Chapter 324

〈 Episode 324 〉 The Taste of Violence

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‘So you saw it.’

I’m not sure from where, but she definitely saw the scene of me kissing Lee Heeyeon.

There’s no way she’d have that kind of look in her eyes otherwise.

Even though her expression is calm, I can feel an overwhelming anger radiating from her.

“When did you get here? You could’ve at least called.”

As I smile brightly, Silvia asks me.

“Why did you want to meet here?”

She’s trying to probe me.

That’s way scarier than her blowing up in anger.

“Hmm, why did I want to meet here, I wonder?”

“Stop messing around. Just tell me straight.”

“I met someone.”

“Who?”

“Do you know everyone Silvia?”

If I say something vague like this, she’s bound to react.

Look at her. Her veins are already popping on her forehead.

“Hey, Song Jihyuk. I’m always honest with you, so why do you keep dodging the situation like this?”

“What are you talking about? Did I lie or something?”

Silvia, annoyed by my wordplay, snapped at me.

“Do you know how annoying it is when you talk like that? Just tell me who you met!”

“Why are you suddenly so angry? Did something bad happen?”

I approached Silvia and tried to hug her.

But she pushed me away with her arm.

Quite forcefully, at that.

“Don’t try to hug me with your dirty body.”

“Huh…? Dirty body?”

“Isn’t it dirty? You’ve been sucking and licking some other girl.”

So she’s finally confessing.

I scratched my head and gave an awkward smile.

“You saw it?”

“Don’t think I’ll just let this slide. I’m going to tell Adeline about this.”

“I don’t think that’s necessary.”

“Are you insane? What kind of nonsense are you spouting? Do you want to be with some trashy girl instead of Adeline?”

Why are you leaving yourself out?

Say it properly. Don’t cheat on me and Adeline.

Our Silvia, is she too shy to say that?

By the way, calling her a trashy girl… I like it.

Insult me more. Me and Lee Heeyeon.

I shrugged my shoulders and said.

“It’s just instinct, what can I do?”

“In… instinct? Are you seriously crazy?”

Silvia seemed to have decided not to hold back her anger anymore.

Her face turning red and blue, she stomped towards me and said.

“Tell me that girl’s address.”

“Why? Are you going to go and harass her?”

“Just tell me!”

“It’s room 408 in that building. I don’t know the common entrance password. Her name is Lee Heeyeon. She’s 23 and streams online. I lied and said I was 25.”

Silvia was dumbfounded, probably not expecting me to spill the information so easily.

But soon, her vicious expression returned.

“You dirty bastard… I never thought you’d be like this. Did you do it with her?”

“Yes. Three times.”

Silvia slapped her forehead with a loud *smack*.

“Ha… this is unbelievable… why are you so shameless?”

“Well, Silvia, it’s partly your fault too.”

“What kind of bullshit is that?”

“You keep avoiding me, so I have nowhere to release my sexual desires. Adeline’s been busy lately… and she seduced me. What was I supposed to do? I had no choice but to sleep with her.”

“You… you crazy…!”

She couldn’t continue.

She seemed to have lost her mind hearing my nonsense.

Frustrated, she pounded her chest and stretched her arms to the side.

“If we talk any more here, I’m going to explode. Go to any nearby motel right now and take a shower. Send me the name of the motel.”

I barely held back my laughter.

Not telling me to leave, not telling me to stop seeing her, not slapping me, but telling me to take a shower first…

I guess she doesn’t want to draw a line with me.

Also, she seems to think Lee Heeyeon is incredibly dirty.

“A shower? I just took one.”

“Take another one! You’re covered in filth!”

“Filth? Are you talking about Heeyeon?”

“Yes! That girl!”

“Are you saying humans are dirty now?”

“I’m saying that girl is dirty! Understand what I’m saying! Please!”

Ah… Silvia looks so beautiful right now.

From her perspective, this situation is definitely something to be angry about.

Who in the world wouldn’t be angry after seeing that scene earlier?

So, it’s natural to dismiss it as a normal reaction… but I think differently.

Silvia has been throwing low-level insults non-stop since earlier.

And she’s being very aggressive towards me and Lee Heeyeon.

She’s even losing control of her emotions occasionally.

Unlike her usual calm self.

This is proof that the malice that’s starting to merge with her is consuming her rationality and fueling her anger.

‘Perfect.’

It’s confirmed.

The malice is blending well with Silvia.

A big smile naturally forms on my lips.

“What’s so funny? Say something so I can laugh too.”

Silvia’s scolding after seeing my expression.

She looked like she wanted to hit my immature face.

“No, it’s just that I can see how much you love me. Should we go now?”

“…. Go alone. I need to calm down here. I don’t think I can do anything with you right now.”

“Alright.”

“…..”

“…..”

As I hesitated and dawdled, Silvia shouted at me.

“Go already!”

“Ah, yes. But…”

“Shut up and just go… please…”

If I push any further, she’ll explode.

This much is enough.

I quickly walked away from Silvia and entered a nearby motel.

After booking a room, I left a message for Silvia and linked the voice device attached to her device.

I wanted to see how well it had merged.

Marcella and I will handle the aftermath, so let out your anger to your heart’s content.

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Her shameless behavior, scratching at her insides…

Today was a day of great disappointment in Jihyuk.

Especially when Jihyuk said that her actions were partly Silvia’s fault, her mind went blank for a moment, and she almost died of anger.

But her love for Jihyuk remained the same.

No, she even felt sorry.

She felt uneasy thinking that Jihyuk was acting this way because she kept refusing to sleep with him, and she was naturally accepting these feelings.

She even somewhat agreed with his words that she was at fault.

‘Ha… this is ridiculous.’

It was truly laughable.

And the emotion called love was terrifying.

She hadn’t even been with Jihyuk for that long, yet she had changed so much emotionally.

Anyway, that’s not important right now.

Educating the girl who seduced Jihyuk comes first.

‘That crazy girl seduced him first, right…?’

She’ll pay the price for daring to touch a man who already has two owners.

Silvia went to the building where Lee Heeyeon lived and called room 408 through the video phone installed in the common entrance.

After a cheerful song played, a voice full of doubt came from the speaker.

­Who is it?

Silvia realized her mistake.

She was so angry that she came without thinking of an excuse.

Quickly thinking, she spoke as if it didn’t matter.

“I’m a friend of Jihyuk who lives nearby. He sent me. To give you a gift…”

­Huh? Jihyuk oppa gave me a gift? But what’s your relationship with oppa?

Oppa, my foot. You’ve been fooled by Jihyuk’s lies.

And calling me ‘you’… how rude.

“I told you. I’m a friend.”

­Really…?

“Aren’t you going to open the door? Don’t you want the gift?”

­I’ll call oppa first.

“Then I’ll just tell Jihyuk to give it to you directly. What a hassle over something so trivial…”

Grumbling, Silvia turned away as if she didn’t care.

Then the common entrance door opened.

She seemed to have dispelled her suspicions after seeing her own actions.

Silvia entered the building and took the stairs instead of the elevator.

Was she afraid of the CCTV? No.

It was to calm her boiling anger.

But as she climbed each step, her anger only grew.

Thud! Thud!

Kicking the floor irritably, Silvia arrived at the door of room 408 and flinched.

She realized her actions were irrational.

‘Is… is this really necessary…?’

Of course, this is Earth, where humans with various personalities gather.

Because of that, love quarrels that seem a bit excessive also occur.

If you go to a bustling area on a weekend evening, you’ll see couples fighting, pouring out all kinds of insults.

There are even couples who fight sincerely, using their hands and feet.

Looking for more extreme cases, there are people who kill or attempt to kill their ex-partners just because they broke up.

These incidents often make the news.

But the aforementioned cases were the actions of people with anger management issues… people with troubled hearts.

And she was about to do something like that.

Like a psycho.

To wield violence against the humans she’s supposed to protect… this wasn’t like her.

‘I… I should go back… this is wrong.’

Coming to her senses, Silvia hurriedly tried to leave the hallway.

Then,

Creak!

The door to room 408 opened, and Lee Heeyeon came out.

“What are you doing?”

Silvia tried to cool her boiling anger after hearing Lee Heeyeon’s sharp words.

She had barely regained her senses; she couldn’t lose them again.

“Well…”

“You said Jihyuk oppa gave me a gift? Where is it?”

“I… I forgot it in the car. I’ll go get it.”

“What kind of… ha… whatever. Just go. I’ll get it from oppa myself.”

What kind of rude girl is this?

Of course, she had been snippy first… but seeing such a trivial girl act like this made her suppressed anger rise again.

But let’s endure… enduring is winning.

With that determination, Silvia turned around, but Lee Heeyeon’s next words made her completely lose it.

“What kind of stupid girl is this?”

It was a small mutter, but she definitely heard it.

A girl who would be pierced by a finger dares to…? Stupid girl?

Enraged, Silvia was about to say something to Lee Heeyeon when,

Bang!

The door closed quite forcefully.

“Ha…”

Silvia let out a hollow laugh and looked around.

She noticed a window next to room 408, meant for fire escapes, was wide open.

There were also traces of someone smoking.

Without hesitation, Silvia transformed, lowered her energy as much as possible, and leaped through the window.

Then, floating in the air, she forced open the sliding window of room 408.

Crash! Thud!

The window slid open with a dissonant sound.

Silvia pushed aside the blackout curtains.

She found Lee Heeyeon with her mouth wide open and grinned.

“Hi?”

Before Lee Heeyeon could scream, Silvia immediately rushed in, covering her mouth and choking her neck with one hand.

“Hup! Kghup!”

With overwhelming strength tightening her neck, Lee Heeyeon’s eyelids fluttered weakly in no time.

Seeing her gradually approaching unconsciousness, Silvia thought.

She wouldn’t kill her, but she would discipline her properly.

She is the Beast Slayer, the protector of humans and Earth.

A hero who protects even people like Lee Heeyeon without reward.

Without her, they wouldn’t be able to live so comfortably.

So she deserves respect.

Having mentally won like that, Silvia took Lee Heeyeon to the bedroom after her eyes completely closed.

Before that, she didn’t forget to close the window with the broken handle and draw the curtains.

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