Chapter 61
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 61
Chapter Title: S-Class Adventurer, Elena (6)
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"Haa, haa..."
The extreme poison coursed through her veins, spreading throughout her body. It felt like her entire form was bound tight, making it nearly impossible to move.
Elena gazed at Elrine and the Tentacle Monster with trembling eyes.
Her beloved little sister was still pressed right up against the Tentacle Monster, approaching step by step.
"Elrine...... Why would you ever do this to me......?"
Elena repeated the question like a parrot.
Even though the betrayal was plain as day, she still couldn't bring herself to believe that her sister had turned against her.
It felt like a dream.
"Did it threaten you or something? Like, if you didn't do this...... it'd kill you?"
The Tentacle Monster in front of her could speak human words.
With its high intelligence, it seemed more than capable of coercing her sister with clever threats.
There was no other explanation if it wasn't blackmail.
Her sister betraying her? It was utterly absurd.
Elrine would never betray her. That truth was like the final line of defense in Elena's heart.
The Tentacle Monster must have pulled some vile trick.
That's what Elena thought.
"Blackmail? Sister."
Elrine instantly shattered Elena's hopeful assumption.
"Lord Tentacle treats me so well. Why would he ever need to blackmail me?"
She was saying her betrayal had been entirely her own choice.
Elrine hugged one of the Tentacle Monster's tentacles like it was an arm in arm. The Tentacle Monster gently stroked her head in return.
"E-Elrine."
Elena couldn't bear to look straight at the scene.
Even when Elena had stroked her hair, she'd never reacted like that. That expression...... It was one of pure bliss, something even Elena had rarely seen.
"Wha-what?"
And it didn't end there.
"Hyut, ah, hn...... L-Lord Tentacle...... not so suddenly......"
Knead, knead-
Even as the Tentacle Monster's tentacles wrapped around her breasts, Elrine offered no resistance.
If anything, she seemed to savor the sensation, acting all coquettish.
"Hnn, haa, hn. Hehe...... Do you like my breasts, Lord Tentacle......?"
- Squeeze them together more in one spot.
"Yesss. Like this? Haa......!"
Smoosh-
Following the monster's command, Elrine pushed her breasts together at the center. Her nipples met in one place, and the Tentacle Monster suckled on them slurp slurp.
It was the exact same sight as when she'd first discovered her sister.
"Haa, hyut, heut. Hnn...... So good......"
But her sister's reaction this time was worlds apart.
Not resisting in disgust, but moaning lewdly in pleasure.
"Th-this can't be......"
Elena's heart ached as she watched Elrine.
She couldn't accept it.
She didn't want to believe it.
That pure, innocent Elrine could wear such a lascivious expression while having her breasts toyed with by a Tentacle Monster.
"What's so unbelievable, sister? Haa, hn, haang...... If Lord Tentacle suckles your nipples too...... hyut, you'll end up making these sounds whether you like it or not?"
That......
That wasn't the Elrine she knew.
Elena shook her head.
"E-Elrine......! Snap out of it!"
That display was fake.
She must hate it deep down but was forcing herself to endure.
"You're lying...... Please, just be honest. You're being threatened right now...... right?"
Elrine would never show such a vulgar, cheap display.
No way.
"You apologized to me while attacking me. Wasn't that guilt over betraying me? Right? You had no choice because of the Tentacle Monster?"
Elena recalled what had just happened.
The moment Elrine bit her nape and said she was sorry.
If it had truly been her own will, Elrine wouldn't have needed to apologize to Elena.
It must have been because she didn't want to do it.
But-
"Hyut, hn...... Ah. Nnhut. Haa...... That?"
Once again, Elena's hopes were dashed.
"Hnn, haa...... I said sorry to you, heut, not because I felt guilty about betraying you."
"Then......?"
"It was just an apology for hurting your beautiful body. Haa. For making you feel pain. Heut, hnn."
"......"
There wasn't a shred of deceit in Elrine's eyes.
She truly felt no guilt whatsoever over betraying her.
'Elrine......'
Elrine's words stabbed into Elena's heart like daggers.
Elrine had been the most precious thing in her world, and now that same Elrine was carving a massive wound in her chest.
Tears welled up in her eyes.
Not tears of joy or relief, but of sorrow and despair.
Elrine continued letting the Tentacle Monster suckle her breasts, then looked back at Elena and spoke.
"Haa, hnn. And sister, you're misunderstanding something. Hn."
"Misunderstanding......?"
What on earth could she mean? Elena dreaded hearing it.
"Heut, to begin with, Lord Tentacle...... haa, has no need to blackmail me. Because I'm his. He's my master. Whatever he commands, no matter what it is, I'll obey. Hiiut."
Not a single word from Elrine's mouth was anything less than shocking.
"Heut, even if that command is to hurt you, sister."
"Ah......"
Elena's heart sank with a thud.
Part of it was the dizziness from the poison, but Elrine's words were truly disorienting her.
"Th-then it's really true......"
Elena asked in a quavering voice.
"Really...... From the very start, you...... plotted with the monster...... to betray me......?"
It was her final confirmation.
She desperately wanted her to say no.
The answer had been clear from the start.
Their conversation had mentioned "plan" and "success," and everything Elrine had said so far confirmed her resolve.
Above all, Elrine's current appearance was nothing more or less than the monster's "bitch."
Her response was predetermined.
But if she said no even now.
Elena felt she could forget the conversation between Elrine and the Tentacle Monster. She could forget her sister's vulgar display.
She could pretend for her little sister's sake.
But......
"Yeah, that's right."
"......"
Elrine nodded simply and admitted it.
Elena's heart crumbled.
Her sister had truly abandoned her. Accepting that fact hurt so much it felt like her chest was tearing apart.
Drip-
"Sister, why are you crying?"
The tears pooling in her eyes spilled over.
She'd thrown everything away to come save her sister, only to be betrayed by that very sister and pushed to the brink of death. How could that even be real?
Her situation felt pathetic, sad, and utterly wretched. Above all, it was unbearably heartbreaking.
Step step-
Elrine walked toward Elena.
As her sister's face came into view, Elena instinctively flinched back.
She felt fear from Elrine. There were few things that could make an S-Class adventurer feel fear, but here it was—coming from Elrine.
The current Elrine was no longer the sister she knew.
No longer the one who loved her.
That reality was devastating and terrifying.
The thought that her beloved sister might hurt her again filled her with dread.
"Sister."
"Wh-what are you going to do......? You're not stopping at biting my nape anymore, you're going to hurt me somewhere else now......?"
Elena stared at Elrine.
Tears streamed down, already soaking her face and clothes.
Elrine gently caressed Elena's tear-streaked face.
"No, sister. How much I love you—why would I hurt you again? I might not love you as much as Lord Tentacle, but you're still second in my heart."
"Th-then what are you doing right now......?"
"Healing you."
Lick-
"Hnn......"
Elrine licked Elena's face. Was it because of the earlier poison? Her body burned hot. Elena shuddered at the strangely erotic sensation.
"Sister, you're so beautiful."
"Wh-what are you doing right now......!"
Elena lightly pushed Elrine away.
Even with the paralyzing poison, the gap in their strength was like heaven and earth. Elrine was no match for Elena.
But Elena couldn't win against Elrine.
She could never bring herself to use force against her beloved little sister. Even if she'd changed. Even if she'd betrayed her.
Elena couldn't hurt Elrine.
So all she could manage was a petulant little shove.
Elrine gazed at her sister and smiled lewdly.
"Don't be so sad, sister. If you just surrender to Lord Tentacle, you can be happy too."
"Lord Tentacle? Surrender......?"
"Yeah. Lord Tentacle's cock will heal everything for you."
Swish-
"......!?"
Elena stared at the enormous, grotesque thing approaching her.
'Wh-what is that......?'
It was so massive.
The veins and protrusions bulging on it inspired instinctive terror just by looking.
The monster's reproductive organ.
That horrific thing was heading straight for her.
"E-Elrine...... Get out of the way, quick. Something weird is coming."
Elena cried out in alarm, but Elrine only hugged her body tight.
"No way. Let's be happy together, sister."
"Ugh......"
Elena tried to force Elrine off her with raw strength, but countless tentacles wrapped around her even faster.
Whip-
"N-no!! Let me go!"
Grunt, grunt-
Elena struggled, but it was futile.
The slick yet powerful bundle of tentacles coiling around her body didn't budge an inch against her resistance.
The paralyzing poison had already spread fully through her body.
She still had some strength left to move a bit, but her body was far too weakened now to resist the Tentacle Monster.
Elrine fondled Elena's body like she was kneading dough.
"Stop the pointless struggling, sister. You're going to take Lord Tentacle's cock too."
"E-Elrine...... You're acting strange right now. Th-this is all wrong."
Elena looked at Elrine with desperate eyes. But Elrine just shook her head.
"What's so strange about it, sister?"
"Humans having sex with monsters? This is wrong, Elrine......"
It defied all common sense.
Elrine had long since transcended that common sense.
"Nothing wrong about it at all, sister."
Elrine spoke as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"When a magnificent cock like Lord Tentacle's is about to thrust deep into a female pussy, refusing sex would be the real mistake. You're the weird one, sister."
Elrine slowly caressed Elena's body.
"You should spread your pussy wide open and welcome it with 'thank you.'"
"......"
"It's okay. Everyone's like that at first. But you'll understand me soon enough, sister."
The Tentacle Monster's cock was now right in front of her.
Elena stared at Elrine's smile, at a complete loss for words.