Chapter 52

EP.52 The Meeting of Two Heroes

“So… you’re saying it took less than a minute…?”

My jaw dropped as I asked the absurd question.

Sehwa shook her head with a smirk plastered on her face.

“Yeah. Not even a minute… more like 30 seconds?”

“What… are you even saying?”

“I was just as shocked.”

“Was it fun, at least?”

“Well… it was okay.”

She said that, but there’s no doubt she had a blast.

You can tell just by looking at her face.

She had a great time. Pretending to be awkward, acting all innocent.

As I smiled faintly, Sehwa brought over her laptop and said,

“Let’s stop talking about this. Just thinking about it gives me the creeps.”

“Got it.”

“Wanna play Twinkle?”

I buried my head in the fluffy, luxurious pillow and watched Sehwa, who was sitting cross-legged, log into Twinkle and peek at various deviant accounts.

#FirstDate #CoupleMeetup #LesbianPlay #FFM

Why on earth is she looking at this stuff?

“You’re not thinking of doing some swapping, are you?”

At my lighthearted remark, Sehwa turned her head sharply and glared at me.

“Are you kidding? Why would I give you to some other girl? And do you think I’d be okay with spreading my legs for some other guy?”

“No, I just said that because you were looking at couple meetup accounts.”

“I’m just bored, seeing how other people post. I have no intention of doing that. Don’t even joke about it.”

“Alright. But FFM looks kinda fun…”

Two girls, one guy.

If there’s a guy who doesn’t like that setup, he must be impotent.

If all the Beast Slayers fall, it’ll turn into an FFFFFM harem play.

I can’t wait for the day when I can live like an emperor.

Sehwa saw the mischievous look on my face and started punching my thigh.

She’s mad because I showed interest in other girls.

She’s hitting pretty hard, but it doesn’t hurt at all.

I pulled her arm, bringing her into my embrace.

“Let’s stop and go to sleep. Stop hitting… Ouch! Don’t bite my chest!”

I smacked Sehwa’s forehead with a loud *smack* as she bit my chest, then tied her up tightly with my limbs.

“You’re getting more violent as time goes on…”

And that makes me happy.

“You’re the one who’s pissing me off… My forehead hurts.”

I answered by pressing my lips to her forehead.

Sehwa’s face softened, and the corners of her mouth stretched like a child’s.

As I gently rubbed her forehead with my lips, her phone vibrated, and I reached out for it.

I unlocked it following the pattern she showed me and saw a message from Yoo Seunghyun.

[Sehwa, you really worked hard today. And thank you. I had no idea you cared about me that much. I’ll do better from now on, so let’s make this last. I’ll always be there to help charge your Device? Love you.]

“What’s that? Let me see.”

Sehwa squirmed, trying to get out of my embrace.

I held the screen up to her eyes.

Sehwa blinked as she read the message, her expression turning dreamy.

“This is so touching…”

Look at that fake face. Well, there’s a spoonful of sincerity in there.

I placed Sehwa’s phone by the pillow and said,

“Tame him properly.”

“Yeah…”

“And you’ll be busy for a while.”

“Why? What’s going on? Work? Why have you been so busy lately?”

Sehwa’s eyes widened as she pressed me for answers.

I stroked her hair with a serious expression.

“It’s not work. It’s something related to us.”

“Us…?”

“There’s someone suspicious. They might be connected to the Evil Energy Gate. I need to investigate.”

Sehwa sat up, her eyes narrowing.

“That sounds serious. Why didn’t you tell me about something so dangerous?”

“I’m telling you now. And it’s not that dangerous.”

“I want to come with you.”

Hmm… I’ve always kept Sehwa out of my work until now.

If I say I’m going alone this time, she’ll probably get really upset. To calm her down, I guess I’ll have to take her with me.

“Alright.”

“Hehe…”

“Why are you laughing?”

“Because I can protect you.”

“I doubt that’ll happen. Just in case, make sure your Device is charged.”

“My Device is already at 100%… Kyaa!”

Sehwa’s words were cut off as she giggled.

Because my face was heading towards her lower body.

**

Sehwa and I were tailing Yuria in Daejeon.

After hearing my brief explanation in the car, Sehwa asked,

“That person knows the alien who opens the Gate…?”

“It’s not confirmed yet. Her name is Yuria Elenard, and she’s 21. She’s registered as an immigrant, but something’s off. That’s why I’m tailing her.”

“She’s so pretty… like a model. But why is my heart racing so much?”

“Is it because it’s your first time tailing someone?”

“Is that it…?”

I placed my hand on Sehwa’s chest to reassure her.

“Let’s see what she’s up to now. Just a moment…”

I reached into the backseat and grabbed the laptop.

Then, tapping away at the keyboard, I launched a miniature reconnaissance drone I brought from the lab.

*Whirrrr-!*

With the faint sound of a fly’s wings, the drone began circling above Yuria, capturing her movements.

Sehwa, watching the monitor, gasped in amazement.

“Wow… this is really cool.”

“Dr. Jennifer Cash and I made it recently. Let’s head to the hotel. We can watch her comfortably from there.”

“Okay. My heart’s racing so much… it feels like I’m the main character in a movie… you know?”

I chuckled.

Sehwa’s childish words were just too cute.

I pinched her cheek, handed her the laptop to handle the surveillance, and headed to the hotel we booked.

There, we watched Yuria’s movements together.

Yuria went home and didn’t come out until nightfall. Sehwa, who had been watching the drone’s footage of the house, pouted.

“Just send it inside…”

“It needs to stay in the air to maintain the connection.”

“Is our tech really that limited?”

Well, we could spy inside, but… if I see Yuria showering and get turned on, you’d get mad, right?

“For now, yeah.”

I brushed it off and, when bored, ordered room service, played with Sehwa’s body, or sent teasing texts to Yoo Seunghyun, making her giggle.

When night fell, Yuria left her house and got into a flying taxi.

Sehwa, her face serious, pulled the monitor closer, gulped some water, and wiped her mouth with my sleeve.

She’s really into this.

Watching Yuria from beside her, I muttered,

“She’s heading to Jung-gu, Daejeon?”

“Jung-gu? That place was completely destroyed by monsters.”

“Right. And while it’s fine during the day, at night it’s crawling with homeless people and criminals. She lives in Daejeon, so she must know that very well…”

“Criminals? Then what do we do? Surely…”

Yeah, the criminals will target her.

But Yuria will start taking them down.

She’s the type who needs to unleash her pent-up power when the Gate bursts open or something big happens.

“Let’s keep watching.”

Yuria got off in the devastated center of Jung-gu.

As the flying taxi’s distinctive *whirring* sound faded, criminals lurking underground began to crawl out, eyeing Yuria.

They were like bugs. Utterly useless.

Sehwa, with a worried expression, placed her hand on her chest and said to me,

“We have to help her…”

“We don’t even know if she’s good or bad yet.”

“Jihyuk… I want to help…”

“No.”

“I said I want to help!!”

Sehwa shouted angrily.

I furrowed my brows and stared at her.

What’s going on? Why is she being so stubborn today?

In the past, she would’ve helped any ordinary person in such a situation, but now, with her distrust of humans, it’s different.

Seeing my expression, Sehwa flinched and apologized.

“Sorry for yelling… but…”

“You have to help her? Do you have a reason?”

“I don’t know… but I feel like I have to help… my chest…”

Are you saying your chest is telling you to?

Wait… your chest?

I placed my hand on Sehwa’s chest.

Her heartbeat was racing. Just like in the car earlier.

She’s definitely not nervous… but maybe…

If my guess is right, things might turn out well…

I operated another laptop, changed our room’s spare keycard to a master key, activated a jammer to disable all cameras, and disguised them.

Then I handed the keycard to Sehwa.

“Transform on the rooftop and fly to Jung-gu. But… only step in if she’s in real danger. Got it?”

Sehwa grabbed the card and nodded frantically.

As she hurriedly put on her shoes, I added,

“Minimize the glow. Can you do that?”

I meant not to thoughtlessly emit blue light everywhere.

Sehwa answered with a determined face.

“Okay. Thank you. I’ll be back soon.”

Sehwa soon rushed out the door.

I watched the events unfold on the laptop.

As soon as Sehwa left, Yuria began taking down the criminals approaching her.

Being much stronger than them, even those with weapons were no match.

She’s pretty good at fighting, though. Her long legs make her high kicks look beautiful.

As Yuria started beating them like catching mice, a loud *boom* echoed from a distance, and a cloud of dust rose.

From there, Leona walked out.

As I instructed, Leona minimized her glow and stared intently at Yuria.

I told her not to intervene unless it was an emergency. She never listens.

-You…!

Yuria, who was choking a criminal unconscious, widened her eyes.

The criminals around her were initially mesmerized by Leona’s beauty but soon realized who she was.

-That… isn’t that the Beast… Beast…

*Crash!*

In an instant, Leona grabbed the head of the one trying to reveal her identity and slammed it to the ground.

She then subdued a few more, somewhat violently.

Criminals with broken noses, bleeding profusely, and broken arms screaming in pain.

Seeing this, the other criminals quickly fled.

Soon, only Leona and Yuria remained in the deserted Jung-gu.

For some reason, they started walking towards each other.

As if drawn by fate.

Watching this, I stroked my chin.

‘Is it telepathy?’

It seems my earlier prediction, when Sehwa was restless at the hotel, was correct.

They say heroes recognize heroes.

The way these two looked at each other could only be explained that way.

Sehwa’s heart racing earlier wasn’t from nervousness but from sensing fate.

Upon seeing Yuria.

Leona soon reverted to Sehwa and returned.

Such a careless girl.

There could still be criminals watching from underground.

I immediately contacted Marcella.

-Yes, Demon King.

“You’re watching the situation, right?”

-Of course. It’s quite a sight.

“Once Sehwa and Yuria leave, clean up all the bugs in Jung-gu before they can talk. No witnesses should remain.”

-Understood.

After hanging up, I kept my eyes on the monitor.

Yuria’s expression was pure surprise.

Probably because of Sehwa’s youthful and delicate face.

-…. Who are you?

Yuria asked.

Her tone carried a warm emotion.

Is the mutual attraction so strong that it disarms the usually cautious Yuria in an instant?

Sehwa answered.

-I’m Lee Sehwa… um… I don’t know what to say… it’s really… really nice to meet you.

Sehwa bowed her head.

At the same time, Yuria’s face brightened.

After staring at Sehwa for a while, she spoke.

-I’m Yuria Elenard.

The two exchanged looks as if they were long-lost siblings.

I smirked.

This is what a sentai series is all about. Truly, magical girls.

I only brought Sehwa because I was worried she’d get upset, but it turned out to be a perfect move.

Now I can naturally introduce Yuria to the Doctor.

I might get scolded for not being cautious, but with such a good result, it shouldn’t be a big deal.

In fact, I might even get praised.

To be continued―――――――――――――――――――――

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