Chapter 104: Catching My Breath (1)

Returning home, I sat on the living room sofa and quietly organized my thoughts.

Since I was kicked out of Eunyoung Noona’s house as if I’d been pushed, and received a temporary ban on entry.

For now, the plan to seduce her as before needed a slight revision.

The strategy to enter her house tomorrow and the day after, stably accumulating points, and then pouncing on her anytime the opportunity arises.

What’s certain for now is that it was really almost done.

Right before she regained her senses at the sound of the washing machine and pushed me away, her estimated acquired points had risen to 90.

This meant I had left just a tiny bit of my own standard remaining.

Actually, I even felt a certain confidence that no particular problem would have arisen even if I had pounced before the washing machine rang at that moment.

I hesitated because I wanted to see a slightly better opportunity, if possible, and that’s how I messed things up.

Practically speaking, conquering Eunyoung Noona herself could be considered almost finished.

The remaining 10 points or so could be sufficiently filled by meeting her on Saturday and having various conversations.

If you think about it, the fact that the door was locked multiple times wasn’t really a big problem.

Anyway, she probably wouldn’t lock the door until her own daughter Hye-eun enters the house, and if necessary, it would be a solvable issue by asking her to get a spare key.

However, as Eunyoung Noona said, it would be better to keep a distance for a while and cool my head until Saturday, when I decided to finish conquering her.

Unnecessarily pushing things forcefully in this situation would likely provoke her wariness.

I had decided from the beginning to take my time and proceed cautiously, so let’s not ruin things by rushing at the end.

However, the problem with that is the time from today until Friday becomes vacant.

Wanting to use even the remaining time as efficiently as possible, I ranked the priorities of the actions I needed to take, one by one.

“The deadline for delivering the black slime material still has a few days left, and Min-ah’s heat period still has about ten days left….”

Well, there’s no rule that says I must pounce only during her heat period, but meeting her during her heat period would still be a bit easier.

Han Min-ah, that girl, would have one less step of resistance about having sex with me if she has the good excuse of her heat period.

In addition to that, the bonus from her amplified libido during heat is hard to ignore.

The thought of being able to embrace her soft body and tail again in a few days made my heart beat a little faster.

Anyway, for that reason, I decided to give Han Min-ah a little more time until her next heat period.

With Hye-eun, even last night while having relations, the point acquisition count of 5 consecutive times had been completely used up.

Naturally, the remaining candidates for me to meet narrowed down to two people.

“Is Do Sihee done with her work?”

If looking only at the period since we last met, Cha Yuri would have been longer than Do Sihee by about two or three days.

In Do Sihee’s case, being a chaebol heiress in name, the opportunities to meet were scarce, so there was a need to schedule in advance.

Therefore, I opened KakaoTalk’s open chat and sent a message to Do Sihee.

「Sihee-ssi, are you busy these days too?」

It was a message sent at a time a bit late for lunch… so I didn’t expect a reply, thinking she’d be busy.

Unexpectedly, within 10 seconds of sending the message, the read receipt for my message disappeared.

「I am busy, but I do have time for a text.」

「That’s a relief. I wanted to talk about something anyway.」

「What is it?」

「I miss you.」

After a brief wait, the next text message appeared from her.

「I miss you too, Sungchul-ssi.」

「Becoming an A-class Hunter seems to be a busier job than I thought.」

「I know, right? I didn’t know it would get this busy either. Regaining my position after having lost it once is this cumbersome.」

「The Hunter rank, as rumored, indeed seems to be quite a sensitive topic among rich young ladies.」

「Depending on the Hunter rank, the connections you can make widen, and that soon becomes a great foundation for business, even after retiring as a Hunter.

Rather, the wealthier the family, the more they obsess over their child’s Hunter rank because of things like this. Honestly, I’m sick of it too, but what can I do about being born into this kind of family?」

「Cheer up, Sihee-ssi. I’ll be cheering for you.」

「Thank you, Sungchul-ssi.」

Listening to her speak, it seems being the second or third generation of a chaebol isn’t exactly a position of pure comfort in this world.

That’s why Do Sihee, who almost stopped at B-class Hunter rank, must have been pushed so hard that day.

Seeing these complaints pop up even just speaking over text, the amount of scrutiny she would face from her family if she had failed to achieve A-class must have been considerable.

「Sungchul-ssi, I’m asking just in case,」

「Yes?」

「Are you perhaps not involved with any other Foundation young ladies besides me?」

「…Among the Foundation young ladies, the only one I’m involved with is you, Sihee-ssi.」

「Then that’s fine. I know it’s quite shameless of me to ask this, but if possible, I hope you won’t form relationships with other Foundation Hunters besides me.」

「If another Foundation young lady’s rank increases due to sex with me, wouldn’t that ultimately be disadvantageous to you, Sihee-ssi?」

「…That’s essentially it.」

Hmm, is it okay to promise this here?

Of course, if you ask whether I intend to get involved with other Foundation Hunters excluding Do Sihee, my answer would obviously be NO.

If, like with Do Sihee or Cha Yuri, an urgent mission arose, whether I could abandon them was a slightly different issue.

I had decided to become a Hunter to save as many lives as possible from monsters.

Even if it was Do Sihee’s request, sacrificing someone’s life because of it would be counterproductive.

「Is it really impossible under any circumstances?」

「What?」

「For example, like you, Sihee-ssi, on the day I first met you, a Hunter with an expression as if they were ready to die at any moment?」

「…」

「You know too, Sihee-ssi. It might be presumptuous for me to say this, but if I hadn’t had sex with you that day, you know what would have happened to you against the Treralodon.」

After another brief silence, a message returned from her.

「I was shortsighted.」

「Right?」

「Thinking about it, I was essentially saved by having sex with you that day, but just because I was saved first, I can’t take away the rights of others.」

「I’m glad you say that.」

「Um, please pretend you didn’t see the message I just sent. I was foolish.」

「What message? I don’t remember it at all.」

「You’re always so kind.」

There was no need to keep mentioning things that could leave negative feelings between us.

「Then, instead, could I ask for just this?」

「What is it?」

「If you have sex with someone affiliated with the Foundation, could you at least tell me who it is?

I’m not asking with any strange intentions. I have my own network in this area, so I’m saying this in case you get involved with dangerous women.」

「…」

「I swear on the name of the Royal Archery family, I will never use this information to backstab you or anything like that.」

Even without swearing on her family name, it wasn’t that I couldn’t trust her.

Anyway, it didn’t seem like a bad offer for me either, so I decided to agree for now.

As she said, there were bound to be many Foundation Hunter ladies in positions where they could easily get rid of someone like me with just a snap of their fingers.

Getting information through a trustworthy person was a good thing for me too.

「Understood. If that’s the reason, I accept.」

「That’s a relief. Thanks to you, I can finally relax.」

「…Sihee-ssi, I’m asking just in case,」

「Yes?」

「If I have relations with Hunters not affiliated with the Foundation, from companies or guilds, even if I do, do I need to report it?」

If that were the case, it would become an unnecessarily complicated relationship, giving me reason to reconsider my relationship with her.

Fortunately, the answer that came back from her was actually a positive one.

「That doesn’t really matter.」

「What?」

「As long as they’re not Foundation Hunters, whoever you have sex with, or even if you’re with multiple people at once, I don’t particularly care.」

「Really?」

「I’m saying this just in case you misunderstand, but it’s absolutely not because I take my feelings for you lightly.

Since I’m so busy, it seems difficult to fully satisfy your sexual desires, that’s why I’m saying this. Sungchul-ssi, even though you’re a man, you seem to have more lust than the average woman.」

「That’s correct.」

「So, as long as they’re not Foundation-affiliated, no matter how promiscuous your relationships with other women are, it doesn’t matter much. Ultimately, all that matters is that you stay by my side.」

Should I call her personality cynical, or a cool, non-clingy personality?

It was a slightly perplexing answer, but anyway, if a woman shows this kind of reaction to me from the start, I would welcome it anytime.

I too was vaguely grateful for her like this.

「It’s almost time for the next meeting, so I have to end this here.」

「Take care, Sihee-ssi.」

「I’ll contact you first next time. Once my busy schedule is wrapped up, and I’m ready to date you.」

「Understood. Work hard.」

「You too, don’t neglect your training while I’m away, and I hope you’ll be an even stronger man when we meet next time. I love you, Sungchul-ssi.」

「I love you too, Sihee-ssi.」

After my final message, the messages in the KakaoTalk chat room were no longer updated.

Writing ‘I love you’ via text, no matter how many times I do it, feels cringey and I can’t get used to it.

Not being able to set a date to meet Do Sihee and ending the conversation was a bit disappointing, but anyway, knowing that she still loves me and is looking forward to our next meeting, that alone made the conversation time a sufficient achievement.

After sending the somewhat cheesy farewell message and returning to the KakaoTalk chat room list screen.

The KakaoTalk chat room list had been updated with a new message.

「Can you meet tomorrow, Sungchul-ah?」

I was going to contact you first anyway, so this is good.