"Hey! Giving up already?!"
"Ugh…! Uungh…!?"
An overpowering stench.
It was scrambling Kuma's mind endlessly.
And that wasn't all.
'The smell… It's making me stupid… My brain's shutting down…'
It was a scent that emptied her mind of thought.
All she could focus on was the sensation of it rubbing against her face.
How could she play "chess with her body" like this?
'If I lose again… I won't be able to face President…'
Kuma refused to give up.
This wasn't just her fight.
The student council's name—and Seol Hajeong's—were on the line.
'I have to… see President…!'
Kuma strained to roll her eyes toward the stands.
If she could see Seol Hajeong's face, maybe she could snap out of it.
What expression was she wearing?
Was she sad, watching Kuma suffer?
Or was she disappointed, her face twisted in a grimace?
Neither would be pleasant, but Kuma needed to face the truth.
But sometimes, truth is a merciless scythe.
'…President isn't even looking at me?'
Seol Hajeong wasn't watching Kuma.
Her cold gaze was fixed on someone else.
At the end of that stare was Seol Harin.
'My consciousness… It's fading…'
Kuma's vision flickered and died.
***
She dreamed.
A dream of losing to Kim Taeyang's junk rubbing her face.
'Was it… not a dream?'
Kuma woke in the infirmary.
The line between dream and reality was blurry.
Or maybe she hadn't dreamed at all.
"Ph-Phone…!"
Like a possessed person, Kuma checked her smartphone.
- Is Kim Taeyang a fighting genius??
No way, he beat Kuma too;
He already beat Kang Juhyuk with swordsmanship.
At this point, isn't he basically an all-rounder??
↳ Yo, doubting the gallery boss?!
↳ Yo, Gundaru's good at everything!
↳ For real, he's probably great at sex too.
↳ How would you know?
↳ Got pounded.
↳ Sow arrested.
↳ I'm a boar, though?
↳ ?
- Attention all erect Gundaru fans!
You idiots, you know your master broke the rules, right?
In fighting, low blows—hitting the groin—are banned, dumbasses.
Those who were there know, that guy didn't win with a choke—he knocked her out by rubbing his junk on her, smh.
It's clearly a foul, yo.
↳ This guy's from Kuma's fan club, huh?
↳ Hitting the groin is banned, but hitting with the groin isn't, right?
↳ I'm a pro fight ref. Getting hit with a groin feels good. That's all.
↳ Lmao, probably does feel good.
- LovelyKuma (Kuma Fan Club) Major Announcement
We, LovelyKuma, acknowledge defeat and announce our disbandment.
Thank you for your love and support as LovelyKuma.
↳ We didn't disband, you idiot.
"Reality…"
Thud.
Kuma's arm went limp, her grip on the phone loosening.
It slipped to the floor, but she didn't even think to pick it up.
'I lost… And in the most humiliating way…'
She slowly recalled the fight.
Dick-fighting.
It was a truly formidable technique.
If the opponent was female, it turned them into a submissive sow and knocked them out—a guaranteed victory move.
Staring at the white ceiling, Kuma muttered,
"Why don't I have a dick…?"
If only Kuma had a mighty weapon like Kim Taeyang's, would her fate have been different?
"I want one too…! I want a dick…!!"
If she'd been born a man, she wouldn't have fallen prey to his dick-fighting…
But Kuma was a woman.
And Kim Taeyang's junk had proven she was a female.
Drip.
Hot tears rolled down her temples.
A suffocating sense of despair choked her.
Kuma despaired as if exhaling her last breath.
"You can't fight… with a pussy…"
Pussies have their own roles.
Clearly, fighting is a sport better suited for dicks.
Kuma would never beat Kim Taeyang in her lifetime.
Knock knock.
A knock at the door.
Kuma hurriedly wiped her tears.
Seol Hajeong entered.
"President…!"
"Kuma, you can stay lying down."
Seol Hajeong set down a fruit basket and gave a faint smile.
"Want some fruit? I'll peel it for you."
"I'm okay. I don't have much of an appetite…"
"Alright."
Seol Hajeong sat, looking at Kuma.
After a pause, she spoke.
"You fought hard."
"I'm sorry. I lost again…"
"It's fine. You gave it your all."
"But…"
"Don't worry too much. Leave your revenge to me and Lena, and rest up for now."
With that, Seol Hajeong patted Kuma's head and stood.
"Um, President…"
"Yes?"
The final moment flashed in Kuma's mind.
When she was in crisis,
Seol Hajeong hadn't been looking at her.
"When I went down… At that moment…"
"I'm listening."
"…"
'Is President really trying to torment her sister? Were you looking at Harin instead of me in that final moment? You know Kim Taeyang's a decent guy, but are you trying to ruin him just to hurt your sister…?'
"…It's nothing."
Kuma swallowed all her doubts.
"What was it? Tell me when you feel lighter."
'President doesn't seem herself…'
Seol Hajeong had changed.
She wasn't the person Kuma knew.
Her expression and demeanor made it clear.
Even if Kuma demanded the truth, Seol Hajeong would play dumb.
With that, Kuma let her go.
Curling up in bed, she mulled it over.
'I lost to Kim Taeyang, fine. But why is President acting like this…?'
The pain of defeat would fade with intense training.
But the doubts and betrayal she felt toward Seol Hajeong wouldn't vanish so easily.
'Kim Taeyang and the ranch were never the problem. President just wanted to torment her sister, and she used the student council for her game…'
Kuma had been used by Seol Hajeong.
But the deeper betrayal was the lies.
'Why can't you be honest? I just want to help you!'
Then—
BOOM!!!!
"?"
A hulking figure burst into the infirmary, nearly breaking the door.
"Hey, hey!!!! Roider Sow, you still lying around?!!!! Not worried about muscle loss?! Huh?!!!!"
Kim Taeyang.
Along with Seol Harin and Chloe.
"Ugh…! You're gonna burst my eardrums, punk!! I'm a patient!!"
"Kek kek kek. Kidding, kidding. Eat this."
"This is…!"
Kim Taeyang handed her snacks—protein bars, chicken breast chips, and the like.
"Lying around will cause muscle loss, but if you eat enough protein, you can minimize it, right?"
"Thanks! Can I eat now?!"
"Hey, why ask permission? It's all your feed, sow!"
Chomp chomp.
Kuma devoured the protein like a starving beast.
"So damn good! My appetite's back!!"
"Eating like a proper sow, huh? Thinking about all the shit you'll dump later is hilarious. Kek kek kek."
"What's that gotta do with eating, you jerk!"
Only a gym rat understands a gym rat's appetite.
Chloe asked in a worried tone,
"Kuma-unnie, you feeling okay?"
"Mm… Still a bit dizzy."
"It's only natural you'd feel that way after an attack like that… Do you remember everything?"
"Everything's clear until I passed out."
"That must've been rough."
"It was awful."
"What did it feel like?"
"Like… suffocating, paralyzing, you know…"
"Wow, paralyzing… What about the smell? The sensation on your face? Tell me more details…!"
"?"
Chloe's eyes were sparkling suspiciously.
Sensing something off, Kuma changed the subject.
"Ahem. Never mind that. I was actually going to come find you, Kim Taeyang."
"Huh? Looking for a rematch?"
"No, I have a favor to ask."
"Told you last time, I'm not banging you."
"It's not that kind of favor!!"
Kuma sighed and continued.
"Is it true that President is tormenting Harin?"
"!"
Seol Harin's shoulders flinched.
She hadn't expected Kuma to bring that up.
"Damn. Your reaction says it's true."
"Did Unnie say that?"
"No, Lena told me. I didn't believe it at first… but at the end of the match, I saw President staring at you, and I changed my mind."
"Of course. Unnie would never admit it."
Kuma listened as Seol Harin recounted the brutal history between the sisters.
"If that's all true… I might be a bit disappointed in President…"
"Unnie's a good, capable person. Just not to me."
Kuma paused, pretending to think, then glanced at Kim Taeyang.
"Don't get me wrong… I genuinely respect President. She's more righteous and loyal than anyone. Treating Harin like that—it's not like her… So, what if I helped you guys?"
"Help us?" Seol Harin asked.
"I want to help President realize her mistake and apologize to you."
Kuma didn't know how to do it.
She didn't know why Seol Hajeong was tormenting her sister.
But she couldn't give up on President.
Just as President had pulled her from the gutter, Kuma wanted to be her savior now.
"Hey, you serious, sow?"
"Of course! Besides… Harin's my gym buddy now…"
Kuma said shyly, and Seol Harin's eyes widened.
"Friend…"
"Unnie, don't call her a friend. She's a loner with no friends—she might get super clingy."
"W-What?! When have I ever been clingy?!"
Seol Harin didn't seem to mind, though.
But first, she needed permission from her "master."
"Hey, Roider Sow! Who said you could just make friends with my property?!"
"W-What…?"
"This one's my prized sow! I don't let her make friends with outsiders!!"
"You didn't just call her a sow for show…?"
"Huh?! What nonsense is that?!!"
As Kim Taeyang started to rant, Seol Harin intervened.
"Why make it complicated? Kuma-sunbae just needs to declare herself a sow."
"W-Wait! A sow?! I'm not declaring that!"
Chloe chimed in.
"Being a sow isn't bad! It's proof you're accepted!"
"Accepted…?"
"Yeah! Taeyang only makes you declare sow status if he thinks you're a good friend!"
Having experienced the ranch,
Kuma knew being a sow wasn't bad.
Kim Taeyang was crude and vulgar, but he didn't treat people like livestock.
Of course, she thought that because she hadn't seen the milk-squeezing.
"Come on, declare it. You said you wanted to help, right?"
"Let's get this over with quick! Dogeza! You don't have to do it naked!"
"Uh, uh? Alright then…?"
Swept up by the two cheerleaders, Kuma knelt on the floor.
"Say your name, age, where you're from, high school, and three sizes."
"I'm Kuma Rodriguez… 21 years old, from São Paulo, Brazil… I went to high school in Brazil… I don't know my three sizes, what do I do…?"
"Oh, really? Just give some basic specs then. Height, chest size, stuff like that."
"I'm 179 cm tall, and my chest is an E-cup…"
"Now declare you're a sow."
"As of today, I declare myself Kim Taeyang-nim's sow…?"
Under Chloe's lead, Kuma became a sow.
It happened in a daze, but it didn't feel humiliating.
It felt more like a rite of passage than a punishment.
Thanks to the two hyping her up.
Seol Harin tapped her smartphone.
"Recording complete."
"R-Recording?!"
"It's standard to record sow declarations. Can't have you backing out later, right, honey?"
"Kek kek kek. Thorough, huh? But I never set that rule!"
It seemed even the sow and ranch master didn't agree on everything.
Anyway,
Kuma was officially a sow.
"So, what do I do now?"
Kim Taeyang crossed his arms,
Showing off his massive, villainous forearms.
"Kidnap Lena's constellation!"
Lena Erandel.
Her specialty is curses.
She'll probably try cursing me soon enough.
Something like lowering my stats, making my clothes rip off in the street, or rendering my junk useless…
That kind of filthy curse.
It reminds me of my newbie days.
Back when I knew nothing, got game-overed by curses, and was humiliated in front of heroines…
Sure, it wasn't really me who went through that.
Lena was a seriously infuriating heroine!
But for a seasoned player like me, getting hit by her petty curses is harder than a monkey falling out of a tree.
[Curse Reflection Doll]
- Returns curses to the caster.
Bought it in the downtown area, where all sorts of artifacts are hidden.
With this, whether it's a stat-lowering curse or a humiliation curse, I can send it all back!
While Lena's busy screwing herself over, I'll steal and corrupt her constellation.
As I started explaining the plan, Kuma cut in.
"Hey, Kim Taeyang. Got a question."
"If it's about my dick size, didn't you already feel it all over your face?"
"That's not what I'm asking!! It's about Lena!"
"Lena?"
"I've noticed for a while, but what's the deal with you and Lena?"
Eyes turned to me.
Seol Harin and Chloe shot me sharp glares.
Kuma, what the hell are you saying out of nowhere…?
You're gonna piss off my sows…
You know how tiring it gets at night when they're mad…?
"Obviously, we're nothing!"
"For nothing, Lena's been acting weird… Avoiding you, keeping her words short around you…"
Lena and Kim Taeyang?
As far as I know, there's no real connection.
When playing as Kang Juhyuk, all I remember is that Lena gets stolen too.
Wait.
There was something.
Kim Taeyang had barely any dialogue with her.
When Kim Taeyang steals a heroine, there's a forced NTR event scene.
Even minor sub-heroines get over 100 lines of dialogue…
'But with Lena and Kim Taeyang, it was just moans?'
It was all banging, banging, and more banging.
No actual story about her being stolen.
Back then, I brushed it off as, "Lazy devs half-assed it."
But now, things are different.
'This is the latest version of
Kim Taeyang and Lena…
Lena and Kim Taeyang…
…Nope!
Nothing comes to mind!
Too little info!!!
***
"I thought the weather was getting nice, but it's suddenly so chilly."
Seol Hajeong shivered, wrapping her arms around herself in the cool night air.
Lena pulled a neatly folded cardigan from her bag.
"You left this in the meeting room last time."
"Oh, thanks. I don't know what I'd do without you, Lena."
"Don't worry. I'll be by your side forever."
"Haha, that made my heart skip a beat."
The two were strolling through the campus.
A quiet night street.
Streetlights illuminated the soft hum of crickets—a peaceful scene.
But the student council's situation wasn't so serene.
"Kuma lost."
"I'm sorry to hear that…"
"Taeyang-ssi's no pushover, huh… Hey, Lena."
"Yes?"
"What's your deal with Taeyang-ssi?"
"!"
Lena stopped dead in her tracks.
Seol Hajeong turned to face her.
"Did you think I wouldn't notice?"
"N-No, we're nothing…"
"If you're nothing, why avoid him? The ranch infiltration was your plan, wasn't it? You knew Kuma might get swayed by Taeyang-ssi."
Lena had altered the plan on her own.
That was unprecedented.
"Wanna tell me? I won't get mad."
"It's…"
"Did you fall for Taeyang-ssi?"
"No way, absolutely not!"
Lena snapped, but she couldn't say more.
Her lips just trembled.
Seol Hajeong nodded calmly.
"You know, Lena, you could have him."
"What…?"
"If it's you, I'd be okay with it. You're special to me."
Lena knew it was a lie.
It wasn't because she was special.
Seol Hajeong could give him up because her feelings for Kim Taeyang weren't genuine.
'It's all to hurt Seol Harin…'
Of course, Lena didn't say that out loud.
She stayed silent about why she avoided Kim Taeyang.
"Whatever the reason, I hope you'll tell me someday."
"…Please give me time to think."
"Let's head back."
The air between them grew as chilly as the weather.
Lena's head throbbed too much to notice the awkwardness.
Kim Taeyang.
Memories of him surfaced.
Memories that made her face burn just thinking about them.
'I can never tell anyone I used to follow him around as a kid, saying I'd be his bride!'
Kim Taeyang and Lena.
They shared faint, nostalgic childhood memories.