Chapter 109
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 109
Chapter Title: Love's Whip (1) ♡
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Blanc and the Hero's party duo's sudden assault.
It should have been a pretty tense moment.
You could tell just from how the Hero was trembling in fear.
But Yi Hyun, shining with an Intelligence of 2.5 points.
I saw an opportunity here instead.
'Blocking those guys from coming in? Easy.'
All it would take was letting them hear my voice.
Then they'd have no reason to search this place.
They came looking for the Hero, so if I told them she wasn't here, what could they do?
So the only thing we needed to worry about was one thing.
Keeping the Hero hidden from Lumine's soul detection and Blanc's aura sense.
In other words, completely masking the Hero's presence.
As soon as I whispered that much, the Hero's expression brightened.
She seemed to think it was no big deal.
"What about the treatment?"
"We keep going. Hearing your comrades' voices should be just the medicine for your curse."
"...I'm not sure I can maintain Prayer Invisibility."
Of course, with my treatment plan.
The Hero freaked out the moment she heard I planned to chat with those three from beyond the onsen door.
But I didn't mind.
"I believe you can pull it off."
I knew it was tough.
Her trauma-linked comrades were right outside the door, and I was telling her to hide her identity while getting milked.
No way that was easy for her.
But just endure it a little.
My real intentions, the way to cure her curse.
It was all tied to this.
'Might as well focus hard. Hard enough to let your other skills slip.'
Because if she focused on hiding her presence?
She'd pay less attention to everything else—like blocking status effects.
A golden opportunity for me.
I planned to condition her in that gap.
The Hero's trauma, curse, androphobia.
An extreme prescription to weaken all three at once.
Through what you'd call love's whip.
Of course, I kept my true motives completely hidden.
"No time. Just do as I say."
"...I'll trust you."
-Rustle.
Her presence faded.
Even though I could see her clearly with my eyes, my brain refused to register it.
I had to max out my focus just to barely sense her right in front of me.
'This is the Hero's Prayer Invisibility?'
No wonder she went undetected for three years with those massive tits.
Pretty impressive.
'Alright then, time for me to get started too.'
-Suck.
Putting my admiration aside.
I took her nipple into my mouth.
Then—sluuuurp—sucked hard.
Her puffy areola and the flesh around it filled my mouth.
A sweet, nutty liquid with a faint fishy tang flooded my mouth.
"...Hnn."
But even as I suckled her breast.
The Hero barely reacted.
No spare attention for this, it seemed.
In fact, her focus was elsewhere entirely.
[Why are you blocking us? Is someone inside?]
[Th-there's an important guest! Even for you, Captain...]
[Heh~ An important guest on par with the 2nd Knight Order Captain, the Saintess, and the three Sages? There aren't many like that in the Empire.]
[We're just looking for the Hero, so no need to be scared. Please cooperate.]
"...Minerva, Lumine."
Voices faintly drifting from beyond.
Her comrades she'd longed for over three years, yet never met.
Grip—tension gripped the Hero's arms.
Her teeth ground together with a grind.
Was this her effort to hide her presence, or enduring self-loathing?
No one else could know, not even her.
'Still, one thing's clear.'
Just lift the Hero's curse.
Once she realizes she was always a woman, mission accomplished.
-Slurp—I pulled my lips away and whispered.
"Tongue alone has its limits. I'll use my hands now."
"H-hands are a bit much. If it was just washing, maybe, but this feels a little... you know."
"Aha."
'That kind of setup?'
Even now, Common Sense Alteration was working overtime.
Bathing extension? Fine. Direct touch? No go.
Can't pin this girl down.
"It's just treatment."
"But."
"Think of it like milking a cow."
"Still, a psychological hang-up..."
"If I keep using my mouth, I can't block them from coming in, right?"
I persuaded her.
A brief silence followed.
Moments later, the Hero offered her massive breasts to me.
"Please."
"Yep."
I reached out.
Her swollen, milk-packed tits.
I gripped the nipple at the tip and rubbed lightly.
The Nipple Conquest skill that turned Blanc into a pussy juice dispenser was itching to activate, but
[Opponent activates skill '???'.]
[Failed to apply status effects 'Arousal', 'Excitement', 'Increased Sensitivity'.]
...As expected, still not through.
No choice. Time for the extreme prescription.
"Hide your presence. Got it?"
"......"
Nod—the Hero consented.
I immediately raised my voice and shouted.
"Hey there!!! Is that you, Captain Blanc!?"
[Yi Hyun!?]
[Why are you out here, Hyun?!]
Shocked voices in response.
They'd come sniffing around for someone suspicious, and here I was popping out of nowhere—they were startled.
I ignored it and kept talking.
"Don't bully the poor owner! Yeah, I'm talking about her! Right, owner!?"
[Y-yeah!! That's right! They said they were from the palace, so, uh...]
[Tch, what'd I tell ya. It was you?]
[Wasn't expecting much, but still a letdown.]
Nice assist from the onsen owner.
Suspicion cleared up quick thanks to her.
All that was left was leading them right up to the door and...
-Halt.
'Right, her clothes.'
A thought flashed through my mind.
The Hero's discarded clothes.
If I didn't grab those, we'd be in deep shit.
Women's clothes in the men's bath? Instant suspicion.
I jumped up and dashed.
Hero in my arms, toward the changing room connected to the onsen.
-Slide.
"...!!!"
Sudden blast of outside air.
From the shop entrance to the changing room wasn't far, but hardly safe.
The Hero froze in terror.
Trembling in my arms, she stirred pity in me.
'Sorry, just hold on a sec.'
"Just grabbing your clothes. Be right back."
I ignored her and triggered super acceleration.
Two seconds flat.
Time it took to quietly snag the clothes.
"Phew, good thing I boosted Intelligence. Almost forgot."
"What the hell are you doing? If they saw..."
"Thrilling, huh?"
"You're insane..."
-Step.
[Huh? I swear I just felt the Hero's presence... Was it my imagination?]
But in that moment, Lumine sensed the Hero.
Faint enough to make even a saintess doubt.
But definite.
The Hero went pale and clamped her mouth shut.
"Hmph!!"
"...Oh ho."
'As expected, lose focus and the skill drops.'
Thanks to that, I confirmed the final condition for treatment.
Time to play doctor.
I raised my voice again.
"The Hero!? Wh-where!?"
[Felt like it came from inside the bath... Yi Hyun, anything in there?]
"Here!? It's just me!!"
Casual acting.
Used to feel awkward doing this, but today it flowed natural.
Intelligence 2.5 points—even fooled a goddess.
The world's greatest Sage got bamboozled...
[Suspicious. Hyun, hiding something?]
"Ah."
'Underestimated her.'
She's sharper than she lets on.
Her veteran instincts piecing together scraps.
Footsteps approaching the door.
I raised my voice instead.
Act bold in times like these.
"Wanna come in and check!? I'm naked right now!!"
"...!!!?"
The Hero whipped around.
Her eyes shooting daggers.
I winked in reply.
-Wink.
'You natural-born pussy wouldn't get it. Gotta man up in situations like this.'
Half-assed hiding?
100% suspicion.
But play it cool, 'drewah drewah'?
Two risks for them.
One: Doubting the great Yi Hyun.
Two: Bursting into a naked man's bath.
'Second one's no real risk, but Blanc and them haven't fucked yet. Probably hesitant to invade a guy's bath in front of one.'
Anyway, risk all that to check for the Hero?
On shaky evidence even Lumine doubts?
No way.
Blanc's words proved it.
[Enough, Sage. No way he'd hide the Hero on purpose.]
[Hate to say it, but our Hero's got huge tits? Guys swarmed her in every village confessing?]
[If the Hero's in there, doing, y'know, naughty stuff♡ with Yi Hyun mmmph♡]
[Even you, Saintess? He's not the type for th... Ah, right, Yi Hyun?]
...Hey, don't you doubt me too.
Though it's true, so no comeback.
To avoid any injustice, I reached for the Hero's breasts.
-Grip.
"...!!!"
"Why doesn't anyone trust me? Should I prove it tonight?"
The Hero glared murder again.
I ignored and changed the subject.
Oh, don't trust me? Got time tonight? Wanna taste 6 Vitality?
Something like that.
Total bullshit logic, but it shut the suspicious women up.
[N-not that we don't trust you...]
"We'll talk calmly tonight. Come find me after your baths, all three of you."
[Mmmph♡]
[You idiot dummy...♡]
"......"
Stings the conscience a bit.
Lumine, Minerva. Sorry.
The Hero you're looking for? Getting milked in my arms from behind right now.
But forgive me.
It's all for your sake.
Not much compensation, but
'I'll let you meet soon!'
"Hyup."
I focused every nerve in my fingertips.
Then—squiiiish—
Pinched her nipple with god-tier hand technique.
Our position: right at the door.
Hero mere meters from her comrades.
One careless moan, and they'd see her getting milked.
"...Hmph!"
Naturally, the Hero focused.
All-in on Prayer Invisibility to stay hidden.
What I was aiming for?
That opening.
[Opponent activates skill '???']...
[Activation partially failed.]
"...!!!"
'Got it!!'
Finally, my skill pierced the Hero's defenses.