episode_0055

“It’s neatly tidied up, isn’t it?”

Aunt’s house, which I had visited before, was located in the heart of Seoul, surrounded by a large gate and high walls enclosing a garden.

Previously, only the visible garden had been decorated, and the interior was a garbage dump where one wouldn’t even feel guilt throwing used tissues directly onto the floor, but now it had been completely cleaned.

The range of 100L trash bags that had stood stubbornly like a mountain, and the clumps of dust in the room corner that seemed to be evolving into clouds, merging with strands of hair, no longer existed.

Like a mind cleanly emptied, it had become neat and tidy.

“…Just as you said, my head feels a bit clearer after tidying up my surroundings first.”

She subtly mentioned it, as if to express gratitude.

After that, Aunt unbuttoned the coat she had worn over her dress, appropriate for the chilly weather, revealing her pale shoulders as she took it off.

“Give it to me.”

“Huh?”

“The coat you’re holding.”

He gestured for it, extending his hand.

Since the chauffeur Aunt hired doesn’t come inside the house, when her nephew, walking beside her, extended his hand, implying he’d carry it for her, she gazed at him intently, then lightly handed it over.

She gazed at me, the man who was her nephew, then very slowly started walking.

“You said you were a crazy pervert who gets turned on by family, are you already trying to set the mood?”

“How could this possibly be setting the mood with just this much? It’s just basic manners as a gentleman.”

“Hmph, well.”

She lightly scoffed,

“Your father is a person who is exceptionally faithful only to his own desires, you see. I wonder how different his son, rumored to be a scoundrel, could be.”

“It was Aunt who told me to follow her home, yet you speak so disappointingly.”

“Still, I didn’t expect you to follow so readily.”

“Was that Kyoto-style speaking?”

“…What’s that?”

“Ah, if you don’t know, just ignore it.”

“…….”

“…….”

A subtle generation gap was apparent.

It was the calm before a storm, as if something was about to happen at any moment.

In the eye of this storm, dry enough to spread if a spark flew, Aunt arrived at the front of her master bedroom and opened the door.

Click!

When the lights were turned on in the dark room, a large antique-style bed, fitted to the size of the house as expected, and a neatly organized vanity table came into view.

It perfectly gave the impression of a room where a wealthy woman in her 30s lived alone.

‘…It’s more surprising that the entire house uses sliding doors than just the spacious interior.’

Before, I hadn’t realized because I was only allowed as far as the living room, but the house structure was hanok-style, so all the doors inside were sliding doors.

As I surveyed the somewhat unfamiliar structure, and was about to step into the room with her,

Stop.

Aunt gently blocked me, as if lightly pushing my chest.

Unable to face me directly, she slightly turned her head and whispered.

“Wait. I… have something to prepare.”

“What kind of preparation?”

“Don’t say anything now.

…Anyway, wait outside until I say it’s ready.”

Slam!

Along with the ungracious notification, she forcefully closed the sliding door.

Though I didn’t hear the sound of the door locking, if I were to force my way in, the trust I had painstakingly built would crumble instantly.

‘I don’t know what it is, but I wonder if it will take some time….’

Since I didn’t know how long it would take, in the meantime, I explored more of the unfamiliar wealthy hanok house.

To simplify the house structure, it was a large ㅁ shape.

Besides the large garden outside with a pond, unidentified green trees were planted in the small inner courtyard, along with bonsai trees on display.

The inner courtyard, enclosed by transparent walls, was visible as one walked down the corridor.

An old-fashioned well pump (*traditional water pump) that exuded a charming, old-world atmosphere, and a crane-shaped sculpture placed like a weathervane, were also present.

It exuded a different kind of luxury than the penthouse I lived in.

In a word, it was a spacious and fine house.

A house that harmoniously blended with nature in an East Asian style.

‘…To think she lived under such surveillance for about 5 years.’

However, from Aunt’s perspective, this must have been a beautifully decorated, large birdcage.

A beautiful birdcage designed to make a canary forget how to fly.

‘A mansion in the heart of Seoul, coveted by everyone, likely obtained through secret trysts with Cha Seongtaek, to think it would become her own prison…’

The world truly seems full of ironies, doesn’t it?

『C-Come in…!』

It was already approaching midnight.

While I was admiring the inner courtyard and lost in thought late in the evening, a signal finally came from inside.

I light-heartedly turned my legs, which had been casually wandering around, towards Aunt’s master bedroom.

I placed my hand on the sliding door handle as it was,

‘…What kind of preparation takes this long?’

Intuitively, it felt like something was about to appear.

So that I wouldn’t be surprised no matter what appeared, I cautiously tensed up and slowly opened the door.

And then,

“Oh………… huh?”

I was surprised.

If I say I was surprised, I was truly surprised.

However, the most fitting emotions right now would be ‘bewilderment’ and ‘puzzlement’.

“…….”

“…….”

Aunt─ dressed in transparent black alluring lingerie that revealed what was underneath, waited for her nephew on the bed.

Honestly, this kind of event was something I had seen many times, so I’d let it pass, but the most crucial point to notice was her face.

“A blindfold… why are you wearing one?”

“…….”

A black blindfold covering her eyes.

The mere appearance of such a simple item as a blindfold instantly created a dangerous atmosphere.

It was as if I needed to pick up a whip or a candle.

This peculiar situation that required a lot of explanation.

Aunt, who was sitting on the bed with her head lowered, followed my voice and added an explanation towards a spot slightly off from my actual location.

“…I’ve been sleeping like this for 3 years now.”

“3 years ago…?”

“At that time, my distrust of people and panic were at their highest, and I thought it might be better if I couldn’t see or hear anything at all, so sleeping like this became a hardened habit.”

“…….”

“Originally, I should even wear earplug headphones with this, but… then I wouldn’t be able to hear your voice.”

Upon hearing the explanation, I understood, and at the same time, a hollow laugh escaped me.

Gazing down at Aunt, who couldn’t even see my dumbfounded expression right now, I asked a question.

“So… does wearing the blindfold mean your mind calms down?”

“Yes.”

“If so, does that mean you can accept me while wearing the blindfold?”

“…….”

An affirmation named silence.

Somehow, the sight was comical.

While comical, Aunt’s resolute determination also stood out.

Flinch!

As I approached, making footsteps, the half-naked Aunt startled at my presence.

Excessive agitation wasn’t good, so I opened my mouth, remaining one step away.

“Good grief, you told me to follow you home, and I wondered what you’d show me, but… Did you want Mom’s hotel so badly that you overexerted yourself like this?”

“……I dislike faces brimming with happiness alone.”

She pulled one arm inwards towards her body,

“And as for a crazy nephew who harbors lust for family, I’m just thoroughly using you too….”

At that remark, I stroked my chin.

Looking down at my cute aunt, who had revealed yet another secret like her Achilles’ heel, I wondered what to do, then slowly sat down beside the bed, softly, so as to create minimal rebound.

“Honestly, if Aunt permits it so easily, I’d be happy,”

“B-But?”

*Slide…*

“Ugh…!”

Soon, I placed my hand on her fair thigh.

As a man’s touch met her delicate white skin, which wasn’t friendly with sunlight, Aunt hunched her shoulders tightly, curling her body up like a hedgehog.

With her vision obscured, her sense of touch seemed to have become more sensitive, and even her reactions were doubled.

“Even with the blindfold on, you seem to be struggling quite a bit, don’t you?”

“I… I mean to overcome it while I’m at it!”

“It looks like you’re overexerting yourself at a glance.”

“It’s alright. There’s no problem… So…”

Beneath her blindfolded face, I heard a gulp as she swallowed,

“Do… as you please.”

Aunt, who had granted permission for her body.

Even so, I hesitated.

To me, whose eyes were wide open and perfectly fine, her attitude clearly seemed to be one of overexertion, no matter how I looked at it.

“Aunt, you even overexerted yourself with today’s outing. There’s no need to force yourself like this.”

“I-I said it’s alright.”

“I’m fine with taking my time and─”

“I said it’s alright!”

A neurotic and impatient voice.

It can’t end like this. Aunt stamped her foot lightly, *Thump! Thump!* urging me on, insisting it absolutely couldn’t end.

‘…Why is she so impatient?’

At first, I thought it was a panic attack, or that she had become more sensitive because she was wearing the blindfold.

“Hoo, hoo… I’m sorry for raising my voice.”

However, as she slowly regulated her breathing, and showed a cool-headed demeanor, trying to calm herself down somehow, I realized that wasn’t it either.

No matter how cooperative Aunt was, unless Hwaryeong Group collapsed, Mom’s downfall and , which Aunt wished for, wouldn’t just drop from the sky.

No matter how urgently she wanted to proceed, I couldn’t just hand her the objective.

Squeeze!

Despite that, Aunt pushed herself.

Even dressed in embarrassing alluring lingerie in front of her nephew, as if suppressing her ego to calm herself, she pressed down on her knees and didn’t try to escape from this spot.

‘Is there another reason?’

Looking at Aunt, who was incredibly resolute, a hypothesis came to mind at this point.

When I thought about it, it was an obvious point from Aunt’s perspective, a point I had been missing.

“Aunt, by any chance… were you lonely?”

“……!”

When I asked the question, she couldn’t hide her expression.

As if stabbing directly at the core, there was surprise and horror.

“C-Kkh….”

Following that, shame and embarrassment.

Soon, pressing down on her knees, impatience flared up once more.

‘Ah… so it could be interpreted that way too.’

Aunt’s panic and distrust of humans, which she had suffered alone for a long time due to Cha Seongtaek’s surveillance.

She hated people.

She had come to hate people to death.

At the same time, when she was left alone, she was desperately lonely.

‘I just poked at it thoughtlessly, but… Looking back, it makes sense again.’

Aunt, in fact, for 5 years, must have been alone, without anyone protecting her.

After being confined to her house for 5 years, I must have been the first person, and the first male, she had met.

My visit, as a sudden uninvited guest, was both unwelcome and welcomed at the same time.

She felt stable when alone at home, yet she missed it when a guest left and she became alone again.

‘I see… If I had targeted that point, it would have been easier.’

I scratched my head with a bitter feeling.

Looking at Aunt, the thought that humans are truly contradictory beings came to mind once again.

Because people enjoy being alone, and at the same time, they dislike being alone.

“Well… I think I pretty much understand.”

“Oh, oh!?”

“Instead of proceeding as is, can I proceed slowly, in my own way?”

“………………Do as you please.”

At first, I thought she was only trembling from anxiety.

Trembling…♥

But now that I see it, it’s anxiety mixed with anticipation.

It was as if she’d break out in hives if my hand touched her, yet she was also flushed and excited, not knowing what would happen to her.

‘Well, my, Aunt is even giving me new entertainment♬’

“Mmm, h-huh…♥”

Like that, with very slow movements, I moved close to Aunt, who was wearing alluring black lingerie and a blindfold.

Squeeze!

First, I held her hand to calm her mind.

And as if melting her frozen heart, I slowly touched her body, inhaling the woman’s scent.

And when she had adapted to this mood, I began.

Kiss♥

“Ah♥”

Starting from her ankle.

With Aunt, who had become highly sensitive due to the blindfold, lying on the bed, I slowly ascended her body.