MCLE | Chapter 14

“You handle it.”

Hexion couldn’t shake the thought that Zero Nine only seemed docile on the outside—but wasn’t so gentle at heart. And it really seemed to be the case.

He gazed into those violet eyes and raised his hand, slowly beginning to unbutton his suit. The jacket of his three-piece suit was the first to fall behind him, followed by his vest, leaving only a faintly translucent white shirt that hinted at the solid lines of his body underneath.

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Zero Nine’s expression gradually became impassive.

Hexion knew well what that impassiveness hid.

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Thump, thump.

And finally, when he began to unbutton his shirt, Zero Nine’s gaze followed his fingers. Time seemed too slow. His fingers moved languidly, revealing his firm, pale torso.

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Zero Nine couldn’t look away from the gaps of the shirt.

His own body was solid too—but in a completely different way.

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Zero Nine asked, “Is it okay to kiss somewhere other than the lips?”

“If that’s what you want.”

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Zero Nine bent down and slowly licked along Hexion’s pronounced collarbone.

Hexion intertwined his fingers in Zero Nine’s hair.

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Then, Zero Nine bit down—hard—on the end of the collarbone, tickling his scalp.

A slight twitch of the body was felt through his lips.

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Ah, does it hurt a bit?

Zero Nine glanced up at Hexion. His expression was unchanged.

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Zero Nine narrowed his eyes.

How much can I hurt you?

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He gritted his teeth and bit down harder—enough to draw blood.

Hexion clenched his jaw, the tendons tightening for a moment.

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Zero Nine felt the skin tear beneath his teeth, followed by the taste of blood. He sucked on the bleeding skin with a pop and then pulled away.

The saliva in his mouth mixed with blood.

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Zero Nine swallowed it and replied, “You seem to bear pain well.”

“…Not more than you.”

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Hexion slowly parted his teeth as he spoke. Zero Nine looked at the bite mark on Hexion’s collarbone. Ah, not bad. Zero Nine wasn’t particularly upset, but he had to admit he quite liked this moment.

“So, what should I do?”

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“Nothing much.”

Hexion lightly wrapped his arms around Zero Nine’s neck.

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“Just make sure these espers don’t lay a finger on me.”

Zero Nine thought about it. The only esper he had met here was Jasper. That seemed easy enough. Zero Nine nodded, and Hexion stepped down from his thigh and picked up his vest and jacket from the floor.

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“I’ll handle the rest.”

“Your expression looks a bit scary.”

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“Ha, ha.”

Hexion laughed innocently, and Zero Nine thought it was the strangest laugh he had seen so far.

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Meanwhile, following Hexion’s orders, the guides who had assembled were filling out vacation request forms and packing their bags in their rooms. The standard for guides was to share rooms in pairs. Kang Wooshin silently packed his bags when his roommate, Matthew Gilroy, taunted him.

“I told you not to go. What, got some business trip? Looks like it’s just you.”

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“No.”

Kang Wooshin slung his bag over his shoulder and stood up.

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“I’m on vacation.”

“…What? What did you say?”

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Matthew seemed to mishear and asked again. Kang Wooshin didn’t answer and silently left the room. Desperate, Matthew hurriedly put on his indoor slippers and followed him, persistently questioning.

“A vacation? Does that even make sense? Since when do guides get vacations?”

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“It’s a thing now.”

“That colonel, he wasn’t lying?”

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“I formally submitted a vacation request.”

“Wait, this can’t be happening. What about me?”

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Then, Kang Wooshin looked straight at him and said,

“You disobeyed orders.”

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“…Honestly, that rank doesn’t mean anything!”

“It does now. So, stop talking. Have a good seven days.”

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Stupefied, Matthew watched Kang Wooshin leave.

A vacation? Really? And for seven whole days?

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Standing in the hallway of the living bureau, he pulled at his hair in frustration. Meanwhile, other guides began packing their bags and leaving their rooms one by one.

Matthew asked, “Are you guys on vacation too?”

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“Yeah, uh, it turns out we are.”

They hurried down the corridor, clearly not interested in elaborating.

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Soon, Matthew realized this was no time to just stand there.

Vacation. A vacation!

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A word he had never heard since awakening as a guide. And now it was a thing?

Of course, he had to take advantage of it too!

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But.

“I’m sorry, but you are not eligible for a vacation.”

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The management team was nothing but cold. No matter how much Matthew argued or shouted, they just scoffed at him. Matthew’s mood hit rock bottom. He thought it couldn’t get any worse, but the real hell began when.

“Guide! Get to guiding, quick!”

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It unfolded after the espers who had been dispatched during the day returned.

The number of espers who had returned from dispatch was over a hundred. And the number of remaining guides… Well, it was clear they were insufficient.

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Habitually, Matthew had headed to the treatment room at the time the espers were due to return—only to walk right into this mess.

Oh, right. Nearly everyone else had gone on vacation.

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Yes, they had left for a vacation!

Before the influx of espers, he had asked the remaining guides, and it seemed they, too, had ignored the assembly order issued by the colonel.

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Ah, damn.

Should have listened. Should have trusted the smart Kang Wooshin.

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Matthew regretted it, but it was too late.

At exactly 9 o’clock, espers burst from the elevators, packed to the brim. Those too impatient for the elevator had run up the stairs—all the way to the 30th floor—rushing into the guiding room.

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The espers looked into the treatment rooms for guides with high matching rates with them, and seeing no one, they were confused.

“Where are the guides?”

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“There’s none here either?”

They were plunged into chaos. With the excitement of battle and injuries, their stress levels were nearly maxed out. They barely managed to calm their boiling insides and started looking for the remaining guides.

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Matthew and the other guides desperately checked their watches, searching for espers with the highest stress levels.

“What’s going on with this?”

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But the one at the top of the list was an esper who hadn’t even been dispatched today. Their stress level was at 32%. No matter how much they touched the watch, the screen wouldn’t change. The other guides kept tapping their watches in vain as well.

“What are you doing right now!”

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An esper, unable to wait any longer, exploded in anger. The guides flinched all at once.

The room was filled only with espers on edge. They rolled their bloodshot eyes around, sizing each other up.

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What about the remaining guides?

Matthew, looking at the room full of espers in his treatment room, swallowed dryly.

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Ah, this is really screwed.

Facing the espers with sky-high stress levels, all he felt was fear. Monsters that could easily lash out at someone like him.

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“Huh.”

As Matthew looked terrified, the espers’ aggression intensified. Then, one of the espers at the front reached out to Matthew and grasped his throat as if to choke him.

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“Kuh…!”

“If you’re listening, do your job properly.”

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The esper spoke in a boiling—perhaps even growling—tone, violently demanding guidance while choking Matthew.

Matthew grabbed the wrist of the esper strangling him and struggled, but soon, other espers seized his hands as well. Completely restrained, he thought he was going to die right there and then.

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Yes, if it hadn’t been for the person who appeared at that moment.

“What a mess.”

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Whoosh!

The espers filling the guiding room split to either side. It wasn’t by their own will—more like they were forcibly pushed aside. Pinned down by something unseen, they couldn’t move an inch.

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And then, a man with gray hair, dressed in a gray suit, casually walked down the path they had cleared.

He stopped in the middle, hands in his pockets, looking around as if he had expected this.

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“Who, who…”

As the esper holding his throat backed off, Matthew coughed weakly and asked. Hexion raised an eyebrow and smiled as if amused.

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