Stigma Ch 4 part 2

Without fail, SeoYoon entered EunSeo’s room when the sun had set. He was secretly surprised to see the transformed EunSeo inside.

Was she the same woman who had glared daggers at him as he embraced her last night?

However, now she was sitting docilely as he entered. She had applied rouge and powder on her face. She looked so beautiful.

Up till now, SeoYoon had brought EunSeo many presents.

From ornaments to silk, he had brought it all. However, EunSeo never used them.

But now, she was wearing the silk clothing he had gifted her and had even hung the ornaments on her waist as she blankly looked up at him.

“Did… something happen?”

SeoYoon sat down in front of her as if he wasn’t bothered.

She had even prepared some liquor for him.

“What can happen to me here?”

Ever since she had entered the brothel, she had only addressed him as ‘you bastard’, ‘you beast’, and ‘how dare you’. However, now she was speaking to him as she used to long ago.

But the cold daggers were still in her eyes.

“Have you given up on revenge?”

“Of course not.”

EunSeo laughed softly. It was full of hatred.

“I’m going to live and have my revenge. In order for that to happen, don’t you have to stay by my side? Because I’m tethered here, I cannot go outside. If you stop coming here, I will not be able to have my revenge until the day I die. Therefore, I decided to make sure you won’t get bored of me.”

“Good thinking. I’ll come to you every day, so keep thinking about how you’re going to have your revenge on me.”

“I’m going to make you cry tears of blood. Just as I did.”

“Do whatever you want.”

At EunSeo’s cold smile, SeoYoon laughed silently.

However, his laughter wasn’t laughter.

Tears of blood.

He’d already shed them.

When he ripped out his friend’s heart with his own hands, he shed endless tears of blood.

“Don’t shoot!”

He still remembered that day whenever he closed his eyes.

However, no matter how much he cried or regretted it, he would never be able to return to that day.

He didn’t know. He never meant for this to happen. No matter how many times he said this, it didn’t matter. So he’d rather just continue to be hated.

If hating him was what kept her alive, he was happy.

There was a beast living inside of him, and there was a beast living inside of her.

The beast inside of him yearned for her, and the beast inside of her was a beast of revenge that wanted to kill him.

However, even if she had turned into this, as long as she lived, SeoYoon was satisfied.

“May I have a cup of liquor tonight?”

“Would you like me to pour it for you?”

EunSeo lifted the liquor bottle and slowly poured the liquor into the cup in front of SeoYoon.

SeoYoon immediately poured the liquor down his throat.

“How can you drink it so well? What if I added poison?”

“It doesn’t matter whether you added poison or not.”

SeoYoon looked directly at EunSeo.

“I plan on dying by your hands.”

“I will take your life later.”

“Not now?”

“It won’t be painful enough. Poison is too short… Your death will be long. I’m going to make sure that you suffer for a long time.”

“I’m looking forward to it.”

SeoYoon placed the cup back down and raised his hand towards EunSeo’s silk clothes.

As soon as his hand touched the hem, EunSeo began to unravel the ribbon on her own.

Rustle. Her top spread open as her nude body was revealed.

She didn’t hesitate at all.

EunSeo was determined to do this.

She would fulfill all of his expectations.

SeoYoon’s hand caressed her breasts before traveling up her neck and grabbing her chin.

Then he pulled her face closer to his.

As EunSeo’s face gradually approached SeoYoon’s, she opened her lips.

SeoYoon’s hot breaths brushed against her face.

As soon as his lips touched hers, his tongue entered her mouth.

SeoYoon moved his tongue around her mouth restlessly.

He coiled his tongue around hers and began to suck. He grabbed her shoulders with his hands.

Then he pulled back.

“EunSeo.”

EunSeo’s finger touched SeoYoon’s lips as he whispered her name.

Her soft, warm finger began to rub his lips.

Her eyes were cold, but her finger was warm.

“EunSeo.”

SeoYoon called out her name again.

“EunSeo.”

As if calling her name had whet his appetite, SeoYoon kept whispering her name.

EunSeo’s finger slipped off his lips and traveled down his neck. Her hands finally reached the hem of his clothes.

She began to undo his clothes.

After spreading out his robe, she pushed her hands inside and began to stroke his back.

Every time her soft hands rubbed his back, SeoYoon pressed a kiss onto the bridge of her nose.

SeoYoon’s head was full of thoughts.

If that horrifying event hadn’t happened, what would their lives look like now?

Once the rainy season had passed and autumn had arrived, they would have had their wedding. They would have been drunk off of each others’ bodies in the bridal chamber.

Inside the beautifully decorated bridal chamber, the bride and groom would take off each others’ clothes, exchange their nuptial cups, and press their hands and lips onto each others’ skin. They would have lovingly mingled their bodies.

If this had happened, how wonderful would that night have been?

That night would never arrive. But it would have been incredibly beautiful.

That day, and that promise… it had all vanished into thin air.

“Wait…”

SeoYoon tried to push EunSeo off of him as she began to crawl up his lap. However, she quickly went on top of him and straddled him.

She put her arm around his neck and began to firmly grind herself against him.

“Haagh!”

His cock was being swallowed up as she slowly lowered her hips.

“Ah…!”

Struggling take him in by herself, EunSeo hugged his neck as she leaned into him.

When SeoYoon’s staff had been completely swallowed up, EunSeo began to move her hips.

“Haa! Ah…!”

With breathless moans, EunSeo moved her hips. Gazing up at her, SeoYoon was unable to hold back and became engulfed in desire.

Every time EunSeo lowered her hips, a fire erupted inside of SeoYoon.

Unable to quench that fire, SeoYoon searched for EunSeo’s lips.

“Hmmph…”

Frantically finding her lips, he tangled their tongues together and swallowed her breaths.

As she hugged his neck, EunSeo moved her hips.

As her hips moved up and down, SeoYoon’s staff thrust into her body. Wet noises began to fill the room.

The lewd noises sounded like moans. They sounded like cries of pleasure.

A heat began to rise inside their bodies.

“Ah, hnng…!”

Every time SeoYoon plunged inside, EunSeo let out a scorching moan.

“Aaah, ah! Ah!”

EunSeo gasped as she cried out.

Her moans seemed to fuel SeoYoon’s desire, and he pushed up into her even more fiercely.

“Aaah!”

Unable to take it anymore, SeoYoon pulled her to his chest and flipped them around.

EunSeo, who had been moving her hips on top of him, was now pressed down by SeoYoon. Climbing on top of her, SeoYoon widened her legs and rammed his hips into her.

Feeling SeoYoon’s staff twitch as it entered deep inside her, EunSeo’s hips began to tremble in response.

“Hnng, haa…!”

His hand gripped her leg and widened her up even more.

“Haa! Ah! Aaah…!”

EunSeo embraced SeoYoon’s neck and began to cry out louder and louder.

SeoYoon’s hands began to grope her body.

As he groped around, EunSeo wrapped her legs around his hips.

SeoYoon’s hot breaths drenched her ears.

“Hnnng! Aaaaah! Ah!”

EunSeo’s body arched as her lewd voice cried out.

SeoYoon bit and licked her trembling breasts as he began to move more violently.

“Ah, aaah! Aaaah!”

SeoYoon could tell that her moans were genuine and not false.

She wasn’t letting out moans just to please him. She truly felt the ecstasy running through her body.

EunSeo was taking pleasure from his body. Just knowing that made SeoYoon lose his mind.

“Hnnng! Aaah!”

EunSeo trembled whenever SeoYoon sucked on her nipple.

“Aaaagh! Ah!”

As EunSeo let out her heated moans, SeoYoon pressed his lips onto hers.

Her breaths and moans were swallowed up by SeoYoon’s lips.

As he swallowed up all her fierce sounds, SeoYoon poured himself into her.

* * *

“Do I really have to go?”

A young 11-year-old boy helplessly looked up at his much larger older brother as he spoke.

“Don’t worry. There are people here who will take care of you.”

Two oxen were being prepared to pull three wagons.

These three wagons were filled with gold, silver, and silk from the king.

“You’re eleven now. You’re basically all grown up. You need to take care of yourself now.”

SeoYoon rubbed his brother’s head.

Today, he was sending his little brother away.

He had bought a house in a quiet village about a quarter day’s travel away.

He had employed servants to take care of that house as well.

He had also requested the government official of the village to take care of his brother.

That government official had received a lot of help from his father back in the day. After the new king had reclaimed the throne, the official’s position had been reinstated. Therefore, he was a trustworthy person.

SeoYoon had asked the official to take care of his younger brother as if he were his own child.

SeoYoon would have liked to take care of him himself, but because he was going to the brothel during the day and night, he couldn’t do so.

The rumors of his activities also began to spread.

He didn’t want these rumors to reach his brother’s ears.

However, he couldn’t bring himself to stop going to the brothel.

He wanted to see EunSeo every day.

He couldn’t stand staying away from her for a whole day.

Therefore, he was sending his younger brother away.

However, this wasn’t the only reason.

SeoYoon knew he would die by EunSeo’s hands.

Now now, but someday. When that happened, his brother would suddenly be left alone.

Before that happened, he wanted to help his brother feel secure. Therefore, he was rushing his brother’s departure.

He didn’t want his brother to hear of his death.

He didn’t want his brother to harm EunSeo in the name of revenge.

‘You fool…’

SeoYoon regretted it now.

Revenge. He never knew he’d regret having his revenge.

There was nothing more foolish than revenge.

Becasue of his revenge, he brought pain to EunSeo. Because of her pain, EunSeo was going to have her revenge on him. Once he died, his younger brother might want his revenge on EunSeo.

In the end, revenge begot revenge.

If he only knew this back then, he would never have raised his sword in revenge. But it was too late now.

“You’ll come and see me, right?”

“If there’s time.”

SeoYoon stroked his brother’s head one more time as he gazed at his face.

He resembled their sister a lot.

He hadn’t taken after SeoYoon. He’d taken after their sister.

He would definitely grow up to be a fine young man.

“If there’s time, I’ll go see you.”

“I’ll wait for you, Hyung.”

The wagons began to move, and the driver waved his hand for the younger brother to get in.

His brother ran to the wagon. Before getting on, he looked back at his older brother and waved his hand.

As SeoYoon waved his hand back at his younger brother, he bid him farewell in his heart.

He said he’d go and visit, but he knew that he may not be able to keep his promise. He already knew that deep inside his heart.

* * *

Rattle.

The man lowered the cup onto the table and picked up the bottle to pour himself another cup.

EunSeo blankly stared at him.

He handed the madame another bar of gold today and bought her for another three days.

This was already the sixth time.

16 days had passed since he first bought her.

He had given the madame six bars of gold total.

He had spent money that could have been used to buy multiple houses already.

He always came and had a few drinks before embracing her. However, he was already on his third bottle now.

She didn’t ask him if something was wrong.

She merely waited for him to finish his liquor.

After emptying three bottles, he was so drunk that his hands began to shake.

EunSeo knew that he was drunk.

“Should I tell you something funny?”

The man quietly opened his mouth.

His voice was shaking. He was definitely drunk.

This man was drunk, and this was the first time EunSeo had seen him act like this.

“Your brother was the best swordsman in the nation.”

EunSeo’s eyes became cold as soon as she heard SeoYoon mention her brother.

He had no right to speak of her brother. Especially this man.

However, SeoYoon ignored her and continued to speak.

“Do you know how the best swordsman died?”

“I don’t want to hear it.”

“No matter how much I brandished my sword, I would never be able to defeat the greatest swordsman. He was so strong that I could barely approach him.”

SeoYoon chuckled as he dropped his head.

He was incredibly drunk.

“What felled that powerful man wasn’t a sword but arrows. Archers began to aim their arrows at him through the rain…”

“Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot!”

No matter how much he yelled, it didn’t matter.

The archers shot their arrows, and countless arrows shot into that man.

Like a hedgehog’s quills, the arrows were embedded in him. However, the man didn’t fall down.

It was almost as if he didn’t know how to fall down.

“EunLib! Sir Yoo!”

SeoYoon ran to him as he cried out, but EunLib raised his sword.

As he staggered with the arrows protruding out of his body, he steadied his legs and raised his sword.

If he had just collapsed back then, he would have been able to die a peaceful death.

However, the man didn’t choose the path to a peaceful death.

“As your brother staggered from all the arrows, a soldier cut him from behind…”

If EunLib had fallen down after being cut with that sword, it would have been for the best. However, he still got up.

He barely managed to get up.

As he struggled to stay up, he raised his sword once more.

“Don’t get up! Enough! Don’t get up!”

SeoYoon shouted as he begged. He begged him not to get up.

Covered in his blood, SeoYoon begged him not to get back up, but the man stood up once again.

Another soldier plunged his spear through him.

But like a demon, EunLib got up with the spear still impaled through him as he waved his sword. It was a terrifying sight to see.

“First his left arm was cut off…”

SeoYoon filled his cup with more liquor.

“Next his right shoulder…”

Still the man stood up.

Even in his final moments, EunLib never let go of his sword.

“That was the day I realized how stubborn a human life could be…”

A tear dropped into the cup of liquor.

With his head drooping, SeoYoon’s tears were dripping down.

“So I…”

EunSeo was looking somewhere else.

Instead of watching SeoYoon, she was watching something else.

But she wasn’t seeing anything.

“…I slit his throat. I pierced his stomach and his heart. I cut his neck. Don’t get up. Don’t get up and stop suffering.”

SeoYoon raised the cup of liquor.

His hand was shaking and the liquor was splashing onto the floor.

“If I didn’t, he would… I felt that your brother would have continued to get back up, so I…”

These were the final moments of her brother that EunSeo hadn’t known.

All EunSeo had seen was his mangled corpse with his head cut off.

EunSeo’s eyes filled with tears as she continued to look elsewhere.

Even though she had vowed not to cry again… She had firmly set her heart to remain cold… But she couldn’t stop the tears from falling as she thought about her brother’s final moments.

EunSeo turned and looked at SeoYoon.

His head was still drooping down.

His drooped head and shoulders… What was this man thinking right now?

“…orry.”

The man sobbed.

“Sorry… I’m so sorry…”

EunSeo thought he was apologizing to her.

However, she soon realized that he wasn’t talking to her.

“I’m so sorry. That you died and only I lived…”

He was apologizing to her brother and venting his own regret.

“I’m so sorry… that I couldn’t save you…”

The man raised his head.

His face was drenched in tears.

As he knocked the liquor off the table, he spoke to EunSeo.

“I’m so sorry… that I didn’t die with your brother. I’m sorry for living and sitting in front of you like this. For surviving alone and tormenting you like this… I’m so sorry…”

That night, this man apologized hundreds of times.

Ultimately, he couldn’t embrace her and collapsed in his seat and fell asleep.

Ever since the first night he bought her, he had never gone a day without embracing her and slaking his lust inside her. However, on the 16th day, he didn’t touch a single thread of her clothing and collapsed, completely drunk.

As she took the cup from his limp hand, she realized something.

Today marked the 49th day¹ since her brother’s death.

Today was exactly the 49th day since her brother had died.

Once she realized this, she began to weep.

Next to the collapsed SeoYoon, she endlessly cried as she looked at his back.

Finally realizing that all this liquor he had drunk was in memorial of the 49th day of her brother’s passing, she sorrowfully wept.