Chapter 50 - Chapter 48: Episode 47 - Return (2)
Yu-rin was being mercilessly beaten by her mother, Yu-ra, but she had no intention of fighting back.
She could only think of the moments when Seon-ah must have suffered just as much.
A cold dread settled in her gut: what if all the videos of her violating Seon-ah had been discovered?
The fact that she'd treated someone else's precious son like a toy, pumped him full of drugs, and fucked him like a dog—it had all been exposed to her own parents. It was a death sentence.
She remembered how she'd violated Seon-ah until he was on the brink of death,
until his eyes rolled back and his entire body shook with tremors.
She recalled the way he'd let out shrieks of pure agony every single day.
It was as if she'd been possessed, completely bewitched by his adorable face.
She had recorded videos of herself threatening him, keeping him pickled in substances day after day.
Beyond that, she'd often choke him during the act, and she'd frequently punch him in the stomach whenever he couldn't get hard or ignored her because he was too drugged to function.
She even remembered how much she'd enjoyed watching him cry.
She'd been caught doing these depraved things to a childhood friend of fifteen years—the man she was supposed to marry.
While Yu-rin agonized over what to do,
Yu-ra called Seon-ah's mother, Lee Min-ah.
"I am truly sorry. I'm calling about an urgent matter."
The word 'in-law' no longer existed in Yu-ra's vocabulary.
The marriage registration form that Yu-rin had submitted just before the wedding
had already been rejected by Min-ah...
Min-ah was nursing Hyeon-tae, who was bedridden in the hospital again today.
In just two months, Hyeon-tae had withered away, losing twelve kilograms.
She'd finally had to hospitalize him; he could barely speak or eat anymore.
Hyeon-tae spent over a dozen hours a day lying there, hooked up to a glucose IV.
Every time she saw him fading, her heart felt heavy, as if she were choking.
He couldn't even eat properly, and now his gait had become unsteady.
The fact that Seon-ah had been drugged by Yu-rin in that hellish house, violated dozens of times, and eventually dragged off by monsters...
That was the root of their suffering.
Why did their kind Seon-ah have to endure such things?
Wouldn't it have been better if that bitch, who deserved to be torn to shreds, had just died?
If there was a God, she wanted to scream at Him about how unfair it was to force such a cruel fate upon her son.
And just then, a call came from the parents of the very bitch she'd been cursing.
They claimed it was a matter of extreme urgency and begged her to come to their house immediately.
She wondered if it was really important enough to leave Hyeon-tae behind.
She told the hired caregiver to hurry over, and once they arrived, she swapped places.
If they were planning to spout some nonsense, they'd better be prepared for the consequences.
Min-ah headed to the house where the Yu-ra couple lived—a place she'd visited many times back when they were in the same guild.
She remembered feeling nervous back then, and she felt the same way now.
If they were going to talk about useless things like last time—offering apologies or compensation—she was ready to flip the table.
She was already busy enough just trying to keep Hyeon-tae alive.
Last time, the couple had come to the hospital room, knelt down, and bowed their heads in apology.
On top of that, they'd tried to throw money at the problem.
It was pathetic.
Could you really trade a family member's life and health for money?
She didn't think so.
She'd been so angry she'd told them to get out immediately.
This time, it had to be for a different reason.
Usually, the person apologizing is the one who goes to find the person they've wronged.
They wouldn't be calling her over for something trivial, would they?
With that thought, she opened the door and stepped inside.
However, there was no one to greet her.
In fact, loud noises were erupting from inside.
"You bastard, I'm going to kill you today! Are you even human? You trash, I'm striking you from the family register starting tomorrow, so you'd better know that!"
She could hear the sounds of objects being thrown and fists slamming into flesh.
It didn't sound like a typical domestic dispute.
Even if Yu-ra was an Awakened, her husband wasn't.
Min-ah moved toward the living room, wondering what the hell was going on.
There, on the floor, lay the bitch she wanted to tear to pieces, covered in bruises and blood.
Overcome with rage, she ran over and kicked the girl in the stomach.
The Yu-ra couple looked up at her with panicked eyes, finally noticing her arrival.
"S-sorry. We didn't even know you'd arrived..."
Even after she'd kicked their child, they were still using polite language.
"Ha, fuck. You bitch who deserves to be torn to shreds... get up."
Yu-rin looked up at Min-ah, battered and broken.
She seemed to know exactly why she was being beaten.
"Where is my son!"
"I'm... sorr... y... I couldn't... bring... him... back..."
She couldn't even articulate the words properly, likely because her jaw had been dislocated by Yu-ra's earlier beating.
"What? You couldn't bring him back? What does that..."
It was clear: she'd left Seon-ah inside the Gate, ran away, hid out of fear, and had only just returned.
To think she'd tried to marry Seon-ah off to a bitch like this...
She must have been insane.
As if she didn't understand, Yu-ra spoke up.
"Yu-rin said... she entered the world where the monsters are, and then ran away back here... She said she couldn't bring Seon-ah back at that time..."
"So you called me just to brag that your daughter came back? It's obvious our Seon-ah is still suffering right now... Is that something a human would do?"
Min-ah couldn't hide her tears, her voice trembling with rage.
She'd found out where her son was, but she wasn't happy.
If anything, her hatred for the fucking bitch who'd left her son behind only grew.
Following her mother, Yu-rin was beaten by Min-ah like a dog.
Even so, she endured the humiliation because she had a job to do.
The ninety-eight days of humiliation she'd suffered...
She thought it was a small price to pay to liberate Seon-ah from the pain he was still suffering.
Since she knew that monsters could take humans and return to their own world...
She absolutely needed the power of Yu-ra and Min-ah, who were Hunters.
And to stand side-by-side with them, she had to become a Hunter herself.
Because she was the only one who knew where Seon-ah was in the Demon World, only she could save him.
Yu-rin was in agony, but with that single determination, she could wait until their anger subsided.
Succubus Miel found it incredibly fun to play with Seon-ah again today.
Although the reaction was a bit lukewarm because Yu-rin wasn't there, when she altered his memories and violated him while subjecting him to all sorts of humiliation...
The expression on Seon-ah's face changed into something truly unique.
"Ah.... No! Please.... take it out. Ah..... Ah.... Mom... Dad!!"
Just a moment ago, she'd been painting over the memory of Seon-ah's mother with her own image.
She'd rummaged through his memories to find the woman he felt most comfortable with, and it turned out to be his mother.
She made Seon-ah call her 'Mom' and imitated his mother's behavior.
When Seon-ah let his guard down, she brought him to the bed, promising him a lap pillow, only to tear his clothes off and violate him right there.
She would never be able to forget that look on his face.
At the sight of being betrayed by the person he trusted most, Seon-ah shed tears.
"No, Mom..... Don't.... No.... Why... Why?..... Sob sob sob..."
When he shouted that, she got so turned on that she dropped the act and violated him as she pleased.
"No!! Why... Mom... Aaaaaaah!!"
Then, when he started to break down, she restored his memories.
"Miel..."
The sight of him calling her name as his memories returned, grinding his teeth in hatred—that was the highlight and the greatest charm of this game.
Every single day, she played games by rummaging through his memories like this.
Since the sexual acts he'd had with Yu-rin looked fun, she made him perceive her as Yu-rin and violated him just like that.
There was no way to record a video, but it was still quite satisfying.
Using Demon World narcotics and her own saliva, which acted as an aphrodisiac, she violated him until he was on the verge of breaking.
Watching Seon-ah's state just before he lost his breath, she could clearly understand why Yu-rin had caused him so much pain.
It was truly beautiful when Seon-ah let out those desperate, sad, and painful screams.
It was like watching a fire grow at its brightest just before it burned out for the last time.
However, that was only for a moment; once his mind started to shatter, she had no choice but to restore his memories.
If he broke completely, she wouldn't be able to piece his mind back together.
Honestly, even with what she'd done so far, she could feel the cracks forming whenever she tried to stitch his mind back together.
'It would be really great if I could record a video...'
Although she was trying to preserve him, it was obvious he would eventually break completely.
Even though he had twenty or thirty years left, Miel needed something to relive those memories.
Just like the videos Yu-rin had recorded while violating him every day...