Chapter 78 - Chapter 76: Episode 76
Kim Ji-na's cold words made my shoulders slump.
"...Is that the conclusion the Revolution Circle has reached?"
"That is correct. It is the conclusion reached by the absolute majority of the Revolution Circle.
Vice-Leader Lee Ji-eun defended your mana capacity limits,
and I, as the Leader, also deemed it reasonable,
but this Revolution Circle is not an organization that runs solely on the will of the Vice-Leader and me.
Since we cannot ignore the opinion of the entire organization,
it has been decided that you will be... expelled.
Normally, we would have to use a dangerous secret technique to erase your memories related to us...,
but I will not do that by my own authority."
"...."
"Forget us and live a normal life."
"...Normal. 'Normal,' huh...."
A single tear rolled down Kim Ji-na's face.
Seeing that, Lee Ji-eun stepped forward and said to me.
"It might be difficult for you, who once held revolutionary ideals and pure faith,
but we cannot keep a risk factor with a Yin Mark in the organization.
I trust that you, as someone who was a member of the Revolution Circle, will understand us.
Go. Do not ever come here again. To 'this place'...."
"...?"
Lee Ji-eun's words seemed to imply something.
I felt something was strange and tried to ask,
but Lee Ji-eun's response was faster.
She frowned and spoke to me in my mind.
Is this telepathy? Or is it that sound transmission thing from martial arts novels?
-"Listen, tons of Revolution Circle members are watching and listening to this conversation right now. Just go for now. And later, you can come to Ji-na eonni's room or my room. Or we'll come to your room. Hey, don't look so happy. Act like you're crying and leave with a tragic vibe. That's the only way the members who demanded your expulsion will change their minds later. Ugh, your acting is terrible. This is why I didn't want to tell you."-
I almost broke into a wide grin because I realized I wasn't actually breaking up with Kim Ji-na forever.
Since Lee Ji-eun told me not to look happy via telepathy, I forced myself to manage my expression and left the spot, acting as if I had a tragic story.
I think I might have given the best performance of my life, acting like a pathetic man abandoned by the organization.
'I am a frail woman abandoned by the organization. I am a frail and pitiful woman abandoned by the organization. Since it's a gender-reversed world, it's right to act like a woman whose body has been dirtied and who has been abandoned by the organization. Ugh..., I'm a woman with a tragic story.'
I left the underground secret passage with the most tearful expression I could muster.
Actually, as I got immersed in the story, I felt like tears might really flow....
A frail and pitiful woman abandoned by some organization. Even the reason for being abandoned was because her body was dirty....
I had these delusions and tried to think of sad things, and it really started to feel sad.
Ah, is this how you act? Were other people acting with this feeling too?
Then I guess I was just faking it until now. Is that why it was so obvious on my face?
Aha, I've gained enlightenment about acting!
I left the underground passage and came up to the surface.
I thought about going to my room, but decided to go to Kim Ji-na's room and wait.
I stood in front of Kim Ji-na's door waiting, but I wanted to rest,
so I crouched down, sat on the floor, and waited for Kim Ji-na.
It was close to midnight, so the hallway was chilly, and I pulled my knees up and hugged them.
Sitting like this, I really felt like a boy who had been abandoned somewhere and was in a pitiful posture.
If there was a box nearby, I would have gotten inside it,
and it would be perfect if I wrote 'Please pick me up' on the outside of the box.
I was sitting like this, and before long, Kim Ji-na and Lee Ji-eun arrived.
"...Puppy, ...sob, ...our puppy, ...have you been waiting for me this whole time...?"
"Wow, I told you to look pathetic, and you're sitting there like a runaway kid with nowhere to go."
Kim Ji-na and Lee Ji-eun approached me and said one thing each.
Kim Ji-na teared up as soon as she saw me, ran over, and hugged me tightly,
while Lee Ji-eun just looked on, knowing to some extent that I was putting on a pitiful act.
"...Our puppy, aren't you cold? Let's go inside and talk. Sob..., I'm sorry. I...."
"It's okay. Noona.... It's fine. The leader can't ignore the majority opinion of the organization members."
"...Sniff, our puppy is so kind.... The other organization members should know this...."
Kim Ji-na opened the door, and we entered her room.
As we entered the room and took off our shoes in the entryway, Lee Ji-eun said to Kim Ji-na.
"Oh, eonni. You should also register as the owner of this slutty bastard's..., no, Do-jin's Yin Mark."
"Huh? Yin Mark owner registration? Can I do that too?"
"Yeah. The Holy Sword Department actually did something good for once. They didn't set a password or firewall. You just have to inject mana and do it."
Kim Ji-na looked at me, having taken off my shoes, with expectant eyes.
I felt a bit embarrassed, but I exposed my lower abdomen to her and held it out.
For some reason, hearts seemed to pop up in Kim Ji-na's eyes as she kneaded my lower abdomen.
It was a lewd touch, more about wanting to touch my lower abdomen than the purpose of injecting mana while touching the Yin Mark.
I couldn't help but let out a moan at that lewd touch.
"Ah-hut♥"
"You slutty bastard♡ Why are you making lewd noises again♡"
Lee Ji-eun scolded me from the side.
Even while doing so, she was taking off her clothes with expectant eyes.
Kim Ji-na kneaded my lower abdomen for a while before finally injecting mana and registering as a user on my Yin Mark.
She examined my Yin Mark here and there, grasped the types of apps installed on me, and also realized that my mana capacity was at its limit.
"Our puppy really had terrible mana capacity.... Ji-eun was right....
Honestly, when Ji-eun told me about this, I was half-doubting it too.
I thought maybe you were just head-over-heels for Do-jin and lying to me.
If I thought that much, I can only imagine what the other members thought."
"...What? I, is that so? If, if eonni thought that...."
"Yeah. That's why your defense didn't really work in the meeting decision."
"...Th, that."
"You showed the members how enthusiastic you were about Do-jin, to the point where you even volunteered for the Holy Sword Department infiltration rescue mission that you always opposed before.
So, rumors spread among the members that you were in love with Do-jin.
...And for some reason, maybe because I let Do-jin use my lap as a pillow and let him touch my breasts last time,
I ended up being the woman jealous of the two of you."
"E, eek...? E, eonni did?"
"And dragging Do-jin into my bedroom by force in front of you that time...,
and the fact that you glared at Do-jin back then was also interpreted as you glaring at me...,
What people might misunderstand is that I was stuck to Do-jin the whole time back then.
So the Revolution Circle members think the target you were glaring at with murderous intent was me."
"...E, eeh...? B, but that's not it..., why would I... to eonni...."
"So I think the most decisive reason Do-jin was kicked out this time is actually because of that.
That you and I were drifting apart because of Do-jin.
He became such a Femme Fatale after the Shota's Curse, didn't he?
It's understandable that the Revolution Circle members would think that.
A handsome and cute man who ruins a country and an organization. It's a common story.
It's even in old idioms."
A man who ruins a country....
I guess here, the gender for Femme Fatale is male, not female.
"Anyway, our puppy...♡ You got even lewd-er after getting the Yin Mark...♡ Hehehe♡♡"
"...B, but is it okay for us to meet like this? Honestly, while waiting in front of the door, I thought I might get kicked out by noona...."
"...Huh? Uung...♡ Our puppy♡ Did you have such a cute thought? It's okay♡ It's okay♡ We're meeting privately, aren't we♡"
Is the logic that even if I'm not a Revolution Circle member publicly, it doesn't matter if I hang out with Revolution Circle members privately?
Hmm..., I can't really tell....
But actually, these two are the Leader and Vice-Leader of the Revolution Circle.
Since the two of them are in the position of leading the organization,
they are in a position where even if there are rules, they can twist them however they want.
It seems like kicking me out of the circle was unavoidable because it was the unanimous opinion of the majority of the members.
"...But what happens to me now? Since I've been kicked out of the Revolution Circle, I won't have protection...?"
"Obviously. You're not a Revolution Circle member anymore.
Just spread your legs for eonni and me like you usually do. That was your job anyway."
"...Oh my, Ji-eun, that's..., ...Do-jin, don't be too disappointed. We'll take care of you as much as we can personally.
And don't hate Ji-eun too much even if she grumbles. She defended you a lot during the meeting."
"...Wh, when did I...?! ...I, I was just trying to help eonni because you were defending Do-jin...!"