Chapter 96

Chapter 96

Otherworld Cheat Harem.

Episode 96: Divine (3)

Leveling up enhances all physical abilities. Experiencing it about three times makes one almost a superhuman, incomparable to ordinary people.

The same goes for Charlotte. Her hearing, half-removed from the human category, can detect even ultrasonic waves like a bat or dolphin if she wishes.

‘This can’t be…’

A sacred place overseen by God couldn’t be magically altered. The room where the Saintess resides was soundproofed with a thick iron door. However, it wasn’t perfect.

At least, it wasn’t enough to block Charlotte’s hearing. She doubted her ears at the conversation she overheard from inside the room.

The Saintess, that Saintess, was conversing with a man. How could this be?

The Saintess’s blessing is closer to a curse, a talent that brings misfortune to others, much like Midas’s touch.

A man who hears her voice becomes deaf, one who sees her skin goes blind, and anyone who makes direct contact with her dies by divine punishment.

A great blessing from God bestowed solely to protect her virginity.

If there is someone who converses with her directly, bypassing such a divine blessing… it means that man is a godlike being.

‘Unbelievable.’

It was hard to believe. How could a human become a godlike entity? Only the legendary dragons, now all vanished, could rival gods.

Other than that? No being, including demons, could raise their head before God.

‘How on earth?’

Charlotte reached a point where she couldn’t trust her own body or God. It would be absurd for a guardian of the Saintess to doubt herself, but could a holy knight abandon God? That was also impossible.

As she stood there, unable to decide what to do, the sound of a bell rang from inside. Hearing it, Charlotte immediately kicked the door open and went inside.

“Saintess, is something the matter?”

Though she instantly grasped the situation upon entering, she still asked again. It would be a bad move to arbitrarily interpret the opinion of the one she served.

The Saintess, as always, gestured to her, and Charlotte leaned in to listen.

“…He is to return; escort him.”

“Understood.”

Charlotte looked at Dojin. Though she hadn’t said anything to him yet, Dojin stood up, ready to leave.

“…Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

As she left the room with Dojin, Charlotte was lost in thought. What on earth had happened? It would be quicker to ask him. How did he manage to converse with the Saintess?

Suddenly, Dojin, who was following Charlotte, stopped. Realizing the absence of footsteps, Charlotte turned around.

Dojin was looking at her with a slightly serious expression.

“What’s wrong?”

“…Nothing.”

Dojin lightly excused himself, saying it was nothing, and followed Charlotte out of the mansion. As they left, Dojin continued to engage Charlotte in conversation.

“When did you start serving the Saintess?”

“Since a long time ago.”

“Oh, precisely when?”

“I don’t remember.”

“Hmm, ah. It’s a bit awkward to keep calling you ‘knight.’ May I ask your name…?”

“Continue to call me ‘knight.’”

Since Charlotte didn’t mind starting a conversation with Dojin, she continued the dialogue by answering his questions.

“What did you talk about inside?”

“…What are you talking about? How could I have a conversation with the Saintess as a man?”

“Yes, indeed.”

She paused. From that slight reaction alone, Charlotte was convinced that Dojin had spoken with the Saintess.

Two pieces of circumstantial evidence had emerged, but it wasn’t enough. Should she take a gamble? As she stepped into the yard, Charlotte drew her sword and aimed it at Dojin.

“The Saintess said you toyed with her body.”

“What? What are you talking about…?”

“She said not to dirty the room, so she asked you to be killed outside.”

She exuded a murderous aura. Though she had no intention of killing him, she would do anything for the Saintess.

Perhaps sensing her resolve, Dojin raised his hands and said,

“I did nothing. I didn’t lay a hand on the Saintess.”

“Are you saying the Saintess lied?”

“Perhaps it’s the knight who’s lying. If you’re truly suspicious, you can cut me down. Strike me dead. And leave the judgment of sin to the gods.”

“…You dare to speak the name of the gods.”

Yet, even as he spoke so boldly, she, as a holy knight, could not ignore the name of the gods and kill him. Especially since she knew herself that Dojin was innocent.

“If you truly insist, I’ll let it go this time.”

Clicking her tongue, she sheathed her sword. Seeing this, Dojin began to talk about something else with a cheerful smile.

“Oh, by the way, knight.”

“What is it?”

“There was a maid at our mansion. A maid who was very skilled with a sword.”

“…And what does that have to do with me?”

Her heart skipped a beat. A maid skilled with a sword—he was talking about her. However, she had never taken off her helmet in front of Dojin. She had even altered her voice as much as possible.

She hadn’t given away a single clue that it was her.

But why bring it up at this moment? Charlotte couldn’t understand.

“Ah, it might not matter to you, but… that maid, when we first met, drank enough to become completely drunk, and to earn money, she allowed her body to be used by several people.”

“That’s…! That’s against the commandments.”

“Right?”

She almost made an excuse that it never happened, but barely held back. However, Dojin’s lips curled up even more.

“If such a person wasn’t just a cleric or a holy knight, but also a close aide to the Saintess, what would you think?”

“…Was that person among the nuns of the mansion?”

She tried to evade, but Dojin spoke with a tone full of certainty.

“No, I’m talking about you, Miss Charlotte. Isn’t that right?”

“Wh-What nonsense…?!”

“I’m just a little more observant than others, so if I see a sword technique once, I can recognize it the second time.”

“…What do you want to say?”

“Please cooperate, Miss Charlotte. Otherwise, I’ll spread rumors that a Holy Knight engaged in such acts.”

“That’s something the Saintess…”

“The Saintess?”

Oh no. Charlotte quickly covered her mouth. In trying to hide her own disgrace, she had revealed that it was something the Saintess ordered.

Too foolish, far too foolish. It shouldn’t have been like this… She bit her lip tightly and spoke.

“…What do you want?”

“It’s simple. You’re the chief guardian of the Saintess, right?”

“…Yes.”

As soon as Dojin found himself in a favorable position, he started speaking informally, which made Charlotte glare at him.

Feeling the aura emanating from beyond her helmet, Dojin revealed his plan to her.

“I’d like to see the Saintess more often. She’s cooped up like a bird in a cage every day. It’s hard to see her frequently like this.”

“…What are you suggesting?”

“Make it so I can see her often. Take her outside occasionally. You come alone as the escort.”

Seeing her often, what could he want with a Saintess he can’t even see bare-skinned? As soon as that thought arose, the idea she’d been pondering earlier came to mind.

“You, don’t tell me…”

“That’s right.”

He had secured an inside spy.

Thinking that, Dojin confessed his secret.

“The Saintess’s curse doesn’t work on me.”

Charlotte was engulfed in shock, as if she’d been struck on the head.

Back at the mansion, I pondered how to use the Saintess. She was like a cheat code in her very existence.

Even injuries that Aram couldn’t possibly heal might be restored through the Saintess’s different mechanisms of abilities.

Even if not, an infinite cycle could be possible where Aram absorbs all injuries and the Saintess heals her.

Once the worry of getting injured disappears, the possible strategies multiply into tens or hundreds. Isn’t it already a body that doesn’t easily get injured? From now on, I could push my body even more aggressively.

‘Though it might be worrisome…’

The heart of Buddha was like this. It lightly transcends human thoughts and common sense. Thinking it would be good to make plans that I hadn’t been able to before, I headed to Seoyoon.

Knock knock.

When I knocked and immediately opened the door, Seoyoon, who was studying otherworldly books at her desk, tilted her head and looked at me.

“What’s up?”

“I have something to say.”

“What is it?”

“Come here first.”

I led Seoyoon to the bed. Even though she was surprised, she followed my lead. After seating her, I sat next to her and began to speak.

“I have something to tell you alone.”

“Go on, then?”

“Actually, my ability isn’t about handling a sword well.”

“I already know that.”

“You knew?”

I didn’t know this. Seoyoon looked at me as if to say, ‘Of course, I would know something like that.’

“Dojin, you didn’t seem to have any trauma related to swords. If anything, you probably have trauma related to… relationships with women.”

“No, how on earth did you…?”

“I once read a psychology book out of boredom.”

Normally, people wouldn’t notice such things just by reading a book, but in front of me was Seoyoon, the top prodigy from my high school.

If it were her, she could easily grasp people’s psychology just by reading a single book.

“Yeah, you’re right.”

“So? What’s your ability?”

“I get stronger through sex.”

“…What?”

“To be precise, it’s an ability that allows both my partner and me to get what we want simultaneously.”

I explained the mechanism of the ability I discovered. Have sex with a woman. If it’s something both the woman and I desire simultaneously, the ability activates and evolves me.

Seoyoon looked at me with a face that seemed to question the existence of such an ability.

“Then, is your penis an ability too?”

“Yeah.”

“I figured. It was unbelievably big for an Asian.”

“So? Are you disappointed?”

“Not at all? If you grew it with your ability, that’s part of your ability too.”

Seoyoon, perhaps guessing why I revealed my ability to her, slowly began to undress.

In an instant, Seoyoon had tossed aside even her underwear, murmuring curiously.

“Then what’s your original size?”

“…This much.”

When I turned off the ability and reverted to my original size, Seoyoon let out a hum and fiddled with my thing.

I think it’s about the Asian average, but compared to the size of the black guys in AVs, it looks pathetically small.

“It’s small.”

“This is average.”

“That was information I wasn’t curious about at all. Thanks.”

However, she kissed it as if she could love even this small thing if it was mine. In response, my thing twitched.

“Do you want to try with this?”

“I don’t mind, but… are you okay with it?”

At Seoyoon’s words, I asked her back. Having been used to a larger size, she might feel a sense of deprivation when dealing with something smaller.

But hearing that, she let out a chuckle and wrapped her arms around my neck.

“If a woman loves her partner, she can feel it even with a finger.”

Fortunately, my thing was bigger than a finger. I kissed her and lay down on the bed.

Then we shared a passionate love.

After one round of lovemaking, Seoyoon turned her head to look at me in a limp state.

“…How was it?”

“What do you mean?”

“The ability, did it activate?”

“…No. Unfortunately.”

As much as I wished otherwise, it seemed impossible for me to become stronger by talking to and having sex with a specific woman.

Well, if that were possible, it wouldn’t be just a cheat ability, it would be omnipotence.

“Come to think of it, how many abilities have you gained so far?”

“Um… eight.”

“Heh, I see.”

After speaking, I immediately covered my mouth. Admitting to having eight abilities was essentially confessing that I had sex with at least eight people.

“…Sorry.”

“It’s okay. So, with whom?”

“…You’re the best.”

“I know.”

After that, I made sure Seoyoon wouldn’t sulk by filling her womb with plenty of my seed.