NOVEL NEXT Chapter 101 - Five Consecutive Commotions
Chapter 101 Five Consecutive Commotions
Somehow, after completing three gate practices, it was Friday.
It was the day of Yu-jin’s last practice of the week.
“Disciple, how about going with me today… If it’s Seol Ha-yeon, I can persuade her.”
“If you enter, the C-rank gate monsters might faint while standing, like having a heart attack.”
“……Tch. Go on. If you think of something you want for dinner, let me know.”
“Yes~.”
After lightly fending off his clingy master from early dawn, the diligent young man leisurely headed to the chairman’s office.
He was going there to join Winterer.
‘If I go through the gates on weekdays and train hard on weekends, I should hit around strength level 7? At least enough to meet the minimum damage cut….’
-Tadatada. Grab.
“Yu-jin~!! Good morning!!”
“……!!!!?”
However, peace did not last long.
It was because Alice suddenly ran up and hugged Yu-jin.
His cheeks turned red.
‘Alice?! There’s still a long time before class starts, so why is she out here already? Did she wait for me since morning? If she didn’t like me….’
-Ding.
[The skill ‘Perfect Hypnosis’ yawns and lazily rubs its cheek.]
‘…No way. She must have some business with me.’
As always, his intuition was sealed, but anyway.
Yu-jin decided to respond appropriately to this bold skinship.
He was gradually getting used to this kind of thing.
He calmly tried to detach her and start a conversation…
-Petting, petting.
“You woke up early again today! It’s because of the gate practice, right? Our Yu-jin is so great~.”
“……?”
He couldn’t detach her.
Alice’s behavior was different from usual.
Yu-jin’s mind was flooded with question marks.
‘What is this? Why is she acting like this?’
Hugging him tightly and patting his head.
It was a behavior she had never shown until now, not even before his regression.
What is this? Why is she treating me like a baby?
Is it another weird challenge trending on Outstar?
Well, since Alice likes SNS, she might have picked up something strange from somewhere.
These days, I can’t figure out the trends at all.
He couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity.
‘Is this a hug challenge or something? If so, thank you….’
“Well then, here!”
-Hug tightly.
“I, I, I’ll hug you tightly!”
“……!!!!?”
‘Suddenly burying my face in her chest!!?’
His smile disappeared as soon as his face was buried in her chest.
Yu-jin, frozen, unable to move.
Alice’s hand gently patted the back of his head.
Just like treating a baby. Kindly.
Just as Ryu Soo-yeon had instructed.
‘Up to this point, it’s as I saw in the eyes. Now, if Yu-jin says to me ‘Noona, I feel weird down there’….’
-Smile, smile.
…However, her face was far from kind.
Dark circles hung heavily.
She showed signs of having stayed up all night, indulging in erotic comics, specifically in the niche genre of infantilism.
With a rather unsightly face, she was smiling gleefully.
If Ryu Soo-yeon saw this, she would be shocked, thinking, ‘I never imagined Alice was a sexual pervert.’
‘Yu-jin, today I’m only wearing nipple patches, so please feel free to…!’
-Hug tightly.
‘When is she going to let go…? I can’t move. This is driving me crazy.’
Fortunately or unfortunately, there wasn’t a single cadet or even Soo-yeon around at dawn.
So the two stayed hugging each other for almost three minutes.
Until her underboob became sweaty and damp.
“Hehehe. Yu-jin, you did well….”
-Drip.
“…Enough already!!”
‘It’s already this sweaty? I should’ve worn deodorant!!’
-Bam.
“……Phew!!”
‘I almost suffocated to death!!’
Yu-jin, who was setting a personal record for holding his breath, was finally released.
His face, reddened from lack of oxygen, looked pitiful, but….
‘Seeing that face! I’m glad Yu-jin seems to have regained his energy!’
Alice, seeing this, did not apologize at all.
To her, this was treatment.
Seeing the pitiful sight before her, she thought, ‘His blood circulation has improved! It’s effective!’
In this scene, what was the reaction of the almost suffocated victim?
“Hoo…. Is this kind of challenge popular in England? Surprising guys by hugging them suddenly?”
“Huh? Oh, yes! Did you dislike it?”
“How could I? It was a bit embarrassing, but if it’s a trend.”
He didn’t get angry.
How could he get angry at his wife’s legal hug?
Rather, he was grateful.
Oh, England indeed. Such a proper challenge is trending.
I apologize for badmouthing your country as a land of tasteless people.
“That’s a relief. Oh, they say it energizes men. How do you feel?”
“Thanks to you, I’m wide awake… Are you going to do this to others too?”
“No! The only one who would do this to me is Yu-jin!”
“If that’s the case. I’m okay with it, but it might be misunderstood, so don’t do it to other guys, okay?”
“Of course! To me, there’s only Yu-jin!”
Thus, a conversation filled with pure love continued….
Alice was in a state of excited irrationality.
Yu-jin was, as always, in ‘oblivious youth’ mode.
The romantic feelings underlying this conversation remained undiscovered.
“Alright. I’ll be off then. I need to go to the chairman’s office for the gate practice….”
“I’m coming too!”
“What? Do you have business with the chairman?”
“Not really… I just want to see Haru’s face!”
“Pfft. Okay. Let’s go.”
And so, the two headed to the chairman’s office together.
Yu-jin, of course, since it was his original destination,
“But, Yu-jin? If you need anything, you can ask me anytime, okay?”
“Huh?”
“If you feel pain or something’s wrong, just tell me? I’ll take care of you like a mother….”
“……?”
Alice was tagging along just to cling to him.
The chairman’s office became bustling.
-Squeak.
“Dad, good morning… Oh. Pinky is here too.”
“Haru. Good morning~!”
“Mm. Pinky, good morning.”
Haru, sleepy in her pajamas, yawned.
Alice and Yu-jin greeted her cheerfully.
And,
“Alice cadet. Excessive displays of affection on academy grounds are against the rules.”
“……!!!!!? Wha-what do you mean.”
Seol Ha-yeon, who had been frowning for a while.
“I felt uneasy since dawn, and now I see you hugging openly. At first, I thought you were breastfeeding.”
“You saw that!? You were quite far away.”
“Even in decline, I’m still ranked 4th in S-class.”
“The, the thing is, actually, on Outstar there’s a challenge….”
Finally…
-Tremble, tremble.
‘That Alice…!!! That girl likes the rice cake!!!’
Winterer trembled in shock.
Thus, the five gathered in the chairman’s office.
Five people with different purposes and thoughts.
Chaos was inevitable.
“So, you’re saying such things are trending on social media? Is that what young people are up to these days?”
“Yes! Isn’t that right, Yu-jin?”
“Alice is probably right. I don’t know much about SNS, but weird things are trending a lot these days.”
“…….”
‘Even if Yu-jin doesn’t know, what Alice said is a complete lie.’
The main players of the first commotion were Seol Ha-yeon, Yu-jin, and Alice.
The chairman immediately saw through Alice’s lie.
Challenge? What nonsense.
No matter how corrupt the world is nowadays, how can clinging onto each other become a trend?
“If sex becomes a trend, would you do that too?”
“…Pfft!!!”
“Well, um, that’s…”
“I’ll overlook this rule violation, but from now on, do things of your own volition. Don’t use trends as an excuse.”
Then came Seol Ha-yeon’s one-shot truth bomb.
She essentially targeted Alice, saying if you’re going to do it, do it confidently.
Alice’s cheeks turned red.
“Yes, yes….”
‘From now on, I’ll only do it when we’re alone. This is for treatment, yes.’
‘She’s not reflecting at all. These young ones are so bold.’
Not reflecting at all. Anyway.
Thus ended the first commotion.
Just when Yu-jin thought he could catch his breath,
‘Whew. That old hag scared me.’
-Grab. Squish.
“Dad. You did a great job. Hug.”
“……?”
Without a moment to breathe, the second commotion began.
In her pajamas, Haru hugged her dad tightly.
Just like her sister had told her.
‘That was Alice… And she even buried her face in his chest? With our Haru around!?’
-Whisper, whisper.
[Hey, rice cake. Go hug your dad. Bury that rice cake face of yours in his chest.]
[Yawn… If I do that, Grandma will be mad. Dad will be mad too.]
[You silly rice cake! It’s fine because it’s trendy, so stop talking and go! That Alice girl did it too!]
[Thank you for the awesome tip!]
-Swoosh. Grab.
‘It’s true! Grandma’s not mad!’
Haru’s eyes sparkled.
She didn’t understand what challenge meant, but she wouldn’t get scolded for hugging her dad?
It was worth coming to see Dad even though she was sleepy!
I’m so happy right now!
Haru, delighted with the legal skinship, grinned broadly.
‘Haru… Well, I’ll let this slide. She’s much cuter compared to that lustful girl.’
‘Haru is something. Though I don’t feel anything special for her now.’
-Tremble, tremble.
‘…Seeing Yu-jin being hugged by Haru makes me really angry! I want to hit his back and get mad!!’
The chairman and Yu-jin didn’t have any particular thoughts.
Alice, for some reason, was engulfed in inexplicable rage.
But it didn’t matter to Haru.
Haru enjoyed the skinship to her heart’s content.
The second commotion ended warmly.
“Huah. Getting a hug from Dad is the best. It feels so good.”
“Yes. If our Haru likes it, Dad is happy too….”
-Thud.
“Sis, sis. You too. Hug Dad tight. It feels so good. I highly recommend it.”
“…What is this rice cake saying!?”
No one knew the spark would land on Winterer.
It was the third mess caused by Haru being too kind.
Winterer’s eyes spun.
“Why do I have to….”
Hug that brat?
I don’t want to. Why should I?
“Hugging tightly was hard because I was worried about hurting Dad. Sis is really smart, so I learned by watching you.”
But, if Haru was acting this cute?
“…….”
‘I have no choice. I’m the older sister, and it’s ‘common sense’ for an older sister to indulge her younger sibling.’
“If the rice cake wants it, fine. I’ll give you the honor of hugging me!!”
Winterer had no choice but to comply.
Even if an odd man buried his nose in her flat chest.
‘Well, at least he has a decent face. It might not be that unpleasant….’
Especially since he was a handsome young man.
What was Yu-jin’s reaction to that?
‘What’s she talking about now?’
-Glance.
‘Someone should give that cheeky girl some sex education. Grandma.’
Without saying a word, he glanced to the side.
Did you hear that? Please handle the sex education.
His gaze, directed at Seol Ha-yeon, carried this meaning.
How did she react to this sudden request for sex education?
‘That damn brat. Ordering people around with just a glance? He deserves a lesson.’
-Smile.
“Ho. Are you hungry for milk? Come here. I’ll personally hug you.”
“Why are you doing this too?”
Immediate retort.
Yu-jin was so dumbfounded he sighed.
What? She’d personally hug him?
Is that old lady wasting her sixty years of age?
Is her mental age matching her appearance?
‘I knew she’d say that….’
-Halt.
‘Wait. Hold on. If I endure for just three seconds with my eyes closed, this could be a Tsar Bomba-level nuke I can use for life.’
But, in that moment, Yu-jin was tempted.
A strategic nuclear option he’d relied on whenever he couldn’t use hypnosis. And that effect was already wearing off, having failed twice already.
Should I use this chance to replenish my nuke?
He momentarily pondered this idea.
‘Well, burning down the house to catch a flea is foolish.’
Of course, the hesitation lasted only a moment.
Living irradiated for life, enduring the unknown detonation—was it worth it?
No, it was absurd. Obviously.
So he quickly gave up on the idea.
———However, unfortunately.
-Halt.
‘…Huh? Wait a minute. Did he hesitate for a second?’
Seol Ha-yeon’s intuition caught even that momentary hesitation.
She had said it as a joke, but was he really considering hugging her?
…Does that kid really want to hug me?
-Swish.
“Th-that was a joke. I’m sorry if you got your hopes up….”
Ha-yeon involuntarily stepped back.
Instinctively covering her chest, her face slightly flushed.
“……Huh?”
“I’m sorry, but even though I’m old, I’m still the chairman. No matter how much you want it, breaking school rules is a bit…”
“This old lady has truly lost it!!! Want it? Want what!!!!”
With that, Yu-jin was truly provoked.
The young man, who had suddenly become part of the dark grandma-loving cult, raged.
Against the old monster who was slandering his healthy and bright sexual orientation.
To prove his innocence.
‘Men are truly incomprehensible. What could they possibly like about someone this old?’
-Crack.
“Stop blushing!!!”
Since Seol Ha-yeon wasn’t listening at all, Yu-jin’s fury continued to escalate, leading to the fourth and fifth messes.
It was summer.
* * *
The chairman’s nonsense had caused a huge fight, but our daily lives remained the same.
The only difference was that Friday’s practice sessions were now with Haru.
When Haru found out I was going to the gate, she insisted on coming too.
So, the weekends were for training and dates with my wives.
Weekdays were for practical training in the gate.
This cycle repeated once, twice, three times.
Three weeks passed.
As a result, my abilities improved dramatically.
My practical senses were sharply honed, and…
[———Yu-jin! An S-rank gate has appeared in Washington, USA! We’re heading there now, so be ready to leave for the airport within 4 hours!!]
The opportunity to test my growth came quickly.