Priest’s Fun Time (4)

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Reni was genuinely angry. For the entire trip to Emils, she lectured me about my attitude toward the Goddess and my lust being so unrestrained that I would even touch someone in their sleep.

'...'

‘Lust so unrestrained I'd even touch someone in their sleep.’

Those were Reni's words.

It was absurd, but I listened quietly. I couldn’t know the future, yet I had a feeling this priest would surely pounce on me again in the middle of the night someday. If I ever caught her in the act, I’d teach her a lesson so she could never say something like this again.

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"This is the place, but... she doesn’t seem to be here, does she?"

"Yes. That’s strange..."

Yuri wasn't at the inn where we'd agreed to meet. Where the hell had she gone?

"It's already night..."

Reni sounded worried. Hearing it made me worried too. Had this girl gone off and gotten her eyeballs eaten? She could not have already lost them and gone somewhere for treatment, could she?!

"This won't do. I'll go look for her. You wait here."

"Ah."

Reni's face looked a little startled. Then a disappointed expression surfaced.

'Are you leaving me alone?'

No need to worry. It wasn’t like I hadn’t thought this through.

"You have the necklace, right? If anything happens, contact me."

"Ah. Yes!"

Her expression brightened immediately. Since this world had no cell phones, she didn’t seem familiar with the idea that we could be apart and still contact each other.

I left Reni waiting on the first floor and stepped outside, but I had no idea where to begin. Was I supposed to wander around aimlessly? Where the hell was I supposed to look for her...?

...It wasn't a large village, so I'd have to search everywhere. If I still could not find her, we'd have no choice but to stay another day and then go to Nilbog. In any case, that woman had better still have both her eyes...

"Ah, Yoo-jin!"

"Eyeballs!!!"

"Excuse me?"

I turned toward the voice and saw Yuri standing there with a huge backpack. A slender beauty strode toward me like a model, her heels clicking...

"Agh?!"

"Eyeballs?!"

She stumbled again! There was nothing there! I really didn’t understand what was wrong with her.

But Yuri was staring at me blankly, as if nothing had happened at all.

"Yoo-jin? Are you all right? You have been acting strange for a while now..."

This woman was a bit shameless. She nearly fell over all on her own, yet she looked at me like I was the weird one.

"Ah. No. I'm glad your eyes are intact."

"...Excuse me?"

"No, no, that's not what I meant. I'm just glad nothing happened to you. Th-these days the roads are dangerous at night, so..."

Yuri was starting to make a face like she'd gotten herself mixed up with the wrong person. Yeah. Even I thought I was spouting way too much nonsense.

"Ahem. Hm. Ah. It is good to see you again. Reni is inside the inn. Let us go in."

"Ah, yes. I should go say hello."

I went into the inn with Yuri, and some bum was loitering around the table where Reni was sitting.

He was somewhat skinny, with blond hair and dark skin. Just looking at him put me in a bad mood.

"...I have companions. Thank you for your words, but..."

Reni was smiling, but her eyes were ice-cold. ...I had not known she could make a face like that. It was a little frightening.

"...So I'm saying, let's just have one drink before those companions get here, yeah? I'm..."

I grabbed the guy's shoulder. The blond-tanned man turned his head with a scowl.

"Who the hell are you? Can’t you see I’m talking to this laaady—gyoooooh?!"

The guy grabbed his crotch and leaped straight up to the second floor.

"Yoo-jin? Just now..."

"Who knows? Maybe he really had to use the bathroom?"

He had to, all right.

I’d hit him with Touch of Pleasure at maximum output, stacked Climax Stack three times at 150 percent, and set Climax Prohibition so it wouldn't wear off for twelve hours. He probably wouldn't be able to find relief until sometime after the following morning.

Well, his brain probably wouldn’t literally burn out when he came. Instead, he’d need a few days of nourishing food and might not be able to get it up for several weeks. That was karmic retribution for daring to hit on my woman. His appearance also annoyed me. He wasn’t worth exchanging a single word with; even speaking to him would bring me down to his level.

Anyway, everyone who needed to gather was gathered now.

Ah. Before we got down to business.

I whispered into Reni's ear. This was a little personal.

"Reni. I told you to use the necklace if anything happened. Why didn't you?"

"Ah..."

"How could you sit there without knowing what a piece of trash like that might do?"

"Yoo-jin... that’s ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠too harsh... calling him trash..."

"That's not what matters right now."

"..."

"Next time, use the necklace for sure. Got it?"

"Yes..."

Reni turned her head slightly away from me. The corners of her lips were trembling a little... Had I spoken too harshly? Still, this was something I had to be firm about.

When the two of us whispered together, curiosity showed on Yuri’s face, but she waited quietly. Her attitude was surprisingly decent—enough to make me wonder whether this was really the Yuri I knew.

"Have a seat. If you haven't eaten, let's eat together."

"No. I was just going to say hello and leave right away."

"What? Out into the night, where would you..."

At that, Yuri smiled with slight embarrassment.

"I've run completely out of money. It's all right. I'm used to sleeping rough. If I can borrow a stable somewhere..."

Looking closely, her face and hair were a little dry and haggard. This woman had been sleeping rough at night without a shred of fear... Th-this was exactly why people got their eyeballs eaten!

"Well then, I'll be..."

"W-wait a moment!"

"Yes?"

"Eyes—no, the night is dangerous—no, that’s not it. You’re our companion now, so stay with us tonight. There’s plenty of room."

"Ex-excuse me? That might be a bit much of an imposition... you have your companion too..."

Right. Reni!

At some point, Reni had composed herself and was looking at me through narrowed eyes. Those icy eyes from before were sc-scary!

She looked at me like that for a moment, then gave her usual smile and turned her head toward ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Yuri.

"Yuri, please don’t refuse. The night is dangerous. We’re going into a dungeon soon, so you need to take care of yourself."

"Ah... thank you."

Once Reni put it that way, Yuri sat down as though she had no choice.

Phew... I'd survived. Her eyes were safe too. Somehow, it felt as though I'd saved my own life as well.

"Then let's start with a meal. It's on me."

"Ah... thank you so much."

Yuri must have been famished, because she ate with gusto. Seeing that, Reni began eating as though she refused to lose...

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A bizarre howl echoed from the second floor, where our room was.

-Aaaaaaagh!!!!

"Y-Yoo-jin. Did you hear that?"

"Yeah. I heard it."

That idiot. It sounded like he was having ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠a rough time.

-Why!!!! Why isn’t it working!!! Why?! Unluckyyyy!!!!!!

"Wh-what in the world..."

"Sh-shouldn’t we sleep somewhere else?"

Both of their faces had gone a little pale.

To be honest, even I was a little surprised. Climax Prohibition was more effective than I’d expected. But he wasn’t going to die, was he? I’d tested it before, and the output was capped when used on people.

"Wait a sec. I'll handle it."

I stood outside the door from which the howls were coming...

"Y-Yoo-jin... will it be all right...?"

I cast Silence on the room the guy was in.

"There. Can't hear it now, right?"

"How did you do that?"

"I cast a soundproofing spell."

"What?! You weren't going to help him?!"

Yuri had an incredulous look, and Reni once again had a look of betrayed expectations. Why would I help that guy?

"It’s that blond, tanned delinq—it’s that blond guy with the dark skin. Can’t you tell from his voice? You shouldn’t get close to a guy like that. He’s dangerous."

"S-still..."

"This is the best option. He should thank me just for silencing him. He would’ve been thrown out for screaming like that, but thanks to me, he can stay where he is."

"Yoo-jin..."

"Anyway, guys who look like that are no help. Didn't he look exactly like a troublemaker at a glance?"

At my completely baseless rant about the blond-tanned guy, the two of them looked at me ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠with exasperation.

...

When we went up to the room, Yuri's eyes widened at the sight of the single bed.

"S-sorry. I'm just in the way... I-I didn't realize the two of you were in that kind of relationship..."

"We're not."

Reni answered instantly. It took me a little time to understand.

What?

…

What!!!!!!!!!! We weren’t?!!!!!!!!!!!

I felt as though I was going to collapse from the shock.

How could this be? Reni, how could she do this to me? Was I just a fish in her pond? Some combination of a Divine Power shuttle and a meat dildo? Even if I called myself a human sex machine and massager, this was too much...

Reni pulled my shock-stiffened body toward her and whispered.

"You said we'd let her sleep here. I couldn't possibly say that. Do you want to send her out?"

Ah. Right. Of course. If she said yes here, that'd mean telling her to leave. My trembling body barely managed to calm down.

While I stammered like that, Yuri set down her luggage and laid out some comfortable clothes. She had quite a lot of luggage, so unpacking seemed to take a while. How had she carried all of it by herself?

...

After all three of us took turns washing up, it was already time to sleep.

I began to bitterly regret bringing Yuri.

With this woman here, I couldn't have sex with Reni. Such a careless oversight. I couldn't kick her out now, either. Should I have just gotten another room? It was not like I didn't have money.

While I was tearing my hair out like that, Reni guided Yuri to the bed.

"Yuri. This way."

"Uh, i-in the same bed? We're sleeping in the same bed?"

At Reni’s suggestion, Yuri visibly flustered. It was somehow like watching a puppy toy with a wolf. So much for judging people by appearances. Reni had both of us wrapped around her finger!

"Rest comfortably."

"No. I can just take a chair or the floor..."

"It's fine, so come this way. We're about to go into a dungeon, and you can't afford to wear yourself out."

"Yes? Yes. Yes..."

"Yoo-jin, you come too."

"Huh? Ah... ah..."

Reni was taking charge. I was supposed to lose by day and win by night, but at this rate I’d lose both day and night...!

In the end, all three of us ended up lying on the bed. In the order: me, Reni, Yuri.

I was stiff as a board. I couldn't see her, but Yuri seemed just as tense. Reni, on the other hand, was breathing evenly as though nothing were wrong. Sh-she was unfazed by this situation?

We turned out the light and lay down, and Reni suddenly planted a hand on my chest before... her breasts! Reni! She was pressing her breasts against me! We were not alone!

"Mmm..."

Reni pressed her body close just like that, and then her breath against my ear...

"You'll have to hold it in tonight, it seems."

I turned my head and found her giggling.

So this was it! After I—I tormented her so much, she was taking revenge like this...!

Reni, you terrifying girl!

Sob...

I felt as though I was going to weep tears of blood...