Enchantment

“……Iris?”

I carefully called her name again.

Iris looked at me with a dazed expression, then, as if her senses had returned slightly, her eyes widened. It seemed she had just realized what she had done.

“I-I’m fine…… I’m fine.”

“You don’t look fine at all.”

Though she said she was fine, her body was anything but. Her breathing was ragged, her eyes dazed, and her cheeks flushed.

These were almost identical symptoms to when Helga was enchanted. So, it was obvious what Iris’s condition was like right now.

While I racked my brain for a solution, Iris, who had been trembling and hugging herself, staggered to her feet. She looked precarious, as if she might collapse or fall at any moment.

I was about to support her body from the side, but then I remembered the moans that had just escaped her, and I paused. If such moans were to be heard again, both of us would be embarrassed.

Iris seemed to have noticed my intention, and she forced a faint smile.

“I’m truly…… fine. I was just, surprised for a moment.”

“Are you sure?”

Nod. Iris replaced her answer with a light nod of her head.

She must have sweated quite a bit in that short time, as her sleeveless top clung tightly to various parts of her body, revealing the skin underneath. The tips of her breasts were strangely pink. I quickly averted my gaze.

“……I’ve confirmed the demon’s appearance. I appreciate your favor, Delta. You may leave now.”

Iris continuously stumbled, yet somehow managed to steady herself and slightly bowed her head towards me. Then, as if she suddenly lost strength, her upper body also sharply bent forward.

Her breasts, pulled downwards by her own weight, jiggled for a moment, and the sweat beaded on her collarbones flowed down along their graceful curve, disappearing into her cleavage.

“I’ll ask again before we leave. Are you really going to be okay?”

I stared intently at Iris and asked. As if she felt guilty herself, Iris subtly avoided my gaze. After all, she would know best that her body was abnormal.

Moreover, her condition looked bad at a glance. Her half-glazed silver pupils remained fixed on me, refusing to waver, and the hand gripping one of her arms trembled.

Due to the sweat seeping from various parts of her body, her already tight-fitting sleeveless top clung even more closely, revealing the contours of her skin. Her dolphin shorts were also slightly damp with sweat.

If I left her to walk alone like that, it was clear she wouldn’t be able to take more than a few steps before collapsing.

“…….”

Iris, who had been silent and hesitant for a moment, quietly extended one hand, as if she had made a decision.

“Now that I think about it again…… it seems I’m not fine.”

“You should have said so earlier.”

I took her hand. As soon as our hands met, her body twitched. Iris reflexively covered her mouth. Ignoring it, I pulled her arm. Her thoroughly heated body obediently followed me.

Heat was transferred through our clasped palms. It was a considerably warm palm.

“What do you want to do? Do you want me to just support you from the side and try to walk on your own? Or should I just carry you on my back?”

“……I don’t know either.”

“Seeing that you’re saying you don’t know, you probably can’t walk on your own. Let’s get out of here quickly. The Battle Nuns will probably be able to purify you or something.”

I knelt on one knee and turned my body so my back was facing Iris.

“Get on my back.”

“……Understood. Excuse me.”

Iris stumbled and put her weight on my back. Her body was so warm it made me wonder if she had a fever.

As her full weight settled, I felt the soft, fleshy sensation near my shoulder blades. I tried hard to ignore that sensation. Now was not the time to pay attention to strange things.

I supported Iris’s thighs with my hands. Her thigh flesh, slightly damp with sweat, clung perfectly to my palms. It was an incredibly soft sensation, but again, I tried hard to ignore it.

I stood up with her on my back.

“Ugh……”

A sweet moan was heard right next to my ear. This was because Iris’s head was resting on my shoulder.

Iris wrapped one arm around my neck and tightly gripped my forearm with the other. Though it sounded like a tight grip, in reality, there was almost no strength in it.

“Delta, your body…… is cold. That’s good. Very much so.”

Iris pressed her body closer and whispered into my ear.

“……It’s not that I’m cold, Iris, it’s more like your body is hot.”

“I am normal, Delta.”

“Right, right. Let’s go with that. You’re perfectly fine, Iris.”

Even though she herself had just said she wasn’t fine moments ago.

There was no benefit in arguing with someone who was unwell, so I just casually agreed and continued walking. Perhaps my reaction wasn’t to her liking, as her lips approached my ear again.

“It’s true, Delta.”

“I know. You’re perfectly fine right now.”

It would have been fortunate if it had ended there, but unfortunately, Iris didn’t.

Iris suddenly began rubbing her crotch against my back. There was no need to even mention what ‘her crotch’ referred to.

“…….”

I couldn’t bring myself to verbally ask, “Could you please not rub your pussy against my back?” so I squeezed the hand gripping her thigh, conveying the meaning to stop.

However, whatever she interpreted that to mean, her hip movements only intensified. Desperately ignoring the soft sensation transmitted through my clothes, I pushed the door open.

“What is the matter?!”

As the door opened, the Battle Nuns who had been waiting for us to emerge in front of the Holy Barrier rushed over with startled expressions. I gestured with my head towards Iris, who was vigorously moving up and down.

“I don’t know either. She seems to have been affected by a demon. Could you take a look?”

“Of course, that is only proper. Please lay her down here immediately.”

At my words that she seemed to have been affected by a demon, all the Battle Nuns near the temple gathered and surrounded us. One of them knelt on the floor and patted her thigh.

It was a sign to lay her down there. As I carefully lowered Iris in front of her, the Battle Nuns each took hold of one of her arms.

The nun kneeling on the floor supported Iris’s head with her chest. The head, buried between her cleavage, pushed the warm flesh aside. Her side breast spilled out from under her armpit.

Iris’s pupils remained fixed on me. As an added bonus, the enchantment’s effect seemed to have grown stronger in that short time, as her eyes, looking at me, had become even more desperate.

The Battle Nuns exchanged glances. Soon, the one furthest away ran off with a clatter and disappeared somewhere. It seemed she was going to call Stella.

“Excuse me, Honored Guest-nim.”

The Battle Nun who had first approached me stood firm in front of Iris.

“……What are you going to do?”

“I apologize for having to say this, but if she has indeed been affected by a demon as Honored Guest-nim said, then her purity needs to be verified.”

Verifying purity was synonymous with discerning heresy.

I obediently stepped back. No matter who I was, I couldn’t stop the Holy Nation’s heresy discernment, and I was confident that Iris would be fine.

If it was merely a case of enchantment, her soul wouldn’t have been corrupted yet. There was already the precedent of Helga, after all. No, it was safe to say the entire city was a precedent.

So Iris would definitely be fine too.

“Please look directly at me.”

At those words, Iris’s gaze slowly turned towards the Battle Nun standing firm in front of her. The nun, confirming that the silver pupils were directed at her, reached for the chest guard of her nun’s habit.

Her right hand gripped the triangular cloth without an inch of hesitation.

‘Ah, just a moment.’

Before I, upon seeing that, could remember the fact I had momentarily forgotten due to my panic and avert my gaze.

-Sharak.

The chest guard was lifted upwards.

The sight of what was hidden beneath the clothes violently assaulted my eyes.

Perhaps because she resembled Stella, everything-from the ample breasts so large that one hand couldn’t even properly grasp half of them, to the pink protuberances located at the peak of those massive hills-

The Battle Nun, confirming that her clothes were being lifted despite Iris staring, calmly adjusted her attire. I only regained my senses then, but the situation was already over.

While I stood frozen in a daze, the nun, who had finished adjusting her attire, calmly spoke.

“It is done, Honored Guest-nim. This person’s soul is still pure.”

“Oh…… that’s a relief.”

I stammered my reply. I never thought I’d see a sight like that again.

“So…… yes, will you be able to do it for her?”

“It seems likely. The symptoms are similar to what the people here showed before Honored Guest-nim punished that filthy demon. Is it correct that it was triggered by that demon?”

“For now, I think so. It started right after I confirmed the Behemoth’s corpse.”

“In that case, I will try a purification spell.”

The nun took out a holy catalyst from her waist. She quietly knelt, clasped her hands in front of her chest, and began to pray. A faint sunlight spread out from the nun as its center.

As her body was enveloped in the sunlight, Iris’s breathing became a little more comfortable. It seemed to be effective.

“Honored Guest-nim!”

Stella also arrived here not long after. It was an incredibly fast speed.

“Someone has been touched by a demon-“

“I just performed a heresy discernment and confirmed that her soul is not corrupted. And she didn’t directly touch the demon. She merely looked at it.”

As I calmly summarized the situation, Stella’s expression brightened slightly.

“That’s a relief then. What happened? I heard an explanation, but it was only brief.”

I explained what had just happened.

I told her that Iris and I had gone in to confirm the Behemoth’s corpse at the Emperor’s request, and the moment we lifted the veil to check its face, she suddenly became like that.

Stella listened to my words from beginning to end, then looked at Iris, who was now lying with her head resting between the nun’s breasts, her face clearly more comfortable than before.

“Move aside.”

“Yes, Inquisitor-nim.”

Stella, who had casually pushed aside the Battle Nun praying in front of Iris, clasped both her hands in front of her. A much more intense sunlight burst forth than before.

As the bursting sunlight enveloped Iris’s body, her breathing instantly stabilized. The daze that had covered her eyes disappeared, and her flushed cheeks returned to their original color.

Iris, who had instantly returned to a normal state, raised her upper body and examined her own body with bewildered eyes. Then her gaze met mine. Her silver pupils spun around.

“Th-that……”

“It’s fine. You don’t have to make excuses. Just rest well.”

I stopped Iris, who was trying to hastily make excuses. In truth, there was nothing to excuse or not excuse. She became like that because of a demon, so what reason would there be for excuses?

Instead, I gestured to Stella, asking if she could come inside the building for a moment. Stella understood my signal and followed me inside the building.

I gazed down at the Behemoth’s corpse and spoke.

“I thought it was impossible for a corpse to spread curses.”

“I thought so too. This is an unprecedented situation, so I don’t know what to tell you.”

“And the effect was clearly stronger than when this fellow was alive.”

“The effect was stronger than when the demon was alive?”

“Yes. There’s no doubt.”

It was a fact I realized because Helga had done the exact same thing to me before Iris did such an act. The enchantment effect on Iris was clearly stronger than when it was on Helga.

Of course, why the enchantment effect had changed into arousal was still a complete mystery.

“Hmm…… I’m not certain, but I do have a guess.”

Stella, who had been lost in thought for a moment, this time offered a rather positive answer, as if she had a guess.

“What is it?”

Stella’s mouth carefully opened.