Chapter 2
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 2
Chapter Title: Mods are God and Invincible (2)
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In truth, Blanc wasn't the type of talent who would be dispatched to a place like this.
The Imperial Knight Orders were gatherings of the continent's finest knights.
Even if it wasn't the Imperial 1st Knight Order, the 2nd was impressive enough in its own right.
'We were on our way back after a routine subjugation...'
In fact, her presence here was pure coincidence.
She had finished another mission and was returning to the capital.
She had simply dashed off upon hearing there was a goblin horde nearby.
'To think I'd discover talent like this.'
And at the end of that coincidence.
She had picked up a gem.
Her eyes swept over the young man before her once more.
"W-Wow..."
"Hmm."
'That many goblins, with just a single dagger?'
What caught her eye was the weapon lying at his feet.
To Blanc, it looked like nothing more than a dagger.
To Yi Hyun, it was unmistakably an assault rifle.
But that's how it appeared to everyone else.
'A gem lying by the roadside belongs to the one who picks it up first.'
Blanc's eyes gleamed.
Her mind was solely focused on how to recruit this man.
Coincidentally, Yi Hyun was thinking something similar.
"Whoa..."
'It's so soft.'
Squish—
He began kneading her breasts.
Blanc's breasts, which she had personally placed in his hands.
The warmth filling his palms, the nipples brushing between his fingers.
He savored every sensation with utter focus.
He had no room for other thoughts.
"I haven't heard your name yet. May I have it?"
"Uh, well."
'If I keep this up, she'll get suspicious. I need to make something up...'
Even when asked for his name, his response was sluggish.
...At a glance, it seemed utterly mad.
A man of unknown identity in a medieval world?
The treatment he'd receive was obvious.
This was a dark fantasy world, brutal and unforgiving.
Yi Hyun knew this well and tried to come up with an excuse,
'Whoa, boobs.'
But his thoughts kept looping back.
A noblewoman baring her breasts and letting him touch them.
His brain was too overloaded to process anything more.
And though it wasn't his intention...
It became a stroke of genius.
"You don't seem to remember. That's fine—it's to be expected."
"Is that so...?"
"Yes."
Blanc smiled gently.
"It's likely a side effect of receiving a Blessing after birth."
Blessing.
A talent granted only to a select few chosen by the gods, entirely distinct from magic or swordsmanship.
Those who wielded it fell into two broad categories.
Like her, those born of noble blood where the Blessing flowed through their lineage itself.
Or those who received miraculous power in moments of extreme crisis.
Blanc was the former.
Yi Hyun appeared to be the latter.
'In my case, it's physical acceleration...'
But those Blessed—known as Ability Users.
No matter how bizarre their powers could be.
The ability this man had shown was utterly anomalous.
'Awakening and taking down over a hundred goblins? With such meager mana, using just a dagger?'
Its potential was hard even for Blanc to gauge.
That's why she was going this far.
With a complete stranger...
——Even asking for a 'handshake'.
'It's my first time with a man, but he deserves it.'
"Do you not remember handshakes either?"
She asked with a composed expression.
As if she knew exactly what she was doing.
Yi Hyun's mouth gaped blankly.
"Handshake...?"
"You've truly lost much of your memory. Yes, it's when you clasp hands like this."
"Hands?"
"We call the five-fingered appendages on our arms 'hands'."
"Uh, um."
His eyes drifted downward again.
To the breasts he was vigorously kneading.
And to Blanc's hands gently holding his.
"So this is a handshake?"
"Yes, it's a gesture of trust and respect toward the other person."
"Not hands with hands?"
"That's what you're doing... Do you not know what 'clasp' means either?"
"No, it's just... over there..."
Something felt off.
His survival instincts rang alarm bells.
'Could it be the fifth mod—Common Sense Alteration Mode?!'
Common Sense Alteration.
A genre that warps the target's common sense, making actions they'd normally never do seem 'normal'.
If it was active on her in this world?
"Um, is touching breasts a handshake too?"
"...Huh? What are you talking about?"
"I mean, the breasts."
"You really know nothing. Between men, maybe, but touching a woman's body freely is improper."
"......"
'I almost died!!!'
He let out a belated sigh of relief.
This sense of wrongness he alone felt.
Not voicing it had been the right call.
Instead, he decided to make sense of the situation.
"I'm sorry. But for a 'handshake', did you need to remove your armor too?"
"Of course. Offering a handshake with steel gauntlets on? That's rude."
"And that outfit...?"
"My undergarments? They protect the skin from the armor. Sorry if it's unsightly."
"Aren't you embarrassed?"
"For a handshake? Not at all."
"I see."
Her common sense itself seemed thoroughly altered.
The scope was vast,
"Why is there a hole here?"
"I had these gloves custom-made. To expose my fingers."
"Fingers, huh."
'Her common sense is utterly fucked!'
Even her perverse attire made sense under warped logic.
Yi Hyun's eyes lit up.
'In that case...'
"Then, excuse me for a moment."
And then, grab—
He seized both breasts with both hands.
Bolder than his tentative kneading before.
Blanc blinked in surprise.
"Uh, um?"
'What is he doing now?'
To her, this was?
A man kneading each of her hands separately.
Less a handshake, more a massage.
A chuckle escaped her.
'He thinks doing both at once is better? So pure, probably because of his amnesia.'
Normally, she'd reprimand such rudeness.
But he was recruitment material for the Knight Order, with no memory.
His innocent intent shone through.
A commoner kneading a noble's hands? Forgivable.
-Smack.
"......Hngh!?"
Her composure didn't last.
Yi Hyun had suddenly kissed her finger.
'Whoa, what a nipple.'
It was 200% impure motive on his part.
He'd kissed her nipple, not her finger.
Normally, he'd approach more cautiously.
But lust clouded his judgment slightly.
The result of that miscalculation.
Blanc's cheeks flushed red.
"W-What are you doing!!"
Shove—she hurriedly pushed him away.
Yi Hyun was flung back by the Knight Order Captain's strength.
He crashed to the ground, unable to resist.
Too late, he realized his mistake.
'Did the common sense alteration break!?'
Common sense alteration was inherently unstable.
Slight deviations could shatter it, as in countless stories.
Maybe he'd caused it.
His worry was immense, but
"S-Sorry...!!"
"N-No need to apologize. You didn't know, after all."
Fortunately for him.
Blanc was embarrassed for a different reason.
She subtly covered her body.
"K-Kissing the hand is..."
'First time getting this, so it's a bit embarrassing.'
Hand-back kisses were familiar to her.
Common among nobles.
But right after a handshake?
Weirdly mortifying.
Even for her, a first.
"......"
'Holy shit, she's embarrassed about THAT?'
Yi Hyun grew even more excited at the sight.
Blushing so hard from a mere hand kiss.
Classic virgin reaction, anyone could see.
Especially considering the 'Virginity Purge' mod.
Yet her outfit?
A see-through leotard exposing everything.
Nipples and pussy barely covered.
And she'd let him grope her breasts in it.
'So fucking hot...!!!'
A perfectly normal reaction.
Contrasted with this warped reality.
Praise spilled out involuntarily.
'Suspicious drifter bro, sorry for doubting you!!'
"Heh heh, sorry. I don't know much."
Yi Hyun scratched his head sheepishly.
But then, reach—
His hand stretched toward Blanc's breasts again.
Intending to continue,
"Then, another handshake... Huh?"
-Drip.
A liquid trickled from his nose.
Yi Hyun absentmindedly wiped it with his hand.
It was drenched in blood.
"Huh."
'Nosebleed from groping boobs? How lame...'
He thought it cartoonish.
But symptoms didn't end there.
-Wobble.
"Wh-What?"
His vision blackened, body crumbling.
Exactly as Blanc had anticipated.
'He used that much mana. Mana depletion is natural.'
To her, Yi Hyun was freshly Blessed.
Whatever his power, it likely consumed mana.
He'd felled over a hundred goblins with it moments ago.
He could collapse anytime.
Until now, post-battle adrenaline and boob fixation had kept him up.
Blanc caught his falling form.
"Rest easy. I'll take you somewhere safe."
"H-Handshake..."
"Yes, I'm right here. I, Blanc, guarantee your safety."
And grab.
She quickly placed her breasts in his hand.
Pure intent? Noble knightly conduct, regardless.
Yi Hyun smiled in utter satisfaction.
'Whoa, boobs... so soft...'
-Stretch.
Clutching her breast in Blanc's arms, he passed out.
The happiest young man in the world.
Blanc unwittingly smiled.
'Kinda cute.'
And that became goodwill toward him.
Step—she lifted him and walked.
Toward where he'd first awakened.
'Merchant caravan wagons, multiple corpses... Probably tailing them.'
His origins? Likely a commoner.
A naive country youth heading to the capital with big dreams.
'How terrified he must've been.'
Fleeing goblins desperately.
Screaming in fear.
Until reaching heaven's doorstep.
Until the Blessing descended.
Even losing his memories.
His sword at her throat made sense now.
"Rest easy. Serve under me and gain fame, and you'll recover your memories someday."
She gently stroked his hair.
Toward the talented recruit clutching her hand in sleep.
'Sleep well.'
And whoosh—
She raised her opposite arm high.
Mana gathered at her fingertips,
'They should be arriving soon.'
"Come here."
Firing it skyward.
A Knight Order signal visible from afar.
The effect was immediate.
-Clatter!
"Huff, huff... Captain Blanc!"
"Don't just bolt off like that, Captain! We're not as fast as you!"
The arriving knights.
Blanc's Imperial 2nd Knight Order.
Their eyes fixed intently on Blanc.
"Who's that guy, Captain? Why are you holding hands?"
"You saw the goblin corpses on the way. He took them all down."
"Him?"
"With just a single dagger, no less."
"Eek!!?"
Shocked exclamations followed.
As they all froze in awe,
Blanc beamed.
"Please retrieve his dagger."
'I can't let go of this hand.'
Yi Hyun's hand still gripped hers—her breast.
Right after fainting and waking.
Contribution Shop
"Contribution Shop...?"
'The fifth mod really has everything.'