Chapter 1160: Side Story – Reason for Subordinate Rebellion (1)

Suddenly, Seolhwa-ssi, Do Yehee’s attendant, popped out from within my shadow without any warning.

At such a startling appearance, I couldn’t even think about pulling my lowered clothes back up. The urge to pee I had felt had completely disappeared.

“Ah, please don’t mind me and continue. I merely came to visit because I have something to say to Sung Taekyung-nim.”

“…Do you really think that’s possible?”

“Are you the type who can’t perform if you get nervous?”

“No, setting everything else aside, someone else is watching… No, never mind.”

Anyway, I gave up on relieving myself, which I hadn’t really needed to do that badly, and readjusted my clothes as I met her eyes.

To shift my gaze downwards was… well, quite difficult, given how revealing her outfit was.

“What is this all of a sudden? No, when did you even enter my shadow in the first place?”

“I entered a few hours ago when Master was passionately making love with Sung Taekyung-nim. Ah, if you include the time in the ‘interview room,’ it’s been almost a full day.”

“…….”

“Anyway, now I can finally speak with you alone. Because Eunbyul-nim was constantly by your side, it was awkward for me to come out.”

What is she even trying to do? I don’t even know why she was crawling around inside my shadow for so long in the first place.

Judging by her reaction, she seems to have something to say and came here like this, but recalling the lewd messages she usually sends me, I couldn’t help but find her contacting me in this manner simply ridiculous.

“You could have just sent it via KakaoTalk message.”

“I apologize, but it contains matters that cannot be revealed externally, so I couldn’t possibly do that.”

“…The messages you usually send, Seolhwa-ssi, are also sufficiently the kind that cannot be revealed externally.”

“It’s fine. After all, I know that Sung Taekyung-nim wouldn’t use that video in ways other than personal use. And considering your relationship with Master, you wouldn’t act in a way that would ruin our relationship, right?”

“…Are you perhaps trying to test me by coming here?”

“That’s not the case, but if you feel that way, I apologize.”

Honestly, I thought I had a pretty good grasp on the women around me. I’ve met so many women up until now, and in the process, they weren’t always submissive or friendly towards me.

But Seolhwa-ssi is truly still one of those people whose personality I can’t figure out. Just how good at her job must she be for Do Yehee to keep her by her side?

At first, I thought she was similar to Eunbyul, but the more I learn about her, the more I feel like I’m only realizing how strangely eccentric she is, to the point where Eunbyul doesn’t even compare.

“So, what is this personal matter that’s so sensitive it can’t even be sent via KakaoTalk message?”

“It’s simple. It’s something I can only tell Sung Taekyung-nim, and only Sung Taekyung-nim can listen to. I came to make my personal request.”

“…Your personal request, Seolhwa-ssi? Not something passed on from Do Yehee?”

“Master has nothing to do with this matter. In fact, Master is the very person who absolutely must not know about this.”

“…Well, just tell me then.”

Thinking I’d just wait and see silently, wondering what she could possibly be trying to say, I met her eyes and blinked once.

Seeming to interpret my last words as agreement, she carefully opened her mouth and replied.

“Please kidnap my Master… that is, Do Yehee-nim.”

“…….”

I never imagined the words that came from her mouth would be an act of betrayal against her own Master, a statement of insurrection like this.

“Kidnap Do Yehee? Me?”

“…Ah, there seems to have been a misunderstanding in my explanation. I will explain again.”

“…Yeah, that makes sense.”

“I would like Sung Taekyung-nim to kidnap and rape our Master, and then temporarily protect her until Master is definitively pregnant.”

It just got worse. What misunderstanding?

Facing Seolhwa-ssi right in front of me, I suddenly felt a deep emotional chasm opening up. If Do Yehee knew that her close aide was like this, what would she feel?

However, Seolhwa-ssi, seeming to interpret my silence due to having nothing to say as implicit agreement, began to talk about compensation.

“Although I don’t have much money or assets to offer Sung Taekyung-nim, if you do as I ask, I promise to dedicate everything I have to following Sung Taekyung-nim’s orders from now on.”

“…No, I haven’t agreed yet.”

“If you wish, I can run back and forth between the Hope City Guild building for 24 hours while dancing the Zero Two dance, completely naked.”

“I’m not going to make you do that kind of thing. And besides, isn’t that something Seolhwa-ssi actually wants to do?”

“…I was merely giving an example.”

Giving an example, my foot. Even now, she’s shamelessly standing before me, dressed in what’s practically nothing.

In the videos she’s been sending lately, the covered areas have been decreasing, so she’s been appearing in outfits made of almost just ‘dots’ and ‘lines’, and she looked exactly like that now.

Two dots in the center of her chest, and a thin line on her lower body.

“Anyway, what I’m saying is sincere. I truly hope Sung Taekyung-nim will kidnap our Master. More precisely, I hope you’ll kidnap her, sow Sung Taekyung-nim’s seed into her, and see the fruit of that union.”

“…I’m sorry, but I cannot do that.”

“Don’t you have feelings for Master too? And Master has never opened her heart to any man other than Sung Taekyung-nim, so why are other women acceptable, but our Master isn’t?”

“Because there’s no mutual consent. That’s why I’m not doing it. I’ve asked Do Yehee several times up until now: ‘Do you intend to have my child?’ ‘Will you become my wife, just like Sihee?'”

“Master is always ready.”

“She hasn’t said that herself. If Do Yehee had even a little bit of affection for me, she would have asked me at least once.”

“…….”

“I understand your intentions, Seolhwa-ssi, for making such a request, but our problem is something we will resolve ourselves.”

To be hiding in my shadow for a whole day just to talk about this? Of course, it’s dangerous talk that shouldn’t be shared over messenger, but still.

“Ah, and Min Hyunyoung-ssi’s physical secret cannot be revealed externally…”

“…Sung Taekyung-nim.”

“…….”

“Truly, sincerely, I beg you.”

With a determined expression, she immediately prostrated herself on the men’s restroom floor and bowed her head to me.

Without any sign of stopping, her actions flustered me too. I was taken aback. I never expected her to suddenly prostrate herself naked before me and start begging like this, out of the blue.

“…Don’t force things in such a strange way, Seolhwa-ssi.”

“If Sung Taekyung-nim wishes, I will even lick your shoes. Or you can tie me up as I am and drag me around town. Although it has little value, you can take my virginity, or you can just beat my body with your fists. It doesn’t matter.”

“No, what kind of person do you take me for? Why would I make Seolhwa-ssi do something like that?”

“I was merely presenting all possibilities. For Master’s future, Sung Taekyung-nim’s cooperation is necessary, so I want to help even if it means selling my soul. I just want to help.”

“…….”

“Please, Sung Taekyung-nim. Please reconsider just one more time.”

The fact that she’s speaking so desperately probably means she has her own circumstances. It must mean that.

She must know something I don’t, urging me to urgently kidnap Do Yehee and get her pregnant. There must be a reason. Whether or not it’s a reason I can understand is another matter entirely.

“Although it’s not much money, as Master’s personal secretary, I have savings too. If you would please just get Master pregnant, I will offer everything I have, including that, and pledge my loyalty. If that’s not enough, even one of my kidneys…”

“…Sigh, forget it. Stop saying things that upset me. For now, I think I need to think about it.”

“…I apologize.”

The somewhat playful atmosphere gradually faded, and with a much more serious voice, Seolhwa-ssi waited for my decision.

…If I were to help, helping might be one possibility. But not like this.

“Let’s make one thing clear, Seolhwa-ssi.”

“Yes. Please tell me anything.”

“The reason why I must kidnap Do Yehee and get her pregnant must be clearly explained. If you don’t tell me that, or if I can’t understand it, I will have no choice but to relay Seolhwa-ssi’s story directly to Do Yehee.”

“…….”

“Will you tell me? Or will you just leave it at this?”

In reality, there was only one choice. Even if I chose silence here, the fact that she tried to commit insurrection against Do Yehee would still be conveyed to her.

Of course, seeing her desperation, the insurrection itself probably has its own reasons, but accepting it based solely on conjecture is another matter entirely.

As I wondered what kind of tragic circumstances made Seolhwa-ssi so desperate, what came out of her mouth was an unexpected third party.

“…Do Kyunghee-nim has noticed Do Sihee-nim’s pregnancy.”