Volunteer Work (5)
The room echoed with vulgar, wet sounds.
[Chup, chuup, chup, chuuup….]
The kind of noise you’d hear in a movie.
A scene where a man and woman, who had been filming a tender love story, now devoured each other, their tongues exploring every inch of the other’s body.
“……”
Gulp.
A sound of someone swallowing saliva came from beside me.
To my ears, it sounded far more erotic than the sex scene playing on screen.
The pure virgin who had been refusing just moments ago was now staring at the screen without blinking, her lips slightly parted as she watched the couple’s physical union.
‘The video store owner’s recommendation is pretty good.’
I hadn’t exactly rented this hoping for something this explicit, but the romance movie had some seriously lewd bed scenes.
Especially the second one playing right now.
The first bed scene had felt fresh and sweet, depicting a couple’s first time together.
This second one, however, showed them having an affair after breaking up, while still in other relationships.
The sense of immorality made their movements even more slick and intense.
Maybe that was why—
“Ah…, th-that’s…”
Claire, who had been watching the movie, was now completely absorbed in the bed scene.
A pure schoolgirl who had never encountered anything like this before…
I watched as she experienced arousal for the first time from something lewd.
This…
The situation was incredibly stimulating.
“……”
“……”
[─♩♬♪]
The movie ended and the ending credits began to roll.
The sweet melody made the film’s tender story feel even more heartbreaking.
‘It was a good movie.’
Apart from the bed scenes, the movie itself had been moving.
Hey, video store owner.
You’ve got taste, huh?
“……Uht.”
However, Claire, who had watched the movie beside me, seemed to have a different impression.
She was still sitting with her head lowered, her ears flushed red.
‘Is she still thinking about the bed scene?’
Well, if it was her first time seeing something like that, it must have been an overwhelming stimulus.
The first time is always intense, after all.
“Ares…”
At that moment, Claire, who had been quietly keeping her head down, carefully spoke up.
“When you suggested watching a movie… was it because of that scene earlier?”
Claire asked a sharp question.
“No? I swear I had no idea.”
And I immediately responded with a lie.
What could you possibly do if I lied?
Unfortunately, there was no evidence.
“I see…. I’m sorry… for suspecting you for no reason.”
“It’s fine. I was surprised too.”
Fortunately, true to her pure nature, Claire immediately accepted my lie.
Good thing she didn’t suspect me.
My goal was to corrupt Claire’s purity.
So not just today, but tomorrow and the day after, I needed to keep exposing her to lewd media like this.
For that, it would be better if my intentions weren’t too obvious.
‘It’d be nice if she showed some interest…’
With that thought, I observed Claire’s reaction as she fell silent again.
And then—
“Um…, what about you, Ares…?”
“Yeah?”
Claire spoke up once more.
“Have you… ever done what was shown in the movie…?”
“……”
…She was asking that directly?
The question was so unexpected that even I was momentarily at a loss for words.
“……”
But Claire didn’t seem flustered by my silence. Instead, she looked at me and waited for an answer.
Her innocence was such that she didn’t even realize how awkward the question was.
Impressed by that, I answered.
“No, not yet…”
“I-I see…”
To be honest, I didn’t know if I had or not.
Because I had no memories.
Before coming here, I only had the vague sense that someone named “me” existed.
Apart from basic common knowledge, no memories of who I was surfaced.
So I didn’t even know if I had actually had sex before.
Of course.
That wasn’t important right now.
“Well… I do masturbate a lot though.”
“……What?”
It might have been a risky move, but I decided to gamble.
‘Is she going to get upset…?’
Getting upset would be the normal reaction.
It was basically sexual harassment.
But I hadn’t said it without thinking.
Claire was clearly curious right now.
At our age, it was normal for both boys and girls to be extremely interested in the opposite sex.
Claire had lived without ever realizing that instinct.
Now that she was starting to feel curious, striking while the iron was hot would make corrupting her much easier.
However—
“M-masturbation? …What is that?”
“Huh…?”
She was even purer than I had imagined.
“You don’t know? Never heard of it?”
“No…”
“……”
“I’m sorry. I grew up in the cathedral until I entered the academy…”
No, even so, she should have at least heard of it, right…?
No no, let’s not panic.
This world was a strange fantasy realm where smartphones weren’t widespread, unlike the modern world.
If anything, the existence of TVs and videos was what didn’t make sense.
It wasn’t strange that a girl who grew up only in the cathedral wouldn’t know about masturbation.
“M-masturbation is, you know…”
“Yes…”
“Something you do alone…”
“Yes? Alone? …What do you do?”
So.
I explained it to Claire directly.
The lewd secrets of this world that she had never known until now.
“In the movie earlier, the male and female leads had sex, right?”
“Uht, y-yes…”
“…You know why they do it even when they’re not trying to make a baby?”
“……I don’t know.”
“It feels really good, apparently.”
“……”
“But if you don’t have a partner to have sex with, like me, it’s hard to relieve your sexual desires, right?”
“Ah, y-yes…”
Claire seemed to roughly understand what masturbation was from my explanation.
Her face flushed bright red again.
“So you rub it directly with your hand.”
“……Rub what…?”
“Your dick.”
“……”
For a moment, her gaze drifted toward my crotch.
What was she imagining?
The movie hadn’t even shown any genitals.
“……”
“……”
Another silence fell over the room.
Somehow, I could feel heat rising to my own face as well.
I had tried to act nonchalant while explaining it like common sense, but…
‘This is really not easy…’
Even saying it out loud felt incredibly embarrassing.
As a result, the room was left with two people sitting in silence, faces flushed red.
“I-I’ll be going now!”
At that moment, as if finally coming to her senses, Claire stood up and headed for the door.
Then she stopped in front of it.
She glanced back at me and the TV.
“…The movie was fun. Thank you, Ares.”
She forced a smile and left the room with her face still red.
“……”
I stared blankly at the door Claire had left through for a while.
After Claire returned to her room, I headed to the dining hall for dinner.
“……”
“……”
When our eyes met in the dining hall, Claire smiled awkwardly.
‘I guess it really is fine.’
If she had even a little knowledge about sex, she probably would have felt repulsed by the conversation we just had.
But Claire had no such knowledge at all—so much so that she couldn’t even feel repulsed.
It was possible.
Alright, I’ll proceed with Claire as planned.
And during the exorcism ritual tonight, I’ll try to find out the demon’s name.
With this, I’d be able to respond whether the nun was right or the priest was right.
After finishing dinner, I returned to my room to wait for Father Malik’s summons.
However—
“Ares.”
“Father…?”
Father Malik called out to me as I was leaving the dining hall.
“Could you come with me for a moment?”
“……”
Afterward, he led me to the confessional.
A place to talk without the demon noticing.
“I’m sorry, Ares…”
“What’s wrong…?”
“Actually… I failed to find the person possessed by the demon…”
“Excuse me…?”
He failed?
I was quite taken aback by those words.
“Then the exorcism today…”
“We’ll have to skip it…”
“……”
“I’m truly sorry. It seems the demon has moved from Sister Agnes to another nun and is deliberately not showing itself…”
“……”
The exorcism ritual was canceled.
While I was surprised because it was unexpected…
‘Then what about the demon summoning ritual?’
According to Agnes, the demon summoning ritual required me, an unqualified person, to perform the exorcism every night and insult God.
That’s what she had said…
But Father Malik, the demon worshiper, had postponed the exorcism himself…?
‘Is this… also an act?’
I pondered for a moment.
Don’t think too simply.
…Maybe on the first day of the exorcism.
Father Malik might have overheard my conversation with Agnes.
He had clearly been at the door at the time.
He might have heard the conversation inside.
And while I was lost in thought, Father Malik continued.
“Still, don’t worry too much, Ares.”
“Yes…?”
“A demon hiding its body won’t last long. Rather, this could be seen as a good sign.”
“……”
“It means your exorcism ritual was effective, and the demon is now avoiding you.”
“Is that so…?”
“Instead, be even more careful from now on.”
Father Malik’s voice lowered and grew serious from behind the curtain in the confessional.
“The fact that the demon is wary of you means it will try to stop you from performing the exorcism by any means necessary.”
“……”
‘I thought so…’
Just because the exorcism was skipped didn’t mean I could drop my suspicions about Father Malik.
I needed clearer evidence.
Anyway.
Last night passed peacefully without any incidents.
“Good morning.”
“Did you sleep well?”
When I headed to the dining hall for breakfast, Sister Agnes greeted me with a gentle smile.
I glanced at her waist.
‘It’s gone…’
The inverted cross that had been hanging there just a while ago was nowhere to be seen.
Just as Father Malik had said, it seemed the demon had left Sister Agnes’s body and possessed another nun.
“Ah, Ares…. Good morning.”
“Yeah… Did you sleep well, Claire?”
“……Yes.”
Claire, whom I met in the dining hall, greeted me with a slightly awkward expression.
But the fact that she greeted me first suggested she held no ill feelings or repulsion.
‘Then let’s try again today.’
I had to survive.
I couldn’t cancel the volunteer work, and I couldn’t die as a sacrifice on the last day.
Of course, there was a possibility that Father Malik was just a normal priest.
But I had to block off the worst-case scenario from the start.
“Mister, the movie yesterday was good. It was fun.”
“Hoho, really? It’s not a bad movie.”
“So, could you recommend one more?”
That’s why I went to rent another video.
This was the last day of volunteer work—Sunday.
Today was Thursday, so there wasn’t much time left until Sunday evening.
I had to corrupt Claire within that time.
“This one.”
“Oh…”
“It’s not 29-rated, but it’s the most intense one without any genital exposure.”
The video store owner quickly found the movie I wanted.
It was a deserted island survival film with plenty of bed scenes.
‘Good…’
The movie was secured, so next was finding a friend to watch it with.
The only thing that worried me was… yesterday’s invitation had been casual, but today, on the second try, Claire might refuse from the start.
But I couldn’t back down now.
Right after lunch, I approached Claire.
“Huh…? A movie again… today…?”
At my words, Claire immediately blushed and stammered.
“Sorry, I don’t have much to do so I’m free. Even if I want to help with work, no one assigns me anything.”
“……”
“Claire, are you free starting now?”
“……”
Claire silently fiddled with the broom in her hands for a moment.
I was acting nonchalant, but inside I was very nervous.
If she refused, I’d have to find another way to corrupt Claire afterward.
And then—
“……”
Nod.
With her cheeks flushed, Claire gently nodded.
“What’s that?”
“It’s a deserted island movie… I was worried you might get nervous…”
“Was it in your room?”
“Yes… I usually sleep hugging it.”
Claire had brought a teddy bear from her room.
Well, I also usually hugged a pillow or something while watching movies.
Especially since she was coming to a guy’s room again after that stimulating situation yesterday.
She probably needed something to calm her nerves.
“Shall we start?”
“Yes…”
After that, just like yesterday, Claire and I sat on the bed with our backs against the wall and started watching the movie.
The movie was about a shipwreck where several passengers ended up stranded on a deserted island.
And of course—
[Haa…, good…, haa…, more….]
[Thrust, thrust, thrust…]
It was a movie with lewd scenes from the very beginning.
“……”
“……”
Claire didn’t seem flustered like yesterday.
She simply hugged the teddy bear tightly, looking embarrassed, as she watched the movie.
She only asked one question.
“Ares…”
“Yeah?”
“Is… something like that really normal…?”
“……”
With her face flushed and her breathing slightly rough, she asked without taking her eyes off the screen.
I smiled and answered.
“Of course. How do you think we were born in the first place?”
“……Is that so.”
“Sex isn’t a bad thing. What’s bad is betraying your partner or acting promiscuously.”
“……Th-that’s true.”
Claire quickly agreed.
“……”
After that, she focused on the movie without asking any more questions.
It seemed she had no more curiosity.
So I quietly turned my gaze to check Claire’s expression.
What kind of face was she making?
Yesterday, Claire had been watching the movie with worry, wondering if this was okay.
And now—
She was smiling softly.
“……”
“……”
With her face flushed red, she was staring intently at the man and woman on screen thrusting their hips—
And smiling.
As if entranced by something.
‘She’s smiling…?’
I was slightly taken aback by her smile.
What did that smile mean?
Relief? Interest? Enjoyment…?
Either way, it meant Claire’s inner resistance had peeled away another layer, so I took it as a good sign.
‘Huh…?’
At that moment, I felt something moving beneath Claire’s body.
The teddy bear was shaking ever so slightly… just a tiny bit.