Chapter 359: Graduation (5)

Eun & Ok Co., Ltd.

About 30 minutes before Han Seon-ah barged into Sung Taekyung’s house.

Han Seon-ah and Han Jin-ah, having just returned from a dungeon, visited the Guild’s Material Management Department to submit their spoils.

“This is our first expedition today, so… can we submit monster materials here?”

“Ah, yes. If you give them to me, I’ll just verify the basic facts and record them as achievements. Could you tell me the number of monsters you hunted and the materials?”

“The monsters hunted were goblins, and the number hunted was twenty-two….”

Han Jin-ah answered a few simple questions, submitting the results of the expedition she hunted with her younger sister to the guild counter. While waiting for the guild employee who disappeared to evaluate the authenticity of the submitted materials, she quietly chatted with Han Seon-ah.

“Once this is over, I can finally go see Taekyung Oppa with my head held high…”

“…Indeed. I hope Oraboni still remembers his promise.”

“He’s Oppa, so he probably remembers. …And honestly, it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t. Considering all the hardship you and Seon-ah have gone through with me, even if he forgot…”

The two, having a slightly lewd and desire-filled conversation, waited impatiently for the verification of the materials to finish and the guild employee to return. While indulging in various fantasies in the Guild’s Material Management Department, they were engrossed in discussing their future plans.

As the guild employee’s work took unexpectedly longer, Han Seon-ah and Han Jin-ah began to feel increasingly anxious.

“…It’s taking a while, Unnie.”

“Yeah, it is…”

Being early morning and the end of the year, the company staff was kept to a minimum, which naturally meant that the appraisal and submission of materials would take longer. And this prolonged waiting time only amplified the impatience of the twins, who were in a desperate hurry due to their heat cycle.

Han Jin-ah and Han Seon-ah, their minds filled with the thought of being embraced by Sung Taekyung as soon as possible, were gradually losing their patience. The one whose patience ran out first was the younger sister, Han Seon-ah.

“……”

-Swoosh.

“…Hm?”

Seeing her younger sister silently get up from her seat without finishing their conversation, Han Jin-ah tilted her head and asked.

“Are you going to the restroom?”

“……Yes.”

“Hurry back. I’ll be waiting at the first-floor entrance.”

“……Yes.”

“Once the material submission is done, let’s go to Oppa’s house together.”

“…………Yes.”

Han Seon-ah nodded with a slight hesitation and walked out of the Material Management Department. Han Jin-ah momentarily felt suspicious seeing her sister’s slightly delayed movements, as if she were hiding something. She dismissed it, assuming it was because Han Seon-ah was struggling to endure her heat cycle.

Left alone in the Material Management Department, Han Jin-ah finished settling the materials, tried to calm her racing heart, and quietly headed towards the building exit. She waited for Han Seon-ah on the first floor, suppressing her own desire to go to Sung Taekyung’s house first.

「…The call is not being answered. After the beep, you will be connected to the voicemail….」

“N-No…!”

It took her about 15 minutes to realize that her younger sister had cut in line.

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-Ding dong.

“……”

“……”

The sound of the main gate’s doorbell echoed from downstairs. The atmosphere had felt strangely off from the start. And then there was Han Seon-ah, frozen with a quietly flustered expression. With just a few clues right in front of me, I could quickly grasp the general sequence of events unfolding. I had a feeling I already knew who was ringing the doorbell downstairs.

-Ding dong, ding dong.

“…Ringing the doorbell at this late hour, whoever it is, they have no manners.”

“I don’t think that’s something you should be saying, Seon-ah…”

“A-Anyway, Oraboni, please continue quickly. You promised you’d take my virginity once I became a formal Hunter, didn’t you?”

“…Of course, I will, but shouldn’t we let Jin-ah, who’s waiting downstairs, in first?”

“H-How can you be so sure the person downstairs is my older sister? They could just be a regular door-to-door salesperson…”

-Ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong….

A salesperson wouldn’t ring someone’s doorbell this late at night. Besides, they wouldn’t persistently press the same bell over and over like this. With the doorbell ringing even more insistently, I pushed Han Seon-ah off me, got her up from the bed, adjusted my disheveled clothes, and hurried down to the first-floor entrance.

“W-Wait a moment, Oraboni…!”

I heard Han Seon-ah’s voice urgently calling me from behind as she followed, but the visitor downstairs was clearly the priority. By the time I reached the bottom of the stairs leading to the first floor, the doorbell sound was even closer.

-Ttiririring. Ttiririring. Ttiririring.

Judging by the fact that it had changed from the main gate’s doorbell to the entrance bell, they probably just hopped over the gate. With Jin-ah’s abilities, a wall less than 3 meters high would be easy to jump over. The entrance bell rang repeatedly, as if they were certain I was inside. I quickly opened the front door to greet the elder twin waiting outside.

“…Ngh, ngh… Hngh…”

“…Jin-ah?”

“T-Taekyung Oppa…”

Han Jin-ah entered the house as soon as the door opened, her voice trembling. The rabbit-eared girl struggled to lift her head to face me, tears streaming down her eyes as if she were heartbroken.

“Why are you crying like that? Oppa is here.”

“…Sniff, S-Seon-ah…?”

“She already got here first.”

“Sob! Th-That bitch…!”

Her reaction intensified immediately upon seeing Han Seon-ah’s heartbroken, wronged expression and hearing about her whereabouts. Though I didn’t know the specifics, I was certain something had happened between the two.

“Let’s come inside and talk. Stop crying.”

“A-At first, I said we had to do it togetherr…! But she said she was just going to the restroom and then…”

“W-Well, Unnie…?”

“Hey…! Han Seon-ah…!!”

“Sob…!”

Seeing Seon-ah, who had followed me down belatedly, Jin-ah’s face contorted with renewed agitation. At her sister’s voice, filled with anger and betrayal, Seon-ah stumbled and fell onto the stairs. Moreover, seeing Seon-ah’s current attire, it was easy for Jin-ah to misunderstand. Thinking she had not only been tricked but also cut in line, Jin-ah moved towards her younger sister with furious steps.

“Hey, Han Seon-ah…! We agreed not to cut in line!!”

“…I’m sorry, Unnie. I, I just couldn’t hold back…”

“Do you think I could hold back so easily that I finished settling the materials first?! If you were going ahead, you could have at least told me later!! I waited for you for over ten minutes outside the company exit…!”

“Aaaah, U-Unnie! I’m sorry! I’m sorry, Unnie…!”

Han Seon-ah, naked, pleaded with Jin-ah, who was angrily pulling at her fox ears. …While her pathetic state was somewhat pitiable. Honestly, it was her own fault.

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“……”

“……”

After the commotion subsided, the house grew quiet. Although we moved back to my bedroom on the second floor to talk, a deep and awkward rift seemed to have formed between the twins. Regardless of the heat cycle, resolving this atmosphere was the top priority.

“I-I’m sorry, Unnie…”

“……”

“I-I got so excited thinking I could finally lose my virginity to Oraboni, I couldn’t hold out until the very end…”

“……”

“U-Unnie…”

Han Seon-ah lay prostrate on the floor, naked, bowing her head, while Han Jin-ah, her emotions still unresolved, turned her head away, deliberately ignoring her younger sister. I hoped Jin-ah would generously accept the apology, but ultimately, what happened today was entirely Han Seon-ah’s fault. For both their sakes, it wasn’t a situation where I could intervene and force a reconciliation. So, for now, I watched the twins from the perspective of an observer, as Jin-ah’s tightly shut lips slowly began to part.

“…We promised not to cut in line.”

“Yes……”

“But what is this, Han Seon-ah? Did you want to lose your virginity that badly? So much so that you disregarded the promise you made with your sister like some piece of shit?”

“I-I’m sorry, Unnie…. I truly did wrong…”

“…I’m truly disappointed, Han Seon-ah.”

“……!!!”

Han Seon-ah’s face froze in panic the moment she heard the word ‘disappointment’ from her sister. Jin-ah, who was intentionally avoiding eye contact, probably didn’t see it, but I, watching both of them, clearly noticed the change in Han Seon-ah’s expression.

“I wanted to share the very first moment of losing my virginity to Taekyung Oppa with you, Seon-ah, but you’re saying that as long as you could lose yours, you didn’t care about your sister or anything else?”

“N-No, Unnie! I wanted to have my first experience with you too!”

“Don’t call me Unnie. Call me Jin-ah-ssi.”

“…I-I’m sorry! I won’t do it again!! I’m sorry, Jin-ah-ssi!”

Seriously, this is the first time I’ve seen Jin-ah this angry. Seeing Jin-ah, who always had a beaming smile and cheerful demeanor, become so serious and angry was truly a first. Honestly, I wasn’t sure if sex with me was valuable enough to cause such a rift between them. Leaving it like this, I felt the rift between the two sisters would only deepen, so I brazenly stepped in to mediate.

“Jin-ah.”

“…Yes, Oppa.”

“I know it’s shameless of me to interfere in your issue, but could you please forgive her just this once for my sake?”

“……”

She still turned her head away, deliberately avoiding eye contact with Seon-ah, but I could see a flicker of emotional turmoil in Jin-ah’s eyes. Hoping to restore their relationship as quickly as possible, I continued my persuasion towards the elder twin.

“I was wrong, Unnie…. Please don’t be angry…”

“Seon-ah is reflecting on her actions, isn’t she?”

“……”

“And she hasn’t even kissed you yet, so strictly speaking, you could say it wasn’t exactly cutting in line.”

“……Hm?”

While it didn’t absolve her of guilt, there was a clear difference between actually going through with it and merely attempting it. The moment she heard ‘attempted,’ Han Jin-ah’s expression, which had been listening intently to my words, brightened slightly.

“…Is that true?”

“What?”

“That she hasn’t even kissed Seon-ah yet…”

“Yeah. She hasn’t even kissed Seon-ah yet.”

“B-But… when I came in, she was already undressed…”

“…It’s a bit complicated to explain, but regardless, they hadn’t started kissing or anything else yet. So, if you think about it, it might not technically count as cutting in line.”

“…Is what Oppa saying true? Han Seon-ah?”

“……Yes, yes! I, I haven’t even started kissing Taekyung Oraboni yet! We, we hugged, but nothing more than that…”

Han Seon-ah, finding a potential way out, nodded vigorously up and down towards her sister. Seeing this, a subtle smile formed on Han Jin-ah’s lips.

“Ah, I see~! So Taekyung Oppa hasn’t been pounced on by Seon-ah yet?”

“…Something like that.”

“I misunderstood for nothing! You should have said so earlier, Han Seon-ah!”

“A-Are you forgiving me, Unnie?”

“Yes! Looking at it from the outcome, you didn’t cut in line, so! I’ll let it slide just this once!”

“Th-Thank you, Jin-ah-ssi! T-Thank you too, Oraboni, for persuading her!”

“…Alright.”

Seeing Han Jin-ah’s attitude brighten drastically the moment she realized I hadn’t taken Seon-ah’s virginity yet, it seemed her anger stemmed purely from Han Seon-ah getting ahead of her. She seemed relieved that her younger sister hadn’t lost her virginity before her. The thought crossed my mind whether losing one’s virginity first was really such a critical issue that it would cause them to fight like this. …Well, it’s a relief that it all worked out in the end.

(This is an illustration without the rabbit ears from the illustration above.)