Ch.220Chapter 9. S-Class Reader (5) ☆

One. Baek Seol-hee somewhat suspects that I am a goblin.

I basically told Baek Seol-hee “I am a goblin” in a roundabout way, and I’ve dropped various hints here and there.

But the reason Baek Seol-hee leaves me alone despite this is because she likes me romantically.

I told her I like her too, and Baek Seol-hee has now presented her own compromise.

“So you have a doll of me at your home?”

“Yes. I’d love to make a foldable version that could fit in a suitcase when traveling far. This is the best I can do for now.”

Baek Seol-hee reached forward again and created a clone.

“I can’t make it smaller, only in 1:1 scale. Since it’s a clone.”

The ice clone quickly began to come alive, and once again hugged me from behind, rubbing against my body.

“But it can cling to you like this. How does it feel?”

“It feels a bit cold. Is that because it’s made of ice?”

“But it should be warm inside, right?”

“Did you check that again?”

“…Y-yes. I checked. To prevent anything like what happens in dramas, I measured everything with a thermometer in advance. Is that okay?”

When I lightly kissed Baek Seol-hee’s puffed cheek, her expression softened immediately.

Meanwhile, the Baek Seol-hee behind me kept persistently touching me, and it felt like melted water was sticking to my body instead of sweat.

“Seol-hee. I think your clone is melting.”

“That’s because I’m having trouble controlling the clone right now.”

“Why?”

“…Being so close to you like this, I don’t want to share you even with my clone.”

Crack!

The clone disappeared instantly.

Immediately, Baek Seol-hee pounced on me, climbing on top and hugging me.

“This is my time now. I won’t give it to anyone.”

“Seol-hee, you’re quite possessive. You don’t want to share even with your clone?”

“No. During my time, you’re mine. After I’ve had my fill, I’ll let others have you.”

“I’m not an object.”

“Using your thing is the same for everyone, isn’t it?”

“Seol-hee, you know your words are getting more and more extreme, right?”

I gently stroked Baek Seol-hee’s cheek with my hand.

Baek Seol-hee rubbed her face against my hand like a cat, and I indulged her whims as much as possible.

“Yes, our Seol-hee. Are you very tired?”

“Yes. So tired I want to quit everything.”

“What would you do if you quit?”

“I don’t know. Anything, I guess. Living off my assets would work out somehow. Oh, would you support me instead? If your wife allows it.”

“I’d need to earn a lot to support you.”

“I’m a cost-effective woman. We just need to watch movies and dramas together. How about it?”

“My wife might be there too.”

“Then the three of us can watch together.”

She’s a woman who grew up without parents.

When has she ever been able to act spoiled like this with someone else?

“With Ymir that makes four… Well, if it grows beyond that, it might get out of control, but at least we’ll have time to be alone like this. Right?”

“Of course. How could I not make time for Seol-hee, even just for a moment?”

“You used to talk like you’d give me all your time. Now that you’ve caught the fish, is that it?”

“Of course not. I’m not someone who plays the field. That won’t happen.”

I patted her back to reassure her.

“Our Seol-hee, what should we do with all these worries? Seol-hee, you said you wanted to quit, right? How about working with me instead?”

“……”

“I think it would be really nice if Seol-hee worked with me. Then I could be with you whenever I’m not traveling for work.”

“That… can’t happen.”

Baek Seol-hee placed her index finger on my lips.

Her eyes began to glow blue, unwavering, resolute yet transparent.

“You’ll work by my side. I won’t come to yours.”

“It’s ironic that our hearts are so close, yet our professions make it difficult to be near each other.”

“We each have our own non-negotiable boundaries. According to the internet, we’re like a long-distance relationship, but we’re not exactly a normal couple anyway. Right?”

Baek Seol-hee grabbed both my shoulders and slowly began to lean her body against mine.

“We’re in an adulterous relationship. Do you dislike that the other woman is getting clingy?”

“No. I actually like it.”

Just as she clung to me, I put both hands behind her waist and hugged her tightly.

“How could I dislike that a woman like Baek Seol-hee is so into me that she wants to have my child?”

“…There’s one thing I want to ask.”

Baek Seol-hee pressed her index finger into my shoulder with a sullen face.

“I don’t know if my timing is off, or if there’s some kind of mechanism at work. We’ve been seriously making love for almost two months now, but there’s still no sign. What’s going on?”

“Isn’t it good if there’s no sign?”

“That’s not it. The hotel manager keeps getting angry.”

Baek Seol-hee tapped my cheek with her hand.

“The reservation was made properly, but the guest keeps being a no-show. He says he’s knocked on the door hundreds of times, but not a single guest has entered. He’s furious about it. There’s a blood fountain erupting at the hotel every time. What’s going on?”

“…Can I tell you the truth?”

“Go ahead. I’ll keep it secret from Ymir.”

“The hotel manager is mistaken.”

“…What does that mean?”

“Hehe.”

Still holding Baek Seol-hee, I turned our bodies.

This time Baek Seol-hee was underneath, and I looked down at her from above, moving my hand to her lower abdomen.

“You know. I’m actually a special ability user.”

“…That’s nothing new.”

“No, that’s not what I mean. When it comes to lovemaking, I have a very special magic.”

I tickled around her navel in a circular motion with my finger.

“The guest did enter. It’s just waiting in the hotel room.”

“…What are you saying? Explain it more clearly.”

“The seed was planted, but it’s just waiting in the field. The sprout is ready to break through its shell, but it hasn’t sprouted yet. By magic.”

“……”

“To put it simply, the sperm and egg met in your womb and fertilized, but implantation hasn’t occurred. Cell division hasn’t started either. The sperm and egg are holding hands and sleeping soundly. By my very special magic.”

I pressed down on her from above to keep her from moving.

“You can really have a child when I want you to.”

“…Then, what we’ve been doing until now? Is it fake?”

“No, no. It’s growing. Growing well. It’s just not in the room yet.”

I tapped below her navel with my finger as if knocking.

“Time is flowing extremely slowly there. After all, wouldn’t it be awkward if your belly started showing before you were completely ready?”

“…I could just say I gained weight from eating too much.”

“With your figure, you wouldn’t become fat all over—just your belly would bulge out.”

“…Couldn’t I just say it’s abdominal obesity?”

“There’s no need to go that far. I just thought you needed time.”

“Me?”

Baek Seol-hee’s eyes wavered.

“I told you that day. I want to be with you….”

“Hero and human Baek Seol-hee. If you try to choose both, what’s inside is clearly an ‘obstacle.'”

“!!”

Her expression hardened, and her lips began to dry.

“You want both sides. Yourself as a hero. And yourself as a woman, wanting to have a man’s child and become that child’s mother. The problem is that having a child will gradually cause major disruptions to your hero activities, and that will cause you tremendous stress. It’s already happening, isn’t it?”

“……”

“The government keeps trying to mobilize you as the face of the nation, but imagine if you suddenly took maternity leave. You couldn’t bear it. Not with the temperament of Snow White, the hero who has lived as this country’s hero for the past 25 years.”

“I…”

“I can’t let the woman carrying my child miscarry from stress.”

“……!!”

“I’m not joking.”

I stroked Baek Seol-hee’s cheek with one hand and brought my face close to hers.

“If word gets out that you’re pregnant, the whole world will spread malicious rumors about you. Some will curse you, and there will be unicorns who cough blood and turn to the dark side. You don’t know yet. The endless malice of those who are more terrible and disgusting than demons.”

They are called ‘humans.’

Those who, though not demons themselves, are filled with malice that makes ordinary people worse than demons.

Those who are more satanic than Satan himself, taking pleasure in others’ misfortunes.

“Can you really handle it? Can you live for your child without being shaken by any false accusations or malicious rumors? From the moment your pregnancy becomes known, you can no longer act as a hero. You’ll feel guilty for not being able to go where you’re needed, and you’ll blame yourself by comparing it to your life as a hero.”

“……”

“You’ll live a completely different life than you have until now. Even among those who were on your side, some will turn their blades against you. They’ll say things like, ‘Who forced you at knifepoint to get pregnant?'”

“That’s….”

“You can’t completely deny it, can you? You can guess the true hearts of the people you’ve seen so far. That no matter how much those around you say it’s okay to get pregnant, those are just empty words. If you say you’re carrying the child of an ordinary librarian Do Ji-hwan, the world will immediately criticize you for making love with such an incompetent man. For sure.”

“……”

Baek Seol-hee couldn’t say anything.

She just stared at me silently for a long time.

“Then.”

Baek Seol-hee slowly opened her mouth.

“For that mental preparation, what should I do?”

“…As it happens, there’s a good method.”

I reached out my hand in the direction where Baek Seol-hee had dismissed her clone.

“Seol-hee.”

“Yes.”

“Since you’ve just learned to make clones, have your clone be Snow White. The woman Baek Seol-hee can stay by my side and quietly take care of her pregnancy.”

“…Oh.”

Light gradually began to frost over in Baek Seol-hee’s downcast eyes.

“That’s like a homework robot….”

“Yes. Simple, right? The original stays home making love with me, while the clone goes to national events to show her face.”

“Killing two birds with one stone.”

“It’s more than just that.”

I got up, moved down, and pulled up Baek Seol-hee’s shirt slightly to kiss below her navel.

“While you’re pregnant and raising the child, I can stay by your side.”

If Baek Seol-hee had tried to lock me up underground.

“I absolutely cannot watch the woman carrying my child miscarry because of others’ abuse.”

Now the positions are reversed.

I will confine Baek Seol-hee.

“Can you control the clone properly? Can you make sure the clone moves around outside properly even while making love with me?”

“…Why during lovemaking?”

“Because your concentration wavers the most when we’re making love.”

I moved down a bit more.

“Bring out your clone. If you can maintain the clone until morning while making love, then from that point on, the guest will be staying long-term in the hotel room.”

“…How long?”

“From now, 10 months.”

“……”

The bet is.

“…What about the one month I’ve already lost?”

“If you win, I’ll restore that too.”

“Good. Then… come in. Let’s see who wins.”

It doesn’t just happen at gambling tables.

“Well then.”

I pointed inside Baek Seol-hee’s shirt.

“Shall we see how long you can last?”