Serin
Serin
The road back to the village was long.
When the sun set and we decided to camp in the forest, a drinking party was breaking out around the campfire.
Strong liquors, which I had strictly forbidden for the sake of the party members' stamina, were rolling around everywhere.
"Kyaa! Goro-ssi, give me more! One more glass!"
It was Serin.
She was the woman who used to blush just from lightly holding my hand.
That noble Holy Knight was now sitting beside Goro, acting all cutesy.
Goro, seemingly drunk, buried his face in Serin's neck and sniffed.
"Kya, is it because you're from nobility? Your skin is like silk, just like silk!"
Far from refusing, Serin stroked Goro's messy hair and burst into a coquettish laugh.
"I lived such a boring life, not even knowing the taste of alcohol while being with a prude like Rion. Being with Goro-ssi, I finally feel like I'm alive."
I clenched my fists while watching the scene in front of me.
My fingernails dug into my palms and drew blood, but I didn't even feel the pain.
"Goro-ssi, the night air is cold. Would you like to rest in my tent together?"
At those words, all the men in the party's eyes lit up.
Goro opened his mouth in disbelief, and I swallowed the metallic blood rising in my throat as I blocked Serin's path.
Please, I wanted to scream that this wasn't right.
Even if the curse had twisted her emotions, I couldn't let it drag the faith and nobility she had walked with her whole life into the mud.
"Serin! What are you saying! You're a Holy Knight of the Empire! The Oath of the Sun..."
Serin's eyes turned toward me. The eyes that once curved warmly like spring sunlight toward me were now twisted as if looking at filth.
"Oath of the Sun? Ah, what does that have to do with you?"
She let out a cynical sneer.
Then, as if to show off, she took Goro's dirty hand and pulled it onto her chest, over the armor engraved with the solar emblem.
"Rion, that's your problem. You were locking me up with those stiff, boring principles. Have you ever once thought that I'm a woman before I'm a Holy Knight?"
"Serin, that's..."
Serin cut me off as if mocking my words and snuggled deeper into Goro's arms.
She wrapped her arms around Goro's neck and stared straight at me with a cynical smile.
"That's only something you keep when you're with a stuffy guy like you. In front of a real man like Goro-ssi, such cumbersome oaths mean nothing."
Her honor, her faith, and everything I had tried to protect—all of it was being butchered before my eyes.
"Rion, can you remove that clingy gaze of yours? Because you're staring like that, it makes me want to get even hotter with Goro-ssi."
"Hey, Captain. Or should I say, Mr. Rion? The Knight said so, so don't be clueless and go sleep in the corner over there."
Goro was now completely emboldened.
At first, he had been flustered by the changes at the ruins and was wary of me.
But as soon as he realized Serin's gaze was genuine, and that no matter how much I struggled, she treated me like an obstacle, his true nature reared its head.
Goro was mocking me by sticking his hand between Serin's thighs and groping her explicitly.
"Ha-euh, ah......."
A thin moan leaked from Serin's lips.
It was a sound I had never heard in the last 10 years, no, a sound I couldn't have even dared to imagine.
The woman who had forged herself while swearing purity to the Sun God was now trembling and narrowing her eyes every time Goro's grime-stained fingers dug into the flesh of her inner thigh.
"Serin, please...."
Goro stared straight into my eyes and applied pressure to his hand as if to show off.
The shape of Goro's blunt fingers was revealed clearly over Serin's thin pants.
Serin flinched for a moment and frowned.
In that fleeting instant, confusion flashed in her eyes.
The reason and faith she had protected her whole life were clashing with the lust forcibly injected by the curse.
Her hand unconsciously gripped Goro's wrist tightly. It was as if she were trying to push him away.
Yes, Serin! Resist! You're a Holy Knight!
I looked at her with hope. But my hope was shattered before even a second passed.
"......No, Goro-ssi. Do it a bit more...... do it harder."
Serin's voice was wet.
Instead of pushing him away, she pressed down hard on the back of Goro's hand, pulling it deeper toward her private parts.
"Rion, you...... just how long are you going to stand there and watch like a stalker? Your sticky gaze is giving me goosebumps. Get lost!"
The hatred she poured toward me was as sharp as frost.
But the face she turned toward Goro was infinitely seductive.
"Bae... chyu-eup, haa..."
Under the red light of the campfire, I heard the sound of my world collapsing.
Serin. My childhood friend who wouldn't even fear throwing away her life for me.
Her lips were now tangled with the yellow teeth of the porter, Goro.
"Hoo, ha... Goro-ssi, tongue... put it in a bit harder. My head is going so blank that I can't even imagine..."
Every word Serin spat out felt like pouring hydrochloric acid into my heart.
Goro seemed to have completely washed away his initial embarrassment.
He now, as if he were the master of this noble knight, roughly grabbed the back of Serin's head and let her rummage around inside his mouth.
"Kya, Knight. You usually pretend to be so high and mighty, but your mouth is so sweet? Hey, Captain Rion! Have you ever seen this? The Holy Knight you cherished so much is currently gulping down my saliva!"
Goro provoked me with a vile laugh.
His hand had already dug into the gaps of Serin's Holy Knight armor, roughly lifting the silver breastplate imbued with holy magic.
"Serin, please... stop. This isn't you. The curse is eating you away!"
My limbs were free. But that freedom only isolated me more miserably.
No matter how much I shouted, no matter how much I screamed and approached, to them, I was nothing more than trash that needed to be cleared away.
Serin pulled her lips away from Goro's and glared at me sharply.
Her lips were glistening with Goro's saliva, and her cheeks were flushed red with an excitement I had never seen in her life.
"Goro-ssi, that human keeps getting in the way. Let's... let's go somewhere that loser can't see us. Okay? Hurry...♡"
The nasal tone mixed into Serin's voice felt like it was tearing my eardrums.
"Ah, ha-euh...... ung! Eut, Goro-ssi......♡"
Serin's lips licked up Goro's dirty chin area, letting out a moan.
From the lips of the noble Holy Knight, a vulgar, coquettish voice, devoid of her usual neatness, emerged.
"Hey, Knight. Is it that good? Do you like this porter's tongue that much? Huh? Well, I guess it makes sense, since you probably never did anything like this with that guy standing over there."
Goro stared intensely into my eyes and crushed Serin's buttocks.
Far from being in pain, Serin trembled at the rough touch and hugged Goro's neck even tighter.
"Yes...... yes......♡ When I was with a guy like Rion...... I never knew about this......♡ Eung! Goro-ssi, please...... let's go to the tent. Okay? I can't stand it......♡"
Serin's eyes were already out of focus.
The lust that the curse had forcibly twisted had completely consumed her reason.
She stood up unsteadily and pulled Goro's arm. Goro wore the smile of a victor as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and disappeared into the tent.
"Heh heh, the Knight is in a hurry, huh? Alright, let's go!"
Goro, as if to show off to me, grabbed Serin's buttocks tightly and roughly shoved her into the tent.
I stared blankly at their retreating figures.
No, I had to move. I had to stop them. This isn't Serin. She's just a doll under a curse.
"Serin! Don't go! Please......!"
As I tried to run to the tent, Jack, the thug who was tipping his glass nearby, tripped me.
"Hey, Captain. Read the room. The Knight is in the best mood right now, why are you pouring cold water on it?"
"How far will you bastards get cocky... ugh."
The guy pressed his foot firmly onto my back. It was the moment I was putting strength into my arms to try and get up somehow.
"Hold."
Along with a cold voice, my body stiffened like a log.
"......?!"
As I barely managed to turn my head, Elina was looking down at me with cold eyes.
"Elina...! Are... are you going to leave Serin like that!?"
"Serin is just being honest right now. Please don't be so pathetic anymore."
"What is that...!"
"Just watch from there and see how happy Serin becomes. Ah, of course, you won't be able to move."
Elina left a sneer and headed into the forest with Jack, who was tipping his glass.
With my ears pressed to the ground like that, sounds from beyond the tent began to be heard.
Beyond the thin fabric, the shadows of the two people, reflected by the campfire light, flickered.
"Aaat! Eut, haa......♡ Goro-ssi, that place is...... Hick! Ung, ah-ang!♡"
Serin's scream-like moan broke the silence.
A sound much higher and sharper than the battle cries she usually let out when swinging her sword.
The sounds coming from beyond the tent were not the ones of the Serin I knew.
No, I wanted to deny it. But the campfire shadows flickering over the thin fabric were drawing their silhouettes with cruel clarity.
"Ah, ha-euh...... oop! Chyu-eup, chyu-reup......♡ Goro-ssi...... this, it's too...... it's too big, my mouth is full......♡ Ung, oop!♡"
The woman who was praised for having the most noble faith was now burying her head between a man's crotch.
"Hey, Knight. If you're a Holy Knight, act like one and do as you're taught. Open your mouth. Yeah, like that. Stick your tongue out more. Tsk, I guess you don't know anything because you played with a prude."
"Sorry...... I'm sorry......♡ Ung, oop...... chyu-eup, chyu-reup......♡ Like this? Goro-ssi's...... ha-euh......♡"
The shadows were explicit.
Serin was kneeling before Goro, having cast aside all her pride as a Holy Knight, and was serving him clumsily but desperately according to his commands.
"Ah, eu-eung!♡ It's too...... it's too big......♡ Rion...... never once...... showed me anything like this......♡ Chyu-eup! Haaaaang!♡"
The shadows shook violently. Every time Serin's head swayed back and forth, the tent trembled.
"Of course! What would that prude bastard know? Hey, stiffen your tongue a bit more. Yeah, lick it like that. Just like when you swore to the Sun God."
Goro was grabbing Serin's hair forcefully and educating her.
