Chapter 127: The 2nd Floor
Chapter 127: The 2nd Floor
While practicing the basic exercise of gathering the Saint's aura in his feet, Guwon recalled what had just happened.
After Leia, who had the first watch, woke Guwon, she followed him out of the tent for some reason.
“Leia? You should go back inside and sleep. What's wrong? Did you forget something?”
“…There's something I need to talk to you about.”
“With me? What is it?”
Guwon’s heart fluttered slightly as he spoke.
And why wouldn't it?
In the dead of night, a beautiful woman like her had specifically chosen a moment when they could be alone to say she had something to discuss.
It would be strange for any man not to feel his heart pound.
Could this be a confession?
But contrary to Guwon's expectations, Leia started with an odd question.
“Um, well… Gu-Guwon-ssi, is there something you need to tell me?”
What’s this now? She said she had something to say, but now she’s asking if I have something to say to her.
Is she trying to start with a different topic to hide her shyness?
The thought crossed his mind, but looking at Leia's expression, that didn't seem to be the case.
Leia's face was quite serious, with even a hint of solemn gravity.
At the same time, she also looked somewhat sorrowful.
This definitely isn't the atmosphere for a sweet conversation. But something I have to tell Leia? Not really… Ah.
As Guwon thought it over, a certain possibility occurred to him.
Could it be… No, I don't want to believe it, but could Leia remember what happened when she was in her Gumiho state?
Guwon suddenly felt his back grow damp with a cold sweat.
No. That's impossible. I mean, this is our angel, right? The angel who can't lie.
Thinking back to her reaction when she woke up from fainting, that was definitely not the face of someone who was acting.
But in a situation like this, alone together, the only thing Guwon could possibly have to tell Leia—besides a love confession—was that.
I’d thought Leia had been acting strangely distant since then.
Don't tell me it wasn't because she was shy, but because she found out we did it inside the dungeon?!
“Are you sure there's nothing you have to tell me?”
Leia asked, her voice desperate and tinged with sorrow.
Guwon had no choice.
He could either keep lying, believing that what Leia wanted to talk about wasn't that, or he could confess.
“The truth is… when you fainted, you turned into a Gumiho, and we… had sex.”
Guwon chose to confess.
Considering the risks of continuing to lie versus confessing, it was the obvious choice.
Even if he confessed, he still had the excuse that he'd had no choice but to do it to release her from her Gumiho state. He had broken a priestess's taboo, but there were extenuating circumstances.
But what if he lied and Leia remembered everything?
Then his relationship with Leia would become irreparable. The only ending waiting for them would be a catastrophe.
The oasis of my heart. A catastrophe with our angel. Just imagining it is a horrifying future.
“Guwon-ssi…!”
And the moment Guwon confessed, Leia threw herself into his arms.
“I… I believed in you. I knew you weren't the kind of person who would do something like that for no reason.”
It seemed Guwon had made the right choice.
Feeling the happy pressure against his chest, Guwon let out a huge sigh of relief internally.
But her saying 'for no reason'... does that mean she doesn't remember what happened when she was a Gumiho?
Then how in the world does she know we had sex?
Guwon felt a flicker of doubt, but he didn't press the question right now.
Even someone like Guwon knew there was something more important to say first.
“I'm sorry. I should have told you before you had to bring it up like this. You must have been worried sick, right? It's just that after learning about the taboos for priestesses from the High Priestess, I just couldn't find the courage to say anything.”
Guwon said, gently hugging Leia back.
Seeing as she was hugging him, it didn't seem like she was going to condemn him for breaking a priestess's taboo.
In that case, I should drive the point home.
“No, it's okay. I'm just grateful you told me the truth.”
Leia said, rubbing her face side-to-side against Guwon's chest.
She's such a pure woman. How can she be so innocent at her age? Is she really an angel?
Guwon gently patted Leia on the back.
After staying in his arms for a while, Leia lifted her head and gave a shy, bashful smile.
Ugh. Seeing that up close makes my heart…
“But… I transformed again, didn't I? I don't remember anything at all this time.”
“It was much more sudden than last time. Don't worry too much. You'll get used to it gradually.”
“Okay.”
“But… are you really okay with this? Isn't it a taboo for priestesses to be seen by others during… that?”
“Yes…. But Sara-ssi was unconscious too, right?”
“Well, yes, but.”
“And since we're the only two who know we had sex, then strictly speaking, I wasn't 'seen,' was I? Besides, it was an unavoidable situation…. I'm sure the Goddess will forgive us.”
Leia said, as if making a slight excuse.
The Leia Guwon knew was a truly devout priestess. She wasn't the type of woman to make compromises like this.
Could she be saying this because she's worried about me?
She really is an angel.
“Yeah. I'm sure she will.”
“Yes. So what happened then is our little secret, right?”
“Right.”
Now that the tense atmosphere had dissipated, Guwon asked Leia the question that had been on his mind.
“So, if you don't remember transforming, how did you know we had sex?”
Did some of the semen I couldn't scrape out leak out later?
The thought is kind of hot in its own way… no, I feel bad for Leia. How horrifying must that have been for her.
“You didn't really think I wouldn't know, did you?”
“Uh, yeah. I mean, if you didn't remember…. I even cleaned up meticulously because I was worried you'd agonize over breaking a taboo.”
“Oh, Guwon-ssi…. Still, you shouldn't lie. From now on, no lying to this nunna, okay? If you lie again, I'll have to scold you.”
Leia wrapped her tail around Guwon's back and playfully smacked his butt with it.
“Yes, nunna.”
“Hehe.”
“So. How did you know?”
“How could I not? My level went up after I fainted. I was too flustered to notice right when I woke up, though.”
Only then did Guwon realize his mistake.
Ah. In this world, there's no way to hide it when you have sex. Why didn't I think of that?
In other words, all that fuss he made scraping out the semen was completely pointless.
Guwon wanted to smack himself on the head for his own stupidity.
“Yawn… Hmph!”
Just then, Leia let out a big yawn. Then, as if embarrassed, she quickly covered her mouth with both hands.
No need to be embarrassed. It's fine. It was cute.
“S-Sorry. I guess I relaxed, and now I'm suddenly sleepy….”
“No, it's fine. It's time for bed anyway. If anything, I'm the one who made you worry by trying to hide it. I'm sorry for keeping you up this late. Hurry up and go to sleep.”
“O-Okay… Then, I'll see you in the morning.”
Leia's face turned bright red as she disappeared into the tent.
Truly a feminine woman.
Anyway, it seemed Leia understood it was unavoidable, and things had ended on a good note.
He had been terrified when he realized she knew, but he guessed honesty really was the best policy.
He even felt like this incident had deepened his bond with Leia.
I'm so glad Leia is an angel.
Guwon finished his recollection, repeatedly activating and deactivating Saint's Touch on his feet.
A moment ago, he was sharing a sweet moment with an angel, which was great. And now he was out here all alone, practicing skills.
Well, it was necessary, though.
Thanks to his consistent practice, he could now activate it with his feet this easily.
Besides, the mosquito swarm incident had made Guwon realize another possibility for Saint's Touch.
This skill… maybe when I'm fighting, I can just activate it over my entire body, like I did then.
Instead of activating it on a small area like his hands or feet, if he just activated it over his whole body, his offense and defense would be perfect.
No matter where he hit an enemy, Saint's Touch would activate. And no matter where an enemy hit him, Saint's Touch would activate.
Isn't that basically being invincible?
If he could do this, it would become such a broken technique that he couldn't imagine losing in close combat.
Guwon immediately tried to activate Saint's Touch over his entire body.
However, the feeling of activating it over a small area was completely different from activating it over his whole body.
It was like a whole new skill.
He had managed to activate it once, but that was a complete accident.
In fact, he was so flustered back then that he didn't even properly remember how he did it.
He struggled for a long time, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't activate Saint's Touch over his whole body.
The most he could do was expand the range to an entire arm or an entire leg.
Moreover, just activating it on a whole arm or leg consumed a huge amount of life force. The skill's duration was also much shorter than usual.
Come to think of it, when he activated it over his whole body, he was too panicked to even deactivate it. And yet, by the time he checked Leia's tail, it had already worn off.
I guess it's not that easy to become overpowered.
Still, being able to activate it over an entire arm or leg was a huge gain.
The attacks from monsters around here were all at a level he could block with his limbs.
No, wait. These guys go down with a single hit from Saint's Touch anyway, so activating it on my whole limbs would just be a waste of life force, wouldn't it?
But it would be useful against something like a Transcendent Species.
But if it's only for special cases and not for regular monsters, then activating it over my whole body still seems more useful.
Guwon just couldn't give up on his dream of being overpowered.
Maybe if I activate it on each body part separately, I can create a similar effect? As they say, you have to make do with what you've got.
Alright. Let's try it.
Guwon immediately tried out his new idea.
Though, the parts where Guwon could properly activate the Touch were limited.
Hands, feet, arms, legs, and his penis.
After activating it all the way to his penis, Guwon thought.
Isn't this basically the same as just activating it on my arms and legs? And what's with the penis? What am I supposed to do with it activated here? It just got hard in the middle of a lonely night for no reason.
Guwon deactivated all instances of Saint's Touch.
Agh. If I keep practicing, I'm sure I'll be able to do the full-body version freely someday.
I give up for tonight.
Just as Guwon gave up on his skill practice, someone emerged from the tent.
“Huh? Sara? Your watch isn't for a while yet.”
It was Sara who had come out of the tent.
He checked the clock in the corner of his vision, but it was still too early for Sara's watch.
Does she need to relieve herself?
“Is that so? That's a relief.”
But Sara approached Guwon, rubbing her eyes as if still sleepy.
What's this?
Guwon started to get a bad feeling.
“Let's talk.”
Th-This line. I feel like I've heard it before… just a little while ago.
No way… Don't tell me… she saw? I got caught by her last time in the dungeon when I did it in the Gumiho's mouth, and now she saw it again this time? Then what happens to the promise I made with Leia about it being our secret? No, more importantly, what is she going to interrogate me about?
Guwon's mind instantly started racing.
No. Calm down. I managed to smooth things over with Leia, and she was the one directly involved. If I talk to this one properly, surely… No, that was only possible because Leia is an angel! This girl… not that she has a bad personality, but she has a sharp tongue.
What do I do? What should I say?
Circumstantially, Guwon hadn't actually done anything wrong.
It was an unavoidable act to release her from the Gumiho state. Hiding it from Leia was only because he was afraid she'd hate him for breaking a priestess's taboo; it wasn't because he'd done something wrong.
Logically, there was no reason to hide it so desperately from Sara. Especially now that Leia knew.
But Guwon couldn't be that shameless.
Tell the girl I know likes me that I just had a round with another woman right next to her?
Unless he never wanted to see Sara's face again, he could never say that.
“Wh-What do you want to talk about?”
Even as he said it, Guwon could feel his voice cracking.
For now, I'll play dumb.
“Um…”
But Sara was blushing for some reason, fidgeting.
Huh? This reaction is…
Unlike with Leia earlier, both Guwon's expectation and the other person's reaction were a complete 180.
Could it be… that this time it is a sweet conversation?
Guwon felt like an idiot for getting so worked up over nothing.
Right. She likes me, too. She must want to have a sweet moment alone together sometimes.
Hmph. Cute. This oppa will play along properly.
Now, what should I do for you?
“Um…”
Sara just darted her eyes around, as if searching for the right words.
Well, she's probably never dated before, so it must be hard for her to suddenly find something to say.
I don't have any dating experience either, but as the man, maybe I should start the conversation.
“Agh!”
“S-Sara?!”
Just as Guwon was about to speak, Sara, with a determined expression, suddenly reached out and grabbed his thing.
“…It's hard, just as I thought.”
“Ah, no, this is…”
It only got hard because I activated Saint's Touch there a moment ago.
Before Guwon could explain, Sara spoke in a rush.
“Ah, I know. Once a man gets hard, it doesn't go down until he cums, right? Even I know that much.”
Where did she hear that ridiculous rumor?
It goes down on its own with time, even if you don't cum.
But Guwon didn't bother to say that out loud.
And why would he? The seemingly tough but actually innocent Sara had just made a move like this.
Can't you guess what's going to happen next?
Guwon wasn't stupid enough to get in the way of that.