Episode 82 – Words That Don’t Mean Anything
by Afuhfuihgs
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A building surrounded by a high fence, its yard and garden filled with the fragrance of blooming flowers.
Though shorter than the fence, this large building is known as the Sage’s Retreat. It was once the mansion of a famous judge when Sioland was a kingdom, not an empire.
Once the home of a great intellectual who strived to prevent the people from being wronged, earning him the title of Sage, it is now a high-end bar where high-ranking nobles and wealthy nouveau riche frolic with prostitutes, mocking its former name.
The suspiciously high fence was also there to protect the identities of the guests and to hide all the filthy deeds that took place inside.
The interior of the bar was beautifully decorated with art and jewels, but the words exchanged there were nothing but dirty and obscene vulgarities.
Piadu was sitting at a table in a corner of the bar, sipping on a glass of whiskey on the rocks with a large ice cube.
Unable to blend into the surrounding atmosphere, he just quietly drank his liquor, his face looking uneasy and dark.
His companion, who was sitting at the table with Piadu, looked at Piadu’s dark face, sighed, and opened his mouth.
“Hey, you’ve had that death stare for days. What am I supposed to be, bringing you here to cheer you up?”
“…It’s nice.”
“Bullshit, man. Look at your face. Where the hell did that Piadu go who used to have a blast with women?”
“He’s still here. He’s just matured.”
“Bullshit, mature my ass. You’re just scared and your dick’s shriveled up.”
“Heu heu. This bastard, really.”
Piadu put down his whiskey glass and looked at him.
He knew that his friend, whom he had known since childhood, was spending a lot of money to take him around because he had been feeling down for the past few days.
But no matter how much he drank, he didn’t feel any better, and no matter how beautiful a woman was by his side, his anxiety didn’t go away.
Piadu was extremely cornered right now.
“Is that thing still not resolved?”
“Yeah.”
“So what can you do about it? It’s not like anything changes just because you’re making that shit-eating face.”
“…I’m just being careful. So nothing goes wrong.”
“All the women here are pro whores, what problems could there be,”
After Jennifer’s horrific laboratory was revealed and she was quickly arrested, Duke Villard, Piadu’s father, was delaying Jennifer’s trial as much as possible to buy time.
However, despite such efforts, Jennifer left a lot of mysterious markings drawn in blood in her prison cell and died, her whole body chopped into pieces.
According to witnesses at the scene, it looked like she had exploded.
No one had deciphered the markings, but it was speculated that they were symbols of a cult that worshiped the Demon King or an evil Outer God of similar stature, which made Villard’s position, who had been postponing Jennifer’s trial, very difficult.
Perhaps the Hero was in the same situation, but Villard, who was constantly being questioned about his connection to the Demon King, was understandably very sensitive and irritable, and Piadu spent his days wandering outside the Valguir Ducal residence to avoid his father.
Piadu didn’t know if his father was really involved with the Demon King, but he knew that Jennifer and his father were at least closely related.
Of course, Piadu had even taken advantage of his father blinding Jennifer and sleeping with her to sneakily get on top of her.
If Jennifer and Villard were really revealed to be that terrible cult, it was clear that even a ducal family that had once been the king of a country would not be able to avoid disaster.
That was why Piadu had been anxious for the past few days.
His friend understood Piadu, but still spoke in a blunt tone.
“Hey, are you going to keep moping around here? If you’re not going to eat these women after coming all the way here, then I’m not getting my money’s worth.”
“The whiskey here is pretty good.”
“Ha- What a prude! A prude. Why don’t you just drink wine and look at paintings? You’re such an intellectual.”
“Shut up.”
“Ugh, Piadu. How did you become so shy like a virgin?”
“Ah, seriously. Stop it.”
“This won’t do. This won’t do. This hyung-nim will personally bring you a woman, wait.”
“Ha,”
Piadu smiled with the scent of whiskey.
As long as they had known each other, Piadu raised both hands in surrender to his friend’s wit, which always made him laugh even though his words were harsh.
“Alright, alright, bring me a chick worth banging.”
“Good- Wipe your dick and wait.”
“Crazy bastard. Heu heu,”
As his friend got up from the table and walked away, Piadu’s expression hardened again and he sipped his whiskey.
His friend’s words made some sense.
Honestly, he didn’t feel like holding a woman, but it didn’t seem right to keep sulking and drinking and bringing down the mood for a friend who was spending money on him, and maybe if he held a prostitute in bed and sweated a little, this anxiety might go away a little.
How many minutes had he been waiting?
His friend came back with a woman, his face flushed.
“Hey, I got a fucking hot one.”
“What?”
Piadu glanced at the woman his friend had brought.
And at that moment,
Piadu dropped the glass he was holding without saying a word.
A voluptuous figure that contrasted with her petite height.
Her green bob, which lightly brushed against her flushed red cheeks, was neatly combed and surrounded her face in a circle, swaying gently.
Her watery eyes were filled with innocence and shyness that didn’t suit a prostitute in this bar.
She looked more like a pure and innocent young lady from a rural village, which made her look fresh here.
Piadu was instantly captivated by her appearance and observed her with a sticky gaze, as if licking every inch of her body.
She wasn’t that rare of a beauty.
But for some reason, Piadu was feeling a strong attraction to this girl that he couldn’t explain or resist.
“Cute, right? She’s so small, but she’s got pretty good tits and ass, and besides,”
His friend whispered softly in Piadu’s ear.
“She’s a virgin. A virgin.”
His friend grabbed the woman’s wrist and pulled her towards Piadu.
The woman didn’t resist and was pulled to sit next to Piadu.
The scent of fragrant lavender perfume filled Piadu’s nose.
Even his sense of smell, which had been numbed by the alcohol from drinking strong whiskey, couldn’t miss the scent.
The girl bowed her head shyly and greeted him.
“I’m Rose. Nice to meet you.”
“Rose?”
Piadu naturally put his hand on the woman’s shoulder and pulled her closer.
His friend looked at Piadu as if he was used to it, saying, “That’s right,” and made way for them.
Piadu, who was confident in his ability to handle women, said with a slightly flirtatious tone.
“Of course, the name you use in a place like this is probably a fake name, but I had a fiancée with the same name.”
“Oh my, what a coincidence.”
“Yeah, but she’s no longer in this world.”
“Oh, I’m sorry… Did I make you uncomfortable?”
“No, rather, maybe that’s why I feel like there’s some kind of destiny.”
The girl who identified herself as Rose covered her mouth with her hand and smiled shyly.
“Heu heu, I can’t replace your fiancée, but I’ll comfort you today, Doryeon-nim.”
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[Wow. Rose, you’re really good. Where did you learn this? Even if I read all the books in the library, there’s no book that teaches this.]
‘If you’re a woman, you should know how to handle men like it’s an instinct. Moss Head.’
[I guess it’s good to be a slut.]
Banata didn’t have the confidence to seduce Piadu.
No matter how much she used the Succubus’s charm ability, it wasn’t easy for Banata to say words that didn’t mean anything to someone she didn’t care about.
For some reason, she couldn’t say the words that she could easily say to Ed to this man named Piadu.
But Banata wanted to help Ed, so after much deliberation, she decided to get help from Rose.
Rose naturally took control of her body as if she had expected it.
And Rose was a truly born femme fatale.
The boldness of openly saying the name Rose was a bonus.
“You don’t seem to belong in a place like this, how did you end up doing this? And you’re a virgin.”
“Are there any women who end up doing this kind of work without a story?”
“There might be women who do it because they like sleeping with men.”
“It’s our job to make men think that way. But no.”
“So Rose, you’re not interested in men’s bodies either?”
“Of course… But Doryeon-nim might be a little different…”
“I’m glad.”
Rose uttered words that didn’t mean anything as naturally as breathing.
As the conversation continued, Piadu was helplessly falling for Rose.
Of course, it was also because of the Succubus’s charm, but it was also because of Rose’s skill in picking out words that would make a man happy.
[That was a really good line. I should use it on Ed later.]
‘When I think about what you said to Ed, you weren’t too bad either. If you were a prostitute, you would have bankrupted a lot of men.’
[…That was… my true feelings.]
‘I’m not much different either. If you make them think it’s your true feelings, they’ll give you their liver and gallbladder.’
[How do you know so well? Have you ever been in a relationship?]
‘…I have. Someone I really loved.’
[At the Academy? Wow, I thought you were busy bullying me. When did you have time to date? Who is it?]
‘It’s distracting, I’ll tell you later.’
Rose drank the whiskey that Piadu handed her and leaned slightly into his arms, pretending to be dizzy.
Unlike Piadu’s outward appearance, which seemed to show off a relaxed attitude, his heart was pounding loudly.
Piadu pretended to support Rose and tried to put his hand on her chest.
Rose grabbed his hand.
“Rose?”
“I’m, honestly, I’m scared of this kind of thing.”
Rose looked at Piadu with tears in her eyes and acted like she was trembling with fear, slurring her words as if she was drunk.
Piadu, who thought that the words the girl, who had been talking happily, were her true feelings, smiled gently and held Rose’s hands tightly, saying.
“Don’t worry, I won’t do anything if you don’t want me to.”
“Doryeon-nim…”
‘Ugh, you fucking bastard.’
[Ugh, listen to him talk. I feel like I’m going to throw up.]
‘What if you think of Ed doing it?’
[Ah, it might be a little nice.]
‘You crazy bitch, you’re a serious case too.’
Rose inwardly ridiculed her former fiancé, who was pretending to be a nice guy and trying to act cool, and leaned her head slightly on his shoulder.
Banata was filled with anticipation that she would be able to carry out Ed’s request smoothly.
The sticky jazz tune that had been playing in the bar had already switched to a slow and soft blues genre.
Some of the guests got up and slowly danced, embracing the prostitutes they had with them.
“Shall we dance too?”
“I’ve never danced before…”
“I’ll teach you, get up.”
Piadu got up from his seat and held out his hand to Rose.
Rose was disgusted by the way her former fiancé Piadu kept acting like a gentleman, but she gritted her teeth and forced a smile.
She thought of Daniel, the man she had loved.
He was a man who had a manner that came from a heart that genuinely cared for others, not this fake manner.
Thinking of him, Rose took Piadu’s hand and got up.
She felt goosebumps as Piadu slowly wrapped his hand around her waist.
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After finishing the move, which only required moving a few belongings and the body, the life in the mansion began.
Unlike Robin’s luxurious mansion, which had even white marble bricks on the exterior walls, this mansion had dark brown wooden planks covering the exterior walls after the bricks were laid, giving it a rustic yet luxurious and dignified feel.
And unlike its exterior, the inside of the mansion boasted a luxurious interior decorated with long corridors with red carpets embroidered with gold thread, bright platinum chandeliers with green jewels as accents, and gilded marble sculptures.
In addition, the furniture that Ellie had prepared was all high-end furniture from famous manufacturers, so I could see that Ellie had put quite a bit of thought into it, but to us, who had been living on the top floor of the White Glass Tower, the most expensive luxury hotel in Sioland, it didn’t feel that special.
I, who had money to burn, felt that way, and Mena and Lara, who had lived in Robin’s mansion, felt even more so.
Only Banata and Lily were overwhelmed by the splendor of the mansion.
Nevertheless, life in the mansion was unfamiliar to me at first, as I had lived as a thief my whole life.
It wasn’t the splendor that was the problem, but the space of the mansion itself was unfamiliar to me.
In fact, it was understandable.
My childhood was spent in a poor mountain village,
When I was a thief, I lived in a small one-room apartment where I could hear the sounds from the next room,
When I was a bandit, I lived in tents or cheap inns with my companions while adventuring,
Even after I was resurrected, I spent 4 months in Lara’s cabin,
The rest of the time I spent a month each in inns in Plavis and Sioland.
When I think about the environment I’ve lived in all my life, one of the biggest changes is that I have my own personal room.
I had been sharing living space with other people all my life, and now I was finally having my own personal space for the first time.
It took me two full days to adjust to that fact.
“Honestly.”
[Hmm?]
“I’m bored.”
Unlike the hotel, where we could see each other clearly just by turning our heads, no one in the mansion tried to come into my room unless they had a special reason, so I was feeling a little bored.
I was used to being alone, but I wasn’t strong enough to enjoy it.
I couldn’t enjoy being alone because I was unconsciously caught up in painful thoughts when I was alone.
Would Mela and I have had a happy future? When useless thoughts like that started to come to mind, I was inevitably swept into a torrent of emotions that tormented me.
I shook my head from side to side, looking out the window at the dark night where I couldn’t see anything, and hurriedly cleared the emotions that were floating in my head.
[Ed, why don’t you get some sleep? It’s better to sleep at times like that.]
[Yeah, stop doing stupid things and just sleep.]
“Yeah, you’re right.”
I turned off the lamp and walked to the bed and lay down.
“Let’s just sleep.”
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As soon as Ed fell asleep, the window in Ed’s room opened silently.
Soon, someone’s bare feet came in through the open window and quietly stepped on the floor.
The intruder, who was naked all over, quietly walked towards the bed where Ed was sleeping.
It was Lara.
Lara looked down at Ed, who was breathing evenly.
“…He really falls asleep quickly, well, he used to be like that.”
Lara lifted Ed’s blanket and went inside.
Even though it was a spacious bed, Lara carefully supported herself with her knees so that her weight wouldn’t be transferred to Ed, and opened the buttons on Ed’s top.
“I’m really sorry. But I… I can’t take it anymore. Ed.”
Just opening the buttons on his chest, she could feel Ed’s scent so much that her head was dizzy.
Lara made a blissful expression and undid the remaining buttons almost as if she was tearing them off.
Today is the day.
No matter how hard Lily was to wake up once she fell asleep, Lara wasn’t shameless enough to have a tryst with Ed while her daughter was sleeping next to her.
But now that Ed had his own room, things were different.
Today was the opportunity to become one with Ed.
Lara knew that it was wrong to attack Ed while he was sleeping, but she couldn’t take it anymore.
The alluring scent that emanated from him after he returned to his human body was so sweet that it combined with the nostalgia of when she loved him that it had been driving Lara crazy for the past few days.
Besides, Mela wasn’t next to Ed right now.
“Then I can have Ed, right? There’s no one who loves you as much as I do. So… it’s okay, right Ed?”
Lara asked for permission from the sleeping Ed, which would never come.
She decided to ignore the guilt that was weakly rising from somewhere in her heart.
Lara felt a thrill and goosebumps all over her body at the fact that she could take Ed’s first time, even if she couldn’t give him her first time.
“I’m sorry. Really.”
Lara gave an insincere apology and looked at Ed’s abs and chest, which were revealed with all the buttons undone.
And then, as she slowly reached out to lift Ed’s clothes.
Ed’s hand snatched Lara’s wrist.
Lara was startled and gasped.
“…Let’s talk. Lara.”
“…E, Ed.”
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