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not full out nsfw, but some mention of it
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Editor: Badman
The author likes to occasionally shove in random extras in the middle of the story. Some of them do not fit in the present timeline, and are just an excerpt of things that happened during the timeskip that we hadn’t seen. Personally, I find them important to read because they provide some background info, so I would recommend you read them as they are without skipping them.
It was a spring night. Cherry blossom petals glistened in the moonlight, and a gentle spring breeze tousled my hair. Jung Haekyung proposed a walk, saying the night air was warm. We walked for about thirty minutes before deciding to sit on a bench beneath a street lamp. While I was reading through some documents, Jung Haekyung laid on my thighs and looked at his phone. I remained wary of him even while reading my paperwork. Despite having a pending submission due the next day, I couldn’t complete it because Jung Haekyung proposed going out. I had just escaped from the rank of recruit and become a soldier, but even then I hadn’t actually been deployed yet.
「You’re probably a little better than a civilian who received special training, given that abilities don’t work on you and all. However, caught in between ability users, you’d last no more than ten minutes. Whether it’s a civilian dying within a minute or you within ten, both are similar. Nine minutes doesn’t really count for much, does it?」
「Then why did you assign me to S.E.?」
「How should I put this…? Limited edition? Yeah, we’re keeping you because you’re limited edition. You don’t really have a use, but you’re still fascinating, you know.」
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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「This is SM.」
Jung Haekyung snatched the document I was reading. Then, he began to explain. That bastard had been finding joy in watching porn and explaining it to me these days.
「S is the first letter of Sadist and through mistreatment they…」
「I know.」
「You know?」
「Who wouldn’t know that?」
「Have you tried it?」
Jung Haekyung jumped up, making me tense up for a moment.
「Just because I know it doesn’t mean I’ve tried it before. SM has always been famous…」
「Famous? Why didn’t I know about it?」
Jung Haekyung was unexpectedly ignorant when it came on to sexual matters. He had said that, up until this point, he had never felt lust of any sort towards anyone. But, some time ago, he started using his free time to search up videos, and he’d watch them in a way that almost made it seem as though he were studying them. I was left speechless hearing the same person who derived pleasure from exploding people’s flesh in battle say he didn’t know his own identity. Jung Haekyung asked with sparkling eyes, 「Should we try it?」
While it was nice and all that he had gained a better understanding of his own identity now, what about my identity? I just continued to rub my forehead, and Jung Haekyung prodded me for an answer.
「Should we try it?」
「…Would you listen if I said no?」
Jung Haekyung laid on my thighs again.
「I want to try it, but I’m not confident.」
「Confident about what?」
「About controlling my strength. What do we do if things go awry and you end up dying?」
Jung Haekyung was serious in his demeanour, which prompted me to nod with equal seriousness. It was possible for him to do that. Because he was someone who was strong enough to kill someone with his bare hands.
「Yeah, there’s a chance I might die,」 I carefully said, holding onto some hope. However, Jung Haekyung just continued to watch the video. I kept adding onto my words, afraid that he might actually want to do it, 「Maybe you’d feel excited hitting me, but for me, it’d just hurt. I don’t like pain.」
「Then, should I try being the one to get hit?」
「…What?」
「It could feel good getting hit, you know? But I don’t really know since I haven’t been hit before.」
「…Do you really want to do it that badly?」
「The problem is I don’t think I’d feel anything if you were to hit me. Then, it’d be meaningless to do this.」
Jung Haekyung turned off the video he had been watching. Yet, a sense of unease crept over me as I observed the genuine regret reflected in his eyes. There was nothing I could do if Jung Haekyung proposed we try it. Right then, Jung Haekyung slightly lifted his upper body and gave me a peck on the lips.
「Let’s not do it.」
「…Really?」
「Honestly, I want to do it, but I don’t want you to get hurt. I’m incapable of controlling my strength enough to avoid ruining you when I hit you.」
Jung Haekyung played another video and marvelled at the handcuffs, whips, canes, and more, saying he didn’t know they had such uses. In my opinion, it seemed like he was adept at using them, even if he wasn’t aware they could be used for such purposes.
Jung Haekyung was very satisfied with his job. That bastard was plagued with the disease of having to periodically experience the sensation of killing people. The more intricate the process was, the greater the joy he felt. Working for S.E. provided him with a legitimate means to do such things while earning both money and honour. The reason why the military didn’t have their guards up against him despite his overwhelmingly strong abilities was not only because he was the lieutenant general’s son, but also because he himself found more joy in the things the military ordered him to do than anyone else.
With the manifestation of ability users, crimes of all sorts were riding high, and correspondingly, the military’s influence surged without bounds as well. What many deemed as the end of the world was, for Jung Haekyung, nothing short of paradise. Everything went the way he wanted. The sheer unfairness of it all was beyond description.
orcinus comments:
maybe in another world they’re comedians bc I find these convos absolutely hilarious sometimes, but it’s probably not that funny for euijin who’s actually experiencing it 😭😭
