Chapter 338

Honestly, judging by Im Haekyung's attitude, the more surprising thing would have been if they had dated someone before. It was only funny when looking at the result by itself. Considering their disposition and personality, it felt like an entirely natural fact.

Separately from that, I had not expected to hear it like this in a situation like this.

"Can I be honest?"

"I don't really want to hear it."

"Yes."

Well, they said they did not want to. I generously nodded, intending to accommodate Im Haekyung.

"Say it."

However, Im Haekyung urged me to speak one second after I obediently answered.

'What?'

When I stared at them in disbelief, they immediately added,

"Thinking about it, if I'm going to feel bad either way, I think it's better to hear it and feel bad."

"Well.... I just thought that was probably the case."

"......."

"Not particularly? You don't have any friends or a lover, Guild Master. You're not interested in other people either."

I had only listed the facts, but Im Haekyung's expression was not very good. Well, they were the one who had not formed relationships because they disliked contact with others, so why were they acting offended now?

"...No, what I meant was that all of this has never happened before. I let you get away with things, Mr. Jehyun. There aren't just one or two things you do that I dislike. Other than one or two things, I dislike everything you do... and yet I keep you by my side because I find you interesting."

"You said you liked me."

"I always liked you, Mr. Jehyun. I was interested in you from the very beginning."

It did not seem like the same kind of affection then and now.

'Well, Im Haekyung might not distinguish between them.'

When I nodded to show that I accepted it, Im Haekyung remained quiet for a moment before asking,

"What did you mean when you said you just thought that was probably the case?"

"What kind of answer do you want that you keep asking?"

"Ah.... I really feel awful right now."

"Why?"

"I need to think about the reason. Not because it doesn't come to mind immediately, but because there are too many."

For someone who had just had their first proper kiss, they seemed to feel way too fucking awful. Setting aside trying to follow Im Haekyung's thought process, the situation itself was a little funny. Im Haekyung stared at me quietly and asked in a strange voice,

"Why are you laughing?"

If I properly explained why I was laughing here, they would probably get irritated again. I looked away for a moment before speaking.

"To explain, I really didn't say that to make you feel fucking awful, Guild Master."

"Yes."

"I only asked because I didn't know what you liked. So, how are you going to adjust?"

No, could they even adjust? Judging by their reaction, it did not seem likely.

Looking at the hand resting ambiguously against me, it did not seem like they were telling me to stop either. When I pulled their body slightly closer to indicate that they should answer, a delayed reply came.

"I wish you would be reborn and grow up as a new version of yourself."

"What the hell does that mean? You want me to die?"

"Haven't you already died several times?"

It did seem like I had died a fucking lot in the lives I could not remember.

"Sorry, but even if I die and return through the loop, I'm too old to grow up as a new version of myself. It's not as though I go all the fucking way back into the distant past."

"Ha...."

Fuck, they genuinely hated this.

Honestly, it really was funny, so at some point I kept laughing without even realizing it. It was not as though we were endlessly repeating a sitcom. Im Haekyung would become displeased again because of my expression, and because it showed so clearly, I found it funny and laughed again. It was a continuous cycle.

"I said don't laugh."

"Yes."

So sensitive.

I brushed the sand off the hand touching the ground and spoke.

"But from what I can see, Guild Master, I think you're just thinking too much, and the more you keep thinking, the more fucking awful you feel."

"......."

"Do you want to kiss? If you dislike it in the middle, just say you dislike it."

"I dislike it."

"In the middle."

Ignoring Im Haekyung's words, I lightly pressed my lips against the area near their chin in a peck, then raised only my eyes to observe their reaction. Once I kissed near their lips, Im Haekyung naturally opened their mouth.

When I lightly tapped the tongue that protruded slightly, it twitched while still sticking out. As I properly pressed our lips together, I moved my hand and felt around near their eye. I slid my thumb down and touched their cheek and ear.

The hand that had been draped over my arm naturally wrapped around the back of my neck. I gently stroked their left ear with my thumb, then inserted it slightly and rubbed shallowly inside, making their breathing break off in short bursts. Seeing their arm twitch and their eyes move around, they seemed to be judging whether it was truly bearable.

I lightly bit Im Haekyung's lip, then pulled my face away.

"Why did you bite me?"

"To make it feel good."

I lightly placed my lips on the part connecting their cheek and jaw, then moved straight down to the chin. When I sharpened the tip of my tongue and licked along their jawline, their body shrank as though it tickled.

When I moved a little lower and pressed my lips to their neck, I felt them suddenly push my shoulder away.

"Stop?"

"It tickles."

"Then should I make it hurt?"

"Do it moderately."

I had no idea whether that meant stop or genuinely do it moderately. I decided to roughly ignore Im Haekyung's warning and gradually lowered my lips from the top of their neck.

Their skin would heal without even leaving a scar after sleeping for one night, even if I bit into it right now. But if I actually tore into them, I felt like I would immediately be subjected to Mental Domination, drown in the sea, and regress, so I obediently sucked their skin with only moderate force.

It did not particularly hurt, yet every time their skin was sucked, Im Haekyung's body twitched and displayed a strange displeasure. They seemed unsure whether they truly disliked it or not, so with the intention of helping them judge it clearly, I felt around their chest over their clothes.

It was not as though I had gone insane in the middle of a Dungeon, and I had no intention of going as far as penetration.

'The hygiene is bad too.'

They were not wearing a full combat uniform, but they did have several layers of clothes suitable for moving around. Rubbing over the clothes seemed like it would provide less stimulation, so I pressed my finger firmly against the area where a nipple was likely to be.

There did not seem to be much of a reaction, so I scratched over the area several times with my fingertip. Perhaps sensation rose, because they weakly pushed my hand away. I obediently removed my hand and lowered my lips over the clothes. Even though there should have been no direct sensation, only faint pressure, Im Haekyung reacted diligently.

Though I did not know whether it was in a positive direction.

"......."

"What?"

When I slightly lifted my lips and asked because they seemed to have something to say, Im Haekyung briefly closed their parted mouth, then answered with a twitch.

"It feels like insects are crawling under my skin."

"Mm."

That impression sounded way too much like something a virgin bastard would say. I roughly nodded, then gently licked the nipple through the clothes while tapping and rolling the other one between my fingers as though pinching it.

"Ah...."

As though they were truly enduring the sensation, they breathed in short, broken bursts before letting out a faint moan. Since they did not particularly stop me or show explicit refusal, I continued what I had been doing.

Perhaps because we had already kissed rather deeply for quite some time and I had been touching various parts of their body, the nipple rose easily after only a few touches. When I bit it lightly and rubbed it with the tip of my tongue, I felt resistance pushing against my shoulder. I moved the bothersome hand aside again and bit and sucked the underside of the chest beneath the nipple. The clothes rolled into my mouth and created an unpleasant sensation, but that much was tolerable.

Watching their reaction, I moved down toward the abdomen and traced my lips along the grooves of muscle I could feel. The skin there vibrated as though trembling.

"Right now... I don't, feel good."

Then endure it.

When I wrapped my hand around their waist, their body twitched and twisted as though wanting to avoid my hand. I held the area firmly and slowly stroked upward from below while gradually lowering my lips.

As I licked near the iliac area through the clothes and bared my teeth, they suddenly called me.

"Mr. Jehyun."

"......."

When I quietly looked at them to show that I was listening, Im Haekyung slightly raised their upper body, met my eyes, and faintly frowned.

"Doing it over the clothes feels stranger."

Even though they had no point of comparison?

When I brought my lips close to the area just above where the pelvis transitioned into the groin, their previously still thigh twitched. When I extended my tongue and gently licked over the clothes, I felt subtle warmth.

'They feel it.'

I raised my body while slowly moving the hand that had still been teasing their waist downward, feeling along the inside of their thigh as though kneading it. Meeting the eyes of Im Haekyung, who stared at me as though monitoring me, I gradually moved my hand inward.

"This is the route I'd take if I intended to go all the way to sex."

Perhaps because I had spent so long silently licking and sucking, my voice had grown low again.

"I have no intention of having sex here, and neither do you, Guild Master...."

"......."

"But seeing how you want us to become unique in that way too, enough that you're even willing to 'put up with' something like this, should I do a little more for you here?"

Would they fail to understand if I said it like this?

I pressed my palm against their groin. Their spread thighs drew together before being blocked by my body. I bent their legs so Im Haekyung could raise their knees.

When I pressed and kneaded firmly over the area where their genitals would be, a weak reaction immediately burst out.

"Ah, ngh...."

As I rubbed my palm over the clothes, Im Haekyung frowned and made a sound like a suppressed groan.

Looking directly at Im Haekyung, I offered them choices.

"Should I do it with my hand?"

"......."

"With my mouth?"

I tilted my chin to indicate that they ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) could choose slowly, then added,

"I'll briefly adopt an attitude of service, I suppose. We're going to... leave soon anyway."