Episode 70: Sword Queen's Second DaughterOnly passionate breathing sounds could be heard.
Both had lost consciousness.
*Slap*
I swung a tentacle to wake them up.
"Hiiiik!"
But instead of regaining consciousness, Love Juice gushed out like a fountain from her.
"Alright, shall we call this match a draw?"
I withdrew my body.
Since both had lost consciousness, I postponed the decisive match for later.
"Here, you can live without any worries."
"The Doppelgangers will handle everything for you."
"No responsibilities to bear, no need to strive to meet expectations. Tentacle-sama will provide the strength and effort for you."
"It might disgust you at first, but you'll come to enjoy it later."
Hah-yul was gaslighting her next to me.
It was the same thing I had done to Hah-yul.
"Farewell. I'm leaving."
I exited the room.
Headed home.
"Don't go, don't leave me behind."
The only sane one, Kim Ji-an, stretched out her arm.
Ignoring her, I left the room.
*****
Before I knew it, vacation had come.
Lee Hah-yul and the other Doppelgangers laughed and chattered about how vacation arrived so quickly despite having done nothing.
The Doppelgangers perfectly filled their empty seats.
Even their closest family members remained completely unaware they'd been replaced.
"Seo-ah?"
A Doppelganger in Hah-yul's form asked.
Seo-ah flinched in surprise.
Because she knew this monster wearing Hah-yul's form wasn't real.
"Y-yes. It's good..."
"Well, your goal was to surpass your sister. You've achieved part of your wish. Must be nice?"
The Doppelgangers treated Seo-ah more kindly than their original selves did.
Leadership was included in the evaluation criteria.
Good team chemistry was necessary for high scores.
So I'd instructed the Doppelgangers to treat Seo-ah warmly.
Apparently it worked - Seo-ah received high scores this semester.
Higher scores than her idol Isia.
Judging by subtle hints, she seemed to have received praise from her mother Sword Queen too.
"All thanks to me, right?"
I asserted my presence.
It wasn't empty boasting. Everything was truly thanks to me.
Her receiving good leadership evaluations despite lacking social skills,
Her demonstrating abilities beyond her actual skill level -
All were my doing.
Not a single thing happened without my help.
"Can I maintain these scores next semester?"
Seo-ah spoke in a regretful tone.
She knew too.
She'd only come this far thanks to the Doppelgangers.
Groups would reshuffle next semester, making her current scores uncertain.
"Just turn others into Doppelgangers like your friends."
I'd already scouted people who'd be in her group next semester.
All met my beauty standards.
If they lacked skill, I could grant them Traits before cloning them as Doppelgangers.
Doppelgangers could replicate my powers too.
'Should I turn TAs or professors into Doppelgangers... Who should I target?'
To manipulate group assignments as I wished, I needed a TA or professor's influence.
But none of the candidates appealed to me.
Either male, too old, or too weak.
Should I kill them and replace their positions with Doppelgangers?
No.
Creating Doppelgangers required them to approach my Core, and I hated men entering my personal space.
"Ah, vacation's coming soon. Should we go out one last time?"
"Where?"
"Since summer's coming. Let's go to the beach or a swimming pool."
Oh, that sounds good.
I showed interest in the suggestion.
"I-I'll go ahead first. And I probably can't go during vacation since I have things to do."
Knowing the full circumstances, Seo-ah refused uneasily.
The Doppelgangers wore "we knew you'd say that" expressions.
Whether their creepiness affected her, goosebumps rose on Seo-ah's arms.
She fled the classroom as if escaping.
Walking distractedly.
Exiting the building, she sighed in relief.
As she sat on a bench catching her breath-
"Seo-ah? Long time no see?"
An intellectual-looking guy with dark circles approached familiarly.
"Oh, your sister? Didn't know you had another sister?"
It was real.
I never knew she had a sister besides Sia.
Come to think of it, she might have mentioned a Su-a unnie before.
"N-no, she's a stranger. Don't mind her."
Seo-ah quickly stood up.
Tried to distance herself from her sister.
"Seo-ah? Are you ignoring me? Calling me a stranger?"
Su-a spoke with hurt feelings.
Seo-ah's shoulders flinched.
Her lips twitched.
"You sold out friends, but family is off-limits?"
"Of course. They were never friends to begin with? Just acquaintances from the same group."
"Wow, I see how misanthropic Seo-ah is."
She was the type who didn't care about others outside family.
But regardless of her thoughts, I had no intention of giving up.
'Three sisters rice bowl and mother-daughter rice bowl - I can't resist these.'
Not just Sia, but Sword Queen too - all were my hunting targets.
"L-let's go home quickly."
Seo-ah, perhaps sensing my intentions, hurriedly left the university.
She arrived at Seol-hwa's house, our hideout.
"Ah, welcome back."
Seol-hwa, just getting out of her car, greeted us.
"I brought food. Let's eat together."
Seol-hwa's cooking tasted mediocre, likely due to her short time living alone.
So getting takeout had become routine.
We descended to the basement together.
Entered the Kingdom.
"Welcome back. I've been waiting."
Hah-yul came running.
"Let's eat well."
She took the plastic bags.
Checked the food and smiled.
"Ah, Ji-an. You should do the self-introduction we prepared."
"My name is Kim Ji-an. Hobby was masturbating. Life goal is to be helplessly fucked by a monster. Tentacle-sama, please violate me quickly."
Kim Ji-an spread her legs wide.
Completely broken.
She did to her friend what had been done to her.
So this is how someone looks when beautifully broken.
Hah-yul maintaining her peaceful expression seemed terrifying.
Or perhaps her hidden true nature had erupted through my influence.
"Well done. Let's be happy together."
Hah-yul embraced her.
Kim Ji-an smiled twistedly.
"Ugh. Ugh."
But Han Seo-hee was different.
She glared at Seo-ah with venomous eyes.
Impressive mental strength.
Or perhaps she hated Seo-ah that much.
"Now, it's time."
Too lazy to summon Doppelgangers.
I played the video file they'd sent.
"Vacation's here? No one will care if you disappear. Ah, those parents don't realize you're fakes at all?"
Placed the monitor between them.
For comfortable viewing, I even made a plush sofa from my body behind them.
Forced them onto the sofa and molested them.
"Mom, Dad...I'm here..Hic..."
Kim Ji-an whimpered.
Despaired at the hopeless future despite her struggles.
"Ah, it's all over. Can we watch dramas now?"
Hah-yul gracefully accepted my touch.
As if a monster's molestation meant nothing now.
I played the drama as requested.
A popular recent series.
"Wow, so that's how it ended. Ji-an, you enjoyed it too?"
"Yes...it was fun."
"Ugh. Hic."
The mood relaxed.
Seo-ah's expression softened slightly too.
'Time to bring it up soon?'
I rolled my tongue.
Chose my words.
"Seo-ah, I'll ask again. I want to bring your sister here. Any way to make it happen?"
"No. I told you...absolutely not."
As expected, Seo-ah refused outright.
"Fucking bitch, think only your family's human?"
Seo-hee removed her Bit Gag.
Impressive.
I'd made it impossible to remove unaided, yet she managed.
"Seo-ah, don't we look happy?"
Hah-yul clasped her hands together.
"Hic. Mom..."
Mentally broken Ji-an curled up in a corner, sniffling.
"No. They're family. I can't sell out family with my own hands. Absolutely not."
"Seo-ah, from the moment you were caught in my grasp, you fell into the abyss. Your only future is offering friends and family to me."
Both Sword Queen and Isia would fall into my hands through hers.
The sister named Su-a was merely a stepping stone.
But Seo-ah stubbornly refused to yield.
"No choice then. Girls, hold Seo-ah. I'll go out and bring Seo-ah's sister here."
I threw Seo-ah to Hah-yul and the team members.
Could easily imagine what the resentful members would do to her.
Pulled a Seo-ah shaped Doppelganger from the Core.
"Seol-hwa, let's go to the university."
Clung to Seol-hwa's body.
Left the Subspace.
Drove toward the university.
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