The Bodyguard Gig (1)

Wouldn’t they normally tell you this in advance? Then again, the call about the gig had come a while ago. I just couldn’t answer because I was inside a gate.

Still, the timing was perfect since I was free… Not bad at all.

“Alright. I’ll do it.”

“Good. Then come back here tomorrow at noon. So, about your training. You going to do it alone?”

“…There’s something I need to test by myself.”

[Essense: 10195/81954]

It wasn’t like I was short on Essense, and right now, raising my spirit was the priority.

“Really? That’s a shame. I could have helped. Well, I’ll at least walk you over there.”

*

Yoo Yi-jun seemed quite disappointed, but he didn’t press the issue when I made it clear I had to be alone.

It was something of an unwritten rule among Awakeners.

Ultimately, every Awakener had things they needed to test in solitude—things that were usually important to them and couldn’t be shown to others.

“If anything happens… you can get away on your own, right? There aren’t any monsters around here, but still.”

“Yeah. Thanks.”

“Alright.”

Once Yoo Yi-jun was completely gone, I summoned my spirit.

Then, just as we’d discussed yesterday, I gave it some Innate Vital Energy and began training it to fully digest that power.

While I was at it, I dropped my transformation and trained by properly generating the elements.

Coordination with the Flame Arrow I practiced before, coordination with the spirit’s transformation into Seo A-gyeol, attacking while cloaked in flames to hide my identity, and practicing the mental image, ‘Flowering’—

‘I think someone’s coming!’

The moment I heard the spirit’s voice, I transformed.

The spirit, which had grown to the height of my collarbone, was instantly sucked into my horn.

“Did you get a new skill?”

Only then did I look around.

The trees that had densely packed the area were now charred black, spewing a pungent smoke.

“Yeah, something related to flames. Uh, an enhancement skill.”

“That’s incredible.”

“It’s nothing. Are you done with your work?”

“Pretty much. I came over thinking I could spar with you a bit since I was finished. But like this… it might be a little difficult.”

“…You think?”

[Essense: 10000/82215]

Sorry, but I’m not really hungry for Essense right now.

“So, are you going to practice some more before you go?”

“I think this is enough for today. I’m going to call it a day.”

“Okay, then.”

It was getting late, and I couldn’t drop my transformation to practice in front of someone else, so this was it.

My spirit now seemed to reach my chin.

Though it seemed a complete transformation would be difficult to achieve in the short term.

“What time does the bodyguard job start tomorrow?”

“Ah, I came to tell you about that. Tomorrow… around 3 p.m.? You can come around then.”

“See you then.”

“Wait, A-gyeol.”

“Hm?”

“Don’t you… need me?”

“For what?”

“You’re a succubus.”

…This was exactly why I hadn’t wanted anyone to know I was a succubus.

He was just pretending to be considerate when he was the one who wanted it.

Still…

“So what if I’m a succubus?”

“Well, you don’t want to?”

Yoo Yi-jun sidled up to me.

At the same time, I could feel his white flame.

As he came close enough for me to feel his breath, something pressed against my body.

“Well, now.”

“What, you like it.”

Yoo Yi-jun’s arms slid around my body as he slowly pressed himself against me.

The closer our bodies got, the more clearly I could feel his outline.

He began to grind his hips against me, very, very slowly.

Then he whispered quietly in my ear,

“I can’t hold it in.”

Being so close to his white flame, my body also…

Come to think of it, it has been a while. Not as a man, but as a succubus.

Ah, damn it. I wasn’t planning on this—

“Did I say I don’t like it when you ask so politely?”

He must have mistaken my silence for an answer, but fine, whatever.

“I’ll fill you with all the cum you love, so spread your pussy for me.”

I tilted my head slightly to meet his eyes.

He’d demanded it so confidently, but now he looked a little anxious. It was truly…

A soft chuckle escaped my lips—

“Why?”

“It’s nothing.”

I turned around in his arms.

Placing a hand on his waist, I slipped it through a gap in his clothes—

“You want to?”

“…Yeah. Fucking badly.”

Yoo Yi-jun’s heated,

hard-risen erection…

I used to have one of these, and with a woman…

No, that wasn’t me. It was when I was Lee Han-gyeol, in a man’s body.

Back then, it was something… well, it was different.

But this feeling as a woman… is it because I’m a succubus?

I wonder how the men who sleep with Seo A-gyeol feel.

“Yi-jun.”

“Yeah?”

“What’s it like with me?”

“Hm?”

“I mean, what’s it like, fucking me?”

“It’s good, obviously. Fucking good.”

“Hmm…”

“Why? Want me to be more specific?”

“No.”

Well, it’s not like men could turn into women to have sex and compare the experiences.

“But are we doing it here?”

Here… I had burned the surroundings to a crisp, so there wasn’t anything weird, but the ash and smoke were still drifting around.

“If you don’t mind.”

As if he could even see things like that right now.

“…Sure, whatever.”

Swoosh. I pulled down his pants, and something sprang up with a thump.

*

My knees and hands were black with ash.

And it wasn’t just my knees and hands. Yoo Yi-jun had touched me all over with his ashy hands, leaving smudges everywhere.

Especially on my breasts, and probably my ass, too.

“Sorry.”

Yoo Yi-jun, looking apologetic, tried to wipe me clean with his own clothes. But using dirty clothes just made it worse.

Anyway, why is it that the fulfillment I felt with Yu-hwa… I don’t feel it when I do this as a succubus?

The act of pressing our bodies together is the same… In fact, I’m far more accustomed to it as a succubus.

Is it because I’m used to it?

With the man… it was my first time…

But my first time as a succubus didn’t feel that fulfilling either…

Just in case, I pulled Yoo Yi-jun, who was still wiping me down, into an embrace.

We were both naked now.

His bare skin against mine…

“What, you want more?”

The thing that had been limp just a moment ago was stirring again.

“Hmm… you think you can?”

I reached down and cupped the two dangling balls.

“They feel lighter than before.”

“…They’re pretty empty. Thanks to someone who’s crazy for cum and kept squeezing it out of me.”

Below, and with my mouth.

The thick, white fluid with its pungent smell had gushed into me, filling me with warmth, and, well…

Maybe the fulfillment of skin against skin was transferred to that…

If the satisfaction from physical contact only comes when I take a load inside me, then this is completely—

Right, I’m a succubus.

[Mana: 682+306]

[Essense: 20985/89001]

Anyway, I got Essense, so that’s good.

A succubus just needs to get her Essense.

By the way, my Mana is at 988. It’s almost at 1000.

Just one more time should be enough to push it over 1000—

“You want more?”

He caught me staring.

“Why, are you tired?”

“…A little? But if you want to, we can—”

“Just kidding. If you react like that, it makes me seem too much like a succubus.”

“Huh? But you are a succubus— Ah, ah, sorry, wait a minute—”

*

[Mana: 689+310]

It still didn’t break 1000?

It stopped at exactly 999.

Unlike ‘Essense Absorption,’ ‘Mana Absorption’ works as long as he finishes inside me, even without semen.

Looks like I was punished for trying to get a freebie.

Of course, I knew that the amount of Mana absorbed decreases with repeated ejaculations…

Why… must I suffer such an inconvenience…

Yoo Yi-jun was still writhing from a pleasure devoid of release.

Just one more time… probably won’t work.

*

“Good work.”

“Yeah… You get going. Be back here by 3 p.m. tomorrow.”

“Got it.”

On my way out, I replied to the leader of the Swallow Faction.

Me: Yes, that’s me.

Even though I’d replied after a full day, a response came back almost immediately. Does he have nothing better to do?

S.H.Na: A pleasure to meet you.

S.H.Na: I’d like to meet in person. Do you have time?

Me: When?

S.H.Na: The sooner the better.

S.H.Na: Are you free tomorrow?

Me: I have something scheduled tomorrow.

I hesitated.

Should I just meet him and get it over with quickly, or…

Should I prepare to burn everything to the ground before we meet?

…

Me: How about the day after tomorrow?

It would take some time for my spirit to be able to transform into me completely.

The moment I decide to burn it all down, there’s no turning back, so it’s best to try when I’m absolutely certain.

Of course, I probably couldn’t drag it out until then, either.

He’d agreed not to mess with Blue Forest on the condition that he could meet me. If I kept stalling, there was no telling what he might do.

…I hope nothing happens during the bodyguard gig.

S.H.Na: I’m not free the day after tomorrow.

S.H.Na: Are you available in three days? The day after that.

Me: Yes.

S.H.Na: Let’s meet then.

Me: Okay.

And just like that, a blind date I never asked for was set.

Three days… should I just train the spirit as hard as I can until then?

*

It’s impossible.

Three days—now two, since one has passed—it’s impossible for it to achieve a complete transformation in two days.

As the spirit’s body grew larger, its rate of growth from the same amount of Innate Vital Energy seemed to decrease.

Even after giving it 100 Innate Vital Energy, the spirit only grew from my collarbone to my shoulder height.

In any case, it was time to go to my bodyguard gig.

“We’ll do more next time.”

‘Okay!’

I left the Elemental guild’s training gate (Jeong Ji-hoon wasn’t there today), transformed again, and headed to the meeting place.

Yoo Yi-jun was waiting for me when I arrived on time.

“You’re here.”

“Yeah.”

“Let’s go.”

“Huh? Is it this way?”

“Yeah. That other place is for work. This kind of party is held somewhere else. It’s much nicer there.”

True, that other place was way too stuffy.

That’s why I’d initially thought, ‘They’re throwing a party here?’

“I’ll give you some clothes when we get there. Just put them on and stand in the designated area. That’s it. Nothing more.”

“Alright. Sounds easy.”

“And…”

“And?”

“You can’t speak of what happens there to anyone outside. Well, if you were going to, you would have already.”

“True.”

“Even if you did talk, it wouldn’t get much attention, and you’d just face retaliation. They’re… that kind of guest.”

“Ah…”

“They pay well for your silence, so just close your eyes to it.”

The first time is the hardest; the second is easy.

For someone like me who’s decided to be a mere bystander, looking the other way is easy now.

“Oh, this is surprisingly cool.”

“Right?”

I changed into a black suit and waited in my designated area, checking the map one more time.

Yoo Yi-jun, who had disappeared somewhere, reappeared in the distance, leading a group. Oh, that suit looks good on him.

Whoa, they’re decked out in luxury brands—

Huh?

But, that guy.

Isn’t that Jeong Ji-hoon?