Chapter 61
2 a.m.
Han Chae-yeon opened the door and entered wearing an outfit that exuded the sensuality unique to a succubus.
"Seo-yoon. I'm here."
"Shall we get going?"
"But where are we going?"
"I have business with the yokai gathered at the Dark Night Hundred Ghosts Association.“
"Huh…? How do you know about the Dark Night Hundred Ghosts Association? Seo-yoon, weren't you an ordinary human?"
"Do I still look like an ordinary human?“
"Not exactly, but why the Dark Night Hundred Ghosts Association? The yokai gathered there are pretty insignificant."
I wrapped my arm around her waist and said,
"I want to give Hyun-woo a nice present."
"A present? What kind of present?"
"I know someone who'd be a good match to teach your son what sex feels like."
"You're going to have Hyun-woo with the yokai there...?"
"Yeah. There's a pig yokai who's a perfect match for Hyun-woo."
Han Chae-yeon frowned for a moment.
"Ugh… I might not like being called 'Mother' by a pig yokai."
Han Chae-yeon's expression twisted. As someone of the Succubus Queen's bloodline, she looked as though the thought of taking a pig yokai as her daughter-in-law made her feel sick.
"Why? Isn't that exactly the kind of level that's right for Hyun-woo?"
With a deeply displeased expression, Han Chae-yeon headed with me toward the Dark Night Hundred Ghosts Association.
We arrived in front of a building with light leaking out into the darkness. It was the hideout of the Dark Night Hundred Ghosts Association, where a hundred yokai had gathered.
"Wait here a moment."
Han Chae-yeon stopped.
"Before we go in… I think you should know this."
She continued with a worried expression.
"The Dark Night Hundred Ghosts Association may be dangerous despite how it looks. Even though it's made up of weak yokai, there are a lot of them, so it could still be dangerous."
"Don't worry. It isn't particularly dangerous."
"If you're that confident, Seo-yoon, you must have your reasons. But if it gets dangerous, we have to run right away, okay?“
”Got it.“
After hearing my answer, she followed along beside me. The entrance to the building was around the back.
When we walked around to the back of the building, where light leaked into the darkness, we saw a staircase. It was a passage leading underground.
"Here."
Han Chae-yeon stopped at the stairs. Faint noises were coming from below.
Before descending the stairs, I pulled out the Bicheon Sword. I gripped the Bicheon Sword wrapped in Bongmacheon.
"Seo-yoon, just now, out of thin air…"
Han Chae-yeon stared at me in surprise. Her eyes were filled with questions as she looked at the sword that had suddenly appeared from thin air.
"It's one of my abilities."
Han Chae-yeon looked curious, but she didn't ask any further questions.
We began descending the stairs leading underground. As the noise grew louder, I could also sense the yokai's energy.
I went first, with her following behind. When we reached the bottom of the stairs, we saw a rat yokai and a toad yokai guarding the entrance.
The moment they spotted us, they shouted loudly.
"Hey! Who are you?"
"They're human?!"
The two yokai blocked our path. They tried to threaten us while emitting a feeble aura.
"Move."
I held the Bicheon Sword wrapped in Bongmacheon out in front of me.
"You think we'll move just because you told us to? You arrogant human!"
"Heh heh, the woman behind you looks tasty too."
The moment the two yokai opened their mouths, I swung the Bicheon Sword wrapped in Bongmacheon at the rat yokai's face.
-Thwack!
The scabbard strike crumpled the yokai's nose, sending it rolling across the floor.
"Y-you bastard!"
The toad yokai charged, but I swung the sword at waist height. Struck in the stomach, it rolled across the floor.
"Ghk…"
The two yokai could barely even get up, managing only to groan. As befitted such pathetic yokai, they went down in a single blow.
"Let's go."
Han Chae-yeon and I went inside. As soon as we did, yokai came swarming toward us, apparently having heard the commotion outside.
"It's an intruder!"
"How dare you act so arrogantly here!"
A weasel yokai and a centipede yokai charged first. Han Chae-yeon then drew a whip from somewhere and defeated the two of them in an instant.
-Whoosh! Smack!
The whip sliced through the air. When it struck the weasel yokai's face, its face split in half.
-Whoosh! Smack!
She wrapped it around the centipede yokai's neck and slammed it into the floor. Han Chae-yeon looked elegant as she subdued the two yokai in only two movements.
"Chae-yeon, you're pretty skilled."
"Even a succubus can do this much."
More yokai charged toward us.
A yokai with small horns on its head bared its teeth and attacked. I swung the Bicheon Sword and struck it in the jaw.
-Thwack!
"Ughgh!"
The yokai rolled across the floor, and Han Chae-yeon's whip flew past it and split the wolf yokai's face.
-Whoosh! Smack!
"Eek!"
Yokai continued falling in front of us. Just like the minor enemies from the original story, they were knocked aside without being able to put up any real resistance.
-Crash!
"How dare you! Where do you think you are, causing a ruckus here!"
A pig yokai carrying a pitchfork-like weapon appeared and blocked my path. The energy I sensed from it was clearly at the second-rate level.
"I've been waiting for you to show up. At last you've appeared."
"How dare you barge in here without fear! I hope you're ready to die.“
Jeo-don glared at me with a furious expression. I raised the Bicheon Sword toward it.
"Thanks for saving me the trouble of searching for you. Shall we start with a beating?"
"How dare you say you'll take on Jeo-don, leader of the Dark Night Hundred Ghosts Association! Your arrogance knows no bounds."
Jeo-don swung the pitchfork and attacked me. I caught it easily with one hand as it flew toward my neck and said,
"Let's see whether a pig yokai's screams are any different from a pig's."
-Thud! Thud! Thud!
I alternated between striking Jeo-don's face and stomach with the Bicheon Sword wrapped in Bongmacheon. Each blow drew a scream like a pig's squeal.
"Squeal…!"
I beat Jeo-don mercilessly for thirty minutes. Making a mockery of its title as leader, it did nothing but roll around on the floor, squealing like a pig.
"Squeal… please spare me…"
Jeo-don pleaded while bleeding from the nose. Its face was already a complete mess.
"Hmm, now you're finally ready to talk."
I grinned down at Jeo-don. Its body trembled with fear.
"You have a daughter named Jeo-yeong, don't you?"
"Y-yes… I do. Why do you ask…?"
"Bring her here right now."
”P-please, anything but that… Not my daughter.“
”Hey, I'm not going to kill her. Don't worry and bring her here. Otherwise, I'll kill you and find her myself.“
Jeo-don hesitated for a moment before shouting to a yokai beside it.
"B-bring Jeo-yeong here!"
The yokai hurriedly ran inside. After a while, amid a commotion, a plump woman appeared.
Her face, with pink skin and a pig's snout, resembled Jeo-don's, but looked even worse.
"I… I've brought my daughter."
Jeo-yeong looked at the situation anxiously. She seemed frightened by the sight of her father having been beaten so brutally.
"You're Jeo-yeong, right?"
"Y-yes… Do you have some business with me…?"
"Hey, don't you recognize me?"
"Huh…?"
Jeo-yeong cautiously raised her head, and her eyes widened when she saw my face.
"The transfer student…?"
"That's right. We're in the same class."
"Why… would you do this…?"
"More importantly, do you want to have sex with Kim Hyun-woo?"
Jeo-yeong's face instantly turned red.
In the original story, Jeo-yeong had harbored a one-sided crush on Kim Hyun-woo. But with the formidable heroines beside him, she had been forced to do nothing more than watch from afar. Later, she asked Jeo-don to abduct Kim Hyun-woo, but the heroines stopped her.
"But… isn't Hyun-woo dating Baek Miho…?"
"Heh heh, don't worry about that. Just answer me. Are you going to have sex with Kim Hyun-woo or not?"
Jeo-yeong's face grew even redder. Imagining what it would be like to be with Kim Hyun-woo, whom she had only ever watched from afar at school, seemed to make her heart race.
But Jeo-yeong's expression soon darkened again.
I spoke to the hesitating Jeo-yeong.
"You're not even in the same league as a beauty like Baek Miho. Do you think another opportunity like this will come along?"
At my words, Jeo-yeong's pig snout trembled. She knew her own circumstances well and seemed unwilling to let an opportunity like this slip away.
"I… I'll do it…"
Her face was filled with anticipation as she answered in a faint voice…
"First, try using your transformation technique."
Jeo-yeong's body began to glow, then transformed into a form even uglier than an ordinary human's.
"Is that your limit?"
"Yes… This is the best I can do with my abilities…"
Jeo-yeong lowered her head shyly. Perhaps that was the limit of a pig yokai, but even in ordinary human form, she wasn't particularly pretty.
"Chae-yeon, can you help her with her transformation technique?"
"Me? With succubus magic?“
"Yeah. You don't need to make her beautiful. Just make her a little better than average."
"It should last for about a week."
Pink smoke rose from Han Chae-yeon's hand and enveloped Jeo-yeong's body. Her ugly appearance gradually changed until she became slightly above average in appearance.
"This should do, right?"
Han Chae-yeon stopped the magic. Jeo-yeong examined her changed appearance as if looking into a mirror.
"I… Is this really me?"
"It'll only last for a week. After that, you'll return to normal.”
Jeo-yeong's disappointment was plain on her face at Han Chae-yeon's words.
"Jeo-yeong. And this succubus here is Kim Hyun-woo's mother. From now on, she's your mother-in-law."
Han Chae-yeon's expression grew complicated. She seemed displeased by the fact that she would have a pig yokai for a daughter-in-law.
Jeo-yeong's face flushed when she looked at Han Chae-yeon. It seemed unbelievable to her that a pig yokai like herself could enter into a relationship with the son of such an exalted succubus.
"I… It's a pleasure to meet you… Mother."
"Hah, yes… Please take good care of my son."
Han Chae-yeon said with a sigh.
"Jeo-yeong, from now on, seduce Kim Hyun-woo."
"What? How am I supposed to do that…?"
"Starting tomorrow, do exactly as I tell you. Then you can make Kim Hyun-woo yours."
Jeo-yeong's eyes sparkled with anticipation. Not only had she gained an above-average appearance through succubus magic, she had also gained a chance to claim Kim Hyun-woo, whom she had secretly loved at school. For a pig yokai like her, it was like a dream come true.
"Jeo-don. Or should I call you my in-law now?"
I called out to Jeo-don, who was lying on the floor.
"Y-yes…"
"Keep this a secret. You know what will happen if you let it slip, right?"
"Y-yes! Understood!"
Jeo-don prostrated itself on the floor. Its body was still trembling with fear.
"This is my number. Reply promptly whenever I contact you."
Jeo-yeong saved my number with trembling hands. Her face, now slightly more attractive than average, was still filled with excitement.
"Let's go."
I led Han Chae-yeon out of the Dark Night Hundred Ghosts Association.