Chapter 242: Petunia Titi (6)

I thought I had fallen asleep in the shrine, but when I opened my eyes, I was in a mansion. Unable to understand what was happening, I suddenly sat up in bed, only to find Mobius shaking a bell and muttering strange words.

“M-Mobius? Why, why are you here?”

He ignored Petunia Titi’s words and shouted, looking into the air.

“Congratulations on your marriage. I sincerely congratulate you on the marriage of Evan and Petunia Titi.”

“What?”

She didn’t need to understand that sentence. Suddenly, the space she was in collapsed as if flipping over a puzzle, and a red carpet shot out like a frog’s tongue snatching prey. The floor swayed like waves, and chairs and guests sprang up. The guests, whose faces weren’t properly expressed, clapped and shouted.

“Congratulations!”

“Congratulations Titi! Congratulations!”

“Yeah! I knew you’d get married!”

“W-What?”

The situation was changing even faster than the elf could comprehend. Suddenly, Evan was beside the bride. Evan was holding Petunia Titi tightly as he headed towards the bedroom, while baby angels blew trumpets, playing the wedding march.

The two were suddenly heading towards the bed. Evan, holding Petunia Titi like a princess, smiled brightly, then tossed her aside. She landed sprawled on the bed, unable to resist being pinned beneath him, as Evan pulled down his pants…

“Aagh…! Aaaah! Haa… Haa…”

With a climax that made her back ache, I opened my eyes to find myself still in the shrine. Blinking, I looked around, but nothing had changed. It was just the fact that Petunia Titi had an overtly lewd dream and her pajamas were damp, meaning she had to change clothes, that evoked feelings of misery.

She couldn’t regain her composure, still feeling a strange, thrilling sensation in her lower body. There was moisture between her legs, and when she brought her fingers close, her sensitive body let out a moan on its own.

“Wh-Why…”

I couldn’t understand. Why did this happen when I deliberately came to the shrine to sleep to avoid their trap? Unable to comprehend the situation, Petunia Titi kicked the door open and ran out. As soon as the door opened, she saw a young priest cleaning the hallway.

He smiled brightly upon seeing Petunia and said,

“Yes. What seems to be the trouble?”

“Didn’t someone enter this shrine last night?”

“…No one entered, but did anything go missing?”

Petunia Titi shook her head and said,

“It was a demon. A demon came in. A demon came into my room and attacked me?”

The priest carefully scanned Petunia Titi, who looked perfectly fine, then blushed and looked away. Only then did Petunia Titi realize her own face was flushed red and her clothes were clinging wetly. The priest cleared his throat and said,

“Ahem, well… demons cannot enter. Because the shrine is covered in demon-warding talismans, demons can’t get in unless someone inside opens the way.”

“Th-Then someone must have opened it!”

The priest made a very displeased face at Petunia Titi’s statement.

“Are you trying to say there’s someone in our shrine colluding with demons right now?”

At the sharp reaction, Petunia Titi had no choice but to step back. Even she thought her previous statement was a slip of the tongue.

“N-No. That’s not what I meant… Anyway, anyway! Uh… I-It was a demon!”

The priest looked frustrated at Petunia Titi’s words. The phrase ‘a demon appeared’ was used more often to deceive people than to warn of actual danger. Priests weren’t the type to believe a stranger shouting that a demon appeared. He frowned and asked Titi,

“But you’ve been saying a demon appeared. You look fine on the outside, so what damage did the demon inflict on you?”

Petunia Titi’s face flushed as she rolled her eyes. Then, scratching her head, she said in a small voice,

“Well… I-I had a lewd dream…”

“…What?”

“A s-succubus appeared! And made me have a lewd dream!”

“A s-succubus? Did you actually see the succubus?”

“…N-No, that’s not it….”

“Then did you just have a lewd dream?”

Sweat dripped down Petunia Titi’s face. She muttered, glowered at the priest, and shouted,

“The fact that I had a lewd dream is proof! A demon appeared!”

The priest looked around, sweating nervously. He stealthily backed away, pressing himself against the wall, moving further and further away from Petunia Titi like a cat encountering a wild animal that had invaded its territory.

“…I-I see. I-I will mention this matter to our head priest.”

The priest disappeared as if fleeing, leaving those words behind. Petunia Titi finally calmed down, took a breath, realized what crazy things she had said, jumped onto the bed, and started kicking the mattress.

“I’m crazy! I must be crazy! What was that!”

Pang! Pang!

The sound of kicking echoed through the room.

“No, I’m telling you, it really happened! She said a succubus attacked her because she had a lewd dream!”

The priest shouted, his face pale. The older, senior priest just nodded and smiled, even after hearing what the priest said. Instead, he just scanned the paper in front of him with pitying eyes.

“P-Priest. We need to kick that woman out quickly. Even though it’s High Priest Lumia’s order, we can’t keep a woman like that here.”

“Ho ho, just leave her be. She’s a pitiful person. And don’t talk like that in front of the elf; just offer sympathy.”

“Offer sympathy? Priest. How…”

“Just do as I say? As someone who serves God, isn’t it also our duty to embrace those suffering?”

The senior priest said so and wrote on the paper.

The notice sent by Priest Ernrich Lumia contained Petunia Titi’s description and the following text:

[If an elf matching the description below arrives, please provide protection. As an elf who went to subjugate the Demon King with the hero Wolf a long time ago, she suffered so much in the demon world that she now suffers from delusions that demons are attacking her. Upon discovery, please contact the branch, and the Ithaca branch will send an expert who can provide specialized care for her.]

“Oh dear, she looks so young. What could have happened to her…”

The senior priest clicked his tongue, his face full of pity.

Petunia Titi, who had gone out right after breakfast, came back into the shrine with a bright red face. She started packing her things with her head bowed low, and the young priest said carefully,

“You can stay a few more days. Please don’t feel too burdened…”

“…I’m leaving.”

After all, having caused a scene with nonsensical ramblings, she couldn’t stay in this shrine any longer. Petunia Titi held back tears that threatened to spill, forced herself, and packed her bags. The senior priest said to her as she packed,

“Since other shrines don’t have priestesses, it might be inconvenient for you. If you move to a shrine nearby, how about taking our priestess Lorena with you?”

Petunia Titi looked at Lorena, who was standing awkwardly. Titi, after thinking for a moment, nodded and said,

“Okay. Thank you for your consideration.”

Lorena also smiled brightly, seeming happy to be going with Petunia Titi. Seeing her smile, Petunia Titi resolved to steel her heart even more. She also believed things would surely change once she moved to another shrine. She was a perfect and intelligent elf. Being subjected to a lewd dream this time was simply because the shrine’s defenses were lax. Petunia Titi was confident that if she went to a shrine with better defenses and more space, even the most formidable succubus wouldn’t be able to easily invade her dreams.

“I’ll do my best to help you from the side.”

“Your intention is enough.”

Petunia Titi patted Lorena’s shoulder once, who offered to help, and then set out on the road. And vowed: never to fall into depravity, and never to fall into Evan’s clutches, no matter what.

A few days passed like that.

Petunia Titi, her face flushed red, was heading to the mansion with her luggage packed. People recognized her tall figure and pointed ears and whispered in low voices behind her.

“Did you hear the news? The night that elf entered the shrine, woman’s moans supposedly spread like that inside.”

“They say she’s selling her body instead of staying at the shrine for room and board? Sigh, why is such a grown-up elf maiden living like that?”

“Oh my, I thought even our local priest was such a good person, but people are all the same. Should I call it fortunate that I’ve seen people differently thanks to that elf? I’m not going to pay donations to the shrine anymore.”

“No way, they say at the shrine that she just has lewd dreams alone and shouts those things in her sleep. Does that even make sense? There’s a limit to lies.”

Petunia Titi’s face flushed crimson as she looked at the mansion with teary eyes.

“…Bastards!”