This World is too Cruel to Men – Chapter 494

It really feels like an expensive hospital room, doesn’t it?

Outside, the cold wind howls, almost biting into the skin, but inside, it feels especially warm.

No, it’s not because the hospital room is expensive, but rather it’s probably due to the person I’m with.

Just like that, a relationship that started like a fire spreading across a barren field quickly led to someone saying they’d be right back from the bathroom, but was it really just to feel uncomfortable, or were they trying to grab something?

Before I knew it, Dogun, holding a warm towel steaming with vapor, started to tenderly wipe my body.

It felt nice.

The towel, dampened to the perfect temperature—not too hot, but not lukewarm—gently brushed against my skin, making me feel immensely cared for.

This must be why everyone finds it so hard to pull away from Dogun.

Once you get a taste of this, there’s no going back to how things used to be.

“Could you lift your leg a bit?”

“Oh, sure.”

Does Dogun realize it?

That such seemingly trivial yet absolutely significant gestures drive women wild?

Is that why?

‘What to do…’

A tingling sensation started at the base of my spine, creeping up along my vertebrae.

At the same time, there was a tightness in my lower abdomen… I wanted more.

To feel that way right after having it done was a bit creepy.

If Dogun knew this, he might have made a disgusted face.

Maybe he really would react like that… but what can I do?

If you think about it, it’s all the karma Dogun has built up himself.

Honestly, there’s no way around it. If this hadn’t existed from the start, I wouldn’t have gotten hooked.

‘Just one more time…’

Should I ask for more…?

The enticing feeling made imagining it almost warm my lips, but… for now, I decided to hold back.

Just asking for what I wanted and doing it makes me no different from an animal responding to instinct… plus, it wouldn’t be fair to Dogun who was being so earnest in wiping me down.

Still, considering Dogun’s efforts, I should bear with it a little longer.

And more than anything… as I said earlier, this feeling wasn’t half bad.

After indulging in each other for a long while, being like this while receiving the gentle touch of Dogun made a lazy feeling rise up as the exhaustion piled away inside me began to melt.

More than that, what I liked most was the gaze of Dogun fixed on my body.

It was kind of… a slightly excited look.

That shivery feeling was nice.

The sensation that was completely opposite from the warm towel held a unique tension that could only exist between two people who are attracted to each other.

Thanks to that, it must have been a moment when I was carefully swallowing my saliva.

After thoroughly wiping my legs, Dogun pushed aside the towel, which had lost its original appearance due to various marks, and picked up a fresh one.

He then placed it gently on my abdomen and began to softly massage my lower belly.

‘Ugh, really…♡’

Even though I was trying my hardest to hold back wanting more, to be stimulated like this was too much.

“So… are you feeling a bit relaxed now?”

Whether he knew what I felt or was just pretending not to, Dogun asked in a whisper close to my ear, causing me to inadvertently give a sly touch to Dogun’s thing, which looked cuter than before when compared to when I did something to him.

“Ugh… uh, just a minute, Senior…”

And almost simultaneously, I heard a groan escape Dogun’s lips, and I thought in my heart.

How weird.

What on earth is this?

What is this stick that brings such happiness?

Maybe this is what the wish-granting club from old folklore was really talking about.

‘Now that I think about it, putting a condom on it feels similar…’

You know, there are those condoms with bumps on the surface, right?

When you put one on, it really does feel quite similar.

The way it swells and shrinks and how it’s hard as a club… is this not the definition of a magical club itself?

While I was lost in such silly thoughts, savoring the strangely addictive sensation that came into my hands…

Since I didn’t let go even while talking, Dogun groaned helplessly, maybe he finally had no choice but to surrender.

With a light sigh, he eventually lay down beside me.

And then, pulling my body close, he continued the earlier massage he was doing on my abdomen.

“Seriously… is it okay for a hero to have such bad habits?”

“Dogun, you made me this way…♡”

“W-well…”

Maybe he couldn’t find the words to respond right away.

For a moment, he wore that expression typical of someone who had momentarily lost their words, but soon after, he puffed out air in a “pfft” sound and laughed.

Then—

“So… did you dislike it?”

He whispered in my ear like that.

And the moment his whisper flowed into my ears, I instinctively realized it was my turn to lose my words.

So, did I dislike it?

Not a chance.

If I had to decide between good and bad, it definitely fell on the good side.

Among these, I’d say, ‘I like it a lot!’

It felt so good that it even worried me at one point.

It felt like if I’m not careful, I might end up thinking naughty thoughts all day long.

My relationship with Dogun was that addictive.

It wasn’t just about the physical pleasure.

While it would be a lie to say that it didn’t have any influence, what I genuinely appreciated was how we could share emotions more richly.

The sensation of something half-empty being filled—just how sweet and special that feel is, anyone who hasn’t experienced it absolutely wouldn’t know.

Anyway…


Smooch—♡

I leaned slightly forward, pressing my lips against Dogun’s, who still had that expression of someone who just lost their words.

As I did, light returned to Dogun’s eyes, which had been dazed.

Then, after tidying up the slightly sticky atmosphere, Dogun and I began to talk properly.

Of course, we were still holding onto each other’s secret places with our hands.

“How’s the Association these days?”

“What do you… ugh, mean…?”

“Just, you know… how’s the atmosphere and stuff…”

The atmosphere.

Considering the circumstances, it was definitely far from great regarding the Association’s mood these days, but at least it felt slightly different recently.

The situation itself hadn’t changed much, but it felt like somehow hope was awakening.

Of course, it could just be a feeling, but at least it felt that way to me.

And that was probably the answer Dogun was hoping for.

So I shared my thoughts as they were, and Dogun responded with a thoughtful hum, nodding.

“Is it because there’s not much time left until the qualification exam?”

“Uh… that could be it.”

The fact that the Association ended up in the situation it was in was largely due to the earlier attack, which drastically reduced the strength of the Association.

Among those, while some individuals who took on various tasks had somewhat replenished in the time since, the heroes were in a situation where that was not the case.

There was no way to refill, because while you could find as many staff for administrative tasks as needed, heroes could not be replenished in that manner.

At one point, there were even discussions about advancing the qualification exam by a few months, just like before.

The fact that no one has brought that up yet, given that the qualification exam is just around the corner, suggests that opinion must have been dismissed.

But anyway, it’s only after the qualification exam that new heroes are accepted…

Once those new faces join, the manpower problems troubling the Association might be somewhat resolved.

Maybe that’s why everyone is holding onto some hope.

Of course, expecting those who just became heroes to perform at the level of existing members would be asking for too much, but… when it comes down to it, people tend to want to utilize even a cat’s paw in times of need.

So perhaps, like Dogun said, everyone might be eagerly awaiting that moment.

Maybe things really are like that, but…

‘It seems like the atmosphere’s change doesn’t quite stem from that…’

The instincts I’ve honed while being a hero were saying that it had nothing to do with Dogun’s opinion.