The Sun and Moon – 5

‘……Here?’

Blink, blink, I blinked my eyelids a few times, then carefully lifted them. The fluorescent light hanging from the ceiling poured bright light through my opened eyelids.

As I unconsciously frowned, an urgent voice came from beside me.

“Honored Guest-isiyeo! Are you coming to your senses?!”

“Did you open your eyes, Honored Guest-isiyeo?”

It was such a familiar sight that for a moment I thought I had returned to reality, but Floreta and Luna’s voices, booming in stereo from both sides, told me otherwise.

‘Right. No way.’

Scoffing to myself, I tried to get up, but my head ached as if it would shatter, so I lay back down.

I slowly looked around. A shower room whose interior was clearly visible through the glass. Wallpaper exuding a strange and peculiar atmosphere. Candles lit in various places. A space with almost no other furniture, only a large bed.

It was the very place where I had been rolling around with the Popes until this morning.

While I was looking around, the Popes, who had approached right beside me, knelt by the bedside. I felt a soft sensation in my hand. I lowered my gaze.

I thought it was breasts again, but thankfully, it wasn’t. Floreta and Luna were interlocking their fingers, each holding one of my hands from either side.

“……What happened?”

“You shouldn’t get up by yourself yet, Honored Guest-isiyeo.”

“We will help you up, so please bear with us.”

As I tried to force myself up, the Popes carefully supported my back. Their slender arms crossed behind my back, each grabbing my opposite side.

As they were in a posture supporting my back with their other hand while interlocking fingers, their arms and breasts naturally came into contact. I felt a soft, squishy, water-balloon-like sensation.

Given the Popes’ strength, supporting one adult man would be simple even for one of them. I relaxed my body and leaned comfortably. Floreta and Luna also sat on the edge of the bed and pressed their breasts against me.

“Are you feeling a bit better? We did perform divine healing, but……”

“I’m fine. Except for my head throbbing a bit.”

“It’s a relief to hear that. Honored Guest-isiyeo, how much of what happened before you lost consciousness do you remember?”

Hearing those words, I retraced my memories.

After both Luna and Floreta failed to converse with the gods, I attempted to converse as a second-best option, and it succeeded. Seizing the opportunity, I bombarded them with all sorts of questions.

ㅡIt is not yet time.

‘…….’

Immediately after that, along with the voice saying it wasn’t time yet, my body lost strength and I lost consciousness. Judging by how smoothly my memories connected, there didn’t seem to be any missing parts.

‘If you live too long, do you all become like that?’

Recalling the memory, the first thought that came to mind was a complaint.

The World Eater is like that, and so are the Sun and Moon, who are the gods of the Holy Nation. I don’t know why they talk so much like green-haired cat beastmen. I wondered if everyone becomes like that if they live long enough.

They should tell me what “that time” is so I can at least try to meet the conditions, right? Should I go see an ending or something, or get my Faith and Divine Power to 99?

“I seem to remember everything. There are no missing parts in the middle.”

“……Is that so?”

Luna let out a sigh of relief. Thump, something touched my left shoulder. I turned my head. Floreta was leaning her head on my shoulder.

“……It’s a relief that you woke up. I wondered what we would do if, by any chance, Honored Guest-isiyeo never woke up.”

A similar sensation was conveyed to my right shoulder. Luna was also leaning her head on my shoulder. It seemed both of them had suffered greatly because of me, as their bodies trembled to the point where I could feel it.

As I was about to stroke their heads, I realized that the Popes were still tightly interlocking their fingers and paused for a moment.

Moreover, even if their interlocked fingers were released, since they were leaning their heads on my shoulders, my arms probably wouldn’t reach their heads.

But if I left them like this, they would surely burst into tears. Their body tremors were gradually intensifying. I even heard a small sniffle, a sound of them swallowing their tears.

‘……I guess there’s no helping it.’

I, just like that, lifted my interlocked hands.

“Hngh?!”

“Ho-Honored Guest-isiyeo?!”

And, just like that, I put my hands under Floreta and Luna’s breasts. Floreta and Luna, who were on the verge of tears, were startled by the sensation of their breasts jiggling upwards and lifted their heads.

Taking advantage of the loosened interlocked fingers, I quickly freed my hands and grabbed each of their breasts. And then I began to gently knead them.

It was a soft, dough-like sensation. Although I had touched them countless times already, I felt I would never get tired of it. The spaces between my fingers deeply buried themselves between the overwhelmingly large mounds of flesh.

“Ngh…… Mmm……”

“Ang, Honored Guest-isiyeo…… just, a moment……”

While kneading their breasts and rubbing their nipples a few times with my palm, all traces of sadness had vanished from Floreta and Luna’s faces. Instead, excitement and pleasure emerged.

Through their slightly parted lips, breaths filled with moans escaped. Whether I made them like this, or if they originally had a lewd disposition, I don’t know.

It’s probably the latter.

As their pleasure-soaked breaths grew rougher, and around the time the Popes started rubbing their thighs together, I took my hands off. Then, a sound of “Eh?” whose source was unknown, echoed.

Naturally, I had to stop before going into the main event. Because my goal was to soothe Floreta and Luna. There was no need to give them unnecessary further stimulation here.

‘Kneading a woman’s breasts to calm her down and tell her not to cry, even I think I’m a crazy bastard.’

That said, if the one who calms down their sniffles while having their breasts kneaded is normal, that’s another ambiguous question.

Well, rather than watching Floreta and Luna shed tears, saying they were worried I might die, it’s much more comfortable to do this.

“I’m fine. I didn’t die, and I’m perfectly alive, aren’t I? So you don’t have to cry.”

“……Yes, Honored Guest-isiyeo.”

“I underst……and.”

‘Why the regretful expression?’

Instead of crying, it seems I flipped a switch, so I’m a bit worried about what happens next.

I tried hard to ignore the glistening green and purple eyes filled with desire. I only meant to calm them down a little, but they calmed down too much and veered slightly in another direction.

“Just in case, I’m asking, am I the first person to faint while conversing with a god?”

“There isn’t a clear comparison, but for now, that’s correct.”

“Someone other than a Pope attempted to converse with our gods, and the fact that the gods accepted it is the first such occurrence in the history of the Holy Nation, so……”

Floreta’s voice trailed off slightly.

“I, too, have never heard of a history where such a violent reaction was shown, even though the Moon directly spoke to you.”

With Luna’s addition, the Popes’ expressions became slightly gloomy.

Since they don’t know why their gods are acting like that towards me, they must be thinking they might have to choose between their faith and me if they make a wrong move, that’s why they’re acting like that.

“I understand what you’re thinking, but you don’t have to worry about that. You know that pillar of light that came down from the sky? I received an answer that it was indeed given directly by them. Since they even bestowed such power, they wouldn’t possibly dislike me, would they?”

“Ah…… if that’s the case, then it’s truly a relief.”

“As expected, Honored Guest-nim, you are a being who receives their care.”

Judging by Floreta and Luna’s expressions immediately brightening, it seemed my guess was correct. I deliberately diverted my attention from the hands that were gradually starting to gather between my legs and opened my mouth.

“There’s one more thing. I heard something strange before I fainted, I wonder if it can be interpreted?”

“Is it a revelation given by the gods?”

“I think so. First of all, it definitely wasn’t your voices, and it wasn’t Stella or Selene’s voices either.”

“Please tell us.”

Floreta and Luna looked at me with sparkling eyes. The gods gave me a revelation, from the Popes’ perspective, it must be no ordinary matter.

“They said, ‘It is not yet time.'”

“…….”

“…….”

The Popes kneaded the inside of my thighs and fell into thought. I don’t know why they specifically kneaded that area, but for now, I decided to let them be.

‘The restriction placed on Nyx…… was it really because of the gods of the Holy Nation?’

I, too, had something else to think about.

When I told the Popes about what happened, I deliberately didn’t mention that I had also received answers to questions related to Nyx.

The fact that a kind of restriction was placed on Nyx, and that the Sun or Moon directly placed it, was a fact that only Nyx, the party concerned, and I should know.

‘Why?’

I thought deeply about the reason, but nothing came to mind.

In BraDk 4, the Holy Nation and the Black Mage were not particularly related. This was because neither had a reason to bother the other.

The witch NPC who was Nyx’s original was also the same. No matter how many documents or settings I searched through, information that the gods watched the Black Mage or that the Black Mage was related to the gods, did not exist.

‘But……’

Here, it was different. Clearly, the god worshipped in the Holy Nation directly answered that they themselves placed the restriction on Nyx. Whether it was the Sun or the Moon.

Going to such lengths, what kind of information do they have to hide from me?

“I don’t know. I am sorry, Honored Guest-isiyeo.”

At Luna’s sullen voice, I ended my thoughts and returned to reality. The Popes, as if they knew nothing, shook their heads from side to side.

Of course, their hands kneading the inside of my thighs remained. No, rather, they even became increasingly blatant. I desperately controlled the blood flow that was trying to rush to my lower body.

“It’s okay. They might not know. Revelations are usually vague, aren’t they?”

“But, haven’t you already understood a revelation, Honored Guest-isiyeo?”

“…….”

I closed my mouth. If they asked like that, I had nothing to say.

Because I couldn’t answer, “That’s because it appeared in the game, and this is the first time I’m hearing it, so I can’t help it.”

“……It’s a bit funny to ask now, but how long was I unconscious?”

So I changed the subject.

It was a question I had to ask eventually anyway. There were just many other things to ask first, so its priority was pushed back a bit.

‘If I had been unconscious for a whole week or something, I would have to return to the territory right now-‘

“30 minutes.”

“……Huh?”

“To be precise, you were unconscious for 30 minutes and 17 seconds, Honored Guest-isiyeo.”

“Only that much?” The thought naturally came to mind. As soon as I opened my eyes, both of them rushed over as if they were about to cry, so I thought I had been unconscious for about a week.

As if they read my expression, Floreta and Luna put more strength into the hands stroking my thighs and added.

“It was like a bolt from the blue for us, Honored Guest-isiyeo.”

“That’s right. It’s not the time you were unconscious that’s important, but the situation itself, that Honored Guest-isiyeo collapsed, that is important.”

It meant they cared about me that much, so it was a very touching statement.

Except for the fact that their hands were slowly creeping closer, almost touching my crotch.

“Okay. Both of you, thank you for worrying about me.”

I quickly slipped out of their embrace. Then Floreta and Luna, with slightly urgent expressions, reached out to grab me.

“Uhm, Honored Guest-isiyeo? Since you haven’t been awake for long, how about resting more like this?”

No. If I stay there, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to rest.

“That’s right. You shouldn’t leave the bed too quickly. You need to rest for at least two days…… no, four days.”

Seeing “four days” instead of “three days” after “two days,” I was convinced. After doing it for so long last time, were they planning to do it for four more days?

“No, thank you for your concern, but I’m really fine now. My head doesn’t hurt either.”

I quickly left the room, leaving Floreta and Luna, who were making expressions as if their world was collapsing, behind.

There was no helping it. If I were caught here, given the atmosphere just now, lying back down in bed was a certainty, and judging by Luna’s words, this time it would be at least four days.

But in the report that would have been sent to Aurora, it was written that I could finish and return in two days at most, so that was a problem.

Two days would have already passed by today, and I couldn’t make Aurora wait for four more days.

Of course, if I genuinely refused, Floreta and Luna wouldn’t hold me back further. Because neither of them was the type to force something if I disliked it.

‘That may be true, but……’

Honestly, I didn’t have the confidence to firmly cut off Floreta and Luna, who were looking at me with utterly pitiful expressions.

And the Popes’ bodies felt that good, too.

‘Have I also been tainted by those two?’

While having such strange thoughts, as I came out into the hallway, Stella, who was standing guard on both sides of the door we were in, greeted me with a bright smile.

“You woke up very early, didn’t you? Are you feeling a bit better?”

“I’m fine. It was just a brief faint, that’s all.”

“Seeing Honored Guest-nim collapse, I thought my heart would stop. It’s a relief that you are safe and sound.”

Selene also had an expression full of relief.

“What happened? Weren’t you conversing with the gods?”

At Stella’s question, I briefly summarized the conversation I had with the Popes and told her.

Of course, the part where I kneaded their breasts to calm the sniffling two, and the incident where I almost went back to bed at the end, I omitted. That was something only the Popes and I needed to know.

“A revelation saying it’s not time yet, I don’t know what it means either.”

“Me too.”

Stella and Selene answered that they didn’t know, but their expressions didn’t seem to mind much. This is probably because in the Holy Nation, ‘revelations’ are believed to be interpretable only by the Popes.

For something obvious, there’s no reason to feel guilty.

“But…… Honored Guest-isiyeo, weren’t you with His/Her Holiness the Popes?”

“I was with them, yes. Why?”

Selene, who asked a sudden question, stared intently at me.

“May I ask the reason you came out already?”

“…….”