episode_0076

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Elena stood before the village entrance, a large bundle strapped to her back.

The time to leave had come, to wander the world as she desired.

Unlike the first day, when Elena was covered in sand, dust, and blood below the cliff, she looked neat and tidy.

Her well-washed skin glowed, and the starched Priest Robe, whiter than the day they first met, radiated a holy light in the sunlight, as if proclaiming to the world that the woman it enveloped was not a soiled harlot.

I approached to see her off.

No, to be precise, I came out to try and persuade her one last time.

“Elena.”

“Thank you for everything, Father.”

“Think about it again. You don’t have to leave.”

Elena gently shook her head.

“I said it over dinner last night, at breakfast this morning, and when the nuns helped me pack my things earlier. My mind hasn’t changed.”

“… I see.”

The nuns, too, had apparently tried to persuade Elena enough while she packed, but all failed.

If her will is this firm, there may be nothing more I can do.

However, as Sola said last night, sending her away like this felt like abandoning her to die, and the thought continued to bother me.

I didn’t want to forcibly break her will, but I couldn’t let her go with peace of mind, so I just moved my lips for no reason.

“Elena, I…”

“Father.”

Elena placed her hand on my shoulder and said,

“I’m not going to die.”

“…”

“Think about it. It’s been almost a year since the world ended, and I’ve spent half of that time alone.”

“Do you have a place to go?”

“Well, I’m going wherever my feet take me. Besides, there are many people living in small groups near the Capital. Why are you so worried?”

“… At least wait until winter is over. The weather will get colder.”

“No… I can’t stay here even a day longer.”

“Why?”

“…”

Elena smiled faintly and said,

“If I stay here even one more day, I really won’t want to leave.”

“You don’t have to leave. If you want.”

“That’s why I’m leaving.”

Elena shrugged the bundle on her shoulder and said,

“Don’t worry. If I was planning to die, I wouldn’t have packed so much.”

“… That’s right.”

I nodded.

It meant that I had given up on changing her mind.

Elena quietly asked me,

“Father.”

“What is it?”

“Did something happen with Sister Lucia?”

“… Su, suddenly?”

“I thought the atmosphere was strange when we had breakfast this morning.”

“…”

A woman’s intuition.

“Did you… sleep together?”

“No!”

“Oh my, you surprised me.”

Elena chuckled and said,

“Well, I suppose you wouldn’t, Father, considering how sharply you rejected my seduction.”

“…”

“Why are you silent?”

“… Nothing happened.”

“Hmm… Father, can I give you some advice?”

“What is it?”

“Once you cross a line, you can’t decide the next one.”

“…”

“The next time we meet, you might hug me.”

I tried to say something in response to Elena’s words.

But then I heard the sound of the nuns running over, so I quickly shut my mouth.

“Sister Elena!”

“Sola…”

“How could you try to leave without saying anything!”

Sola, who ran the fastest, rushed past me and hugged Elena as if she would jump into her arms.

Elena hugged Sola and said,

“Sister Sola, I said enough earlier. Are you going to hold me back again?”

“Yes.”

“That’s why I didn’t say anything.”

Anna and Lucia, who arrived late, slowly stopped next to me.

Lucia asked in a trembling voice,

“Will we see you again?”

“Who knows? If there are too many monsters nearby, I might come back. It would be a little embarrassing if I came back tomorrow.”

“You can come back anytime.”

“Hmm. Is that really true? Sister Anna?”

Elena looked at Anna and smiled.

Anna sighed and said,

“Yes, it’s okay. There are many things I want to ask.”

“Hehe, what are you curious about?”

“Like the experiences of a sunbae.”

“Haha, Father will have a hard time.”

I tilted my head.

“Why is my story coming up?”

“There’s something like that.”

Elena detached Sola and said,

“Then I’ll be going now. If you meet someone who has nowhere to go, can you introduce them here?”

“Of course, as much as you want.”

“I knew you would say that.”

Elena clasped her hands together in front of me as if in prayer.

“May Father’s future be peaceful.”

I lightly made the sign of the cross and replied,

“May the sister’s future be peaceful.”

Elena gave her characteristic gentle smile, waved her hand once, and slowly turned and walked away.

The nuns stared at her receding figure for a long time before returning to the village one by one to do their own work.

I stood alone blankly at the empty village entrance.

“You’re not going to ask me for help until the end?”

As if I could hear a tickling voice from behind, someone wrapped their arms tightly around my back.

“Elena said she’s not going to die. I’d rather believe her than a devil.”

“You’re a heartless priest.”

“… Can’t you go a day without picking on me?”

“Now that you’ve played with Lucia like that, I can’t help but want to tease you when you pretend to be a solemn priest.”

“Haa…”

Instead of snapping at Kunat as usual, I let out a deep sigh.

Because I couldn’t think of anything to say to refute her.

The reason I didn’t ask Kunat to protect Elena was because I was afraid of the price that would come to me afterward.

I had ignored Kunat’s persistent seduction and persuasion with that logic.

At the same time, I argued that the relationship between me and the nuns was not one of exchanging such favors.

However, Lucia’s visit to me last night invalidated my logic.

Lucia’s request to be touched was a clear price.

A price for using the Devil’s power.

“You’ve already made a deal with the Devil.”

“…”

“Satisfying that desire in exchange for using Lucia’s power. Haha, you’re a pretty boy toy. Billy.”

“…”

Of course, I could refute it.

As a result, Lucia’s words that her body was burning were false, so I could say that last night’s events were not the price for using the Devil’s power.

But if so, how should I explain what happened last night?

Affection? Love? Simple lust?

Was the event last night, where I shared such passionate caresses with Lucia, a deal with the Devil, or simply an escapade to resolve lust?

Both are the worst.

Either way, it was a sin that deserved judgment as a cleric.

“You know what? You make a really cute face when you’re confused.”

“…”

Knowing that, Kunat is openly provoking me like this.

Having exchanged words with Kunat more than once or twice, I could fully anticipate her reaction.

“To be honest, I’m jealous of Lucia. Ah, I’d love to have those thick fingers poking around inside me.”

“… Hmph.”

“How about caressing my soaked insides on the condition that you protect Elena until she meets someone else? Are you going to coldly refuse this time too?”

“I refuse.”

“Why? You did it to Lucia?”

“…”

For some reason, Kunat’s chest, which was closely attached to my back, felt too vivid.

I could feel each breast being crushed separately, probably because she was clinging to me with her upper body practically naked.

…

Did I realize this because of my insight, or because my sexual desires were so strong that I was sensitive to a woman’s breasts?

I silently lowered my head.

“If you happen to prefer small breasts like Lucia’s, I can adjust to that. Well, it’s no secret that clerics usually like young children.”

“… Shut up.”

“You no longer have the right to say that to me.”

I raised my finger.

“Does the needle in your head think so too?”

“… Hmph, shutting my mouth with violence, how barbaric.”

Kunat leaned her chin on my shoulder, sneering.

Then she lightly touched my earlobe with her lips and said,

“You know how good a woman’s body feels now. Even without putting it in, you were so happy just from touching, so imagine how good it would feel to put it in, shake it, and cum as much as you want.”

“…”

“Besides, a demon’s body is different in performance from a human female. No matter how roughly you handle it, it will never loosen up.”

“Don’t say such dirty things. And now that Paolo is here, hurry up and turn back into a cat.”

“Yes, you have to keep pretending to be a model priest. Not only in front of the nuns, but also in front of that terrible man.”

I slowly lowered my hand and continued,

“… I admit that I was not priestly.”

“Hoo?”

“I no longer have the right to pretend that I’m not swayed by desire with nonsense about being a cleric. I admit it.”

“Then?”

“But.”

I slowly detached Kunat and said,

“Even if I wasn’t priestly… at least I can be manly.”

“What are you talking about, when you’re still a virgin who doesn’t even know the taste of a woman?”

“Even though I was swayed by a moment of desire, I touched Lucia. Of course, I will be careful not to go any further, but even if that happens, I will not hold another woman. Lucia would be sad…”

“Puhahaha!”

Kunat suddenly burst into laughter and slapped my back.

I frowned and glared at Kunat.

Kunat bent over greatly, laughing so hard that she couldn’t breathe.

It was the loudest ridicule I had ever seen.

“So, so, you’ll only touch Lucia but not have sex, and you won’t touch any other women?”

“… Is there a problem?”

“You shouldn’t be doing it at all, my friend! You’ve already succumbed to desire!”

“… Ah, no, that’s.”

“Goodness. Hee hee hee hee.”

“…”

“Ah, really… That’s why I can’t hate you.”

Kunat wiped her eyes with her fingers, as if she had cried from laughing, and said,

“I’ll look forward to it. Billy. Show me what you’ve got.”

“…”

“If you can.”

Kunat laughed in front of me, gathering her breasts with both arms.

As I expected, Kunat’s bare breasts, which were fully exposed, were shaking.

I turned my eyes away a beat late.