Chapter 274: Saint Guwon
Chapter 274: Saint Guwon
“Then that’s perfect! Leia! I’m counting on you!”
“W-Well, about that… Guwon…”
As I beamed at Leia, she replied with a slightly troubled expression.
“Hm? What’s wrong?”
“It’s just… I don’t know how to explain it.”
“What do you mean by that?” Matilda interjected, her tone demanding.
Weren’t you the one who said you didn’t believe us? Why are you jumping in again?
“I somehow know how to receive the Goddess into my body, but I don’t know how to explain it to someone else. It’s just… something I can do.”
“Can’t you just tell us how you use your divine power?”
“No. It feels different from using holy magic. It’s not a matter of channeling divine power; it’s some other kind of sense. I’m sorry. I just can’t explain it.”
Ah, maybe that’s why.
The skill, Goddess Advent, doesn’t consume mana—or in this case, divine power. It’s a skill that just has a cooldown, with no cost to use. That must be why it feels different from other skills that require channeling divine power, and why Leia can’t explain it.
Besides, she didn’t learn how to use the skill from someone else; she was forcibly awakened to it by me. That would make it even harder to explain.
“You people are so suspicious… Are you sure you’re not lying?”
But Leia’s attitude inevitably fueled Matilda’s suspicions.
“Cardinal Matilda, Leia is not that kind of child. I can vouch for her, as I have watched her since she was young.”
“If High Priestess Sophia says so… Still, I cannot believe your claim of being a messenger of the Goddess!”
It seemed that High Priestess Sophia, being in charge of such a large temple, was a highly trusted figure. Matilda dropped her suspicion of Leia, but she continued to glare at me.
Well, I can’t blame her for being hostile, considering how I was antagonizing her earlier.
“Fine. Whatever.”
Since I was partly at fault, I decided to take Matilda’s attitude in stride. Besides, it’s not like I ever asked you to believe me in the first place.
But my cool acceptance didn’t seem to appease Matilda, who continued to berate me.
“In the first place, isn’t it strange? You don’t prove your own power, but instead, you grant abilities only to those who love you. Aren’t you just taking advantage of the fact that this priestess, Leia, is in love with you?”
Now she was starting to come up with strange accusations.
Hey, I can prove my own power if I have to. But if I use my Saint skills on someone else, you’ll just claim it’s an act and refuse to believe it. And if I use it on you, it probably won’t work since a Cardinal must be an incredibly high level.
She was a pain in the ass, one way or another.
“You’re like a kept man, living off this woman!”
My indifferent reaction must have angered her even more, because Matilda finally said something that struck a nerve.
“I am not a kept man!”
I’m already trying my best not to be called that because of Diana, so don’t you dare spew that kind of nonsense!
“What do you mean you’re not! You kept man!”
This… this little brat! I’ve been letting things slide, but now you’ve crossed the line!
Sensing that I was sensitive to being called a kept man, Matilda continued her assault on that front.
“If you’re not, then prove your own power! Stop relying on women, you kept man!”
“Oh yeah? Fine. Just don’t regret this later.”
I decided to use Analyze to scan the priests around us. If I used my Saint skills on Leia, she’d just scream that it was an act. And using them on a high-level opponent would be exhausting. It would be a repeat of the Silvia-in-heat incident.
So, my plan was to grab a priest of a suitable level and use my Saint skills on them. I felt bad for whoever it would be, but I wasn’t patient enough to just stand here and take being called a kept man.
I began to shift my gaze, randomly activating Analyze. But there was no need. The very first person I used Analyze on was already the perfect level for my Saint skills.
Yeah. It was completely unexpected, but it was none other than Cardinal Matilda, standing right in front of me.
What? So ‘Cardinal’ isn’t a job title, just a rank?
Like Sophia and Leia, Matilda’s job was simply ‘High Priestess.’ And her level was only about the same as Silvia’s.
No, saying she was only at Silvia’s level might be an insult to Silvia. After all, she was a knight of the Royal Guard, a group whose name alone suggested it was one of the most elite organizations in the country. Considering her friendship with Felicia, Silvia must have been incredibly powerful to begin with.
It seemed that being surrounded by some of the world’s strongest people, like Diana and the elder sisters of the Mage Association, had warped my sense of what a high level was.
In any case, this meant Matilda was an opponent I could fully conquer with my Saint skills. After all, once Silvia started feeling mental pleasure, she would have intense, consecutive orgasms just from my insertion alone. Thanks to that, my level had risen quite a bit even though I’d only had sex with Silvia once since she joined our party.
Of course, I still had a long way to go to catch up to Silvia’s level, but the gap had narrowed enough for my Saint skills to be effective.
I grabbed Matilda’s shoulder to keep her from running away.
“Wh-What are you doing? I-I won’t tolerate violence…”
She must have felt the immense strength in the hand gripping her shoulder. A flicker of fear crossed Matilda’s face, but she still tried to maintain her defiant attitude.
Right. I wonder how long that attitude will last.
“What? Don’t worry. I’m not going to do anything violent. In fact, I’m about to show you heaven. Isn’t this what you wanted to see? My own power, not relying on anyone else. Now, feel it with your entire body. This is the power I received from the Goddess.”
I activated Saint’s Touch at full power in both hands holding Matilda’s shoulders.
“Hahng… Mmph!”
Startled by her own voice, Matilda quickly clamped a hand over her mouth, but it was too late. The moment I activated Saint’s Touch, her legs snapped shut as if her knees were buckling inward, and she began to tremble uncontrollably. Her eyes started to glaze over with a hazy light.
“Hhhp! Hhhp! Hhhhhp!”
Matilda looked like she wanted to say something more, but with her hand covering her mouth, I couldn’t understand a word.
“Oho. As expected of a Cardinal. You’re putting up a bit of a fight, aren’t you? But how long can you last?”
The only reason she could resist like this was because her level was higher than mine. But she couldn’t hold out forever. Now that she was feeling pleasure from my skill, I had to make her climax at least once to prevent any lingering side effects.
Keeping one hand on her shoulder to hold her up, I slowly moved my other hand toward her neck.
“Stop being so stubborn and just feel it. Be moved by the power the Goddess has bestowed.”
“Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahhhmmph!”
As my hand brushed tantalizingly close to her neck, tracing a path up it without quite making full contact, Matilda’s body began to vibrate even more violently.
After gently stroking her neck a few more times, I reached for her earlobe, which had turned bright red.
“Now. With this.”
“Hnnnnnngh!”
As I rubbed her earlobe between my thumb and forefinger, Matilda finally lost her battle for control. She collapsed to the floor, convulsing in a powerful orgasm.
Having a massive climax in front of everyone. How’s that, you little brat? You must be dying of embarrassment, right? You shouldn’t have provoked me.
Ah, come to think of it, didn’t they say it was taboo for priests to let others watch them during the act? …Well, we didn’t have sex, so it should be fine, right?
I glanced around to gauge the reactions of the others.
Yep. They all just looked shocked, so it seemed to be okay.
Now then…
I knelt on one knee, bringing myself to eye level with Matilda.
“So? Did that give you a little taste of the Goddess’s power…?”
I spoke in a gentle voice, as if my only intention was to prove the Goddess’s power, completely hiding the smug satisfaction I felt inside.
“N-N-N-Nooooo!”
But Matilda suddenly shoved me away and scrambled out of the room.
“Wh-What was that?”
“G-Guwon! Are you alright?!”
And for some reason, Leia rushed toward me, her face pale.
It wasn’t just Leia. Silvia also ran to me and suddenly tried to pull down my pants, while the surrounding priests stared at me with worried expressions.
“Hey. Matilda was the one who ran off. Why are you all looking at me like that? A little push from her is nothing. My strength is…”
“That’s not the problem!” Silvia shouted, her face desperate as she clutched my pants.
I don’t know why you’re so desperate, but could you please let go of my pants? I think they’re actually going to come off.
What is with her? Normally—hell, just on the way here—she would tremble just from touching me.
It wasn’t just Silvia. Leia was also grabbing my pants, trying to pull them off.
“Whoa! Girls, wait. Why the pants…?”
Don’t tell me you’re jealous because I used my Saint skills on Matilda? So jealous you want to do it right here? No, that’s not like Leia or Silvia at all.
But neither Leia nor Silvia answered my question. They just went at my pants as if taking them off was their top priority.
Silvia’s desperate strength was surprisingly hard to fight against, and in the end, my pants were inevitably pulled down.
But of course, it didn’t end there.
“Girls! Wait a minute! Seriously?! The underwear too?!”
No, no, no. Not that. Girls, don’t you see all the people around us? Especially you, Leia. Aren’t priests forbidden from showing themselves to others?!
But despite my desperate resistance, I couldn’t save my underwear.
With a ripping sound, the last bastion protecting my junk met a powerless end.
As soon as my clothes were off, Leia and Silvia brought their faces right up to my Dick. At first, I thought they were going to start by sucking it, but that didn’t seem to be the case.
The two of them carefully held my Dick in their hands and began to meticulously inspect it from every angle. Not content with a full 360-degree view, they stroked it until it grew a little larger, then inspected it closely once more before finally pulling their faces away.
“Huuuuuu.”
“Haaaaah. What a relief.”
“What the hell was that all about?”
Having been suddenly exposed in front of so many priests, I grumbled with a sullen expression and tried to push Silvia off me… but then decided to just pull her into a tight hug instead.
“Th-That’s… Hyaaaaaaaah! G-G-G-Guwon! Y-Y-Y-Your cheek! It, it, it t-touched…!”
“What’s with you? You were fine just a moment ago.”
“J-Just now, I was, d-desperate, n-no, I-I’m gonna d-die… Hyaaaaaa.”
With those last words, Silvia’s body suddenly went limp.
What the hell? She fainted.
I finally laid Silvia down to the side. A small, shrill scream of ‘Kyaaaah!’ came from somewhere nearby.
Yeah, yeah. I know my son is big. No need to be so impressed.
I took a fresh pair of underwear from my inventory, put them on, and then pulled my pants back up.
“So. Why did you and Silvia suddenly do that?” I asked, turning to Leia, who had also been pale-faced as she desperately stripped me.
“W-Well… I thought you might have been cursed.”
Her answer was something I never could have imagined.
“A curse? What curse? You don’t mean the one Matilda had, do you?”
Leia nodded.
“Yes. Not the exact same curse that Cardinal Matilda has, but I was worried you might have been afflicted by a secondary curse resulting from it. I should have warned you beforehand. I’m so sorry.”
“What kind of curse is it?”
“Well, um… to put it simply, it’s a curse that makes you impotent.”
At Leia’s short explanation, a chill ran down my entire body.