A grasped chest.
Perhaps because she was a Leopard Yain, the feel of her luxurious fur was soft.
So this is what a Beastial’s chest feels like.
A novel experience.
But that wasn’t where she led me.
Beyond it, between the collarbone and the chest.
A strange scar my fingers could feel.
It wasn’t an old wound.
A few days at most?
The bumpy texture felt like I was touching some kind of beetle.
“How is it?
Do you get it?”
The leopard with a bewitching smile.
When I showed a surprised expression, she slyly let go of my hand.
“My name is Millen.
What do you think?
Should we get a room right away?”
It wasn’t a sexual request.
She wanted something else.
“Ahem, miss.
I think you’ve misunderstood.”
I pulled my hand from her chest and tapped the business card on the table.
“Please read it again carefully.” “Matchmaking Agency Meracle.
CEO Kim Juseon.” “Yes, I came to ask if you were interested in signing up.” “Ha, I told you I know all about it.
You don’t have to trick me with something like this.”
We weren’t getting through to each other.
Was it because she was closer to a beast than a human?
In the end, I used my phone to show her the business registration on a portal site’s map.
And my neatly taken photo on it as a bonus.
After seeing that, a flustered Millen began to stutter.
“Uh, uh?” “See?
I’m just a matchmaking agency president who’s good at his job.
If you want to get married, please come to Meracle.”
I stood up with a capitalist smile.
Then I immediately turned and headed for the main floor where people were dancing.
My steps quickened the farther I got from Millen.
Fuck!
I got caught up in something weird!
It was a pain pretending not to know.
That’s an injection mark!
And it’s not from an ordinary needle, either.
For a scar that grotesque to form, the possibility of some very dirty business was high.
What the hell is this crazy club doing?
For now, I acted naturally.
But I couldn’t stay here any longer.
I would get entangled in something strange.
Finding Kim Yang and Lenea wasn’t difficult.
It was because the crowd had gathered in their direction.
Kim Yang was dancing skillfully as she’d said she was used to, and Lenea was flailing beside her with both hands up, as if doing a Talchum.
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It looked like she was trying her best, but her expression was on the verge of tears.
Kim Yang was the first to spot me.
“Huh?
B-Boss, you want to dance too?
Wanna dance together?” “Save me!
Please save me!
I want to run away!
What is this place?!
It’s scary!”
Lenea immediately clung to me.
She completely wrapped her arms and legs around my side, hugging me.
This was actually for the best.
“Hey, Kim Yang, let’s go.
This place is weird.” “Huh?
What’s weird?
I like it here.” “I said, let’s go.
I’ll explain on the way.” “…Okay.”
Seeing my serious expression, Kim Yang nodded immediately and followed.
As we were crossing the main floor and heading outside through the hallway.
“There!
It’s that person!”
Millen’s voice stabbed me in the back.
When I turned around, Millen and a crowd of large men were rushing toward us.
It was obvious they were people you shouldn’t get involved with.
“Shit!
Run!” “Huh?” “What?!
What’s going on?” “No time to explain, just run!”
Lenea, finally off me, asked in surprise.
“A-Am I being pounced upon?
I heard that in Seoul, you close your eyes and you’ll wake up on a hotel bed.
Surely not?!” “There the old woman goes again!”
The entrance was just around the corner of the hallway.
There would be a guard, but they probably couldn’t cause a scene because of the people in line.
The moment we almost reached the end of the hallway.
Before we could turn the corner, a man appeared first.
Perfectly set blond hair.
Famous brands from head to toe, as if he were a walking luxury boutique.
A lavishness where he wouldn’t even wear anything under five million won.
A pistol aimed this way.
The man with a relaxed smile gestured toward us and-.
“Kneel.”
The pressure crushing my whole body made me momentarily collapse forward.
“Ugh?!” “Kyaaak!”
Gravity manipulation.
He was an Awakened Person.
“Huh?”
But that wasn’t what surprised me.
It was that his ability and voice were far too familiar.
The problem was, he recognized me too.
“No way, is that Kim Juseon?”
Looking down at me kneeling under the gravity, he called my name.
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I thought I knew why Kim Yang said the rooms were expensive.
Not only was the interior extravagant, but there was a karaoke machine, a fruit platter, and expensive hard liquor.
The basic setting had to be expensive.
Pop!
The walking luxury boutique with blond hair, Geum Taemin, casually uncorked such hard liquor and poured it into a glass.
Look at him, only drinking by himself.
His cheapskate nature hadn’t disappeared even after making money.
He had us sit in a row and leisurely drank his hard liquor.
The entrance to the room was already being strictly guarded by three gangsters.
“Heh, Juseon-ah.
This is quite a strange fate, isn’t it?
I haven’t seen you since the training center, so has it been almost five years?” “You mean a fucked-up fate?” “This bastard’s tongue is still as sharp as ever, huh?”