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“Heu-eung~ You do all sorts of things.”

 

With her lips pouted out, Eun Soryeong was stirring the shaved ice with a spoon.

Sora frowned slightly at the horrific(?) sight, but Soryeong didn’t care at all.

 

 

“I wouldn’t do that even for my beloved boyfriend. You’re amazing.”

 

Soryeong, who had rescued Sora from the cultists who mistook her for the Second Coming of Jesus, suddenly became interested and dragged her to a cafe.

 

“Yeah. That’s a good thing. Whatever the process, being with the person you like. That’s a huge deal, you know?”

“…I know too. I’m old enough.”

 

At Sora’s words, Soryeong laughed and waved her hand.

 

 

“Everyone’s a kid before thirty, you little brat.”

“…Ah, yes. Thirty-one-year-old-nim.”

 

What a show-off, even though there’s not much age difference.

Sora grumbled inwardly, cursing.

 

In the first place, she was also on her way back from letting go of her ex-boyfriend. Today, even. Hearing these words in that situation only made her annoyed; there was no way she’d be touched.

 

 

“What’s so good about that guy? Is he worth going that far for?”

“…I don’t know. I think it’s because of some weird skill…but there’s nothing I can do. I’ve already fallen for him.”

“Ah. A skill.”

 

She nodded with a knowing expression.

 

 

“Well, there’s no way he’d have any real charm. His Charm stat is in the tens of thousands, right? That’s why he doesn’t have many enemies. Even that will soon change drastically, though. If it weren’t for that, there’s no way it would have worked.”

“I agree.”

“First of all, recruiting maids already subtracts a million points.”

 

 

Uum.

 

 

Soryeong chattered away and devoured the shaved ice.

It was already half-melted from all the stirring, and she was eating so much that it disappeared in an instant.

 

 

It was fortunate that they had ordered one each…if they had ordered one for the two of them and she had acted like that, she would have delivered a proper punishment.

 

 

“But why did you ask me to come to the cafe?”

“Huh?”

“Didn’t you call me because you had something to say? We don’t really have any connection.”

“I wonder why. We can make connections anytime we want, you know.”

She pointed to Sora and herself in turn.

 

 

“We’re a murderer and a cop, for starters.”

“….”

“I thought you were one of the more lenient ones in that guy’s family, but I’ve changed my mind. To kill him so publicly.”

“…Didn’t you hear what that guy was saying? He was annoying, but he was also sexually harassing and insulting me. It was a total mess.”

“Heu-eung…so, murder?”

“Normally, I would have just hit him a few times and moved on, but that was the first time our faction was showing itself to the world. We had to show a strong side. The challenger also fully agreed that they could lose their life.”

“….”

 

 

Soryeong stopped eating shaved ice for a moment and stared at Sora.

Then she chuckled,

 

 

“Why are you answering so seriously? I’m just kidding.”

“….”

 

 

A mark of anger instantly appeared.

She endured it because she was Yu-eun’s woman.

 

 

‘What is this woman trying to do….’

 

 

She was acutely aware of what a waste of time this was.

 

 

“Even if someone says something about that, you guys don’t have to worry. Who in Korea would mess with you? The police, of course, won’t say anything, and the military…the craziest bitch is acting like his girlfriend, so there’s no hope. The prosecutors are a bit wary, but will anything really happen? It’s impossible to execute.”

“So, what’s the point?”

“I’m curious. About that guy’s future moves.”

“Why don’t you hear it directly from the bed?”

“Can I?”

“What?”

“You said you like him. Can you stand to see him in bed with another woman?”

A mischievous smile on her face.

She felt the urge to punch her. What was she thinking?

 

 

“…What’s the point now….”

“That’s true. But I don’t like it.”

“Heung. Does your dislike even matter?”

“No. That’s why it’s annoying.”

“Hoot.”

 

 

Sora smiled for the first time since coming to this place.

The thought of this awkward woman frowning as she was unwillingly embraced by Yu-eun was somehow satisfying.

 

Of course, she immediately felt bad because Yu-eun was embracing another woman.

 

 

“So, what about you, unni?”

“What?”

“You said earlier that being able to be next to the person you like is a really good thing.”

“Ah.”

“Did you break up?”

“Of course. I can’t shamelessly play the girlfriend role when things have turned out like this.”

 

 

She leaned back against the backrest and sighed deeply.

 

“Ah~ I wonder what that guy is doing right now.”

“Maybe he’s looking for unni.”

“Looking for me? If he was, we would have already come to each other. He knows where I work. He must have given up, right?”

“You never know. Men’s possessiveness is strong.”

“Why would he like a woman who clung to trash like Yu-eun because of her desire for success?”

“Is that what you said?”

“Should I say I was raped by Yu-eun? That would be a disaster.”

“Well…if you recklessly attack Eun-i, you’ll suffer even more.”

“That bastard is a pervert. He does ntl or ntr, so he’ll definitely do something weird.”

“Correct…”

“So, I’m preventing that from happening.”

 

Indeed. Isn’t this what foresight is for? An excellent choice. Sad, but still.

 

 

Sora, sensing her gloomy mood, fiddled with her spoon and spoke with difficulty.

 

 

“Think positively. You’ll be able to completely satisfy your desire for success. He’s a terrible person, but his abilities are unmatched, so becoming the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency will be easier than eating a piece of cake, right?”

“…Well, yeah.”

 

A slightly delayed answer.

That’s why it felt even more lonely.

 

 

“What would be good? You said Commissioner General of the National Police Agency is too easy, right? How about president? Can he do that too?”

“What would you do that for? Eun-i will take care of everything by then anyway.”

“I guess so.”

“What was your goal in the first place? Were you just thinking vaguely?”

“Euum….”

 

Soryeong crossed her arms and pondered deeply.

 

She didn’t cling to Yu-eun because of her desire for success in the first place, so she couldn’t think of a proper answer.

If she had to say, it would be about the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency, but wouldn’t that look pathetic in this situation!

 

 

“You know, do you know what era we’re in now?”

 

Out of the blue, she threw those words out.

 

 

“Well…it’s the Dungeon Era. I heard they’re going to change the calendar system soon.”

“Yeah, the Dungeon…but before that, it was an era of unprecedented safety in human history.”

“?”

“All citizens were protected by law, had rights, and were protected by tens of thousands of police and hundreds of thousands of soldiers, so the probability of being stabbed while passing by or being caught up in war and dying was extremely low.”

 

 

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“There’s a saying that the rich are innocent and the poor are guilty, but most of the laws and judges serve the people and stay in public office with that sense of duty, and our police also work day and night, give up their vacations, run around, get stabbed and wrap themselves in bandages, and sometimes…die there.”

 

“…?”

 

Just as she was bewildered by the sudden topic, a heavier voice came from Soryeong.

 

 

 

 

“That’s the public safety we achieved. That’s the stability we achieved. But that Dungeon thing is making a mess of it.”

“Ah…could it be.”

“At first, the monsters were causing trouble, but now that they’re stuck in the Dungeon, these adventurers are coming out and causing trouble? Ordinary police weapons are no match for them, and some of them even deflect pistol bullets.

Right now, the Dungeon hasn’t been around for long, and the adventurers are still afraid of state power, so nothing much is happening, but it’s a sandcastle. It could collapse at any time.”

 

 

“So, unni isn’t doing it for success, but….”

“If the police don’t have power, the public safety of this country will collapse, and if the public safety collapses, the country will be ruined. If the country is ruined, a world of survival of the fittest, like in an ecosystem, will unfold. As a police officer, I can’t stand to see that. How did we create this legacy, how much blood did we shed to build this stability, I can’t stand to see it collapse.”

 

 

“I’m sorry, I didn’t know that and said it was because of your desire for success….”

“What. That’s what I said. And it’s not like that’s completely absent. Now that I’ve become a police officer, I also want to go to a high position.”

“Still, you sacrificed yourself for the greater good.”

“Sacrifice? Well…you could put it that way.”

 

She nodded.

But.

 

 

“It’s natural for the police to sacrifice themselves for the people. What’s so new about that.”

“Still, sacrificing yourself in that way is a bit….”

 

 

She became Yu-eun’s woman.

And not just any woman.

She’s just a sex slave who’s seen as a casual snack. Of course, looking at how he takes her along and gives her buffs, it seems he gives her more affection than simple maids or sex slaves, but what does that mean?

 

 

“Anyway, you asked what the point was, right?”

“…Yes.”

“I’m being serious, but you….”

 

 

She leaned forward with a swift movement.

 

 

“Ever thought about becoming a cult leader (敎主) for adventurers?”