episode_0031

It’s about two weeks until Mayeonseo’s return.

In the meantime, I have decided to fully capture her and have started the actual operation.

When I say operation, it’s nothing grand.

It’s all about acting so that she can completely let her guard down.

“Did you sleep well?”

She had fallen asleep as if unconscious from the intense activity of the previous night, and now, with a dazed expression, she reached out her hand and cautiously felt my face.

As if confirming my presence.

“…When did you wake up?”

I gently smiled and wrapped her hand in mine.

“It hasn’t been long. If you’re sleepy, go back to sleep.”

“…Yeah….”

“Shall I hold you?”

“…Yeah….”

I recently found out that after we broke up, she started relying on strong sleeping pills and alcohol.

Since I have never touched either alcohol or sleeping pills even once since being summoned, I thought it was a lie to gain sympathy.

But only when I faced a drawer full of potent sleeping pills could I finally realize that it was true.

I persistently delved into this point.

“The key point is the mental issue.”

Even Mayeonseo, who seemed perfect, couldn’t overcome her mental weakness and had relied on alcohol and drugs for a long time.

Then I suddenly appeared and the problem was solved.

In other words, just by being by her side, it means I can solve her mental problems.

Do you understand what this means?

If I disappear again, it means she will rely on alcohol and drugs again.

In the first place, Mayeonseo wasn’t in control, but from the beginning, she was in my hands.

“I don’t want to recklessly toy with people’s hearts.”

Honestly, toying with someone else’s weaknesses is not purely enjoyable.

On the one hand, I wonder how much I like it.

During this time, I even developed sympathy for her, wondering if I might have Stockholm syndrome, even developing sympathy for her.

But.

It has far exceeded mere pity.

Even if I hadn’t forcibly confined her.

Even if I had just allowed her to contact home.

Even if, at the very least, I hadn’t forcibly tried to seduce her by breaking my stubbornness.

I wouldn’t have harbored such a malicious heart.

“I will definitely break her.”

With this theory of inducing complacency with infinite affection, I began planning activities to build her trust.

Simply being together or mixing our bodies, but activities that can create new memories.

Without suspicion, I approached slowly.

“Ah. It’s boring just staying at home. Let’s go outside. Aren’t you bored too?”

“Yeah. Because you’re here.”

“Ugh… Oh, there seemed to be a pool downstairs, can we use it?”

“…Pool?”

We decided to use the pool attached to our house.

Despite it being quite large and well-maintained, few people had used it so far.

“That’s why they say rich people…”

Anyway, the weather was perfect, and as an excuse to feel good by soaking in the cool water, we went for a swim.

“How do I look?”

Mayeon showed up at the pool wearing a micro bikini she had used for a costume fashion show, with a gown on top.

“This is really unbelievable.”

Both her figure and the design were such that it seemed difficult to wear them outside.

“…Can I be honest?”

“Yeah.”

“I want to go swimming right now and have some fun.”

She smiled satisfactorily at my proactive expression and took off her gown.

“Trust +1 point.”

On another day, she suggested a picnic to match the cool breeze.

“Yeonsoo, let’s go on a picnic.”

“All of a sudden?”

“I feel stifled staying at home. I want to get some fresh air.”

“…I can’t go outside.”

“Oh, we can do it in the garden!”

Even though it was right in front of us, we deliberately prepared properly for a new memory and went on a picnic.

“Let’s make food for each other.”

“Okay.”

“Just to be clear, don’t put anything weird in it.”

“I got it.”

Tying aprons for each other, we prepared ingredients side by side.

“I’ve always felt this, but you really can’t chop properly.”

“Because everyone else does it for me. I don’t need to.”

“You really live comfortably.”

“If you live with me, you can be comfortable too.”

“…I’ll think about it.”

Sometimes pretending to be reluctant to her flirting.

“Hey, how big did you cut it? All the fruit is spilling out.”

“Should I change it…?”

“Forget it. I made it with effort.”

Sharing sandwiches made by each other in the garden, subtly throwing out lines she might like.

“Do you want a shoulder massage?”

“It’s tiring.”

“If you don’t want to, just say so.”

“…I want to.”

While feeling the gentle breeze, we read books together.

“This is at least a +3 point.”

One day, it poured rain all day, and we had to stay home without moving.

“Is it that good?”

“Mmm… good…”

“I’ll make it even better.”

“Hmm…!”

That day, in a dark room, we enjoyed the sound of rain, played games stickily, hugged each other with softened bodies, and took a nap.

“Fell asleep in no time… Actually, whether it’s sleeping pills or not, it’s all fake, right?”

That was when I pretended to fall deeply for her and gradually built trust.

“Shall we have a drink?”

“Huh… a drink?”

This time, surprisingly, Mayeonseo suggested having a drink with me.

“Come to think of it, I’ve never had a drink with her before.”

Mayeon was one of the few things ahead of Hanyeo-won.

“Um… What should I do? I’m not very confident about drinking….”

Personally, I wasn’t very good at handling alcohol, so there was a part of me that felt a little hesitant.

I was worried that if I got drunk for no reason and made a mistake, everything could go wrong.

At the same time, I felt it would be too much of a waste to miss this opportunity.

“If I control myself properly, it should be fine.”

In the end, I decided to take a chance and gladly accepted her offer.

“Should I?”

Clank clank clank. The brown liquid exuded an enchanting scent as it poured over the round ice in the glass.

It was American whiskey that Mayeonseo used to drink often.

“When I see liquor, I suddenly remember when I was scouted at a hostess bar.”

“A hostess bar…?”

As I emptied the second glass, feeling slightly tipsy, I told her about an incident from my first job as an adult, which started with an after-school job.

“No, the owner kept offering me a lot of money, so I had to do the job!”

“…Hmm…”

“What did he say? He said all the guests were VIPs, so they had to have manners? It was ridiculous.”

Continuously sipping on the alcohol, Mayeonseo sent me a somewhat displeased glance but didn’t make any particular action or speak further.

Perhaps in the past, I would have said it right away, blindingly.

Maybe it’s because of the alcohol. She seemed to have softened in her own way.

I decided to take advantage of that softness.

“Well, there were such things.”

“…I see.”

As we exchanged various conversations, a brief silence followed when the topic was interrupted.

Having emptied my glass, I quietly moved to Ma Yeon-seo’s side.

“Just pour a little more for me.”

As she refilled my glass, I put my hand on her waist and leaned my head against her shoulder.

“Ugh. Am I really drunk?”

Feeling this way, I felt a strong sense of intoxication.

“…I should probably go back to work soon.”

“That’s right.”

“…I’ll just continue being trapped in this house.”

Tak. Ma Yeon-seo, who had set down the bottle, quietly sipped her drink.

“……”

“……”

For a while, enjoying her scent, I subtly pulled her closer and whispered in her ear.

“Can you start letting me go now?”

“Do you want to leave?”

Seeing that she didn’t immediately refuse, it seemed like there was a willingness to converse.

“I want to leave… …and I really need to contact Korea soon.”

Subtly inserting the topic of Hanyang into the conversation, I tried to gauge her feelings.

“……”

She simply sipped her drink quietly without showing any particular reaction.

‘…Should I try a bit more?’

At least I hadn’t been rejected outright, so it was worth pushing a bit further.

“No, no. They might think I’m missing in Korea by now.”

“So what?”

“You should at least make contact. If you’re missing for too long, you know you’ll be declared dead, right? Then your identity disappears.”

“Is that okay?”

Turning her head slightly, she gave me a playful smile.

From that sight, I got a hunch.

This could work with just a little more effort.

“Hey, don’t say that.”

Pouting with my face against her neck, I coaxed her playfully.

In response, she silently accepted the playfulness as if not feeling bad.

Even though there was barely any response up to this point, it felt rewarding to have gradually built up trust over time.

“It’s okay for you to contact instead of me… Just let them know how I’m doing. Okay? It’s common courtesy, isn’t it?”

The first goal is to let Hanyerwon know that I am doing well.

It’s not too late to grab Mayeonseo’s leash.

“…Are you worried about him?”

She glanced at me with a suddenly chilly tone.

‘Keep calm.’

In this situation, I should take Hanyerwon’s side and pretend not to take her side when answering.

“No, the only person around me who cares about me is him, so…”

I lightly nibble on her neck and subtly murmur.

My mind became hazy from the rising intoxication.

“Do it… huh?”

“With my lips?”

I pecked her face that was being embraced.

Then, as if Mayeonseo had been waiting, she turned her head and offered her lips.

“Chup… chuwp… chwup….”

The summit was right in front of me.

“Will you do it?”

“…I’ll think about it.”

“Ah. Don’t think…! You promised to let me go if you started to like me.”

“Do I like you?”

Mayeonseo shifted her gaze to me and looked into my eyes.

‘Focus.’

I focused all my attention on the relaxed muscles of my face and nodded as naturally as possible.

“I love you completely.”

Then she turned her body completely and swept my bangs aside with a lovely look in her eyes.

“Should I believe this? Are you trying to deceive me?”

They say a frog dies when a stone is carelessly thrown.

I felt like my expression wouldn’t be controlled because I might have been caught lying.

“What if you don’t believe it?”

So, as if laying down a challenge, I lightly grasped the back of her head.

“What can you do besides being eaten by me?”

Mayeonseo seemed to quite like my provocation and chuckled softly.

“…Right. I can’t live without you now. I can’t do anything?”

“Now you have to listen to me well, right?”

“Yeah. I guess I have to.”

She just smiled, as if enjoying this situation.

‘It’s over.’

I sensed victory within me and passionately kissed her with words of triumph.

‘I won!’

Finally, I had defeated Mayeonseo.

*

While Mayeonseo was adoring Gang Yoochan.

In Korea.

“Is that story real?”

Unsettling rumors began to circulate within the Awakening Society.

The rumor was so unbelievable that it could overturn the country.

“Hey. Does that make sense? If it were real, the rumor would have spread already.”

“But the rumor has already spread now.”

“But if it’s real, shouldn’t we be the first to know?”

“Well, that’s true.”

The members of Strategy Team 1, closely related to the rumor, spent the whole day talking about the rumor…

“……”

Meanwhile, Han Rye-won seemed completely uninterested, focusing only on her work.

Lifeless eyes and a worn-out face.

She buried herself in work more than a month ago, but she seemed much worse off now.

Tap. Tap tap.

That was when she was deeply engrossed in her work.

Buzz… Buzz…

A DM notification appeared on her phone, which was charging in one corner of the desk.

However, the owner of the phone, busy wrestling with the monitor, didn’t check it.

On the screen, there was a significant message along with a photo.

[ @YuchanWife reporting survival^^ ]

It was hours later when Rye-won checked the message and let out a terrible scream.