By Zephyria 
In an instant, he felt his insides tighten involuntarily. Tae-un threw his head back and dug his fingertips firmly into Kim Si-baek’s buttocks.
“Ah, seriously… I think I’m going to become a premature ejaculator, Hyung.”
“Ah, ugh! You’re really so shameless… hah!”
Kim Si-baek, who was being tossed around by a member so engorged it felt as if it would pierce through his abdominal wall, was appalled, but he lacked the strength to finish his sentence, swept away by the surging pleasure.
Despite his weak complaints, Tae-un’s hip movements grew rougher. Kim Si-baek tried to move his waist in time with the heavy, upward thrusts, but his limbs, melted soft by pleasure, could hardly find any strength. The arm he had used to prop up his chest collapsed downward.
Tae-un hugged him tightly as he lay fallen and hammered his hips from below. Their sweat-soaked bodies locked together tightly, and the erect genitals were pressed and rubbed firmly between them.
“Ahuk! Heuu, too fas… huk!”
He clung to Tae-un’s shoulders with flailing hands, his moans growing louder. It was impressive how quickly Tae-un had found his sweet spot in just one bout of sex; the thrusts crushing his peak were explicit and raw.
“Heuu, hu! Aaaaah!”
White semen finally spurted out from the genitals being pressed against his abdomen. As he reflexively tightened his insides, Tae-un groaned and bit into the nape of Kim Si-baek’s neck. The heat spreading from the pain—which felt more like skin being torn than a kiss—was, in a way, a pleasure as intense as the orgasm itself.
The sensation of the genitals twitching, wedged into the narrow gap of the inner wall, felt vivid.
“Ahhuuu…”
It was only when Tae-un breathed heavily, rubbing his sweat-drenched cheek, and the languid afterglow of the climax soaked through his body, that he realized that sensation had been Tae-un ejaculating. At the same time, a hollow laugh escaped him. Since when had he become capable of feeling another man ejaculate?
He had learned too much from just one encounter. And his relationship with Tae-un would not end with this one time; it would continue.
Relieved that Tae-un could not see his expression, Kim Si-baek hugged him tighter. There were too many things holding onto him now.
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On the narrow bed, Tae-un insisted on sleeping while embracing Kim Si-baek. If he twisted his body even slightly in his sleep, he would likely roll straight onto the floor, so he couldn’t let go of his tension even while sleeping. Because of this, Kim Si-baek woke up immediately at the slightest rustle.
Looking through his blurred vision, he saw Tae-un changing his clothes. It was still pitch black outside.
“Where are you going?”
When he asked in a voice thick with sleep, Tae-un leaned over in the darkness and kissed his forehead.
“I have a bit of remaining business to take care of.”
“Do it tomorrow.”
“We’re leaving in the morning. I want to wrap it up before then.”
“Should Hyung go with you?”
Instead of answering, Tae-un pulled up the blanket to cover Kim Si-baek’s body. He patted his hand, telling him to have a safe trip.
Tae-un, who seemed ready to leave immediately, hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice.
“Umm, Hyung.”
“Yeah?”
“About Edokus. You originally intended to kill him too, right?”
Though it felt like an abrupt question, Kim Si-baek answered honestly. It was a simple matter.
“I did kill him, but I only succeeded by 99.99999 percent, I guess.”
Tae-un smiled faintly and kissed his forehead once more.
“I’ll be back soon.”
Kim Si-baek waved him off. The hotel room door opened, the dim light of the hallway flowed into the dark room for a moment, and then vanished.
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“Why isn’t he answering…”
The appointed meeting time had already passed, but for some reason, Gu Yeong-min’s phone was completely turned off. Chewing on his anxiety, Edokus finally stood up. He couldn’t wait any longer.
The instinct that had chased him with danger his entire life warned him fiercely. If he delayed any further, he would surely die this time.
The place Edokus was hiding was one of the former habitats the dragonfish had passed through. It hadn’t been discovered by hunters, but he couldn’t afford to be careless. He intended to head south, assuming the hunters had long since withdrawn from the field by now, when—
「Grand Warrior.」
At the voice echoing in his head, he collapsed instinctively.
“Ch-Chaos-nim?”
「Why so surprised?」
“I thought you had already forgotten someone like me?!”
Chaos let out a layered laugh. Perhaps because it had been a long time, or because it was in a state of mere fragments, it was exceptionally chilling.
「Oblivion is not the property of a god.」
Edokus swallowed hard. Knowing the probability was extremely slim, he asked cautiously, clinging to a sliver of hope.
“Then… did you come to save me?”
「Have we not already saved you?」
“When?”
「What did you think allowed a part of you to cross over into this world, instead of something swallowing your entirety back into the bottom of the world?」
“…Excuse me?”
At the blank response, Chaos let out a boisterous laugh.
「You provide such endless amusement. Did you truly believe that your fragment—and one imbued with human self-awareness at that—could accidentally deceive the eyes of so many apostles and grand warriors?」
“….”
「We summoned your fragment to this world, Grand Warrior.」
Even after hearing the clear explanation, Edokus could not wrap his head around the words and looked down at his hands—hands identical to the body he had when he was human. Was it not that he had regained his humanity because he had been flung out as a fragment and lost almost all his power?
Finding this stunned reaction quite pleasant, Chaos continued in an amused tone.
「Do you remember what you heard when you returned to us?」
How could he ever forget that moment?
With a voice that overlapped exactly as it had 68 years ago, Chaos whispered. The voice echoing in his head flowed in, sticky and viscous, as if licking his brain.
「The time has come. This is your common sense; gladly become nourishment.」
Simultaneously, the darkness that surged instantly from the entrance of the habitat swallowed him whole.
They intended to return to their home country the next day, but there was no convenient way to explain Gloiuken to the outside world, as his massive size made it impossible to hide his presence. The excuse that he was a National Intelligence Service agent was too flimsy. Furthermore, with Nasluik as well, they couldn’t prepare entry documents for two people immediately, so they decided to stay in Kaesong for the time being.
Thanks to that, Kim Si-baek stayed, and Tae-un, who had dumped all his work on Yang Eun-ho, stayed along with him.
There was as much to talk about as there was accumulated longing. While hearing updates about the people he missed, Kim Si-baek learned an unexpected fact.
“Only four months have passed?”
Although Mak Slecht had three moons and was a planet larger than Earth, its orbital period was roughly similar. Yet, since the flow of time differed by more than three times, he wondered if it was because it was across dimensions that the perceived time was different.
However, it was said that the time after Kim Si-baek returned to Earth had flowed without any gap. This mystery surprised Nasluik as well, but he too could not find an answer and merely frowned. Just in case, Kim Si-baek glanced at Biyendwe, who was perched on Gloiuken’s crown, but she was only blinking, just as he was.
Though he didn’t know the detailed reason, it was a relief that the flow of time had become identical. Kim Si-baek cautiously asked about a problem he had been pondering alone for a while.
“I can’t precisely name the identity of the system, but I think it’s at least a divine being or an entity granted power equivalent to a god.”
“Since it even opened a path to return to Mak Slecht, I agree,” Nasluik added.
“Since it’s a passage opened by such a being, would it have sustainability on its own?”
Nasluik caught the hidden meaning between the lines a beat late.
“…So you’re wondering if it’s possible to freeze the passage while it’s open and then reopen it later?”
If there was a being who could give advice on the exercise of divine power, it would likely be a similar divine entity… Nasluik glanced at the vacant Biyendwe and quickly abandoned that hope.
After contemplating with a deep frown, he spoke in a cautious tone.
“While it is obvious that I am the greatest genius of this century, there are nonetheless limits to being human. Thus, the magic circle that opened the way for me and my sister had no sustainability and had to be large enough for a person to pass through directly… but the rift when Your Excellency disappeared was different.”
“Weren’t you not at the front lines then?”
“I saw the footage. The rift was small, only large enough for a head to pass through. Since the other side is not the phenomenal world, it is not constrained by the mass of the person passing through…”
After a long theoretical explanation that no one present could understand, Nasluik reached a conclusion.
“What is certain is that I would need to analyze it myself, but since the rift is small, freezing and maintaining it should be possible, even based on Earth’s meager magical materials. Above all, the person using that magic is none other than I, Nasluik.”
Kim Si-baek, who had been waiting anxiously for the answer, added one more important question.
“Even after it’s been used as a path for return once?”
“In principle, it is a path intended to be opened for Your Excellency. It should be fine until Your Excellency passes through it.”
Only then did Kim Si-baek feel a sense of relief. He had found a way to stay with Tae-un a bit longer, perhaps even for a very long time.
Just then, a knock was heard. It was Tae-un.