episode_0093

As I pressed my palm against that body heat as if coveting it, strained breaths then burst forth from her pale red lips.

The red-haired girl lay on the bed, utterly disheveled.

“Pant, pant…”

Her wavering gaze glared this way.

The full-fledged treatment hadn’t even begun, but she looked exhausted from her own rough resistance.

Murderous intent dripped from her leaf-like eyes.

“You… again, how dare you do such a thing…!”

Her clenched fists seemed ready to unleash violence at any moment.

Behind her chillingly seething voice, shame and horror at her current situation were hidden.

Had she realized, belatedly, that resistance was futile?

Elize had relaxed her limbs, merely keeping her eyes wide open.

I smiled in response.

“It’s the same as last time. Please be at ease, it won’t hurt.”

“I, clearly… told you to get lost!”

“I didn’t intend to go this far either, but seeing Her Highness’s condition, I decided to be a little harsher.”

“Don’t… *gasp*, don’t touch my body…!”

“It seems difficult to grant that particular request.”

I firmly shook my head.

Because it was obvious that Rose wouldn’t listen to anything I said right now.

My thought was that even if it meant adopting a somewhat coercive method, her broken state needed to be reverted.

I spoke, holding a soft sensation.

“Then… I will begin the treatment.”

At the same time, shadows shimmered at my fingertips.

It thinly coated my finger joints, then slowly dyed the skin it touched.

A squirming sensation.

Startled by it, Rose’s pupils trembled.

She let out the breath she’d been holding, followed by a faint moan.

Her breathing was extremely agitated.

“*Gasp*…?!”

A sound that echoed with peculiar clarity.

Her pitiful body trembled as if terrified, but the snake that had already coiled had no intention of letting go of its prey.

It merely flicked its tongue along her nape.

“You’ll be comfortable soon.”

It could be called the beginning of the full-scale treatment.

If yesterday was a light preview stage, today was the time to resolve the fundamental cause.

I expended a small amount of power.

*Swish*.

The thinly spreading darkness permeated her abdomen.

Before long, it caused an invisible change beyond it.

“……?!”

Elize’s shoulders flinched.

Was it because of an unfamiliar sensation?

Currently, her body’s sensitivity was almost doubled.

By fixing the stimulation received by the patient at its maximum, the flow of mana spreading throughout the entire body could be easily detected.

Thanks to this, the girl was more sensitive than ever.

“Wai-wait, *cough*, what… what are you doing to my body…?”

Perhaps the perceived sensitivity was even greater than that.

Because the stimulation entering her body suddenly increased from 100 to 200.

Sensations like pain, which could be dangerous, had been adjusted, but other nerves were still alive, making it overwhelming.

For example, smell, hearing, touch… or even pleasure.

Therefore, the patient’s intense reaction was not unusual.

“*Gasp*, *gasp*… it’s strange, why suddenly…!”

I stroked the girl’s head as if to soothe her.

Did even that feel alien?

She sharply turned her head, forcing me to withdraw my hand.

‘She seems to be having a harder time than I expected.’

It seemed I should put other thoughts aside for later.

I stopped hesitating.

I concentrated power at my touching fingertips.

Then, as if coveting her warm flesh, I firmly pressed her pale white belly with my palm.

It was precisely the area forming her dantian.

“Agh?!”

A breath burst forth in response.

Was it due to the intense stimulation?

Her waist lightly arched, but even that was blocked by the pressing hand.

Her pitiful body merely trembled.

“You mustn’t move.”

As expected, the first time is difficult.

Since I had anticipated this level of reaction, I calmly waited for the girl to calm down.

With my other hand, I stroked Rose’s head.

“Ah, *gasp*… what, are you… trying to do?”

“As I said, it’s treatment. As it’s precise work, please refrain from drastic movements.”

The treatment method was simple.

Restoring each of the heavily contaminated mana lines, one by one.

It was a method of injecting mana into the central dantian, allowing it to flow into tiny conduits, and pushing out the reversed energy with purified energy.

It sounds easy to say, but in reality, it’s a method close to impossible.

First, mana had to be manipulated individually.

While handling it in granular units, the path also had to be adjusted to prevent deviation.

Since this work had to be applied sequentially to countless conduits, not only was the difficulty of the procedure high, but the time to complete the treatment also took a very long time.

A task impossible for ordinary doctors to even attempt.

‘Of course.’

For me, it was the best method.

I could draw out the treatment slowly, allowing for a steady recovery, and the burden on the patient was also considerably low.

I just had to leisurely ‘devour’ the princesses during the given period.

The difficulty of manipulation was no problem for me.

If I couldn’t even do this much, when I could reverse even a chimera with a single gesture, the name “Worst” would cry out.

I continued the treatment with a faint smile.

“You’re enduring well.”

*Press*.

I pressed her abdomen once more.

Her shoulders flinched.

Her disheveled breaths were now simmering like a low fever.

Her weak hands tightly gripped the bedsheet, and her lips bit down as if suppressing a sound.

She was desperately enduring.

“*Cough*… St-stop, treatment, I don’t need it, *huff*.”

*Press*.

“*Gasp*…!”

Elize squeezed her eyes shut.

Her sprawling breaths simmered like a low fever.

Perhaps frightened by the alien sensations, there was even a slight dampness at the corners of her eyes.

Nevertheless, the murderous intent in her eyes did not wane.

With her shabby thorns raised to the very end, she truly seemed like a single Rose.

Perhaps it was because her resolute appearance was particularly endearing.

I stroked Elize’s head several more times.

“Good. You’re getting used to it.”

“You… I’ll kill you, *gasp*, you piece of trash…!”

“Such an end wouldn’t be bad. Of course, that’s after Her Highness’s treatment is complete.”

“*Hmph*, *gasp*…!”

*Press*.

The girl swayed pitifully.

She seemed to be looking for someone to help her in the middle, but unfortunately, there was no one in the dark room.

Only a frail Rose and a golden serpent existed.

Since Charlotte had said she would follow my words entirely from now on, she was waiting in the next room with a maid.

Even if she screamed from this side, it wouldn’t reach the other side.

Because I had soundproofed it, just like yesterday.

“You can just continue like this.”

*Press, press*.

That repeated gesture.

The first treatment was only completed after approximately 3 hours.

Perhaps it was because I had expended power for quite a long time.

As I withdrew my cramping hand, Rose’s exhausted breath reached my ear.

Elize lay weakly.

“Pant, pant…”

The girl was drenched in flowing sweat.

Thanks to this, her wet nightgown revealed her interior, and the sticky scent of her skin permeated the air in the room.

Her pupils, seeming both unfocused and not, were uniquely beautiful.

“You’ve worked hard.”

I lightly conveyed my appreciation.

Elize, in her disheveled state.

Her nightgown, revealing her lower chest, barely covered the peaks that had formed above.

A slight handprint remained on her pale white belly.

“Your body should feel much more comfortable. You can recover if you continue to receive treatment steadily from now on.”

I flicked my fingers.

*Snap*!

Immediately after a light popping sound.

The disheveled girl returned to a tidy appearance.

She might feel sticky from sweating, so it was a thoughtful consideration I extended.

To tidy up the messy surroundings as well.

“Then, I’ll take my leave.”

“……”

“Let’s meet again tomorrow.”

“……Die.”

Rose mumbled, as if scraping up her words.

Beyond her upward-gazing eyes, venom was clear.

Had she not been broken yet?

I smiled in response and caressed the girl’s cheek, which still retained warmth.

At the end of the soft sensation, a thorn was hidden.

“You will realize.”

I whispered with a treacherous tongue.

“That even such resistance is meaningless.”

My sweet breath tickled her ear.

Elize merely trembled, her body close to exhaustion, her fists clenched.

Although she resisted now.

A touch she would be unable to defy in the future.

“Because I can do as I please with Her Highness at any time.”

Her pale complexion was especially delicate.

As I felt the warmth at my fingertips, a voice suddenly brushed past my ear.

One of the now-shattered fragments of the past.

“-Oppa… I hurt.”

“-I cried because I missed Oppa, but I still stopped after listening to Nurse Unnie.”

“-Hehe! So hurry and pet me!”

I vowed, feeling her frail body heat.

To prevent future tragedies, to save Charlotte from despair, and for everyone to reach a happy ending.

So that your fairy tale would be different from mine.

“I will definitely save Her Highness.”

Definitely.

I will save you.