chapter_0163

164 – There Is Not Absolutely No Way

164 – There Is Not Absolutely No Way

That day, Nikki, who had experienced countless climaxes at Max’s Illusion Shop, was still intoxicated by the sensations of that day.

A fluffy feeling.

Her lower abdomen warmed, and her chest wouldn’t calm down.

Just when she was about to forget, it would come to mind, and just when it was about to disappear, it would throb again, making her aware.

That day’s experience was not just a dream.

Her body felt limp, and occasionally she felt weak, a sense of fulfillment that made her feel drowsy and fall asleep.

This sensation, which gave her the illusion that someone was constantly hugging her, gave her a kind of emotion that she had never felt as the Hero.

It just felt good.

She laughed for no reason, and she became happy from laughing.

It wasn’t like this even when she fell asleep in an inn after being exhausted from catching monsters, or when she faced a new world for the first time.

“Hnghmmm~.”

A hum came out involuntarily.

Then, she suddenly wanted to see Max.

She wanted to experience the many illusions that Max had given her once more.

She wondered what kind of pleasure the next floor would bring her.

The reason she hadn’t gone despite her overflowing desire was because of Max’s firm warning.

-Don’t ever come until you calm down.

She decided to heed his warning that she absolutely couldn’t handle it in her current state.

In fact, she had received a warning sign just from him gently stroking her lower abdomen.

Of course, the aftereffect was that she kept thinking about Max and his Illusion Shop.

“…Did you hear what I said?”

Saint Eileen said in a small, whispering voice.

Nikki, startled, shook her head.

“Wh-what did you say?”

“…Did something happen? You seem out of it…”

Eileen’s eyes narrowed as she spoke.

“S-sorry… I was lost in thought for a moment.”

“Hmm, is that so? Did you go somewhere strange or something?”

“S-strange place? What do you mean?”

“Your face is flushed and your breathing is rough, like a woman aroused by lust, so I was just asking.”

“S-Saint, what strange things are you saying, hohohot, n-no, not at all. Nothing like that…”

Eileen didn’t respond to that.

“I see. I must have been mistaken.”

Nikki felt her heart drop at Eileen’s words.

Just indirectly mentioning it made her remember that day and feel embarrassed.

When she didn’t know what kind of shop it was, she didn’t think it would penetrate her daily life so deeply.

She could now understand why Yuris had recommended it so actively.

‘Yuris knows… does that mean she’s been through this too?’

Her face flushed.

‘What did Yuris see?’

Something like this while conquering a dungeon like me?

No. She’s a strong warrior, so maybe she dominates men and makes them grovel at her feet.

Like a queen.

Looking at Yuris’s ability to perfectly control the Knights in the training grounds and on the battlefield, it was reasonable.

‘That might be a little erotic too.’

She became embarrassed just thinking about someone else’s desires.

Lost deep in her own fantasies, Nikki didn’t notice that Eileen was narrowing her eyes and watching her closely.

“Ahem, anyway, a new demon has descended.”

“…A demon?”

Nikki, finally hearing Eileen properly, asked back.

“Yes. Usually, Holy Knights and Inquisitors would go to the site before the summoning to eliminate the weakened demon or execute the heretics who drew the summoning circle, but this demon was a little different.”

“Don’t tell me you missed it?”

“Yes. We missed it. I tried to bind it with incantation, but it didn’t work. Rather, it ignored my incantation and left.”

Nikki felt a jolt of alertness at those words.

“If it ignored the incantation, could it be the Demon King…?”

“That’s not it. If the Demon King had descended again, the Hero would already know.”

“Then what was summoned?”

“A Succubus.”

Nikki frowned at those words.

“That annoying Nightmare has descended?”

“That’s right.”

“Is this the work of heretics?”

Eileen shook her head.

“It probably isn’t. There was no summoning ritual nearby. If there had been a summoning ritual, there would have been traces.”

“Then you don’t know why it was summoned?”

“Priests and Inquisitors are investigating.”

Nikki felt that Saint Eileen’s voice was louder than usual.

Nikki was the only person the Saint, whose incantations manifested just by speaking, could converse with freely, so she always spoke to her without stuttering.

But now, her voice was much more forceful than usual.

As if she was angry.

‘Is it because of the Nightmare?’

Maybe she’s upset that the incantation didn’t work.

“A Nightmare that doesn’t respond to incantations…”

“That’s why I called the Hero. I need your help right now.”

Nikki bit her lip.

If it had been before, she would have been happy to have an excuse to leave the capital, but today was different.

‘I don’t want to leave the capital.’

But she had no reason to refuse.

If the Hero doesn’t defeat the Demon race, who will catch the demons?

The reason she was treated so well was because she had the power to defeat these demons.

“Surely the Hero wouldn’t abandon the task of defeating a Nightmare, would she?”

The Saint said.

Why?

It felt like there was a strange hostility in Eileen’s words.

“Of course not. The Hero can’t be absent when it comes to defeating demons.”

“Please go to the site first. By now, the priests will be tracking the demon’s location.”

“I see. Aren’t you coming with me, Saint?”

“I plan to stay in the capital. You never know. It might suddenly target the Emperor and come to the capital.”

“You said the incantation didn’t work.”

“The elite Holy Knights and the power of the Holy Land are enough to defeat it.”

It was a reasonable reason.

“Okay. I guess we’ll have to move separately this time.”

It was a shame that she wouldn’t be able to visit Max’s shop for a while, but she couldn’t neglect her main job.

She was the Hero before she was a woman.

“I’ll be back.”

“Please take care.”

Eileen looked at Nikki leaving with a bright expression.

***

Eileen instinctively noticed Nikki’s embarrassed expression.

‘She went.’

She had been to Max’s Illusion magic Shop.

Anyone who had been there always had the expression of a female, no matter what their profession.

They couldn’t concentrate, and they often had a dazed expression as if they were possessed by something.

She had been like that too.

‘While I was dealing with the Nightmare, she was enjoying herself alone?’

Nikki had always boasted about traveling around here and there.

But she resented that she hadn’t shown up in this important situation where they had to subjugate a demon.

It was something they had agreed on in the past.

The power of the demons summoned after the Demon King was defeated was much weaker than before, so the Order could handle them directly.

So, the Order would handle them first, and the Hero would go and directly subjugate the demons that the Order couldn’t handle.

It was a contract they had made when they defeated the Demon King, but Eileen resented Nikki for enjoying herself alone.

That was why she said she would stay in the capital.

Just as Nikki had enjoyed herself alone, she wanted to enjoy herself alone too.

‘It’s not like I didn’t want to go.’

She wanted to go so many times.

She wanted to visit Max’s shop.

Wasn’t that why she had even called him to the Order to receive his services?

But if she went there one more time, she felt like she would cross a line that she shouldn’t cross, so she held back.

She ended up saying something out of spite when Nikki said she had gone alone.

‘Why did I do that when it’s not a place we can go together?’

I’m sorry, Sister Nikki.

I must have been momentarily blinded by desire.

‘I’ll apologize when she gets back.’

But what was done was done.

‘Wouldn’t it be okay to go for just a little bit…?’

But she needed to be fully prepared.

She had taken a vow of chastity, promising the goddess that she would protect her purity.

She had to be a virgin to become a Saint.

She had to protect her virginity no matter what the situation.

That was why visiting that place was a burden for Eileen in many ways.

But.

‘It’s not like there’s no way…’

She had heard that nuns who couldn’t bear the loneliness used a method a long time ago.

They used a charm with special power.

That special power was said to have the power to make places other than the genitals like genitals.

If you attached the charm with that special power to a specific location, the divinity contained in the charm would perform a miracle.

It was information she had found in a book she had accidentally discovered in the library.

It was a method that had been used in the early days of the Goddess Church.

Of course, there was also a record that all related records had been banned hundreds of years ago, saying that it was a necromancy that summoned demons.

She couldn’t believe how surprised she was when she first saw that record.

Before subjugating the Demon King, she had seen necromancy, and she washed her eyes, ears, and mouth that had seen that evil information.

But now, it was the most helpful technique for her.

‘If it succeeds…’

Eileen had already called Max to the Order and had the Yin Seal engraved on her lower abdomen.

Intoxicated with pleasure and a bit of jealousy, Eileen ran like an Automobile with broken brakes.

“Let’s do it.”

The words she repeated to herself moved her like an incantation.

Eileen’s face turned bright red.

***

“Hmm…”

I read the newly released newspaper this morning.

-Goldmoon launches a new service ‘Delivery’ through temperature-controlled boxes.

-We deliver dishes made in the store to your home while keeping them warm.

-Enjoy the taste of freshly made dishes from the store at home.

It was news that Goldmoon had developed a new Magic.

It wasn’t that they had developed delivery, but that they had developed a temperature-controlled box that was essential for delivery.

A box that could preserve the temperature of hot or cold food for at least a few hours just by putting it in.

They promoted it as an efficient product that could be used by nobles as well as commoners.

It was an item that would revolutionize delivery.

It was a new product announced at the same conference where Tia and I had announced the Mana Battery a while ago.

This was also an item that would cause innovation, but it received less attention because it was overshadowed by our Mana Battery.

‘The temperature-controlled box is definitely something that can be commercialized right away.’

Goldmoon definitely knew how to make money.

Delivery, huh.

“It might be worth using when I’m too lazy to go out sometimes?”

I was organizing the newspaper while thinking that.

“M-Max, Brother…”

I heard a faint voice.

Anyone could tell it was the Saint’s voice.