Chapter 16: The First Companion
Chapter 16: The First Companion
Guwon’s plan had been simple.
He would fight the Wolfdogs until he was on the brink of death, barely managing to kill them. Then, as he collapsed, he would tell Sara about his ‘Healing Sex’ skill.
Judging that Guwon would die without immediate treatment, Sara would have sex with him of her own volition.
It was a strategy that banked on the trust they had built, the gratitude she must feel toward him, and the calculation that she wasn't so heartless as to let him die.
Of course, if her attitude was as awful as he feared and she just left him there, he could always just use a potion to heal himself.
He was willing to go to such lengths because, after watching her all this time, he was certain of one thing: if she didn't come to him willingly, Sara would never forgive her partner.
It was as if she had some kind of trauma; any mention of sex, no matter how slight, made her deeply uncomfortable.
In short, even if it was for the sake of healing, if Guwon were to take her in this situation, there was a very high chance Sara would never forgive him.
But this was no time to be picky.
This situation was entirely Guwon’s fault.
Even if it wasn't his intention, if Sara died here, the responsibility would be his and his alone.
Guwon quickly stripped off Sara’s lower garments and then his own pants.
But even for him, it was impossible to get aroused in a situation like this. His member showed no signs of growing.
Fuck! You useless piece of shit! The whole meal is served up on a platter and you can’t even eat?!
He desperately gripped it, stroking it up and down, trying to coax a reaction, but it remained unresponsive.
In the end, Guwon decided to just push it in as it was.
Whether it was a blessing or not, the blood covering her body acted as a lubricant. Though it hadn't grown, Guwon’s formidable member, which boasted a powerful presence all its own, somehow managed to enter Sara.
The moment it was inside, his body reacted to the soft sensation, even as his mind was in no state for it. The member that had refused to respond despite all his frantic efforts slowly began to grow.
But this wasn't enough.
An act that was merely pushing in and thrusting back and forth would only increase her natural healing rate. It was hard to expect people of this world to have the same natural recovery as Guwon, so this alone would never be enough to heal her.
To get the full effect of ‘Healing Sex,’ he had to make Sara climax.
Guwon opened his skill window and poured all his points into every skill in the Saint category that could increase a partner's pleasure.
This was no time to be stingy with skill points.
Then, using the skills he’d just acquired, Guwon began to employ various techniques, desperately trying to make Sara feel something.
He activated Sex Analyze to check her erogenous zones and used a skill that enhanced pleasure on contact to caress her as gently as possible.
Using a skill that made his saliva act as an aphrodisiac, he desperately bit and licked at Sara’s body, tasting nothing but blood, trying to make her feel pleasure by any means necessary.
All the while, his hips moved, thrusting and rotating in a continuous series of diverse skills, yet he tried his best not to put any impact on Sara’s blood-soaked abdomen.
Guwon was, for all intents and purposes, a complete novice at sex, but his desperate movements were surprisingly natural.
For the first time, Guwon, who had never truly felt the effects of his job level, was now experiencing them properly.
A job level was, in short, a measure of how skilled and proficient one was at that job.
Guwon, whose Saint level had been forcibly raised by the ‘Last Resort of Pride’ skill, was subconsciously moving in a way that befitted his level.
Shit. Why isn't the color returning to her face?
Why doesn't it look like her stomach is healing?
Feeling a maddening sense of urgency, Guwon moved even more desperately, trying to make Sara feel more.
This wasn't virtual reality, nor was it the violent, wringing pleasure he had felt with Alicia.
Under normal circumstances, he should have been wildly excited, even joyful, experiencing this sensation for what felt like the first time.
But the Guwon of this moment had no room for such feelings, no leisure to enjoy the fantastic sensation of being inside Sara.
He just moved desperately, praying that Sara wouldn't die.
“…Ngh… mmm…”
Just then, there was a slight reaction from Sara.
“Hey! Snap out of it! Hey!”
If Sara were to open her eyes now, it would only make the situation more awkward for him, but Guwon’s mind couldn't even process that. He just kept calling her name desperately as he moved.
“Hey! Don’t die! Fuck! If you die, I’ll be a complete and utter bastard! Hey!”
Guwon no longer knew what he was saying. He just stared at Sara’s pale complexion and kept spewing whatever words came to mind.
“Hey! You said you hate sex! I’m forcing myself on you right now! Get up and hit me or something!”
“Hk!”
At that moment, Sara’s body reacted.
With a fine tremor, he could see her abdomen healing slightly.
Yes! It’s working! Just like this!
That single moment gave him courage, and Guwon clung to Sara even more desperately.
In truth, feeling pleasure while suffering such a severe injury should be next to impossible.
But the Saint skills, with their power to forcibly generate and amplify pleasure, worked a miracle that made the impossible possible.
And so, Sara’s body was forced to feel pleasure by the effect of the Saint skills.
“Hey! Wake up! Get a hold of yourself!”
“Hk… ugh… hmm?”
Perhaps because she heard Guwon’s loud shouting, or perhaps thanks to her slight recovery, Sara’s eyes fluttered open.
But her gaze was unfocused; she didn't seem to be fully conscious.
“Ugh… ngh… haah… haah…”
Not yet in her right mind, Sara could only let out intermittent moans, her body unconsciously reacting to the forced pleasure from Guwon’s skills.
“Hey! Are you with me?! Snap out of it!”
Guwon moved, shouting even louder at Sara, driven by the baseless thought that her chances of survival would increase if she opened her eyes.
“Ugh… wha… what are you… N-No…”
“Hey, listen to me carefully. You can live! Got it? I know you don’t want to do this, but this is how you’ll survive. Just bear with it for a little longer.”
Guwon kept spouting nonsense, not even knowing what he was saying himself.
“Ngh… wha… what are you…”
It seemed Sara was slowly regaining her senses, but she couldn't muster any strength in her body. She had no choice but to lie there and let Guwon do as he pleased.
“I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. Trust me. I’ll definitely save you. Just hold on. Ugh!”
As he spoke, Guwon finally couldn't hold back the continuous pleasure and, with a shudder, he ejaculated.
But to heal Sara’s body, he couldn't stop now. With that thought, he began to move again without even pulling out.
“Don’t worry. You’ll definitely live. You have to live.”
Guwon spoke as if to convince himself, desperately thrusting his hips atop Sara’s body.
“Haah, haah… W-Wait… Hnng… Nngh~!”
Soon, Sara’s body trembled again as she healed further.
“Wh-What is this…! Haaang!”
Now fully conscious, Sara seemed to have noticed the strange changes in her body and looked startled, but she soon began to pant again as another wave of pleasure washed over her.
Paying no mind to her reaction, Guwon was simply relieved to see her recovering. The thought that he could save her made him move with even greater desperation.
And so, Guwon and Sara continued to press their bodies together.
“Ugh!”
“Haaang!”
How many times had it been? Guwon and Sara reached climax at the same time.
By then, Sara’s body was completely healed.
“Haa… haa… haa… Th-That’s… enough now… get off…” Sara said, forcing her ragged breaths to calm.
“Heok… heok… O-Okay…”
Guwon, who had been moving on pure desperation, finally pulled away from Sara at her words.
Squelch.
As Guwon separated from her body, several long, sticky white threads stretched between them, a testament to how long they had been at it.
Looking at it, Guwon felt a sense of accomplishment, completely inappropriate for the situation, at the fact that he had finally slept with Sara, whom he had been targeting for days. The next moment, he felt like he was going to be sick at his own feelings.
“I’m sorry. I’m really, really sorry.”
“…What happened? Explain.”
From Sara’s perspective, she had lost consciousness after a monster attack, only to wake up and find her supposed companion raping her.
Based on his observations of her until today, Guwon thought it wouldn't be strange if she lunged at him to cut off his member for having sex with her against her will. But surprisingly, Sara was strangely calm, trying to assess the situation first.
“W-Well, I was trying to heal you…”
“Why were our bodies pressed together for healing?”
“My Saint skill. I mean, a Saint is a job for having sex. So there’s a skill that lets me heal with it. I used a potion, but you weren’t recovering properly. It was the only method I could think of. I’m sorry.”
Guwon, his mind still not recovered from the panic, tried desperately to explain, his words jumbled and incoherent.
In his heart, he simply thought that he would have to give up on Sara now.
No, with her personality, am I lucky if I don’t get stabbed in the back while walking down a dark alley one night?
In any case, this all happened because he tried to use a half-baked plan to sleep with Sara. He had no excuse, even if he had ten mouths to speak with.
“…First, wipe that pathetic look off your face.”
At her words, Guwon brought a hand to his face and only then realized it was a mess of tears and snot.
Though they had only known each other for a short time, was it the fear of a companion dying? Or was it the guilt that it was his fault? Guwon himself didn't know the reason, but it seemed he had been crying pathetically the entire time they were having sex.
Perhaps seeing the guy raping her bawling his eyes out was what made Sara become so calm.
“Sorry.”
Guwon couldn't think of anything else to say.
“So, am I to understand that I’m alive thanks to that… skill, or whatever it was?”
“Uh, yeah? Yeah. I guess so.”
At Guwon’s answer, Sara’s expression became complicated, and she fell silent for a while.
Guwon, too, could only remain quiet, weighed down by his guilt as he watched her.
“…First, let’s get out of here.”
Come to think of it, he and Sara were standing half-naked in the middle of a pile of Wolfdog corpses.
Thankfully, because the alpha had called all the nearby Wolfdogs, no others had appeared yet, but there was no telling how long that would last.
Another pack of Wolfdogs could show up here at any moment.
Guwon and Sara decided to collect the magic stones from the surrounding Wolfdogs and leave.
“……”
“……”
A heavy silence hung between Guwon and Sara the entire way back.
Guwon’s mind was a tangled mess of emotions, like a knotted ball of yarn. Sara’s face had become even more expressionless than her usual cool demeanor, making it impossible to guess what she was thinking.
But that silence had to be broken when they arrived at the guild.
“I’ll go sell the magic stones.”
Honestly, he felt like dropping everything and heading straight to the inn to collapse on his bed, but he had to sell the magic stones to pay for both of their rooms.
“Hello. Are… you alright?”
“Yes. Here are the magic stones.”
The guide at the counter seemed to sense the serious atmosphere from Guwon’s expression and said nothing more, quietly handling the transaction.
After collecting the money, Guwon silently handed half of it to Sara and headed for the inn.
Frankly, even if Sara had just turned and left right then, Guwon was in no position to say anything, but she quietly followed behind him.
The two maintained their silence all the way to the inn, exchanging only a brief farewell before heading up to their respective rooms.
“Well then… let’s talk again tomorrow, when we’ve had some rest.”
“…Yeah.”
After parting with Sara and entering his room, Guwon finally felt a sense of release.
To feel liberated after leaving the side of the victim, when I’m the one completely at fault.
Guwon felt even more depressed at what a piece of trash he was.
He lay down on the bed, his body exhausted, but strangely, sleep wouldn't come.
He replayed the day’s events.
When his plan to level up through sex was on the verge of collapse, he’d come up with an impromptu scheme to gather the Wolfdogs, stage a crisis, and then have sex.
Because of that careless idea, Sara had nearly died, and Guwon had sex with her for the purpose of healing her.
But was healing truly his only motive? Could he say there was no selfish desire involved?
The guilt of nearly getting a companion killed with a trap he had set himself.
The subtle satisfaction he felt after having sex, hidden behind the perfect excuse that he had no other choice in that situation.
And the self-loathing he felt for feeling that way.
A myriad of emotions tore through Guwon’s mind.