Chapter 21: The Uninvited Guest
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 21: The Uninvited Guest
Sihyeon opened the bathroom door and stepped inside.
After setting Seri down on the floor, he looked her straight in the eye.
“Now, will you answer the question I’m about to ask honestly? It’s a very serious one.”
“Ye-Yes...! Please, ask me anything, Master.”
“Who do you like more? Me, or Aris?”
“Hic.”
Seri’s face instantly crumpled into a look of distress.
It felt like no matter how she answered, she would be in deep trouble.
On one hand was her childhood friend of twenty years, someone she had been with since she was three.
On the other was her beloved Master, whom she had met only a night ago, but who had shown her the meaning of true happiness.
If she chose the former, she feared Sihyeon would be disappointed.
If she chose the latter, she felt she would look like a woman completely obsessed with sex.
Of course, it was true that after panting and losing herself in the unprecedented pleasure he gave her, she had decided to devote everything to Sihyeon.
But at the same time, she also wanted to show her sisters—and her precious younger sister, Aris—the happiness a woman could enjoy, as they were currently being deceived by the Church and denied even a sliver of such bliss.
“……I can’t choose.”
In the end, Seri couldn’t pick one.
“Hmm. That’s unexpected. I thought even you would definitely choose one of us.”
Seri flinched slightly.
A sudden surge of anxiety made her heart begin to race wildly.
“Ma-Master…. That is, well…….”
Seri tilted her head as she felt a hand suddenly rest atop her head.
“I guess I can trust everything our Seri says from now on.”
“……Eh?”
“I’m starting to get hungry, so let’s wash up quickly and head out.”
“Ye-Yes…!”
Seri moved hurriedly, lathering a generous amount of body wash in her hands to create bubbles.
She calmly scrubbed Sihyeon’s body and stole glances at his expression while rinsing him off, but it was difficult to find a definitive answer in his face.
“Could you take care of this part, too?”
“Haa…♥ O-Of course, right away…♥”
However, she decided not to worry about it too much.
“Hauum…♥ Slurp, slurp…♥”
Making her Master happy was far more rewarding and brought her much more joy than resolving her doubts.
“The cock… tastes so good…♥ Chluuurp…♥”
*
[Skill Possessed]
[Discernment]
[You can discern the target's lies.]
[When using the skill, if a red aura is felt from the target, they are lying. If the opposite, a blue aura is felt.]
[The range of targets you can use this on increases according to your current Demonic Energy Level.]
It was a skill he had learned after his class change, but he hadn't paid much attention to it, thinking he wouldn't have much use for it right away.
But then.
“Who do you like more? Me, or Aris?”
“……I can’t choose.”
After trying it out as a test, his trust in Seri—who was enveloped in a blue aura—had skyrocketed.
“Hfuuuuuu…♥”
After ejaculating deeply into Seri’s throat-pussy, which was improving by the day, they washed up properly and left the bathroom together.
The breakfast that followed wasn't half bad.
The only problems were that Elina was nowhere to be seen, and Seri kept acting like a bitch in heat at every opportunity, making his cock ache with anticipation.
He could look into the former later.
“O-Oh, ugh…! I’m so, so sorry… for being such a cocky trash pussy…♥ Hfuuuu…♥”
As for the latter, it was a problem that could be solved with proper pussy training.
He was in the living room, turning things over in his mind and seriously considering his next steps, when—
Ding-dong.
A sudden guest arrived.
“What is it?”
It was a pair of a man and a woman dressed in rather ordinary clothing.
There was no major issue with them introducing themselves as siblings.
“I heard from my father that he gave a carriage ride to a female guest heading this way, so I came to find her…. If it’s not too much trouble, may we speak inside for a moment?”
But the moment he saw the red aura emanating from the man requesting a conversation—
“I have something urgent to discuss regarding Demonic Energy.”
Sihyeon couldn't help but think that something interesting was about to happen.
*
Once, there existed a Goddess who bestowed her blessings equally upon all races.
Her blessings reached the humans, beastkin, elves, and various other races living south of the border, and even the Demon Race beyond the north.
Consequently, those who were displeased by her attempt to embrace even the demons—who pursued corruption—gradually grew in number.
It was from then on.
The Goddess’s energy, which once covered the entire South, began to wane, however slightly.
Even then, those people harbored the thought that they didn't need the help of such a Goddess.
And when the blessings to the South were completely cut off at a certain point, and she began to shine brightly only upon the North, they simply went around shouting that it was for the best.
Of course, those people weren't acting as an organized group.
It was nothing more than one or two people gathered for a drink, badmouthing her over snacks; no one could have considered it the opinion of the majority.
However, the eyes and ears of the Goddess, who never set foot on the earth, were open everywhere. Furthermore, in most records, the Goddess’s appearance was described as youthful enough to be considered a fresh adult.
Finally, considering that everyone who met her ended up playing board games for an entire month straight before being allowed back down to earth—
A rather absurd conclusion was reached: the Goddess Elina had become so incredibly pouted that her anger wouldn't subside, and in a fit of pique, she had abandoned the South…!
At first, no one believed it.
However, they couldn't just stand by and watch the Demon King attempt to start a war with Elina’s blessing at his back. So, they rounded up the people who had made her pout, shoved them into the Irem Religious Order, and attempted to communicate with her.
Nobles. Virgins with no sexual experience.
Her words—that she would use such women as her toys and then discard them—were more than enough to silence everyone.
As a result, a quiet ostracization of the humans who had made the Goddess pout began.
Of course, since they were a small minority of less than a thousand people, and the content of Elina’s demands was too inappropriate to be publicly announced, no horrific string of events occurred that would set the world ablaze.
However, it was revealed that human mages belonging to the Magic Tower were behind them, and that they had acted out of resentment toward the fact that the innate mana of beastkin and elves harmonized so well with Elina’s blessing. Consequently, the standing of humans residing in the Magic Tower plummeted significantly.
As time passed and led to the present, under the direction of the current Tower Master, a massive hurdle was created: humans acquiring high-level magic had to submit results from "research into magic of a new nature."
The human siblings, who were at risk of having all their support cut off if they didn't produce results within six months, had come to Sihyeon’s mansion as a last resort.
They had overheard a rumor that a woman, soaked in Demonic Energy yet perfectly sane, had stepped off a carriage at this mansion. They also knew the owner of the mansion was a former member of the Hero’s Party.
And finally, they synthesized the significant information blurted out by Yuliana, the beastkin mage who had been in that party, during a drunken stupor: that Sihyeon’s body was filled with Demonic Energy.
They concluded that if they could utilize that Demonic Energy well, they might be able to complete magic of an entirely new nature.
Alec, who had entered the Magic Tower through sheer passion despite lacking great talent for magic, had his mind filled only with the thought of obtaining that Demonic Energy.
On the other hand, Fria, who was born with exceptional innate mana and had led a stable life in the Magic Tower, couldn't think of anything else because she was so worried about her brother.
“Brother. Is it really okay for just the two of us to move like this…?”
“It’s fine. Yuliana might play a lot of pranks, but she’s not someone who would ever lie.”
“I-I trust Lady Yuliana, too. B-But even if it’s true that the knight Choi Sihyeon handles Demonic Energy, what then…? What if we bring up the Demonic Energy and accidentally offend him, and he attacks us? It’s a-absolutely impossible for just the two of us to face a member of the Hero’s Party who even subjugated the Demon King….”
“Fria. Don't worry, there won't be any fighting. Yuliana said it herself. Even though she constantly threw herself at him and teased him, he never once got overexcited and treated her with care until the very end. Most importantly, even though no race is as vulnerable to corruption as the beastkin, there wasn't a single trace of Demonic Energy to be found on Yuliana.”
“Are you saying he kept his Demonic Energy hidden all that time to protect Lady Yuliana?”
“Yeah. He’s a person with that kind of kind heart. And if Yuliana knows about it, it’s basically an open secret that everyone in the party knew. Even if we’re the first to mention it, it shouldn't be a big problem. Above all, he might be keeping it in his body because he can't get rid of it, so we might even be able to help him, right? It’s only right to meet him in person and have a serious conversation.”
Fria agreed with Alec’s words to some extent.
Whenever Yuliana talked about him, she would call him ‘Sihyeon Oppa’ with great affection.
To another woman’s eyes, it was clear she wasn't just talking about a close older brother; it was practically a one-sided crush.
But there was something that bothered her.
“But Brother…. Didn't you say that carriage guest was tainted with Demonic Energy to the point of near-addiction?”
Demonic Energy.
That part, which made her heart uneasy just hearing the name, weighed heavily on her mind.