Ch.317Half-Baked (11)

“Why, is there something behind?”

In response to Eidel’s question, Descartes extended his tentacles and pushed the door aside. As the space where she had been hiding suddenly disappeared, Ireh gasped and fell backward.

Eventually, she made eye contact with Eidel.

“Sister? How did you get here…?”

Ireh’s mind went completely blank.

Wouldn’t this make it seem like she had snuck into the Rheinland mansion unable to control her desires? Just as Ireh was about to hurriedly explain herself:

“It seems this woman couldn’t control her lust and was spying on us. Looking at this, humans truly are creatures faithful to their instincts.”

“N-no, that’s not it. I really had important business! I got permission from Seti to come in…!”

“Then you should have knocked proudly. Why were you secretly peeping?”

Descartes twirled his pen with a mischievous smile. Like any other god, he had a knack for slandering people.

However, Eidel wasn’t the type to fall for Descartes’ pranks. He lightly hit Descartes on the head with a water bottle and approached Ireh, extending his hand.

“Here, get up. The floor is cold, you’ll catch a cold if you stay sitting.”

“Y-yeah.”

Warmth transferred to her hand as she fumbled in the air. Ireh stared blankly at Eidel’s face as she got up.

That was the beginning of trouble.

Her body was already yearning for affection due to the curse, and the moment her fingertips touched the one she had a crush on, impure desires burst forth like a flood. Ireh used the pulling force from Eidel to ambush his lips.

“…!”

The focus disappeared from Eidel’s eyes.

This was their second… no, third kiss. She was starting to get the hang of it.

Each time she pressed her cherry-like lips against his, she felt a sense of fulfillment in her chest, but at the same time, her thirst intensified like drinking endless seawater.

Her head was spinning. It felt like her reason was turning to dust and scattering.

“Sister, wait a moment!”

“I’m sorry, brother… when you touch me, my body feels strange…!”

“She’s in heat like a female animal.”

While Ireh was hugging and rubbing against Eidel as if about to knock him over, Descartes organized his thoughts.

It wasn’t his business whether the youngster and that human woman pounded rice cakes or stuck together. Since reproduction was natural for living beings, he could even observe it with interest.

But research shouldn’t be hindered because of it.

He had just been looking forward to having an academic discussion with the youngster after a long time. For a human woman to appear and ruin this interesting exchange of knowledge was an unforgivable atrocity.

Come to think of it, it had been happening for a while. Ever since that woman had studied a bit, she had frequently taken away time that Descartes could have spent discussing with the youngster.

He might tolerate other women, but this one was difficult to overlook.

Descartes frowned and moved his tentacles.

Whoosh!

The hook-like tentacle caught Eidel by the nape and pulled him away. This caused Ireh, who had been clinging to Eidel, to fall forward.

“Ah…”

A sigh moistened her throat as she was forcibly separated from Eidel.

At the same time, her reason returned. Coming to her senses, she realized she had once again done something she shouldn’t have to Eidel.

She felt resentful. She hated herself—hideous, consumed by lustful desires. She had come to apologize for what happened that day, but only repeated her sinful actions.

Separately, her ignited sexual desire was boiling like a stew heated over medium heat. If left unchecked, she would go crazy again. Her teeth chattered from these two conflicting emotions. Descartes spoke:

“Stop making those disappointed sounds. Don’t interfere with my research time with the youngster and get out. If you really can’t handle it, grab any male on the street and ask for help.”

“…What?”

“I won’t say it three times. Grab, any, male, and, mate. Then you’ll return to normal for a while.”

Those words were like a miracle cure. The fragments of reason that remained multiplied and forged her thoughts into cold clarity.

“Sleep with just any man?”

“I said I wouldn’t repeat myself three times, human.”

Just hearing it made her want to vomit. Ireh slapped her own cheek and glared.

“Do I look like that kind of loose woman to you?”

“Yes.”

“You’ve got me all wrong, god. I’m not that kind of woman.”

“Then keep enduring.”

Descartes sneered, raising one corner of his lips.

“Or are you saying that no one but this youngster is suitable for you? If you came to disturb us for such a selfish reason, that’s quite unpleasant.”

“No, I came to discuss the eastern situation…”

“What discussion? Human, think about what you just did. You barged in here and interrupted our research. And if that wasn’t enough, you did something that would trouble the youngster.”

She had already been confused about that.

He’s a married man, he saved her life, and she repaid his kindness with crime. Whatever she said would be a vile excuse.

Then Eidel wiped his mouth and said:

“It is troubling as Descartes says, but I don’t think we should blame Sister Ireh for it.”

“Huh?”

Ireh, who had been fidgeting, looked at Eidel.

“Sister, if our relationship becomes distant because of this, that would be exactly what the gods want. I won’t let that happen according to their wishes. I’m sure you feel the same.”

“But I did something terrible to you…”

“Haah, Sister.”

Eidel put down his research materials and approached her.

Ireh became even more confused. Why, when she kept trying to pounce on him, could he make such an expression toward her?

It didn’t make sense.

That’s why Eidel’s next words felt so unexpected.

“I wasn’t hurt or angry with you. I know it’s because of the god’s curse. If anything, I feel sorry for taking your first kiss.”

“No, that’s not it. I’m the one who did wrong. You resisted the curse, and I couldn’t. That’s all there is to it…”

“In the end, we’re both victims, and the perpetrator is someone else. So I wish you wouldn’t feel guilty.”

“…”

“If you still don’t believe me, I’ll approach it this way.”

The next moment, Ireh was embraced in Eidel’s arms.

Her eyes widened. This time, it wasn’t her who had rushed at him unable to control her desires. The dependable man’s hand slowly stroked the side of Ireh’s head.

“A-Eidel.”

“I’ll be honest with you. I don’t dislike you, Sister.”

Eidel gradually pulled away from Ireh.

Bang! Ireh’s reason didn’t just explode—it completely broke down. Her brain was so pickled in drug-like pleasure that she couldn’t even move.

“The reason I pushed you away that day was because of my position and the location. If we had gone further, we both would have been caught up in a tiresome scandal, not to mention other issues.”

This was also strange. Eidel had clearly said at the time that he wouldn’t mix bodies with just any woman. That it would be rape since there was no consent.

But what was this reaction? It was completely opposite.

“Ah.”

He wouldn’t mix bodies with just any woman. Not with someone who wasn’t his lover, and without consent. In reverse, this meant that he wouldn’t dislike it if it were a “woman in a special relationship.”

‘Sister.’

Ireh recalled how Eidel addressed her. Even now, he was calling her “Sister.”

Wasn’t that a special relationship?

It might be self-rationalization. It might be an excuse, an escape. But Eidel’s current reaction led Ireh’s lust-filled mind to that conclusion.

Moreover.

“Anyway, if you can endure it, just go out and mind your own business, woman. I have plenty left to discuss with this youngster.”

“Wait a minute. Since it’s come to this, let’s talk a little.”

“How annoying. I told you to go away.”

Ireh could tell.

The God of Wisdom and Curiosity, Descartes. In a different sense, she was her rival.

“If you’re going to do research… I can join you.”

“You’ll do well with a body in heat? If you manage it, that would be interesting in its own way.”

Ireh glanced at Eidel while regaining her composure.

“You were designing the gravity bomb, right?”

“Yes.”

“We were designing it together before. I was thinking we could continue that. As you can see… ugh, I can still write equations without a problem.”

“Sister.”

Eidel sighed.

“I’m sorry, but it’s almost finished.”

“What…?”

Eidel gently smiled and stroked the god’s head.

“As I discussed with Descartes, a breakthrough quickly became apparent. I finished all the probability calculations earlier. Now I just need to complete the blueprints and turn it into a paper, and the first step will be done.”

Ireh’s eyes became vacant.

It felt like the sky was falling.

Ireh had known for a long time that it would be difficult to become Eidel’s wife. That’s why she had given up early on.

She thought it would be enough if she could at least be his office spouse. Her ambition went only that far.

“Human, I’m sorry, but I’m the only one in this world who can have deep discussions with the youngster. Ordinary people like you should go suck your fingers with other human researchers.”

Descartes was trying to take even that position from her.