Chapter 85
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 85
Chapter Title: From Now On
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"Take it off."
Ian's command sent a chill rippling through her ears.
Catching her completely off guard, Lia flinched at the sudden words and thought:
Here...?
Lia swallowed hard, her face tense with nerves, and cautiously glanced around.
The sound of sea breeze rustling through the grass leaves.
The eerie night promenade lit faintly by moonlight and lantern glow.
It certainly wasn't a place where people would wander.
Realizing that, Lia felt her body heat up unbidden.
She'd had almost no chances to slip out for a nighttime stroll lately.
Night after night, she'd struggled to forcibly calm her rising heat.
Though it had been somewhat forced on her, Lia had thought she'd grown somewhat accustomed to this ascetic life.
But that had apparently been her delusion alone.
The moment this situation arose, her body ignited with the pent-up desires she'd suppressed for so long, ready to burst all at once.
Her lower belly throbbed as if she were in heat.
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up."
This isn't a joke... right?
Ian, seated on the bench, urged her on as Lia stood there dazed.
At the sound of his voice, her body moved almost on instinct.
Lia laid trembling hands on her clothes.
Light attire with a simple outer layer for the stroll.
Her fingers fumbled at the hem before slowly undoing the buttons one by one.
With each button released, her pale skin peeked through the inner side of her fluttering outer garment.
"Hoo..."
The final button came undone.
Lia carefully tugged at the hem.
The thin outer layer slid smoothly down her body and dropped to the ground with a soft thud.
There was embarrassment, but her hesitation was fading bit by bit.
Finally, she slipped off her undergarments and set them down, leaving nothing to cover her body.
Moonlight and lantern light.
Bathed in the dim glow, Lia's sensuous flesh stood utterly defenseless before Ian, with nothing to shield it.
Exposed naked outdoors, Lia felt the cool night breeze brush over her bare skin.
Her body shivered at the profane sense of liberation she'd craved for so long.
And... there was one thing different from before.
The gaze of someone watching her shameful display.
Feeling Ian's eyes fixed intently on her body, Lia trembled with an icy thrill.
To the naked Lia standing before him, Ian asked:
"Lia. Why haven't you come even once? Everyone else is mostly treated."
He was talking about treating the affliction.
Lia's condition remained unchanged from when they'd emerged from the labyrinth—she'd never sought him out.
Thanks to drinking the purification potion last, she had no lingering curse and the lowest shame level.
But because she'd kept yielding her turn and dragging her feet, while the others nearly fully recovered, she'd stayed the same.
In the end, her shame level had reversed to become the highest now.
"Well, whenever I tried to go... there was always someone there..."
"......"
...Yeah, that makes sense.
Even with just three of them, his schedule was packed with barely any gaps.
It would've been hard to approach him directly anyway, and with someone always by his side...
She must have hesitated to push her way in aggressively.
"The others are mostly recovered now, so it's your turn."
Lia nodded at Ian's words.
It wasn't that she hated it and avoided him; she'd just put it off due to embarrassment over the other members' gazes.
Following Ian's gesture, Lia slowly approached.
The naked woman knelt before him and tentatively touched his pants.
A bit clumsily, hesitantly, she finally undid them and pulled out his member.
It appeared before her eyes.
Lia gasped and drew back slightly.
The real thing was far more imposing than she'd imagined, leaving her to stare at it while shrinking back a little.
"...Hoo."
As Lia froze, unable to move forward, Ian quietly reached out.
He'd considered urging her verbally at first, but thinking of her tastes, this might be better.
Ian placed a hand on her head and yanked her close.
"Eut...!"
Lia let out a startled moan.
His member was suddenly right in front of her nose.
Ian said nothing, but his hand still gripped her head—a silent urging.
Lia swallowed hard.
Steadying her slightly trembling chest, she let out a small sigh.
And cautiously extended her tongue.
Her tongue slowly touched Ian's member.
The unfamiliar texture she felt for the first time, mingled with a strange excitement.
With lips that had never even known a first kiss, Lia carefully pressed them to his member.
And... what next?
After a moment's hesitation, Lia just moved her tongue in some random direction.
The tip of her tongue slid slowly, tickling his skin.
Clumsily, hesitantly.
Occasionally rolling her eyes up to glance at him.
Her tongue very slowly licked along his member, memorizing its shape.
"......"
Her service continued for quite a while.
Overly cautious tongue movements.
Ian noticed her frequent upward glances.
It didn't seem like reluctance, but Lia appeared to be deliberately maintaining a passive attitude while watching his reactions.
As if waiting for something.
Not worrying about being scolded for her clumsiness...
But expecting to be scolded for it?
Ian pondered briefly, then gripped her head.
Feeling it, Lia's body twitched.
Her eyes looked up at him, expectant.
Ian vaguely realized what she'd been waiting for.
So... something like this.
"Do it properly."
"Kyat..."
Ian clutched her head firmly and pulled roughly.
"Eup..."
His hand pressed her head down hard.
Lia twisted in panic as his member thrust deep into her mouth.
She let out a pained moan and glared up at him with fierce eyes.
A highly defiant expression.
Just like when they first met.
Yet her body showed no resistance, her hands demurely planted on the ground.
Ian's hand held her head tight, moving her as he pleased.
Lia was dragged helplessly by her hair, moaning in distress.
She coughed softly from the sensation stabbing her throat.
"Ugh, cough..."
Even as she endured such treatment, Lia felt an unfamiliar emotion welling up inside her.
A strange feeling.
In truth, compared to training or ascetic practice, it wasn't that painful.
When it came to hardship, fighting monsters was far worse.
Among mercenaries, there were far ruder people or those who'd hurled more insulting provocations.
Back then, it was just displeasure, or she'd endured it out of necessity.
But now, unlike before, there was a ticklish satisfaction stirring in her chest.
Being used like a tool, treated so roughly—what satisfaction could there be in that?
Anyone who felt that must be broken somewhere.
Her mind thought that, yet her body heated up wildly, satisfied, ecstatic.
Her skin burned hot, her lower belly throbbed, and the cold ground was already soaked with her lewd fluids.
Following Ian's command, she filled her mouth with him and moved her tongue as best she could.
Each time she felt it pulse and twitch, her own heart raced.
She felt his grip tighten on her head, pressing down harder.
A different sensation from before.
His member plunged deep into her throat.
Before she could moan in pain or cough, something poured into her throat.
"Lia. Swallow."
Suppressing the rising cough, Lia swallowed what flooded her throat.
Hot, sticky fluid. That scorching heat poured into her body like fire.
Only then did she realize it was his release.
The spreading warmth inside melted away a bit of her accumulated affliction.
Haa...
As Ian released her head, Lia finally collapsed to the ground, coughing and panting raggedly.
Ian looked down at her slumped form.
...If anyone passed by now, it might spark some misunderstandings.
Ian carefully reached out, combing through her disheveled hair and tidying it as he spoke.
"Come find me every day from now on. We need to treat you."
"...!"
Lia startled at his words.
She needed to reduce her affliction first, and as the one with the most left, it made sense she'd have to work hardest.
When she didn't reply, Ian added:
"Got it? No excuses about someone being there."
"Y-yes..."
This... every day?
Recalling what just happened, Lia's body shivered faintly.