You Must Trust Me
"You must trust me."
Serafina's back arched like a drawn bow. She released my wrist, grabbed the bed sheets, and trembled uncontrollably.
"Please compose yourself, Captain."
I spoke in a calm voice, still wearing my serious mask, feigning utter selflessness.
"The most important reservoir of your mana lies in the womb. Right now it is completely blocked, which obstructs circulation and triggers the backflow. I must stimulate the interior directly to clear it."
"A-ah, the interior… That's…!"
Serafina's pupils shook as if an earthquake had struck them. Seizing on her confusion, I pushed in one more finger.
"Hnngh—?!"
My index finger joined the fray, two fingers prying open the narrow entrance. The tight walls of a virgin clenched down hard, as if rejecting the unfamiliar intruder.
Touch of Attunement.
Touch of Attunement — Heightens the target's sensitivity and induces mild pleasure.
"A-ahh, ahhng…♡!"
Sweet moans burst from Serafina's lips. She threw her head back and writhed, her whole body twisting.
"Wh-what…! What is this…!"
Touch of Attunement.
Touch of Attunement — Heightens the target's sensitivity and induces mild pleasure.
"……Nn, nghh♡!"
Status Analysis.
Name: Serafina von Reinhardt
Condition: Continuous climax. Aroused state.
I withdrew the fingers I'd had inside her.
Pop.
"Haa…?"
At the sudden sense of loss, Serafina stared at me with a dazed expression. Her emptied passage pulsed regretfully, glistening and spitting nectar over and over again.
"……!"
Only then did she come back to her senses. She hastily clamped her legs together and covered her private parts with both hands. Her face was flushed crimson, as if about to burst.
"What on earth are you doing…! Don't tell me you intend to call this treatment as well…?!"
"Of course I do, Captain."
I answered brazenly and activated the skill.
Charming Speechcraft.
Skill 'Charming Speechcraft (Lv.3)' is now active.
I put on a grave expression and opened my mouth like a doctor persuading a patient on the eve of a critical operation.
"Captain, what is the root cause of your Mana Overload? It is mana that cannot flow, that pools and stagnates, then rots and freezes over. And when I examined you with my fingers just now, I found a serious problem. The mana circuit deep within you — the circuit connected to your womb, the very wellspring of life — is completely blocked."
"Th-then why would you do it… in that manner…"
"Fingers alone are insufficient."
I cut her off decisively. It was precisely in moments like these that one must never cede the initiative.
"Fingers are too slender, and the surface area through which mana can be transmitted is too narrow. The core of the Bio-Resonance Attunement Method lies precisely in the contact area — and the contact site."
Contact area, and contact site. The moment those words she'd heard so many times before resurfaced, Serafina's expression hardened into stone. She seemed to have grasped what that meant. Her gaze darted anxiously down toward my lower half before snapping back to my face.
Studying her expression closely, I cast the most important bait of all.
"I saw the possibility."
"……Possibility?"
"Yes. If this course of treatment goes well…"
I stared straight into her eyes.
"…then I believe your Mana Overflow could truly be cured. Permanently."
"……!"
Serafina's eyes went wide.
"…What did you just say? A cure…? But… didn't you say clearly, with your own mouth, that it was merely a stopgap? Then how…?"
Hidden Desire: "I want to be free of this tormenting pain."
Her voice rose and her words quickened. It was understandable. A pain that had imprisoned her for her entire life could finally be cured outright.
"That was true then. But things are different now."
I spread my hands open and showed them to her.
"I have grown as well, Captain. Over these past few weeks, while working with your body…"
I told her, wrapping it up neatly, that Touch of Attunement had risen to Level 2. Serafina listened to my explanation in silence.
"…In short, I can now reconstruct mana circuits with considerable freedom."
When I finished, a silence settled over the room. Serafina's eyes wavered, with nowhere left to go.
Condition: Under severe internal conflict.
Emotion: Fear and shame at the loss of her virginity vs. a complete cure for Mana Overflow.
"You must trust me."
I delivered the final, decisive blow.
"Every procedure I have performed on you has worked, has it not? I have never once disappointed you, Captain. This time will be no different."
Serafina's body flinched hard. Her fingers clenched the sheets tight — and then, ever so slowly, loosened.
Condition: Places profound trust in Max Jäger's abilities.
Emotion: Extreme shame at the thought of accepting Max Jäger — yet layered beneath it, an even greater trust and dependence on him, and a sense of debt.
"……Is this truly… treatment?"
she asked, her voice small enough to crawl away and hide.
"I swear it."
At my firm answer, Serafina's expression turned resolute.
"…Very well. I will trust you."
And with an expression carrying one extra spoonful of guilt atop it all, Serafina said,
"No, rather… I'm sorry for doubting you."
Ring—
Skill 'Charming Speechcraft (Lv.3)' is influencing 'Serafina von Reinhardt'.
Her rational mind is beginning to rationalize your proposal as part of the treatment.
Serafina lay back down, resting her upper body against the bed. Her body traced a dizzying curve, and her silver hair spilled in disarray across the sheets.
She bit her lip, then slowly spread her legs.
Condition: Trusting Max Jäger.
Emotion: Shattered by overwhelming shame to the point of wanting to die, yet bound by dependence on and a debt owed to Max Jäger.
I stripped off my trousers and underwear in quick order and climbed onto the bed.
Tap.
Serafina's gaze snapped reflexively to my lower half — to its very center.
"……!"
Those jewel-like blue eyes went wide. A mixture of fear and curiosity, and a strangely fevered heat. Her gaze traveled up and down my cock, taking in every inch — and before she knew it, she even swallowed drily.
Condition: Startled by the dramatic sight of a man's member, seen for the first time.
Emotion: Dizzy at the realization that that will be going inside her — accompanied by a strange, shivering thrill.
"Captain…?"
"…Nnh!"
Only when I called to her did Serafina tear her eyes away. But her body was already reacting with perfect honesty. I slowly wedged myself between her legs.
Just before pressing the tip of my glans against her entrance —
"Wait… contraception…."
Serafina pushed against my shoulder. Her last shred of reason, apparently.
"Shouldn't you… wear a condom?"
I paused for a moment. Naturally, the Imperial Army did not issue condoms.
"Very well. We'll postpone the treatment, then. Without a condom…"
Emotion: Fear of pregnancy is driving out her desperate longing for the cure.
"A pregnancy… truly, absolutely cannot happen…."
Charming Speechcraft.
"Captain, that…"
I attempted my own brand of persuasion. But —
Ring!
Persuasion failed!
The demand directly conflicts with the target's core value (avoidance of pregnancy risk).
Negative effects arising from persuasion failure are drastically reduced.
Even Charming Speechcraft was useless.
Of all things…
Swallowing my disappointment, I drew my body back.
Her aversion to pregnancy was considerable, after all. And even with Conception Control, there would be no way to explain the skill's existence, rendering it useless.
Going bareback with Serafina would have to remain a pleasure saved for later.
"Do not worry, Captain. As it happens, I have one right here."
"You have one…?"
Serafina looked faintly surprised. Perhaps as a soldier she lacked a certain flexibility — she seemed entirely unaware that such items circulated freely even within the military. Well, they hadn't slapped the nickname Ice Witch on her for nothing.
"How on earth do you have something like that…"
"There's always a way."
I pulled a condom from my back pocket and, for show, rolled it onto my cock.
Conception Control.
Skill 'Conception Control' is now active.
Probability of pregnancy set to 0%.
And of course, a condom alone wouldn't guarantee perfect contraception — so I stacked the one skill I could rely on without fail on top of it.
Only after all that could I finally press the tip of my glans against her entrance. The hot, damp heat seeped through the thin rubber membrane. Savoring the sensation, I rubbed my tip against her soaked opening.
"Haah…."
I pushed my hips forward, slowly.
"Hnnngh…!"
The glans pried its way past the narrow entrance. And there it was — that tight, stubborn resistance unique to a virgin.
Though she hid it well, Serafina moaned as if in pain. Her arms instinctively rose to shove me away by the shoulders.
But I did not stop. Instead, I leaned my weight into her.
Touch of Attunement.
Touch of Attunement — Blocks the target's pain receptors and amplifies pleasure.
"Hn…ngh?"
The instant my glans passed through her maidenhead, Serafina's moans changed in a strange way. In place of a tearing pain, what she felt was a crackling pleasure that struck straight at her brain.
Not missing that opening, I drove forward in a single stroke, burying myself to the hilt.
Thump—!
"Aaaahhng♡!"
Serafina's head tipped back. Her narrow, scorching inner walls clenched my cock without leaving a sliver of space. The entire length of her channel spasmed and throbbed like a racing pulse, gripping me tight.
"Haah, haah…."
I stopped moving for a moment and gave her time to adjust. Serafina gulped down ragged breaths, staring back and forth between her own stomach and me with an expression of sheer disbelief.
"…I-is it over now, Lieutenant…?"
Huh? Come again?
…Her knowledge of such things, it seemed, ended at putting on a condom and touching her belly.
At that innocent reaction — so at odds with the nickname Ice Witch — a fishy smile crept across my face all on its own. I bit my lip, barely holding back the laugh, and spoke.
"This is where the real treatment begins, Captain."
"…What?"
I gripped her hips firmly.
"I'm going to move now."