Boy Monster Chapter 93

「I think I know what you are expecting, but Jang Hwonwoo is dead. He is just an empty soul. Jang Hwonwoo’s soul was killed by me first, and then torn to shreds and killed once more by your hands.」

An empty soul. The three words echoed in his head.

Right, Shi Taehyun is not Jang Hwonwoo. The tail that climbed up Eunho, who shut his mouth blankly, began to tighten around his neck.

「’Memory’, ‘ego’, ‘soul’—the man named Shi Taehyun is empty of all those things. He is an existence without memory or soul. He is no different from an empty tin can. Virtually almost nothing remains of his ego either, except for his innate nature.」

“…….”

「Jang Hwonwoo’s soul already died and was annihilated 80 years ago. It does not exist in the body of this monster. It is not here at all, and yet….」

The vertical pupil burning with flames sharply swept across Jae Eunho’s left chest.

「Here… does a minute trace remain? How strange….」

Shi Taehyun is not Jang Hwonwoo…… neither soul, memory, nor ego.

He is an empty existence newly born as he resurrected. One day he woke up to find himself in a monster’s body, and no matter how much he transformed into a human appearance, he could not know his roots; as he looked for the reason he became like this, Jae Eunho came up, and there were only records that he used and killed him. It was natural that the fellow harbored hatred toward Jae Eunho. It was a wonder that he hadn’t stabbed him to death the moment he saw him.

“If he is not Jang Hwonwoo, does that mean he didn’t rampage because of the curse?”

「A curse?」

“The previous family head laid a curse upon the boy and me before he died. Because of that, I thought he rampaged during sex, but….”

「I know nothing regarding the curse, but it is not the cause of the rampage.」

“……!”

「The reason he rampaged and lost his ego is because of you. At that time, your ability as an extraordinary Sa Yeonri caused a rampage, right? Through deep physical contact, you reacted to each other’s power and the control was completely released, and because your mental ability that soared in an instant was so overwhelming as to be recorded in history, the fellow was affected as well.」

The reason his transformation was undone and he turned into a monster is not because of a curse, but because of Jae Eunho’s ability liberation. This fact threw Jae Eunho into grief once more. For it was evidence that clearly nailed down the fact again that Jang Hwonwoo is not in this world.

Curse or whatever, Jang Hwonwoo is not here. Not even a soul to receive a curse remains.

A huge wound was carved into Jae Eunho’s heart once again. Unable to move while wrapped in the thick tail, Eunho bit his dry lips.

It is funny that a corner to be hurt still remains. He thought there was no room for that because his heart was completely hollowed out, plucked, and torn. Has he not lived through it without him until now anyway? He hadn’t even expected that Shi Taehyun would be that boy, so why is he so agonized like this?

No. I did expect it. I placed expectations on Shi Taehyun, who appeared with the exact same body and face. I harbored a hope like water bubbles. Foolishly and stupidly, that is. No matter how rationally I thought that it could not be so, in my deep subconscious, I had wished and wished for the boy to return alive. That expectation was a love that Jae Eunho could not help.

「By the way, why do you not use proper honorific titles with me?」

“I am not just a human, but a Sa Yeonri. I am an existence equal to you.”

「Ha…!」

The growl of the infuriated monster became a vibration and echoed through Eunho’s body. The pupil flashing with threat reflected Jae Eunho’s face in red.

「I have no need for a Sa Yeonri who tried to kill me. To think that I, an immortal god, spent nearly a century dead because of a mere human Yeonri…! You will regret walking in here on your own feet today.」

“……It doesn’t matter if you kill me since not much time is left until the lunar eclipse anyway. However, even if you go through such trouble, I will come back to life on the day of the solar eclipse. And think straight. The primordial power called Sa Hwelju is nothing but a meaningless evil without a human body.”

「What did you say?」

“If I, the Yeonri, die and the connection ends, that monster-like body will burst for real this time. Since there is no lineage to enter, no shaman with sealing abilities, and no spiritual creature, the power will wander this land without a promise. Unless the power and ego of Sa Hwelju are contained in a human body and move according to goodness, it is merely a black wind and a disaster that commits slaughter following survival instincts. Blowing up an innocent body under the moonlit night might be thrilling a few times, but if you do it throughout living eternity, it won’t be fun. Your meaning of existence in this human world does not stem from the sacred and unapproachable power itself, but originates from the result when that power is used in the right place at the right time. If you want to live eternity properly, you will need a meaning. Because I did too.”

「…….」

“You need a human body and a Yeonri, and if so, you will understand that the words ‘mere human’ are absurd.”

At the counterarguments fired back step by step, the monster let out a growl from deep within its body again. Jae Eunho spoke while glaring at the huge pupil burning from a high place.

“And one more thing for you to know. The fact that you are not the only one who wants to beat the other to death.”

「What do you mean?」

“Why did you aim for Jang Hwonwoo’s body that day, why!! Among the many bodies that were under the full moon!!”

As he poured out the suppressed grudge while venting his emotions, his cracked voice echoed through the underground. The bloodshot eyes of Jae Eunho fiercely glared at the pair of flames they faced. It was an agitation that no one who knew Eunho would have imagined. The monster answered immediately.

「Because he was the guy who posed the greatest threat at that spot. That fellow tried to kill all the lineages where I could descend. Just for the reason of occupying you.」

“……!”

「You must have been happy having fun with that fellow, but sitting in the position of a patriotic guardian deity, he harbored such ridiculous thoughts. He is a guy with a destroyer’s nature. Didn’t you know?」

The manshin had pierced through Jang Hwonwoo accurately. The nature the boy hid was a viciousness suitable for the position of family head. He would have lived enjoying power and wealth in whatever future the family was passed over to some nation, fully exerting that nature. If Jae Eunho hadn’t driven his fate into a long darkness.

“Right, to be deceived by acting, I must have been blinded by love.”

「hahaha!」

“……I have something to say to Shi Taehyun. Please call him out.”

However, even after repeatedly confirming the annihilation of Jang Hwonwoo several times to the end, it was difficult for Eunho to discard his hope like water bubbles, his lingering attachment to Shi Taehyun. Whether it was due to deep self-reproach for the past, due to seeing the object and feeling the desire, or due to the foolishness of wanting to believe even while knowing it wasn’t true. Or else, whether it was due to a low-probability expectation that the empty memory and soul might be filled, is uncertain. However, the one certain thing was his will to meet him again.

Must meet him again…? Want to meet him again…?

He could not know which side was his real emotion.

「Shi Taehyun, well…? Why should I bother to return him.」

The force of the tail tightening around his body grew fierce once more.

「There is a flaw in your speech from a moment ago. This monster-like body is alive right now. Seeing that, it means this form of survival is possible even without a connection to a Sa Yeonri. I intend to kill you and find another Sa Yeonri even if it takes a long time.」

“Think carefully. Unfortunately, I am connected to you. That is why you are alive without bursting to death.”

The monster laughed in derision as if roaring resoundingly. It was a loud resonance that made one’s body shrink on its own.

「To think I would see such an absurd lie! I barely revived my life a year and a half ago. Since then, I have never unified with your body, so what connection? Do you want to extend your life by even a few minutes with pitiful words?」

“I also know better than anyone that it doesn’t make sense, but we are still connected. The facts are as such.”

Sa Hwelju, who flew into a fury, let out a roaring sound toward the tunnel. After a whirlwind mixed with an earth-shaking resonance and hot flames swept through the underground, it vanished.

「Let’s check it for once. The connection between you and me.」

One of the remaining two tails approached before Jae Eunho’s eyes. As the tip of the black tail in the shape of a lotus flower opened wide, several strands of sparkling stems popped out and swayed gently. It was a bundle of translucent tentacles.

「If your words are true, since we are already connected, each other’s mark will be reflected on the body. However, if it is a lie, there will be almost no change, and the next day you will be found as a corpse murdered with its head crushed during a breeding act.」

In the damp darkness, the colossal body completely blocked Jae Eunho’s field of vision. It was a majestic body that could not be fully captured in his eyes. It moved its tail and laid Jae Eunho in mid-air. The scent of a beast drifted from the wet scales and bumpy skin. The wet lotus bud slid around his waist and into his pants.

“Heup….”

Jae Eunho desperately clenched his teeth. Its forepaw slammed hard beside Jae Eunho’s head. It was a size and power that would crush his skull without a trace if stepped on once. This time, the tip of another tail dug between his shirt buttons. Eunho recalled the events of last night amidst the hair-raising squelching and fear.

Shi Taehyun stripped Jae Eunho’s clothes and embraced his naked body. It was a body that no one could touch or enter. However, under Shi Taehyun’s actions last night, there was nothing wrong. The fellow brought him a pleasure that Eunho hadn’t felt for nearly a century.

—Sweetheart, your body.

While recalling him who touched Eunho with the exact same voice and body temperature as Jang Hwonwoo, the tail that gently wrapped around his upper and lower body lifted Eunho’s legs high.

The bud exuded fluid and unfolded the bundle of tentacles. At the wet strands sliding over his groin and areolas, Eunho bit his mouth harder. Even when he opened his eyes wide, the inside of the tunnel was only pitch-black.

Wrapping around his testicles and tickling his penis, the sticky tentacles that descended to his anus clung together, began to pulsate, and stimulate his genitals. Amidst the squelching feeling circling the glans and the entrance simultaneously, an erotic scene came to mind.

In a distant memory or imagination, last night’s fingers slide into his buttocks.

“…Eut….”

The long, firm fingers move left and right, widening the tight entrance. The man who rolled around on the bed last night is Jang Hwonwoo, or Shi Taehyun, or both. Squish-squish, three tentacles spurting secretions widened the inner wall as if pumping. The solid body shakes its arms and invades inside the hole.

And then thrusts deeply, in a single moment.

“Uk…! What are you doing… stop!”

Eunho holds onto him. Two fingers that hastily widen the hole and desire the tightly closed inside burn with lust. He begs him to do it slowly. He answers.

‘I got it, just putting in one more….’

The three strands of tentacles that entered deeply combined and stirred the inside. The column that was gradually growing thicker suddenly slams and thrusts inside around below his navel with a splat. His lowered inside that widened enough to make him frightened feels stinging. Jae Eunho, twisting his trapped body, begs with a pale face.

‘No, stop. Please stop. …It’s big, can’t go in further. Stop. Stop it.’

Pouring his body further down, he answers. ‘I got it. I’ll only penetrate half for now,’ while slipping out slightly, and then plunges his waist again without any leeway. The stone-like column strikes hard down the closed mucous membrane with a rip.