Chapter 125: A Slightly Late Summer Vacation (5) (Mature Illustration)

Do Sihee’s prepared Indonesian villa.

The first meal eaten there was quite satisfying.

Things like soup and fried rice that seemed like traditional Indonesian cuisine, yet strangely tasted somewhat like Korean food.

To be honest, they were all foods I’d never seen before, but they were all edible enough.

Probably slightly modified Southeast Asian dishes tailored to my Korean palate.

Do Sihee’s maid, Eunbyul, seemed to have top-notch cooking skills as well.

“Perhaps, Eunbyul-ssi, are you an Awakened one related to handling knives or fire?”

“No, just an ordinary physical enhancement ability.”

“I see. I asked because the meal was delicious.”

“Thank you for the compliment.”

For reference, the reason I didn’t ask if she was an Awakened one related to cooking is simple. An Awakened ability that makes one good at cooking doesn’t exist.

While it seems like all sorts of imaginable miscellaneous things could exist as Awakened abilities, at least a minimum standard was set in its own way.

That was whether or not it was useful in direct combat with monsters.

Physical abilities or magic capable of directly killing monsters, of course.

Abilities like invention or pharmacology might seem unhelpful in combat at first glance, but the weapons, tools, or potions created can clearly contribute to assisting other Hunters.

In contrast, an Awakened ability for cooking well, no matter how you look at it, is completely unhelpful in combat.

Of course, being good at cooking inevitably means handling a kitchen knife well or controlling fire well, but with an Awakened ability of that level, it would barely be enough to contend with one D-rank monster.

Besides, killing monsters and using them as ingredients wasn’t the point, so being good at cooking couldn’t possibly be the basis for an Awakened ability.

As a result, what naturally came to mind was whether she had an Awakened ability skilled with fire or knives.

Eunyoung Noona, who possessed an Awakened ability related to swordsmanship, handles kitchen knives well too.

Whether it was because I’d eaten it since I was young, the rice was delicious too.

While thinking that, as I continued eating, Eunbyul asked me for my opinion on the dinner menu.

“For dinner, we plan to have a barbecue with meat and seafood caught nearby, but is that alright?”

“Well, for me, of course it’s good.”

“Understood. Then I will prepare it that way.”

Saying that, seeing her bring out a casting net and a few fishing rods from inside the villa this time, I could tell they were truly practiced movements.

“Are all the maids of Dokyung Group that proficient?”

“How could that be? Of course, Eunbyul is special.”

“Is that so?”

“I briefly formed a group with Eunbyul a while ago. Even then, she was a reasonably skilled individual.”

“Then, is Eunbyul-ssi retired now?”

“Not retired, more like on leave. Eunbyul’s Awakened ability hasn’t really decreased compared to her prime. And now, while on leave, she offered to be my servant, so after about a year of training, I immediately brought her in as my exclusive maid. Eunbyul is sufficiently skilled to assist me.”

Was Eunbyul’s absence last time in the abandoned city, when I met Do Sihee, because she was on leave?

Perhaps considering Do Sihee’s personality back then, even if they were in the same party, she likely would have told Eunbyul not to follow.

Talk like overcoming limits only by putting oneself in danger.

Cha Yuri also did similar things, and moreover, such cases weren’t non-existent.

Occasionally, for those who broke their limits, sometimes they continue their Hunter lives well into old age after truly shedding the emotion of lust.

It was a state that only Hunters who never properly felt lust itself, let alone men, could reach, so it was naturally not applicable to the women I’ve been involved with.

In fact, the possibility of Do Sihee, who had lust close to masochism even before meeting me, reaching such a state never existed in the first place.

Well, that’s just the existence of such beings was something from one or two centuries ago.

In modern society, where just opening a smartphone screen makes it easy to access pornography, it was an inapplicable story.

If one can operate a smartphone, it’s an era where even a two-year-old child can easily search YouTube for videos of shirtless men playing the piano.

“Since we came all this way, shouldn’t we go into the sea soon?”

Do Sihee, having finished her meal, asked me that, so I nodded.

“Indeed, after crossing the warp gate and taking a helicopter to get here, if we don’t enjoy it properly during our 2-night, 3-day stay, it would be a waste.”

“In 30 minutes, let’s meet at the beach in front of the villa. As for swimsuits, just pick any one provided in your private room and wear it.”

“Understood.”

To prepare to go into the sea, Do Sihee and I went to our respective rooms.

Immediately, I opened the wardrobe in the room and checked the contents hanging inside.

Based on the rather large wardrobe, the left side had casual wear, and the right side had swimsuits and loungewear displayed.

Especially for swimsuits, the types were quite varied.

Not just ordinary trunks or briefs-style swimsuits, but also board shorts-style swimsuits or rash guard swimsuits.

Even men’s slingshot swimsuits. Two pairs, no less.

The presence of these unusual swimsuits in two different colors likely indicated Do Sihee’s personal preference, but unfortunately, when I looked at these swimsuits, nothing but gay porn rampant with all sorts of edited elements from my previous life came to mind, so I absolutely planned not to wear them.

The remaining candidates were reasonably ordinary, so I just had to pick one from them.

First, the rash guard swimsuit.

It’s a ridiculous story, but in this world, the most worn swimsuit by men was this rash guard swimsuit.

Shy men in this world don’t really like revealing their bodies.

Occasionally, seeing posts like ‘The bastard who made rash guard swimsuits should be killed’ or ‘Do men wear that thinking it’s cool? It’s not arousing at all’ appear on places like internet communities, women’s backlash was immense.

For starters, I myself didn’t really like swimsuits that cover the whole body, so this one too was eliminated from the start.

Besides, with swimsuits like these, it’s inconvenient for sex, isn’t it?

Before leaving this island, I planned to have beach sex with Do Sihee at least once, so this swimsuit, inconvenient to put on and take off, was unsuitable.

And the remaining three were reasonably comparable candidates.

At first, I tried to wear the triangle swimsuit, but the moment I put it on, my crotch felt crushed due to the strong pressure, so I immediately changed into trunks.

The most ample storage space was this one, after all.

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After changing into my swimsuit and coming out to the beach, the wide-open sea and sandy beach immediately greeted my eyes.

Do Sihee was perhaps still changing, as she hadn’t come out from the villa.

Already, in the spot with the best view, Eunbyul had set up a parasol and a mat.

To onlookers, it was certainly a stifling outfit, but

“……”

“Why do you ask, Kim Sungchul-nim?”

“Aren’t you hot in those clothes?”

“They’re well-ventilated, so it’s fine. Inside, there’s also a cooling device powered by magic stones.”

“I see.”

I didn’t think she would show up wearing that maid outfit covering arms and legs entirely, even at the beach, but her appearance, wrapped in that thick and seemingly heat-absorbent attire as if it were the most natural thing, left me dumbfounded.

Actually, I was a bit curious about what kind of swimsuits active maids wear, but unfortunately, the answer was ‘They don’t wear swimsuits while on duty’.

While having such thoughts, I went under the beach parasol and waited for Do Sihee, when a familiar voice was heard from the villa side.

“You’ve been waiting, Sungchul-ssi?”

As soon as I turned my head in the direction the voice came from, the silhouette of a familiar figure caught my eye.

Standing with the sun behind her, Do Sihee’s swimsuit appearance slowly registered in my vision.

At the unconventional swimsuit the blonde young lady was wearing, I stared dumbfounded for a moment.

It was a slingshot swimsuit, with two thin straps barely covering the essential areas.

It was truly a fortunate moment that this place was Dokyung Group’s private beach.

If this appearance of hers were shown to numerous other men, they probably wouldn’t have been able to contain their jealousy.

“How is it?”

“…Quite an unconventional swimsuit.”

“I’m reasonably confident about my figure. I think swimsuits that cover up completely are worn only by women who aren’t confident about their figures.”

“Since Sihee-ssi says that, it’s truly convincing.”

Even without that, her figure, which I thought was excellent, was shining under the sun, covered by a minimal area.

Encountering her new appearance for the first time, I inadvertently fell for her again.

“So, is that all your impression?”

“It suits you well. And you look truly beautiful.”

“Hmm, well, fine.”

Regardless of the exposure, the swimsuit Do Sihee wore truly suited her.

That confident attitude, as if not caring at all about others’ gazes, seemed to be revealed through her clothes too.

The more I looked, it was truly her kind of swimsuit.

“By the way, what is that you’re carrying on your back?”

“Ah, this?”

As soon as Do Sihee heard my words, she thrust what she had slung over her back towards me.

An oval disk, drawn with a black border on a white board.

It wasn’t difficult to recognize that it was a surfboard.

“If you come to the beach, of course it’s surfing!”

Still, it was a hobby befitting a chaebol heiress.