“…Desire Absorption.”
The small whisper brought about a change before my eyes.
A pink mist, emanating from the woman collapsed before me as if she had fainted, drifted toward me.
Swoosh…
The pores all over my body opened wide, and the pink mist seeped into them.
[Absorbing the remnants of desire flowing from the target.]
[A small amount of Karma is accumulated.]
[The user’s disposition grows closer to ‘ââ’.]
[Stamina has increased by 1.]
“Hmm…”
How on earth was I supposed to describe this feeling?
A faint image, something like a delusion, painted itself in my mind.
An imagination… no, a fantasy, unfolding not with me at the center, but with Jo Yunkyung.
Seeing it, I couldn’t hold back my laughter.
“Phahahah!”
Jo Yunkyung’s body trembled continuously, her ass sticking up in the air.
“She was a lot more twisted than I thought, wasn’t she?”
The desire I had fulfilled for her was ‘to be handled roughly, regardless of her own will.’
Isn’t it truly ironic?
That a woman who had been put on a pedestal by men her entire life had, in fact, longed for the exact opposite.
They say people fantasize about and obsess over what they don’t have. I guess that’s really true.
“…It is.”
I didn’t have to look far; I was the same.
Abandoned as an orphan, I had never received the warm love of a family, which in turn gave me a fantasy, an obsession, with having a happy home.
When I thought about how I, the so-called National Hunter who had everything, had yearned for that one thing I couldn’t have, I realized just how precious one’s desires are.
“And I’m the one to grant them.”
I caressed her ass, firm and perky from diligent care.
“Eungh…♥”
With a faint moan, her hips swayed as if throwing a tantrum.
The movement felt like she was instinctively begging for one more round.
If I wanted to, I could keep pounding away all night… but I shouldn’t.
There was a reason I described sex with Jo Yunkyung as instant food.
The first taste is incredibly delicious, but if you keep eating just because that first bite was good, you get sick of it.
So, this was the perfect amount.
For me, it was just enough to put out an urgent fire. For her, it was satisfying, but with a spoonful of longing mixed in.
That way, I could use her for a long time without getting tired of her.
Just as I finished putting my carelessly discarded clothes back on, my mind feeling much lighter, and was about to leave…
“You’re leaving…?”
Finally emerging from the drenching pleasure, she barely managed to push herself up.
“I’m done with what I had to do, so I have to go.”
“……”
Perhaps my reply sounded cold, as she pouted.
Not that it would change anything.
“Ah, there is one thing you need to do.”
“What is it?”
Jo Yunkyung’s eyes sparkled slightly.
She must have realized that the moment she completed a task for me, we could meet again soon.
“I’m thinking of screwing with Kim Jeonghun a bit.”
A small smile formed on her lips.
“How are you going to do that?”
“Well. Taking it out on him directly seems a little less fun, so I was thinking of messing with someone close to him.”
“Someone close to him…? Who?”
I took out my smartphone and showed a picture to the puzzled woman.
It was a photo of Kim Jeonghun’s older sister, Kim Eun-bi, their faces affectionately close.
Seeing it, Jo Yunkyung’s eyes widened.
“Uh… I’ve seen this woman before.”
“Where?”
“Yesterday, she was the woman that bastard Kim Jeonghun met for his next appointment. They looked really close. Who is she?”
“Kim Jeonghun’s sister.”
It seemed the affectionate photos on social media weren’t a lie.
As if she understood my intentions, Jo Yunkyung stared at the photo for a moment before flashing a mischievous smile.
“Aha… you’re planning to seduce this woman, aren’t you?”
It’s nice that she’s quick on the uptake.
“Yeah, you’re right.”
It wasn’t something I needed to hide, so I admitted it cleanly.
I judged that getting her help would save me a lot of time in many ways.
I had something else I needed to look into, after all.
“From now on, I want you to investigate this woman. What she does day to day, where she goes often, what she likes, etcetera… everything you think would be good to know.”
As I gave her the order, Jo Yunkyung furrowed her brow.
“I’m not a private investigator. How am I supposed to find all that out!”
As she protested in an annoyed tone, I gently stroked her head and face, pressing down lightly.
“Use every method at your disposal.”
When I tell you to do something, you do it.
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As time passed, I came to realize one thing I hadn’t known.
…And I was saddled with two, then three new questions.
“Why the hell is this life so full of mysteries…”
Just when I thought I’d solved one headache, another question would pop up like a weed.
The latest question was none other than ‘Desire Absorption.’
From the feel of it, it seemed to be a higher version of the old ‘Mana Absorption’…
“Desire.”
Unlike the intuitive nature of mana, the ambiguity of the word ‘desire’ was driving me crazy.
That pink mist that had emerged from Jo Yunkyung’s body at the moment of intense climax.
When I absorbed it, the message window had clearly called it the ‘remnants of desire.’
“Remnants.”
Judging by the word’s meaning, the pink mist that came from her body was the dregs or residue left over after her desire was fulfilled.
“The fact that I can absorb that means…”
So what, am I supposed to fulfill people’s desires and then absorb the leftovers?
“What am I, Santa Claus?”
Are they asking me to become some kind of Santa Claus for adults?
The method was utterly ridiculous, but it wasn’t actually that bad.
Having diverse sources of growth as a Hunter meant I could grow faster than others.
“Though I’m already incredibly fast.”
In fact, the growth of this body was at a level unprecedented in history.
For a mere Hunter-in-training, who had only awakened six months ago, to possess power surpassing a B-rank Hunter was impossible with talent alone.
It had to be the result of a combination of things that a normal person could never hope to obtain even one of: being a ‘Vessel of Talent’ or whatever that strange thing was, exceptional talent, and a lifetime of accumulated experience and secret techniques.
Thinking about it that way, my respect for Fake Si-woo, who was living diligently in my stead, bloomed once more.
“Ah, I can’t just stay like this.”
From now on, whenever I wake up in the morning, I’ll have to bow in the direction of Fake Si-woo’s house.
Twice.
Since he’s getting royally screwed over in my place, I should at least pray for his soul.
Ah.
I got a little sidetracked.
Getting back to the topic of ‘Desire Absorption’…
“I think I need to experiment a little more.”
There were still too many ambiguities.
When I absorbed the ‘remnants of desire’ from Jo Yunkyung, my Stamina went up, but would other stats rise as well?
The Karma accumulated by fulfilling desires—was it good Karma or bad Karma?
And what did it mean that my disposition had grown closer to ‘ââ’ at the end?
“Ugh, my head hurts.”
There were so many things that even my experience and knowledge from living as an S-rank Hunter couldn’t explain, making it difficult to act boldly.
I lay down on the mattress to rest for a moment when suddenly, I heard loud footsteps from the entrance.
Click!
The door even opened on its own.
Thump!
The person who strode in so confidently was Shin Yujeong.
That shameless brat was now using the key to my place as if it were her own.
“Ugh, it’s fucking cold.”
“……”
You’re wearing leggings and a tank top in this weather. Of course you’d be cold, you idiot.
…Although my eyes are certainly enjoying the view.
“Hey, move over a bit.”
Rubbing her cold arms, she scurried over and brazenly squeezed herself under the blanket I was using.
Wait, why am I naturally making space for her?
“Aren’t you getting a little too comfortable coming into someone else’s room?”
“Since when has there been a ‘your room’ or ‘my room’ between us?”
Shin Yujeong scoffed as she said it.
“Then can I just walk into your room whenever I want too?”
“Be my guest.”
Well, that’s fair, I guess.
“But if you come in, you’re not leaving until you’ve cum at least three times.”
“……”
Seeing her lick her lips, I could tell she wasn’t lying.
“Aren’t you a little too horny…”
“Yep. You made me this way.”
“What did I do?”
Wow, she’s really good at making a guy feel wronged.
“You’re the one who jumped the person who was just minding their own business.”
As I protested out of a sense of injustice, she, who had been lying with her back to me, suddenly flipped over, climbed on top of my body, and looked down at me.
A faint smile and a gaze that seemed to drip with sex appeal.
Her moist lips parted.
“Then who told you to become so damn hot?”
“……”
This is giving me a slight chill down my spine.
I’d never been told I was hot before in my life, so I didn’t know, but this is what it feels like.
“You think I’m hot?”
Without a moment’s hesitation, she nodded with a look of absolute certainty.
“Yeah. Fucking hot.”
She’s really good at getting a guy worked up.
We stared at each other with heated gazes until a question popped into my head, and I asked her.
“Yujeong.”
“Yeah?”
“What’s the one thing you want to achieve most in your life?”
“…Something I want to achieve?”
“Yeah. Like a dream, or a wish.”
“Hmm, a dream…”
She seemed to be thinking deeply about something before an unexpected word left her lips.
“Son Si-woo.”
“…What?”
Why is that name coming up now?
“Becoming a Hunter like Son Si-woo.”
“Ah.”
Oh, that’s what she meant.
“So… you want to become the National Hunter?”
“Yeah. Honestly, it’s fucking awesome, isn’t it? The title of the Nation’s Guardian.”
It’s really not that big of a deal.
When I made an indifferent face, she curled her lips into a smile and asked.
“What, you don’t think I can do it?”
“…I don’t know. Your personality might be a bit of a problem.”
Her personality was the type that people either loved or hated. I wasn’t sure if she could earn a national title.
At that, she flared up and shouted.
“They said Son Si-woo used to have a fucking terrible personality back in the day, too!”
“No, he didn’t.”
“What do you know?!”
“I just know!”
Where is she getting these false rumors?
I might have sworn a bit when I was full of youthful vigor, but my personality has always been good, you brat.
After bickering for a short while, an exhausted Shin Yujeong waved her hand dismissively.
“Ah, whatever. Anyway, that’s my long-term goal. Right now, I have something more urgent.”
“…What is it?”
A fiery heat filled her eyes.
“Sex.”
Her shameless tone is very impressive. Hmm.
“…What about the landlady?”
“Went grocery shopping. Probably for an hour or two.”
Ah, well, in that case, I can’t hold back.