Chapter 69: Mental Breakdown

Chapter 69: Mental Breakdown

“Uh, Young Lady… this is…”

“It’s medicine. You’re used to it by now, right?”

I swallowed dryly and stared at the syringe she was holding.

Indeed, it was the same color as the medicine I used to get every day.

But there was a slight difference.

The medicine in her hand wasn’t just one.

After Scarlett declared my confinement,

she went downstairs for a moment, then came back up with a large quantity of medicine.

Pills, syringes, incense, and strange powdered medicine.

It looked dangerous at a glance.

‘What do I do…?’

Judging by the atmosphere, Scarlett seemed to be planning to completely pickle me with drugs.

“Alright… first, I’ll light this for you…”

Scarlett, with a blank expression, first took out incense.

But, how nice would it have been if it was just that one.

Scarlett didn’t seem to intend to use just one incense stick.

She placed one, then added two more.

Then, as if not satisfied, three more.

Scarlett placed her finger on the total of six incense sticks.

“…You might feel a little dizzy.”

Snap-

As soon as she flicked her finger,

a strangely sweet scent immediately assaulted my nose.

“Ugh, huff…”

My voice involuntarily began to come out little by little.

But was it because Lucy’s magic was layered onto my heart?

The effect of the drug felt more than half weaker than before.

“Hoo, huff…”

‘For now, it’s bearable…’

I tried my best to maintain my sanity and took a deep breath.

But this incense was merely the basic groundwork.

I swallowed dryly, feeling nervous.

“…It’s really been a long time since we spent time alone like this, hasn’t it?”

Smile. Scarlett, who had been staring at me, smiled as happily as could be.

For her, this time with me seemed truly special.

She must be feeling very good, thinking about manipulating me even further.

I bit my lip, trying my best to maintain my sanity.

Scarlett placed a pill on her tongue, then

kissed my lips.

Smooch-

And, she slowly inserted her tongue.

One terrible thing was that

I couldn’t resist this deep kiss, and in fact, her kiss felt good.

“Smooch, haaah…”

Scarlett’s tongue entered my mouth and intertwined with mine.

She slightly pursed her lips and smiled with her eyes, as if enjoying the sensation of my lips, then roughly inhaled.

She stirred my oral cavity with her tongue, pushing the pill down my throat.

Gulp-

As the pill went down,

a slightly warm sensation surged up.

But, this.

It was better than I thought?

“Hoo, haa…”

I couldn’t stop my breathing from becoming rapid and my body from heating up due to the drug, but

compared to before, the drug’s effect was less than half.

I thought it was just the incense, but the directly ingested medicine was the same.

Considering that Lucy had endured about 5 to 6 days by getting injections every day before,

it seemed that the dragonkin’s magic had been copied quite strongly into my heart.

My heart began to pound for a different reason than the drug’s effect.

If it continues like this, I won’t be played by Scarlett’s medicine.

The medicine I had tried so hard to neutralize and shake off.

“Haa, haa…”

I took deep breaths as slowly as possible, calming my body.

I wondered if it was a momentary illusion, but this state continued.

Scarlett stared at my face for a moment, then

took out the powdered medicine.

In her other hand was a tube. It seemed she was going to inhale the powder through her nose.

“Cecil. I’ll borrow your nose for a moment.”

As expected. Scarlett lightly placed the tube on my nose, then fixed the powder at the bottom.

She smiled faintly and stopped in that position.

As if telling me to quickly inhale, since there was a lot of medicine left to take.

‘The remaining types of medicine are just powder and injections, I guess?’

Enduring two types of medicine gave me a strange sense of confidence.

Is this… dragonkin?

I took a deep breath through my mouth, then steeled myself.

Now, I was escaping from being a pussy-squirter who would just squirt vaginal fluid like an idiot after taking one pill, like before.

Looking at the current situation, I didn’t think I would lose consciousness even if I took all of that.

This was quite a profitable deal.

All that was left was to pretend to be high on drugs and look for an escape route.

I barely managed to stop the corners of my mouth from turning up, then

slowly, inhaled.

****

“…Good… feel… ing? Completely… dazed… not… really… it seems…”

My head felt a little hazy.

What just happened?

The world spun slightly dizzily, and my hands wavered.

Scarlett was earnestly saying something, but

strangely, I couldn’t hear her well.

“Ugh, ugh-heeet.”

Splaaash-

That’s when it happened.

Suddenly, a tingling electric current flowed through my lower body, and my hips snapped upward.

What happened?

I was clearly resisting the drug and holding up well.

Tap.

Scarlett said something again and touched my belly.

This time, my hips convulsed, and vaginal fluid sprayed out wildly.

“Ugh, oh-guh-guh-guh, eh-guh…!”

It felt as if an invisible hand was kneading my brain.

The inside of my head felt like it was melting into a thick, gooey mess.

For a long time, I twitched my body like an idiot, then for a moment,

‘My head…’

Little by little, the world began to clearly fall back into place.

My wavering hands and blurry focus returned to normal.

Seeing the empty syringe lying beside me, it seemed that was the last of the medicine.

Yes. Of course.

I had endured so well until just now, there’s no way I would collapse so suddenly.

I smiled leisurely and stared directly at Scarlett.

The time when I would immediately surrender just by being injected with drugs was long past.

Stupid Scarlett.

To be acting so nonchalant, not even knowing that I had escaped her grasp.

I couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity.

****

“I think that’s all gone now. Hehe…”

“Ugh, eh…? Hee, ugh…”

Pressing, Scarlett hugged Cecil tightly.

She immediately arched her body and climaxed.

Her expression had been strangely bright for a while, so the medicine seemed to have worked properly.

“Ugh, ugh…”

Lucy, watching the situation from beside them, fidgeted nervously, her hands trembling.

Scarlett gazed at Cecil, who was panting in her arms, then

slowly, stroked her head.

The sight of her first thinking she had developed a tolerance to the drug, only to immediately collapse.

It was so lovely and exciting, she couldn’t bear it.

Indeed, the medicine Cecil had received so far was strong enough to build tolerance.

And Scarlett knew that fact all too well.

Therefore, she had adjusted the drug’s composition.

This medicine was a somewhat unique and interesting combination.

When administered individually, it was merely as pleasant as a cigarette.

But when the three were mixed, it became a powerful drug that could make even the highest priest lose consciousness.

And Cecil had received it directly.

“Euu, Young Lady hee, hee…”

Her face completely red, she lay on the bed, twitching her pussy.

From the pink fissure, vaginal fluid flowed like water.

Her eyes were already completely unfocused, showing no sign of rationality.

Her foolishly parted lips looked wanton, so Scarlett pressed her lips to them and intertwined their tongues again.

Pfft, pfft, shiiiii-

She squirted vaginal fluid again and even peed.

The transparent liquid soaked and stained the sheets, but

there was no hint of displeasure on Scarlett’s face.

No, rather, as if handling a beloved baby,

she placed Cecil’s head on her thigh and smiled truly happily.

Now, with this, Cecil was completely happy.

For some reason, the deterioration of her physical functions had stopped, but

it didn’t matter.

She would no longer demand to go outside.

Nor would her mind shatter just because one person died.

Nor would she escape and invite death.

Now, everything could be prevented.

Scarlett bowed her head and briefly kissed Cecil’s forehead, who was so lovely.

Smooch.

“I love you.”

On Scarlett’s face, as she said that, love and tenacious obsession were so vividly displayed that

Lucy involuntarily recalled Scarlett’s face when she was younger.

At the very least, back then, she wasn’t this twisted.

****

Sleep wouldn’t come easily.

“Ugh…”

Lucy opened her eyes.

It was nighttime. Outside the window, it was dark and quiet.

But for Lucy, distinguishing between night and day was rather meaningless.

‘Cecil.’

Lucy rubbed her eyes for a moment, then gazed at Cecil, who was sleeping beside her.

Cecil’s face was very peaceful.

As if her climax and fainting earlier in the day had been a lie.

“Hoooh…”

Lucy sighed deeply.

After receiving Scarlett’s medicine for a long time, Cecil had broken down.

At least she had layered her own magic onto her heart.

If it hadn’t been for that,

she would have become a complete wreck.

‘What do I do…?’

She had done everything she could.

She gave her vaginal fluid, and helped her escape somehow.

But the results were always bad.

Lucy sighed for a moment.

Staying gloomy like this was giving her a headache, so she turned to Oli, who was sleeping soundly.

Tap, tap.

“Mmm-nyaa…”

Oli mumbled and talked in her sleep.

She wasn’t usually a deep sleeper like this.

Had something tiring happened?

“Oli… ugh…”

She babbled and slowly shook Oli’s body.

“Mmm, mmm…”

Then Oli laboriously opened her eyes.

Oli stared at Lucy’s face for a moment, then

slowly got up with disheveled eyes.

“Whyyy…?”

Her eyes were slightly bloodshot. She really seemed tired.

Tap, tap, Lucy tapped her temple with her finger.

It meant to communicate telepathically.

-Are you very tired?

-A little. I was installing some mental healing magic on her.

Now Lucy understood why Oli was complaining of fatigue.

Oli yawned widely and flapped her wings.

It was what fairies did to wake up from sleep.

‘At first, she was quite grumpy…’

Looking at her now, she seemed to have grown quite fond of Cecil.

Even if she spoke curtly, she did everything that needed to be done.

Lucy liked that about Oli.

-Hoo… so, why did you wake me up when I was sleeping so well?

-Lately, Young Lady’s condition has rapidly worsened.

-Right. Why?

-What… should I do?

Lucy asked cautiously.

-How should I know that?

At Oli’s unexpected answer, Lucy made a flustered expression.

What was wrong? Was she in a particularly bad mood today?

But even so, she didn’t seem particularly angry.

Rather, she was much calmer than usual.

As a slightly flustered Lucy moved her lips and fumbled,

Oli sighed faintly and continued telepathically.

-You, you brat. You keep trying to rely on me whenever things are difficult or annoying…

-R-rely…? No. That’s not…

-What do you mean, ‘not’? I’m helping you because I owe you, but counseling is outside my domain.

-I’m always grateful for your help.

-Then stop asking. Besides, isn’t she the Young Lady you like?

At the word ‘like’, Lucy’s face flushed red.

-That’s, true, but…

-The answer’s clear. The only thing you two promised was the treatment, right?

If you like her enough to make her grow, then you should take responsibility. Oli added.

At those pointed words, Lucy couldn’t say anything.

-…Sorry.

-Don’t apologize unnecessarily. Show it with action, that’s what I mean.

Hoooh. Oli, having said all she wanted to say, sighed as if relieved.

She had indeed gone through all sorts of hardships until now.

Lucy smiled faintly and stroked Oli’s head.

-What’s wrong? You’re gross.

-Nothing. Just because you’re pretty.

At the word ‘pretty’, Oli made a disgusted expression.

Thump, thump.

But.

A mysterious sound of footsteps was heard nearby.

Instinctively, her ears perked up. Her eyes widened, and she held her breath.

-What is it? What’s wrong?

Oli also noticed something strange, stopped flapping her wings, and crouched down.

‘Footsteps… it’s not a servant.’

Judging by the stride and sound, the person was a bit small.

Meaning, at least not an adult.

The sound was coming from the hallway.

-…Wait.

Whoosh-

After leaving a brief stop sign, Oli activated a few spells.

It was a stealth magic with presence erasure.

At this late hour of the night, and not even a mansion servant.

What could be going on here?

“Huff, huff…”

As the footsteps approached, slightly rough breathing also came out.

It seemed she was using some kind of breathing technique to suppress her breath, but

she was too exhausted, so it was useless.

Creak-

Soon, the door slowly opened.

And, what appeared there was

the masked man I had seen around evening today.