Chapter 46
Chapter 46
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 46
Chapter Title: The Saint's Inner Thoughts Are Heard
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At the Heavenly God's sudden oracle, Victoria Everhart's mind was thrown into utter confusion.
"You're telling me to kiss Lord Astal right now...?!"
Her face flushed hot. The urge to hide somewhere or flee the scene this very instant surged within her.
After all, Victoria had just seen Astal's lips glistening under the cinema screen's light and had felt a faint, illicit thrill.
"Even if this is part of a rescue operation, it makes no sense...!"
Victoria shouted loud enough for the Heavenly God above to hear. Why on earth did she need to kiss him to enter the succubus's dream?
She had heard stories of some regions where people greet each other with light pecks on the cheek, but this was far beyond that.
She knew that a kiss involving tongues was something lovers shared right before making love.
Thus, Victoria's knowledge of such matters was rather skewed. The consequence of reading too many romance novels during her time in the Holy Kingdom, exposing her to overly stimulating elements.
"Th-that's something people who love each other do, isn't it! Lord Astal and I are still...."
Victoria's hands clenched, sweat beading on her forehead as her voice trembled.
She was desperately flailing, wanting to find another method besides a kiss. In truth, she wanted it desperately, but she was afraid Astal would come to hate her for it later.
Even if it was part of a rescue operation, taking an unconscious person's first kiss seemed unforgivable.
"[You're already dating by contract, aren't you? Is there something wrong with that?]"
To this Victoria, the Heavenly God maintained a casual attitude, asking if there was a problem. After all, Astal and Victoria were contractually a couple.
"Lord Astal dislikes me...! Moreover, didn't you clearly say that if I lose my purity, I'll lose my Divine Power and cease to be a Saint?!"
Victoria questioned the Heavenly God as if arguing. This was precisely why even the Pope and Paladins in the Holy Kingdom had refrained from touching her.
Historically, it was a fact that if a man touched her and she lost her purity, she would lose her Divine Power and revert to being an ordinary person.
Victoria rolled her eyes, thinking of the transgressions she had committed until recently. Though she hadn't gone as far as passionate lovemaking, she had tried to offer ways to satisfy carnal desires.
Even now, while on a journey with the grave mission of defeating the Demon King...
'Of course, for Lord Astal's sake, I wouldn't mind ceasing to be a Saint....'
She had even fantasized about Astal, his patience at its limit, pinning her down to make her the mother of his child.
"[A kiss should be fine, no?]"
"...Excuse me?"
Victoria's mind went blank at the Heavenly God's reply. It felt as if the common sense she had believed in until now was being denied.
Wasn't the being known as the Heavenly God Lumina like a primordial light that vanquishes darkness? She had known her as a god who spreads peace and love, bringing prosperity to people.
"Th-then how do you explain the Saints in history who became ordinary people...?!"
"[Well? If you're so curious, why don't you two test it? See how far you need to mix bodies before you stop being a Saint.]"
Right now, the Heavenly God Lumina was showing a side reminiscent of a swindler deliberately stirring up trouble.
"Heavenly God...! This is no time for jokes...!"
"[Haha, sorry. Honestly, seeing Astal look after you has changed my mind a lot. In the past, I definitely thought he was just a bad man who couldn't quit drinking and smoking....]"
The Heavenly God Lumina let out a light, chuckling laugh as she continued her oracle to Victoria.
"[...But now, I'm starting to think it might be okay to entrust my daughter to him.]"
She spoke in a gentle tone and kind voice, as if acknowledging Astal.
"[Originally, for a succubus to steal a man's essence, she must allow contact between mucous membranes. We can use that to enter instead.]"
"That much makes sense, but...."
"[You'd better hurry. The more you hesitate, the more that disgusting demon bitch will mess with Astal's memories as she pleases.]"
Victoria bit her lower lip, watching Astal sweat profusely in agony. What on earth was happening to him in that dream to make such an expression?
"I understand. I've made up my mind."
Seeing the pained face of the one she loved made her feel disgusted with herself for hesitating over a mere kiss.
"...Lord Astal, please endure a little longer. I will definitely save you."
Victoria swept Astal's sweat-drenched bangs with her palm and prepared to enter the dream he was trapped in.
'I actually wanted it to happen at a better time, in a place with a nice atmosphere.... It's a shame it turned out this way.'
Victoria swallowed hard, gazing at Astal's lips. She had thought about stealing a kiss someday, but not in such a desperate situation as this.
Victoria wanted a kiss that took more time and effort, not this rushed one.
A passionate kiss where they could melt into each other completely.
She wanted to desire Astal with her mind filled only with love, stimulation, and lustful carnal desire.
'Gazing at you in pain with a mind filled with worry and anxiety like this... is not to my taste.'
Victoria looked at Astal with sad eyes, gently stroking his cheek with her hand. It pained her that she hadn't known he was hiding such a past.
"How much pain have you swallowed alone...?"
Victoria tried to hold back the tears welling up as she bit her lip, but sobs kept escaping through the gaps between her teeth, breaking the mood.
"How sad and tormented must you have been... for your past to still refuse to let you go?"
Victoria superimposed Astal's film and her own past.
Her childhood, confined in the village, begging to be killed instead, came to mind. That moment when there was no hope, when she thought nothing good would come from living on.
Astal had saved her from her past.
Without expecting any reward, he chose to share and bear her pain.
"You truly are a kind person. You could have asked more of me."
Victoria brought her lips closer to Astal's face as she spoke.
She had peeked at him sleeping before, but never had the courage to take such action.
"This kiss is not by the Heavenly God's command, but by my own pure will. Please take it as an honor...."
Victoria uttered these words deliberately, trying to suppress the sensation of each breath feeling scorchingly hot and her heart pounding as if it would burst.
Her mind automatically imagined which way to insert her tongue, how to wrap around and suck his tongue, whether to gently bite his lips with her front teeth.
"It's a simple rescue operation, with none of my personal desires involved."
'Lord Astal's first kiss must be with me too. It would be good to slowly test all the techniques I learned from books first.... No, what crazy thoughts are these when the person I love is suffering!'
Victoria's reason kept crumbling as she looked at Astal's lips.
Soft, plump-looking male lips. Dark thoughts kept rising about how ecstatic it would feel to tease them with her tongue, to bite and suck them.
"...So. This is all your fault. The problem is you not yielding to my temptations."
Thus, Victoria ultimately chose self-justification.
After all her efforts to appeal to him, Astal, who hadn't even given her a light peck, was the problem.
"Hahp..."
Victoria's lips met Astal's, pressing down with a soft sensation. The intense feeling of exchanging their first kiss felt so good it could burn her mind white.
Hot and sweet. It seemed no dessert in the world could match this ecstasy.
"Mmm.... Chup..."
Astal had been reducing his drinking and smoking as much as possible under Victoria's watch, and they had just shared popcorn.
Far from the unpleasant taste of tobacco or alcohol, it tasted sweet enough to be called the flavor of love.
"Hehup.... Chueup..."
Embraced by the pleasure enveloping her body, Victoria grew bolder. She sucked lightly on Astal's lips, forced his teeth apart with her tongue, and pushed in.
She breathed into Astal, filling his mouth with herself as if claiming ownership.
"Mmm.... Huh.... Heeup, chup."
Victoria firmly hooked her arms around Astal's neck, pressing down on his tongue with her own or wrapping around it in circles, toying with it like a plaything.
She didn't even realize she was committing such shameless acts, pressing her waist against him and rocking slightly as if to devour all of Astal.
"Mmchu, chuueup.... Gulp."
The lewd sound of saliva mixing. Victoria swallowed all of Astal's drool like a baby bird, savoring the ecstasy of the kiss.
"Haa... I still feel unsatisfied.... On my part, not yours."
How much time had passed? Victoria pulled back slightly from Astal's face, catching her breath.
Even for her, with the strong possessive instincts of a dragon hybrid, she had nearly kissed him long enough to cause suffocation.
The moment she thought it was indecent how the silver thread connecting them and the scent from each other's bodies had become identical.
"Behe...♡ Now truly.... You've shared your first kiss with me. Lord Astal."
Victoria looked at Astal with intoxicated breath and heated eyes, opening her mouth and sticking out her tongue to display the connected saliva.
"Huhu, even with just a kiss, my waist feels like it might give out.... What a thrilling pleasure you've gifted me. You truly are a fearsome man."
Victoria recalled the kiss from moments ago, licking her own lips with her tongue, remembering the slightly sweet taste.
"Just as you saved me.... I want to save you too."
Chuok, chuk...♡
This time, as if to flaunt her presence as his lover, Victoria deliberately made a sound as she attempted another kiss on Astal.
"Although I lack the courage to say it now...."
With a gaze hotter and softer than anyone's, her tickling gestures skillfully unraveling the composure of the man she loved, she seemed to be trying to say something.
"If you ask for a reason for this act, I want to confidently say later that it is love."
Love—that was indeed the reason.
Leaving those words, Victoria inserted her tongue into Astal's mouth again for a deep kiss, this time teasing his sensitive spots with an even more indecent tongue play.
She believed it was the only way to convey feelings she couldn't express in words.
Astal and Victoria's first kiss tasted sweet and salty, like caramel popcorn.