Episode 22: No Armband Likes a Scrawny, Pathetic Guy Like You!!!!! How Could You Feel Anything With That Flimsy Body?!
Grip…!
Chloe’s hand clutched Lashara tightly.
My hand reached to snatch it away.
Lashara was stretched taut between us.
Yet, she remained calm.
“Let go…”
“…Understood.”
Chloe finally released her grip.
The moment had come—my hand now held the ultra-flexible whip constellation…!
Chloe, arms crossed, rattled off a list of warnings.
“Lashara-nim hates loud noises, so don’t shout except when enforcing. Keep her in a dry, shaded place, don’t swing the whip for no reason, and don’t talk to her…”
Does she seriously think I, Kim Taeyang, would follow all that?
“WOOOOOO!!! So flexible!!! Freaking flexible!!!!”
The moment I got Lashara, I bent her like crazy.
I wrapped her around my arm, held her upside down, and spun her in the air.
“You, you bastard…!!”
“I’ve always wanted to bend it like this!! This feels insane!!! Just playing with it in my hand and feeling it twitch is so damn good?! Heh heh heh!!”
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!
Even as I spun and bent her wildly…
(°꒫°)…
Lashara’s expression didn’t change.
I wasn’t really expecting a reaction.
This was all part of winning her favor.
This whip…
She’s got a hidden trait, a shady one.
“Don’t mistreat my constellation!”
“Huh? Mistreat? I’m just loving her my way!”
“That’s nonsense…!”
“Stop meddling! We agreed not to interfere during the swap, whether I poke or knock out my partner, right?!”
“Tch…! You better keep that promise! Don’t interfere with whatever I do to Glacis!!”
Chloe screeched like a cat in heat.
She pulled something out of her bag.
“Glacis~ Guess what this is~?”
She smugly held up a small piece of cheesecake.
The sweet scent of cheesecake—definitely something Pomi would go crazy for.
“Woof?”
Pomi, entranced, sniffed at it.
Chloe, with a devilish smile, slowly lured her in.
“Want it?”
“Woof!”
“Just make one promise, and it’s yours.”
“Woof?”
“Ditch that delinquent Kim Taeyang and take your old master, Seol Harin, as your bound hero again. Easy, right?”
“Woof!”
Pomi wagged her tail like it was no big deal.
“Good girl~ Here’s your cake!”
Crunch!
“…?”
Chloe’s face froze.
Pomi hadn’t eaten the cake—she’d chomped down on Chloe’s arm.
“KYAAAAAAAHHH!!!!”
Grrrrrrrr!!!!
“It hurts, it hurts, it HURTS!!! Blood!! There’s blood!!!!”
Did she think Pomi was a dog who’d betray her master for food?
No way.
They must’ve misunderstood why Pomi betrayed Seol Harin.
Pomi’s trait, Loyalty, is one of the most dependable in the game.
She’s not betraying me anytime soon.
“Help!! Kim Taeyang, do something!!!”
“Huh? Didn’t we agree not to interfere?”
“KYAAAAHHH!!!!”
Let’s leave that idiot alone.
Pomi will teach her a lesson over the next week.
Since I’m in the disciplinary committee now, I figured I’d do some committee work.
Joining the disciplinary committee was an impossible route in the game.
This is a disciplinary committee play only possible in this real-world version.
For the first time in a while, my passion as an Academia veteran is burning…!
“Hey! Four-eyes!”
“Urgh…! My name is Kim Angyeong!!”
“Don’t care about your name! Explain the duties of a disciplinary committee member!!”
“What are you planning to do with that?”
“Huh? Obviously, I’m here to help with committee work!”
“Damn it…! You! You didn’t join the committee for clout—you’re planning to dig up all our secrets and destroy us beyond repair! Truly an evil guy, just like you look…!”
“?”
I just wanted to try being part of the committee.
And evil-looking?
Hey! That hurts…?!
Kim Angyeong led Kim Taeyang to the main gate.
The dorms were located outside the gate, meaning all Ark students had to pass through it to get to school.
The disciplinary committee’s morning duty was to check students’ uniforms and catch latecomers or those trying to sneak over the wall.
The problem? Kim Taeyang himself was the epitome of improper attire.
“…Newbie, can’t you at least wear your uniform properly?”
“Hey, nothing’s as comfy as a Hawaiian shirt.”
“You’re not just a student anymore—you’re in the disciplinary committee. Shouldn’t you set an example?”
“So being in the committee doesn’t come with privileges?!”
“No, you idiot!!”
Kim Taeyang, grinning, slung his arm over Kim Angyeong’s shoulder.
“Hey, isn’t it fine as long as I take the proper punishment? How about I go to the president and get whipped a thousand times? Sound good? Should I ask her to swing that whip until she squeezes every ounce of sincerity out of me? Heh heh heh.”
“Urgh… Forget it. Just put this on.”
Kim Angyeong reluctantly handed him a disciplinary armband to wear over his Hawaiian shirt.
A blatant delinquent.
A disciplinary armband on his improper attire?
It was practically surrealist performance art.
“Huh? Why’s mine a different color?”
“Because you’re a first-year.”
“Green’s not cool! Armbands should be yellow, right?!!”
“What do you want me to do?! First-year armbands are green!!”
“Hand over yours!!!”
‘This vile bastard… stealing my armband too…!!’
Kim Taeyang forcibly took Kim Angyeong’s armband.
“Whoa~ Yellow armband get!! This is pretty dope, huh? Heh heh heh.”
“Ugh… Fine, at least give me the first-year one…”
“Huh? You dare covet my armband?!!!”
‘What the hell does he want me to do?!’
“Green, yellow—they’re all mine!!! Got it?! Armbands don’t like scrawny, pathetic guys like you!!!!! How could you feel anything with that flimsy body?!?!”
“Urgh…!”
“If you’re upset, hit the gym, four-eyes!!!!! I recommend bench dips and barbell curls!!!!!”
In the end, Kim Angyeong lost all his armbands.
Sadly, the armbands on Kim Taeyang’s beefy arms looked undeniably cool.
Unlike when they hung loosely on Kim Angyeong’s scrawny arms, they were stretched tight, almost bursting.
Shiver shiver…!
‘They never looked this taut on my arms…’
[NTR Situation Staged!]
[Earned 5 Coins!]
Only Kim Taeyang knew he’d scored a small victory in that moment.
Buried in defeat, Kim Angyeong continued his disciplinary duties without an armband.
Just then, a group of students climbing over the wall locked eyes with Kim Taeyang.
Kim Angyeong recognized them instantly.
‘The mohawk rebel…! One of Kim Taeyang’s crew…!’
[TL Note: Changing Ban Hangnam to Rebel. As Banhang-nam is purely a descriptive term/nickname meaning rebellious man, bad boy or Rebel in Korean]
The infamous delinquent circle, “Kim Taeyang and the Kids.”
A group the disciplinary committee kept tabs on—their greatest rival.
“Hey! Rebel! Get over here!!”
“Heh heh. Taeyang, that armband’s sick! Who’d have thought one of our own would join the disciplinary committee? You’re the real deal, man!”
Kim Taeyang grinned broadly at the rebel’s flattery.
Arm around his friend’s shoulder, he asked,
“So why were you guys climbing the wall?”
“Gotta hop the wall every now and then, or my body gets itchy! Now that you’re in the committee, Taeyang, we can climb all we want, and no one’ll say a thing! Haha!”
“It’s not against the code if we’re not late, right? Hahaha!”
“Thanks, Taeyang! Because of you, we can climb walls worry-free!!”
‘If you’re not late, why climb the wall in the first place?!’
Kim Angyeong was internally horrified.
For delinquents, “wall-climbing” seemed to carry meaning beyond sneaking in.
‘This is bad…! If this keeps up, Kim Taeyang will turn a blind eye to all their crimes…! It’s just wall-climbing now, but it’ll get worse…!!’
The future Kim Angyeong envisioned through his glasses was apocalyptic.
Skinheads and mohawks wielding machine guns on both arms, spraying flamethrowers…
Ark’s order would collapse!
“But… why do you think I’d let you off?”
Kim Taeyang’s voice turned cold.
The rebel and his friends exchanged confused glances.
“T-Taeyang?”
“You trying to make me a corrupt committee member on my first day?!?!”
“Ugh?!”
Kim Taeyang grabbed them and forced them to kneel before Kim Angyeong.
“Hey! Four-eyes!”
“?”
“Punish these criminals! What’s the penalty for climbing the wall?!”
“Uh? Uh… Well… There’s no rule for that.”
“Huh? What’re you saying?!!”
“…There’s a rule for tardiness, but nothing specifically about climbing the wall.”
It was true.
Climbing the wall didn’t warrant a whipping.
Some students might do it for fun, no big deal.
But Kim Taeyang didn’t seem willing to let even that slide.
“Huh? I thought this place was strict, but these rules are pathetically lax?! How can you enforce anything like this?! I’m adding to the code!! Wall-climbing is banned…! Crawling through doggy doors is banned…! Windows are banned…! Only the main gate and back gate are allowed…!!”
“Eek! Why such a harsh rule…?!”
“Figure it out yourself! Anyone who breaks it gets crushed!! Got it?!?!”
The delinquents, trembling in shock, soon nodded and grinned wickedly.
“As expected… That’s your plan, huh? You’re a total maniac. Heh heh heh.”
“Heh heh heh. Taeyang, you’re a genius.”
“The main gate and back gate… That’s the most sinister, violent plan I’ve ever heard… I’m in, boss! Totally on board…!”
“Ugh…! Just thinking about using only the main and back gates makes my blood boil…!! I can’t stand it!!! I’m gonna go out the main gate and come back through the back gate right now!!!”
Whatever they were imagining, only they knew.
Meanwhile, Kim Angyeong…
‘What’s this guy’s sinister motive…?! Is there a way to destroy Ark using only the main and back gates?! Kim Taeyang…! Is he the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang?!’
Kim Taeyang’s cunning was too much, making Kim Angyeong’s head feel like it would explode.
Not everyone misunderstood Kim Taeyang’s intentions.
Lashara.
She alone was intrigued by his actions.
‘This boy… Is his outward behavior different from his true intentions…?’
It was too early to judge.
The constellation swap had only just begun.
‘It might be an act to deceive me… If I keep watching, I’ll uncover the truth…’
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“Hey, sow. You feeling unstoppable today? You broke your 1RM record, didn’t you?!”
“Hmph. It wasn’t even that heavy.”
“Heh heh heh. You’re really becoming my kind of woman.”
Seol Harin’s progress was insane.
Could any girl at this school match her in lifting now?
She might even rival most guys.
But training can’t stop.
A strong body leads to greater skill.
“Anyway, we’re done for today.”
“…Already? Why? I’ve still got plenty of energy. Are you sick or something? Come here.”
Seol Harin suddenly put her hand on my forehead.
We were way too close.
“Good, no fever…”
“Hey…! Who said you could touch me?!”
This potential masochist heroine.
Lately, she’s been saying weird stuff about being a wife, touching me without permission…
Is she actually in heat?!
“I was worried, okay! If you’ve got a cold, you could pass it to me!! Don’t go spreading your filthy germs…!”
“Sow!!! How dare a slave talk to her master like that?!!!”
“I learned it all from you!!”
I’ve got no comeback for that!
My words are way harsher, after all!
“You insolent sow! Recover your muscles!!”
“OOOOOHHH…! My fascia’s loosening…!!”
I sent mana straight to her navel piercing.
Full-body massage mode: ON.
While Seol Harin writhed in agony,
I pulled out Lashara and bent her freely.
“You’ve got bad luck, huh? Getting stuck with a piece of trash like me…! Heh heh heh.”
“Crude and vulgar… You’re a truly pathetic hero…”
This cocky constellation.
She hasn’t done anything wrong, per se, but still, cocky Lashara.
Does she really despise me that much deep down?
I used the NTR Solution skill on her.
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◆ NTR Solution
◆ Lashara
[Bound Hero: Chloe Maiden]
[Relationship with Bound Hero: 78]
[Trait: Guardian of Discipline]
[Hidden Trait: SM Whip]
◆ Solution
+ The relationship with her hero is high.
+ Due to her trait, Guardian of Discipline, her favorability toward you is locked at -10.
+ Stealing her through normal means is impossible…
+ But there’s a way!
+ Lashara’s hidden trait, SM Whip, grants her immense pleasure when pleasing others!
+ Activate your loyal constellation Glacis’s event and participate in the Sled Dog Race!
+ Use Lashara to spur Glacis on, and if you secure a thrilling victory, you can steal her heart!
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Constellation events.
These are triggered as favorability with a constellation improves.
Activating one transports you to another world to complete a mission with the constellation.
In the game, it was a route to obtain valuable items.
And Pomi’s event, the Sled Dog Race, is a low-tier first event that can be cleared right away.
In other words, Lashara can be stolen immediately.
“Hey, sow.”
“Y-Yes…?”
“Get up. We’ve got somewhere to go tonight.”
Seol Harin blushed and mumbled.
“W-Where are we going this late? Did you… find some romantic spot or something…?”
“?”
Does this girl even understand what “slave” and “master” mean?
If only there were food or drugs to curb lust…
I’ll have to find some and stuff Seol Harin with them soon.
“Stop talking nonsense and grab a padded jacket.”
“A padded jacket…?”
We’re headed to the world of constellations.
Specifically, the glacial empire in the north.
Pomi’s hometown, and the site of the Sled Dog Race.
It’s freezing there, so we need to bundle up.
“Hey, Lashara.”
“…”
“Your name’s Kkubburi from now on.”
“Kkubburi…? Why…?”
“Because you bend so damn well, obviously.”
Even the stoic Lashara bristled at the nickname ‘Kkubburi’.
“From now on, when I call you ‘Kkubburi,’ you’ll do a funny dance and say ‘Kkubburi-Kkubburi~.’ Got it?”
“You… really think I’ll comply with such a demand…?”
“Your body’s all flexible and bendy, but your personality’s stiff as a board. So boring.”
“Even if the world splits in two… even if you’re the last hero left… I’d never take you as my bound hero…”
“Heh heh heh. We’ll see about that, Kkubburi. I know you’re secretly dying to please me with your Kkubburi dance~”
“…”
Sorry, but no constellation can resist their traits.
Once her hidden trait, SM Whip, fully activates,
She’ll be dancing the Kkubburi dance to please me on her own…!
And I’ll make her do that humiliating dance right in front of smug Chloe…!
Hey!! I’m already pumped…?!
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