19. Ability (2)

A seed, she says.

A sprout, she says.

When I asked why aphrodisiac was coming from my body, another incomprehensible explanation popped out.

It’s like peeling an onion – no matter how many layers you remove, there’s always more, making my head throb.

“Huuu… Please explain in detail, Master. Everything, without leaving anything out.”

Gritting my teeth, I glared at Jane who was fidgeting with her lips.

She’d been subtly avoiding eye contact since earlier – clearly hiding something.

“Well, um.”

“Grrr…”

“I planted a seed of supernatural ability in Lily’s body.”

“Supernatural ability?”

“Things like magic or aura.”

“Eh?”

At Jane’s examples, I couldn’t help but imagine.

Moving heavy objects with just a flick of the finger like Master does.

Swinging a shiny, magnificent sword to defeat monsters.

As a (former) man, I honestly couldn’t resist such fantasies.

“Wow! So I can use magic or aura too?”

“Uh, sorry to burst your happy bubble. Lily can’t use magic or aura.”

But my sweet dreams were shattered by Jane’s blunt statement.

-Crash!

“Why not?!”

“Because you don’t have the talent for it.”

Her cold, matter-of-fact words made me close my eyes.

Whether from the surging emotions or what, I almost cried.

Then, as depression washed over me, my mind recalled a word Jane had mentioned.

“Wait, you said it sprouted.”

“Right. It sprouted. Magic and aura aren’t the only supernatural abilities to begin with.”

“This is complicated.”

“The seed of supernatural ability is magic that blooms the talent most suited to its host. So sometimes unusual abilities emerge.”

At her kind explanation, I pouted.

“So my talent is… secreting aphrodisiac?”

“We’ll need detailed tests, but it seems that way.”

My body slumped from the sudden wave of disappointment.

Jane gently stroked my cheek.

“So when are you going to untie me?”

When I tugged at the ropes binding my limbs and asked, Jane flinched.

“Ah, I’ll untie you soon.”

After a moment’s hesitation, she began fiddling with the knot at my wrist.

Normally she’d use magic to undo it instantly, but her movements were oddly slow this time.

I wanted to satisfy another curiosity.

“By the way, Jane.”

“Yes, Lily?”

“When did you plant the seed?”

“While Lily was sleeping.”

No wonder I’d wake up drenched in sweat and exhausted.

“Then, Jane.”

“Yes, Lily? Something else you’re curious about?”

The knot Jane was holding came undone at that moment.

My right hand regained its freedom.

“That ability seed thing… Did you plant it inside my lower abdomen?”

“Mhm, specifically in your womb.”

“Was there a reason you had to plant it in my womb?”

“Uh, well.”

“Does this have anything to do with that area becoming more sensitive recently?”

“Probably.”

At Jane’s nonchalant answer, I calmly continued my questioning.

“Then when you pressed on my stomach before we went to the flower garden – technically that was Master’s fault, wasn’t it?”

“Hmm…”

An awkward silence filled the laboratory.

My neck felt stiff and hot.

I could literally feel my blood pressure rising.

“Kuh!”

I reached out with my only free arm toward Jane.

Of course, she easily dodged and instead grabbed my wrist to retie it.

“I’ll shove in a pee-pee collar and anal plug!”

“I’ll untie you in a bit.”

“Untie me now! You terrible Master!”

The heavy bed creaked from my violent struggling.

But I couldn’t free myself from these uselessly soft ropes.

“Kuh!”

“So cute.”

***

“Heehee, huuu…”

Thanks to deep breaths pulling in oxygen, the heat reaching my scalp subsided slightly.

Having regained some composure, I studied Jane’s expression as she still looked down at me.

I was angry, but I’d actually tried to hit Master.

“…Master?”

But something strange caught my eye.

Jane’s pale cheeks were dyed a beautiful red.

“Haa, haa.”

Her breathing had also become rough.

“Ah, right.”

The sprouting seed was making my body secrete aphrodisiac.

And Jane had tried to comfort me, touching me bare-handed several times.

“Uh, Jane? Master?”

At my urgent call, Jane turned her head.

Her slowly blinking eyes were unfocused.

My danger sensors started blaring that this situation was very, very, very dangerous.

Jane, who normally displays incredible pervertedness, was now under the influence of aphrodisiac.

I was alone in the lab with her like this, with all my limbs restrained.

Aroused pervert + completely defenseless me.

Isn’t this a rape flag?

“Master! Master!”

Not that I dislike mixing bodies with Jane.

But this was genuinely dangerous, so I was seriously panicking.

The Jane who normally pushes me to my limits now with her judgment clouded by aphrodisiac?

I’d probably be unable to move a finger for at least a week.

“My pretty Master! Hey!”

“…Lily?”

Perhaps thanks to my desperate struggling and frantic calls?

Focus returned to Jane’s black eyes.

“Mask! Gloves! Ah! Purification! Purification magic!”

“Hmm…, ah. Haa…”

As she exhaled deeply, a red haze rose in her pupils.

The faint blush on her face also returned to its usual paleness.

“This is more dangerous than I thought.”

Jane grumbled while pressing her temples, as if dizzy.

Then slowly put on a mask and gloves.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m fine now. That was almost a mistake.”

“Thank goodness.”

“I’d decided to ravish Lily while fully sober.”

“Thank goodness?”

I let her strange muttering go in one ear and out the other as I sighed deeply.

“Whew… We need to find a solution quickly.”

“Mhm.”

***

“Alright then.”

Jane announced the start of tests after bringing some reagents from storage.

First discovery: the aphrodisiac was secreted through Lily’s sweat and resembled alraune sap.

So Jane planned to collect all of Lily’s bodily fluids to check which contained the component.

“So just. You need to pee in this.”

A slender white hand held out a large beaker.

Since it was pointed between my legs, Lily immediately understood what Jane wanted.

But recalling she was still wearing underwear and pants, with limbs tied and unable to move, she desperately denied reality.

“…Pee what?”

“Urine. Pee. Number one.”

“Eek!”

The tests hit a snag right from the start.

Master’s request was full of mischief.

Still, Lily tried to calm her anger and negotiate.

“Untie me first.”

“No.”

Earlier Jane had at least pretended to untie her, but now refused firmly.

“Things Lily touches might get contaminated with aphrodisiac, so I can’t untie you.”

It sounded reasonable at first glance.

But Lily quickly discerned another hidden reason.

“And your real reason?”

“I love seeing Lily helpless, completely dependent on me for everything.”

“Eek!”

The far more perverse reason made Lily recoil.

Jane enjoyed watching the trembling flower bud for a moment.

Then slowly proceeded with other tests.

Saliva, tears, milk, even blood.

Each was collected and checked in real time.

Result: aphrodisiac components were detected in all bodily fluids.

Feeling like the test results were sentencing her to loss of freedom.

Lily sulked and slumped.

“Huh?”

Then Jane began untying the soft ropes binding her wrists and ankles.

“Promise not to get off the bed.”

“Yes! Yes, I promise!”

It was merely going from worst to bad, but she was grateful even for that.

Then Jane held out the large beaker again.

“Huh?”

“Urine.”

For a moment Lily couldn’t process reality, closing and opening her eyes.

But the beaker remained before her.

“You weren’t joking?”

“Not at all.”

Lily began trembling like a kitten.

Though hearing her shaky voice, Jane’s face remained serious.

“But if it showed up in blood, of course it’ll be in urine too.”

“It’s not just about confirming its presence.”

Since Jane was the expert, Lily quickly gave up arguing.

Instead offering a compromise.

“Then let me just go to the bathroom for a moment…”

“You promised not to get off the bed.”

“Then could you step outside for a moment?”

But Jane firmly shook her head.

“No.”

“I won’t get off the bed. I already promised…”

“Need help?”

Adding subtle pressure, Jane threw Lily into confusion.

Though she’d made many mistakes before Jane, she’d never openly urinated in front of her, so Lily’s mental state began crumbling.

Jane never took her eyes off Lily as she sat in a chair.

When she crossed her legs seductively, Lily almost scolded her out of habit before clamping her mouth shut.

“Uuu…”

Biting her lip and clutching her clothes, she looked unbearably cute.

Jane almost softened.

But since she preferred seeing Lily embarrassed and suffering.

And opportunities to push her like this were rare.

Jane swallowed hard and sighed in anticipation.

“Whew.”

Finally, Lily’s internal debate ended.

Let’s just get it over with.

She’s already shown me worse things.

Lily desperately brainwashed herself.

Though it didn’t make this humiliating, tear-inducing situation any less embarrassing.

“Life…”