Chapter 9
The door opened with a click-!
"Eek?!"
"This is…"
"Insane!!"
The moment the door opened, the diplomatic representatives from other countries, along with the IMPU enforcers standing at the front, all frowned.
Even President Lina of White Cloud Kingdom.
What an overwhelmingly dense concentration of male pheromones.
Male pheromones did not simply emerge on their own.
It was the intense pheromone scent released only by the precum and semen flowing from a penis.
And it was this thick…
They couldn't even begin to imagine what horrifying things a woman named Park Hana had committed.
To exploit the gentleman to the point that pheromones this thick were pouring out of him—!!
Perhaps, if they went inside, they would find the gentleman reduced to a cold corpse.
Could that be why?
The moment the door opened, the diplomatic representatives from each country unleashed their strongest attacks using their respective methods.
It was a house covered in all kinds of defensive magic and spells that Park Hana proudly boasted about.
But when ten people who had reached the realm of Transcendence unleashed their full power,
all the defensive installations were torn apart as easily as sheets of paper.
Park Hana was struck by the attacks and sent flying before she had even had time to defend herself.
"These uncivilized bitches…!!"
The IMPU enforcers were horrified by the sight, but…
It had already happened.
"Instant (刹那)"
Once it had happened, the IMPU's purpose was to minimize the damage.
Immediately, one enforcer's consciousness rapidly accelerated.
A period of time that was, quite literally, an instant.
Within that instant, the enforcers moved behind the gentleman inside the house.
They suddenly appeared directly in front of him, taking care not to startle the gentleman.
'Did he just see us…?'
For a moment, they felt as though their eyes had met, but the enforcers assumed it was their imagination.
There was no way the gentleman they were supposed to protect had perceived them.
If that were true, they could no longer call themselves qualified IMPU enforcers.
They had been caught entering within one meter of the gentleman without permission, after all.
Even if the situation had been unavoidable, that was clearly wrong.
The IMPU enforcers had to protect gentlemen to the fullest while always maintaining a distance that would not make them uncomfortable.
Even in unavoidable situations.
They had to protect them without letting the gentlemen notice.
These were men who would weep that they had lost their purity merely because their skin had touched someone else's.
Naturally, the fact that they had come this close could only be unpleasant.
'It's fine. Instant is still active.'
Within their accelerated thoughts, the IMPU enforcers trusted in their own abilities.
They were beings who had reached realms far above even 8th-Circle mages, Incarnations, and Sword Masters, who were said to have entered the ranks of Transcendents—!!
That had merely been a coincidence.
"Time is moving again."
Thinking that, the IMPU enforcers stopped accelerating their thoughts.
Bang-!!!
At the same time, Park Hana came flying in and crashed into the wall, scattering dust.
Thanks to the IMPU enforcers, not a single speck of dust touched Geum Taeyang's body.
"Cough…"
"Noona, what's wrong!!"
At that moment.
Something incomprehensible happened.
Geum Taeyang, the highest-priority protection target, ran toward Park Hana, who had been sent flying.
Because of that, the diplomatic representatives from each country, who had been preparing a second strike outside the house, had to abruptly stop gathering their power.
"You people! Who are you to barge into my house and commit such a horrifying act all of a sudden!!"
"Thump-thump… Thump-! Thump…!"
At Geum Taeyang's furious shout, the IMPU enforcers' hearts stopped for an instant.
They sank to the floor like dolls whose strings had been cut and began drawing ragged breaths.
"Huff… Huff-!!"
The IMPU enforcers, whose hearts had briefly stopped because they had dared to make the gentleman uncomfortable, approached Geum Taeyang with their heads bowed.
"W-we're sorry for startling you so suddenly, sir. We are enforcers of an organization called IMPU, short for the International Men's Protection Union."
"We are truly sorry. We never imagined we would attack the house where you were, sir."
"Hey! What are all of you doing! Get in here and apologize already!!"
Despite the women acting so obsequiously, as if they were facing an emperor, Geum Taeyang did not hide his anger.
"Huff…!!"
"We're sorry!!"
At that sight, the diplomatic representatives had no choice but to lower the heads they had held high in front of President Lina of White Cloud Kingdom.
No, lowering their heads was not enough; they crawled across the floor like worms.
Attacking the very house where the gentleman was staying was a sin deserving death.
They begged and begged for forgiveness with all their might.
"Guh… Taeyang. You're in danger."
At that moment, Park Hana crawled out of the wall and walked forward with blood flowing from her head.
If she had not reached the True Immortal realm thanks to Geum Taeyang, she might have died.
"I… was wrong… I'm sorry, Taeyang."
But just because she had not died this time did not mean the same would be true in the future.
Park Hana herself had been careless.
The IMPU enforcers had reached at least the ranks of Immortals, 11th-Circle mages, or Grand Masters.
It would not be difficult for them to discover that Park Hana had been unable to endure it and had raped Geum Taeyang.
And with the outside air now coming in, Geum Taeyang's dense pheromone scent was impossible to miss.
There was no way to hide this.
Park Hana was prepared to willingly accept her punishment, but Geum Taeyang stepped in front of her.
"What did noona do wrong?"
"Pardon? Th-that is…"
"Tell me. What did noona do wrong for you to suddenly attack us like this?"
After signaling to Park Hana, Geum Taeyang put pressure on the enforcers.
Already knowing what kind of world this was, Geum Taeyang stood his ground.
A world where men were precious.
They would not dare treat him carelessly.
"Th-that she did something terrible to the gentleman."
"What terrible thing? Tell me exactly."
"Th-that she forced you into… sexual relations, ahem…! We're sorry!! To subject a gentleman to such sexual harassment…!! I'll cut off my hand to atone!"
"Stop!! Why are you cutting off your hand all of a sudden? Are you trying to force me to forgive you?"
"N-no!! We're sorry. We're sorry!!!"
One of the IMPU enforcers had tried to cut off her own hand, but Geum Taeyang stopped her, and she bowed her head.
"Whew… You don't need to apologize so profusely. Please, raise your head."
"Swoosh…"
"The gentleman personally took my hand and helped me to my feet…?"
"Ah… Ah…!! Thank you!"
Geum Taeyang looked so noble and sacred that it seemed a halo might be shining behind him.
He had forgiven them without even requiring a hand to be cut off, and had personally taken their hands to help them up…!!
The IMPU enforcer was so moved that she even shed tears.
'This is burdensome…'
The women's gazes were too burdensome for Geum Taeyang, so he cleared his throat once and decided to send them all away.
"Anyway!! Noona didn't do anything wrong. Would you please go back now?"
But the enforcer whom Geum Taeyang had just helped to her feet knelt down again and spoke.
"I'm sorry, but Park Hana may have brainwashed you. We need to investigate to make sure that no such unfortunate incident occurred…"
"That's right. The fact that you keep calling her noona is a problem in itself."
"Squeeze…"
The IMPU enforcer felt a pain as though her heart were being stabbed, but she had no choice but to say what needed to be said.
The suspicions surrounding Park Hana had not been resolved.
No matter what the gentleman said, this had to be settled properly.
"…How will that investigation be conducted?"
"You need a health examination anyway, sir… Once you undergo one, we'll be able to determine whether Park Hana really did not commit such a horrifying act."
"…"
'This is bad.'
How were they going to determine from a health examination whether he had had sex?
But since he could not think of a better solution for now, Geum Taeyang nodded.
"Thank you for cooperating. It won't take long."
"But are all these people coming along?"
"No. All the diplomatic representatives from other countries, go back. Aren't you making the gentleman uncomfortable!!"
"Ah, understood."
For now, the diplomatic representatives had no choice but to leave at the enforcers' command, since they themselves had done wrong.
"Wait. Madam President, you'll come with us."
"Depending on the results of the health examination… the offense of leaving the gentleman in Park Hana's care will be no small matter."
Accompanied by those nearly threatening words, President Lina of White Cloud Kingdom headed to the men's-only hospital with Park Hana.
*
When they arrived at the hospital, there was not a doctor, nurse, or anyone else in sight.
Park Hana spoke to the enforcers telepathically, so Geum Taeyang could not hear her.
"Wait. Who's conducting the health examination?"
"We are."
At the enforcers' answer that they would conduct it, Park Hana immediately confronted them.
"If anything happens to our Taeyang, I'll kill you."
"Our Taeyang? You trashy bitch. After raping him, you still have the nerve to say that?"
"I'll make sure you never get an easy death."
"Kill me if you want. But examine Taeyang carefully and cautiously. Warm him sufficiently so he isn't startled by a cold stethoscope, and give him water every hour so he doesn't become exhausted."
"Enough! We're professionals. More professional than you."
The enforcers, tired of Park Hana stating facts they already knew all too well, silenced her.
"Then, Sir Taeyang, we'll escort you this way."
After the enforcers took Geum Taeyang into the examination room…
Only Park Hana and the president remained in the waiting room.
"Chief Park Hana… how could you do such a thing…!!"
"I was too horny."
"What?"
"I was so horny I couldn't help it!! Taeyang was seducing me so intensely…!!"
"Fuck…!! I completely misjudged you!! To do such a horrifying thing to the gentleman!!"
The president was dumbfounded by Park Hana's words.
"Ha… I was prepared to die when I did it. Don't worry about it."
"Ha… This election is over."
"Madam President… Just take the treatment costs from my assets and use them."
After a long argument, both of them sat in their chairs and waited in resignation.
Once the health examination was over, the truth that Park Hana had raped Geum Taeyang would be revealed.
"Chief Park Hana… Examination results: not guilty."
But when the results finally came out, they were the exact opposite of what they had expected.
"Huh?"
"…Chief Park Hana. Did I do something terribly wrong to you? You made me worry myself sick all this time…!!"
Park Hana was bewildered to learn that she had been found innocent, while the president began wondering whether she had done Park Hana some terrible wrong.