Rookie Guardian (6) - Please Heal Me, Priest
Rookie Guardian (6) - Please Heal Me, Priest
"Grrr."
"Kyaaa!!"
In the darkness of the fog-shrouded forest,
three pairs of blood-red eyes gleamed simultaneously.
"Haa... this isn't good...."
Large beads of sweat formed on Rose's forehead as she re-gripped her Shortsword and exhaled roughly.
She had continuously poured out magic to destroy the Gate,
and her mana consumption was extreme from dealing with the Magical Beasts just before.
Her legs were trembling and her lungs felt like they were burning, but there was no time to rest.
"Kyaoooo!!"
There was no probing attack like before.
Perhaps it was the smell of blood from their fallen, writhing comrade,
or perhaps they had discerned Rose's visibly exhausted state.
The three Blood Wolves rushed towards Rose simultaneously from all directions, as if on cue.
"Haat!"
Rose concentrated her remaining mana into her legs and leaped into the air.
[ CRACK! ]
Sharp claws and teeth crisscrossed the spot where Rose had been, tearing through the empty air.
"Kaaaaah!"
But their coordinated attack was fierce.
As if they had anticipated Rose's leap,
the largest wolf among them kicked off the ground and sprang into the air after Rose.
'Not a chance!'
Rose twisted her body in mid-air and swung her Shortsword.
[ SWISH-! ] [ THWACK-! ]
At the same moment its claws grazed her shoulder,
the blade, imbued with blue mana, accurately pierced the wolf's brow.
"Whine!"
[ WOOOOSH-- ]
As it tumbled and crashed to the ground, mana surged through her sword-wielding hand and into her entire body.
It was an immense amount and density, incomparable to the mana she gained from defeating ordinary monsters like Goblins.
'This much mana from defeating a Magical Beast? Then...'
Rose's gaze quickly swept her surroundings.
The remaining two were growling and closing the distance again.
And on the opposite side of them, the first wolf, whose jaw had been pierced and had fallen, was still writhing on the ground, not yet dead.
'If I finish that one off too...!!'
The more she killed them, the stronger she became.
Moreover, that one was in a dying state from the previous attack.
So, was there any need to hesitate?
[ WHOOSH-! ]
Rose sprinted at full speed towards the fallen first wolf.
"Kyaaaak!"
As their prey turned its back, the remaining two wolves pursued her.
But Rose was one step faster.
"Die!"
As she plunged her sword deep into the throat of the fallen wolf, the mana remaining in its body poured into Rose's.
[ WOOOOSH-- ]
A new power that filled her entire body tautly.
Feeling the flow of mana, Rose rotated her body in the opposite direction.
[ SWISH-!! ]
The neck of the second wolf, which had been closely pursuing her,
flew into the air from the sword strike imbued with rotational force and mana.
And at the end of that rotation.
[ THWACK! ]
A kick imbued with mana struck the abdomen of the third and final wolf.
"Whine!"
With a dull thud, the massive wolf was sent flying several meters away.
"...Good."
Mana increased once again, successive attacks successful, only one left now.
A confident smile spread across Rose's lips.
She re-gripped her sword and approached the last wolf, which had rolled on the ground and stood up.
But at that moment.
"...Grrr... Kyaaaah!"
The wolf's mouth opened grotesquely wide, and a sphere of pitch-black mana began to condense.
'Magic...?!'
A seasoned warrior would have thrown themselves aside the moment they noticed it,
but Rose's steps halted for a moment at the unexpected action.
[ KWAANG-! ]
In that instant, the completed mana energy burst forth from the wolf's mouth.
"Eek!"
Her reaction was slow, but her movement was fast.
Rose twisted her upper body, narrowly deflecting the sphere, but.
"!!"
The wolf, which had launched that attack and immediately charged, had already burrowed into her embrace.
[ CRUNCH-! ]
"Aaaaargh!!"
Sharp fangs mercilessly bit into the inner side of Rose's right thigh.
The terrible pain of flesh being torn!
But even as Rose screamed,
she gripped her Shortsword in a reverse grip and plunged it down onto the wolf's crown.
[ THUD! THWACK! THUD! ]
Once, twice, thrice.
The tip of the mana-imbued Shortsword continuously struck the Magical Beast's head like a hammer.
"Kyaang...!"
Finally, the wolf, its skull crushed, released its jaw and collapsed to the ground.
"Ugh... it hurts... aah...."
Rose clutched her bleeding thigh and sank to the ground.
Fortunately, it didn't seem like any bones were broken or her femoral artery severed, but the muscles on the inner side of her thigh were deeply gouged, and the bleeding wouldn't stop.
Every step she took brought a terrible pain that made tears well up.
With trembling hands, Rose tore a long strip from her tattered shirt and tightly bound it around her upper thigh to stop the bleeding.
"Haa... haa... I have to go back."
She had destroyed the Gate and dealt with the Magical Beasts.
Priest Elian would be able to heal her wounds.
Rose limped out of the forest.
***
By the time she barely reached the village entrance with her exhausted body, the morning sun was rising.
"Oh no...! Th-there...!"
"My goodness, she's covered in blood!"
The village elders, heading to the fields, were horrified when they spotted Rose limping towards them, her entire body soaked in blood.
"I'm fine... don't worry... it's not a serious injury...."
Rose forced a smile with her pale face.
Then, leaving the bewildered people behind, she took heavy steps towards the temple on the hill.
"Haa... haa... Pr-Priest-nim...."
"......??! My goodness, Rose-nim!!"
Elian, who had been sweeping the temple courtyard, spotted Rose, threw down his broom, and rushed over.
Clara and Mia, who had been cleaning nearby, turned pale and covered their mouths.
"Priest-nim... please, heal me...."
Rose collapsed into Elian's arms, and Elian hurriedly picked her up and headed inside the temple.
"B-blood, there's so much blood! What do we do, sniff...!"
"Rose-nim, please don't die...!"
Seeing the terrible bleeding and torn flesh, Clara and Mia fell into a panic, as if past traumas had resurfaced, and burst into tears.
Rose forced a smile and clutched Elian's sleeve.
"Clara, Mia... I'm fine, so don't worry. Priest-nim... please send them out."
"Ah, yes... yes! Clara-nim, Mia-nim. Please wait in your room. I will take care of Rose-nim, so you don't need to worry."
At Elian's firm voice, the two women stumbled out of the room.
Now, only Rose, breathing heavily, and a pale Elian remained in the room.
"Uh... first... I need to... examine the wound. Excuse me, Rose-nim."
With trembling hands, he grasped her blood-stained pant leg.
The wound was on the inner side of her right thigh, a private spot precariously close to her groin.
[ RIP- ]
As he cut away the blood-matted pants with scissors,
her fair thigh, along with the boundary of her thin underwear, was revealed before his eyes.
"Ah... ugh...."
Perhaps the cut fabric brushed against her wound, as Rose let out a pained moan.
Elian, his face flushed to the tips of his ears, struggled to keep his gaze fixed solely on the wound, and placing his hand on her thigh, he drew forth Divine Power.
"Oh, Goddess-isiyeo...."
[ WOOOOSH--- ]
A white light emanating from the priest's fingertips enveloped Rose's thigh.
'Ah... it's warm....'
The healing power of Divine Power, which she was experiencing for the first time, felt different from merely observing it.
It wasn't just a gentle and sacred atmosphere, but a tingling sensation as torn muscles and blood vessels regenerated.
'No, this feeling isn't because of the Divine Power, but...'
The wound location wasn't good. No... it was good?
Because, for the sake of treatment, Elian's warm hand was inevitably pressed against her inner thigh.
The hot touch of a young man.
Moreover, Rose wasn't the only one conscious of that touch.
Elian's face, as he recited prayers, was flushed,
his two hands gripping the wound trembled slightly,
and his eyes, looking down at Rose, darted about, unable to settle.
"Haa... Hngh...."
Rose's breathing grew ragged as she noticed him.
Beneath the healing light, the muscles on her inner thigh twitched subtly.
And the center of her exposed gray underwear...
began to darken slightly.
"R-Rose-yang...? Are you in a lot of pain?"
The bleeding had stopped, and the wound was healing, so?
Elian asked, flustered by Rose's ragged breathing.
But his worried gaze briefly dropped downwards.
The moment he saw the faint stain spreading on Rose's underwear.
[ GULP- ]
The priest's eyes wavered with embarrassment and heat.
"Th-the treatment is finished. The urgent bleeding has been stopped, so now if you just rest well...."
Elian hastily tried to get up.
If Rose hadn't grabbed Elian's wrist.
"...Where are you going, Priest-nim?"
"Huh...? Ah, well, since the treatment is finished, I'll just...."
"...You can keep looking."
"R-Rose-yang. What are you saying right now..."
Elian tried to pull his wrist away in embarrassment.
But as an ordinary priest, he couldn't shake off a Guardian's grip.
"You know I'm much stronger, Priest-nim."
Rose pulled Elian's hand.
The priest's warm palm, which had been emitting healing light,
passed over the wound on her thigh and reached the center of her softly damp underwear.
"Uh... Ughm...!"
The damp and hot sensation touching his fingertips.
A myriad of thoughts flooded Elian's mind.
Among them, one was the most intense.
'I want to move my fingers and caress this thin fabric!'
...Elian had to exert desperate willpower to prevent himself from acting on that desire.
"Priest-nim... do you only heal wounded bodies?"
"!!"
The priest's willpower was useless.
Because Rose, lying on the floor, twisted her waist slightly,
and rubbed her private spot against Elian's palm.
[ PRESS- PRESS- ]
"Haa... Ugh. My soul, my body... they are aching, craving Priest-nim's warmth like this right now... won't you heal this too?"
"Ah... no, Rose-nim... you shouldn't do this. I am a priest serving the Goddess... Hngh!"
As the pressure transmitted through his hand intensified, Elian squeezed his eyes shut and shook his head.
His palm, pressed against Rose's underwear, remained stiff as a stone, not moving an inch.
'Haa... should I just use a skill...'
She hesitated for a moment but then dismissed the thought.
Unlike monsters that rushed at her like beasts, controlled by skills,
she wanted this kind and pure man before her to embrace her purely by his own will.
"Elian...."
Rose whispered his name and raised her upper body.
Then she gently embraced Elian's neck and pressed her ample bosom against his firm chest.
[ SQUISH ]
"I-I was so scared. When I was bitten by the Magical Beast... I thought I was going to die, I don't know how much I trembled."
Transparent tears welled up in her eyes.
Seeing them, cracks began to appear in the priest's steadfast faith.
"Please hold me. With Elian's warm embrace... please wash away all the fear inside me... okay?"
Her hot breath tickled Elian's earlobe.
Before he could even answer, Rose's soft lips approached.
"Mmph..."
Lip met lip.
Rose's lips pushed Elian's lips apart.
The moment Rose's tongue entered through the parted gap.
Ultimately, the young man's primal nature crushed the devout priest's reason.
Elian strongly embraced Rose's waist and greedily sucked on her lips.
[ CHUP, CHURUP. ]
His hands, delivering clumsy but passionate kisses, were already heading towards Rose's breasts.
[ SQUEEZE SQUEEZE- ]
The priest's touch, having lived an ascetic life his entire life, was rough and crude.
He couldn't even think of touching her gently, merely kneading her breasts forcefully over her clothes with all his might,
but to Rose, those clumsy movements were an even greater stimulation.
"Aaaah...! Elian, aaah...."
Elian, his reason completely gone from her sweet moans,
pushed Rose's shoulders down and lay on top of her.
[ ZUP, ZUP, ZYUAP ]
His hands continued to explore Rose's breasts,
and his lips burrowed into Rose's neck, sucking like a beast.
In that prone position,
the moment Elian's pant front pressed against Rose's wet underwear.
"Ah... Aht...!"
Elian's body stiffened greatly, then began to tremble uncontrollably.
"...?"
Rose looked up at Elian with bewildered eyes.
Elian's face was flushed, as if it would burst,
and she felt the sticky liquid through her underwear where it met his pants.
He hadn't even begun proper foreplay, let alone penetration.
He had ejaculated, unable to withstand the momentary stimulation of his genitals touching her through their clothes.
"I-I'm sorry! Wh-what have I done...!"
Elian, pale with shame and embarrassment, hastily tried to get up.
But Rose had no intention of letting him go.
"Where are you running off to?"
Rose's two legs, crossed in an X behind Elian's waist, ensnared his lower body as he tried to rise.
"It's only just begun."
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