#291: Taste Of The First Kiss Is Lemon — Starborn Cheat Character

A few hours later,
Having escaped the detention center, Yu Seha was riding back in Su Ok-bin’s sports car.

He rested his chin and watched the scene outside the window change as they drove.
Then he sighed inwardly.

‘I expected as much…’

As expected, there was nothing to gain.
Ju Yuri was one of the few survivors of this raid and was almost the only detainee.

She had been forced to awaken her potential by Tang Seo-ran,
and Ju Yuri, dominated as she was, demonstrated S-rank power.

She, who had burned everything for her ambition,
fell pathetically before an even stronger Ju Yae-young,
crumpling utterly in front of that power.

‘A bait Tang Seo-ran and Tang Pyo-rim left behind to escape…’

Thanks to Ju Yuri buying time, the two of them were able to get away.
Of course, those two who escaped that way didn’t last long and were killed soon after.

Anyway, Ju Yuri, who was left alone,
was beaten and burned by Ju Yae-young to the brink of death and barely survived.
Her condition was so severe that even the order treating her complained about it.

At least in the media, Ju Yuri was reported to have no connection to the raid.
There were various political issues,
and especially because she was associated with Dragon Sword Mir, exposing links would have brought no benefit.

‘She looked surprisingly untroubled.’

Ju Yuri accepted her situation more calmly than expected and cooperated earnestly with the investigation.

The various crime scenes and pieces of evidence staged by Tartarus.
And traces they hadn’t yet activated and the supply routes for criminal goods circulating in the market…

Thanks to that, although not hunters, they were able to round up collaborators who sympathized with their ideology.
It seemed her pragmatic character, which he noticed when they first exchanged business cards, had this effect.

‘How wise…’

Because of that, she avoided a death sentence and had part of her sentence reduced.

By the way, Ju Na-young had visited before I did.
I heard she got very angry and cried a great deal right there,
and that Ju Yuri ended up consoling her…

‘It’s a family matter, so it’s awkward for me to interfere.’

So why did I come at all?
Well, partly to see her face,

but the biggest thing was the dragon form she transformed into.
It was imperfect and incomplete, but undeniably a shape one could call a dragon.

That power, which no one in Dragon Sword Mir had achieved, was certainly a transformation made possible by using [the Scales’ Yoke].

‘I already recovered the collar that was attached to Ju Yuri’s body long ago.’

However, whether some additional condition was needed, [SlaSla] did not absorb it like before and no system message appeared.

So he thought that if he visited Ju Yuri directly,
he might get some clue, but in conclusion it was a waste of time.

…I’m sorry. I have no words.

Yu Seha recalled Ju Yuri’s last words before they parted.
He remembered Ju Yuri’s final words.
He clicked his tongue, feeling a bitter aftertaste without quite knowing why.

The sky was dark.
Yu Seha stood on the terrace and watched the full moon rise, bathing the hull in yellow light.

For nearly a week,
Yu Seha, who had been summoned here and there publicly,
at last found some peace.

The time itself wasn’t long,
but after such a grueling struggle, this precious moment felt moving.

So he didn’t want to waste a single moment.
As soon as he returned he grabbed his precious kids and heard ‘Mua’, ‘Yong-ah’, ‘Hweng’,

And they had a cosy meal together.
They clustered together to watch movies, play games,
and even played sports together.
They spent truly happy times.

It was while they were briefly moon-gazing.

He heard familiar footsteps from behind,
someone gently wrapped their arms around his back.

Thin fingers, a petite waist,
long, slender thighs.

The contrast with a chest so formidable it could be called fierce made his face flush.

“Who is it~?”
“It’s Hweng.”
“Wh-why that? I have a pretty name!”
“Yes, red bean shaved ice.”
“U-uh!”
“Just kidding. So what’s up, Moon Bora?”

Yu Seha turned his head.
She seemed to emphasize innocence,
wearing a frilled dress, a violet-haired beauty,
Moon Bora.

She was looking at him.
Smiling broadly, Moon Bora soon prodded the innocent ground with her foot.
Just as he wondered if she was troubled,
Moon Bora said softly.

“…Do you remember our promise?”
“…Promise?”
“…The promise that when the time came you’d confess everything.”

Of course he remembered.
How could he possibly forget?
Indeed.
Now that he thought about it, there had been no better time.

“So you came to say that.”
“…Yes, I think I finally have the courage.”

Moon Bora looked up at Yu Seha.
In her deep purple eyes,
the figure of Yu Seha was filled entirely.

Vivid, deep pink irises.

Moon Bora, whose pupils resembled the commonly called ‘heart eyes’, opened her mouth as if whispering.

“Will you listen to my story?”
“Yes, of course.”

Moon Bora’s story proceeded calmly.
She had such clear diction and spoke coherently.

Even without seeing it firsthand, it entered his mind vividly as if unfolding before his eyes.
Thanks to that, beyond the general plot known in GAL, he understood even the small branching details.
Of course, the main root hadn’t changed.
It was cruelly the same.

A magical house personally founded by Amelia.
The Moon family.

As a family founded by one of history’s greatest archmages, they were initially expected to achieve much.

Regrettably, they didn’t inherit an ounce of Amelia’s genius.

“…I think Amelia might have been a kind of anomaly even within the family—not in bloodline, but her own intellect was exceptional…someone like Se-ha, in a way.”

As time passed, the Mun family’s standing declined and the privileges typically granted to talent-producing houses gradually vanished.
In fact, they were on the verge of becoming a laughingstock.
It was then that the Mun family’s evil deeds began for the first time.

“…breeding experiments.”
“…Yes.”

For centuries they used any means to turn exceptional people into members of the family.
They had children that way, then culled some of those offspring to pass on to future generations…
It was literally a massive farm for humans.

After such years, at last it reached the Moon Ha-yeon and Moon Bora sisters.

“It had already become a family soaked in madness, cursed.”

At least their grandfather had proper sense and opposed it to the end,
but after he passed away, their father who inherited the family resumed human experiments.
Even more cruelly…

“To a degree that was extreme.”
“…”

Moon Bora couldn’t bring herself to speak properly about that part.
You didn’t have to hear it to know.

Because even in GAL, various silhouettes and shadows indirectly revealed how horrific it was.

The story had already reached its end,
and concluded with a mention of Moon Ha-yeon, who had been seen recently.

“…”

Without a word, Yu Seha took Moon Bora by the shoulder.
He gently pulled her into his arms.

Moon Bora, who had been trembling while looking at the moon,
felt the warm heat and began to sob bitterly.

“…Seha, she’s a filthy woman.”
“Don’t say that.”
“…My body flows with the resentments of countless people. Most of them weren’t born of mutual love…they are the blood of those brought in by drugs or sold for money.”
“It’s okay. You can cut it off with your own hands.”

At his words, Moon Bora spoke the greatest worry she couldn’t otherwise voice.

“…Actually, I don’t have certainty. That I’m beside Se-ha now…that I want Se-ha…I’m afraid it’s just the Mun family’s ugly instinct wanting superior blood.”

Before she finished speaking,
Yu Seha answered.
As if there was no need to worry…

“Don’t worry. I can be certain. Absolutely not. Moon Bora, you are a precious person who came into our lives by fate.”

Warm words, and above all, reassuring.
Yu Seha, always on top of things,
brought out a Ju Na-young handkerchief and wiped her eyes.

“Want to blow your nose too?”
“I’m not a little kid!”

Yu Seha snorted with laughter, and looking at him,
Moon Bora gazed at him with a flushed face.

Her heart pounded painfully.
Inside the hut,
the fiery passion from when he held her almost naked.

This desire to give everything to Yu Seha,
at last, vulgarly, the instinct to want his child surged wildly.

“Ha…”

Moon Bora took a breath.
No.
At least not now.

‘I don’t want to do something cheap.’

They still hadn’t obtained consent from both people,
especially they hadn’t gotten Mahana’s permission.

Now she needed to ask something else.
Something she could only learn at this moment…
she needed to ask about the person Yu Seha was.

“…Seha?”
“Hm?”
“I told you everything as promised. So will you tell me?”

Moon Bora’s request.
Yu Seha nodded.

“Alright. If it’s within the future I know…I’ll answer anything.”

A signal that he would hand over tremendous information.
At those words, Moon Bora shook her head firmly.

“…No, I’m no longer curious about the future.”

“Eh, huh?”

Moon Bora smiled faintly.
She had thought about it a lot.

Ever since she first learned that Yu Seha knew the future, she had conflicted.

What should she ask him?
How the world would turn?
How the conflicts between factions would unfold?

Or should she ask about hidden Trials or places where great cold-related power was hidden?

Moon Bora was remarkably sharp.
Usually she only made ‘hweng-hweng’ noises,
but despite appearances she was clever.

Though fallen, she still possessed the sizable legacy of the Mun family and used it to grow a respectable business.

Even using just that knowledge could yield tremendous profit.

But such thoughts…
while being with him…
and seeing him as a man,
changed for the first time.

‘Monopoly…’

The one-sided desire: ‘Isn’t there a way for me alone to have him?’
A yearning any woman in love might entertain once.

Moon Bora was human too.
She was only twenty-one, a girl hungering for the feeling called love for the first time.
She hadn’t shown it until now,
but she harbored various jealousies toward Ju Na-young, especially toward Ma Hana.

Because the affection Yu Seha showed Ma Hana clearly exceeded normal bounds.

‘……’

She wanted to monopolize the affection Yu Seha showed.
She wanted to be his everything alone.

‘Only me…’

She wanted to become his woman.

But as time passed,
recently confronting her sister and clashing convictions,
it finally transformed into this current resolve.

“I want to be in Seha’s future, definitely.”

And in that future, I want everyone to be included, myself as well.

“Ju Na-young too, Ma Hana too…everyone else…”

An unreal ending like a storybook.
The Moon Bora of old would never have dreamed such a childish ending.
She would never have desired such a silly conclusion.

So Moon Bora came to a conclusion.
It might seem obvious,
and perhaps quite foolish……

“I’m no longer curious about the future.”

The life ahead is something we build together.
That alone was enough.

At first Moon Bora was flustered,
but the more she listened, the more she watched Yu Seha smile gently.

More precisely, she stared at his high, enticing lips.

“…”

Thump, thump, thump.

Ah, she couldn’t hold back.
There was nothing she could do about it.

With a maddening thirst and a heart about to burst, she decided to ease it a little.

She judged that this much could be forgiven.
Moon Bora silently apologized to the two of them.
At the same time, she steeled herself shamelessly.

‘Still, I’m the one who took the lead first.’

She would definitely ask what both of them were curious about.