Chapter 877: Whipping Role (3)

“You want me to play the role of Master? Me?”

“Yeah.”

“…I’m sorry, but could I possibly know the reason why, Master?”

Eunbyul’s eyes crinkled as she wore an expression of incomprehension at the sudden request to play the role of Master.

Well, it was only natural to expect a reaction like this. Even I thought it was a bit of a sudden request.

Still, I found it easier to ask directly rather than beating around the bush. There had simply been too many things that happened to explain the situation from the beginning.

“Think of it simply. Just have me play the butler role, and you, Eunbyul, play the Master. Ah, no, the name Eunbyul is only used when you’re a servant, so for a while, I’ll have to call you Geum Nari.”

“…M-Master…?”

“Yeah?”

“If, by any chance, I have done something wrong to you, Master, please tell me. I will correct it immediately.”

“No, it’s not like that.”

Right, Eunbyul was doing my maid duties ‘because she wanted to’ in the first place. If I suddenly brought this up, she might think it’s because she did something wrong.

Therefore, I immediately gave her supplementary explanations regarding why she needed to play the Master role. That it wasn’t specifically to point out Eunbyul’s faults or because I wanted to roleplay as a butler and mistress.

“It’s not that I want to have a mistress and butler play session with you alone. It’s just that there’s someone I need to deceive for a while by having you pretend to be my Master.”

“…Ah, ah…. S-so that’s what you meant…?”

“I guess I made you misunderstand. Or maybe, I got your hopes up unnecessarily?”

“N-no! I’ve never expected anything! I-in the first place, the thought of me playing the role of Master for you has never crossed my mind, not even for a second!”

Eunbyul shook her head, her face as red as when we had that outdoor exhibitionist play session before.

“Anyway, I need you right now, Eunbyul. As I just said, there’s someone I need to deceive by having you pretend to be my Master.”

“…I appreciate the thought, but regarding the role of Master for you, aren’t there others who could play the part better than I…?”

“Huh?”

“I have lived my life as a servant for several years, so the habits of a maid are deeply ingrained in me. If I were to act, I would often show servant-like behavior, making me unsuitable for deceiving someone. Therefore, if you need someone to temporarily play the role of Master, I believe Ms. Sihee would be more fitting for the position than I.”

“Sihee is busy. Do Yehee too.”

“Th-then what about Han Min-ah-nim? I think she would be much better at acting slyly than I….”

“That might be true, but anyway, the situation right now requires your help, Eunbyul. In the first place, it has to be you and no one else.”

Because what I needed wasn’t just a ‘Master,’ but ‘Geum Nari who won the succession competition.’ Eunbyul, who still didn’t understand my words, just tilted her head with a look full of questions.

“What?”

“It seems like it will take quite a while to talk here, so let’s move locations for now.”

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First, I took Eunbyul through the warp gate and moved to Belle’s dungeon to discuss things. It seemed better to have the conversation there for a proper explanation.

If we talked leisurely outside, even a 30-minute delay would mean 12 hours flew by in Belle’s dungeon. In other words, No. 1’s electric torture would continue for another 12 hours, and No. 2’s torture of prohibiting urination would also extend by 12 hours. While No. 1’s torture was one thing, No. 2’s torture had clear limits. We couldn’t drag it out too long if we wanted to avoid a dangerous situation.

After bringing Eunbyul into the unfamiliar white space, I began explaining about Belle’s dungeon that I possessed. If I didn’t explain the abilities of this space, I wouldn’t be able to explain how to handle the two women either.

“This place is…”

“To tell you about this space first, it’s a ‘dungeon’ that I’m using for personal purposes.”

“…A dungeon?”

“Yeah. I asked a dungeon creator I know and got one. It’s a dungeon with quite a few functions, so it’s hard to explain everything, but I’ll tell you just two points you need to be careful about, Eunbyul.”

“…Yes, Master.”

Eunbyul, focusing her gaze on me, was ready to hear the ‘Belle’s Dungeon Usage Guide.’

“First, point one. 24 hours in this dungeon is 1 hour in the outside world. In other words, time in this world flows 24 times slower than in the outside world. Biological clocks like metabolism or sleep patterns flow based on the time within this dungeon.”

“Is that so? I’ve confirmed it.”

“You’re surprisingly not that surprised?”

“The Ariel Foundation also has similar training facilities. Though those facilities were limited to making time flow 3 times slower than reality.”

While the fact that time flowed 24 times slower was surprising in itself, the concept of training facilities where time flowed slower already existed, so she didn’t seem to show much reaction.

Then again, considering it was over 100 years ago when Belle originally created this dungeon, it would be strange if similar facilities hadn’t emerged over such a long period.

“The one I made is my masterpiece of masterpieces! I’d rather you not compare it to dungeons that only slow time by a mere 3 times, Master?”

‘I wasn’t comparing. In the first place, there’s no way your dungeon and other training facilities could even be compared in terms of performance.’

“Hmph. Well, if that’s the case, then fine.”

After appeasing Belle, who suddenly interjected out of nowhere, I explained the second function of Belle’s dungeon to Eunbyul this time.

“Second. Inside this dungeon, you absolutely cannot die from any ordinary wound. To be precise, it means dying from wounds or injuries. Excluding things like aging or starvation.”

“Time dilation and not dying even from fatal injuries… is that because it’s a dungeon made for training purposes?”

“Hmm? It could be used for training, but I haven’t really been using it for that purpose yet.”

I didn’t bother mentioning that it was a dungeon made for sex. In the first place, I was already using it for a completely different purpose than its original one.

And fortunately, it seemed Eunbyul didn’t realize it was the same place used for the outdoor exhibitionist play session just by entering Belle’s dungeon.

In the first place, back then, it wasn’t this white, empty room, but the walls and ceiling were changed to resemble a back alley under the night sky. No matter how we entered through the same warp gate, noticing that part was practically impossible.

“If you want to use it as your personal training ground, you can, Eunbyul. However, you’ll have to do it in your spare time while fulfilling the tasks I ask of you.”

“Ah, no. Master, you don’t need to ask me for anything. As your maid, it’s only natural that I follow your commands.”

“I told you that from now on, you have to be my Master.”

“…Ah, no… It hasn’t been finalized that way yet…”

“So, let’s settle the relationship between you and me, Miss Geum Nari. From now on, within this space, feel free to call me ‘Sungchul-ssi’ or ‘Sungchul-gun’.”

“Ah, no… Th-that, uh…”

Eunbyul’s flustered appearance at my suggestion to treat me like a butler was quite cute. Perhaps because she was always in the position of receiving orders as a maid, she was clearly awkward at giving them.

Of course, it was a role she would have to get used to. To handle No. 1 and No. 2 in this space, she needed to become accustomed to receiving polite speech as well.

“That last part was a joke, but anyway, I really want you to take the Master role seriously. What I need right now isn’t Eunbyul, my maid, but Geum Nari, the young lady of Geumhyang.”

“…But I’ve already been kicked out of Geumhyang. If possible, I want to be helpful to you, Master, but…”

“Don’t worry about that. You don’t actually need to return to Geumhyang; just pretend you ‘took’ the successor position at Geumhyang, and that’s all that matters.”

“…What?”

I explained what had happened so far to Eunbyul… no, Geum Nari, who expressed some doubt.

At 2 AM this morning. That I used some method to kidnap Geum Dallae without anyone noticing and confined her in this place. That over a perceived time of about 2 weeks, Geum Dallae was sufficiently educated and tamed. And that Geum Dallae is currently tied up beyond that door I’m pointing to, undergoing torture.

“And beyond this door, ‘Geum Dallae,’ one of the two people who have been tormenting you, is tied to a restraint bed.”

“…”

After hearing my entire story, Geum Nari’s eyes narrowed.

I couldn’t be sure, but her gaze seemed strangely motivated.