Chapter 623: The Changing Girls

About a week has passed since the day I went into a Mystery Dungeon with Boss-nim, came out, and even gained a strange connection with Belle.

Having learned that time flowed differently inside the dungeon Belle created, I made her report all the remaining details without missing a single thing.

Fortunately, I was able to confirm through Belle’s statement that there were no more surprising aspects than the difference in time flow.

The only new fact I learned was that the scope of modification was quite wide when she altered the dungeon’s internal structure.

After hearing the explanation that the exterior appearance could be changed arbitrarily as long as it was a confined space of a limited size, I went in and out of the dungeon several more times to confirm Belle’s seemingly limitless spatial control ability as a ‘Dungeon Creator’.

For reference, the answer I received was that adjusting the concept of compressing a day into an hour was impossible. Neither speeding up nor slowing down the time flowing inside. She said that adjusting it would require starting the process of creating a new dungeon from scratch, which was something she couldn’t do with her body remaining only as a spiritual entity.

Actually, even just looking at the various abilities Belle had shown with the dungeon so far, it already seemed far beyond the scope of what she could do as a spiritual entity. It was almost admirable how much lingering attachment she had to dying as a virgin.

After confirming my understanding of Belle’s dungeon abilities a bit more thoroughly, my life as a hunter in the returned daily routine was flowing by ordinarily day by day. Except for the fact that the attitudes of the people around me started changing little by little.

First off, I couldn’t help but talk about Boss-nim, with whom I recently had relations.

I had another conversation with President Seo Ok-hee in her office, as we needed to discuss my S-rank Hunter promotion further. After about a week, when I saw her again, she could barely hide her emotions the moment she met my eyes.

“S-so, um…. Ah, your S-rank Hunter promotion notice will probably come down within a week.”

“Really? That’s great news.”

“Ah, uh-huh…. The government has already approved it, and since a male S-rank Hunter is unprecedented, it seems like it’ll cause quite a stir….”

“C-can we talk from a little further away? Your thoughts keep getting read in my head, and I can’t concentrate….”

“Really? I’m not thinking anything right now. Could you perhaps tell me what I’m thinking, Boss-nim?”

“…….”

Teasing President Seo Ok-hee, who was trying to pretend the incident in Belle’s dungeon never happened, was quite amusing. When conversing while recalling the lewd things that happened that day with Boss-nim in my head, it was naturally enjoyable to observe her blushing and flustered reaction. For President Seo Ok-hee, who was maintaining her pretense of ‘not remembering’ what happened in Belle’s dungeon, it was a situation where she couldn’t deny the thoughts I was bringing up in my head. Thanks to that, I could stand confidently before Boss-nim, even imagining violating her in my head without the constraints I had held back until now.

“…S-so, I’ve delivered the information regarding your promotion, so hurry up and get out….”

“What about that dungeon we explored last time, the one determined to be faulty?”

“Wh-what?! Th-that dungeon?! Wh-why are you suddenly asking about that?!”

“You never know. It didn’t act like a faulty dungeon last time, but it might function properly if we go in again. If you’re thinking of exploring it one more time, I’ll keep my schedule open.”

“…….”

President Seo Ok-hee, her face flushed red after hearing my words, pondered seriously. It was practically the same as asking if she intended to have sex again, just without explicit phrasing. Of course, since Boss-nim, who was ‘pretending to have lost her memory,’ still had a justification to explore the dungeon with me, it wasn’t strange at all if she agreed to my proposal. Just as I thought she might even be pretending to have lost her memory specifically to target this aspect, a cautious reply came back from her.

“F-for now, it’s on hold…. On hold….”

“Why? Isn’t it better to check things like this as quickly as possible?”

“L-last time, we went in- ah, no, we tried to go in- while somewhat unprepared in various ways, so I think we need a bit more preparation this time….”

“With your abilities, Boss-nim, preparation doesn’t take much anyway. And couldn’t you complete that preparation in just a day or two with your powers?”

“Sh-shut up! Stop rambling uselessly and just accept it if I say so…!”

Well, although I wasn’t exactly ‘a mere employee,’ as President Seo Ok-hee’s subordinate employee, I couldn’t refute her claim. For now, I just replied that I understood and followed Boss-nim’s opinion. Of course, while playing the part of an obedient subordinate employee on the outside, I was quietly imagining the scenario of suddenly pouncing on her right there in the CEO’s office in my head.

“Ngh, H-hey….”

“Yes?”

“You’re done talking…. G-get out quickly….”

Naturally, as I imagined forcing myself onto President Seo Ok-hee, she couldn’t help but share my imagination and become flustered. Confirming her reaction, which clearly showed the meaning of her words, ‘it gets read even if I don’t want it to be,’ I left the CEO’s office the morning before yesterday.

Well, it might not be very important information, but Boss-nim’s physique hadn’t changed much compared to the last time I saw her. She still had a relatively small build for a woman, but it wasn’t a physique entirely non-existent among adult women. Besides, since I had already had relations with her once, it didn’t really matter to me whether President Seo Ok-hee grew any taller or not. I couldn’t know if her growth had stopped again for some reason, or if this was simply Boss-nim’s ‘fully grown state’.

As for other special events, perhaps Cheon Jihee requesting a private meeting with me next time. Seeing her slip over to talk to me during a break in our group expedition, I thought the time had finally come. I could roughly predict what kind of proposal she would make, so I also prepared myself mentally and talked with Cheon Jihee.

“Um, I have something to say for a moment.”

“What is it, Cheon Jihee-ssi?”

“I want to talk just the two of us, so let’s meet at a cafe after work today.”

“…Yes, let’s do that.”

Cheon Jihee, glancing around at the other party members, called me aside. Seeing her strangely blushing as she called me over, my suspicion about what she would say turned into certainty in my mind. As expected, when we met again at the cafe, Cheon Jihee bluntly brought up the topic of sleeping together.

“Next time, when are you free?”

“Why? Are you horny again?”

“…D-don’t say it so loud. Other people might hear.”

“I don’t really care.”

“…….”

Although I answered in a slightly grumbling voice on purpose, Cheon Jihee couldn’t say anything back and just bit her lips slightly. Normally, it was a situation where I, her junior far below her, should have shown utmost respect, but considering the relationship between Cheon Jihee and me, my attitude was somewhat unavoidable. After all, she received sexual satisfaction from me while also being my rival concerning Kang Hye-eun. The moment I revealed my feelings to Hye-eun, she wouldn’t be able to remain in the Sky Blue Shield (though not actually true, Cheon Jihee believed so), and more importantly, having 3P sex including Hye-eun required my absolute permission. In a private setting like this, the relationship between her and me inevitably became clearly divided into superior and subordinate.

…Of course, this superior-subordinate relationship was merely formal, and I had no intention of using this leverage to torment Cheon Jihee.

“Tomorrow I have a schedule, so that won’t work. Probably the day after tomorrow, no, starting from three days from now, I should be free.”

“Then let’s make it that day. We’ll meet three days from today.”

“Why do you need to schedule it so urgently? I still need to talk with Hye-eun anyway, and if we’re going to coordinate schedules for the three of us, we should probably postpone it a bit longer.”

“No, there’s no need to call Hye-eun. That day, we’ll meet just you and me, the two of us.”

“…Huh?”

Contrary to my expectation that she would ask for 3P sex including Hye-eun, Cheon Jihee stated she wanted to meet just the two of us. I was naturally surprised because I never expected her, who liked Hye-eun, to suggest meeting just the two of us.

“What’s gotten into you? So suddenly.”

“…I just want to confirm my feelings once.”

“What?”

“The sex… that, that time with you and Hye-eun was the best first experience I’ll never forget until the day I die.”

“Well… considering Cheon Jihee-ssi’s feelings for Hye-eun, that’s natural, I suppose.”

“…But, during the sex we had that day, it wasn’t like my heart was pounding solely for Hye-eun.”

“What?”

“…I don’t know why, but I felt a little heart-pounding feeling towards you too.”

…Should I call this Cheon Jihee’s indirect confession towards me? Of course, her level of affection towards me wasn’t that low to begin with, so her showing this kind of reaction wasn’t entirely strange. It was surprising in many ways that Cheon Jihee brought this up directly to me. In any case, this statement itself was like revealing a more honest side of her.

“I just want to check something.”

“Check what?”

“To confirm whether I can satisfy my sexual urges with just ‘you,’ without Hye-eun. It doesn’t mean I like you or anything, so don’t get the wrong idea.”

“…Ah, yes. That confirmation.”

“So, what do you say? Will you meet me three days later?”

“…Okay. If it’s just the two of us without Hye-eun, then three days later is fine.”

Thus, setting the next date schedule with Cheon Jihee happened yesterday afternoon. These past few days, I realized that both President Seo Ok-hee and Cheon Jihee had considerably changed their attitudes towards me compared to when we first met.

…Well, although I’ve gone on quite a bit about those two, the person I’m meeting today is actually unrelated to them. The person I decided to go on a date with today was special in a slightly different sense than those two.

“Ah~! Taekyung~! Over here, over here~!”

As soon as I got off the subway and entered the plaza inside the station, the pink-haired Saintess spotted me, waved her arm, and greeted me. Seeing the Saintess of the Vatican, who felt familiar for some reason despite not having met for a long time, I waved back. To this precious connection I newly made during the task of integrating and managing the abandoned village, to whom we owe each other our lives.

“It’s been a while, Lulusia.”

“Taekyung~! It’s been a while~!”

The Saintess of Vatican City, Lulusia Belmonte. It was time to enjoy the date with her that I had promised quite a long time ago.