Chapter 108
Chapter 108
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 108
Chapter Title: Morning After and Holy Farewell
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Rustle. My closed eyes fluttered open. The drunken haze that had swallowed my entire body was long gone. As I tried to sit up, a heavy sensation on both arms made me turn my head.
Floretta and Luna were each using one of my arms as a pillow, fast asleep. They were completely naked, their breasts pressed fully against me, hugging me tightly as a bonus.
The memories of last night flooded back, and my lower half began to stiffen bit by bit.
I fought to keep my composure inwardly as I carefully pried them off me. Like the popes, I too was stark naked.
“Mmngh...”
As the warm bodies they'd been clinging to vanished, Floretta and Luna let out strange noises and flailed their arms. I gave Floretta's back a light push. The popes' bodies slapped together.
They hugged each other tightly and drifted back to sleep with contented sighs. I averted my eyes from the sight of their nipples hardening between their pressed breasts and slipped out of bed.
It was an absurdly massive bed. This one bed alone seemed as big as an ordinary room.
‘Where’d my clothes go?’
I glanced around. I needed to get out, but I couldn’t spot my clothes anywhere.
No way was I strolling down the corridors naked. No matter how confident I was in my size, I wasn’t an exhibitionist pervert.
But no matter where I looked, I couldn’t find the clothes I’d taken off. Not even a towel to cover myself. The only thing to hide with was the blanket on the bed, but the popes were using it.
What kind of room was this? Aside from the enormous bed and shower, it was all golden decorations. Definitely not a normal place.
Standing dumbfounded in the middle of the room, unsure what to do, the door suddenly burst open.
A woman with golden bob hair reaching her collarbones and another with silver ponytail long enough to wrap around her body several times walked in.
“Did you sleep well last night, honored guest?”
“Oh, you’re up early. I thought you’d still be sleeping.”
It was Stella and Selene.
They started to enter but froze upon seeing me standing blankly in the center. More precisely, they froze at the sight of my member, still standing nearly vertical.
Selene leaped up from her spot and hastily covered her face with her hair, while Stella shielded hers with her hand.
But with her fingers splayed wide, it was no different from peekaboo. Her green eyes peeked through her fingers, stealing glances at my lower half.
I tried to cover myself but realized that with its size, no hand position would fully hide it, so I gave up cleanly. To conceal it perfectly, I’d have to turn around.
“Instead of just staring, how about handing over my clothes first? What’s there to sneak peeks at?”
“Ah, ahem. Yes, sorry, honored guest. You’re standing so impressively that I lost myself for a moment.”
Stella made a vague comment about what exactly was standing impressively and approached, handing me the clothes in her hand. I hurriedly dressed.
With my body covered, my mind settled.
“Where are the other knight captains?”
“The nuns are tending to them. They woke briefly in the middle asking for water, but they’ve been out cold since. They downed a full glass of Moon’s Kiss— even if they wake early, they won’t stir until afternoon at least.”
“...I drank the same amount.”
“You possess divine power, honored guest. Why do you think Moon’s Kiss is reserved only for the faithful?”
Oh, right. At least the worst-case scenario was avoided.
My worst case was the knight captains waking first, searching for me everywhere, and finding me asleep in the same bed as the popes.
As I sighed inwardly in relief, Stella glanced at Floretta and Luna, who were sleeping hugged tightly together on the bed. A pleased smile crossed her face.
“What can I say... it’s a mix of complicated emotions.”
“In what way?”
“It’s the first time I’ve seen the Sun Pope sleeping with such a relaxed expression. She always wore a benevolent smile, but when she slept, she never smiled. She was either sad or melancholic.”
“...”
“But now she’s sleeping so peacefully... I should be happy, but my eyes keep welling up.”
Stella wiped the wistful look from her face and smiled brightly.
“All of this is thanks to you, honored guest. I keep feeling it, but we can never thank you enough.”
Having watched the Sun and Moon Popes suffer from their revelations up close, her emotions ran deeper.
Though half of that peaceful expression was probably from last night’s lovemaking. Thinking that shattered the mood.
“...Honored guest, may I ask you one question?”
Selene, who’d been rigid with her ponytail over her face for a while, finally recovered and spoke cautiously.
“Ask away. What is it?”
“You might find it rude or excessive, but... would you consider staying in our Holy Kingdom instead of the Empire—”
“Sorry, but that’s not possible right now.”
I cut off Selene’s request sharply. After the main story, maybe, but for now, planting roots in the Holy Kingdom wouldn’t work—I had to head to the Empire to progress the main storyline.
Plus, who knew what Caikilia, robbed of me, might do.
“Right now, you say... Understood, honored guest. Sorry for the presumptuous request.”
Selene quietly backed off, mulling over “right now.” Her purple eyes glimmered faintly toward me.
The knight captains didn’t stir until late afternoon, groaning as they came to. Even after, they spent until the next morning in bed under the nuns’ care.
Borrowing Claudia’s words, it felt like the intoxication seeped into every corner of their bodies. She laughed, saying she’d never gotten this wasted before.
Rize stuck to my side and refused to let go. Thanks to that, I ended up bedridden all day too.
Her personality hadn’t changed—even with the nuns still in the room, she whispered if I wanted her to help with her hand, only to get reversed by me. Otherwise, it wasn’t bad.
Iris and Erika quietly nursed their hangovers. Iris managed, but Erika, notoriously weak to alcohol, suffered terribly.
Moon’s Kiss must have been brutal—the captains didn’t recover until the next evening. Our departure for the Empire was delayed accordingly.
We finally left two days later than planned.
“You’re leaving now.”
Floretta saw us off with a wistful expression. Luna stood beside her, mirroring her sister. Stella and Selene positioned themselves a bit away from their respective popes.
The farewell party was modest in number—plenty if many, few if not.
Just four, so not overwhelmingly so, but they were the Sun Pope and Heresy Adjudicator, the Moon Pope and Heresy Interrogator.
With the two popes embodying the Holy Kingdom itself and the pinnacles of its military might gathered, who could complain about the numbers?
“For us, you could stay in the Holy Kingdom forever... but it wouldn’t be polite to hold back those who’ve decided to leave. We pray for peace on your path ahead.”
Floretta and Luna had shed their kiss-tangling, body-licking, pleasure-drunk selves from just days ago, back to their usual pope personas.
Their outfits were their standard holy robes, not those outrageous “dresses.”
Those were jaw-droppingly illogical too, but far better than outfits that mocked the very concept of clothing.
A reminder that exposure is relative.
“Thank you for your gracious hospitality, Your Holiness.”
Iris bowed politely. Floretta smiled warmly in response.
“Not at all. We’ve received far greater grace. A debt too immense for material repayment.”
Green and blue eyes turned to me simultaneously.
“Honored guest.”
“...Yes?”
“Before you go, we have something for you. Could you come here?”
Suppressing a rising unease, I approached Floretta. With so many eyes, she wouldn’t do anything weird.
Floretta spread her arms halfway and, as I drew near, pulled me into a tight hug. My face sank into her massive breasts.
Breathing in, I caught the peach-like scent unique to her breast flesh.
“May the path of this lamb always be shone upon by radiant sun. Amid any turmoil or hardship, may it find its way to the bright sun.”
Smack. Finishing her prayer, Floretta kissed my forehead. Then each cheek once, and finally a long kiss on the lips before releasing me.
Next was Luna. Like Floretta, she buried my head in her breasts and recited her prayer.
“May a clear full moon always rise in the sky this lamb beholds. Amid any darkness or abyss, may the blue full moon light the way.”
The rest followed suit. Kiss on the forehead, alternating cheeks, and a long kiss on the lips.
Stunned, I spoke up.
“Your Holiness, this is...?”
“A blessing incantation passed down through the popes. It’s our first time using it ourselves, so we only know it bestows blessings. It won’t harm you.”
Burying my head in their breasts and kissing—that was a blessing? Feeling awkward, I returned to my spot.
Prickling stares bored into my back, easily guessing their owner.
But Rize, whom I expected the sharpest reaction from, surprisingly looked calm. Come to think of it, last time she’d tried to say something but got cut off.
As I brushed off the prodding gazes, the Moon Pope drew a circle beneath us. Teleporting without a catalyst—popes were popes indeed.
“We await the day we meet again, honored guests.”
“May peace grace your futures.”
With the popes’ farewell, a silver-gray glow enveloped us. My body felt weightless, floating, light pricking my eyelids. Even closed, it was bright.
The light faded soon after. Vision darkened. As the floating sensation ebbed, I opened my eyes—we’d arrived in Aurora’s mansion garden, our starting point.
I looked around. This time, all the knight captains were fine. Rize and Claudia patted their chests in relief. The previous teleport must have left a strong impression.
Since we’d landed at the mansion, I could report to Aurora first—then I noticed.
‘...Huh?’
An unexpected scene unfolded before our eyes.