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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Chaos
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For a week, Se-hwa’s expression got better day by day.
The girl who at first came to school looking sullen now entered the lecture hall with a bright face.
Of course, it was because Marcella and I were steadily improving the situation.
However, it seemed that appearance had moved the hearts of the menfolk.
Today, a 2nd-year sunbae confessed to Se-hwa.
And he did it by invading a 1st-year lecture hall.
“I have a boyfriend, you know…?”
“I know. But just because there’s a goalkeeper doesn’t mean a goal can’t be scored.”
Where did that fucking blonde, tanned punk bastard get such a stale line…
Still, he was handsome, just like one of those tanned pretty-boys.
Enough to confess while enduring that kind of embarrassment.
Se-hwa’s expression turned serious.
“I’m sorry.”
As she said that stiffly, the 2nd-year sunbae’s face turned red.
He, who had been looking around the lecture hall, seemed embarrassed by the mocking gazes of the 1st-year classmates and hastily disappeared.
“You must be really tired.”
A female classmate’s words.
This probably wasn’t the first or second time something like this had happened… so it was understandable.
Se-hwa gave a shallow smile and didn’t deny it.
Why would a girl who knows she’s pretty date a sucker like Yoo Seung-hyun?
What’s so great about a guy like that… of course, when I was playing the game, I also liked that Yoo Seung-hyun, who was full of a sense of justice.
Lost in thought, I didn’t even notice Se-hwa approaching my side.
“What are you spacing out about? Thinking about today’s class?”
“Huh…? No, just thinking about the assignment I submitted yesterday. I want to revise it a little, but I already turned it in…”
At those words, Se-hwa made a fed-up expression.
“That’s so you. You’ll definitely get an A.”
Se-hwa was holding a coffee in her hand.
That was definitely the same kind of latte I had given her a week ago…
No way… no way…
“Here, drink this.”
Se-hwa placed the coffee on my desk.
This is it! You’re really grateful to me, aren’t you?
A different temperature from how she had treated the 2nd-year sunbae just now.
The classmates went ‘Ooooh…’ and started making a fuss.
Shut up, you bastards, you guys know it too, right? That I’m not Se-hwa’s boyfriend.
“I’ll drink it well. Thanks.”
Se-hwa, who nodded at my thanks, sat down in the seat next to me.
This was good progress.
But let’s pretend not to be interested, by opening a book full of dense text and pretending to study.
Se-hwa glanced at me stealthily, then she too took out her book.
And then, after hesitating, she whispered.
“By any chance, have you heard from lawyer Im Mi-jin-nim?”
Im Mi-jin was Marcella’s name for her disguise.
“Heard from her? About what?”
“Because of my boyfriend’s case…”
Of course, I received a report every day.
In great detail, at that.
I know every single incident that happens around you.
But I’m going to pretend I don’t.
I can’t get caught being a voyeur, can I?
“That’s your guys’ case. She doesn’t really contact me. Why? Is something not going well?”
“The work is going well. But I feel a little sorry… The lawyer seemed incredibly busy. It looked like she had a ton of other cases, too…”
She just looked busy; in reality, she only had your one case.
“She’s someone who’s always lived a busy life. If you’re really worried, try visiting her with a nutritional tonic drink or something.”
“I should do that. Thank you so much.”
“You said you’d help me too. So there’s no need to thank me.”
“Even so, what’s appreciated is appreciated.”
Se-hwa, with a resolute expression.
I smiled faintly.
“Alright. So stop making that scary face. It makes me feel like I committed a crime.”
“Did I? Sorry… hehe…”
Se-hwa’s silly laugh was truly pretty.
Show me that smile later when we meet, just the two of us.
So that I can try even harder to steal you away.
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A few days later, in the evening, at a certain playground.
“Thank you so much. Really… thank you so much!”
Yoo Seung-hyun expressed his gratitude into the receiver several times.
It was gratitude towards Marcella.
After a short conversation with her, he pressed the end call button.
He even checked to see if Marcella hung up first before he did.
As Yoo Seung-hyun’s facial expression brightened, Se-hwa asked.
“Is it resolved?”
He paused for a moment, then revealed his pearly white teeth.
“Yeah. She said it’s resolved.”
“Wow… that’s such a relief!”
The two embraced each other and jumped up and down, sharing their joy.
Yoo Seung-hyun, who had been holding Se-hwa tightly for a good while, let her go.
“We can’t let our guard down yet. I just avoided becoming a credit delinquent or a criminal, but there’s still a lot of money to pay back.”
“But it was reduced by a huge amount! From a checkmate situation where you had to pay back hundreds of millions of won, for it to be reduced to just twenty million won…”
“That’s true. We have to treat lawyer Im-nim and Song Ji-hyuk-ssi to a big meal.”
“Of course. Let’s set a date.”
“But that…”
Yoo Seung-hyun tilted his head.
With a somewhat puzzled expression on his face.
Se-hwa asked.
“What’s wrong?”
“It’s about Song Ji-hyuk-ssi… why is he helping us like this?”
“What do you mean why… because he’s incredibly nice. He’s just nice to the point of being a little foolish. Just like you…”
“Even so, to let us get a free consultation from a lawyer who, just by looking, you can tell has expensive fees?”
“What are you trying to say?”
“Could it be because… he likes you or something?”
“Well…? I don’t really know… He doesn’t have parents, just like us. I told you, that car accident thing…”
Yoo Seung-hyun’s face changed to one of pity.
“Yeah, I saw the article you told me about. I don’t think I could ever understand that feeling. It’s not like his parents passed away when he was young like ours. But why are his parents coming up?”
“I’ve had some serious conversations with him these past few days, and it just seems like we have a lot in common. Maybe he helped because a common ground was formed?”
“You think so?”
“Let’s just think of it that way. What’s certain is that he is absolutely, definitely not a bad person. I can guarantee it. Also, can’t you just accept a favor as a favor? We just went through a huge ordeal and escaped from it.”
Yoo Seung-hyun eventually agreed.
He trusted Se-hwa’s judgment, who received passes from many men, and besides, if it weren’t for Song Ji-hyuk, his life would have completely fallen into the gutter.
“Alright. Let’s try to set something up soon. First, I have to start looking for a job again.”
“Yeah. Let’s do our best together.”
The two shared the joy of the matter being resolved.
Yoo Seung-hyun did not notice the very tiny edge in Se-hwa’s tone when he had just suspected Ji-hyuk.
And that was the same for Se-hwa as well.
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[Good news! The matter was resolved smoothly!]
Seeing Se-hwa’s message, which included several emoticons, I giggled.
You must be happy since you barely escaped from the abyss of despair, Right?
I shouldn’t reply.
Because there’s something more important than that right now.
“The hotel acquisition is complete.”
A brightly smiling Marcella.
I too smiled back at her.
“Good, what about the underground adult entertainment bar?”
“That’s been acquired too. When I raised the base pay and increased the percentage they take, all the girls said they would stay.”
“The managers stayed too?”
“Of course.”
The two of us had just acquired a hotel close to Yoo Seung-hyun’s house.
To be honest, it was called a hotel, but you could see it as a motel with an attached adult entertainment bar.
Usually, in adult entertainment bars attached to this kind of lodging, it was convenient for the girls to go for a second round.
They would just drink and sing with the customers, and if a customer wanted a second round, they’d have someone get a room card, take the elevator up, and that was it.
Since the entire hotel was engaged in the entertainment business, there was little fear of being caught, so it was relatively safe.
And even if they were caught, there was nothing that couldn’t be solved by pouring out tons of money.
Why did we acquire this place?
It was to give Yoo Seung-hyun a job.
Customers who were in the middle of having fun with the girls found it a hassle to go out to buy hangover cures or cigarettes.
That’s why an errand boy was needed.
I planned to make Yoo Seung-hyun an errand boy who would also do menial tasks along with the role of a waiter.
While giving him so much money that it would be a waste not to do the job.
“Ah! Demon King-nim! Yoo Seung-hyun is on the computer!”
Marcella, who saw the monitor, jumped up and down in excitement.
We were currently secretly peeking at the computer in Yoo Seung-hyun’s house.
I thought that a diligent guy like him would go back and look for work right after the matter was resolved, and that thought hit the mark.
I, with a meaningful smile, asked.
“Is the manipulation finished?”
“It was finished a long time ago. The job posting can’t be seen on any computer other than Yoo Seung-hyun’s.”
“Keke… good, let’s keep watching.”
The job posting we put up was, for now, listed as simple serving, full-time night shift.
The pay was slightly higher than other companies.
As long as he showed interest, I could win him over at the interview.
So please, take the bait.
Click!
While I was thinking, the monitor screen changed.
Yoo Seung-hyun had clicked on the job posting, feeling interested.
I, with eyes full of anticipation, silently watched the screen.
And a short while later, the mouse cursor moved towards [Submit Resume], and when he clicked, I grinned.
“Done.”
Marcella was also extremely happy.
“Isn’t that guy a real idiot?”
“He couldn’t be suspicious because you did a good job.”
“Hehe…”
“It’s too early to celebrate. Disguise yourself immediately and tell him to come for an interview.”
At those words, Marcella’s expression became puzzled.
“What? Today?”
“Of course. The hotel is open for business right now, isn’t it? Win him over properly. Make him say he’ll do it no matter what, even if you have to shower him with money.”
“Understooood…”
She, who dragged out her answer, disappeared somewhere with her shoulders slumped.
It’s the law that you have to work to death under a vicious employer.
Suffer a little more, for they say there’s light at the end of the tunnel.
Once Yoo Seung-hyun starts working, he’ll sleep in the morning and work in the evening, so his overlapping time with Se-hwa will be greatly reduced.
Taking advantage of that gap, I will delve into Se-hwa’s daily life and become extremely close with her.
Also, given Yoo Seung-hyun’s personality, he’ll tell Se-hwa that he’s doing simple serving at a late-night bar or a karaoke place.
At that point, I will naturally guide Se-hwa to see Yoo Seung-hyun at work.
Honestly, even if Yoo Seung-hyun were an employee at an adult entertainment bar, as long as he didn’t touch another woman, Se-hwa’s love for him wouldn’t change.
The key point is the lie.
If Yoo Seung-hyun, feeling guilty, lies and says he works somewhere else, and Se-hwa finds out the truth, distrust will take root in her heart.
Of course, your love won’t break just because of this.
I don’t want you two to break up either.
It’s just enough for you, Se-hwa, to have a small amount of distrust for Yoo Seung-hyun, and for me to wedge into that gap and take a place in your heart.
Just feeling a slight emotion of affection is enough.
If I can fill the gauge of the transformation device through sex with me, then it’s over.
If the situation gets to that point, I’ll mix my factor into the device and make her slowly collapse.
‘Of course, the plan to get into Dr. Cash’s lab has to succeed before that.’
Having finished my thoughts, I looked at another monitor.
It was a monitor for tracking Dr. Cash.
But despite having the technology from parts 1 through 5, Dr. Cash was nowhere to be found.
It was certain that she was in Korea, and it was also certain that she was in Se-hwa’s neighborhood.
Because at the moment Se-hwa and Yoo Seung-hyun fall into a life-or-death crisis, Dr. Cash appears and transforms Se-hwa.
I could take the place of Yoo Seung-hyun in that crisis.
But I must not deviate greatly from the guideline.
I’m already walking a tightrope as it is, so let’s stick to the standard route as much as possible.
After Se-hwa’s transformation occurs, I’ll send Yoo Seung-hyun far away, and I can just slip in.
That plan was already in my head.
‘As long as she can transform, it’s fine.’
Deciding to think about it comfortably, I lowered my head as my phone’s notification sound rang.
[What are you doing? Sleeping?]
Se-hwa had sent another text.
It seemed she was itching to tell me the news quickly.
I, raising one corner of my mouth, sent a reply.
[No, I was doing an assignment so I didn’t see my phone. Congratulations!]
Not much time had passed, but a reply came right away.
[Thanks! Tell me anything you want to eat. I’m treating tomorrow, so let’s eat till we burst!]
[Thanks for that, but tomorrow is Sunday…]
[Don’t you eat on the weekend? Our houses are close anyway. Are you free for lunch? If you have plans, then it can’t be helped…]
Well now, you’re trying to make a move already?
That’s fine by me.
I should call her over to my place.
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