Chapter 16
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 16
Chapter Title: Mir Ryuin, Now It's Your Turn to Be the Research Subject. (2)
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[I never imagined I'd feel emotions like this in my life. Guess I really am human after all. To think I'd be this thrilled over a mere Stay. Does being left in darkness with only your mind intact really make a person this fragile?]
Mir Ryuin, upon realizing I could hear her voice, expressed her joy in a way that was completely out of character for her.
Thinking back to those days when she'd kidnapped me right after I graduated from the training center, all because she was curious about my Status Window ability—threatening that my life as an Awakener would be ruined if I didn't consent to experiments—it was like she was a totally different person. She'd forced my agreement and subjected me to all sorts of inhumane tests.
Once they figured out that only mana-less objects could display the Status Window, they tossed me out onto the street like a used tissue.
They did give me a bounty—about five times my current monthly salary—in compensation for dumping me like trash, but that hardly made up for it.
"What if we apply electric stimulation? Will the Status Window activate?" They'd zap me with lightning magic. Or, "Awakeners sometimes reawaken in extreme situations. Maybe the Status Window, as a growth-type ability, falls into that category?" Then they'd throw an F-rank scrub like me into gates I could never hope to clear.
She ran whatever horrific experiments she felt like, ones that truly put my life on the line.
Of course, to avoid issues if I died during an experiment, they'd call in a top-tier healer afterward to treat me without lingering effects. And since it might help with future tests, they'd feed me a few of their precious elixirs.
But who the hell would be happy about her playing doctor however she pleased, inflicting wounds and then "curing" them? It just pissed me off to no end.
The biggest reason I'd gone into debt buying every elixir I could get my hands on—to become strong enough—was the trauma Mir Ryuin had inflicted on me.
Once I was strong enough to protect myself, no one would treat me like a non-human lab rat again.
But even after blowing through all the compensation money she'd given me and piling on debts I could barely handle to buy countless elixirs, my Status Window remained trash-tier.
All I was left with was debt, and I hadn't gained the power to overcome that trauma.
But now, four years after those hellish experiment days, I no longer needed that kind of power.
[So, Stay. Since my body has no mana now, you can see my Status Window, right? Then it should show the reason I'm in this state.]
Because the Mir Ryuin in front of me was far weaker than I was—the same F-rank weakling Awakener.
[Could you check for me? The cause of this. Your Status Window should uncover it for sure.]
I'd been incredibly tense about meeting Mir Ryuin before entering the room. But seeing her now, unable even to twitch a finger and begging for my help, my tension melted away—instead, excitement started bubbling up.
From here on, whatever I did to Mir Ryuin was entirely up to me. Her only option was to let me toy with her at will.
Our positions were completely reversed from before.
Honestly, even as a world-saving hero, I still had plenty of grudges against her. By the time treatment was over, I figured I'd vent it all.
Just like with May Luina and Dain Adamas, I was looking forward to seeing her let out uncharacteristic, pathetic moans, completely at the mercy of my touch.
Imagining all the ways I'd ravage Mir Ryuin, I opened my mouth to build up to starting the treatment.
"Actually, I already know the cause. I came here specifically to treat your condition, Mir Ryuin."
[You know? That means you met May Luina and Dain Adamas first?]
"Yes. I met them first, started their treatments, and confirmed my method works."
[Hm, that's good news. Knowing an effective treatment means we can skip pointless attempts and save time.]
As expected, she reacted positively to hearing I'd already met the other two and begun treating them.
Time was her most precious resource, so she hated wasting it more than anything.
Truth be told, she'd been the one I dreaded most, so I'd put her off until last. But ironically, coming last worked out perfectly.
[Great. If it worked on May Luina and Dain Adamas, it'll work on me. Give it a shot.]
Before I could even say, "Shall we start the treatment?" she gave the green light.
As expected from someone who despises wasting time. I knew she'd react like this once I mentioned a proven method.
Feeling a thrill at how someone far smarter than me was dancing to my tune exactly as predicted, I steadily built up the buildup.
"But this treatment isn't the conventional kind people might imagine. You're under a very special curse, Mir Ryuin, so the method is extremely unique. Are you really okay with that?"
Even after getting her permission, I asked once more. She replied with a hint of irritation.
[I said go ahead. So do it. You can do it anyway, and you said May Luina and Dain Adamas already got treated and saw results. It can't be that special. So stop making a fuss, wasting time, and just start already.]
I hadn't expected her to follow my script quite this perfectly.
Her obsession with peak efficiency and treating time-wasting as taboo made her all too predictable.
Seeing Mir Ryuin completely in the palm of my hand filled me with rising ecstasy, and the corners of my mouth curled up involuntarily.
Not like she could see me grinning so suspiciously in her state anyway. I could smile all I wanted. This was the best.
Objectively or subjectively, I looked downright sinister and lecherous. But honestly, she was largely to blame for turning me into this.
Who told her to treat people like non-entities and toy with them at her whim? You made me this way, Mir Ryuin.
Having blamed her in my head as always, it was time to start.
Buildup sufficiently stacked, and with her full go-ahead to do whatever, I was set.
Now I could focus purely on the treatment.
I placed my finger on her forehead, silently wishing for the seal to appear on her body, and announced the start.
"Got it. Then, let's begin the treatment."
User's wish confirmed. The curse's seal emerges over the target's body.
At the same time, the long-awaited alert appeared, confirming the seal had risen over Mir Ryuin's body.
[Finally starting, huh? Let's see this "special" treatment by your standards, Stay. I'll look forward to it a bit.]
"Sure. Let me explain how the treatment works. A pink seal has appeared on your body right now, Mir Ryuin. By stimulating that spot and infusing it with my Yang Energy, the curse will gradually unravel."
[See? Not that special after all. My expectations just crashed...]
She was already building herself up and deflating on her own before I even finished explaining. I snorted inwardly and cut her off to continue.
"By the way, when infusing the Yang Energy, if you get sexually aroused, the curse-dissolving effect skyrockets. So I'll do my absolute best to make you feel it, and you just have to give it your all in responding to my touch."
[...W-what? W-wait a second. What did you just say?]
For the first time, her composure cracked at the core of the treatment method.
A stammering Mir Ryuin? It was so satisfying I could barely hold back laughter.
But laughing now might make her suspect I was mocking her.
So I desperately suppressed it and continued explaining in a serious tone.
"The curse resolution can't be done by me alone, so I need your full cooperation. For reference, during May Luina and Dain Adamas's treatments, reaching climax massively boosted the curse dissolution rate. You have to help me enthusiastically."
[H-help... you mean, say when I feel it? And if it's not good, say so? Without holding back against your touch?]
"Exactly. As expected of the Lord of Magic."
[W-what kind of treatment is that? D-did May Luina and Dain Adamas really consent to this from a mere Stay like you, go through with it, and climax?]
She seemed to have trouble believing me.
But if she couldn't believe it, what could she do? I was just stating facts.
With her casual permission turning into full carte blanche, I didn't yield an inch to her suspicious tone—instead, I answered her doubts boldly.
"Yes, that's what happened. Now, to check the seal needed for treatment, I'll remove your clothes. It's for the treatment, so bear with any embarrassment."
[E-embarrassed...? Not by a mere Stay. No researcher in the world would blush at showing her naked body to a lab rat.]
"I see. That's a relief."
Even in this situation, her pride was sky-high, claiming she wasn't embarrassed to bare herself to me.
Honestly, hearing that now didn't even sting.
"Phew, all off. Feels kinda weird doing this."
Mir Ryuin was about to be utterly ravaged naked by me, after all.
[Hnnng...]
I gazed at Mir Ryuin's completely exposed naked body.
A body that looked tastier than any gourmet feast, utterly at odds with her title as Lord of Magic—like it was sculpted solely to arouse men.
Her massive tits that rivaled the previous two, her slender waist, her soft, muscle-free flesh, and yet her firm, perky ass without a hint of sag—everything was insanely hot.
Well then, where should I start wrecking her?