Eroge-Style Treatment (1)
Eroge-Style Treatment (1)
Yujin had barely escaped Winterer's assault...
Only to take a direct hit from Ryu Suyeon's declaration that she was not wearing underwear.
His gaze dropped toward her chest.
'Well, those clothes clung so tightly that she could not wear ordinary underwear... But why had she told me?'
He understood why she wasn't wearing underwear.
But telling him, a man, seemed far too uninhibited.
There were limits, even if he had saved her daughter Hayoung.
More importantly, why had she suggested kissing him like a lover?
She'd never say that unless she had feelings for him.
'Could she possibly like me...?'
—Ding!
[The skill 'Complete Hypnosis' cheerfully recites a compilation of her master's most embarrassing memories.]
'...She was not someone who would like a man like me. She was sick to death of the very idea of remarriage.'
After all, who was Ryu Suyeon?
Before the regression, countless people had courted her, yet she remained alone while insisting that she was sick of men.
She was the proverbial flower on an unreachable cliff.
The idea that such a woman loved him and was seducing him so openly...
Was absurd.
At least, it was absurd to Yujin.
'Then this was....'
—Glance.
'Ah. She was teasing me.'
That was the conclusion he reached after organizing his thoughts.
Suyeon was merely trying to embarrass him.
So this was a married woman's teasing. It was dangerously spicy.
Yujin repeatedly sighed with his face flushed crimson.
"Hehe."
'As expected, Yujin was full of youthful vigor.'
Contrary to Yujin's assumption, however...
Ryu Suyeon had another purpose.
His unstable mental state had improved only after entering the academy.
She suspected that he had met someone he loved.
But which of the three women was it?
She had to learn that before she could treat him.
'Perhaps I could test him a little.'
[I'm not wearing underwear, so there's nothing to remove.]
[W-Why are you saying that too!!?]
—Glance.
'His gaze immediately moved to my chest. His pupils dilated, and he began hyperventilating....'
That was why Suyeon had played such an embarrassing prank on him.
Before she was an Awakener, she was a highly competent physician.
She could learn a great deal merely by observing physical reactions.
His pupils dilated at her words. He hyperventilated. His nostrils flared.
From a medical perspective, those were textbook signs of arousal.
A peculiar light crossed her eyes.
'Hmm. It wasn't Yoo Sia, then. One candidate eliminated.'
Judging by that reaction, he didn't appear especially attracted to flat chests, and money could not be the issue.
At the very least, Yoo Sia was not the answer.
She was beautiful, charming, and an excellent match, but...
Unfortunately, the competition was too strong.
'Two remained. From this point, I'd have to test him not as a doctor, but as a woman.'
—Smile.
"What's wrong? Don't you like it?"
While Sia unknowingly suffered another defeat...
Suyeon turned her conversational attack back toward Yujin.
The upstanding young man dropped his head.
'This kind of teasing was dangerous. If my wives discovered it... Ugh.'
—Gulp.
"Please don't tease me like that. Winterer has already exhausted me, and I'll suffer if you join in too."
"Hehe. Does it sound like teasing?"
"Of course. There's no way you'd genuinely act that way toward someone like me...."
"Oh, it is playing around. Playing with fire."
She continued attacking without mercy.
Her voice overflowed with mischief, and anyone could tell she was teasing him, but...
That was enough.
It was enough for Suyeon to achieve her goal.
'Why did she keep doing this? I needed to make her stop....'
—Suddenly.
"———Yujin, do you perhaps like Alice?"
"......!!!?"
Yujin's head snapped upward.
The woman who'd merely been teasing him suddenly struck the exact target.
He was genuinely shocked.
Everything went according to Suyeon's plan.
'Honestly, Yujin was so easy to read.'
With Sia eliminated, only two candidates remained.
They were Alice Littenwood and Aika Ninomiya.
Suyeon had flustered him and then selected one name at random.
If she guessed correctly, he'd obviously be startled.
If she guessed wrong, he'd ask what she meant, and the other woman would be the answer by elimination.
'I hesitated between them and chose Alice first because she was his age... As expected, Yujin preferred younger women to a thirty-two-year-old.'
—Smile.
A faintly bitter smile appeared on her lips.
She'd known it intellectually, but the barrier created by the age of thirty-two felt very real.
Being three years older than him suddenly made her feel slightly pathetic.
...Of course, Yujin loved all three of his wives equally.
He would have reacted exactly the same if Suyeon had named Ninomiya first.
In that case, Suyeon's smile might have been different.
Unfortunately, that didn't happen.
Her self-deprecating smile soon became a mischievous one.
"Yujin, you're far too obvious~ If a little teasing makes you react like this, Alice will discover your feelings immediately."
"W-W-What are you talking about?"
"What? Rice Cake, you have someone you like?!"
Winterer, who'd remained quiet in hopes of seeing something entertaining, belatedly joined the conversation.
This Rice Cake had someone he liked?
Then what about our Haru?
Who was Alice, and why would he abandon Haru for her?
His taste in women was truly pathetic.
Winterer interrogated him with fire in her eyes.
"Well, Alice and I are... you see...."
"I asked who she is! There's another woman besides that disgustingly strong Rice Cake and Seol Hayeon!?"
"Winterer, don't get so angry. Yujin is free to like whomever he wants."
"......"
Yujin found himself surrounded on all sides.
Caught between the two women, he merely moved his lips soundlessly.
His vision swam.
'I could not help that they discovered I liked Alice... but it would be disastrous if they discovered the other two.'
What did it matter if people around him learned that he loved Alice?
Alice herself had not discovered it.
He could merely ask them to keep the matter secret.
Hypnosis could handle that much.
The problem was that Alice wasn't the only woman he loved.
Yujin loved all three equally.
What if the perceptive Suyeon discovered that?
She might declare that he was appallingly trashy and immediately warn all three women.
That was a genuine possibility.
It was why Yujin couldn't answer carelessly.
'My opponent was a married woman with as much life experience as I had. If I revealed any weakness, Suyeon would discover everything....'
—Gulp.
'I had no choice. I needed to focus all her attention on Alice.'
His hesitation lasted only a moment.
Yujin steeled himself.
To conceal his love for all his wives...
He paradoxically prepared to reveal his love to the entire world.
"You think so too, don't you, Yujin? Love is not a cri—"
"Yes. I love Alice."
"......Oh my?"
"She's the most lovable, adorable, and innocent woman in the world. How could I not love her? I love her more than anyone."
A confession poured from his lips.
It was raw emotion without the slightest refinement.
The two women looked bewildered.
"Rice Cake. Who exactly is Alice?"
"Alice always tells me I'm amazing. Every time she praises me, my heart pounds, and I want to work harder so she'll think I'm even more impressive. That's who she is."
"Yujin...."
"If it weren't for Alice, I would've fled long ago. I'd have disappeared under the pressure of everyone's expectations. Alice is the reason I've accomplished anything at all."
Yujin continued without concern.
He spoke so honestly that even the listeners became embarrassed.
He continued without pause for ten full minutes.
"Alice is my light. My love. My everything...."
The words might have sounded like empty ornamentation.
But their heat, sincerity, and love...
Made it obvious that not a single word was false.
The two women's faces grew steadily redder.
Their romantic sensibilities had been thoroughly stimulated.
"I-I see...?"
'How could Yujin say things like that so calmly!? Listening to him made me embarrassed....'
'What was love, for Rice Cake to speak like that? And why was my heart pounding?'
Both women suddenly became quiet.
It was exactly what Yujin intended.
'Hehe. After making such an intense, embarrassing declaration, everyone would assume I was devoted only to Alice.'
—Wink.
"You'll keep this secret, right? Both you and Winterer."
—Ding.
[The skill 'Complete Hypnosis' gives an adorably tiny wink!]
"Y-Yeah. If Rice Cake felt that strongly...."
"Of course I intended to keep it secret, but...."
Both women thought that using his face that way was unfair.
* * *
That evening...
"Hello, Alice Littenwood."
"...Who are you?"
Alice asked tensely inside the secluded infirmary.
Then...
"I'm A-rank Awakener Ryu Suyeon. Starting today, I'll serve as Pentagon Academy's temporary professor and school nurse."
"...R-Ryu Suyeon? The Angel in White herself!!?"
"Oh my. You know me? I thought foreign students recognized only the Association President and had no interest in someone like me."
"How could I not know you! The Angel in White is our school nurse. Coming to Korea truly was the right decision...."
Along with the shocking news that Ryu Suyeon had become the school nurse...
"I'll be direct, Alice. Please cooperate with Yujin's treatment."
"What? Treatment? I don't know anything about... Wait, is Yujin ill!?"
"Yes. I can't provide details because of patient confidentiality, but Yujin is my patient. A severe case."
"I'll help with anything!! Anything within my ability!!"
Alice learned that Yujin was suffering.
"But what should I do...?"
"Could you hold Yujin tightly enough to bury his face between your breasts?"
"Pardon?"
"Hmm. Was that difficult for a foreigner? Draw him close to your chest, cradling his head gently. (Pull him against your chest and gently cradle his head.)"
"...The language wasn't the issue!! (I didn't fail to understand because it was Korean!!)"
A slightly misguided treatment method was proposed.