Chapter 24
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 24
Chapter Title: Lion's Audience (2)
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Lion's Audience.
In English, that'd be Lion versus Noodle...
Pushing aside such silly thoughts, I asked May Luina, who was lying there as I kneaded her glorious breasts, soft and jiggly, for the sake of my own peace and tranquility.
"May Luina, we're going to gather you and the others in one place. Would it be better for you to move, or should the others come here?"
Her magnificent breasts, like two incarnations of happiness itself, offered such ecstatic softness even as I posed the question that I couldn't pull my hands away.
And so, with both hands massaging those royal orbs of bliss, I had no choice but to ask while soaking up as much peace and joy as my palms could hold, waiting for May Luina's reply.
Squish. Squelch. Squeeze. Sqqueeze. Sluuurp. Slurp.
[User's will confirmed. You can now hear the target's inner thoughts.]
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"......Ah, I forgot to turn on the mind-reading function again."
No matter how long I waited, all I heard was the sound of her breasts being kneaded—May Luina's reply never came. It took a full three minutes before I realized the mind-reading function was off.
Seemed like it had shut down along with me passing out earlier from all that yang energy surging.
I inwardly wished to hear May Luina's thoughts, and the now-familiar alert appeared. Only then could I finally hear what she'd been saying all this time...
Hng♥ Hiiing♥ Haaaah♥♥♥ Y-You're kneading my breasts so roughly, just as you please♥♥♥ Ah, it t-tickles♥♥♥♥ S-So, so sensitive♥♥♥♥♥
Ah.
Listening to her aroused moans, I finally realized that what I was doing—for my own happiness and peace—was also teasing May Luina's massive erogenous zones, her glorious breasts.
At the same time, I felt that sensation I'd experienced once before: something vital being sucked right out of my body. I quickly pulled my hands away from her soft, jiggly, warm royal tits.
[Danger! User's remaining yang energy is critically low. If fully depleted, you may enter complete incapacitation.]
The moment I let go, that alert from right before I passed out—the one that only shows up on the brink—flashed in the corner of my vision.
Does this mean if I'd kneaded them just a bit longer, I'd have buried my hands and face in May Luina's glorious breasts and passed out again?
"......Not bad, though?"
May Luina's soft, blissful orbs offered a fresh, endlessly enjoyable experience with every knead—I could massage them all day and never tire.
Drifting off while groping those royal tits, sleeping with my face buried in them, waking up to grope again and pass out once more... it sounded like a perfect happiness spiral...
"No, what am I even thinking?"
Still scented with her body, her pheromones, and her lingering warmth on my palms from freely kneading her glorious breasts moments ago, I slapped my cheeks to snap out of it.
The whole point of this Lion's Audience was to prevent passing out during treatments ahead. Deciding it'd be fine to faint while groping was utterly ridiculous.
I'd just thought that if the Intelligence Department raided while I was out, I'd be dead—and now here I was, entertaining the idea of fainting anyway. Total idiot move.
Her magnificent breasts were so dangerously tempting they could warp my thoughts like that. From now on, I had to stay sharp whenever handling May Luina's royal rack.
As I pulled myself together, May Luina seemed to shake off the afterglow of having her breasts massaged. She finally answered my earlier question—with a question of her own.
Um... You said you'd gather us three in one place. How exactly would we be moved?
A question in a voice and tone that sounded oddly expectant, for some reason.
But with no clue what she was expecting, I set aside my curiosity about why she was asking and just answered.
"The bed's mobile, so I'll just drag the beds over."
Oh...... Then just bring the others here. I'm comfortable staying put.
To my response, May Luina replied in a voice tinged with disappointment for some reason, asking me to bring Dain Adamas and Mir Ryuin here.
Once again, utterly clueless why she sounded bummed, I just said okay and stood to fetch the other two.
"Alright, I'll go get Dain Adamas and Mir Ryuin. Wait here, May Luina."
Ah, okay. See you soon......!
Leaving her farewell behind, I turned to step out—when an urgent "Ah!" caught my ankle, like she'd suddenly remembered something.
W-Wait! Stay! Th-There's something I need to ask!
"What is it?"
I paused and turned back to her. She hemmed and hawed for a moment, then—like a bomb disposal expert facing a ticking device—took a deep breath, steeling herself before asking.
U-Um... Did you... hear what I said earlier?
"When?"
Wh-When... you collapsed with your face buried in my breasts...
What had she said back then? She'd always been so bold, dumping all sorts of trash talk on me as her Emotional Trash Can without a hint of embarrassment. So what on earth did she say this time to make her so nervous now?
Her expectant tone earlier, the disappointment in her reply, and now this question—she was clearly hiding something from me.
But with no idea what, I swallowed my doubts and answered.
"I was completely out cold, so no, I didn't hear. What'd you say?"
N-No! Nothing! I didn't say anything! Just pointless stuff, so don't worry about it! N-Now hurry and bring the others!
What the hell? For the May Luina to react like this—what could she possibly have said? Did she panic when I faceplanted into her breasts and drop some fat joke or something?
I could shrug off other insults, but fat-shaming? That's unforgivable.
But suspicions were just that. Whether she'd really said something like that while I was out was beyond me.
Shaking off the nagging feeling, I vowed to ask her about it next time I drove her to a fainting climax, then stepped out of the room.
"Phew. Moving these beds is no joke."
May Luina's room, once spacious and airy, was now crammed with three deluxe hospital beds.
Lying atop them were the three heroines representing this era and world.
May Luina, Dain Adamas, Mir Ryuin.
Just gathering these three in one spot would rock the entire world—their influence and standing surpassed anyone else's.
Even more than the head of the Awakener Association that oversaw all Awakeners.
Knowing they'd all climaxed and passed out at my mere whim made me feel like some extraordinary being.
Of course, it was just a feeling. The truly special ones were these three before me.
My connection to the world's greatest heroes—May Luina, Dain Adamas, and Mir Ryuin—would end once the curses were cured.
A dreamlike bond, destined to vanish after treatment.
"Phew."
Reality sinking in, the thrill of facing the ultimate lineup faded. My mind calmed, ready for the Lion's Audience.
Back then, I couldn't even meet their eyes—terrible ties that weren't good for me at all.
May Luina, who'd used me as an Emotional Trash Can. Dain Adamas, who'd treated me like a Bread Shuttle. Mir Ryuin, who'd turned me into a lab rat for her intellectual curiosities, running countless experiments.
The perfect dominant-submissive dynamic... no, not even that. I was the one pinned under justice's boot, but now it was flipped completely.
I'm the dominant now. Sure, given who they are, I'd have to play it carefully, minding my step.
This Lion's Audience was to set the guidelines for that dominance.
[User's will confirmed. You can now hear the target's inner thoughts.]
I willed it to hear all three of their inner thoughts, and the familiar alert popped up.
"Alright. Let's get started."
And so, the Lion's Audience began.