episode_0024

Meanwhile, even though the woman had taken off all her clothes, she still clutched the doll to her chest as if it were precious.

The man sighed at the sight.

Having been dragged naked into the bathroom, it was easy to guess that she would be taking a shower or bath soon. But seeing her even bring the doll suggested her mind was so severely damaged that she couldn’t even grasp that much.

“What are you doing bringing a doll into the bathroom?”

“She’s our baby. Isn’t she cute?”

The woman, with a hollow laugh, lifted the doll and showed it to the man. The man had no interest in such a thing, but with it shoved right in front of him, he unintentionally ended up observing the doll.

It was of poor quality, not appearing expensive. An outdated, old-fashioned doll, a style that wouldn’t even be stocked in supermarkets these days. Moreover, it was as filthy and grimy as the woman who had brought it. It looked as if it had been picked up from rolling around abandoned near a garbage disposal site.

“Let’s put the doll outside.”

“No. Our baby must stay in Mommy’s arms.”

“The baby is cute. Let’s put the baby outside first and wash.”

The man tried to gently coax the woman several times, but she vigorously shook her head, indicating refusal every time. Ultimately, the man’s patience snapped.

“If someone speaks to you nicely, you should understand. You f***ing bitch.”

The man snatched the doll away and flung it out through the open bathroom door. The woman, who had been docile, instantly contorted her face in horror and rushed out. She then picked up the doll, which was rolling on the floor, embraced it, and rubbed it against her cheek. She was checking anxiously as if for injuries, just like a real baby.

“Baby! My baby!”

The man, watching the scene from beyond the door, realized that this woman suffered from a much more severe mental illness than he had thought. However, considering what they were about to do, perhaps that condition might actually be better for her mental health.

“She’s completely out of her mind. Well, the less sane she is, the better for me.”

“My baby. Mommy’s here.”

The man had experienced the woman throwing a tantrum when separated from the doll, so he decided to turn a blind eye and let her keep the doll even in the bathroom.

While washing her body, the man had a bit of trouble cleaning the parts of her body that were clutching the doll, but he considered it much better than her throwing a fit like before.

The woman, hugging the doll tightly, was so quiet and submissive that it was unbelievable compared to her earlier rampage.

The man thought he needed to wash away the terrible stench first before embracing her, so he was fully engrossed in scrubbing her body.

He shampooed her hair and scrubbed her body with body wash. She hadn’t washed in so long that one or two washes wouldn’t be enough, so he repeated the process several times. Especially her body—even just applying warm water and lightly rubbing with his hand caused clumps of grime to come off.

“Ugh… You f***ing bitch, you’re so filthy.”

The man put on a green exfoliating towel and scrubbed the woman’s body. Even though he merely rubbed it lightly without applying much force, piles of grime had accumulated on the bathroom floor.

However, the woman seemed to be enjoying the bath, her first in a long time, and was grinning with empty eyes.

“Phew, finally, I’m done.”

The man wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand and looked at the woman he had just cleaned. She looked so beautiful and attractive, like a completely different person from when he’d brought her home. Her hidden beauty had clearly emerged.

“I can do as I please with this woman, right?”

The man took her to the bed and laid her down.

And finally, he unleashed what he wanted upon her.

The woman accepted it well without resistance. It seemed she had no particular thoughts about such things in the first place. Holding the doll to her chest with one hand made it a bit inconvenient, but it was much better than her struggling, thinking she was being raped. Since she didn’t react much or make any sounds, it felt more like having relations with a doll than a person.

“What do they call this? Real? Ah, like a real doll. Seriously.”

The man thoroughly sated his accumulated lust on her. Then he called a younger man he knew to his house and showed him the woman he had brought.

“I found some crazy bitch wandering the streets and brought her home. She doesn’t resist and is docile. Plus, she’s not loose, as if she hasn’t had much experience.”

Listening to the man, the younger man slowly examined her face.

“Her face isn’t bad. If she were cleaned up, she’d be quite presentable. To think such a beautiful woman was just wandering around the streets.”

“She was so incredibly filthy and smelly that everyone avoided her. I thought the same at first, too… So, they say there’s a shortage of people on the island these days. What do you think of this woman?”

“You’re going to sell this woman? Isn’t she too good to hand over? She’s pretty enough.”

“Do you think I have a hobby of living with some imbecile woman? This bitch is a complete idiot.”

The man spoke with a shudder.

“She seems decent-looking and docile… What do you call people with low IQs? Is she like that?”

“No, it’s not that; she’s completely lost her mind. See that doll she’s holding? When I was washing her in the bathroom, she wouldn’t let go of that doll. I had no choice but to let her keep the doll. And the amount of grime that came off her… just scrubbing it all off must have made her lose 1 to 2 kg of weight.”

Listening to the man, the younger man continued to examine the woman. His eyes scanned her naked body and intimate areas with a lecherous gaze.

“Since she’s not in her right mind, even if we sell her to the island, she won’t try to escape, and they won’t have to pay her wages. They’ll just need to provide her with three meals a day.”

“But if she’s a young woman, won’t her family worry?”

“Does this woman even have family? She seems to have been wandering around as a homeless person for several weeks; if there was anyone to look after her, they wouldn’t have left her like that.”

Then the man pointed to the clothes she had originally been wearing. They were in a corner of the shoe rack.

“See that? Those are the clothes that bitch was wearing.”

“That was clothes? I thought it was trash put out for disposal. It really looks like she was just abandoned.”

“See? This woman was simply abandoned; she has no family or relatives. There won’t be any reports to the police or anything like that.”

“Certainly, if what you say is true, there won’t be much of a problem selling her to the island. So, how much do you want?”

The man, hearing the offer, pondered the amount. She was beautiful, and if given a doll, she became docile and acted like an idiotic simpleton because she was crazy. Honestly, it was no different than a lump of gold rolling right into his lap. The man, who used to bring in sickly-looking women for human trafficking, had never hit such a jackpot before.

His lips twitched at the thought. He was wondering how much he should ask for a reasonable price, when the younger man offered an amount first.

“How about ten million won? I’ll give you five million right away, and the rest in a few months.”

The man’s eyes widened in a furious outburst at the younger man’s suggestion. And, raising his voice as if genuinely enraged, he shouted.

“You son of a bitch. You ask for a price and then say ten million won? These days, there are plenty of women who pull in 20 to 30 million [won] for themselves, besides what they have to give to the manager, if they work tirelessly for a day! And you’re offering only ten million? You bastard!”

“Ah, don’t hit me.”

“I’m the one who introduced you to that position, and you’re already trying to rip me off!”

“Alright. So how much do you want? Give me a rough idea.”

“If she works constantly, excluding meal times, she’ll earn tens of millions a month. And what about those island regions? There are also special allowances, aren’t there? So, make sure to send five million won regularly each month. And pay fifty million won upfront.”

“Are you crazy? Fifty million won upfront and five million won every month? Who would accept those terms?”

“If you don’t like it, I’ll introduce her to someone else. Hey. And you’re going to take a cut, a little brokerage fee, aren’t you? Don’t pretend to be innocent.”

“…”

“There are no women on the island, and if she’s there, dozens of men will take turns having her every day. And you’re stingy about just five million won a month? Plus, if she can even bear children, she could give birth to one child a year until she dies, so even the childless gentry could raise children and play family.”

“That’s a bit creepy.”

“What’s creepy about it? Many people want to have at least one child in their lifetime. There are no women to marry into the village, but if we bring her, they can have fun living with her as the village’s common wife.”

Since she’s completely lost her mind, it was unknown how long she would live. This was because he had heard that people with mental illnesses generally have shorter lifespans than average. However, outwardly, the woman looked like she was in her early to mid-20s, and even if she only lived until 40, that would be more than ten years of life, during which she could have more than ten children starting now.