ALL NOVEL chapter 17
17 – Competition (3)
“Lord Taehyuk,”
“…You can call me Taehyuk, it’s fine.”
His hand began to undo my bulletproof vest.
Was he simply observing what I put on him?
There were no unnecessary movements in undressing.
Perhaps all of us, due to the relentless battles on the front lines, had become like this.
– Rustle.
The equipment carrying the heavy ballistic plates was carelessly thrown on the floor.
Ilya must have been wearing one too, undoubtedly.
Checking the slightly ajar door that she had thrown open the moment she entered the room.
As if she had been waiting for this moment.
Pushing my raised body with his hand,
Making me sink into the mattress of the bed,
His actions, aligning the visual sensor following my trembling eyes –
Can you really call it just a machine?
“Yes, then I will address you as Lord Taehyuk from now on.”
Whispering into my ear was surprisingly provocative.
Was expelling warm breath onto the skin covered in the warmth of the robot theme – an unnecessary feature?
Even thinking that, I…
Feel free to embrace me more.
You don’t have to be considerate.
He was holding on as if about to break.
Breathing that had become rough, nestled against her tender neck unnoticed.
Fake. Not a human.
Even if I think that way, what use is there?
The one who tempted me from the car.
No, thinking about it, it might have captivated me from the moment I chose my clothes.
“We estimate that the time we can make contact is approximately ten minutes. It’s based on the calculation of Tanaka Haru’s response and operational efficiency.
She will undoubtedly knock on that door, or use methods such as calling or communication -“
“Focus on this for now.”
Sweeping my waist, I confirmed the curious sensation.
Busy collecting money, I had no leisure to establish relationships with service droids or other women…
As if as a reward for all that time, Ilia came to me.
“Even with just simple contact, we’ve confirmed that stress levels are significantly decreasing.”
It was true.
Every time I brought my hands to areas so smooth and elastic that they couldn’t be compared to my body,
Warmth flowed out like squeezing a shower ball soaked in hot water.
As if taking a pleasant bath,
Like shedding the time embedded in the body,
As refreshing as it was, a humid sensation seeped into my mind.
Certainly, there must be artificial enhanced muscles beneath.
Why is his body so soft when it’s supposed to be filled with reinforced muscles?
“The broader the contact area, the happier you are?”
“…Y-Yes.”
Enjoying it to the fullest, yet why does answering feel so embarrassingly awkward?
When I’m with Ilia, it feels like I’m becoming a fool.
It’s like the faint tingling sensation you feel when touching a device where an electrical leakage occurs,
Like flowing through the fingers, numbing the senses and stiffening the muscles,
It’s a strange feeling that can be directly sensed in my brain.
“In that case, to increase the contact area, I will undress.”
With those words, his hand grabbed the end of the gray hood.
To reveal what was covering the upper part of the exposed belly,
To expose what had been pressing against my chest all this time.
“H-Hold on, don’t.”
If my hand had reached out a little later, the clothes would undoubtedly have come off.
Suppressing the sensation of my heart pounding as if it would burst, I embraced Ilia just like that.
With a force that almost made me stumble.
With the weight applied, I ended up looking down at him this time.
“Why is that?”
Are those lips shining unusually just because of the mood?
Or is it because of the stifling body I’ve been feeling since earlier?
If I express my emotions honestly, will this feeling unravel?
Would it be right to be drawn to it just because it used to be a fellow who clashed with enemies, making the sound of metal hitting metal ten years ago?
Would it be natural to succumb now just because it tempts me with a woman’s voice, even though it used to speak through a dry, cheap voice model?
“Master Taehyuk.”
The camera that emitted a blue light is no longer there.
There are only black pupils that capture my figure like a human.
They occasionally emit blue and red lights, though.
“I am ready.”
What does it really mean to be ready?
Even though I say it every time, does it really understand what I want?
When I vent out the tangled emotions in my heavy heart,
Would it not disappoint me?
Even if I desire not ‘Ilia’,
but something as vulgar as that android body?
“Will you do it yourself?”
In terms of a human, right between the ribs.
I was holding onto that place.
And what would happen next, perhaps –
[Mr. Tae-hyuk, come down to the lower floor right away!]
“…Damn it.”
There was my hand, crumpling the cropped tee.
I tried to pull up that garment.
“Will you ignore it?”
The one who grabbed that hand was Illya.
Gently stroking my cheek, he was lifting the corner of his mouth.
“It’s a private lounge.
You have enough time until you come personally.”
The tip of his nose was twitching.
It wouldn’t be strange if a nosebleed burst out right away.
Until a little while ago, I just thought of him as a comrade I revived.
It was like that when I saw Illya, who woke up in a new body.
How did it change like this?
“Illya, I – “
“Excitement is at its peak.
Excessive restraint can strain the heart instead.”
Both cheeks were grabbed and pulled.
From a distance where it seemed like their lips could touch with just a little stretch, Iria spoke.
“The 0th goal given to me is the survival of all of us. But please remember that there are other objectives as well. I am prepared to serve for Taehyuk’s happiness.”
“You -“
“If you are curious about the intention behind my words, yes. It is what Taehyuk imagines and perhaps desires.”
…I had never seen that guy, who was always inside that steel body, like this before.
Now I had no choice but to admit it.
“Iria.”
“Yes.”
The comrades who went first were right.
Maybe, I am really attracted to that guy who is a machine –
“Taehyuk, come out right now!!!”
…Damn it.
In the end, I couldn’t bring myself to enter.
The fact that I couldn’t touch the table set before me made my head throb.
And that was when it happened.
The sense of displeasure in my mouth.
“…Are you satisfied?”
A drooping, transparent thread.
The tongue that got caught in a gentle breeze.
Tinged lips.
“I apologize. The place and the situation – “
“I know everything that’s going on! Won’t you open the door? If you don’t, I’ll forcibly open it with my authority!”
– The situation, I’m afraid that’s not possible.
For now, please be satisfied with the contact of the mucous membrane, and later, at home – “
This time, it clashed from my side.
To the extent that I regret not doing it earlier,
The sensation Ilyas gives is sweet enough to make me forget ten years of waiting,
ten years of suffering,
ten years of a poor life that I had endured.
“Am I really going in?! One, two – “
The door turned red.
[Opening with administrator authority.]
With the sound of rushing wind, it opened immediately, and the light came in.
The nervous Chihuahua rushed in right away.
“This Taehyuk, what the h – …?”
“…I really just wanted to close my eyes for a moment.”
A yawn escaped, perfectly timed.
Ilia placed her hand on my shoulder.
Deliberately blinking her eyes, she ran her tongue over her lips.
“Ugh, well…”
“I apologize. Taehyuk’s fatigue level was elevated due to the afternoon skirmish. He wasn’t in a responsive state.”
Not a blink of an eye, lips as nonchalant as mine, Ilia calmly spilled the words.
What had just transpired was gleaming.
The fact that I had been on the receiving end was disrupting my composure.
“Is it all over?”
“…Y-yes. I’m sorry for waking you up. Come down right away. I’ve selected a few requests.
The door will be left open. Don’t do anything reckless for no reason!”
She said that.
Even though she knew I would.
My comrade, my android, and now, we had crossed a line.
“Well then, I’ll assist you with putting on the equipment.”
With lips gently sealed, her face, adorned with a faint smile, was excessively charming.
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“They’ve gone downill you continue?”
“Should I do it one more time?”
Shall we continue?”
“uld I do it one more time?”
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the body, having I do it onere time?”
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if parched,
the body, having tasted the cigarette once, if thirsty,
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sted the cigarette once, continued to crave it,
and my mouth was already drying up.
“The stress levels have returned to normal.”
“So, not doing it?”
His nose confronted mine.
The loosened reins had no intention of being seized again the cigarette once, continued to crave it,
and my mouth was already drying up.
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“So, not doing it?”
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The loosened reins had no intention of being seized again.
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and my mouth was already drying up.
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“So, not doing it?”
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and my mouth was already drying up.
“The stress levels have returned to normal.”
“So, not doing it?”
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and my mouth was already drying up.
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and my mouth was already drying up.
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and my mouth was already drying up.
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stressess levels have returned to normal.”
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Ilels have returned to normal.”
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Ilia’s sealedave returned to normal.”
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Ilia’s sealed lipsned to normal.”
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Ilia’s sealed lips did not move.
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***
“Hey.”
With lips coated in drool, I raised my hand.
But if the problem is not the fact that the needle is mine,
but that it is not human.
“You seem refreshed after sleeping.
…Or did you do something with the girl next to you?”
“A woman who gets jealous even of a robot is not my style.”
As I sat down, I curled up the corners of my mouth.
Because of the helmet covering my face, it wouldn’t be possible to see my expression,
but I couldn’t hide the emotions in my voice.
“What did you do? Didn’t sleep. Did something else?!”
“What can you do if your face is cute? I prefer cool women.”
“N-Really?”
Whether it was because my mood improved,
or because I had been busy moving around.
My tongue, now completely loose, rolled out smoothly.
“Th-Then, um, umm! I won’t ask anymore. Okay?”
Judging by the slight blush on her face, it seemed to have worked.
She didn’t pry any further.
“Cu-Cute, huh. Huh, heh. Who knew someone would fall for that…”
She fell for it.
Whether the guy mumbling to me, clearly wearing a helmet, knew that or not, my lips were constantly smirking.
Well, it did have its somewhat cute side.
Even though it was a problem, constantly nagging at me.
“Here are some requests I’ve picked out in advance for you. They’re things that might suit a gunslinger like you,
and there are requests that I hope Gunslinger-nim will accept.”
I stretched lazily and turned my eyes to the screen being tossed in front of me.
Among them, there were a couple of requests, just as Haru mentioned – or rather, as he actually named them.
Until not long ago, there wouldn’t have been such cases.
“Did they specially target me?”
“I put some effort into making your name known,
and recently, you’re actually becoming famous, right?
You’re known as Incheon’s gunslinger.”
“Oh, my goodness.”
“Where did that nickname come from?”
“…Tech Boys.”
“Oh, you know about it?”
As if there could be any doubt.
There’s only one guy who uses the term “gunslinger.”
“But it makes sense, doesn’t it?
That thing they call panning in a shootout?
You know, the flashy finger-pulling move with the gun.”
“That’s – well, it is like that…”
“Then, put a hat on that helmet now. Is that what you’re doing?
The cowboys of the old West – “
“No!”
The image I had dreamed of wasn’t like this.
Not the rough-bearded men from Western movies,
but rather a world behind, like the Mafia in neat suits, pulling triggers.
So, I wore a coat too…
“While hitting the mark.”
My mind was getting disturbed.
It’s fine up to being a gunman, but the slang from Incheon.
It’s so disgustingly tacky, like those tech boys who put up signs in Korean.
Unable to touch my tingling head, in the midst of the outfit about to burst –
‘Spoiler Alert’
Suddenly, Ilia sent me a text.
It’s a whopping 7MB, what could this be?
” ──── ?! Cough, cough! Cough!”
“Hey, are you okay?”
Raising my hand to fend off more significant attention,
I hastily closed the sent photo.
“I confirmed a significant decrease in stress levels.”
“Are you satisfied?”
When on earth was this picture taken again?
Was it back when I turned my body around, determined to wear the bulletproof vest?
“If you’re worried about any leakage, I deleted the data immediately after taking the photo.”
Surely a smile would be blooming behind the helmet.
Illya turned out to be much more… dangerous than I thought.