Priest’s Chastity and Awakening (2)

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“I want to hold you.”

The moment Reni had longed for so desperately had finally arrived.

She could not tell when she had begun to feel this way about him.

Had it begun when he repeatedly spoke to her while she performed menial work at ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠the castle? Or when he sought her out before anyone else after his awakening? Perhaps it had been when he gave her amplification.

But the moment he had ensnared her completely, she did know. The moment in the Church's basement, when he had pleaded with the Goddess on her behalf. After witnessing that sight, Reni could no longer turn back.

'I mustn't...'

But at the same time, this was the moment she most wanted to avoid. Reni lowered her head.

'No. I have to say no. I have to refuse him. I can't undo the oath, so I can't go all the way. He'll blame me. I'll hurt him. He'll abandon me.'

"Ah... n-no..."

Just as she was about to speak, Reni’s lowered gaze fell upon his hand.

'He said he would never abandon me.'

The next moment, Reni was in his arms. Without realizing it, she had nodded.

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After a long silence, Reni finally nodded. A slight movement so subtle you would miss it if you weren't paying attention. In that instant, Yoo-jin could hold back no longer.

"Hng...!"

He pulled Reni straight into his embrace. Reni wrapped her ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠trembling hands around his back. Two hearts pounded against each other, threatening to burst. Reni buried her face in his chest and quivered, terrified. Such a pitiful sight. At the sight, Yoo-jin felt lust and tenderness at the same time.

Calm down. Take it slowly.

He took Reni by the chin and turned her face toward his. Reni had her eyes squeezed shut in fear, but her face was flushed crimson with excitement.

Every so often, she would open her eyes to steal a glance, then screw them tightly shut again as if embarrassed. The slight furrow between her brows betrayed her excitement and fear.

Yoo-jin lightly stroked Reni’s ear, then—

"Eek!"

—traced down along her jawline and gently caressed her lips.

"Ah..."

Reni’s skin was normally pleasantly cool, but perhaps because of ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠her excitement, it felt slightly warm that day. Every time he touched her lips, she pressed them together firmly, which he found amusing. Extreme tension.

After I stroked her lips several times, she responded. She opened her eyes a crack, glanced at my fingers, then looked up at my lips.

"Nngh..."

A small, dissatisfied sound escaped through her teeth. Then she squeezed her eyes shut again as though she had seen nothing.

Right. I knew what you meant. There was no need to tease you any longer.

I cupped Reni’s face in both hands and bent down.

It was my first kiss with Reni. Her tightly pressed lips were full of tension. There was no distinctive taste to them, only the faint scent of herbs.

"Ah-eu..."

Reni cracked her eyes open at the unfamiliar sensation, flinched, and squeezed them shut again. I kissed her once more, but this was no light peck. My tongue gently stroked her lips, demanding that she open up. After a long period of coaxing, Reni finally did.

"Eump... ah-eut..."

I slipped my tongue into Reni’s mouth and traced her teeth and gums. Startled by the motion, she clutched my back with both hands.

"Heup... heu-eu..."

I continued tracing the space between her gums and lips before finally sliding my tongue deeper into her mouth.

"Keu-heup... nn... heu-eup..."

I could feel Reni's emotions clearly through the fingertips wrapped around me.

When I entwined my tongue with hers, she stroked my back helplessly. When I teased her palate and the insides of her lips, she clung to me as though she could not bear it. When I lightly bit or licked her lips, the strength drained from her body in pleasure.

"Heu-eup... ah... keu-heup... heup..."

We kissed like that for a long while before parting. A long thread stretched between our lips. Tears streamed from Reni's completely undone eyes. She wasn't crying from sadness. It was simply her body's natural response to arousal. I gently licked the tears away.

"Hik!"

Reni flinched and squeezed her eyes shut. Seizing the opening, I lightly placed a hand on her breast.

"Eut...!"

Startled, she released my back and curled inward. Reni clasped her hands together, her entire body rigid, but she did not reject me.

I supported Reni gently with one arm, kissed her forehead, and continued caressing her breast.

"Ahng... ah..."

Reni’s nipples were hard enough to feel even through her clothes. When I brought my face close again, she offered me her lips. This was no longer the one-sided entanglement from before.

I nipped her lips lightly and released them. Whenever I teasingly pulled away, Reni stuck out her tongue and tried desperately to lick my lips.

As we slowly tasted each other’s mouths and I resumed caressing her breast, the tension gradually melted from Reni’s body.

I stroked Reni’s breast in gentle circles, sometimes cupping and lifting the full underside and occasionally squeezing more firmly.

"Eu-eut... ah-eu..."

Then Reni abruptly pulled her lips away, and—

"Heu-eu-eut?!!"

—clapped both hands over her mouth and went rigid. Legs stretched straight, toes sharply pointed. Her face flushed bright red all the way to the tips of her ears. Her whole body shuddered in convulsion.

"Haa... haa..."

I sat Reni down on the bed and pulled off my shirt.

Reni, too, in a rush, undid the buttons behind her back with trembling fingers.

After fumbling with our clothes, Reni and I finally faced one another in nothing but our underwear.

"..."

I could only stare blankly and swallow. Her perfectly teardrop-shaped, voluptuous breasts looked completely at odds with that innocent face.

Her breasts rose and fell with her excited breathing. Beneath them was a waist so slender it seemed incapable of supporting such fullness, followed by the gentle curve of her hips and pale thighs. The line of her body was flawless down to her toes.

"Eut... d-does it look strange...?"

Reni twisted in embarrassment. I had to get a grip. I’d have countless chances to admire her later. I couldn’t simply stand there gawking now.

I raised a trembling hand and cupped Reni’s breast. She shuddered and let out a moan.

"Haa... ha-eu-eut...!"

Reni covered her face with both hands, completely at a loss. Mm. In that case...

"Try like this for a moment."

"Y-yes..."

I wrapped my arms around Reni from behind and sat with her on the bed. She'd be a little less embarrassed this way, right? After we stayed still like that for a while, Reni's breathing finally settled.

"Hoo... hoo..."

I slipped my hands beneath Reni's arms and fondled her breasts from behind.

"Haa... ah-eu... heu-eut...!"

Reni caught both my hands, but she was not trying to pull them away. She simply didn't know what to do with herself. In that case...

"Euh-euh.... ha-eut?!"

I slipped my hands inside Reni’s bra. A firm nub met my fingertips. I caught it between my index and middle fingers and gently rocked it back and forth.

"Aah... ahng...!"

Reni’s moans gradually grew sweeter as her nails dug into my arms. It was not a gesture of refusal; she was struggling to process the unfamiliar pleasure.

"Ha-eut! Hahng! Heu-eut! Ha-eu-eu-eut!"

I kneaded her whole breast and ceaselessly teased her nipple at a rapid pace until her moans grew shorter and higher. Then I deliberately slowed down and gently stroked only around her areola.

"Haa... ah-eu... heu-eut.... ah..."

I deliberately avoided the nipple itself, persistently circling the surrounding area until Reni became desperate.

"Eu-eut... eu...!"

Reni pinched my arm, seized it, and guided my hand toward the center of her breast. Right. She wanted me to hurry.

"Hik!"

I took advantage of Reni’s momentary distraction to bite her ear lightly. A brief spasm ran through her small body, and the fine hairs on her neck stood on end. I blew into her ear once more.

"Ha-eut!"

Then I gave her what she wanted and stimulated her nipple more firmly, pressing it with my index finger, circling it, and occasionally pinching and tugging it.

"Aah... haa... hngh! Ahng! Hah! Y-Yoo-jin! Nngh! N-no!"

Reni said no, but unlike before, she did not guide my hand. I continued caressing her breast until, at last—

"Haa-aaaahng!!!!!"

Reni’s hips sprang into the air. She trembled violently for several seconds before collapsing into my arms again.

"Haa... haa..."

Whoo. Good. Now, slowly, for real this time...

I moved my hand lower. Then—

-Zap!

"Ow, that stings!"

Wh-what?!

"...Heuk...."

Reni stared blankly at my hand and suddenly began to sob. I couldn't understand what was happening.

"Reni? What's wrong?"

"Eu-heuk... I'm sorry.... I-I..."

Huh?

"I can't have relations with a man... eu-heuk...."

"...What?"

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"What did you just..."

I couldn't understand what I had heard. After coming this far, she was saying no? She didn't want to now?!

"Heuk...."

But as I watched Reni's tears fall one by one, it didn't seem as though she'd said it because she disliked me.

"What in the world does that mean?"

Though still hiccuping, Reni tried her best to speak.

…

Reni’s explanation was highly abstract and metaphysical. After scraping together the few fragments I could understand, I pieced together her point.

‘She was wearing some kind of transparent magical chastity belt?’

Was that why electricity had sparked against my fingertips? Why would she do such a thing?

-Ding!

[Reni Liberit's Trait 「Saint Nigriver's Oath (S)」 has been confirmed.]

[Saint Nigriver's Oath (S)]

[Description: ▼]

[Grants Divine Power in exchange for a vow of chastity.]

[The oath cannot be released by oneself.]

...She had gone that far just to gain that tiny scrap of Divine Power? It was absurd. What kind of...

"Heuk... B-back then, I was... s-so foolish... that seemed like the only way..."

"Reni. I'm fine, so..."

Reni had been sobbing for some time, but the moment she heard that, her tears stopped. Then... she glared at me?

"Wh-why are ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠you looking at me like that?"

"...It's all..."

"Huh?"

"It's all your fault, Yoo-jin!"

"Uh... me?"

"Heuk... I-if you'd come just a little sooner, th-this would never have happened to me!"

After shouting that, Reni threw herself at me and pounded my chest.

—Thud! Thud!

No way—she was blaming me for this?! My head reeled.

After striking me several times, Reni burst into tears again. Her half-naked crying figure was admittedly appealing, but this was not the time. I laid her on the bed, and even through her tears she let me guide her.

A faintly glowing womb tattoo lay below Reni's navel. Was this that oath or whatever it was called? It hadn't been visible earlier. Had it activated when I touched her?

Still... what was I supposed to do? Was there no solution? I was a Sex Warrior, at least in name.

The moment I placed my hand on it, a Status Window appeared.

[「Sex Warrior's Performance (SS)」 activates.]

[Do you wish to release 「Saint Nigriver's Oath (S)」?]

[▶Yes / No]

—Pahht.

The womb tat—no, the restraint—flashed once and disappeared. So this was what Sex Warrior’s Performance was meant for. Good.

"Reni."

"Heuk... eu-heuk... heuk..."

Reni was too busy weeping to notice whether her body was glowing or not.

"Reni. Look at this for a second."

"Heuk... yes?"

I somehow sat the dazed Reni upright and turned her attention to her belly.

"Look. It's gone."

"Huh?"

"I released it."

We could have sex now, right?

Reni’s eyes widened. She touched her stomach, then felt around her lower body before—

"Urk."

She let out an undignified noise and fainted on the spot.

"..."

What in the world...

—Ding.

[「Saintess's Trial (SS)」 has been overcome.]

[「Saintess's Awakening (SS)」 has manifested.]

...Was it so shocking that it broke that damnable trait?!

—Ding.

[A change has occurred in the observation.]

[The probability of ## has decreased to ##.]

[Reward: 1 Golden Ticket]

"Kehk."

An equally undignified noise escaped my own mouth.