Eun Seonmyeong’s body pulled away after exploring Shim Iyul’s mouth for quite some time. Saliva connected between them like a thread. Eun Seonmyeong rubbed Shim Iyul’s lips with his index finger and straightened his body. Just this brief kiss had made his lower half swell, making his underwear feel tight. His penis, which had previously only been used for excretion, now seemed to find getting hard the easiest thing in the world. These days, Eun Seonmyeong’s penis was in a state like an automatic machine that got erect at the slightest touch.
“Wh-what? Suddenly pouncing on me and… huh?”
Shim Iyul’s eyes caught a glimpse of blue as he licked his lips and tried to grumble while pretending to be sulky. Shim Iyul’s eyes widened as he quickly pulled down Eun Seonmyeong’s padding zipper. Then he saw the knit sweater he’d bought for him.
“You’re wearing it?”
Shim Iyul raised the corners of his mouth and grinned slyly. He’d bought it casually, but seeing it now, it suited him well.
‘As expected, I have good taste. I’m really amazing.’
The size fit just right, and surprisingly, the blue color suited him well. Seeing him wear what he’d bought made him feel oddly proud. Eun Seonmyeong’s clothes looked quite good on him. Should I buy him another outfit? Maybe I’ll buy him pants this time.
As Shim Iyul groped Eun Seonmyeong’s chest with a pleased heart, Eun Seonmyeong gritted his teeth.
“You fox bastard.”
“…Why?”
Eun Seonmyeong grabbed the wrist of Shim Iyul, who had been continuing to fondle his chest while thinking, ‘Since I’m buying anyway, should I get a complete set this time? Top, bottom, shoes. A hunter fully dressed in things I bought. Not bad.’
Eun Seonmyeong gripped Shim Iyul’s wrist firmly and pushed it far away from his body.
‘This fox bastard is laughing while pouring gasoline on a house fire.’
His body was already heated from the kiss, and now he was touching him as if to make him burn even more—what was he trying to do?
“If you’re going to touch someone’s body, be mindful of the time and place.”
“…?”
As he tilted his head wondering what he meant, Eun Seonmyeong gestured with his chin toward his lower half.
“Touch me only when you can take responsibility.”
Shim Iyul’s earlobes turned slightly red as he moved his pupils to check Eun Seonmyeong’s lower body. Eun Seonmyeong’s crotch was noticeably bulging even at a glance. He should say, ‘Why should I take responsibility? You handle your own heat,’ but instead his breathing just quickened.
“I-I’ll be careful.”
Shim Iyul replied in a murmur, feeling his own lower half quickly becoming tight as well. Then he glanced sideways at Eun Seonmyeong. His furrowed brow as he held back his desire was tempting. His tightly closed lips looked delicious. The thought of wanting to kiss him again burrowed into his mind. At the same time, the thought ‘If I want to do it, I should just do it’ also came to him.
Shim Iyul immediately put his thoughts into action. He grabbed Eun Seonmyeong’s arm and pulled him toward himself, then pressed their lips together. Eun Seonmyeong, who had seemed to hesitate, grabbed Shim Iyul’s chin and tilted it back while pushing his tongue in. Shim Iyul raised his arms and embraced Eun Seonmyeong’s neck. Eun Seonmyeong seemed to smell like the fresh trees of deep mountains.
After a lengthy kiss, rapid breathing flowed like rapids between the two who had separated. Their chests rose and fell greatly.
“Got a complaint? You also kissed me without asking, just suddenly.”
Though Eun Seonmyeong hadn’t said anything critical, Shim Iyul spoke grumpily, feeling embarrassed for no reason. Eun Seonmyeong rubbed Shim Iyul’s lower lip, which was glistening from saliva, with his thumb and spoke while trying to act indifferent.
“Who said anything? I have no complaints.”
“…”
“Let’s eat lunch and go in.”
“Lamb ribs would be good.”
Shim Iyul licked his lips in regret as Eun Seonmyeong’s hand moved away and answered.
***
What Eun Seonmyeong and Shim Iyul saw upon returning after eating their fill of lamb ribs for lunch was Ban Hanseong. He was feeding firewood into a stove with an extremely excited face.
“You’re back? Did you come back?”
“What are you doing?”
“Can’t you see? I’m lighting the stove. How is it? Doesn’t it have quite the atmosphere?”
Eun Seonmyeong looked with troubled eyes at the fairly large wood-burning stove taking up one side of the courtyard. That damn stove finally arrived.
“Did you install it?”
“Are you going to keep Seolju around to make soup? I had Seolju do it.”
Then Han Seolju came out of the sarangchae threatening, “If you fake being sick one more time, I’ll dump you in the middle of Myeongdong and leave.”
“What happened?”
At Eun Seonmyeong’s question, Han Seolju sighed first before explaining.
“He acted like he was dying of pain and told me to come here immediately, acting like he was about to breathe his last, but when I got here he told me to install a stove.”
Han Seolju’s face turned red and blue, having been properly fooled by Ban Hanseong. In contrast, Ban Hanseong was absolutely delighted, as if fooling Han Seolju had been that fun.
“Stop it already. You nagged enough earlier… Okay. I’m sorry. I won’t do it again. More importantly, I ordered a ton of meat for us to eat together.”
Ban Hanseong, who had shrunk his shoulders for a moment, intimidated by Han Seolju’s threatening gaze, quickly revived and bragged about the meat. Following his finger, the veranda was full of meat. To add some exaggeration, you could believe he’d cleaned out an entire butcher shop.
“You ordered a good variety?”
Shim Iyul, who had approached the veranda and confirmed the pork belly and Korean beef sirloin, was satisfied. Most of all, the quantity was pleasing.
“Are you really going to eat more after stuffing yourself with lamb ribs until just a moment ago?”
Shim Iyul had demolished 8 servings of lamb ribs. While looking pathetically at Eun Seonmyeong, who had stopped eating because he felt greasy and got sick of it partway through. What had he said? Something like, if you’re a man, you should be able to devour ten servings of ribs in one sitting. Hearing that, his pride was hurt and he got stubborn, forcing himself to eat a few more pieces and nearly getting indigestion.
“Of course. The types are different! What I ate earlier was lamb, this is pork and beef!”
Eun Seonmyeong was about to say it’s all meat anyway, but stopped. A fox being gluttonous, how cu… Eun Seonmyeong unconsciously put strength into his lips that were about to soften.
“You put the meat in here.”
Ban Hanseong pulled the top part of the stove all the way out. Then it came out like a drawer. It seemed that if you piled meat inside and pushed it in, it would cook from the heat below. Shim Iyul pursed his lips into a circle and whistled, excited.
“Let’s grill it right away!”
Shim Iyul, who brought the meat while humming, first filled it with pork belly. Eun Seonmyeong shook his head while looking at Shim Iyul’s red back of the head as he squatted in a line in front of the stove, delightedly asking, “Did you buy sweet potatoes too?”
“Did you see that Lee Seonghun bastard?”
Han Seolju asked with a menacing air, mentioning Lee Seonghun.
“Seolju-ya, do you remember the Hyeon Family?”
“The Hyeon Family… you mean the exorcist family that was good at handling insect yosu?”
“Yes, that Hyeon Family.”
“If it’s that family, all I know is what I heard from Father and the previous gaju, but why are you suddenly mentioning the Hyeon Family?”
“The fox said the goljinchung inside Lee Seonghun’s body has no reproductive ability.”
“What?”
“The fox said that because it was captured alive before becoming an adult and fed to Lee Seonghun, it has no reproductive ability. If someone intentionally fed the goljinchung to Lee Seonghun, the Hyeon Family would be likely. Capturing and keeping a goljinchung alive is something even our Eun Family couldn’t do.”
Extracting it from the body and killing it was possible. But capturing it alive and keeping it was impossible.
“Wasn’t the Hyeon Family closed?”
“I also know it that way, but they could be operating in the shadows.”
“…That possibility can’t be ruled out. Then did someone commission the Hyeon Family to feed the goljinchung to Lee Seonghun?”
“It seems so.”
How many grudges would a bastard like Lee Seonghun have accumulated?
“If it has no reproductive ability… is there any need to exorcise it?”
Han Seolju said with the corners of his mouth raised. Eun Seonmyeong smiled looking at Han Seolju, who was full of hostility toward Chairman Lee and his son. Eun Seonmyeong agreed with Han Seolju’s opinion. The reason he had decided to accept Chairman Lee’s commission in the first place was to prevent the goljinchung from infecting innocent people. If he’d known from the start that it was infected with something that had no reproductive ability, he would never have accepted it.
“We should find the descendants of the Hyeon Family. Let’s decide after finding them.”
“Yes.”
Even while conversing with Han Seolju, Eun Seonmyeong’s gaze remained fixed on Shim Iyul. It was when Han Seolju, who had followed Eun Seonmyeong’s gaze, furrowed his brow.
“It already smells delicious.”
As the pork belly cooked, it gave off an appetite-stimulating smell. When Shim Iyul twitched his nose, Ban Hanseong opened the drawer and clapped like a seal, saying, “It’s cooking absolutely perfectly!” Shim Iyul also stood up, looked inside the drawer, and let out a cheer.
‘That fox bastard hasn’t forgotten that he ate just an hour and a half ago, has he?’
Geez, anyone watching would think I’m starving the fox.
“Let’s flip it.”
At Shim Iyul’s words, Ban Hanseong flipped the pork belly with tongs. Then he squatted again shoulder to shoulder with Shim Iyul in front of the stove and started giggling. Eun Seonmyeong’s brow twitched as he watched them pathetically. He saw Ban Hanseong whispering something to Shim Iyul. Ban Hanseong’s lips were almost touching Shim Iyul’s earlobe.
‘That bastard!’
Eun Seonmyeong, who had cursed Ban Hanseong inwardly, immediately approached them. Then he grabbed Ban Hanseong’s nape and pulled him up.
“What are you doing? Gaju, have you gone crazy?!”
Ban Hanseong flailed his arms and shouted loudly.
“Go find the descendants of the Hyeon Family.”
“What? Who?”
“The closed exorcist family, the Hyeon Family! Find their descendants.”
“Alright. Tomorrow…”
“Right now.”
Eun Seonmyeong pointed to the sarangchae.
“Then let me eat the pork belly and…”
“Go right now and come back. If you want to eat quickly, find them quickly.”
Ban Hanseong denounced Eun Seonmyeong as “Tyrant! Dictator!” but only after receiving a fierce look that said ‘Do you want to die?’ did he run away as if fleeing to the sarangchae. Eun Seonmyeong snorted and sat next to Shim Iyul.
“At least feed the kid before making him work.”
Shim Iyul clicked his tongue while looking at Eun Seonmyeong as if looking at an exploitative employer.
