episode_0074

“May, May? Are you awake? Did you faint?”

Pat, pat, pat.

The sound of soft flesh and the gentle tapping of palms echoed through the speaker.

It was clear that Stay was striking Maylina’s trembling chest with his palm.

“Huh, she won’t wake up even if I hit her breasts… She used to get up quickly at least ten times.”

As expected, what Stay slapped with his palm were Maylina’s breasts.

Guessing exactly what was happening just by hearing sounds in a situation where there was originally no information brings a strange sense of accomplishment.

As a researcher who delves into all sorts of knowledge and unknowns, solving curiosity using these interludes usually brings a small sense of enjoyment, but I couldn’t comfortably enjoy the current situation.

“May is broken. Well, she has been used for a long time.”

“This is insane…”

Stay’s words coming through the speaker were so shocking.

“To treat Maylina like that? To do such a thing to Stay’s subject? Is it really bursting out of the bounds?”

The treatment that Stay revealed through the speaker today was fundamentally different from the treatments we had seen before.

The intensity of the action wasn’t much different from usual, but the fact that the treatment became intense was something that had been done under our tolerance.

So far, the treatment seemed as if Stay was taking the lead, but in reality, it was only possible because we, the patients, allowed it.

In the first place, the authority was never taken away.

Yes.

Everything, hitting my buttocks, being struck anally, adapting to anal with Stay’s fingers, everything! Yes! It was all possible because I allowed it!

Actually, even though I didn’t directly allow hitting the buttocks, saying “ouch” and stretching the anal, and widening the tightly closed anal, I did create an atmosphere where it wouldn’t be allowed if not permitted. Although I reluctantly agreed to it while crying, I didn’t say anything, but I ended up hitting the buttocks, stretching and widening the anal without permission! Anyway, since I implicitly allowed it, Stay could have done such things!

…Ahem! I’ve been talking about something useless, but what I want to say is that until yesterday, Stay used to cautiously observe our situation before taking action prior to treating us.

Observing the situation before acting means that we essentially have the initiative.

“But today’s treatment of Mei Luina was different.”

Unlike Stay, who used to observe the situation, today’s Stay not only failed to observe Mei Luina’s situation but made her observe his own.

A mere F-rank Awakened like him, one of the best among S-rank Awakeneds, put Saint Mei Luina at his mercy and manipulated her as he pleased.

Even though Mei Luina may be in a helpless state as a plant human, the gap between them was still greater than heaven and earth.

“But… in the end, Mei Luina submitted to Stay’s will because she didn’t want to incur his resentment…”

Of course, when Stay abruptly entered Mei Luina’s sickroom and said he disliked her, truly disliked her, without any warning, it would be surprising, but was there a reason to submit to such words?

Especially for someone like Mei Luina.

The incarnation of cunning and power who rose to a position of influence solely through her talent and ability in the Vatican, Mei Luina. Even so, she immediately submitted to Stay’s words with just a few words? It was so strange to the point of being incomprehensible.

‘Why did he do that? He’s just a Stage. If it were me, I wouldn’t have done that.’

If I had received the embarrassing treatment today, I wouldn’t have acted incomprehensibly like Mei Luina.

“What’s so scary about hearing ‘I don’t like you’ from Stage? You can just let it go in one ear and out the other. I’ve received so much jealousy and resentment that hearing those words doesn’t affect me at all.”

Even if it’s not me, there probably aren’t many people in this world who would feel anxious about Stage saying they don’t like them, not even for a low-grade Awakener like me, not even for Stage.

“Even if I put myself in Mei Luina’s shoes, it doesn’t seem to bother me at all.”

Nevertheless, because Mei Luina yielded so easily, I couldn’t understand it, so I used my imagination to recreate the situation where Stage said those words to me in my mind.

“Miss Mir Ryuin, I sincerely dislike you.”

Zing!

“Huh? Wh-what? Why is this happening? M-my chest suddenly hurts…?”

Sudden chest pain shattered my composure, and my hands and feet began to tremble.

Of course, as a plant human, my actual limbs didn’t move, but in my mental world, my hands, feet, and heart were trembling so severely as if never before. It felt as though my subconscious was warning me that imagining any further would surely lead to something significant, and not in a good way.

“I didn’t even imagine it properly… and it’s this intense?”

Just from mere imagination, or rather, from the distorted imagination alone, my head turned deathly pale due to the piercing chest pain and the anxiety engulfing my entire body. How great a shock must Mei Luina have experienced when she actually faced this in reality?

Even though I usually consider my empathy useless, this time, I couldn’t help but empathize with Mei Luina.

“Tomorrow will be me…!”

Because Mei Luina’s next turn was mine.

‘What should I do? What’s the best thing to do? At this rate, I might just give in like Mei Luina without much difference. No, if I’ve seen Mei Luina go through it, I’ll end up surrendering before Stay even has a chance to say anything?!’

The original question of why Stay suddenly changed his attitude to take control was completely forgotten, and my mind was filled with worries about tomorrow’s treatment.

‘Ah, no. Let’s not judge hastily. Maybe it’s just Mei Luina that he dislikes? Yeah, he did that because he particularly dislikes Mei Luina, so he might treat me as usual tomorrow. Yeah. That’s something he does only to Mei Luina…’

Only to Mei Luina. Giving. Such treatment?

‘…’

Thinking like that, I suddenly felt incredibly uncomfortable.

‘Come to think of it, surrendering isn’t such a bad thing. If I choose to go along with what Stay wants and place myself in his hands, I could receive all the cuteness and beauty I want.’

In the first place, hearing the dreadful words “I dislike you” from Stay can be prevented by taking the lead before hearing those words, saying, “Stay! What should I do? What will make you admire me? I can do anything! I’m good at it!”

Since Stay’s goal is to take control, if I offer control first, there would be no reason for him to say such harsh words.

‘Alright. Let’s do that. By doing so, I won’t hear harsh words from Stay and I can receive cuteness, which is good for me, and Stay can take control, which is good for him… It’s the completion of a world where everyone is happy!’

After reaching a conclusion, my trembling heart calmed down, and my clouded mind regained its original clarity.

‘…But still, Stay is just F-grade. Is it reasonable for me, Mir Ryuin, to willingly give control to someone like Stay? Not just anyone, but me?’

Regaining my rationality, I began to feel the unfairness creeping into a corner of my heart that I hadn’t noticed before.

The pride of being the greatest intellect in humanity and the most powerful sorcerer in humanity made me unable to overlook anyone, no matter how special they were to me. In the end, I had to compromise with myself at the risk of danger.

“Yeah, it’s not about surrendering while giving up control, but pretending to surrender. Then, when you regain your original strength and power after getting up from the sickbed, go and make them realize who is truly on top. Until then, think of it as taking one step back for every ten steps forward, endure it as if licking a splintered branch.”

This was definitely not self-justification.

True excellence lies in deliberately staging a crisis and overcoming it to create catharsis.

To me, this surrender was nothing more than a deliberately staged act, merely a prelude to future triumph.

“Alright. Fine. Come anytime, Stay. You might think you have me in the palm of your hand, but in reality, it’s you who will be in the palm of mine… hehe.”

A genuinely triumphant laughter that escaped my lips after a long time.

I couldn’t sleep at all, so excited for tomorrow’s treatment.

Well, my body can’t sleep well without Stay’s treatment in the first place.

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“…Hmm, was it too much after all?”

[Connection with the target has been terminated to protect the user’s hearing.]

[The target has fainted.]

Seeing the notification that appeared before my eyes, a slight regret filled a corner of my heart for what I had done.

Of course, since it was against the Mir Ryu, the size of the regret was very small, and after scratching the back of my head a few times, the tiny regret dispersed like smoke.

“But honestly, how can I stand it when she acts so suspiciously blatantly as if she has a hidden agenda? I can’t stand it.”

After the regret disappeared, the justification for my actions became apparent, and I looked at the Mir Ryu, who was squatting in front of me, recalling the words she had spoken earlier.

[Oh, you came, Stay? I feel even happier today. What? You have something to confess? I know. I know what you want to say. But you don’t have to confess. Because I have something to tell you too.]

[Hoo hoo, don’t be surprised. I’ve thought about it, and I think it would be quite enjoyable to do things your way.]

[Still can’t understand, huh? Alright. I’ll make it easy for you. From now on, Mir Ryuin will do anything you want, Stay.]

[Surprised? I thought so. Oh, of course, there’s a price to pay. Specifically… something like what you did for Mei Luina? Calling her by name, being cute and pretty to her, that kind of thing. I’m a woman too, after all. I feel good when I’m complimented.]

[Well, if I’ve said this much, you should roughly understand, right? Then, since I’ve saved time by not wasting it on useless confessions, show me the compensation through action quickly…]

“…As expected, it wasn’t excessive at all.”

The reason the flashback abruptly ended was because Mir Ryuin couldn’t bear to listen any longer and clapped once before diving into teasing.

That day, I pounded Mir Ryuin’s soft and plump butt like a drum, leaving a mark on her pink, warm, and tight anus, and fingered her from index to little finger, making her moan.

From the beginning, language became unusable, and with 15 faints at three-minute intervals, the intensity didn’t even need an explanation.

Yet, despite committing such extreme acts, recalling Mir Ryuin’s seemingly suspicious words, I didn’t feel it was severe at all.

Instead, I felt it was regrettable that it ended here without going further.

“Yes, let’s work harder from now on so that we can’t even think of doing anything suspicious like today.”

A major revision for a crazy person. Barely navigating!