Chapter 158

〈 Chapter 159 〉 Chapter 158 – Is it a Rescue?

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The ominously glowing magic circle was about to unleash something.

Ugh! Aaaaah! Uuuuuuuck!!

“?”

Suddenly, Jeong Siwoo canceled the magic circle and started clutching his head.

“Are you okay, honey?”

Uuuuuu…

Lilith rushed over to support Jeong Siwoo.

Jeong Siwoo continued to moan and complained of pain.

Then he suddenly started muttering while looking at me.

“That look… it’s just like me… from before…”

“Honey?”

Lilith looked at Jeong Siwoo with a puzzled expression.

At that moment, a blonde-haired man who had been cringing in the corner expressed his dissatisfaction.

“Hurry up and proceed with the wedding!”

“…Wedding?”

“That’s right! My wedding with that girl!”

“What do you mean…?”

Having realized something, Jeong Siwoo abruptly shut his mouth.

After pondering for a moment, Jeong Siwoo said to the blonde-haired man,

“Sure, Ayeon kept her promise, but you ignored it, didn’t you?”

“You also agreed! Now hurry up!”

“Ah, so that’s how it is. Grr!”

Jeong Siwoo started clutching his head again.

Despite showing pain, he stared at me intensely and then spoke again.

“If you defeat this man, you can do as you wish.”

“What kind of nonsense is that! I told you to listen to me!”

“Shut up.”

Unlike his earlier expressionless self, Jeong Siwoo unleashed a calm fury at the man.

At that, Jeong Ayeon laughed at her father, Jeong Siwoo.

“Are you thinking of giving that girl some ridiculous hope again?”

“No. This time it’s different.”

Jeong Siwoo briefly pushed Lilith back and stretched his arms toward the man, closing his eyes to mumble.

Suddenly, a large red magic circle appeared above his head.

“I begin the pact.”

With those words, three chain spears flew from the magic circle and pierced each of our hearts—mine, Jeong Siwoo’s, and the man’s.

It didn’t hurt, but it didn’t look pleasant visually either.

Above all, the forced contract really pissed me off.

“You bastard! How dare you do this!”

“Wait! Why are you forcing the agreement, old man!”

“The victor takes what they want, and the loser must accept the result.”

The chains began to turn an even darker shade of red.

“Stop it!!! You better listen to me!!!”

“Fck! Get the contract!*”

“The one who disobeys shall die in unspeakable agony.”

At that moment, a white blob from Jeong Siwoo moved along the spears and divided into two, moving towards the man.

As the white blob touched my heart, I felt something pulsing.

“A person who forcibly breaks the pact will face the same fate.”

In an instant, the pulsing sensation vanished.

Yet, there remained a slight discomfort near my heart.

“I, Jeong Siwoo, end this pact with my existence on the line.”

With those words, the magic circle rapidly vanished.

Seeing that, Jeong Ayeon looked wide-eyed, as if she couldn’t believe what she’d seen.

“You, you! Are you insane? Really?”

“…Yeah, this should clear it up. Aaaaaaah!!!”

“Honey!!!”

Jeong Siwoo screamed in even more pain, clutching his head.

Then he quietly looked at me and said,

“Please… help me.”

Unlike the first time I saw him, there was focus returning to Jeong Siwoo’s eyes as he looked at me.

Suddenly, his actions halted, and the focus disappeared again.

Meanwhile, the man who had also been forced into the contract seemed to be panicking, muttering to himself.

“Why? Why? It should have been perfect.”

Then, the man abruptly turned his gaze towards Jeong Siwoo, realizing his state was just as it had been earlier.

The man yelled at Jeong Siwoo,

“Hurry up and break the pact!”

“Impossible. You’ll die.”

“Fck! Fck! Fck!*”

After a long stream of curses, the man turned to Jeong Siwoo again.

“Get lost! You useless piece of garbage!”

“Sure.”

“Honey! Let’s go together!”

So the two hastily left the scene.

Meanwhile, the blonde-haired man pointed at me and shouted.

“It’s exactly one hour from now! Don’t be late!”

“Hey, make it two hours.”

“Why!?”

We were busy stuffing the scattered loot back into the delivery bags.

Elcia and Jeong Ayeon were refilling what had fallen out of the delivery bags.

I forcefully shoved a golden mecha dinosaur ornament in and turned back to the man.

“I’m just going to fill it up a bit before the wedding.”

“……Alright.”

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Two hours later.

Before the mansion, only the blonde-haired man’s crew was missing.

All the others, including us, a ton of succubi, Lilith, and Jeong Siwoo, had gathered in the garden.

They said they’d obtained government approval for us to use our abilities here for a fair duel.

[Didn’t you have to apply at least three days in advance?]

‘This is why Korea is a favorable place for rich people.’

While looking around at the gathered crowd, a question suddenly popped into my mind, so I asked Jeong Ayeon.

“Why didn’t you eat?”

“Uncuff me first before we talk!”

“Ah, right.”

“Sigh… Hurry up and uncuff me.”

Jeong Ayeon sighed and turned her back to extend her hands to me.

However.

“I lost the key.”

“No way, fck really!”

I couldn’t uncuff her.

Amid Jeong Ayeon’s fuming anger, the blonde-haired man’s crew appeared opposite us.

Most of them were unfamiliar faces, but two were recognizable.

The piglet named Nakadashi who had dived at us earlier.

“Oh? Fake D Spencer!”

“It’s just Spencer!!!”

Unlike before, Spencer was now on the blonde-haired man’s side without her fake breasts.

Without a doubt, it was a better look that exuded confidence without the fakes.

“Hey, are you ready to die? Get those fakes off.”

Hick!

Suddenly, Hyeji appeared next to Spencer, holding a jackknife to Spencer’s chest.

It was truly the breast discernment specialist Hyeji in action.

Spencer, trembling with fear, started removing the fakes from her chest one by one.

Hyeji looked at Spencer’s now slightly flatter chest and muttered expressionlessly.

“Still bigger than mine, huh? If you get caught putting those back in, you’re dead, got it?”

“I’m sorry! I won’t do it again!”

Spencer was apologizing to Hyeji with a teary face.

The reason for the apology was quite ambiguous, but Hyeji was too scary to point it out.

As Hyeji returned, Spencer shouted in a voice full of indignation towards the blonde-haired man.

“Rick Oppa! You must win!”

[So they’re siblings, huh?]

‘But it seems like the sister took all the good genes.’

The only similarities were their blonde hair and wall-eyed appearance.

Excluding that, there seemed to be no other physical resemblance at all.

It was as if Spencer had stolen all the superior genes from Rick.

As I sank into my thoughts, Lilith gently stroked Jeong Ayeon’s head and said kindly.

“You’ve got good friends, huh? Ayeon came all this way for you.”

“Exactly. I have friends I don’t deserve.”

Jeong Ayeon smiled gently in agreement with Lilith’s words.

It truly felt like witnessing a wonderfully close mother-daughter relationship.

Meanwhile, Rick pointed at me and declared,

“If I win, that girl is mine! Got it?!”

“Hey, what will you give me if I win?”

Rick curled his lips dismissively and said,

“Hmph! If you win, I’ll give your crew a glorious hamburger!”

“That’s outrageous! What kind of deal is that!”

Jeong Ayeon harshly countered Rick’s words.

“Shinwoo, he’s offering a burger. Be ready to fight with all your might.”

“Is it confirmed to come from Burger King? If it’s from Lotteria, I’m really dead.”

“Do you want bacon and extra patties with that?”

“Fck! So the value of this girl is just a hamburger?”

Of course, our responses differed slightly.

Jeong Ayeon seemed shocked that her value was tied to a burger.

At that moment, Elcia unusually interjected with a serious expression.

“Everyone, this is too much! Just a hamburger?!”

“Elcia, you got it…”

Jeong Bia looked at Elcia with eyes glistening as if she was deeply moved for the first time.

“Please order fries and soda with it! Both large sizes!”

“……You were expecting too much from a girl like her.”

In an instant, Jeong Ayeon’s eyes were dried up.

Watching this, Lilith looked at Jeong Ayeon with a slightly awkward expression and said,

“……Your friends have quite distinct personalities.”

“……I think I’ve picked the wrong kind of friends.”

Meanwhile, Rick seemed to have remembered something as he looked at Jeong Siwoo.

“I’ll make it a 2-on-2 battle. Got it?”

“Sure.”

Jeong Siwoo answered blankly with unfocused eyes.

I glanced at Rick, who boasted about boarding the bus proudly, and said,

“Young male, wasn’t this supposed to be a 1-on-1?”

“Hmph! The true strength of my clan shines in 2-on-2!”

“How pathetic. So I’ll bring someone too?”

“Do as you please!”

Then, a woman slowly walked out next to Rick.

She was wearing a white short-sleeve tee and black hot pants, but didn’t look human at all.

That’s because she had several distinctive features that deviated from being human.

A pair of black horns on her head. Wings with membranes on her back. A thick tail. Reptilian yellow eyes.

[I think she might be a dragon in polymorph form.]

‘The balancing of all this is just ridiculous.’

Anyway, I headed toward where my crew was to bring in reinforcements.

Under normal circumstances, Hyeji would be the one I’d bring.

However, that wouldn’t be enough.

This fight ultimately aimed to smash the forced life bestowed upon Jeong Ayeon.

Freedom can only truly be understood when one struggles to attain it.

Thus, I approached Jeong Ayeon without hesitation.

Realizing I was coming closer, Jeong Ayeon raised her head and met my gaze.

“Will you fight with me?”

“If my weak power can help, I will fight as much as I can.”

Jeong Ayeon smiled and expressed her willingness to join me.

As I picked up a sword nearby, Jeong Ayeon silently turned her back, extending both hands as if asking me to break the handcuffs.

Without a moment’s hesitation, I sliced through the handcuffs with the sword, then turned my gaze towards Rick’s side.

“Let’s go, Jeong Ayeon.”

“Wait a moment.”

Jeong Ayeon stopped me.

When I looked back at her, I saw her vague smile.

“You cut me.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

True to her words, there was a bit of blood flowing from Jeong Ayeon’s hand.

We needed a little more time before we could fight.

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