Chapter 77: Corruption
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 77: Corruption
“Haaak…!”
The moment his member, so hot she worried about getting burned, dug into her tender flesh, Eleanor’s mind went blank.
The first time she was pierced by this large, imposing member, she had felt nothing but pain, but now, it was the opposite—only pleasure.
It wasn't simple pleasure. Like successive waves, a tide of boundless pleasure made her mind grow distant.
“Ah, no…! I, I…! Hngh!”
She cried out like an animal. When his member accidentally slipped out, she would maintain her arousal by caressing her own clitoris, and with her other hand, she would find his member and guide it back inside her.
Later, she even wrapped her legs around Allen’s waist to prevent such mishaps.
Then, as her body went limp and languid after reaching her peak, she watched with a hazy gaze as her beloved lover was pounced on by Allen.
‘I-I have to stop him…!’
Eleanor couldn't tell whether she wanted to stop Allen to protect Aenya, or because she wanted to take Aenya's place.
When Allen returned after leaving his mark deep inside Aenya, the way her body trembled with ecstasy made it clear it was the latter.
“Aah—”
Allen was merciless. He pinned down Eleanor’s delicate body with his frame, which was twice her size, rendering her immobile before ravaging her tender flesh. All she could do was sob amidst the endless waves of pleasure.
Just recalling last night, when she had craved and coveted Allen like an animal, made her womb throb and her body heat up. Stepping out of the wooden bathtub, Eleanor carefully spread her vagina.
“Hngh…”
Instantly, the semen that had filled her gushed out, drenching her thighs. Even though she had washed herself with her fingers several times, the traces of last night seemed endless.
“I-I might be pregnant…”
With this much, it would be stranger if she didn't get pregnant. Pregnant before marriage, with the bastard of a man she didn't love? Eleanor had no idea how to handle this.
“But you liked it, didn't you?”
Aenya, who had just entered the bathroom with heated water, came up behind the flustered Eleanor and gently hugged her.
“N-Not at all.”
“Liar. You were shaking your ass like a bitch in heat, trying to get my brother’s seed.”
“I-I never did that…”
“Really? Look me in the eyes and say that.”
Eleanor couldn't help but avoid Aenya’s gaze. She had, after all, succumbed to the pleasure Allen gave her. She had lost the bet.
If she had clearly expressed her refusal until the very end, she might have had something to say for herself, but by the end, hadn't she been masturbating, eagerly awaiting her turn?
She had to consider herself lucky that she hadn't joined in when Aenya and Allen were having sex.
“Any man will do, right? You're just like a dirty bitch who spreads her legs for anyone. If you didn't have your ability, you would've invited countless men to your bedroom to have your fun long ago, wouldn't you? Am I wrong?”
“No! My love is only for you, Aenya. I slept with your brother to protect you…!”
“Using me as an excuse? After you enjoyed it so much you filled your cunt with my brother’s semen?”
“No… Hngh…!”
Before Eleanor could deny it, Aenya’s hands caressed her entire body. Her body, which had surrendered to waves of pleasure for hours, still trembled from the aftereffects.
“Well, I can understand why you'd fall for him, El. He's handsome, tall as a giant, and has a sturdy build—he's a man with no flaws, right? Especially now that you've tasted that monstrous cock of his, you'll never be able to escape his grasp.”
Aenya’s hot breath in her ear made her recall Allen’s face, his body, and the member that had so mercilessly ravaged her insides.
Just the thought made her womb throb and her vagina release its fluids. Eleanor bit her lip, trying to suppress the pleasure.
“Physical pleasure is nothing compared to true love. No matter what he does, my love is only for you, Aenya. So please, end your relationship with him.”
“I can't live without my brother. My body and heart already belong to him. Why can't the three of us just get along like we did yesterday?”
“That's not love!”
“Who cares? As long as it feels good.”
Eleanor hastily splashed water on herself, washing away the traces of the previous night. Then she put on a gown and tied the belt tightly.
“I will save you, Aenya.”
No matter what it takes.
Eleanor’s love for Aenya was genuine. There was nothing she wouldn't do to take Aenya back from Allen.
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Leaving the two women who had passed out behind, I inspected the barrier construction site early in the morning. As soon as I returned to the castle, I had to head to my office.
“You were looking for me?”
It was because Eleanor had summoned me. She stared at me with the same wary and hostile gaze as when we first met.
“What will it take for you to let Aenya go?”
“Isn't that already settled? We had a deal that if you satisfied me in Aenya's place, I wouldn't touch her.”
“I'm changing the terms. Open the box.”
On the large round table sat a box as big as my torso. Inside, it was filled with gold, silver, and jewels, along with a sword that was nothing but a hilt.
“You wanted Trollsverd, didn't you? I'll give it to you. All of it, including the treasure! I can even hand over the remaining shares of the fishing rights.”
Realizing it was impossible to satisfy me with her body, Eleanor was betting everything she had to save Aenya.
As if there was nothing more to see, I closed the box.
“If you were me, Castellan, would you hand over Aenya for such paltry treasures?”
Eleanor bit her lip.
“I would never hand her over. But you're different from me, aren't you? I can feel it. Your feelings for Aenya are definitely not love.”
Was this a woman's intuition? It was true that despite having held many women, I didn't know much about love. I simply wanted to possess attractive women.
Even so, the reason I found Eleanor pathetic was probably because I knew she was no different from me.
“We are not different. Because you, Castellan, do not truly love Aenya either.”
“Don't you dare lump me in with you!”
Eleanor shouted, her expression hardening. They say a frightened dog barks the loudest, and that's how her sensitive reaction felt to me.
“Don't deny it. We are astonishingly alike. True love is putting the other person before your own desires. If we truly loved Aenya, we would never have started a relationship that no one could bless.”
“What do you know about me to be spouting such nonsense?”
“I know one thing for certain. That you desire a normal life. Your obsession with Aenya is likely because you mistakenly believe she is the only one who can grant that wish.”
Because of her rare physical trait of being an albino and her ability to bring misfortune to those around her, Eleanor was always destined to be alone.
That's why she longed for the ordinary life and connections she could never have.
The problem was the tragedy created by her desire and the ability that tried to fulfill it.
Her ability drew people to her as she wished, but at the same time, it made them miserable. This vicious cycle continued until the Coven of Seven Witches was formed in the near future.
The Coven of Seven Witches is unnecessary. Because now, I'm here.
Last night's encounter convinced me that Eleanor's ability doesn't work on me. If so, there was no reason not to take her for myself.
“Mistakenly believe?”
“Yes, mistaken. You must have realized it by now. That there is one more person unaffected by your ability, Castellan.”
I slowly approached Eleanor. Her face pale, she began to back away. When her back hit the hard, cold wall, she pointed a finger at me and shouted.
“D-Don't come any closer!”
I grabbed her hand and pulled. Eleanor immediately buried her face in my chest. Not satisfied with that, I placed a hand on her waist, pressing my lower body firmly against her lower abdomen.
“Hmph…!”
The cock that had tormented Eleanor to the point of fainting last night pressed firmly against her lower belly. As if recognizing it, she squirmed, looking up at me with a flushed, excited face.
“Aren't you curious? About a normal life?”
“A n-normal life?”
I draped a prepared overcoat over Eleanor, and even put a pair of glasses on her—the frames made from a turtle's shell and the lenses from smoked crystal. When we left the castle, I even opened an umbrella for her.
These were all things I had prepared for Eleanor, who was sensitive to sunlight. Dragged along half-forcibly, she couldn't hide her surprised expression.
I held out my hand to Eleanor.
“If you take my hand, you can go anywhere you please.”
“I can do that with Aenya, too.”
“Two beautiful women wandering around without an escort are likely to run into trouble.”
Eleanor's ability was powerful enough for her to cross enemy lines empty-handed. But when she was with other witches, her power became unstable.
For example, would she be safe during an attack aimed at a witch she was with?
The answer is ‘no’.
In other words, to avoid such mishaps, the witches had to keep their distance from one another. The same was true for the other witches, which was why even in the future that would no longer come to pass, they could never directly join forces.
The closer they got to the only ones who could understand them, the more their powers faded.
Could there be a greater irony? In the end, the witches were destined to be alone.
Though Aenya seems a bit different.
Was it because her ability was of a different nature? Even when she was with Eleanor, Aenya's beauty never faded.
In any case, Eleanor couldn't get close to people because of her ability, and if she kept Aenya by her side to prevent that, an exception to her ability would be created, exposing her to danger. The result was the same.
I was the exception. I was unaffected by her ability and had the strength to protect her.
“I have no intention of forcing you. The decision is yours, Castellan.”
“After dragging me all the way out here?”
Eleanor looked dumbfounded. When I shrugged, she shook her head and took my hand. Despite her ‘I have no choice’ attitude, her grip was as tight as if she were grabbing a lifeline.
“You won't be disappointed.”
“Just hurry up and let's go.”
The strange excitement in Eleanor's eyes was definitely not my imagination. However, her light footsteps didn't last long.
“Aah…!”
It happened when we reached the city center. Wary of contact with people, lest her ability cause harm, Eleanor tugged on my clothes and burrowed into my arms. It was because of the crowd, so dense there was no room to even set one's foot down.
“Castellan. As long as you're holding my hand, you don't need to worry about your ability.”
“But you never know, right?”
Eleanor was completely withdrawn, nervously glancing at her surroundings.
“No. I'm certain.”
“How can you be so sure?”
“Because, Castellan, you were just pickpocketed a moment ago, weren't you?”
Eleanor hadn't noticed, but the guy who had bumped into her a moment ago was a pickpocket.
She couldn't accept it right away. And why would she? She had likely never suffered a loss in her entire life. Moreover, to be pickpocketed the moment she stepped outside her sanctuary, the castle? It was obvious she hadn't considered it for a second.
But the fact that the pouch in her pocket was gone was an undeniable truth. She trembled and mumbled like a babbling infant.
“A-a-a thief…!? But why?”
At first, the pickpocket had been targeting me. My appearance stood out even in a crowd.
But when his eyes landed on Eleanor, who was looking around like a country girl who had just arrived in the city, the thief was baffled as to why he had missed such an easy target.
“W-we have to go back. Now.”
Eleanor urged me, grabbing my clothes. Without the powerful shield of her luck, she was as vulnerable as a newborn baby.
“It's alright. I'm here, aren't I?”
I held her tight. The strong embrace had the effect of dispelling her anxiety. Eleanor's trembling gradually subsided. Coming to her senses a moment later, she struggled.
“E-everyone's watching…!”
“I don't think anyone here is idle enough to pay attention to a couple hugging.”
“The only person I would call my lover is Aenya.”
I shrugged and let Eleanor go. But she couldn't easily pull away from my embrace. On the contrary, she gripped my clothes tightly, trying not to be swept away by the crowd.
“You acted like you wanted to get away immediately?”
“Th-there are too many people! What if you get lost?”
“As if the infamous brute of Quaran would get lost. So you don't need to worry about me.”
Using me as an excuse, Eleanor pouted and glared at me.
“You're really mean.”
“They don't call me a brute for nothing. Shall we go?”
I wrapped an arm around Eleanor's waist, pulling her close, and started walking again.
The same woman who had been so repulsed moments ago began to bounce around like a child at an amusement park once she started looking around the city. It was as if she had completely forgotten that I was her rival for Aenya's affection.
That alone was enough to tell me that what Eleanor truly wanted wasn't Aenya, but the ordinary life she could have by keeping Aenya by her side.
“Why is a man walking so slowly?”
When she seemed to have adapted, she even took the lead, pulling my arm. Just as I was about to wave the white flag to her boundless energy…
“You two there, care to have your fortunes told?”
A voice from a gloomy alley between the buildings caught our attention. Inside a small tent, a hunched old woman, her entire body hidden by a hooded robe, was beckoning to us.