episode_0229

“…That’s dangerous, isn’t it?”

Naturally, being stabbed to death by an icicle didn’t happen. After all, I was an authentic ice mage.

Naturally letting go of the ice spearhead I’d stopped, I looked at Seol Hayeon with extremely cautious eyes. It was like treating a pile of gunpowder that could explode at any moment.

I had long ago confirmed her overflowing affection for me, so there was no telling how she would express her anger in this situation. In fact, she had just thrown a spear at me. Though it wasn’t threatening.

I subtly shifted my gaze to analyze the emotions rising on Seol Hayeon’s face.

‘Hmm.’

Rather than being angry that I was playing around with another woman, it seemed she was overcome with emotion due to various overlapping circumstances.

I understood. The ethereal woman dangling from that ice tree over there was, in itself, her complex ill-fated connection. From my perspective, if Haru was my martial aunt, then to Seol Hayeon, Haru was her senior sister.

Strictly speaking, she was a superior, and such a person was naked like that…

“…”

Naked…

Naked…

‘Why is that kid shooting a tentacle porn video by herself?’

I was startled by the belatedly noticed sight and looked back at Haru with a bewildered expression.

No, if she had sexual frustration, why didn’t she say something instead of doing that with my branches?

I was dumbfounded, unable to speak, merely mouthing words, when Seol Hayeon suddenly stepped forward and glared at me from under my chin.

“…Oh, you startled me, Teacher-nim?”

“…”

“Don’t look at me with such contempt. You might not believe it, but I have absolutely no idea why she’s doing that either…”

This was the truth and my genuine feeling. I had just left her tied up for a moment, and I never expected her to get so horny and pleasure herself in that short time.

She must have been so engrossed that she didn’t even notice Seol Hayeon barging in here. Seeing her using a faint amount of mana, it seems her power is returning. To use that returned mana for psychokinesis instead of escaping…

‘She’s really a pervert.’

I cursed her inwardly, but in a way, I felt strange about it, wondering if I hadn’t made her that way. It wasn’t that I wasn’t excited at all about having corrupted such a fearsome woman.

Anyway, that’s not what I should be thinking about right now.

“I preemptively assumed it was a dangerous situation and came to find you… My beloved perverted disciple, what exactly is this situation?”

“…Pervert? That’s too harsh.”

“What part of it is too harsh…? You’re playing around with enemy women in the middle of a critical operation.”

Seol Hayeon gave me a rare look of 100% pure disgust. I closed my mouth, thinking that a few more words would truly damage my favorability.

Seol Hayeon, who had been glaring fiercely at me for a moment, then pouted, puffing up her cheeks.

“I really wasted my worry. How did you charm this woman too, anyway?”

“…Ah.”

And she pointed a finger at Eileen, who was still straddling me, asking.

I belatedly realized that she and I were still connected. No, why on earth?

“Eileen? Why are you still attached?”

When I, utterly flustered, asked that, Eileen tilted her head as if puzzled.

“I told you.”

“Huh?”

“I can still do more. And I’m confident I can make you feel good.”

“…Huh?!”

I asked again, but the nature of the questions was very different. The first was merely blank, while the second was genuine bewilderment.

I noticed the life gradually draining from Seol Hayeon’s eyes as she stood beside me.

The thought, ‘I’m screwed,’ dominated my mind, but what could I do? My position was so awkward that pushing Eileen away was difficult.

At this point, I wondered if I should just suggest we all enjoy ourselves together…

‘Is there a chance I’ll just be quietly done away with?’

Naturally, that was an idiotic thought. I still wasn’t confident I could completely defeat Seol Hayeon, and the brilliant idea (?) I’d just come up with was the surest way to infuriate her in this situation.

“Phew, alright. Please, just hear me out first, Teacher-nim.”

In the end, I had no choice but to clap my hands, trying to shift the atmosphere towards myself.

Eileen, with a shake of her beautiful black hair, wore a dissatisfied expression, but.

‘Don’t do that…’

Now was not the time to worry about that. Anyway, as I said, a subjugation operation was currently underway, and the two of them were enemies, weren’t they? From my perspective, an explanation was needed to prevent Seol Hayeon from bringing about an ice age in this area.

‘…And I’d have to try to persuade her too.’

I swallowed hard, organizing my thoughts. What should I say, and how should I say it?

Even so, Seol Hayeon’s cold reaction wasn’t just because of my womanizing behavior. After all, I wasn’t unaware of the importance of the Moonlight Cult subjugation operation. She probably never imagined I’d be messing around with my lower body even in such a situation.

And naturally, I didn’t do this purely out of physical desire. It was all done for a reason, and if I explained it, she might understand.

‘…She’ll understand, right?’

For now, let’s believe in that direction. The aftermath could wait.

“So, how all this happened is…”

I licked my lips once with my tongue, then calmly began to explain the cause and effect of all these events. Regarding the destruction… The reason why I had to engage in a physical relationship with Haru.

Eileen seemed quite displeased that I was talking nonsense in the middle of our physical intimacy, but thankfully she waited, and Seol Hayeon, with her arms crossed, displayed a “let’s hear it” attitude.

Violet, meanwhile, poked her head out from behind her and wiggled her fingers.

“Haah, Hyaaang…”

…And finally, Haru, Haru was still consistently moaning.

I thought her voice was quite lewd, but I deliberately suppressed my desires. Even if I got hard now, it would only benefit Eileen, who was currently inside me.

*****

Lee Hyunjin’s entire story came to an end.

“Hmm.”

Seol Hayeon returned her expression, which had shown deep disappointment towards Lee Hyunjin, back to its original state. After listening to his story, it was indeed not such a completely thoughtless orgy scene (?).

“So, my Disciple-nim and this villain here were trying to find a way to stop that destruction by having the Awakened ones combine their strength.”

“Yes.”

“And as part of that effort, you first intended to steal and learn Haru’s spatial magic… Haru, the Senior Sister who’s too embarrassing to even show anywhere?”

“Exactly, Teacher-nim.”

Lee Hyunjin blinked one eye and wore a refreshing expression, while Seol Hayeon, looking flabbergasted, pressed her forehead.

“What kind of idiotic bullshit is this, really…? It makes me wonder if everyone has gone crazy, but then there’s me, understanding it as I listen…”

“Ahem, ahem. Isn’t that how it usually goes? Even though we used such extreme methods, there were reasons for everything.”

“…”

Seol Hayeon, pressing her lips together, looked at her disciple with a deeply displeased gaze. Should she scold him, or not? Her heart was screaming for the former, but…

“…Since you said it was to deal with the destruction in your own way, I won’t say anything more.”

In the end, Seol Hayeon decided to choose the latter. What could be done? It was for the greater good, after all.

“Ugh, thank you for understanding. There’s really no one like Teacher-nim.”

“…Hmph, truly.”

Moreover, hearing Lee Hyunjin’s flattery wasn’t entirely unpleasant, so Seol Hayeon chose to ease her anger. Of course, Lee Hyunjin cleverly concealed the fact that there was no reason for him to have had sex with Eileen in the process.

Seol Hayeon had too many other things to think about to notice that fact.

She stroked her chin, pondering something deeply for a moment, then subtly turned her head.

“…Please kill me.”

“Hmm.”

“Or at least, please make me a mouse hole, reallyyy…” [an idiom expressing a wish to disappear due to embarrassment]

The one she was looking at was none other than Haru. The young girl with sky-blue hair, curled up like a roly-poly, shaking her head from side to side.

She had pulled out her usual winged robe and draped it loosely over herself, but even so, her thoroughly wet thighs were exposed. Because she had engaged in such a grand act of self-pleasure that it was impossible to completely cover her lower body, sticky with vaginal fluid.

Realizing Seol Hayeon and Violet’s intrusion belatedly, her face turned bright red all the way to her neck, as if she would burst.

“That’s enough, Senior Sister. Just get up.”

“S-Sister-in-arms. I want to die. I can’t live on after being seen like this…!”

“If you want to die, just bite your own tongue.”

“…Gah, so heartless! You were so cute when you were little!”

“Don’t talk nonsense.”

Seol Hayeon lightly swung her leg, kicking Haru who was trying to cling to her.

Meanwhile, Lee Hyunjin was interested in the ‘Seol Hayeon’s childhood’ she was talking about, but he couldn’t bring himself to ask out loud, sensing his Teacher-nim’s mood.

‘I should ask her later if she has any photos.’

Of course, that was Lee Hyunjin’s thought inwardly.

“Anyway, I understand everything you said.”

It was then that Seol Hayeon returned to the main topic. She looked at Lee Hyunjin, and he straightened his posture under her gaze.

“Disciple-nim, so you… have no intention of apprehending this Senior Sister, do you?”

For Seol Hayeon, this was a point she couldn’t just ignore. After all, they had come this far as part of the subjugation force, hadn’t they?

If they couldn’t capture Seol Hayeon and Eileen, the two key figures of the Moonlight Cult, then this operation would be nothing short of a failure from the start, but—

“…Nevertheless, if you’re painting a bigger picture, I’m not unwilling to cooperate with you, Disciple-nim.”

“Teacher-nim…”

Lee Hyunjin stared blankly at her with slightly widened eyes. He hadn’t expected her to be so cooperative.

“However.”

Of course, Seol Hayeon wasn’t finished speaking. She completely changed her expression, looking down at Haru with a cold gaze. This time, her gaze wasn’t on Lee Hyunjin, nor were her next words directed at him.

“…Senior Sister.”

“…”

The words were directed at none other than her former fellow disciple, separated from her long ago. She lowered her voice, and Haru closed her lips into a straight line.

“I can’t possibly let this go unasked… Even if you truly establish an ideal cooperative relationship with my Disciple-nim.”

At those words, Haru lifted her head. Her childish whining expression, gaze, and voice from just moments before were gone, and she asked back plainly.

“…Alright, speak. Junior Sister.”

“…”

“What is it you’re curious about with me?”

Seol Hayeon’s eyebrow twitched once at her somewhat sly tone.

“You must have some idea.”

“Well, it’s not like I can’t guess.”

“Then I’ll ask you directly, Senior Sister.”

Crack!

Once again, a sharp ice spearhead formed. Seol Hayeon, gripping the spear and aiming it at Haru’s throat, asked in a cold voice.

“The Staff of Emptiness, where have you put it now?”

“…”

At Seol Hayeon’s growl, Haru fell silent, and Eileen silently turned her head as if she knew something. Violet also widened her eyes as if she had deduced something from that keyword.

“Huh?”

Only Lee Hyunjin blinked his eyes, wearing a completely bewildered expression.

The Staff of, what?

What’s that…?