Chapter 619: Mysterious Voice (1)

After being enveloped in white light once, the place I returned to was the warp gate where she and I first entered the dungeon.

It’s the company’s warp gate that we first stepped onto together when we entered the Mystery Dungeon.

Seeing as the President-nim and I returned here riding the warp gate while holding each other, it seemed we had somehow made it back outside the dungeon.

At the same time, the two system windows that suddenly appeared before my eyes informed me that my awakened ability had also returned to normal.

『Awakening Points Acquired +95 (Base 80, Bonus 15)』

『Awakening Points Acquired +75 (Base 60, Bonus 15)』

The Hunter Lust Management System, which calculates even the sex we had in the space where my awakened ability was blocked, to reliably convert it into my awakening points.

Looking at the point values, which thoroughly calculated even things like the virgin graduation bonus or the ‘cumming inside’ bonus, it seemed the system itself was functioning properly, even if the awakened ability couldn’t be used.

Rather, it made it increasingly impossible to figure out the true nature of my awakened ability.

Well, my awakened ability was always some kind of inexplicable power anyway, so I didn’t really need to worry about it.

I called out to the President-nim, who was still holding me tightly and standing still on the warp gate, announcing our return.

“President-nim.”

“…….”

“President-nim, we’re back.”

“…Uh, uh-huh…?”

Something about the President-nim seemed a bit flustered and bewildered, unlike her usual self.

Perhaps because we were whispering sweet nothings in the dungeon just moments ago, she seemed a little cute.

…Wait, come to think of it, this isn’t the time to be calmly admiring the President-nim and getting sentimental.

Thinking about the conversation I had with her in the dungeon earlier, returning to the company meant I was at least half dead.

There was even a chance she might finally make me smash my own head against a wall or the floor.

To get hit even a little less, I needed to prostrate myself on the floor right now…

“H-Hmm…. Something… feels off…?”

“What feels off?”

“I distinctly felt like I was entering the dungeon with you. Why did we end up back at the company gate?”

“……Huh?”

“Hmm…. Maybe it was a faulty dungeon? I definitely felt like the gate activated.”

…No way.

Did the President-nim ultimately refuse to back down and choose the reset service?

The moment her words flashed through my mind, I unintentionally thought that she couldn’t change her final choice.

However, as soon as I checked the Lust Eye I used on President Seo Ok-hee just in case, I instantly knew she was telling a blatant lie.

『Lust Fetishes: Sung Taekyung, French Kiss, Fellatio, Helplessness, Subordination』

…Not only the system window floating next to President Seo Ok-hee’s face, but also her five sexual preferences that could be confirmed right there.

Although it wasn’t a method like the President-nim’s awakened ability that directly read minds, this alone was enough to grasp the situation at a glance.

I almost let out an involuntary laugh at the sight of the President-nim shamelessly pretending to have ‘lost her memory’ right in front of me.

“I-I don’t know what happened, but the warp gate isn’t working. P-Pretty sure the condition of one man and one woman was met, though.”

“…….”

“Well, it’s good for you, right? You don’t have to bother exploring the Mystery Dungeon with me anymore.”

“…Yeah, I guess so.”

For starters, it was confirmed that the President-nim was shamelessly lying while pretending to have lost her memory.

There was a high chance she already knew that I had figured that out.

After all, from the moment I used the Lust Eye on President Seo Ok-hee, I had been thinking of her in my mind, and not only what she was saying but also my inner thoughts were being transmitted in real-time.

In other words, the President-nim was currently pretending to have forgotten what happened in the dungeon.

It was the same as her shamelessly acting as if she had used the reset service, deliberately ignoring everything that could be read through my mind.

Judging by the amount of points gained, it definitely meant the President-nim had a satisfying time too, but I didn’t understand why she was acting this way after having such a satisfying time with me.

Anyway, it seemed President Seo Ok-hee still needed some time to sort things out, so I played along with her awkward act.

“F-First, I need to go back and write the report. Ah, regarding the report, I’ll personally file it as a faulty dungeon, so you can go back now.”

“Will you be alright? Whether it’s a faulty dungeon or not, it seems better if we write it together.”

“Ah, no, it’s fine. I’ll write it myself, so you can go back to your work or whatever, do as you please. And there are no more schedules today, so don’t come up to the executive office either.”

“…Yes, well. Understood.”

The President-nim, perhaps wanting some distance from me, hurried towards the elevator to head to the executive office.

I quietly followed her, walking alongside her and standing by the elevator.

In my mind, I was still ‘deliberately’ recalling the events in the dungeon we just shared.

“…Tae-kyung-ah.”

“Yes?”

“C-Could you stand a little further away…?”

“I don’t want to.”

“R-Right. If you don’t want to, then I can’t help it.”

As she had to pretend to have forgotten what happened in the dungeon, President Seo Ok-hee couldn’t say anything about what I was recalling in my mind and could only blush.

While sharing the same space with her, the ascending elevator appeared before the President-nim and me.

I quietly stepped into the elevator, following the President-nim who seemed to be fleeing.

“O-Okay, you worked hard today. Whether you go back into the dungeon or head home, do as you normally would…”

“I’m getting on too.”

“Th-This is the elevator going up…”

“Yes, I know. I just wanted to see you off to your floor before coming back down. You’re not going to complain about that, are you?”

“…W-Well, no…. Yeah…”

In the end, President Seo Ok-hee ended up riding the elevator to the top floor alone with me.

In that confined space, without any physical contact, I relived the memories of our time in the dungeon, imagining our intimacy solely through my mind.

Whenever I recalled the French kiss we shared with my cock inside her, or the cleaning fellatio I received after we finished, her body would flinch slightly in response, which was quite endearing.

“Ngh, h-hng….”

-Tring.

“W-Well then, get home safe…. Y-You worked hard today….”

“Yes. You worked hard too, President-nim.”

President Seo Ok-hee quickly stepped out of the elevator, seemingly eager to get away from me, and headed back to the executive office.

Watching her retreating figure until the very end with leisure, I thought quietly in my mind.

I imagined that perhaps in the not-too-distant future, I might end up exploring a ‘faulty dungeon’ with the President-nim once more.

“Even though I know she knows everything, I wonder why she needs to go this far.”

Well, the President-nim probably has her own reasons.

Either way, it was fortunate in many respects that her memory was preserved, and I wouldn’t have to deal with the aftermath of what happened in the dungeon.

Especially for me, who had felt literal killing intent moments ago.

…Alright, then. Now that I’ve seen the President-nim off.

It was time to deal with this new problem that arose after leaving the dungeon.

「Unauthorized external access detected. Please grant permission to exclude said connection, Master.」

“What the hell, Master?! This weird bitch keeps trying to interfere with my communication with you! Do something about it!”

「Master, please issue the block command immediately.」

“Argh, what is it! Stop interfering with my communication!”

I had to figure out the identity of these voices in my head, which had suddenly increased to two, following Esila.

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The way Esila communicated with me was entirely different from showing something with eyes or hearing a voice with ears.

Of course, if we consider the most similar sensory organ, hearing would be the closest, but strictly speaking, it was more like ‘imagining a sound’ than ‘hearing a sound,’ with her words directly transmitted into my mind.

Since it wasn’t a conversation through actual sensory organs, it didn’t feel stimulating, but because it was an unfamiliar way of communicating, continuing the conversation for a long time tended to be a bit tiring.

It also required considerable concentration to exclude stray thoughts that popped up during conversations with Esila.

Therefore, for mental stability, conversing with Esila was something I usually moderated unless absolutely necessary, but my mind right now was not in a state where I could simply stop the conversation whenever I wanted, unlike usual.

Even as I was returning home from the company, two unrelated mental entities were fiercely arguing in my head.

「Access origin is unclear. Issue the block command immediately, Master.」

“Aish, you’re not the Master, so stop telling me what to block and not block already?! Stop it!”

「Preventing corrupted mental entities from invading the Master’s mind is a natural duty for system intelligence.」

“C-Corrupted?! Is this damn bitch treating me like some kind of brainwashing virus?!”

「Master, please request exclusion quickly. With my abilities, which operate based on the Master’s mind, I can exclude any external mental entity accessing the Master’s mind without exception….」

“No! Stop it! After how long have I finally found a Master candidate worthy of the dungeon?! I can’t lose this chance so futilely!!”

It’s noisy.

It was the first time I had ever felt annoyance at the noise, something I never experienced during conversations with Esila, flooding my mind.

I wasn’t sure, but Esila, suddenly becoming talkative and trying desperately to expel something similar to herself that was trying to enter my mind.

And something new, seemingly engaging in a power struggle with her, trying to resist being blocked.

It was a moment when the feeling that yet another troublesome matter had arisen naturally surfaced.

With this new presence adding its voice in my head, I first returned home.

I had to figure out what these unidentified voices were and decide how to deal with them going forward.