Bullshit.”

 

She glared at the whining team member, then suddenly grinned and stubbed out the cigarette she was holding on the team member’s forehead.

 

 

“Kyaaak! What, what are you doing!!”

“Such a drama queen, it doesn’t even hurt.”

Eun Soryeong burst out laughing at her genuine scream and surprise, which was different from her usual act.

 

 

“Eek! This is abuse! It’s abuse!!!”

“Why? Want me to do it again?”

“Kiiiiek!!”

“…I think you might be a little crazy too.”

 

 

Dohee, who had been watching the comedic scene, sighed and turned away.

 

 

“I have a headache, so I’m going to head out for today. I also need to think about how to handle this.”

“Eonni, why don’t we have some grilled pork belly?”

“…You go ahead.”

“Aw, why not? We should eat heartily on days like this. If we don’t eat and drink at times like these, when will we?”

“…You’ve got a strong stomach, seriously.”

Dohee, looking at Soryeong with a ‘what is wrong with this person’ expression, walked away.

 

She couldn’t possibly eat anything, let alone grilled pork belly, after thinking about the scene from earlier.

The same went for alcohol. She might throw up the moment she put it in her mouth.

 

 

All she wanted to do today was go home and rest.

 

 

 

However, there was someone who stopped her from leaving…

 

 

 

 

Clang!

 

 

The warehouse door opened, and Seo Hyun strode out.

 

 

“Chief Seo? Where are you going?”

“…Huh?”

“Weren’t you about to leave?”

 

She asked with an innocent face, slowly approaching.

Dohee, feeling an inexplicable fear, hesitated and turned to face Seo Hyun.

 

 

“It’s quitting time… I was planning to go home.”

“Ah. Quitting time.”

 

Already right in front of her, she nodded as if she understood.

 

“That’s right. If a person comes to work, they have to leave work.”

“….”

 

 

Something feels ominous.

She couldn’t explain it, but a chilling sensation wrapped around her entire body.

 

 

Dohee shuddered at the sticky feeling surrounding Seo Hyun and bit her lip tightly.

 

 

Although she hadn’t worked in the field, she had seen many heinous criminals as a high-ranking police officer.

And they all had an aura that was distinctly different from ordinary people.

 

 

What should she call it? Bloodlust? No, it’s different from bloodlust. There’s a strange energy that she can’t put into words. Perhaps the 『evil』 that humans possess is condensed and exerts power as a supernatural force.

 

 

That certain 『strange energy』 was also felt from Seo Hyun. A tremendous amount of it.

 

 

 

Moreover, Dohee possessed the 『Insight』 talent that scouts have. Although she couldn’t know detailed information because her talent level was low, she could see how ridiculously strong Seo Hyun was because she could tell her characteristics and job.

 

 

So she couldn’t help but feel fear.

She took a step back without realizing it and broke out in a cold sweat.

 

 

“Then I’ll be going now.”

 

 

The thought of escaping from here.

It was so strong that she barely managed to take a step.

 

And then, Seo Hyun, who had been looking down and lost in thought, stretched out her arm and grabbed Dohee’s shoulder.

 

 

“Just a moment.”

“Yes?”

“Come to think of it, Chief Seo, you had something to do with me.”

“What do you mean all of a sudden….”

“Leave that work to Soryeong-nim and come with me somewhere.”

“But I’m going home….”

 

Going somewhere alone with her.

Absolutely not.

 

But Seo Hyun ignored her strong expression of refusal.

She simply passed on the work to the Soryeongs who were staring at them and said that she was taking Dohee with her.

 

 

Dohee’s opinion was completely ignored. She didn’t even care.

As if she didn’t need her consent.

 

 

“Hey… Chief Seo-eonni said she’s going home….”

 

 

Eun Soryeong was so dumbfounded that she said something on her behalf.

But would Seo Hyun be called a crazy bitch if she backed down with just that?

She chuckled, crossed her arms, and tilted her head slightly to the side.

 

“…That’s right. Going home. I said I was going home… But Soryeong-ssi.”

“…Why… Yes?”

“Since when did cum rags have the concept of quitting time?”

“….”

 

Eun Soryeong was speechless at the cold glare.

 

It’s not that she had nothing to say. She just couldn’t say it.

What could she say to someone with eyes like that?

 

“Haa.”

 

 

Suddenly, Seo Hyun sighed.

 

 

“Honestly, I didn’t like you much either.”

“…Suddenly?”

“You talk back to Master-nim, and you smoke without permission. You have no manners.”

“Sss… Ah… I’m all out.”

 

 

Soryeong quietly lowered the cigarette she was holding in her mouth and threw it on the ground.

 

 

“But well, I’m just leaving you alone because you know your place, and because your behavior gives pleasure to Master-nim. So I hope you don’t cross the line unnecessarily. Got it?”

“…I got it… Yo.”

“Then I’ll take that as an understanding, let’s go. Chief Seo.”

“….”

 

 

What?

What did I understand?

 

 

Dohee made that expression, but she saw Soryeong shaking her head and followed Seo Hyun with a sigh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“As I explained earlier, cum rags don’t get to quit.”

 

Seo Hyun said as they descended towards a place that felt like an underground secret base.

Dohee’s pride was greatly hurt, but she didn’t dare to resist.

 

 

The gruesome sight was still lingering in her mind.

 

Of course, no matter how wild Seo Hyun got, she wouldn’t dismember Dohee, who was Yoo Eun’s maid.

But she could inflict pain as much as she wanted.

 

Weren’t the women in the warehouse showing signs of all kinds of sexual torture?

 

 

“Once your job as Chief Seo is over, you’ll report to the palace… No, let’s just clear out your house altogether. I’ll get you a room in the palace.”

“……”

 

 

Seo Hyun went on and on as she went down the stairs.

It was like training for new maids.

 

 

Suddenly.

 

 

After talking for a while, she suddenly stopped.

She suddenly turned around.

 

 

“Why aren’t you answering?”

“Yes?”

“You have to answer if you hear me. Dohee-ssi.”

“Ah… I got it… I got it.”

“…I don’t care if you do that to me, but if you do that in front of Master-nim, you’re really dead. A cum rag’s life depends on receiving orders and moving quickly. Got it?”

 

She was being scolded by a woman who was nine years younger than her, but she was just a small person in front of that fierce bloodlust.

In the end, she nodded as if surrendering.

 

 

 

 

 

 

She went down the stairs again.

She wondered when it would end, but after going down for about 10 more minutes, an elevator appeared.

 

 

“If it were the palace, we could have taken the elevator straight down, but here we still have to go this way.”

 

 

What on earth is this? Could they really have created a secret base?

 

 

“I understand that Chief Seo-nim’s loyalty is low since you haven’t been a maid for long.”

 

Is that how a person who understands looks at you?

 

 

Dohee nodded, even though all sorts of curses were popping up inside her.

 

 

“But I can’t just leave it like that. So I’m showing you.”

 

 

She pressed the button, and the elevator door opened with a click.

It looked like an ordinary elevator from the outside, but inside, there were chairs that looked like spaceship seats lined up, giving it a strange feeling.

 

 

“Go in and sit down.”

 

Dohee was about to go in and sit down without saying a word, but she suddenly thought of Seo Hyun’s words and replied, “Yes.”

Then she hesitantly went in and sat down in the chair.

 

Almost at the same time, Seo Hyun sat down next to her, and the seatbelt was automatically fastened with a clang.

 

 

“Well, I don’t think anything will happen since you’re wearing a maid uniform, but be careful in case you get motion sickness.”

“Yes?”

 

 

 

Clang!

 

 

 

 

“Kyaaaaaaaak!!!!!”

 

 

With Seo Hyun’s words, the two women fell.

 

 

No, to be exact, this space, which was labeled as an 『elevator』, plummeted vertically.

At an incredible speed.

 

 

It was much less than when a spaceship breaks through the atmosphere, but it was rushing downwards at a speed that couldn’t even be compared to the speed of a normal elevator or the speed at which a heavy lump of metal falls without any force.

 

 

Seo Hyun was calm, as if she was used to it, but Dohee was not.

 

It felt like her body was being crushed and disassembled.

It was like falling from a roller coaster ten thousand times faster and ten thousand times higher.

 

 

A scream burst out from deep within her lungs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If there was any consolation, it was that the time of the fall was not long.

 

 

After about 2 minutes of fierce falling, they were able to arrive underground with a Ding! sound.

 

 

“Heok… Heok….”

 

 

Dohee was instantly exhausted.

Seo Hyun calmly unbuckled her belt, got up, and opened the door, leaving her behind.

 

 

“Come on. Welcome. Let me show you the power of the main palace.”