episode_0072

“Yeah, Mei, if you become a good person for me, I can do anything for you.”

The affectionate and warm voice of Stacy seeped into my ears.

It soothed the trembling heart filled with anxiety and despair, calming the exhausted body with a pleasant sense of relief.

To be so easily swayed by a man, even if he was just an awakening F-rank, a mere incompetent, was a situation that should never be overlooked as a fallen saint. It should have been embarrassing, disgraceful, and enraging, but for some reason, I didn’t feel that angry.

No, instead of getting angry, I found myself thinking that if I could receive affection from Stacy, it was fine to be swayed in any way.

As I am now, a vegetative human unable to move a finger, my only options were to be swayed by Stacy and receive affection or to reject Stacy and receive disdain.

If I could move my body, I would never have been swayed and would have freely swayed Stacy instead, but as I am now, a vegetative human, I had no choice but to choose the lesser of two evils.

When “I don’t like it” came out of Stacy’s mouth, it felt like the sky was falling.

If I could move my body, I would have corrected Stacy’s slip of the tongue, saying, “What are you saying? Stacy, why are you saying that? Do you think nothing will happen after saying such things in front of me? How lightly did you think of me to say such things so easily? I won’t allow it, Stacy. I’ll show you directly with my body the difference between you and me.” But that was an impossible task.

All I could do in my current state was to either get angry or express dissatisfaction.

So, I tried to get angry, but suddenly, sorrow overwhelmed me, and I couldn’t properly express my anger because I was holding back tears.

In the end, unable to do anything, I ended up pleading not to say such harsh words while sobbing pitifully.

Still, the desperate plea seemed to have struck Stay’s heart, as he even said it was cute… It’s not entirely embarrassing, is it?

Stay, who usually withholds praise from me, sincerely called me cute.

“Heh, crying is disgustingly cute,” he said, and when I asked again, he replied, “You’re cute. Your current state. You stutter because of me, you worry because of me, and your ears perk up at my ‘cute’ instead of being moved to tears. It’s so unbearably cute, I don’t know what to do.”

Hehe, ehehe, uhuhu. Cute. He said I’m cute, hehe. Stay told me he finds me cute and doesn’t know what to do about it…

Of course, it was a bit hard to accept being called cute for crying and worrying, but the fact remains that Stay called me cute!

If I just follow what Stay says, I might receive more cuteness and loveliness, and eventually, it’s only a matter of time before Stay develops special feelings for me…

Although he said he dislikes it, if he really hated it, he wouldn’t have called me cute! This is an extremely wicked push and pull! Stay is playing hard to get with me!

It may be a very one-dimensional push and pull, but as I am currently a plant-human, my options are severely limited. For now, I can only overlook this obvious manipulation.

Yes, it’s pretending to overlook until the treatment is over. Once the treatment is done and I’m released from this curse, the tables will turn completely, and I’ll push and pull Stay. Revenge is my motto, after all. Until then, let’s enjoy this situation with the thought that we can’t avoid it until we wake up!

After quickly organizing my thoughts, I straightened out my emotions and spoke to Stacy in a completely gentle voice so she wouldn’t notice my vengeful feelings.

“I’ll become a good person! I want to be the person you want, the one who can make you happy!”

“Wow… I never thought I’d hear such words from Mei. I guess when you have a problem you want to solve, you should start with an honest conversation.”

Stacy seemed moved by my acting or genuinely impressed by what I said.

Innocent as it may seem, what I just said was all an act. When treatment ends and Stacy tries to take advantage of what she tried to do, she will pay the price.

Thinking about the day that will come soon, I felt like bursting into laughter, but I held it in.

If my acting is exposed, it would be a big problem. Maybe Stacy will feel disillusioned with me… No, no, that can’t happen. It absolutely cannot happen. Never…

“Then, Stacy, what should I do? What can I do to make you happy?”

I asked Stacy again, reminding myself that I will do whatever she wants until the treatment is over.

As a saint, as Mei Luina, saying these things puts the listener in a difficult position.

Stacy hesitated for a moment in response to my straightforward question, then composed herself and began to speak.

“Oh, right. I’ll tell you now, Mei. What you need to do from now on is…”

What does Stacy intend to ask of me? There’s not much I can do right now. Um, should I call her “honey,” “darling”? Or maybe call her “master”? Or perhaps make her say “I love you”?!

As a plant-human, the only thing I could do was talk, so my imagination naturally went in that direction.

I have to call Stei “Yeobo,” “Yeo-yeo-bo,” or “Jagi oppa” and say “I love you”♥ Ugh♥ It’s terrible and humiliating♥ It’s embarrassing♥

But until I can get out of bed, I have no choice but to follow Stei’s words······ If you’re going to make me do such embarrassing and humiliating things, then I have no choice but to obey!

Just as I prepared myself mentally, Stei opened his mouth at the right moment.

“In fact, you don’t have to do anything. There’s nothing Mei can do right now, right?”

‘······What?’

And the words I heard were so exhausting.

Even if we’re not at the point of saying “yeobo,” “jagi,” or “I love you,” even if I have to admit that, can’t I at least ask you to be my oppa? I’m the only one who’s younger! I’m the only one who can call you oppa! I’m really disappointed, Stei. You make people expect something as if you’re going to ask for something, and then you just back off saying you don’t have to do anything. That’s why you’re still a forever-alone who hasn’t even dated a girl once!

As I tried to put this anger into a never-to-be-forgotten resentment warehouse in a corner of my heart, Stei’s voice scattered my thoughts.

“Instead, there’s something Mei needs to know.”

‘Something I need to know······?’

Clap!

Instead of answering my question, Stei clapped very loudly.

‘Huh?!♥’

The familiar sound of flesh hitting flesh, like the sound when he slapped my chest, made my nipples harden and my lower abdomen ache.

Just hearing the sound of clapping makes my body react like this, so there’s another reason why I have to hold Stei responsible. I will definitely make him pay. For the rest of my life······!

But why did he suddenly clap out of nowhere?

Stei immediately resolved this question.

“From now on, this applause is a signal that marks the beginning of treatment. If I suddenly clap, you should think of it as the start of the treatment, no matter what you were doing before.”

“Ah… Is that all I need to know?”

“Well, isn’t it?”

“Hehe…”

Once again, Mr. Stay’s words were so draining.

Do nothing, just understand that treatment starts when you hear the sound of applause. Is that it? Even though I said I would do anything?

Why did I get involved with this kind of man? It would have been better if he had been more straightforward and aggressive like a beast.

As various complaints popped into my head, Mr. Stay spoke.

“Well then, since I’ve clapped, I’ll start the treatment now.”

“Yes, go ahead.”