Chapter 31
Chapter 31
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 31
Chapter Title: Elf Princess Bine (4)
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“What’s the method?”
“Hehe, it’s so simple. Can’t you guess?”
Nania, who seemed oblivious to the gravity of the situation and was trying to play around, was met with Rainie channeling her holy power.
“W-Wait! Calm down! I’ll tell you!”
Startled by the overwhelming holy power prickling her skin, Nania quickly put some distance between herself and Rainie before explaining the method she had in mind.
“It’s simple. An act where a man and woman confirm their affection and exchange saliva.”
“...”
“It’s a kiss!”
Nania’s sudden declaration was met with silence filling the room.
“You... you’re insane!”
Rainie broke the silence, her face flushed bright red.
Rainie felt her cheeks burning as she prepared to unleash the Purifying Flame.
“Wait a moment.”
Laura, with a serious expression, held Rainie back.
Her mind was clearer than ever, focused solely on saving Raden.
“Though I hate to admit it coming from a succubus, it does make sense.”
“B-But a k-kiss...!”
“Hey, excommunicated saintess, calm down and think. What’s our top priority?”
Rainie, about to protest, fell silent as she considered Laura—who usually seemed so childish but was now showing the wisdom of a true mage.
What was the top priority?
The answer came quickly.
“Saving Raden...”
“That’s right. We’re in a critical situation where we need to rescue a slave from that wicked elf’s curse. If we can save him by enduring a bit of embarrassment, it’d be foolish not to.”
“...”
Rainie felt ashamed of herself for making such a fuss over a mere kiss when even Laura, whom she’d dismissed as immature, was being so rational. With renewed resolve, she nodded.
“Yes, I’ll do it.”
“Good, save our slave.”
The two women exchanged determined glances.
“Nom nom.”
Nania smiled contentedly as she munched on some corn snacks she’d pulled from somewhere.
***
Rainie headed to Raden’s room, her fists clenched tight.
Normally, she barged into his room whenever she was bored, so there shouldn’t have been any reason for anxiety.
But today, with the purpose of kissing him, the tension wouldn’t fade.
“Phew, calm down, calm down.”
Truth be told, it wasn’t something to make such a big deal over just a kiss.
This kiss wasn’t one shared between lovers to confirm affection—it was purely for treatment.
They even had a prior incident where they’d kissed under unfortunate circumstances.
Gulping down her saliva, Rainie stood before Raden’s door.
She’d already confirmed that Bine had entered her assigned room alone, so Raden should be by himself inside.
“Phew...”
After a short deep breath to steady herself, Rainie knocked lightly on the door.
“Who is it?”
Raden’s voice came from inside the room.
Rainie felt her cheeks heat up unnecessarily but replied calmly.
“It’s me.”
“...”
A moment later, the door swung open.
Raden had apparently been handling paperwork, as various documents were scattered messily across his desk.
Even with succubi serving as administrators, the baron still bore a considerable workload.
Raden, stepping out after opening the door, looked at Rainie with a bewildered expression.
“What’s this? You actually knocked? You usually just barge right in.”
“Uh...”
Rainie was momentarily at a loss for words at his question.
She had to admit, even to herself, that knocking after her usual habit of bursting in felt awkward.
“W-Well, manners!”
“Hmm... Looks like the saintess has finally decided to respect some basic privacy.”
“...”
Rainie, about to argue that she’d always respected his privacy, remembered her past actions and shut her mouth.
Upon reflection, she had invaded his privacy far too often.
She’d frequently napped in his bed, after all.
“Anyway, come in.”
“Mm...”
Rainie followed Raden into the room like a little tail.
She kept her hands neatly clasped, stealing glances at him.
Raden plopped down on the bed and patted the spot next to him.
Rainie scurried over like a puppy and sat beside him.
“So, what’s up?”
“...”
After pondering what to say, Rainie first pulled a small vial from her pocket.
The tiny bottle was filled with holy water.
“This holy power... holy water...?”
Now highly proficient in handling holy power, Raden recognized it as holy water just by looking at the bottle, as expected.
He probably would’ve detected it even if it were mixed into another drink.
“Why holy water all of a sudden?”
Raden took the holy water she offered but looked utterly confused.
Watching him, Rainie took a breath and said.
“Drink it.”
“Huh...?”
“I said drink it.”
“T-This...?”
“Yeah.”
Raden recoiled in shock, pulling away from her.
Rainie felt a little hurt by his reaction.
“No matter how much you like pranks, saintess, this crosses the line!”
“What? This stuff is super expensive and good for your health—you should be grateful!”
“No, if I didn’t know what it was, maybe. But now that I know it’s your saliva, saintess, how could I...?”
“Just close your eyes and chug it.”
“This isn’t medicine!”
Raden waved his hands frantically, genuinely refusing the holy water.
Seeing his intense rejection, Rainie felt inexplicably irritated, though she couldn’t say why.
He’d eagerly comply with that elf bitch’s requests and suck on her saliva-soaked fork without a second thought.
So why reject this healthy, delicious holy water so vehemently?
“It tastes like peach, I swear. Drink it.”
“Really, no. I can’t.”
Rainie snatched the vial, uncorked it.
A sweet peach scent wafted pleasantly, and terror flickered in Raden’s eyes.
“Just drink a little.”
Rainie lunged at him forcefully.
“Calm down! Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”
Raden resisted diligently, careful not to hurt her while adjusting his strength.
In their fierce tussle, they naturally tumbled onto the bed.
Rainie straddled Raden, desperately trying to make him drink the holy water, but his fierce resistance foiled her every attempt.
“...So that’s how it’s gonna be, huh?”
Giving up on forcing it down him, Rainie recorked the vial and tossed it aside.
“S-Saintess...?”
Raden cautiously called her name, instinctively sensing the shift in her mood.
But Rainie, her eyes glazed over, simply pinned him down silently, gazing at his face.
“Her eyes... they’re unfocused!”
Spotting the loss of focus in Rainie’s eyes, Raden felt pure dread and struggled desperately to escape.
He didn’t know what would happen if he stayed like this, but his instincts screamed it would be a disaster.
“...This is all your fault. It’s not my fault I’m doing this. It’s all yours, Raden.”
“W-What’s that supposed to mean?!”
Rainie unleashed superhuman strength from who-knows-where, pinning down his wriggling body.
Then, she carefully brought her face closer.
Moistening her lips with her tongue.
“W-Wait!”
Raden, realizing what she intended, thrashed about.
“S-Saintess? Please calm down. We’re friends, right? Friends.”
“Friends...?”
“Yeah, friends. Best friends.”
“I don’t know what ‘best friends’ means, but true friends don’t refuse requests.”
“No, drinking holy water isn’t a normal request!”
Brushing off Raden’s words lightly, Rainie brought her face even closer.
Raden desperately turned his head, trying to calm the excited saintess.
“If we do this, we’re really crossing the line! Real friends don’t do this!”
“We’ve already done it once anyway. And you initiated that time.”
“No, that was because you were just lying there about to die!”
“I feel like something bad will happen if I leave you alone like this, so I’m doing it.”
“I’m fine! Normal!”
“Real normal people don’t claim they’re normal.”
“You’d treat me like a freak even if I said I was abnormal!”
“Shut up.”
Raden’s desperate efforts ultimately failed.
Rainie’s lips, empowered by that inexplicable superhuman strength, met Raden’s softly.
Even Raden, who’d resisted fiercely, resigned himself after their lips touched and squeezed his eyes shut.
“C-Crazy!”
As her mind cleared upon feeling Raden’s soft yet slightly rough lips against hers, Rainie’s cheeks burned bright red.
“B-But this is medical treatment to save Raden!”
Desperately rationalizing it to herself, Rainie savored the sensation of a man’s lips for the first time.
Technically, she’d kissed Raden before, but she hadn’t been in her right mind then and remembered nothing of the feel.
“Warm... and strangely tugging at my heart...”
Rainie felt her mind growing hazy from the novel sensation.
Kissing was far more pleasurable than she’d imagined.
Even if it was with a friend she didn’t lo—didn’t love.
A sudden urge welled up to slip her tongue in, just like in the books.
“B-But that would really cross the line!”
Suppressing the desire desperately, she instead let her saliva flow into Raden’s mouth.
Inevitably, she tasted his saliva too during their kiss.
The flavor of her first kiss was sweet like grapes.