Chapter 322: Erogenous Zone Exploration (1)

After finishing the second round in the bathroom, it was around the time for a slightly late lunch.

After simply filling our hunger with kimbap and bread we bought from the convenience store, we lay side-by-side on the bed, sharing various everyday conversations.

We shared stories related to work, like how this month’s paycheck seemed like it would be quite substantial thanks to the recent White Crystal Spider hunt, updates about Jin-ah and Seon-ah suddenly getting serious about being hunters with their graduation from hunter training high school just around the corner, or utterly useless, ordinary conversations about which parts of a movie we watched recently were fun.

Since we hadn’t specifically set a topic, the conversation kept going off on tangents the whole time, but fundamentally, chatting is bound to flow that way anyway.

Since we had many commonalities in our movie and music tastes, hobbies, personalities, and various other aspects, the conversation between her and me continued uninterrupted for quite a long time.

After chatting about topic-less things for almost an hour, the incident from the movie theater elevator earlier suddenly came back to mind.

“Lewd Min-ah.”

“…I told you not to call me that.”

“You know, back in the movie theater elevator earlier, when you asked me to touch your butt.”

“Wh-what! That, that’s already settled from the bathroom earlier!”

“No. It’s not that I’m demanding anything with it, I just became curious.”

Since I have a personality that needs to resolve curiosities the moment they pop into my head, I couldn’t hold back my curiosity and asked again about the request Han Min-ah made to me in the elevator.

“When you said you couldn’t stand it in the elevator earlier and asked me to touch your butt, I had a thought.”

“…….”

“Are the erogenous zones of Animal-type Awakeners normally concentrated on their butts? Or is it because you, Han Min-ah, are feline?”

“…You’re not going to answer.”

“Oh? Then never mind.”

“……?”

At my unexpectedly cool refusal, Han Min-ah instead harbored surprise and carefully turned her head towards me.

“What the heck, why are you acting like that? Making me uneasy…”

“Huh? What is?”

“Normally, when asked questions like this, you’d cling to me annoyingly, wouldn’t you…? What’s gotten into you all of a sudden?”

“What wind? It’s just that since you said you don’t want to talk about it, I figured forcing you wouldn’t get a proper answer anyway.”

“…Really?”

Han Min-ah, still looking suspicious as if she couldn’t believe me, watched my reaction.

Appropriately ignoring her reaction, I immediately turned the conversation to another topic.

“Do you have plans tomorrow?”

“I have to go to work, why are you asking so casually?”

“You really live a busy life. Usually, Animal-type hunters seem to take about three days off per month around their estrus periods, so you should take it easy sometimes too.”

“Do you know how much difference it makes to the end-of-month settlement if you reduce workdays and rest like that? The more you rest, the more you lose.”

“In all my life, I’ve never heard anyone say that resting is a loss. In the first place, flexible work hours are an advantage of being a hunter, but you’re really not utilizing that aspect.”

“I’m utilizing the advantage of flexible work hours to work towards earning as much as possible, aren’t I?”

“…….”

Well, I already knew Min-ah’s family situation well, so I couldn’t criticize her excessively.

Even so, having only one day off per month was, no matter how I thought about it, too terrible a life.

Moreover, even that increase was only recent, to accommodate having estrus sex with me.

She apparently used to just roughly alleviate the symptoms with estrus suppressants and work consecutive shifts, so I could only imagine how much fatigue Han Min-ah must have accumulated back then.

I can’t say she should rest consistently one or two days a week, but at least taking it a bit easy the day after her estrus period ends would have been good.

Inevitably, worrying about it needlessly is just an unavoidable reality.

“Okay. Then instead, let’s go to work together tomorrow morning and do some work.”

“Huh? Suddenly?”

“Now that I think about it, you and I have never gone out on an expedition just the two of us. Anyway, I’ve been wanting to see how you fight, so this is a good opportunity.”

I’ve known Cha Yuri-ssi since our union days, so we’ve worked as a pair several times, and Hye-eun and I often worked together on mock expeditions during school.

I even worked with Cheon Jihee Sunbaenim not too long ago, so the only person from Sky Blue Shield who hasn’t gone on an activity just the two of us is Han Min-ah.

“…You went out alone with Jihee Unnie? It took me more than half a year to get close enough to go out alone with her…?”

“Well, it just happened that way.”

“Your social skills are really no joke… Ah, right. Still, until middle school, you got along pretty well with the kids… Ah, no, that’s not it…”

It became a bad past starting from when the kids’ libidos became stronger after entering high school, but.

I waved my hand and told her not to worry about it, as she momentarily wondered if she might have misspoke.

“Anyway, you’ll come with me, right? Or do you have other plans?”

“Plans will naturally be made once I get to work… but now that I think about it, going out alone with you doesn’t seem too bad.”

“Right, good thinking. And besides, you need to practice fighting with the blessing applied properly now. We can’t afford to let our guard down like last time and get caught.”

“…That’s also true.”

Even if we couldn’t schedule times for all members to gather, coordinating our actions little by little through unit activities like this was also an important part of group hunts.

Especially with Han Min-ah, who has to switch between the front and rear lines executing all sorts of strategies, there was a particular need to coordinate our actions multiple times.

In the first place, blessings weren’t just all-purpose buffs that made you stronger simply by having them active.

Unlike blessings like ‘Minor Luck’ which slightly increase luck even just passively, the Blessing of Swiftness was, in a sense, a double-edged sword.

There was a significant possibility that a hunter receiving the Blessing of Swiftness might make mistakes due to being unable to control their increased speed, or fall into danger due to miscalculating distance.

In that regard, coordinating our actions separately through individual activities with Han Min-ah was not an option, but essential, for her safety later on.

After that, Han Min-ah and I continued our various conversations on the bed, and I looked for an opportunity to stealthily move closer to Han Min-ah, who was lying down with some distance between us, but.

As expected, true to Han Min-ah’s sensitivity to presence, she immediately noticed as soon as I closed the distance and started being wary of me.

“What the heck is it now?”

“…What?”

“Why are you suddenly trying to get close stealthily. Did you want to do it again even after what happened earlier?”

“It’s not quite to that extent, but if you, Han Min-ah, want it, I’m willing to oblige.”

“I, I don’t particularly…”

Well. If I just look at the visible stats, it seems like the desire to do it one more time still remains.

Since the night was long, there was still plenty of opportunity left to ‘eat’ her. If I were to have sex with her three times in a row starting from early evening, Han Min-ah might actually get exhausted.

Considering the situation that occurred after the three consecutive sex sessions just last time, it would be better to give it some time before the third round.

Therefore, approaching her now was simply to satisfy curiosity. Simple intellectual curiosity about whether Han Min-ah’s erogenous zone was indeed near her butt.

Actually, judging by the circumstances, it’s almost over 80% confirmed regarding that part, but.

Han Min-ah, sensing my approaching aura with such sinister intentions, carefully and slowly moved her body away from me.

Making eye contact with her as she tried to escape me, I quietly asked.

“Why are you moving further away?”

“I, I don’t know… My intuition is warning me to get away from you right now…”

“Intuition?”

“Anyway, I’m rather sensitive to things like this. Especially when it comes to detecting life-threatening danger or ominous energy. In fact, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say I’ve survived until now solely with this ability…”

“Really?”

“Hey, didn’t you hear me…? I told you not to come closer…?”

Towards Han Min-ah, who had retreated almost to the very edge of the bed avoiding me, I quietly pushed myself forward without any particular response.

Han Min-ah’s body, unable to escape at the dead end, was finally caught by my hand at the edge of the bed.

“Caught you.”

“…….”

She had said her instincts were warning her or whatever, but it seems she still didn’t want to get up from the bed and run away.

Or perhaps she hesitated, wondering if running away to that extent might be a bit excessive.

“So, why did you suddenly come close…?”

“Do I really need a reason? It could be just because I wanted to get close. We’ve already shared our bodies, aren’t you speaking too hurtfully?”

“Well, that’s true, but… somehow, it feels like you have another reason.”

Holding Han Min-ah’s still wary body, I turned my body 180 degrees, making her lie back down towards the inside of the bed.

In the process, I naturally brought my right hand towards the area of her butt.

“Hngh?!”

“It’s nothing else, I’m just trying to satisfy my curiosity.”

“Wh-what curiosity…?”

“Curiosity to find out which part is your erogenous zone, Han Min-ah.”

“…!!”

Han Min-ah belatedly sensed the danger and showed an attitude of trying to escape my grasp, but I had already expected that and tightly embraced her waist with my left arm.

Han Min-ah merely attempted meaningless resistance within my grasp while struggling.

“Let go of me…!”

“It’s not that I’m asking for sex. I’m just curious about where your erogenous zones are.”

“That’s the same thing! Can’t you just leave me alone so I can rest?!”

“It doesn’t matter if you’re just resting quietly. Anyway, the one who’s busy isn’t you, it’s my hand.”

“How can I possibly rest quietly with you fiddling around next to me… Hngh, heu?!”

As soon as my hand crawled inside the single layer of the hotel gown, Han Min-ah started moaning in a lewd voice.

As soon as my touch directly reached the sensitive area, the slightly strong resistance disappeared, and she soon loosened up, entrusting her body to me.

“Unlike you, it’s nice that your body listens well.”

“Th-this is really…”

Since the date ended earlier than scheduled because of her estrus period, I should make up for today’s regret at least in this way.

There was still plenty of time left to play with Han Min-ah.