Chapter 45
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 45
Chapter Title: Breathless Embrace
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"I'll hug you so tight it'll take your breath away, so enjoy it as much as you want."
Three days ago, Dain Adamas had felt a warmth and sense of security just from Stay gently stroking her lower abdomen, thinking how nice it would be if she could keep feeling this warmth and tenderness forever.
For someone as supremely powerful as her, destined to be lonely, the warmth of another person was an irresistibly foreign sensation.
His stroking hand carried only the intent and purpose of healing her—no trace of lustful desire to satisfy his own cravings—which allowed that warmth to slip so effortlessly into the deepest parts of her that she permitted no one to invade.
Anyone who has ever felt the warmth of another can't forget it until they've been hurt by them—and Dain Adamas's case fit that perfectly.
That's why, even without realizing it herself, she had unconsciously craved Stay's warmth amid his relentless assault on her Portio, blurting out, 'Stop that weird stuff and just gently stroke my lower belly with those kind, warm hands of yours?'
Of course, right after that, his rhythmic tapping on her lower abdomen had utterly demolished her Portio pleasure zone, her womb fell completely, and she blacked out from the tsunami of ecstatic Portio orgasm hell that followed.
In any case, Stay—who she'd only remembered as a useless weakling at best, a mere bread shuttle—had suddenly become someone who could make her feel good just by touching her lower belly. The warmth he possessed was that shocking to Dain Adamas.
Just a fleeting moment, a brief stroke of her lower abdomen, and Dain Adamas was already in the early stages of Stay warmth addiction.
'Wh-what is this? What the hell is going on? I don't know about this stuff! I should push him away right now—I’m not some easy girl who just lets this happen! Shouldn't this come after more steps, like, you know, following the proper order? Not just a hug, but lying in the same bed and embracing like this—that's basically the final stage, right? We haven't even held hands yet, and we're skipping straight to this? Yeah, it's way too soon. Qu-quick, move and push him off... Ah, right, I'm a vegetable. Hmm, well, nothing I can do about it then. I'm a vegetable. Can't resist, so I'll just have to endure being forcibly hugged. Man... this is why being a vegetable sucks.'
With her defenses completely down from the meager warmth of a single palm's surface area, there was no way Dain Adamas could resist the massive wave of heat emanating from Stay's entire body.
'H-ha, no choice! If I can't escape it, might as well enjoy it! And he said the more aroused I get sexually, the better the healing effect! Yeah! I'm doing this for my treatment—not because I'm some easy girl!'
She was a vegetable. This embrace was part of her treatment. And she needed to get sexually aroused for the healing to work better.
She had plenty of excuses, and using them all, Dain Adamas fooled herself into enjoying Stay's warmth with a clear conscience.
[Ehehe... ♥]
Whoa. Is this for real?
A cute giggle escaped Dain Adamas—something she would never make.
The Dain Adamas I knew, the one the world knew, was the toughest person alive: even if an S-rank gate burst open, she'd casually throw on some sweats, dive in solo, conquer it in 30 minutes covered head to toe in monster blood, and stroll out.
[Ihihit ♥]
She wasn't someone who could make a voice this spine-tinglingly cute.
If May Luina made a sound like that, I'd think, 'Yeah, that fits her.' If Mir Ryuin did, I'd be like, 'She can make noises like that too? Neat.'
But hearing Dain Adamas—Dain Adamas—make such a cute, feminine sound... one that stirred a man's protective instincts... right in my ear, up close and personal? It triggered a visceral rejection.
No, it's Dain Adamas. The ultra-tough Dain Adamas no man could match—how do you just accept her giggling like a schoolgirl?
Of course, in her current state—eyes peacefully closed, breathing softly—she was a beauty who could captivate any man at first sight, flawless enough to set beauty standards by.
If I knew nothing about her, I'd fall head over heels instantly. Back at hero training camp, if I hadn't been bread shuttled right away, she'd probably have been my first crush. Hate to admit it, but her looks are top three of anyone I've seen.
But I knew her true colors all too well. So even now, with Dain Adamas cradled tightly in my arms, the creepy chills outweighed any happiness.
Still, maybe it was a relief. If the happiness overpowered the creeps, it'd mean I was rationally attracted to her.
Me, rationally into Dain Adamas? Just imagining it made me nauseous.
But this was treatment time, and gagging now could spell disaster. So I steadied my shaky mind, focused on the healing, and hugged the body in my arms even tighter.
[Hyaaaaah?! ♥♥♥ So waaarmmm ♥♥♥]
Her face pressed into my chest, Dain Adamas responded with bliss-soaked delight.
"Why are you enjoying this so much?"
I'd vaguely expected this treatment to work based on blind confidence, but not this well.
I'd thought the same with May Luina and Mir Ryuin, but this method didn't even use my innate caressing talent—it was just lying in the same bed and hugging tight. Utterly ordinary.
My wrist was injured, so no hand techniques. And tapping her lower abdomen with my foot to trigger a Portio climax? The backlash from that alone terrified me.
So I'd chosen this: 'Enter Dain Adamas's bed, which has healing properties, recover my wrist via those effects, and simultaneously hug her tight to make her feel at ease.'
Dain Adamas, alone since becoming a vegetable, surely craved human warmth. So a simple hug in bed would make her happy. That's all there was to it.
I figured she'd be startled at first—"What do you think you're doing?"—then gradually melt into my warmth...
[Hehehehit ♥]
"Didn't expect her to burst into laughter right away. Shouldn't there be some resistance?"
[Tehehehe ♥]
No matter what I said beside her, Dain Adamas just kept giggling like someone high on drugs, pure happiness.
All my homemade treatments so far had been super effective, but they'd always started with a skeptical 'That'll work?'
Those skeptics soon fell to those very methods, but they'd at least put up a fight first.
[Tighter ♥ Hug me tighter ♥ Squeeze me crooowded ♥ Hug till I can't breatheee ♥]
This was the first time—no hint of resistance from the start, fully conquered, begging for more.
Even for me, the healer, with the patient loving it this much, it was bewildering how into it she was.
"Hey, Dain Adamas. You like this that much? Enough to laugh so happily?"
[Mmm ♥ Love it so muuuch ♥]
"Huh..."
True chills. This makes no sense. Why is it working?
Asking if she liked it and getting an instant 'Love it!' without hesitation—it sounded like lovers talking, sending waves of extreme disgust through me.
Honestly, I hated this so much it creeped me out, but her body in my arms was so soft and warm. World's strongest human? Can the Destroyer really be this soft?
My mind screamed no, but my body refused to let go of the world's top woman nestled so snugly.
Sigh, thought this treatment would be the easiest so far. Turns out it's the hardest.
Body in supreme bliss, mind in utter revulsion—the clash was driving me insane.
"Hoo... Fine, if you like it, great. I'll do as you want. I'll hug you breathless, so enjoy it fully."
With that, I resolved to at least knock her out with an orgasmic faint. Wrapping both arms around her head and back, I squeezed, pressing our entire bodies flush.
[Hiyaaaaahhh?! ♥♥♥ Th-this is aaaamazing ♥♥♥♥♥♥]
"Urgh..."
Damn, it's scraping me raw. The gap between my mind's revulsion and body's eagerness is shredding my sanity...
Would I break first and let go? Or would she faint from happiness overload?
This was my first all-out battle since becoming a caregiver.
[Hoo... Fine, if you like it, great. I'll do as you want. I'll hug you breathless, so enjoy it fully.]
Rustle rustle. Squeezeee.
'...Ha.'
'Krrrk...!'