Chapter 55: Contraception Magic

“Contraception magic?”

“Yes….”

Han Min-ah, having called Cha Yuri outside the restaurant to avoid the gazes of her other colleagues.

As the matter was sensitive, Han Min-ah carefully conveyed her embarrassing request, which was difficult to speak of easily, to the mage of the Sky Blue Shield.

“You want contraception magic, meaning you’ve recently been intimate?”

“Yes, that’s right….”

“Yesterday? Or before that?”

“Yesterday….”

“Okay, that’s fortunate.”

“Huh?”

“This magic loses its effect if not used within a week.”

Cha Yuri’s response, which was tantamount to saying she’d use it without hesitation, made Han Min-ah feel relieved inwardly, genuinely thankful she had pushed past her embarrassment to bring it up.

“Let’s move somewhere else first.”

“Thank you, Yuri Unnie….”

Cha Yuri and Han Min-ah moved to a private lounge accessible only to A-rank hunters or higher, and had a few more words before casting the contraception magic.

“You’re an animal-type Awakened, right?”

“Yes. More precisely, the power of the wild.”

“As far as I know, animal-type Awakened have heat cycles. Do you?”

“…Yes.”

“Was the reason you rested yesterday not a cold, but related to that?”

At Cha Yuri’s sharp insight, Han Min-ah quietly nodded.

“Heat cycles must be tough.”

“Please keep it a secret from the others, Unnie. It’s a bit embarrassing….”

“Okay.”

Cha Yuri’s curt, clipped responses might seem cold at first glance, but Han Min-ah knew she was just awkward at expressing herself, not actually cold-hearted.

Instead, she felt grateful for Cha Yuri’s casual consideration hidden within those short exchanges.

“Who was it? You didn’t just jump on anyone, did you?”

“Ah, it was someone I knew.”

“Just someone you knew?”

“H-he was someone I used to like. It’s not much different now, but….”

“What happened then?”

Since the heat cycles of animal-type Awakened often led to ruined relationships, Cha Yuri’s concern for Han Min-ah was understandable. Han Min-ah, fully aware of the question’s intent, gave her an answer that would put her at ease.

“‘If you can’t control yourself during your next heat cycle, contact me….'”

With a chaotic situation already brewing around him, Han Min-ah wanted to sort out her feelings for Sung Taekyung somehow, but…

Just thinking about the ecstatic moment of sex inevitably made her face flush, and that reaction alone brought a faint smile to Cha Yuri’s lips.

“Good, I’m glad it worked out.”

“Yes, th-that’s right….”

“I think having sex with someone you love is important, but having it with someone who loves you is just as crucial. A woman finds happiness when she feels loved by the man she shares her body with.”

“…….”

“S-sorry. That was a bit presumptuous.”

“No, Yuri Unnie. That was good advice.”

Although the subject’s name or characteristics weren’t directly mentioned, Han Min-ah could fully guess Cha Yuri’s feelings towards Sung Taekyung just from her words.

The usually stoic woman was even blushing while engrossed in the conversation.

Knowing about Cha Yuri and Sung Taekyung’s relationship already, Han Min-ah easily deduced that the object of affection she spoke of was the very man she had been intimate with yesterday.

‘Yuri Unnie really likes him too….’

Two hunters in the same party genuinely liking one man.

…No, perhaps three, including herself.

She had made a promise to him, so she intended to keep Sung Taekyung’s secret for now, but she had no idea how they were supposed to overcome this chaotic situation.

Judging by his expressed intention to transfer to the company, Sung Taekyung’s resolve to face the situation head-on, not run away, was clear. However, the crucial point was whether he could properly persuade Cha Yuri or Kang Hye-eun.

Back when they were attending the Hunter Training High School.

Han Min-ah had witnessed firsthand the incident where Kang Hye-eun, upon realizing her childhood friend was being treated like public property by the entire school while she was away on external activities, had turned the whole school upside down.

The bullying Sung Taekyung endured had completely ceased less than three days after Kang Hye-eun returned to school. Given this, Han Min-ah found it hard to believe that Kang Hye-eun would hold back her fury this time, especially if she were to experience something similar again.

Perhaps the difference now was that back in high school, he was treated as public property due to external coercion, not his own will, whereas his current actions were entirely voluntary.

Whether that would mitigate their party leader’s anger, or perhaps even incite it further.

It was a future Han Min-ah couldn’t fathom right now.

“Min-ah.”

“…….”

“Han Min-ah?”

“…Ah, s-sorry!”

Han Min-ah, lost in thought for a moment, hastily responded to Cha Yuri’s call.

“I’ll cast the contraception magic, so take off your lower garments.”

“…Just the pants?”

“Including your underwear.”

“…….”

Even between women, unilaterally exposing her private parts felt instinctively repulsive to her.

“Do I really have to take them off?”

“Your clothes will get dirty. Do you have spare underwear?”

“…No.”

“Hurry up. You have an afternoon expedition too.”

“…Yes, sorry.”

It was an embarrassing situation, but she had requested it herself, and delaying the afternoon dungeon entry due to the contraception magic was also inconvenient.

Following Cha Yuri’s instructions, Han Min-ah stripped from the waist down and stood before her, tense.

“Spread your legs apart. Sit down as if you’re about to lie halfway.”

“…Okay.”

Seeing herself receiving contraception magic from another person felt so degrading that she could suddenly understand why many women chose pregnancy instead.

Already feeling self-conscious with her lower body bare, the awkward position didn’t even allow her to cover herself with her thighs, making her think that pregnancy might actually be less embarrassing. However, no matter how she felt, she couldn’t afford to recklessly increase her dependents.

“It might feel a little itchy.”

“Okay….”

After Cha Yuri’s small hand touched her lower abdomen, she felt the magic flowing from her hand filling her body.

Thanks to Cha Yuri, who impassively cleansed her womb with wind without the slightest change in expression, Han Min-ah could treat this embarrassing procedure as a mere medical act.

If Cha Yuri had shown even the slightest discomfort or, conversely, blushed, Han Min-ah’s relationship with her would have become quite awkward.

‘But why….’

Why was she feeling strangely excited during this process?

This situation, where she was indirectly revealing to someone else that she and Sung Taekyung had sex… why was it exciting?

As she pondered this, a gentle breeze swirled inside Han Min-ah’s lower abdomen, and the remaining white, thin fluid inside her womb flowed out through her cleft.

“It’s done.”

“…Thank you, Yuri Unnie.”

“I won’t look at the rest. Finish cleaning up and come out.”

“Okay….”

“If you can’t help it during your next heat cycle either, you can ask me again.”

“Yes. Thank you, Yuri Unnie….”

-Click.

Han Min-ah, handed tissues and wet wipes from the Sky Blue Shield’s private lounge, quickly cleaned up the traces left by the contraception magic.

Feeling grateful to Cha Yuri, who showed consideration until the very end as she left the lounge, Han Min-ah hastily put on the clothes she had taken off and exited the lounge as if nothing had happened.

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After replying appropriately to the pile of KakaoTalk messages from the twins, he immediately found Do Sihee’s number, which he had saved previously, in his contact list.

About three days had passed since the first time they met and became intimate, making it a reasonably appropriate time to keep his promise of contacting her once or twice a week.

…However, as she was a chaebol heiress from the Foundation, he felt the need to maintain some distance for now, so instead of a phone call that would reveal his number, he used the voice call feature of an open chat.

After a few seconds of the characteristic lively ringtone of a voice call, the haughty voice of the chaebol heiress he’d heard a few days prior came through the receiver.

「Is that you?」

“How am I supposed to know who you are if you just say ‘you’?”

“Hearing your voice, it seems to be you.”

Her voice coming through the smartphone seemed to carry both slight tension and a hint of disappointment.

“Why are you contacting me so late, you?! Shouldn’t you have contacted me the day after we parted? Isn’t that basic, basic etiquette?!”

“I was busy too.”

“And what’s with this open chat voice call! Does it mean you still don’t want to give me your contact information?!”

“As long as we have a way to contact each other, isn’t that enough?”

“Ah, even so, after we shared a bed, shouldn’t you at least give me your phone number…!”

“If you don’t like it, we can stop.”

Do Sihee, who had been spitting words in a sharp tone the moment the call connected, suddenly fell silent.

“I went out of my way to think of you and contact you. You seem to have quite a few complaints.”

“I-I’m sorry. It’s n-not that I have any complaints about you, absolutely not.”

“Let’s not become too bothersome a relationship for each other. You understand, right?”

“……. “

“I’m just contacting you because I enjoy fulfilling your dark desires. Don’t try to pry into my private life beyond that.”

“Ah, okay.”

I didn’t particularly enjoy speaking so coldly to Do Sihee like this, but it was a necessary choice to respect her ‘femdom’ preferences.

She herself said her sexual preference was to be ‘taken’ by a male hunter stronger than her.

While it was hard to gauge her exact preferences, a ‘mysterious, strong male hunter of unknown origin’ would likely excite her more than an ‘orphan hunter from a common background’. He intended to maintain this kind of relationship for a while to deliberately stimulate her imagination.

“Enough of that, when are you free?”

“Huh…? D-do I get to decide…?”

“I’ll accommodate your schedule. Still, wouldn’t you, being from the ‘Foundation’, be busier than a ‘mere Guild-affiliated hunter’?”

“I-I didn’t mean it like that at all when I said that….”

“Stop rambling. I asked when you’re free.”

After a brief silence, Do Sihee’s answer came immediately through the speaker.

“Tomorrow is my day off.”

“Where and at what time do you want to meet?”

“Tomorrow at 3 PM. How about meeting in front of the plaza at H Department Store in Apgujeong?”

“Fine. It would be nice if you just said so clearly from the start.”

He lightly praised her for finally revealing her true intentions and concluded the call.

“Alright then, as you said, 3 PM tomorrow. We’ll meet in front of H Department Store in Apgujeong.”

“Ah, okay.”

“As I mentioned last time, you know this already, but come prepared cleanly, so I can use any part of your body without issue.”

“Yes, yes!”

Hearing Do Sihee’s reply through the receiver, he ended the voice call.

He harbored a vague hope that after tomorrow, he might gather enough points to reach Swordsmanship Level 6.