episode_0009

“······?”

What was that just now?

A sudden scream that made me doubt my ears.

It was the kind of scream you’d expect to hear in adult videos, even in the rather hardcore genre, and it made everything I was doing come to a halt.

After all, all I had done was tightly clutch my chest.

I might have muttered something about a difference in intensity earlier, but in reality, Mei Luina at this moment was no different from an ordinary person.

She wasn’t an Awakened like Dain Adamas, who fought using her body as a weapon, and now that her mana had completely disappeared, she was nothing more than a sturdy and healthy plant-based human.

So, when I clenched my chest, it was normal for pain to come before pleasure.

But just now, that voice… It felt more like it had burst out involuntarily due to pain rather than being a scream of pleasure.

Based on her previous request for cooperation, stating that there should be no hiding when feeling sensitivity for swift treatment, I casually asked Mei Luina without any concern.

“Excuse me, Mei Luina, did you just feel······.”

[Oh, no! It was so sudden! You suddenly squeezed so hard that it startled me! What if you suddenly grab the chest of a virgin saint who has never experienced the touch of a man’s hand!]

Before I could finish my question, Mei Luina, visibly shaken, interrupted and replied.

“I see. You made that sound because you were surprised. I thought you were a pervert, feeling pleasure rather than pain when grabbing my chest like that.”

[Uh······. Mr. Stay, you’ve been calling me a pervert or whatever since earlier. Even if it’s for treatment, I don’t think you need to use such vulgar language! So, please·····.]

“Still, just to double-check, I’ll squeeze again and see.”

Squishhh-. Eeeekkkk. Squelch squelch.

[Eeek?!♥♥♥ Wait, wait! Stop! Stooop♥♥♥]

Hearing Mei Luina’s reaction once again, it was clear that my suspicion was turning into certainty.

Every time I tightly squeezed my chest, Mei Luina’s voice was filled with an undeniable pleasure. But this might just be my wishful thinking, so I stopped squeezing my chest and listened carefully to her voice.

“Why again? I told you to speak before squeezing out of the blue like that.”

“Well, I need to prepare myself when you speak and then squeeze! I need a few seconds to brace myself!”

Is it because of my mood that everything she says seems increasingly annoying? My gut feeling told me that even if I stubbornly focused on attacking her chest by squeezing, expanding, shaking up and down, rotating, gently tickling, lightly patting, or massaging as if kneading dough, I could make Mei Luina feel enough, but I decided to do as she asked.

Sex is an exchange between a man and a woman, so doing things unilaterally without considering the other person’s opinion isn’t sex; it’s masturbation. Since what I’m doing with Mei Luina falls within the broad spectrum of sex, I counted as she requested.

“Three seconds? Wait a moment! Three seconds are too short for mental preparation! Give me at least 30 seconds!”

It’s long. Still, there’s no reason not to comply, so I counted 30 seconds as Mei Luina requested.

“30, 29, 28, 27…”

“Gulp… You really counted 30 seconds. Alright, come here once. It’ll be different this time. There won’t be a repeat of the previous two mistakes. I’ve prepared my mind, and it won’t be easy…”

But isn’t feeling this good a positive thing? They said the more sexual excitement, the greater the therapeutic effect. So why does it seem like she’s trying to challenge me?

Her resolute determination, evident in Mei Luina’s voice, was certainly heroic, but it seemed somewhat out of place in this situation. Sex was not a duel but an intimate exchange, and what I was doing now was, after all, a therapeutic act to lift Mei Luina’s curse. Isn’t the patient who challenges the doctor just plain absurd? I briefly entertained that thought, but upon reflection, Mei Luina was right. Someone who callously uses a stranger as an emotional dumpster isn’t anything but despicable.

“15······.”

[Ah. There’s barely half left already. But it’s okay. If I take deep breaths and focus on my nerves, I won’t have another embarrassing moment like earlier, so…!]

“······.”

[······Huh? Stacy? Why did you suddenly stop counting?]

As I once again realized her true nature, memories of the petty things Mei Luina had inflicted on me flashed through my mind. Listing them one by one felt distasteful and annoying—such trivial matters that occasionally haunted my dreams. Although, as Mei Luina herself had mentioned, any deep-seated desire for revenge against her had dissipated, recalling her past transgressions still irked me.

“Stacy? Stacy~? Excuse me~. Stacy? Are you ready for the chest pounding? You’ve been silent, and your eyelids are closed, so I can’t see if you’re there or not…”

“14.”

Feeling annoyed with the person I needed to treat would only serve to worsen the situation, so I decided to quickly dispel my irritation.

“G-Goodness, you startled me. When you suddenly went quiet, I thought you had left…”

“13121110987654321”

Ignoring Mei Luina’s inexplicably reassuring voice, I swiftly continued the countdown.

“Eek?! W-Why are you counting so fast all of a sudden!? It makes me anxious! All the preparation goes to waste!”

“I’m coming.”

Ignoring the urgent voice that brushed against my ear, I reached for the panacea for negative emotions—irritation, anger, melancholy, and sadness.

[“Hey, wait!”]

“······.”

[······.]

“······.”

[······? Uh······. You’re not resisting?]

Just as my hand was about to reach the two lumps of negativity panacea attached to Mei Luina’s upper body, she uttered a perplexed voice when I stopped.

“I heard you get surprised if I suddenly resist. So, I stopped to give you time to prepare. Are you ready now?”

The reason I abruptly halted my hand was to prove that the third time I was reaching out had no excuse; just by touching her chest, I could feel it without any room for justification.

In response to my question, Mei Luina swallowed hard with an inward gulp and answered resolutely.

[I-I’m ready.]

“Then I’ll really touch it.”

As soon as permission was granted, this time I firmly grasped Mei Luina’s chest with both hands.

Squish-! Squeeze.

The sensation of firmness pressing against my palms, coupled with the elasticity that seemed like my fingers would bounce off if I relaxed, all while being enveloped in the warmth of the buried fingers and palm.

It was the first time I had ever touched a woman’s chest, but I could confidently assert that there probably wasn’t a chest in this world that could surpass this one in every aspect it should possess.

Mei Luina’s chest was a perfect specimen, containing all the elements a chest should have.

Huh… so that joke about calming down an angry boyfriend by letting him touch your chest was actually true. If you can touch a chest like this, most anger would surely vanish instantly.

Enraptured by the ecstatic sensation under my fingertips, I indulged in thoroughly touching Mei Luina’s bosom.

Squish, squish. Squeeze! Squelch, squelch! Ripple!

“Oh. Wait a moment.”

Suddenly, I remembered what I had forgotten in my fervor to caress her chest.

The scream that had sounded too easy from Mei Luina twice before was absent this time.

Was I really startled twice earlier? Was it just my mistaken Ada-dongjeong again? Darn it, so this is what they meant by not learning about sex from adult videos!

As someone who must make Mei Luina feel embarrassed no matter what method I use, this was not a good thing for me. As a man, I felt a blow to my pride that even though I put all my effort into seducing her, I couldn’t make her feel anything.

Hmm… Should I stop going to the academy and focus on honing my skills? Maybe as an Ada-dongjeong like me, I can’t make Mei Luina feel so easily?

At that moment when I keenly felt that I had a long way to go to curse her in various ways, an unnoticed notification popped up in front of me.

[For the protection of the user’s hearing, the function to listen to inner thoughts has been temporarily terminated. Would you like to listen to the target’s inner thoughts once again?]

“Huh? What’s this?”

Seeing the suddenly appearing incomprehensible notification, I silently wished to hear Mei Luina’s inner thoughts once again.

[Confirmation received. You can now listen to the target’s inner thoughts within a certain distance.]

As I wished to hear, the same notification I saw earlier appeared and disappeared on my retina. At the same time,

[Ahhhhhhhh♥♥♥♥♥♥ D-don’t touch me like that♥♥♥♥♥ Y-you’ll get caught♥♥♥♥♥ My chest is my weak point, even just touching it makes me lose control♥♥♥♥♥]

A piercing scream that seemed to tear apart my eardrums, making it clear why the function to listen to inner thoughts for hearing protection had been forcibly terminated.