STM 30

[Room 15 meters ahead on the right.]

Mo guided me to the room with the secret passage. But they couldn’t have let just anyone enter a room with a secret passage.

Clack, clack.

Of course, the door was locked. But I didn’t have time to pick it. The top-class pervert was already catching up to me.

“Luuu~”

Ugh. I gagged even while running. Damn it, was there really no way to get rid of that lunatic?

[You can stroke his crotch.]

Mo gave a useless answer.

‘Shut up, Mo.’

[I’m sorry I couldn’t be of help.]

Are you mocking me ? My situation was too urgent to argue.

I had no choice but to open the door to the next room.

Please, open. My earnest plea had been heard, and the door clicked open.

And the inside was empty.

But my luck ended there.

I pulled hard on the window, but it only made a rattling noise didn’t open.

Wait, then am I trapped here now…

Clack–

Just as an ominous thought crossed my mind, I heard the sound of the door closing behind me.

“Ha, Lu, hurry up and grab mine, shake it for me.”

I heard the most terrifying sound in the world. I turned my stiff body and looked at the pervert.

Now that there was no more eyes watching, I openly frowned. Of course, the pervert didn’t budge.

“Ah, what’s that expression? I’ve never seen that one before. You practiced a new one? Ha, it’s thrilling.”

His perversion grew stronger. Yeah, if he flinched at a glare, he wouldn’t deserve the title of top-class pervert.

“Shut up.”

Only when I lowered my voice did the pervert stop.

“What, are you surprised? You said it was thrilling.”

“Lu, you’ve changed a bit…”

“Hey, shut up.”

This time, he definitely felt something was wrong. Mo immediately raised a warning about the pervert’s change.

[Signs of suspicion detected on the target’s face. If you don’t smooth it over, your identity may be exposed.]

Smooth it over? Why would I need that? I ignored the message and walked toward the frozen pervert.

Mo might know everything, but it seemed not even that system could keep up with real perversion.

I already had a perfect way to satisfy him without raising suspicion while stomping him into the ground. I took another step toward him and gave an order.

“Kneel.”

The pervert stopped moving for a moment in shock, then his perversion manifested again. A flustered smile appeared on his face.

“Lu, is this by any chance…”

“Did I tell you to open your mouth?”

He knelt down awkwardly, looking up at me, at my threatening tone. I immediately gave the next order.

“Get down like a dog.”

Delight filled the pervert’s eyes . He quickly got down on his hands and knees and answered with enthusiasm.

“Yes, my queen.”

Goosebumps ran down my spine. I clenched my fist harder. “Yeah, let’s see how it feels to get beaten to death by your queen.”

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“Lady Lantuya.”

Doctor Kim didn’t lift her eyes from the papers on her desk even when her name was called.

She had always buried herself in work, but now she had an even stronger reason to do so, and she couldn’t waste a single second.

It was different from the old days, when she had to chase after a hopeless goal alone like grasping at clouds.

Now she had a comrade. Someone from her homeland, someone who shared her taste.

Doctor Kim hadn’t felt this alive in years. That was why she didn’t plan to stop working for anything, except for one reason.

“Lord Lu, at the party…”

“Lu what?!”

The moment her precious comrade’s name came up, she turned her head up before hearing the rest.

Solongo was pleased that her master finally had an interest outside of work, but because of the news she had to deliver, she couldn’t show it.

“We found out who Lord Lu saved at Count Penuang’s party.”

“Really?”

“…”

When Solongo went silent, Doctor Kim raised an eyebrow. She only did that when she had to check her health before giving shocking news.

She took her heart medicine and drank it automatically.

“Say it. Who did Lu save?”

“Zarayal Brons.”

“Baron Zarayal’s omega son? The one debuting in society this season… Ah, damn.”

Doctor Kim place her hand on her forehead. There was someone immediately connected to that name. Just thinking of it made her shudder.

“Wasn’t that bastard Kun Tairok his escort this time?”

“Yes. So I believe Lord Lu must have met Duke Kun Tairok there.”

“Then that’s good news. Thanks to Lu’s actions, that bast….Tairok will have to feel grateful. Then why do you look like that? Is there more?”

When Doctor Kim urged her with her eyes, Solongo studied the matriarch’s face again and calmly delivered the report.

“Count Penuang was imprisoned this morning. The charge is large-scale distribution and sale of fake wine at the party.”

“Ha, I knew that man would get himself in trouble someday… Wait. Fake wine means non-wine…”

Tap. The pen in Doctor Kim’s hand dropped onto the desk.

“The traitor helping Tairok at the non-wine party… Could that be this one?”

Solongo nodded.

“It seems to be that non-wine party Lord Lu had been so eager for, the one where he said he’d find and deal with the traitor.”

“Right, Lu had been waiting for that a lot.”

“Yes, he pestered me several times a day asking if I’d found out where the non-wine party would be held.”

“…He pestered me too.”

And now he’d already gone there. Doctor Kim sighed, and Solongo sighed along.

“He was most worried that the traitor might hide if the future changed.”

“There’s nothing to do about it. The moment Lu came back to life, the future had no choice but to change.”

“Yes, and because of that, Lord Lu ended up taking the traitor’s role himself.”

Right, he took it. Doctor Kim tapped the desk with her finger, thump, thump.

“If that party was supposed to be what drew the traitor close to that bastard Tairok, this might twist things completely.”

“And if, through that, Lord Lu happens to get involved with Kun Tairok, the marriage partner could also change.”

“…”

The two silently exchanged strange gazes.

“Should we not tell Lord Lu yet?”

“Make sure this doesn’t reach the newspapers. We’ll hide the news for now.”

If he found out, he might run off shouting about some Plan X nonsense. Doctor Kim pictured Lu’s reaction, let out a small laugh, and added,

“But no, that won’t happen just from that. There’s no way the two of them will cross paths again.”

Surely not. Right now, he must be busy chatting with his old acquaintances.

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Lu, you insane bastard! How could you end up with that kind of top-class pervert!

Bang!

I shuddered as I slammed the door shut and left. The pervert smiled hot hard, saying he wouldn’t mind getting hit as much as I want.

Eventually, I admitted that I couldn’t beat the pervert, knocked him out, and ran away.

Lu actually hooked up with a freak like that. No, it wasn’t just him. Every acquaintance of Lu gathered here had filth running in their eyes.

“All those perverts need to get thrown into hellfire to come to their senses….”

[Warning, warning, warning]

A red light flashed across my vision. It was Mo’s warning I used to see in my own world, the danger signal that appeared when monster appeared.

I instinctively clenched my fist and turned around. Where is the monster..!

“Good instincts.”

A being that was no different from a monster to me was leaning against a nearby wall and looking at me.

Near the door, as if he was waiting for me to come out.

Kun Tairok …no, that bastard.

I took a step back without realizing it. What? I thought he wouldn’t come here unless a monster appeared?

‘Mo, did a monster appear?’

I looked around quickly.

[No.]

‘Then why’d you send an alert?’

[Kun Tairok is the person Adeye Lu fears the most.]

I already knew that, but hearing Mo confirm it through Lu’s memories made me feel worse. I wondered what he had done to Lu.

I frowned again as I took another step back. Golden eyes followed every my movement. Then he slowly opened his mouth.

“You’ll be the first to burn.”

“What?” I almost asked but stopped. He must’ve heard me muttering earlier about burning the perverts. “You have unnecessarily good hearing.” I said, frowning even more.

“There are so many worse perverts than me, what’re you talking about….?”

I was about to raise my voice, but then I remembered he was someone I needed to stay on good terms with. Then I took another step back again.

Golden eyes watching my every movement again, it gave me a bad feeling, as if I could never escape as long as those eyes followed me.

“You’re the best of the perverts.”

Being acknowledged for my perversion shouldn’t have made me feel this dirty. And hearing it from him made it worse.

‘Mo, did Lu ever grab that man’s balls or something?’

[He only brushed his crotch and barely touched anything.]

He acts like that just because someone brushed his crotch? They’re not made of gold. He was just being petty.

I wanted to say it out loud, but that man was Earth’s last hope. I held back and tried to take another step back, but I failed.

Kun Tairok took a step closer and blocked my retreat.

His build was ridiculously large.

“Trying to run away?”

Tairok’s usual smile appeared on his lips.