Chapter 32
Meanwhile, just as Baek Seol-ah and Han Taeyang were exchanging stories too embarrassing to tell anyone else...
“……Seo Ahyeon.”
“?”
Whoosh!
Following Han Taeyang’s advice, Seo Ahyeon was heading back to the dormitory to rest for a while when a sudden hand reached out and dragged her away.
Not that this meant she was dragged very far—it was merely a matter of being pulled into the gap between two adjacent buildings while she was walking down the path.
In any case, while Seo Ahyeon was so flustered by the sudden hand that she could not even think of resisting—
Thump-!
“What is this?”
“……Minjun?”
Kim Minjun, who had dragged her into the secluded gap between the buildings, muttered in an uncharacteristically agitated tone.
He had dramatically planted one hand against the wall in a pose commonly called a ‘wall slam.’
His eyes were fiercely bloodshot and his hair was disheveled; in his other hand, he held a smartphone displaying the screen of some online community.
Though startled by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, Seo Ahyeon glanced at the screen, and—
“Oh…….”
After confirming the post titled [Today’s real-time Second Magic Hall, Room 307... What is this?] and the photograph attached to it, her eyes went round.
In the photograph, which seemed to have been taken from the back of the classroom judging by the angle, a black-haired girl was sitting on the lap of a male student.
‘That’s me?’
Naturally, the girl was Seo Ahyeon, and the male student was Han Taeyang.
Since the photograph had been taken today and the post had been uploaded today, their identities were painfully obvious.
Normally, when a girlfriend was confronted with a photograph like this by her boyfriend, she would probably apologize or try to gauge his mood.
Something along those lines, anyway. After all, the man in the photograph was someone other than her boyfriend.
In a way, it was practically the same as being handed evidence that she had cheated.
If she had any shame, she ought to feel guilty and lower her head.
Yet Seo Ahyeon merely blinked vaguely at the photograph, thinking to herself:
Ah, the picture came out well.
It was the sort of thought that would have made Kim Minjun’s already bloodshot eyes roll back once more if he had heard it.
‘I should go back inside later and save it.’
Seo Ahyeon did not care about that in the slightest.
She merely scrutinized the screen with a hawk’s eye and evaluated the photograph.
Indeed, as one would expect from smartphones these days, the image quality was not bad, and the angle was decent too. In particular, she liked the expression on her face as she gazed lovingly at Han Taeyang.
Though she would never go around saying so proudly, Seo Ahyeon understood perfectly well that her looks were quite exceptional.
On top of that, seeing how well the photograph had flattered her, how could she possibly resist saving it?
It was practically made to be set as a wallpaper or profile picture.
‘Ah……. Maybe I’m not at that point yet? I’m not dating Han Taeyang right now, after all.’
As for the latter, it was something she would have to consider once her relationship with Han Taeyang had progressed a little further.
Anyway, just as Seo Ahyeon was gazing at Han Taeyang’s awkward expression in the photograph, where he was reluctantly letting her sit on his lap, with the most affectionate look in the world—
“……You ignored my calls all weekend and didn’t even come back to the dormitory. What exactly are you doing?”
“…….”
“Seo Ahyeon. Do I really have to learn how my girlfriend is doing through an online community?”
Kim Minjun growled in a vicious tone no different from usual, though compared to before, he definitely seemed somewhat more anxious.
Though she flinched reflexively at this, Seo Ahyeon was strangely struck by how much less fear she felt than before.
‘……Whenever Minjun got like this, I would always either cry or shrink back. It was one or the other.’
Somehow, she did not feel like crying at all now. Being a little cowed was unavoidable, but—
At least there was not a single tear in her eyes.
If anything, she had felt more angry and miserable when Baek Seol-ah provoked her. As for this, well.
How should she put it? A little…….
‘……Cute?’
Seo Ahyeon tilted her head at the first expression that came to mind, then soon found a more suitable one.
Right, the word cute carried a somewhat endearing feeling, after all. This was closer to ‘laughable.’
“……Haha.”
She let out a bitter laugh, her gaze growing unfocused as she felt strangely hollow.
Had Kim Minjun’s intimidation really been this feeble?
‘I’ve been frightened by this kind of pressure all this time, apologizing first and clinging to him miserably.’
Ah, she was truly pathetic. It was a past so mortifying and nauseating that she did not even want to recall it.
While Seo Ahyeon was lost in this fresh bout of self-reflection—
“Yeah, I did tell you to go get fucked by another man and come back. But I didn’t mean you should ignore my calls and give him both your body and your heart.”
Kim Minjun continued speaking, his fists trembling with whatever had angered him so much.
His bulging eyes were certainly fierce, and the way he had her pinned against the wall was intimidating.
But Seo Ahyeon waited with her eyes wide and bright. Perhaps it was simply patience offered as a courtesy to a man she had once genuinely loved.
At the very least, she intended to hear him out to the end.
Of course, rather than saying the things he really needed to say to Seo Ahyeon, Kim Minjun chose to express his one-sided anger and irritation through his actions.
Unfortunately.
Click!
Apparently shoving Seo Ahyeon against the wall was not enough to vent his anger, because Kim Minjun began panting as he undid his belt.
He deliberately put on the eerie smile that Seo Ahyeon had once found frightening and ordered her:
“Kneel down and suck me first. I’ll hear you out later.”
“…….”
Without showing the slightest remorse for what he had done, Kim Minjun instead treated Seo Ahyeon like a criminal and forced her to service him sexually.
Kim Minjun placed a hand on the crown of Seo Ahyeon’s head as if this were second nature and tried to force her down onto her knees.
He intended to strip off his trousers and underwear and force his penis into her mouth in the dark gap between the buildings.
“……?”
But.
Press-!
“……Haa, Minjun.”
No matter how desperately he tried to force her down, nothing changed.
Seo Ahyeon simply ignored his strength with a calm expression and continued standing ramrod straight.
Rather than kneeling, she roughly snatched the wrist attached to the hand Kim Minjun had placed on her head.
Yank-!
“……Ngh!?”
It was only natural. Seo Ahyeon was one of the most promising physical-type Awakeners in the entire school.
By comparison, Kim Minjun was merely an ordinary magic-type Awakener who did no physical training whatsoever.
In other words, if they matched strength, the difference between them was large enough to completely negate the physical disparity between a man and a woman.
It was the first time in their yearlong relationship that Seo Ahyeon had used physical force against Kim Minjun.
‘Calm down, my heart.’
Of course, experience and the ingrained power imbalance between them still made her heart pound like crazy.
But that was something she could partially disregard by summoning mana, as befitted an Awakener.
“Minjun, it’s about time…….”
Thus, she was taking her first brave step toward overcoming her fear of Kim Minjun and her own timid nature,
and was just about to begin by saying that they should end things between them─.
“……?”
A certain sight suddenly entered Seo Ahyeon’s field of vision, and she stopped speaking for a moment.
Then, genuinely puzzled, she lowered her gaze, eyes widening.
In other words.
“……Oh.”
At the sight of Kim Minjun’s exposed member, revealed when he had removed his pants and underwear to order Seo Ahyeon to perform a sexual act, she let out a truly peculiar little sound.
It couldn’t be helped. The most recent penis Seo Ahyeon had seen up close was Han Taeyang’s, which she had taken inside her throughout the weekend—and.
The impact had been enough to warp even her memory of Kim Minjun’s size.
What this meant was.
“Minjun……. Is that fully erect right now?”
“……What?”
There was a discrepancy between the image of Kim Minjun’s penis in Seo Ahyeon’s memory and the one he was now thrusting in front of her.
Seo Ahyeon looked at him in genuine confusion, with a trace of pity.
“No, um. It isn’t, right? It’s not fully grown yet, is it? Should I touch it a little? Would that make it bigger?”
“……?”
“That’s strange. Even so, I don’t think it was ever quite this small. Am I mistaken…….”
“!!”
That day.
Seo Ahyeon began picking apart and arguing over, one by one, the things she had endured throughout their relationship, as well as those she could no longer tolerate.
Before she could even utter her declaration to end their long relationship.
Kim Minjun’s heart…….
“……What did you say.”
suffered such a devastating shock that it crumbled apart with a dry rustle, before the breakup even happened.
‘Ah, what? Was I really mistaken?’
Put another way, the shock Seo Ahyeon felt at that moment was so great that, without realizing it, she had mercilessly trampled on her boyfriend’s self-esteem.
She had even absently reached out, only to awkwardly withdraw her hand after remembering, ‘Ah, I was planning to break up with him.’
Rather than awkwardly reaching out to touch Kim Minjun’s member, Seo Ahyeon scratched her cheek.
Kim Minjun staggered, his mouth hanging open as he failed to utter a single word.
From another perspective, well.
“……Minjun? Why are you suddenly staggering? Are you feeling sick again?”
“…….”
“Oh dear, I told you to get some exercise.”
As revenge against her soon-to-be ex-boyfriend, she had already achieved the best possible result, hadn’t she?
Even if it was unconscious revenge of which its target was completely unaware.