Chapter 1267: Side Story – The Saintess’s Request (1)

The morning air was slightly chilly, crisp and neat. However, unlike the clear sky, Maria’s heart felt anything but.

Unlike her neatly worn priestess robes, her body felt somewhat disheveled inside.

The lingering thoughts of last night, when she’d carelessly given in to her desires in the bathroom and masturbated, still remained in her mind.

‘I feel so drained today. Could it be because of the self-comfort I indulged in last night?’

Still, whenever desire surged, experiencing that controlled pleasure once helped her endure it for a while.

Feeling a slight doubt, Maria headed to the Hope City Guild’s guild master’s office as usual.

She was unaware that her body had already reached its limit for storing desire, thus failing to recognize the problem manifesting within her.

“…I’ve arrived at work.”

“Yes, Maria.”

“…….”

-Thump.

Sung Taekyung’s voice felt somehow more noticeable today.

At first, Maria had tried not to pay him much mind, thinking of him merely as the Saintess’s lover and a candidate for the Holy Father. But every time she saw him truly dedicate his entire being to the Holy Father ritual, officially become the Holy Father, and fulfill his role as the Saintess’s husband flawlessly.

Maria, who had watched the Saintess grow up since childhood, found her own feelings for him gradually growing as well.

“…Here’s your coffee.”

“Ah, thank you.”

…He probably had no idea that I masturbated last night while thinking of his face.

And she must continue to not know. As one of the chief priests of the Vatican Holy See, who had raised Saintess Lulusia and now served her.

She had to put aside trivial feelings as befitted a chief priest of the Holy See. Just as she always had.

-Thump.

“…Hoo.”

Maria sat down, letting out a shallow sigh barely audible to Sung Taekyung.

And Sung Taekyung, observing her state, felt that she indeed needed to relieve her sexual urges.

A short while after work began, the guild master’s office door opened without warning with a click.

“Taekyung~! I’m here~!”

The pink-haired Saintess entered, opening the door gently.

Maria felt a momentary question arise at the clear, bright voice, yet found herself involuntarily standing and bowing her head.

“Oh, you’ve arrived, Lulusia-nim.”

“Yes, Maria~. Good morning~!”

Her question about why she’d visit the guild master’s office so early in the morning lasted only a moment.

Upon seeing her approach Sung Taekyung’s chair as if it were the most natural thing in the world and embrace him, Maria dismissed her question.

‘…The Saintess wouldn’t need a reason to visit the Holy Father, would she.’

The two bodies overlapped on the chair.

Lulusia nestled into Sung Taekyung’s embrace without hesitation.

Lulusia embraced him directly, careful not to press against his belly, holding him in a somewhat precarious position.

“…….”

As husband and wife, it was an expression of affection that could perhaps be seen as natural.

No, rather, it was quite an unexpected display of intimacy for a Holy Father and Saintess. At least, from what she knew, affection couldn’t possibly arise between a man forced to take on the role of Holy Father out of duty and a Saintess who inevitably had to serve him for life.

This generation’s Holy Father, who was truly exceptional in many ways, including the Holy Father ritual.

Watching the still miraculous relationship between the two, Maria couldn’t help but recall what had happened in the bathroom last night.

“…….”

The Holy Father and Saintess, gazing at each other with such affectionate expressions, instinctively engaging in physical contact.

In contrast, herself, even when desire surged, could only restrain and release it alone to the best of her ability.

Of course, she didn’t particularly regret her chosen path, but still, as a woman and a handmaiden serving Lulusia, Maria couldn’t help but feel envious.

Of both Sung Taekyung and Lulusia.

‘…How dare I harbor such disrespectful thoughts towards the Saintess and the Holy Father.’

It was jealousy so absurd it felt ridiculous even to herself.

If she felt this way towards only one person, perhaps. But feeling both affection and jealousy towards both of them made her feel strange.

While trying to focus her gaze on the monitor before her with such thoughts, the two wouldn’t leave her be.

“Haaah, Tae, Taekyung….”

“…Lulusia.”

Lulusia, now fully perched on Sung Taekyung’s lap, had her arms wrapped around his neck.

The eyes of the two, locked onto each other, slowly began to draw closer.

-Peck.

“Hhup….”

-Slurp, smack.

“Hhheup, hup….”

The sound of lips meeting, tongues tangling.

And the small, hot breaths escaping Lulusia’s lips.

The presence of the two engaged in a passionate kiss, holding each other’s necks, was not something she could simply ignore by looking away.

Hearing the sounds of the two passionately making love, Maria decided to step away for a moment.

‘It feels awkward to be here, so it seems appropriate to leave for a bit.’

She just wanted to avoid paying attention, even formulating a suitable excuse in her mind to leave the guild master’s office.

With those thoughts, Maria naturally started to rise from her seat, but…

“Guild Master, I’ll be down in the office for a moment….”

“Ah, Maria. If you don’t mind, could you reorganize that inventory report I gave you earlier? Organize it by date and create a new Excel file.”

“…Understood.”

Sung Taekyung’s voice called her back just as she was trying to leave.

She couldn’t shake the intuition that his words felt like a command to sit back down, but she couldn’t refuse the instructions of her superior and the Holy Father of the Holy See.

Maria obediently sat back down and opened the Excel sheet.

-Smack, slurp, smack….

“Haaah, euuung….”

-Slurp, smack….

“Hoo, Tae, Taekyung….”

…Of course, in this environment, it was impossible to work properly.

Sung Taekyung and Lulusia’s presence, which she couldn’t help but notice.

Her eyes were on the monitor screen, yet her ears and mind kept drifting towards the couple’s affectionate displays.

At some point, moisture began to gather between Maria’s legs.

‘…Calm down, Maria. They’re just getting along well, the Holy Father and the Saintess.’

She wasn’t so mentally weak as to abandon her work just from witnessing such a scene.

Just as she was quietly typing on the keyboard, biting her lower lip.

“Ahah…?!”

Lulusia, who was on Sung Taekyung’s body, suddenly flinched, and a small, thin breath escaped her lips.

“Are you alright, Lulusia-nim?!”

Her body instinctively rose from her seat, momentarily forgetting that the two were making love.

However, what met Maria’s gaze was merely Lulusia, still blushing, nestled in Sung Taekyung’s embrace.

“It’s nothing, Maria~. It, it just brushed against Taekyung’s… uh… thing when it got hard~.”

“…I, is that so.”

Maria’s body settled back into the chair at Lulusia’s nonchalant reply.

“…….”

Only the single word she’d just heard from Lulusia remained fixed in her mind.

Hard.

It meant sexually aroused, beyond simple affection.

Perhaps the Saintess spoke so casually because she knew Maria had seen the Holy Father’s private parts before.

She had washed his private parts during purification rites, served him, and even witnessed him engaging in relations with the Holy See’s priests for the purpose of conception, without missing a single detail.

Of course, if Maria had maintained the same mindset as back then, she wouldn’t have been stirred by Lulusia mentioning Sung Taekyung getting hard.

“……Hoo.”

To Maria, whose sexual desire was being pushed to the brink, her words carried a completely different meaning.

She kept inadvertently imagining that large thing from that day.

With her sexual desire peaking and being forcibly suppressed, his private part kept popping into Maria’s mind.

‘Calm down, Maria. What’s the big deal if the Holy Father got hard.’

It was simply a story that had nothing to do with her.

She just needed to focus on the work Sung Taekyung assigned her.

Whether the Holy Father and Saintess made love, undressed, or had sex in the guild master’s office was entirely irrelevant to her.

“Haaah, Taekyung, I’m sorry…. Even though it’s hard like this, I, your wife, can’t properly satisfy your urges….”

“It’s okay, Lulusia. You’re pregnant, so don’t push yourself. Just having you here beside me is enough right now.”

“Taekyung….”

“…….”

Until these words escaped their lips the moment she tried to turn her attention back to the monitor.