Chapter 39
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 39
Chapter Title: Eavesdropping (1)
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‘Ugh, as expected, I hate this kind of thing. It's not even a call with Stay, and listening to Stay caressing... no, treating Mir Ryuin just isn't fun at all.’
Last night, after waking from the fainting climax of farewell, May Luina had spent all her time since thinking about the promise she'd made with Stay.
That promise was to connect a call during the treatment of Mir Ryuin and Dain Adamas—so she wouldn't feel lonely even if left alone—and let her hear the sounds.
No normal person could understand what kind of promise this was or how it could possibly alleviate loneliness. Even May Luina herself, rethinking it now, found that the alternative Stay had suggested yesterday was utter nonsense that didn't deserve the name "alternative."
‘But I asked him over and over, and I was the one who said okay... So until I meet Stay again on the next treatment day, I have no choice but to listen to the call sounds...’
Yet she was the one who had rejected the far more sensible alternative of "playing popular HeroTube nogari videos on autoplay" in favor of this nonsense. Complaining about it now wouldn't change a thing.
‘Yeah, whatever. It's still better than doing nothing, hearing nothing, just sitting blankly in the dark until loneliness makes me cry. At least I get to hear Stay's voice live. It won't be boring. Yeah, that's right.’
Having reached the stage of resignation and acceptance, May Luina decided not to dwell on the complaints cluttering her chest anymore. She would humbly accept the consequences of her own choice.
Either way, hearing Stay's voice live wasn't such a bad thing for her, so she no longer voiced any dissatisfaction.
‘...Does Stay know? That I, of all people—Saintess May Luina—am waiting just to hear his voice...’
With no one around to hear, May Luina could freely spill her inner thoughts out loud.
In truth, the only one who could hear her inner thoughts was Stay if he came within a certain distance, so "spilling them out loud" was a strange way to put it. But to her, it felt no different from baring her heart openly.
‘O-of course! I'm not doing this because I have romantic feelings for Stay or anything! It's just that there's nothing else I can do, and the only entertainment available is listening to Stay's voice! With only one option, I'm just waiting out of necessity—it's definitely not like that!’
Even with no one listening, she started making excuses in a fluster, as if she had a huge guilty conscience.
‘Yeah! It's just that right now, Stay is the only one who can soothe my loneliness! That's why I'm looking forward to it—nothing else! I mean, I'm Saintess May Luina, and Stay is just Stay. There's no way I'd catch feelings for him, right? If anyone's catching feelings, it should be Stay for me! Urgh!’
Excuses with no listener—or rather, her only listener was herself.
So naturally, her desperate justifications were directed squarely at May Luina herself.
‘...Haa. What am I even doing? Who's there to hear me?’
And so, the cycle of getting herself worked up alone and justifying herself alone always ended in a solo crash back to reality.
May Luina felt shame and emptiness toward herself for the fuss she'd just made.
‘Whatever, it's fine. I'll just accept it as is. Thinking about it, Stay's just a guy with a decent build—warm hands, gentle touch, skilled technique... Urgh. Nothing special beyond that. Even if he had tons of merits, he's not on my level anyway. Waiting to hear the voice of someone like that is something I could only do now... It's just a fresh thrill, and once treatment ends and I get out of this bed, I won't see him again. So I shouldn't get attached—just use him as a means to get through this moment...’
Bzzz—ding.
[Done.]
‘Whoa! It's Stay!!!’
Her mood, which had sunk to rock bottom from the reality check, skyrocketed to the heavens the moment she heard Stay's voice.
Forgetting everything she'd just grumbled about him in an instant, May Luina perked up her ears toward his voice without a hint of shame.
It was like a puppy greeting its long-awaited owner at the door, but the only one who could see this side of her was Stay—and he was in another room—so she could welcome his voice freely.
‘Do you know how long I've been waiting? Well, since the call's connected now, I'll let it slide. I'm Saintess May Luina, after all—super magnanimous!’
If he was beyond a certain distance, he couldn't hear her thoughts, and the speaker couldn't relay them as a status window medium, so her voice wouldn't reach Stay. But right now, she didn't care.
Or more precisely, she couldn't even bring herself to care.
She was simply so thrilled to hear Stay's voice that she deluded herself into thinking she was actually talking to him on the phone.
‘I won't say anything about you being late, but I'll give you a chance to apologize yourself. That way, your conscience can rest easy, right? Come on, try soothing my hurt feelings with that deep, warm, gentle voice of yours...’
But it didn't take long for that delusion to shatter.
[Turns out the on-duty room has one of these. Must've been left by a bodyguard for a VVIP patient back in the day. Lucky find. Anyway, call's connected, so let's get started right away.]
‘Huh? On-duty room? Lucky? What are you even talking about? And starting what...?’
Click-click-click-click-tick, rustle.
Sounds she'd grown all too familiar with: multiple buttons and a bra hook coming undone in an instant.
‘Th-that sound.’
The telltale noise signaling the liberation of those repressed, soft, jiggly mega-tits she'd heard just yesterday made May Luina's soaring mood plummet straight back to the depths.
[After doing it a few times, I've got it down pat. Honestly, no one can match my bra-hook speed anymore.]
‘......’
The voice coming through her ear right now wasn't directed at May Luina.
The moment she realized that, she couldn't move her mouth anymore, despite its nonstop chatter until seconds ago.
This call was one-way; she could only hear Stay's voice, couldn't talk to him, and right now, that voice was aimed at Mir Ryuin, not her. The realization sealed her lips.
The shock was so profound she couldn't even speak—a shock named reality. May Luina took the hit and just sat there dazed, listening to the speaker.
[Yeah. I can hear Mir Ryuin's voice, but you probably won't on your end. May Luina will just hear the kneading sounds and my voice, I bet.]
‘B-breasts...?’
But when Stay announced from the speaker that he'd knead her breasts, May Luina's mouth started moving again.
His words were too shocking to ignore—they snapped her dazed mind awake.
‘Touching breasts—isn't that my exclusive treatment? Mir Ryuin's spot was supposed to be anal, right? That's what you said, Stay? Huh? Why? Why is Mir Ryuin getting my exclusive treatment? No, right? It must be a mistake. I must've misheard?’
May Luina remembered what Stay had said.
Only she had engravings all over her body; the other two had them concentrated in specific areas.
Dain Adamas on her lower abdomen, Mir Ryuin on her butt—so they'd focus treatment there.
That was crystal clear in her memory.
So even though she'd heard it plainly, May Luina desperately tried to look away from the speaker's reality, convincing herself she'd misheard or that Stay misspoke.
[Not just kneading—pressing the nipples firmly and slowly circling clockwise.]
‘Huh...?’
Stay's voice rang out clearly again, confirming it wasn't her imagination.
[Let's see if you can hold out.]
Squish! Squelch!
With those words, the sound of Stay grabbing a handful of Mir Ryuin's tits with both hands hammered into May Luina's chest like a wedge.