Chapter 363: Guwon's Counterattack
Chapter 363: Guwon's Counterattack
“Using the position of a Cardinal to oppress someone… I absolutely refuse.”
Hearing my request, Matilda rejected it as if it wasn’t even worth considering.
Then she glared at me, as if to warn me never to say such a thing again.
“No, it’s not about oppression. There’s just something I want to ask, but he’s being hostile toward me for no reason.”
“So you want to use my authority to force him to talk, don’t you?”
Well, yes, but…
I never imagined I’d run into trouble at this stage. Had I underestimated Matilda?
I could probably create the right atmosphere to make her fall for me again, and then she’d do whatever I asked, but I was reluctant to go that far in a situation like this.
Forcing someone to do something they don’t want to by exploiting their personality. No matter what, I’m not that much of a scumbag.
I decided to try persuading her as best I could.
“But this information might be related to the mission the Goddess gave me.”
“…What do you mean by that?”
Just as I expected from the devout Cardinal.
The moment I mentioned the Goddess’s name, she showed immediate interest.
“Sorry. I can’t speak carelessly since nothing is certain yet. But I swear. This is truly related to the reason the Goddess sent me here.”
A Demon God and Demon People. The names were just too plausible.
Well, the ‘Demon God’ title was just speculation on my part, though.
“So please. Help me. You don’t have to do anything. Just stand there quietly. I’ll take care of the rest.”
“But even so, doing it this way…”
“I’ll just ask a few questions and be done with it. Okay?”
“Is that a promise?”
“Yes. I promise.”
Having finally persuaded Matilda, I left the mansion with her.
We hadn’t taken more than a few steps from the mansion when the voice of that piece of trash rang out.
“Khahaha! You fool! You let your guard down!”
Who’s the real fool here?
“Yeah. Hey. Good to see you.”
“Look at you, acting all relaxed when all you do is hide behind the great Archmage. The truth is you’re about to piss your pants, aren’t you?”
Is this guy really a noble?
Talking about piss in front of a lady. What a vulgar bastard.
“That’s all well and good, but hey. Don’t you see who’s standing next to me?”
“Huh?”
I thought that as a noble, he would at least recognize a Cardinal’s face, but it seemed he had no idea.
“This is Cardinal Matilda, who has been fighting a lonely battle against an ancient curse. You’ve at least heard the name, right?”
The moment I said that, Trash’s body flinched and trembled.
Just as expected from trash who’s weak against the strong. An immediate reaction.
“H-Ha! What a ridiculous lie!”
Your voice is trembling, you idiot.
“You filthy bastard! You probably just grabbed some slut who spreads her legs for anyone, dressed her up in the sacred Cardinal’s robes, and are enjoying some dirty roleplay!”
You just called the sacred Cardinal a slut who spreads her legs for anyone. Can you handle the consequences of those words?
I was curious to see just how low he would sink, so I decided to just watch for a moment.
Besides, if I opened my mouth now, I’d probably stoop to his level. And since I made a promise to Matilda, I couldn’t do that.
As I remained silent, he must have started to believe his own words, because he strode forward and looked at Matilda.
“Tch. You’re pretty, now that I look closely. Hey. Instead of being with a coward who hides behind a woman like this, how about you receive this Hero’s grace? I’ll give you plenty of love.”
“Y-You’ll give me love?”
It was a line anyone could tell was trash, but Matilda reacted to the word ‘love’ again.
Seriously, does she ever get tired of this?
And here I am, getting angry again even though I know what’s happening. It was the same last time. I guess I really don’t learn.
“Matilda. The one you love is me, right?”
I said, pulling her by the waist and making her face me.
“Yes. Guwon. I love you…”
Matilda immediately whispered words of love to me again.
“W-What’s with that woman!”
“I told you, she’s the cursed Cardinal. You should listen when people talk. Haven’t you gone impotent yet?”
“U-Ugh! Don’t tell me, for real?!”
He freaked out and hastily pulled down his pants.
I don’t have the slightest interest in another guy’s junk, but my eyes reflexively darted in that direction.
He touched his own member and then let out a sigh of relief.
Wait. It’s not even hard. He’s impotent, so what’s he so relieved about? Oh, wait a second. Is that supposed to be hard?!
It was then that I finally realized who he was.
“Ah, ahh! That tiny size! You’re that quick-shot bastard who was with the princess back then!”
“Y-Y-You, you didn’t know until now?!”
“Sorry. I’m not good at remembering guys’ faces. But seeing that thing of yours, I remember now. It’s the first time in my life I’ve ever seen something so small.”
“Y-You, you son of a biiiiitch!”
He shouted and tried to rush me, but he saw Matilda next to me and hastily pulled back, afraid to meet her gaze.
So he still has that much reason left in him.
I guess no matter how small and useless it is, as long as he’s a man, he wouldn’t want to become impotent.
“Calling the person who saved you from the crisis of impotence a son of a bitch. Even if your face is ugly and your thing is small, your heart should at least be beautiful and generous.”
“Grrr! J-Just you wait!”
Grinding his teeth at my words, he tried to make a quick escape.
“Hey, wait! Hold on! I have something to ask…!”
I tried to grab him, but he was a Hero, after all, and with a swift movement, he vanished from the spot in an instant.
Dammit. A failure? That piece of trash. I was being so generous and patient, too. He just self-destructed.
Oh well.
I was just trying to handle it easily since he was waiting for me anyway.
I’ll just look for another chance to approach him later.
Besides, thanks to this incident, I finally realized why he was so hostile to me from the start.
I can’t believe he was the guy who was fooling around with the princess.
Every time I went to see the princess, she was always fooling around with him. Thanks to that, she always kicked me out, telling me to stop and leave. That’s probably why he developed such animosity toward me.
If that’s the case, the solution is simple.
I just have to tell him I have no reason to see the princess anymore, so they can do whatever they want.
Putting aside the question of whether that small-dicked quick-shot can actually satisfy a succubus princess.
“Phew. Sorry. You went to all the trouble of helping, but it was a fail… Matilda?”
When I turned back to Matilda after losing him, she was looking down, her expression dejected.
“…Do it with me.”
“Huh?”
“…Have sex… with me. If you want, I’ll say it as many times as you like. Sob. Please… please break this curse…”
Matilda murmured, her eyes welling up with tears.
Her tone felt somehow different from usual.
It wasn’t just because of the sad atmosphere. How should I describe it?
Right. Usually, when Matilda wanted to break the curse, it felt strongly like it was for the sake of the men who were suffering because of it.
It was proof of what Leia had said—that Matilda was originally a benevolent person who cared for others.
But now… it felt as if she was asking me to break the curse for her own sake.
It might have all been in my head, but that’s how it felt to me.
“H-Hey. Why are you getting so serious? It’s because of the curse, so you don’t need to…”
“You might think of it lightly, but I don’t! Just now, because of that curse, to a man like that…!”
“R-Right. Of course. I know. That’s what I meant. It wasn’t your true feelings, it was because of the curse. It’s beyond your control, so I meant you shouldn’t worry about it too much.”
“How can I not care?! Do you know how I feel every time this happens…?!”
“Yeah. Thinking about it, I was too thoughtless. I didn’t consider your feelings. I’m sorry. I’ll do it with you until evening, so please stop crying.”
Normally, I would have teased her, saying that no one else gets this serious because of the curse, but this time, I just couldn’t.
The saying that a woman’s tears are a weapon is no lie. You really do grow weak when you see them.
Caught up in the serious atmosphere, I pulled Matilda’s shoulder into an embrace and wiped away her tears.
“You really believe me, right? What happened just now wasn’t my true feelings at all. It was all, all because of the curse.”
“Yeah. Right. I believe you.”
“My true feelings… my true feelings are…”
“Right. The one you really like is me, isn’t it?”
As I said that, Matilda tightly grasped the hand I was using to wipe her tears with both of hers and sent a sweet gaze my way.
“Hngh. Yes… The one I like is you, Guwon…”
Wow. The pink, lovey-dovey atmosphere is activating even at a time like this?
I only said it as a light joke to change the mood.
Thanks to that, her words of ‘really like’ didn’t feel genuine at all.
If I hadn’t heard that the other girls weren’t like this, I would have thought it was definitely just the curse.
No, even for someone who falls in love easily, this is just weird.
Could it be that this curse is affecting only Matilda more strongly for some reason?
Well, for now, doing it with Matilda is more urgent than pondering that.
“Welcome back. Did you take care of…”
“Ah, I chased him off for now. He probably won’t show up for a while. And I’ll be in my room with Matilda, so call me when it’s time for dinner.”
I said to Vanessa, who was standing at the entrance, and hurried to my room.
“……Yes.”
W-What’s with that? Why the delayed response?
Just because Diana isn’t here, you think I’m running wild? I’m trying to cure her curse! Diana approved of this!
Not that I’m going to make excuses. It would just sound pathetic.
“Alright, Matilda. Let’s get right to…”
“Yes… Guwon…”
Matilda, still sending me that pink-tinted gaze, began to shed her clothes one by one without a hint of shyness.
Soon, completely naked, she pressed herself against me and slipped her hand inside my pants.
Then, she slowly stroked my Dick, making it hard.
My Dick, which was already half-erect from watching Matilda undress, instantly grew to its maximum size at her touch.
As it grew in her hand to the point where her fingers could no longer touch, Matilda let out a short gasp of admiration.
“Ah… It’s so magnificent…”
“Thanks. You’re beautiful too, Matilda.”
I wasn’t just saying that.
The curse had turned her into something of a gag character, and I admit I’d neglected her a bit because of my girls, but Matilda was a Cardinal—the highest position among the already beautiful priests, aside from the Pope and the Saintess.
Her beauty was so magnificent that describing it would be a waste of breath.
That must be why that piece of trash earlier acted like a dog in heat and came onto her, even after I told him she was the cursed Cardinal.
“Guwon…”
Matilda let out a voice mixed with a sweet, moved sigh as she pressed her body even closer to mine.
Freed from her stuffy, fortress-like priestess robes, her breasts, now flaunting their presence, were pressed against my body, changing shape.
They might be a little smaller than Leia’s, but they were magnificent breasts. Then again, most women would seem small compared to Leia.
Come to think of it, High Priestess Sophia was also quite large, even wrapped in her robes.
Could it be that as female priests level up, their breast size is also affected?
The goddess here is the Earth Goddess, who governs abundance. Moreover, she’s a goddess who encourages sex, talking about the potential of life and all that, so it wasn’t an entirely impossible theory.
If that’s true, then if my angel levels up even more, what on earth… No. I need to focus on Matilda right now.
No matter how much my girls mean to me, it’s rude to Matilda to be thinking only of them at a time like this.
As I thought that and focused my mind on Matilda again, I found that she was already kneeling in front of me.
Perhaps my Dick, which was straining as if to burst through my pants, looked uncomfortable, because she quickly unfastened my fly and freed it.
Then, with a gentle expression, as if to say, “You were so stuffy, weren’t you?”, she slowly stroked it.