noveltune Chapter 98
Chapter 98
Choi Gang-hu, who embraced Ryu Seo-ha’s swaying body as if pouncing on it, exhaled a satisfied breath. He tightly bound the one in his arms to his chest with all his heart, as if welcoming long-awaited rain after a prolonged drought.
To his eyes, the cross frame turning to powder and scattering red looked like a shower of flower petals celebrating their reunion. The action of lowering his lips to nibble on the soft earlobe was an instinct driven by thirst.
Ryu Seo-ha quietly closed his eyes while docilely accepting those lips. He couldn’t bring himself to push him away. He didn’t want to push him away. In the end, he entrusted his body obediently, repeating self-assurance that this much would be okay.
“Really, I can’t take my eyes off you for even a moment.”
A voice resembling a lament softly flowed, wetting his ear. The faintly transmitted emotion seemed closer to self-blame than anger. It was a completely different reaction from when he had run away on his own and been caught.
“Who did this to your lips?”
The voice that followed gave off a feeling of suppressing something. Ryu Seo-ha, fully leaning into the broad embrace, shook his head slightly.
“I bit them a little myself.”
“...Were you tortured?”
Choi Gang-hu gently stroked the blood-stained lips with his finger and spoke in an even lower voice. It was a chilling voice that felt like he would horrifically murder any apostle he found immediately.
“No, I was just trying to pull myself together.”
When he shook his head again, a gaze carefully examining his body condition followed.
“Are you hurt anywhere else?”
He felt a little more strength in the arm around his waist. Though asking kindly as usual, self-loathing close to self-reproach seeped through every small gesture, as if he couldn’t forgive himself for allowing another kidnapping.
Skill ‘Healing Light’ is activated.
The level of skill ‘Healing Light’ has increased.
A sacred light gently enveloped the two. It was a light that soothed the anxiety of the man who had seemed to fear nothing in the world.
“I’m fine. Enough to use skills so frivolously.”
Only after he smiled faintly and wrapped his arms around the thick torso did Choi Gang-hu’s constantly hardened expression loosen slightly. A large hand gently brushed up the young lover’s disheveled bangs.
He naturally lowered his head and pressed his lips against his. Ryu Seo-ha reflexively covered his own mouth. Choi Gang-hu’s expression hardened again as he hesitated in front of the snow-white hand covering his lips like a fortress wall.
“I haven’t... brushed my teeth...”
He spilled out an excuse without even time to think deeply. Only then did a light of understanding frost over the face like a mythical figure, followed by a low, hollow laugh.
“I don’t mind.”
“...It’s dirty.”
“Not at all.”
Ryu Seo-ha’s gaze wavered slightly as he looked up at Choi Gang-hu, who was caressing his cheek as if to say what a useless worry that was. It wasn’t that he disliked the kiss. He was only afraid of stealing the precious man’s lifespan because of it.
“I smell.”
Perhaps sensing his intention to avoid it somehow, Choi Gang-hu, who had been looking down at him with narrowed eyes, pretended to sniff like a beast searching for prey. At first it was just an excuse, but with him doing that right in front of his face, he really felt embarrassed.
Choi Gang-hu’s consecutive acts of terrorism, an extreme measure against hostile M&A?
Continued sell-off by From Hell’s minority shareholders...
Gangseong Trade shareholders in uproar, “This is essentially stock price manipulation”
Prompt NATO forces dispatch in response to ‘Choi Gang-hu terrorism’, US ambition to expand influence in Eastern Europe?
Japan requests UN Security Council intervention regarding Choi Gang-hu’s habitual terrorism, “More serious issue than North Korean missiles”
Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs preparing to announce official position
Ryu Seo-ha, who had been skimming through news articles, raised his head with a pale face. He saw Choi Gang-hu sitting right next to him in a relaxed posture, drinking coffee.
“Choi Gang-hu...”
“Hm? Is the cheese waffle not good? Should I have them bring out a different flavor?”
Ryu Seo-ha, who had been staring blankly at him talking about waffles so nonchalantly in this situation, let out a deep sigh.
“What on earth have you done...”
Is hasty relief like a magnet that attracts betrayal? In stark contrast to his relief just hours ago, the world was in an uproar. He had no idea where to even begin cleaning up this mess.
From the North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces he had only read about in textbooks getting involved, to various countries around the world submitting agenda items to the United Nations to sanction him, it was enough to make his head spin. The situation had already grown uncontrollably large.
“I controlled my strength moderately.”
“You sank an island, I hear.”
“No one died.”
Come to think of it, the news hadn’t mentioned any deaths either. Given the scale of the accident, he had clearly lost his mind and gone on a rampage, but it seemed he had been mindful to control the tsunami to prevent human casualties even in that state.
“That’s fortunate, but... shouldn’t you not be sitting here like this right now?”
It was surprising, unexpected, and truly fortunate that he had considered human lives even while going on a world tour of rage. The problem was that he didn’t seem to have any intention of cleaning up the issues that had been raised in various countries.
“Then what should I do? Want to go outside?”
Choi Gang-hu put down his coffee cup elegantly like a scene from a commercial and gave a charming smile. Something felt strange. He wasn’t the type of person to let him go outside so easily after causing such a commotion.
“...Where to?”
“Anywhere.”
Choi Gang-hu wrapped one arm around Ryu Seo-ha’s waist and led him towards the walking path. Even as he stepped forward obediently, he thought, ‘I knew it.’ There was no way he would allow an outing so easily right after the kidnapping...
“Huh?”
Ryu Seo-ha, lost in thought, unknowingly let out a puzzled sound. He had naturally expected to see Namsan Tower after coming out to this terrace from the living room, but an unexpected landscape unfolded below the railing.
“What...”
Beyond a forest densely planted with large trees, a long beach had been created. An island surrounded by a sea of brilliant topaz color. His current location was at the very center of that island, on the top floor of a tall spire.