Chapter 308
Chapter 308
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 308
Chapter Title: Interlude–The Goddess's Deviation (3)
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Slap!
A clear sound echoed.
Though she wore a dress, the thin layer of fabric couldn't possibly conceal the feeling of the plump, peach-like flesh beneath.
[Hngh!]
Vega squeezed her eyes shut, her body flinching.
An indescribable firmness and softness met his palm.
Her voice was moist, her face flushed with shame.
'What is this.'
Thump, thump.
At Vega's request for punishment, Oh-jin had lightly struck her bottom, and now his heart began to pound wildly.
It felt as if he had just stepped into some new, uncharted territory.
'No, no, this isn't right.'
Oh-jin squeezed his eyes shut and frantically shook his head.
He knew there were all sorts of preferences in the world, but to think such an absurd, outrageous desire lay dormant deep within him.
"A-Ahem. That's enough, right?"
Oh-jin cleared his throat unnecessarily and averted his gaze.
Vega looked back at him with pleading eyes.
[I-Is it already over?]
"One should be enough."
[...I-It is not enough! You could have lost your life!]
Vega pleaded that her 'punishment' was still insufficient.
This is driving me crazy.
Oh-jin muttered inwardly and gave a small nod.
"Alright. Then I'll give you exactly five."
He felt that if he didn't set a number beforehand, he might lose control of himself.
"Hoo."
He took a deep breath and raised his hand.
His physical reconstruction had increased his strength, so delicate control was necessary.
'Not too painfully.'
But it couldn't be completely without impact either.
Just enough of a sting, a moderate impact.
He focused his strength delicately and swung his arm.
Smack!
The clear sound of flesh being struck echoed.
The sound was quite loud, but thanks to his delicate control, the pain itself wasn't severe.
No.
Could this even be called 'pain'?
[Hngh!]
Vega squeezed her eyes shut and let out a soft moan.
That was one.
Oh-jin swallowed dryly and quickly swung his arm again.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
As the sounds rang out in succession, panting breaths began to escape Vega's lips.
A moist, wet voice.
The sensation on his palm was otherworldly.
He could see Vega, her face red, turning her eyes away as if embarrassed.
'The last one.'
The fifth.
Smack!
With one last clear sound, the 'punishment' was over.
[Haah.]
Vega exhaled a heated breath and murmured in a faint voice.
[I-I apologize for making such a vulgar request.]
Despite being filled with shame, her expression held a hint of satisfaction.
The desire slumbering deep inside Oh-jin flared up as if doused in oil.
'I'm supposed to endure this?'
Some things in this world can't be solved by holding back.
This was one of them.
Smack!
[Hic...!]
At the sixth, unplanned strike, Vega's eyes flew open and her body shuddered violently.
The stinging impact on her bottom felt stronger.
[M-My child?]
Vega looked back, her expression bewildered.
Oh-jin raised his arm, his eyes bloodshot.
"Did you really think you'd be forgiven with just five?"
[B-But you said you would only do five....]
"I lied."
He casually went back on his word and delivered the seventh 'punishment'.
Putting a little more force into it than before.
'Right, I need to teach her a lesson this time.'
That's the only way our dear goddess will come to her senses and never make such a strange request again.
Yes.
This was for Vega's own good.
What if someone else were to see her like this?
It was better to give her a sharp lesson now so this would never happen again.
Slap!
Was it because of the added force?
Vega let out a slightly higher-pitched cry and flinched.
She squirmed, twisting her legs as if tickled.
"Don't tell me you're enjoying this?"
[N-No, I am not!]
She cried out urgently, shaking her head desperately, but...
it wasn't hard to notice the distinct heat swirling in her golden eyes.
"Are you trying to lie to me right now?"
Oh-jin looked down at Vega with cold eyes.
Vega met his cold gaze and gulped.
Her eyes seemed to fill with a strange sense of anticipation.
[I-I am sorry. Actually, a little... n-no, a tiny bit! It felt good!]
"I seem to recall that I'm administering 'punishment' right now."
[That is....]
"If it feels good, then it's meaningless as punishment, isn't it?"
[Ugh.]
Vega, her face filled with shame, hesitated and avoided his gaze.
The sight of the goddess, her face flushed, eyes welling with tears.
'Ah.'
He heard something 'snap' inside his head.
"If it's punishment,"
Oh-jin raised his arm.
"You're not supposed to like it!"
Smack!
He put more force into it, striking her bottom.
With a dull thud, like hitting wet leather with a club, Vega's body jolted.
[Ugh! I-I was wrong!]
"Weren't you the one who said you should be punished if you did wrong, Vega?"
Once ignited, his desire shattered his reason with laughable ease.
Swept up in the atmosphere, Oh-jin repeatedly administered 'punishment' to Vega's bottom.
[F-Forgive me, my child!]
"No."
Vega desperately begged for forgiveness, yet she didn't try to avoid Oh-jin's hand.
She wasn't restrained in any way, and could have easily escaped if she wanted to.
'This wicked goddess!'
Oh-jin let out a huff of excitement and raised his arm once more.
The moment he was about to bring it down with all his might.
"You baaastard! What do you think you're doing to Lady Vega!"
Liaq's furious roar struck like a thunderbolt.
"...Huh?"
[L-Liaq?]
Vega and Oh-jin stared in horror at the sudden intruder, Liaq.
[H-How did you get here...?]
Before Vega could finish her question.
"How dare you do this to Lady Vegaaaa!"
Liaq charged at Oh-jin, his eyes bloodshot.
Oh-jin hastily cloaked his arm in lightning and blocked the punch.
"Keuk!"
Thud!
The heavy impact that traveled through his forearm shook him to the core.
It wasn't like being hit by a fist, but a battering ram.
Oh-jin's body flew into the air and was thrown out of the tent.
"Wh-What was that?"
"What's going on?!"
Ha-eun and Isabella, who had been sleeping in other tents, rushed over.
Liaq didn't even glance at the two women, charging like a savage beast toward the fallen Oh-jin.
[S-Stop!]
"Step aside, Lady Vega."
Liaq glared fiercely at Vega, who was blocking his path.
"I know that despicable bastard is holding something over you, blackmailing you."
[S-Something over me? Blackmail? What in the world are you talking about?]
"Don't try to deny it! I saw it with my own two eyes!"
Liaq pointed a finger at the fallen Oh-jin.
"I saw that brat laying his hands on your sacred body!"
"What?"
"...What do you mean by that?"
Ha-eun and Isabella narrowed their eyes, looking at Vega and Oh-jin.
Liaq snorted and turned his head toward the two women.
"Inside the tent, that brat was spewing insulting words at Lady Vega and striking her!"
"......"
"......"
Icy glares turned toward Oh-jin.
[I-It is not like that!]
Vega frantically shook her head, desperately defending Oh-jin.
[My child has done nothing wrong! I-I... I asked for it!]
"You asked for it, Lady Vega... What do you mean?"
[W-Well. The... p-punishment.]
"Punishment? What could you have possibly done wrong to ask for punishment?"
Liaq shook his head firmly, as if to say, 'Don't lie.'
"Even if you did do something wrong, Lady Vega, there is no reason for you to seek forgiveness by being struck by that brat!"
A mere human spanking Polaris, the North Star, as punishment?
It was an unthinkable, no, an unacceptable act.
Even among humans, nobles of high status in the past had servants who would take beatings in their place when they did wrong.
But for a Celestial, a transcendent being who protects and governs the world, to receive direct punishment for a mistake?
It was utter nonsense.
[T-That's!]
Vega bit her lip, her face flushed as if it would burst.
Any further excuses would fall on deaf ears with Liaq.
"Step aside, Lady Vega. I will beat that insolent brat to a pulp...."
[I-I asked for it because I enjoy it!]
She had no choice.
Vega had to squeeze her eyes shut and confess the truth.
"...Pardon?"
Liaq's eyes went wide as he stared at Vega.
[I-I wanted my b-bottom to be hit! So I a-asked Oh-jin!]
"......"
Liaq's expression twisted.
"Are you saying this is what you asked for, Lady Vega?"
[Y-Yes, that is so.]
"Are you telling me that having that brat spank your bottom is something that 'feels good' to you?"
[T-That's!]
Vega, who had been about to make an excuse, squeezed her eyes shut and mumbled in a barely audible voice.
[Y-Yes, that is so. I-I enjoy it... so I a-asked him to hit me.]
Vega hung her head low, her face flushed crimson.
Liaq bared his teeth fiercely and stomped his foot. Thud!
"And you expect me to believe that!"
A light spanking was a relatively common, soft form of play in the human world.
But to Liaq, who was so ignorant of such things it wouldn't be strange to say he knew nothing at all, this was an unacceptable excuse.
[I-It is not a lie!]
"Now!"
Thud!
"You're telling me that you, Lady Vega! Being spanked by that brat! Humiliatingly begging for forgiveness! Was all something you wanted to doooooo!"
[S-Stop! Say no more!]
Vega rushed frantically toward Liaq.
"...Uh, um."
"S-So that's your preference."
Unlike Liaq, Ha-eun and Isabella had some knowledge of that sort of play, and they blushed, averting their eyes from Vega.
[...Ah.]
And that was the final blow.
The shame, far surpassing its limit, shattered her reason.
[I... Hic! I-I was wrong about everything... P-Please, stop now.]
Vega collapsed, tears streaming down her face.