Chapter 65. Holy Ground.

A goblin shaman, Euia-nim. The green-skinned goblin, sitting with a large nose ring dangling and saggy, triangular breasts boldly exposed, flashed a toothless grin. As the goblin crone smiled, the wrinkles on her already shriveled face deepened.

“They said a noble guest would come, and I wondered who it would be.”

As she tapped the ground with a long, slender wooden staff, the gourd hanging from the top shook, making a ssageureureu sound. It seemed there were unknown grains inside the gourd.

Goblin Euia-nim, without even hearing Ji-hyuk’s story, scattered a few small pebbles onto the yellow paper spread on the floor. Heuhihi, the shaman laughed like a witch, fiddling with the scattered pebbles with her bony fingers.

“Let’s see….”

Ji-hyuk pursed his lips and simply watched the goblin crone’s actions.

“There’s a difficult problem, and you haven’t been able to solve it, have you? Where… Aha, heuhihi. You’re trying to go to the holy ground?”

Holy ground.

The holy ground the shamans spoke of must be the mountain they worshipped.

“That’s right.”

“Not just anyone can enter there.”

“That’s why I came to you.”

The shaman, who had been laughing heuhihi, suddenly sniffed and then gave another strange smile.

“It’s not a curse… Something’s coming out of your dick, and it’s an extraordinary energy.”

“I won’t hide it. …I drank dragon’s blood. And that energy is leaking out now.”

“Ohㅡ, heuhihi.”

Goblin Euia-nim laughed like a madwoman, tapping the floor several times again with her staff. Ssareureu ssareureu, the sound of the grains colliding kept ringing.

“It seems you’ve heard the rumors. Do you believe the legend that there’s a half-dragon?”

“Whether there is or isn’t, I’m in a situation where I have to grasp at straws….”

“There’s a simple method.”

“What is it?”

“You could just cut off your dick.”

Ji-hyuk shook his head, absolutely not. The shaman laughed loudly as if she expected it.

“It might be better to do that.”

“Then I’ll just live like this.”

“Woman luck or woman trouble. Aigoo, my head hurts. Aigoo, aigoo.”

Euia-nim tapped her head with her insignificant little hand. Then, suddenly, with eyes gleaming with madness, she stared at Ji-hyuk as if piercing him and opened her mouth.

“So?”

“I want to enter your holy ground. I heard you cast curses if you enter without permission….”

Even for Ji-hyuk, he didn’t want to receive the shamans’ blind curse barrage. Then, even if it was annoying, he had to follow the rules.

Euia-nim grinned again, showing off her sparse, yellow teeth.

“With dragon’s blood, you wouldn’t be afraid of curses.”

“It’s not me, it’s my companions who are the problem.”

“Heuhihi. You have a lot of affection.”

The goblin shaman slammed her staff down again.

“Actually, we don’t make any decisions. All decisions are made by the spirit-nim.”

“Then can I ask that spirit-nim for a favor?”

“The spirit-nim doesn’t give any answers. He predetermines it.”

Ji-hyuk wondered what this old woman was talking about. As he narrowed his brow, Euia-nim wrinkled her nose and made a sseueueu sound.

“Go to the holy ground. With the blood of a pure virgin. It must be pure. Yang energy must not have touched the womb. Keep that in mind.”

“…Did the spirit-nim allow it?”

“You have to get permission there. You’ll know when you go. Go. Quickly. Goㅡ!”

Ji-hyuk got up with a slightly reluctant expression. Euia-nim turned her body away, exposing only her naked, diminutive back.

As the warrior emerged from Euia-nim’s residence, the lizardman Kayak, who had been waiting, stuck close to his Daegang-nim.

“What did she say?”

“She said to go there for now.”

“You mean to the mountain they worship?”

“Yeah.”

Of course, getting there wasn’t the problem. …The problem was the blood of the pure virgin that had to be offered.

Under the condition that yang energy had never touched the womb, most of his female companions were disqualified. And a few names came to mind.

Ji-hyuk sighed deeply and got into the carriage. The quick-witted Kayak asked if there was a problem.

“They need the blood of a pure virgin. …So I’m worried about who to take.”

“Is that so.”

It was a somewhat ambiguous issue for Kayak to touch, so he kept his mouth shut. He knew that Ji-hyuk and some of his female companions had a secret relationship, but he didn’t know the exact details. The loyal lizardman didn’t want to trouble his respected Daegang-nim by making speculative remarks.

Soon, Ji-hyuk, who had returned to the mansion, went into his office and pondered for a moment. And a little later, he called the older of the Buff sisters.

Buff’s older sister, Rosalia, who had been diligently training her buffs, quickly found the office after receiving Daegang-nim’s summons. Now, she was no longer the skinny, ugly figure she used to be. Even if she wasn’t as good as her younger sister, who had drunk the elixir, she was slightly taller and her chest had filled out. A delicate and slender figure, that would be the perfect modifier.

“You called for me, Daegang-nim?”

Of course, the biggest change was the brightly blooming smile on her face. Having received Ji-hyuk’s great, unpayable grace, she was no longer the unhappy maiden she used to be.

Ji-hyuk restrained the energy flowing out of his dick as much as possible. She also maintained a moderate distance, neither too far nor too close. This was like an unspoken rule of the mansion now.

“How’s training going these days?”

“Yes. I’m working hard.”

“Good, that’s commendable.”

As Ji-hyuk smiled, Rosalia beamed. …To be honest, it would be a lie if she had no feelings for Daegang-nim. This perfect man had taken her out of her unhappy life and even bestowed the grace of healing her sister’s illness, so how could she not have any feelings?

In addition, even though he was restraining it, the energy that was seeping out was subtly affecting Rosalia. So this innocent virgin, who didn’t even know about masturbation, caressed her vagina for the first time in her life without her sister knowing…. Of course, that was a secret she would take to the grave.

…Anyway, setting aside those inner circumstances.

“What did you call me for?”

Rosalia asked with a naive face, knowing nothing. A desperate desire to be of help to Daegang-nim was felt in her tone.

“Don’t misunderstand me when you hear this.”

“Yes. I won’t misunderstand at all. Tell me anything.”

“Are you perhaps a virgin?”

The subtle smile disappeared. Rosalia, flustered, asked back.

“…Excuse me?”

“Are you a virgin? Are you pure?”

Buff’s older sister’s heart sank. Purityㅡ. She hesitated at that word. How far should she measure the category of being pure?

“Th-, thaaat….”

“I’m sorry for asking so suddenly. You’re flustered, right?”

“No, th-, it’s okay….”

Rosalia fidgeted and kept touching her hair.

“You don’t have to answer if it’s difficult. I’m sorry for asking such a question.”

“No, thaaat…, can I, ask you one thing…?”

“Yeah, of course. What is it?”

“Th-, m-, m-, masturbation…, i-, is it, o-, okay…?”

She felt like she was going crazy with embarrassment. She couldn’t bear to look at Daegang-nim’s face, so she hung her head low.

Idiot, moron. Why, why, couldn’t you hold back and masturbate…! How much of a cheap and lewd woman will Daegang-nim think I am. Idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot.

If I had endured just a little longer, I could have confidently said I was a pure virginㅡ. She felt like she was going crazy with regret.

Ji-hyuk smiled faintly at Rosalia’s question.

“It’s okay as long as yang energy hasn’t touched the womb. So, you’re saying a man’s penis has never entered your vagina?”

“Yes, yesㅡ! That has never happened. Never ever. I’m serious. I swear.”

Buff’s older sister was surprised and waved her hands exaggeratedly to emphasize.

“Then that’s fine. I understand.”

Rosalia realized her disgrace and hung her head low again, putting her hands behind her back. Ji-hyuk quietly watched her and then said quietly.

“…Masturbating is never something to be ashamed of. All living things have an instinct to reproduce. So masturbation is natural. Of course, I’ve done it too.”

“……Yes.”

She answered softly in a voice as small as an ant crawling. He comforted her, but that didn’t mean the embarrassment disappeared. …She felt like she wanted to crawl into a mouse hole right now if she could.

“Okay, you can go back now.”

“Yes, then, I’ll be going.”

Geezㅡ. Ji-hyuk called out to Rosalia again, who had turned around and was trying to leave with hurried steps.

“Would it be okay for you to come with me on this expedition?”

“Ah, yesㅡ!”

“Okay, I’m counting on you.”

“I’ll work hard. I’ll work really hardㅡ!”

Rosalia bowed, bending her upper body so much that her back would break, like a newly hired intern. Ji-hyuk gave a benevolent smile and nodded lightly.

Rosalia, who came out of the office, punched her head with her fist, saying “Idiot, idiot.” Still, as Ji-hyuk disappeared from her sight, the embarrassment faded a little. And a thrilled feeling began to rise at the thought of going on an expedition with Daegang-nim.

Ahㅡ.

She returned to her room with light steps. In the room was her younger sister, Lorelia, who was diligently practicing her buffs.

Seeing a subtle smile on her older sister’s face, the younger sister smiled and asked.

“What did he call you for? Is it good news?”

“I’m going on an expedition with Daegang-nim.”

“Really? That’s great.”

The younger sister congratulated her with a happy face. Rosalia stared blankly at her younger sister’s face, and the question Daegang-nim had asked earlier came to mind.

– Are you perhaps a virgin?

The older sister suddenly wanted to ask her younger sister that question. …Is her younger sister a virgin?

The younger sister, who had drunk the elixir, was superior to her older sister in every way. Appearance, ability…. She believed that wouldn’t be the case, but she didn’t know what happened when they went on separate expeditions.

Ji-hyuk and her younger sister Lorelia had also gone on expeditions together, so there was definitely a possibility that her younger sister was not a virgin. …If the older sister had a secret relationship with Ji-hyuk, she wouldn’t be able to tell her younger sister.

“Are you perhaps….”

“Hmm?”

“…No. Nothing.”

“Why? Tell me, Unni.”

“No, it’s really nothing.”

“Tch, how boring.”

The older and younger sisters had never talked to each other about their feelings for Daegang-nim. …As if they had intentionally avoided it.

…Her younger sister probably likes Daegang-nim too, probably.

Twins are twins for a reason. Their tastes must be similar.

The older sister felt strangely depressed. Still, she forced a smile.

…The older sister Rosalia has had a lot of secrets from her younger sister lately.