Living Dangerously with a 999-Year-Old Gumiho – Chapter 93

Time had not passed long, yet Yoonhwa’s consciousness began to gradually return.

A dull pain throbbed in her head, and her body was weighed down by heavy chains that prevented her from moving.

As her eyes slowly opened, the silhouette of Roji in the warehouse came into view.

Roji was still seated in a chair, while Hyun and Nomi remained unconscious.

At first, Yoonhwa couldn’t grasp the situation.

However, as her memories returned, anger also surged within her.

Her legs were bound by chains, and Roji was the culprit who had attacked her and her friends.

Yoonhwa’s gaze sharpened as she glared at Roji.

“What the hell is this?!”

Yoonhwa raised her voice. Her tone echoed in the warehouse, disrupting Roji’s concentration.

Roji looked at Yoonhwa in surprise, noticing her furious gaze and the sight of her bound in chains.

“What are you doing right now?”

Yoonhwa wanted to approach Roji, her voice agitated, but the chains held her back.

She pulled at the chains with all her might, but they didn’t budge, firmly secured by Roji.

When Roji faced Yoonhwa’s rage, she hesitated for a moment, but soon regained her confidence.

With a smile, she slowly approached Yoonhwa.

“Yoonhwa, I did this all to see you and Hyun up close~…”

“Don’t be so angry~~”

But Yoonhwa found no comfort in Roji’s words.

She knew exactly how wrong Roji’s actions were and what dangers it posed to her and her friends.

“You’re really insane…!! Let us go! Right now—!”

Yoonhwa shouted at Roji.

Her voice was a mix of anger and confusion.

Despite Yoonhwa’s intense reaction and fury, Roji approached her without any fear.

Yoonhwa, with both her feet and hands bound, watched Roji closing in while lying on the floor.

Roji crouched down in front of Yoonhwa, observing her condition up close.

A strange light lingered in Roji’s eyes as she quietly spoke to Yoonhwa.

“There’s nothing you can do, Yoonhwa—.”

Her voice was calm, but contained a stubborn and cold resolve.

Roji appeared to relish Yoonhwa’s helplessness, watching her anger and despair.

Yoonhwa realized her dire situation and fell into despair.

She couldn’t even use her magic anymore.

Her hands were tightly bound with blue tape, preventing her from performing any magical gestures.

“This can’t be…”

Yoonhwa felt increasingly frustrated about her powerlessness.

As her gaze shifted sideways, she noticed Nomi and Hyun lying on the floor, unmoving.

The sight of both of them being still intensified Yoonhwa’s worries.

“Nomi, Hyun…”

She called out to her friends with a worried voice, but there was no response from either of them.

Yoonhwa raised her voice towards Roji.

“They’re alive, right?!”

Her tone was laced with concern and fear.

Roji seemed to contemplate Yoonhwa’s desperate question for a moment.

Then, she answered with a playful expression.

“Who knows, Yoonhwa?”

“Maybe… they’re both dead~…”

Her voice sounded light and joking, yet there was a hint of sincerity behind it.

Yoonhwa was taken aback by Roji’s words.

She looked at Roji in disbelief, overwhelmed by a mix of anger and fear.

“Are you really… joking??”

“What a terrible thing to say?!”

Roji seemed to enjoy Yoonhwa’s reaction and smiled with satisfaction at her agitation.

Continuing with her cruel teasing, she aimed to further provoke Yoonhwa’s anxiety and despair.

“Who knows? What state your friends are in right now…”

“It might be too late…!”

Yoonhwa sank deeper into despair at Roji’s vicious taunts, her concern for her friends skyrocketing.

She grappled with the weight of her responsibility for not being able to protect them.

Roji smiled for a moment at Yoonhwa’s desperate cries.

She slowly reached towards Hyun’s nose to check his breath.

Feeling his light breath, Roji smiled broadly and said,

“See? He’s not dead. Don’t worry too much~.”

Then Roji repeated the same action with Nomi.

Nomi was also breathing steadily.

Roji turned back to Yoonhwa with a smile and said,

“She’s fine too~ Don’t overreact, Yoonhwa.”

Yoonhwa let out a sigh of relief but continued to shed tears intermixed with anger and despair.

With a pleading voice, she spoke to Roji.

“Is this all because of the Fox Orb…?”

“I’ll… I’ll give it to you… Please don’t hurt Hyun and Nomi…!”

Roji paused for a moment to think about Yoonhwa’s plea and the offered Fox Orb.

Her gaze did not waver from Yoonhwa’s desperate expression.

Complex emotions swirled in Roji’s eyes.

On one hand, she was tempted by the Fox Orb Yoonhwa suggested, but on the other, her obsession with both Yoonhwa and Hyun was greater.

“The Fox Orb, huh…”

Roji mumbled before her expression suddenly changed.

Then she spoke to Yoonhwa with a cruel, mocking smile.

“I don’t need your Fox Orb.”

“I need you, Yoonhwa—.”

Roji’s words oozed with a strong obsession and possessiveness towards Yoonhwa.

Without hiding her true intentions, Roji revealed just how important Yoonhwa was to her and her desire to possess her at all costs.

Chills ran down Yoonhwa’s spine at Roji’s words.

She was bound by chains and tape, unable to move, completely powerless in the face of Roji’s perverse obsession.

Yoonhwa thrashed about as despair and anger intertwined from Roji’s remarks.

Her movements were frantic, the chains rattling as the cold metal clinked against each other inside the warehouse.

The chain binding Yoonhwa’s ankle was firmly secured, not budging at all despite her desperate thrashing.

Her hands were tightly bound with tape, and she struggled to pull at it using her strength.

The tape around her wrists stretched taut, making a tense sound.

However, to her surprise, the tape held firm, refusing to break despite her efforts.

Yoonhwa’s anger and despair reached a peak, and she wept at her powerlessness.

The cold sensation of the chains and the suffocating pressure of the tape tormented Yoonhwa all the more.

Her struggles grew more intense, but eventually, her energy waned, releasing a sigh of resignation.

Roji watched Yoonhwa’s frantic thrashing and desperate tears with satisfaction, reveling in her helplessness.

Seeing Yoonhwa pulling at the tape binding her wrists, the sound of the chains around her ankles being dragged, and her gradually weakening movements excited Roji.

With a smile, Roji approached Yoonhwa. A strange and perverse glimmer sparkled in her eyes.

As she watched Yoonhwa’s powerless squirming and desperate tears, Roji felt a thrill.

She gently caressed Yoonhwa’s hair, whispering in a loving tone.

“So cute..♥”

While Roji indulged in Yoonhwa’s despair and helplessness, a sudden wave of concern for her emerged.

Even amidst her perverse pleasure and obsession, a contradictory sense of worry for Yoonhwa’s basic needs lingered.

“Yoonhwa, aren’t you hungry?”

Roji asked softly, almost in a caring manner.

Her expression genuinely reflected concern for Yoonhwa’s state.

Yoonhwa felt incredulous at Roji’s worried question.

She was indeed hungry, but her situation hadn’t improved enough for her to express such basic needs.

Yoonhwa’s heart remained filled with anger, despair, and deep distrust of Roji.

“In this situation, what…!!”

Yoonhwa raised her voice.

Her tone was laced with fury and annoyance.

To her, Roji’s suggestion sounded like mockery, further ridiculing her desperate situation.

Roji briefly displayed a hint of disappointment at Yoonhwa’s harsh response and annoyed words.

She had tried to offer something kindly, but when her offer was refused, there was a subtle shift in her expression.

Her eyes darkened for a moment before she regained her original smile.

“Okay…~”

Roji said softly.

Her voice still sounded kind, but there was an undertone of resignation to it.

“Oh! By the way!”

“I have something I wanted to show you!”

With that, Roji slowly exited the warehouse.

Bang!

When the warehouse door slammed shut, Yoonhwa was once again faced with her helpless state and the isolation of being left alone.

The uneasiness of what Roji might bring back and how it might affect her filled her mind.

At that moment, Hyun began to slowly regain consciousness just after Roji left the warehouse.

His eyes felt heavy, and his head was wracked with a severe pain.

Hyun groaned as he held his head.

“Ahhh…!!”

He moaned, cradling his head.

His body was awkwardly sprawled on the cold floor, the chill of the ground sending shivers through his skin.

Hyun started to slowly scan his surroundings. As his vision gradually cleared, the scene of the warehouse came into focus.

He realized that not only he but also Yoonhwa and Nomi shared the same space.

Yoonhwa was bound by chains and tape, while Nomi lay unconscious on the floor.

As Hyun’s painful groans echoed throughout the warehouse, Yoonhwa’s attention shifted toward him.

Despite being tied up with chains and tape, her eyes immediately locked onto Hyun, who was uncomfortably lying on the ground.

“Hyun, Hyun—are you okay?!”

Yoonhwa’s voice rang out in the warehouse, capturing Hyun’s gaze.

His face was marked by shock at the sudden situation.

He momentarily glanced at Yoonhwa while still holding his head.

In her voice, he sensed a mix of worry and relief.

Yoonhwa’s eyes were filled with concern for Hyun, and her voice also carried relief that he was alive.

Hyun tried to straighten up, but the severe headache and confusion made it difficult for his body to comply.

He leaned against the floor in a half-sitting position, trying to grasp what had happened.

The effort to comprehend the situation showed in Hyun’s eyes.

He alternated his gaze between Yoonhwa and Nomi, realizing they were both in a precarious situation.

“What—what’s going on…?”

Hyun asked with a trembling voice.

In his words, there was a desperate plea for understanding the current circumstances.

As he clutched his head, he tried to contain the pain, but the shock of the sudden event clouded his clarity.

Yoonhwa’s heart ached at seeing Hyun in such confusion.

She tried her best to encourage him, saying,

“Roji…- did this.”

Yoonhwa’s voice was laced with fury at Roji’s actions.

Within Hyun lingered a remnant of affection for Roji, and he could neither fully understand nor accept her actions.

Emotions complicated by the perfume muddled his judgment.

He looked at Yoonhwa with a doubtful gaze, speaking with an unstable voice.

“Is that true, Yoonhwa…?”

“Roji would never…”

“This is too strange…It can’t be a misunderstanding…!?”

His words revealed that the influence of the perfume had left his trust in Roji intact.

Because of the wrongful memories he shared with Roji, he struggled to accept the current situation fully.

Yoonhwa felt a sense of frustration at Hyun’s reaction but understood that he was affected by the perfume.

She wanted to approach Hyun, but was held back by the chains and tape.

Yoonhwa’s voice carried desperation as she tried to persuade him.

“Hyun, believe me. Roji planned all of this…”

At that moment, the door to the warehouse opened as Roji entered, carrying a stack of files.