Apocalypse Tyrant

King of the Library (3)

“Oh my—! You’ve come, you’ve come, hehe—!”
“You’ve really, really worked so hard, hehehe—!”

Fuss welcoming me as soon as I entered the 2nd floor.

A slightly unfamiliar set mixed in with the familiar fuss.

Ko Janghun and Kang Cheongshin hurriedly running towards me while grinning broadly like sycophants.

The sycophant duo I find more comfortable calling eunuch and Chunshik started bowing repeatedly beside me in a hurry.

“We really don’t know how uncomfortable we felt working comfortably in a safe place so shamelessly, hehe—”
“We don’t know, hehehe—”

I stared for quite a long time at Kang Cheongshin among them, who was unfamiliar but didn’t look unfamiliar at all.

Just looking at that appearance, I could understand why Ko Janghun trusted Kang Cheongshin so much.

He had a junior who looked exactly like him to a chilling degree.

“Hehehe—.”

I glanced back for a moment while looking at Kang Cheongshin grinning even more stupidly at my snort.

I could clearly feel the gaze of the search team watching this Chunshik’s appearance together with me now.

Now anyone who isn’t an idiot should be able to understand why the night raid failed.

However, none of the search team members who grasped the full story dared to open their mouths.

No matter how idiotic they were, they couldn’t not know.

That it’s no longer a very important matter now.

“Our Chunshik.”
“Hehehe—”

Kang Cheongshin bowing his waist even more politely at the light pat on his shoulder.

“Is there anything uncomfortable about staying?”
“Oh my— Not at all— Really not at all, hehehe—.”

Flapping hand gestures as if swimming with a face full of only sincerity.

I nodded while smiling back at the bright smile that felt both polite and servile at the same time.

Right, if it was originally you, you’d be busy sticking your dick into a tree you couldn’t even climb, so there’s no way you’d have any complaints.

Probably even now, his head is full of thoughts about playing with the woman assigned to him.

But I didn’t really mind.

It’s not like he received rewards from me for free.

His face that had run to us panting heavily with an extremely urgent expression naturally overlapped with the face now laughing uglily while going hehe—.

Anyway, choosing the right side is ultimately an ability he has.

A healthy group must always give rewards commensurate with the effort and enthusiasm of its members.

That’s how the loyalty and efficiency of group members who receive those rewards form an upward trend.

“…Well, eunuch.”

I quietly called out to Ko Janghun who was sticking close to Kang Cheongshin.

Ko Janghun who understood my somewhat ambiguous gaze perfectly as always.

Thud—!

Ko Janghun hurriedly elbowing Kang Cheongshin and giving him a look.

“Then— I’ll be going now. Please call me anytime if you need anything— I will definitely do whatever it takes—”

Kang Cheongshin kept backing away with his butt sticking out like a courtier exiting in a historical drama, as if he had seen it in some movie or drama.

While still enthusiastically babbling, an awkward smile formed as it was somehow too familiar.

I gestured to Park Taeha waiting quietly behind after seeing Kang Cheongshin disappear.

Park Taeha nodding his head at my gaze and about to lead the search team members.

“…Rest comfortably. I’ll go guide them right away when the report is finished.”

He who was about to turn his head towards the search team members turned back to me as soon as Ko Janghun’s words ended.

I also smiled faintly while looking at Ko Janghun at the gaze as if seeking final confirmation.

Ah— Come to think of it, I forgot I had to distribute women to the search team.

Well, it seemed Ko Janghun would manage this part well on his own without me having to worry.

As expected of the eunuch.

As expected of the capable sycophant bastard.

I smiled slightly at Ko Janghun smiling slyly and nodded to Park Taeha.

“…Yes.”

I started walking in the opposite direction while watching Park Taeha who had answered briefly lead the search team away.

Ko Janghun starting to follow behind me while bowing.

“I’m glad things seem to be going smoothly according to plan, my loooord—.”

Ko Janghun making a fuss again with a voice overflowing with joy now that we were alone.

My brow naturally furrowed slightly at the voice calling me with pronunciation as if from some historical drama, just like that junior of his.

Somehow— somehow it was uncomfortably greasy and cringeworthy to hear.

I want to live like a king, but even I can’t help but snort at the fact that the only area I’ve secured so far is the library.

My lord…

This was similar to a neighborhood boss in some rural village calling himself a king.

“Uh— Should I call you Team Leader again if it’s uncomfortable to hear?”
“Park Taeha is the search team leader now.”
“Uh uh— Then perhaps— do you have a title in mind—?”

Ko Janghun’s careful question noticing my discomfort.

I shook my head as I couldn’t think of any suitable title no matter how much I wracked my brain.

“It’s not like I’ve become a Joseon dynasty king or anything, just call me whatever you want comfortably.”
“…Uh uh— That’s the hardest thing though?”

Ko Janghun making a pitiful expression like a puppy that needs to poop at my indulgence.

I quickly blocked the unnecessarily complicated issue while lightly waving my hand.

“Ah— I don’t know. Then you guys think about it well on your own.”
“…Yes. We will definitely ponder that issue all day long with our heads together—”
“More importantly.”

I opened my mouth while cutting off Ko Janghun who was starting to babble uselessly again.

“Who was the bastard that followed control the least today?”
“Hehe— How could there be such a bastard? I was very comfortable since all the bastards who seemed like they might not listen well were taken by the Team Lea— ah… I’ll call you Team Leader for now. The Team Leader took all the bastards who looked like they might not listen well.”

Well— I did forcibly put the bastards who seemed that way into the search team and took them myself, so it must have been easier to control things below.

“So what are you doing first?”
“For now, we’re having them gather useful items starting from the 3rd floor while it’s still relatively bright during the day. When it gets a bit darker, we switch to moving large things like bookshelves. We’ve completely banned things like flashlights as much as possible. The batteries may soon run out even just for the search team to use, hehe—”

It seemed like quite productive work considering it was the first day after integrating the camps.

I nodded with satisfaction and confirmed an important fact with Ko Janghun.

“Did you properly convey it to those minion bastards and Chunshik?”
“Oh my— Of course, Team Leader. It’s such an eyesore how they make such pitifully sad expressions like kids who had their candy taken away. I don’t think that way at all. You saw my face then too, Team Leader, but I really think the Team Leader’s foresight in looking further ahead—”
“Ah enough. It would be good to give a stern warning to the search team members later too.”
“Oh my— That’s obvious too, Team Leader. I will give them such a stern warning that they won’t even be able to think such thoughts.”

I nodded my head while leaning against a bookshelf at Ko Janghun’s confident affirmation.

The corner of the 2nd floor where Park Taeha’s student council camp was originally located.

I quietly organized my thoughts on the opposite side of our camp where not a single survivor could be seen now.

For now, it was good that I distributed women to raise the men’s loyalty and hold their leashes.

Also, since it was too predictable what the men would do to the women they obtained that way, I had to prepare for that.

I prohibited the male camp members from ejaculating inside.

To put it more bluntly, I prohibited impregnating women.

In the current situation where it’s difficult to even see a doctor’s face, let alone medical services, a pregnant woman was the ultimate burden with all the worst conditions packed in.

The already meager female labor force is reduced, and there’s another mouth to feed.

Moreover, without proper medical care, it’s a very annoying event where the woman you just obtained could die.

Of course, if we establish a system where they can give birth safely, there’s no safer way to increase our numbers than pregnancy, but that was a bit later according to my expectations.

Until I prepare a foundation where I can take responsibility for medical care, ejaculating inside women is absolutely prohibited for camp members.

I threatened that if a woman gets pregnant or a man gets her pregnant at a time like this, I’ll make sure they can never do such a thing again, so now the bastards should be careful on their own.

“Did you also tell them I don’t care if they ejaculate in a pussy or anus if there’s a condom?”
“I conveyed that as well of course. So those kids—”

Ko Janghun stopping mid-sentence and suddenly holding back a laugh.

“Those kids have been looking at the ground all day today. Woojin and Minjun bastards are searching for condoms in the library.”
“…Haah—.”

It was really shitty news that made me facepalm automatically.

The bastards become complete idiots when it comes to sexual desire.

So while it’s convenient to manage them, there are also reactions like this.

“Even in the extremely rare case they find condoms, watch carefully how they use them. We need to show what happens when they use camp items as they please.”
“Yes, Team Leader.”

From now on, luxury items like condoms or cigarettes— I’m not sure if condoms are luxury items but anyway, I will manage luxury items entirely.

If I hold their leashes with sexual desire and luxury items, they really shouldn’t have any other thoughts most of the time.

“So— how many?”

The last question and the main point.

Ko Janghun bowing his head a bit more and whispering to me at my question.

“Three people. From the third person on, everyone worked desperately hard so there wasn’t much to nitpick.”

3 people.

“I have one.”

It wasn’t very reasonable to indiscriminately ban rations for the search team that still has to fight in a way.

“A total of four people then.”

Ko Janghun nodding his head slightly and taking out a notebook from his pocket to start calculating.

Ko Janghun who had been rolling his eyes busily here and there quietly raised his head and spoke to me.

“If we keep adjusting food rations like this, exaggerating a bit, 5 days?”
“Don’t exaggerate, just tell me.”
“…It seems we can hold out for about 4 days.”

The food that was mountainous for me, Ko Janghun, and the two minions, but now the number of people I’m responsible for has exceeded 30.

The store’s inventory quite insufficient for 30 people to eat for a long time.

“…4 days.”

I compared the time we had left and the time it would take to organize the entire library.

1 floor per day.

Now that we’ve secured the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors, the remaining floors are the 6th floor, rooftop, and 1st floor.

Thinking of clearing the 6th floor and rooftop simultaneously tomorrow and spending a whole day on the 1st floor where the most zombies will be spread out, there’s still some time left.

“That should be enough.”
“Uh— Team Leader.”

A careful tone reaching me as I nodded roughly.

Since he always said quite important things whenever he was this careful, I nodded my head as if urging Ko Janghun.

“I’m really sorry and it may be uncomfortable to hear, but— if there really is no food in the College of Education, the situation you planned could become quite difficult—.”

A rather sharp point about the food inventory.

The College of Education that will naturally become the first route for food exploration after perfectly organizing the library.

If there isn’t the food we want in that College of Education, the situation becomes very difficult as Ko Janghun said.

“…Don’t worry. I always have a last resort.”
“Ah, I see! As expected of you, Team Leader—! I just had a feeling from the moment I first saw the Team Leader. When I opened that department office door, there was this radiance from your body—”

I looked away from Ko Janghun starting to spout nonsense again and focused my gaze on the corner of my vision.

Ding—!

[Remaining Points: 0]

The current situation where not a single spare point exists due to investing all the points I had scraped together into skill level ups.

I frowned while recalling the point extortion that was the epitome of disappointment I had clearly been shocked by in the shop window.

If food really becomes scarce, I’ll have to buy food with points while crying and eating mustard.

Of course, even if I squeeze and manage 30 people to the maximum, it’s not food that can be solved with just a penny or two, and as soon as I start buying food with points—

My growth will plummet.

“…I need to speed up soon.”

Unless the survivors in the university are planting apple trees before getting shot in the head and dying, the food in Bansukdae is limited.

The chicken race that has already begun.

The winner of this zero-sum game of securing Bansukdae will with a very high probability—

Likely be the camp that has stockpiled the most food.

Managing people is not an easy task.

A fact that anyone realizes even just becoming the leader of a small group, for example the leader of a group project.

Only after trying to control humans do you acutely realize the painful fact that humans are social animals.

Even within a group project, there are rampant silent nerve wars and communications that make you feel various emotions—

Controlling over 30 people requires a lot of small efforts and labor.

Overflowing tasks even if most of the control is handled by Ko Janghun, the two minions, and Park Taeha.

If these people didn’t have at least some degree of obedience to me, big or small, situations that would have made me break my head four or five more times would have probably erupted frequently.

Like that, the time when all camp members go to sleep for tomorrow.

Perhaps the most leisurely time, I was unwrapping bandages.

Cha Seolhee’s right arm revealing snow-white flesh at the careful hand gestures.

I quietly hardened my face while looking at the still clear wound marks there.

Scabs raised on her arm in the exact shape of teeth marks.

“It’s not healing as fast as I thought.”

It was causing endless dissatisfaction and anxiety as if a scratch had appeared on a perfect sculpture.

“…Ku Yeri is in danger.”

A soft voice reaching me while looking at her wound marks for a long time like that.

When I quietly raised my head, Cha Seolhee who had been watching me with her characteristic expressionless face opened her mouth again.

“I saw her vomiting what she ate this morning. Her eyes looked very bad too, and her expression was too pale.”
“…When did you find out about that?”
“People just gather around me even if I stay still. I don’t stop it since it’s better than just staying still, so I do something.”

I quietly stared at Cha Seolhee’s face as she continued speaking calmly.

It seemed the face of the Cha Seolhee I knew had completely returned now.

“Oh— How praiseworthy.”
“…She might make a bad choice.”
“Oh— How unfortunate.”

I nodded roughly while continuing to look down at Cha Seolhee’s right arm.

A trace I want to erase quickly engraved on her snow-white wrist.

“Didn’t the eunuch give you ointment for scars?”
“……”

Was there no useful medicine in the first aid kit?

Was there a pharmacy in Bansukdae or not?

I didn’t even know there was an agriculture college, how would I know if there was a pharmacy?

Among the medicines sold at convenience stores, ones good for scars— right, there should definitely be medicines good for scars.

I need to quickly organize the library and expand our territory to the College of Education.

If it’s really urgent, there’s also the method of moving alone, but that was a method with too much risk.

There’s nothing more foolish than wandering outside without even securing the safety of your own base.

“…What if.”

Her soft voice seeped in again while I was continuously observing her scar this way and that.

When I raised my head again, she who had been quietly looking at me for a long time slightly opened her lips.

“What if— this wound.”

She who had been looking down at her own scar for a moment met my eyes again.

“If this wound was on my face, would I have suffered a similar fate to Ku Yeri?”
“……”

The trembling in her voice she couldn’t hide from me despite trying hard to be calm.

I quietly stared at Cha Seolhee with a face quite shaken unlike her.

Pupils still shining like starlight, but somehow clouded.

I met those black eyes for a long time as if piercing through them.

Because now I had a weapon that could peek behind them.

The key that could open her strongest lock.

The deepest and darkest place only I could reach.

Cha Seolhee’s underlying psychology that perhaps even she herself doesn’t know.

[The Tyrant exclusive skill ‘Deductive Domination’ grasps ‘Cha Seolhee’s’ underlying psychology.]

[Heart craving love and attention (Emotional Deprivation)]

‘…What?’

I barely held back my eyebrows that were about to twitch while reading the phrase clearly entering my eyes.

A faint breath escaped like a snort at her underlying psychology I hadn’t expected at all.

Emotional deprivation?

An idol receiving everyone’s love hiding emotional deprivation deep in her heart, what an ironic thing.

No.

Rather, is it because she has received such overflowing love that she craves the lacking affection?

…No.

I get the feeling it’s some other deprivation, not the affection given by such fans.

Now that I know Cha Seolhee’s answer sheet, ‘Emotional Deprivation’, all doubts are plausibly resolved.

The unclear family circumstances and abnormal obsession with her younger sister quietly nod their heads to the four characters of emotional deprivation.

Like knowing which part a piece belongs to right away when you remove one piece from an already completed puzzle.

A top idol hiding emotional deprivation inside.

She really was a woman with a talent for making people horny the more you look at her.

I smiled slightly while organizing my expression very comfortably.

Since I already knew the answer, I just had to submit the answer sheet gently.

The answer she most desires, that perhaps even she doesn’t know.

“No.”

I affirmed to her while slowly caressing her face.

I met her eyes while giving her assurance that I was treating her preciously.

“You’ll never have to go through that again.”

I hugged her tightly while enunciating each word clearly as if engraving them in her eyes.

Just an embrace pressing our bodies together, not the lips that have collided so many times they’re now too familiar to each other.

However, because of that, I quietly murmured in the posture that could get closest to her ear.

“I need you just as you need me.”
“……”
“I need you too, Cha Seolhee. Really desperately.”

More and more strength enters my arms embracing her.

I whispered incessantly into her ear as she still accepted my embrace without moving despite the now quite uncomfortable posture.

“We’re in a relationship where we desperately need each other. That’s all you need to know.”
“……”
“Right?”
“……”

Cha Seolhee silently quiet without answering.

I pressed my lips even closer to her ear and asked quietly again.

“Right?”
“…Yes.”

A soft voice affirming in a very faint sound.

I stroked her hair as if praising while savoring that faint voice.

Her still not moving and accepting my embrace after another short answer.

I quietly closed my eyes while feeling her soft hair and the plump sensation beating against my chest with each breath.

There are also tasks that slow down because it’s a perfect blank slate.

Like an artist pondering for a long time after first putting brush to canvas.

Perhaps Cha Seolhee was similar to this.

As the first treasure and test subject to come into my hands, thinking about it now, it seems I didn’t grasp a very clear direction.

But— now that I have such a clear answer sheet and guidelines, it will never happen again.

Because I’ve discovered the most fatal poison for Cha Seolhee.

[Heart craving love and attention (Emotional Deprivation)]