The Support Ate it All-Chapter 331: Mutual Destruction Eye (2)

As we all stepped out of the training hall, a luxury sedan was already waiting for us, summoned at some point unbeknownst to me.

Behind the wheel was the cookie uncle I had seen earlier.

That’s the third time today.

For some reason, I had a feeling I’d be seeing him often from now on.

Soon, the sedan glided forward smoothly and, after a short drive, dropped us off.

In front of us stood a row of buildings that looked like hotels, and even from a quick glance through the windows, they appeared extravagant.

It would probably be even more impressive from the inside.

After admiring the view for a moment, I turned to Seo Ye-in and asked,

“Where’s your house?”

“There.”

As expected, Seo Ye-in pointed at one of the buildings in front of us.

I asked a more specific question.

“Where exactly? What floor?”

“……?”

Seo Ye-in tilted her head, as if she didn’t understand the question, then pointed at the building again.

“My house.”

“You mean that whole thing is your house?”

“Mhmm.”

It wasn’t just a room or a floor. It was the whole building.

As expected of the heiress to Hye-seong Group, the scale was on a different level.

And that wasn’t even the end of it.

Seo Ye-in’s finger shifted to the building next to it.

“My house.”

“That one too?”

Then the one next to that, and the one after that…

Apparently, the sloth had a lot of “houses”.

“But surely there’s a specific place where you sleep.”

– Shake shake.

When Seo Ye-in shook her head again, Ahn Jeong-mi carefully joined the conversation to offer an explanation.

“She usually sleeps in a different room each day.”

“Is there a particular reason for that?”

“No, she just goes wherever she feels like on any given day.”

“I see.”

She simply moved from room to room every night, while Ahn Jeong-mi and the other housekeepers took care of all the minor details.

It was extravagant, but with that level of wealth, there was no real reason she couldn’t live like that.

Curious again, I asked another question.

“You must have some important belongings. What do you do with those?”

At that, Seo Ye-in quietly raised one hand and showed me the fluffy cloud bracelet on her wrist.

Then a tiger plushie poked its head out from her inventory, only to retreat right back in.

The Kim Ho Kim Ho Pot was probably included too.

I could guess what she meant to say.

She just carries around everything important with her.

It was a perfectly reasonable answer, so I nodded and followed the two of them inside.

Judging by the exterior, I had assumed the interior would look like a hotel. But it turned out my guess was off the mark.

Not a hotel. More like a palace.

The room was far too luxurious for a single person to live in.

It made the dorms at Dragon Slayer Academy look shabby in comparison.

Still, Seo Ye-in seemed completely unfazed by this palace-like room and crossed it without a second thought.

Then, after glancing around the room as if inspecting something, she displayed the tiger plushie in a very noticeable spot.

Looks like that took priority over everything else.

In any case, I figured I’d seen enough and turned to Ahn Jeong-mi to ask,

“It’s impressive. Where’s my room?”

“Your room should be similar, Kim Ho-nim. I’ll guide you.”

Just as I was about to step out of the room, Seo Ye-in gently grabbed my arm.

“Here.”

“?”

“Our room.”

Ahn Jeong-mi’s brow furrowed slightly.

“Young miss, what do you mean by that?”

“Kim Ho pillow.”

“……?”

“Helps me sleep.”

Ahn Jeong-mi furrowed her brow even more and turned her gaze toward me.

“Kim Ho-nim, I believe this part requires some explanation.”

“I was going to explain it anyway.”

If we left the explanation to One-Word Sloth, it would only lead to more misunderstandings.

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I briefly went over the events related to the Kim Ho pillow.

I made it clear that all we did was sleep next to each other. And nothing more.

After hearing the full story, Ahn Jeong-mi let out a sigh of relief.

“Fortunately, it doesn’t seem to be what I was worried about. Still, I’d appreciate it if you refrained from sleeping together. At least while you’re staying here.”

“Can’t refrain.”

But instead of letting go of my arm, Seo Ye-in clung to it even tighter.

Ahn Jeong-mi looked troubled and gently tried to persuade her.

“Young miss, as a member of the Hye-seong Group, you should be at least somewhat aware of how others may perceive you. There’s nothing good about rumors spreading that you sleep in the same room with Kim Ho-nim every night.”

“Don’t care.”

Even so, Seo Ye-in was completely unyielding.

She clearly didn’t care in the slightest whether rumors spread or not.

The two continued to argue.

“Young miss.”

“Can’t sleep without him.”

“Please don’t lie. We all know you sleep just fine.”

“Without him, I stay up all night.”

“……!”

That last remark seemed to catch Ahn Jeong-mi off guard. Her eyes widened slightly.

Did the human sloth just say she’d stay up all night?

Was the Kim Ho pillow really that important to her?

Of course, from my point of view, that was an obvious bluff.

If it came down to an all-night standoff, she’d probably last twenty minutes at most before falling asleep.

And if she couldn’t sleep without me, what was she planning to do for the rest of summer break after I left?

It seemed Ahn Jeong-mi had thought that far as well. She wasn’t a fool, after all.

Still, perhaps she believed there had to be some reason why Seo Ye-in was being so stubborn, because her stance began to soften little by little.

“Wouldn’t this be a burden for Kim Ho-nim as well?”

“It’s not a burden.”

Both of them turned to look at me at the same time.

It felt like they were silently asking me to confirm who was telling the truth.

Of course, I was on Seo Ye-in’s side no matter what, so my answer had already been decided.

“I’m fine with it. As I mentioned, this isn’t the first or second time we’ve done this.”

“…I see.”

“Still, I think it’d be good to attach a few conditions this time.”

The Kim Ho pillow was a limited-time item.

Even during the semester, I’d only let her use it for a few days. And only in exchange for intense training.

Now, we weren’t talking about just a few days but potentially a whole month of sleeping together. There had to be some trade-off.

“It’s nothing too difficult. Just… train diligently every day, okay?”

“Okay.”

“And after I leave, make sure you attend all your mentoring sessions properly, okay?”

“……”

At that, Seo Ye-in quietly looked away.

She was probably already thinking about slacking off as soon as I left.

I met her gaze again and asked firmly,

“You’re going to take your mentoring seriously, right?”

“…okay.”

“And keep your mana cultivation going even while you sleep.”

Seo Ye-in’s mana control was far better than I’d expected. It was good enough that she could maintain her cultivation even while sleeping.

A mode I called “passive sloth”.

Of course, that mode still required a bare minimum of willpower on her part, which is why I was getting her verbal commitment in advance.

Once again, she didn’t look too thrilled about it, but she didn’t really have a choice.

All she could do was nod.

After wrapping up the negotiation, I looked at Ahn Jeong-mi. From the look in her eyes, it seemed like this was at least somewhat acceptable to her.

Still, as if something continued to weigh on her mind, she couldn’t quite shake off her troubled expression.

“Considering what you’ve shown me, Kim Ho-nim, I think I can trust you. But I still have an obligation to report this matter.”

“I understand.”

It wasn’t as if Ahn Jeong-mi had done anything wrong.

If anything, her only crime was choosing an extreme profession like being a butler as her career.

Chairman Seo and Father Seo were her legal guardians, and their influence within the group was beyond question.

Which meant that silencing Ahn Jeong-mi was entirely out of the question, and the matter of the Kim Ho pillow would inevitably be reported.

And as for how they would react, there was no way to know yet.

They might brush it off casually, or they might blow up in anger and come storming over.

***

That night, I fulfilled my role as the Kim Ho pillow and got some rest.

The next day.

After waking up and grabbing a quick bite, we jumped straight into training.

Tudududu!

Seo Ye-in fired her magic gun in rapid bursts, and I dodged and countered her attacks.

Just like the day before, I cast Mutual Destruction Eye relentlessly every time the one-minute cooldown reset.

Whether the lucky charm was still going strong or not, nine times out of ten, she was poisoned and then the status effect was removed.

And about once in ten, she got hit with either weathering or freezing.

Flaaash!

Light burst around Seo Ye-in’s body, and the ice that had covered her ankles melted away like snow under the sun.

It was a new debuff-removal skill she had learned.

[Purification (F)]

▷Removes status effects with a certain probability.

▷Cooldown: 3 minutes

Here, the term “certain probability” varied depending on the rank difference between Purification and the debuff, as well as how many times a particular debuff was stacked.

For example, if an F-rank Purification could remove an F-rank Freezing with 100% certainty, then it had an 80% chance of removing an E-rank Freezing.

Since Weathering was a rare debuff, its removal chance was probably set slightly lower.

If it was stacked twice or three times, the chance would drop even further.

If the probability failed and the removal attempt didn’t succeed, she had to wait out the three-minute cooldown before trying again.

Of course, in the meantime, she would be affected by the debuff.

But she’s blessed just using it.

Even a 33% chance activated almost ten times in a row. So what difference did 70% or 80% make?

Every time she used Purification, it was practically a guaranteed debuff removal.

Even better.

Constant debuff removal meant uninterrupted combat.

And that also meant she could keep pushing forward with her rank training.

Moreover, during the duel, it wasn’t like I was only using Mutual Destruction Eye.

Seo Ye-in kept the rank training going by mixing in a variety of Marksman skills like Impact Bullet, Feather Step, and Ejection, while I rotated through the three sub-skills of Spiral Explosion.

Whooosh—!

A gust of wind charged with physical force blew through, but Seo Ye-in moved with its flow, stepping lightly with Feather Step.

Her movement was fluid, and her aim remained steady.

Tudududu—!

***

After sparring for quite some time, we took a break over lunch.

While we were resting, Ahn Jeong-mi casually mentioned something.

Father Seo wanted to see us.

“So the report did go through after all.

It was something we’d have to face eventually, so we headed back to the workshop.

Father Seo wasn’t in the messy room we’d seen yesterday. This time, he was waiting in a room that resembled a neatly organized meeting space.

Was he about to bring up something important?

“Good afternoon.”

I gave a polite bow as I stepped inside.

He glanced over me and Seo Ye-in in turn, then spoke in a detached tone.

“Sit down.”

We sat around the table as instructed, while Ahn Jeong-mi blended into the wall, trying to make herself as inconspicuous as possible.

Still, the tension in her eyes as she looked our way was unmistakable.

Soon, Father Seo began rummaging through his inventory.

What he pulled out, contrary to my expectations, was a family-friendly mini-game for everyone to play together.

“Let’s play.”

Now that I looked at it, it seemed he hadn’t called us in to question or interrogate us. He was simply bored.

Maybe he didn’t care much about the Kim Ho Pillow incident after all.

Or perhaps he did care but wanted to keep watching a little longer.

There was still nearly a month left, after all.

“…….!”

Seo Ye-in had shown no sign of worry from the beginning, and now, all her attention seemed to be on the mini-game. Her eyes sparkled with curiosity.

This was definitely something the father and daughter had in common.

The whole Kim Ho Pillow issue felt like it had just fizzled out, but it didn’t seem like I needed to bring it up myself.

I’ll just give him what he wants.

As the mini-game demon king, I decided to give it my all.

Even if my opponent was the father of the house, the word “mercy” didn’t exist in my vocabulary.

I completely destroyed the Seo family duo without hesitation.