Chapter 695 – #140_Agony And Choice
#695
1.
After a night of frenzy, a chilling silence settled over the teahouse.
Shiu lay sprawled out, with Rinne nestled in his arms like a fox in hibernation. Their breaths echoed like a harmony, the two of them using the discarded kimono on the floor as a blanket, not a single thread covering their bodies.
Rinne, shivering in the cold night air, instinctively burrowed deeper into Shiu’s embrace.
“Umm….”
Her eyes fluttered open, hazy with sleep. The extreme mental and physical exhaustion of the previous night made her heavy eyelids constantly try to imprison her in the world of slumber.
“……?!”
But then, Rinne’s eyes snapped wide open.
For a witch who doesn’t need sleep, slumber is for enjoying the freshness and cheerfulness of waking up.
Rinne, with her senses limited, couldn’t experience that freshness. Instead, the feeling of wasted time only triggered the deep-seated anxiety within her.
That was why Rinne was a witch who didn’t originally sleep.
Not to mention sleeping together.
And especially not sleeping together naked, pressed so close that she could feel the other person’s skin.
The warm yet firm, unusual sensation on her back froze Rinne’s consciousness, which had been about to drift away.
Rinne abruptly sat up.
Her large, black eyes darted around, taking in her surroundings.
The cramped teahouse.
Clothes strewn about haphazardly.
Her disciple, Shin Shiu, lying on his side, fast asleep.
And her own state, clearly having been snuggled naked in his arms until just now.
The broken pieces of her memory began to connect, and the scenes of the previous night flashed across Rinne’s mental theater like a panorama. The melody of ecstasy that had burst through her blood vessels, the unsightly cries she had let out while writhing in his strong embrace.
“Ugh…!”
The remnants of the pleasure that had ravaged Rinne’s body flowed through her veins.
But it was clear that it was like phantom pain, something that didn’t truly exist.
Rinne’s mark, having suppressed the alcohol, had once again dragged her into the swamp of a life devoid of joy or pleasure, as always.
Therefore, all Rinne felt was a sharp sense of shame and a prickly feeling of self-loathing.
As she regained more of her senses, her memories replayed.
This time, the film was much more vivid than the black-and-white silent movie of before.
All the lewd coyness and flattery she had shown him.
Not only had she felt pleasure being penetrated from behind, but she had also spread her legs, begging to be penetrated.
When he didn’t readily do as she wished, she had knelt before her disciple, bowing her head and begging him to please penetrate her.
She had lost her purity while taking such a submissive posture.
She had wailed like a pig being slaughtered, letting out unsightly moans and cries.
In the end, she had lost consciousness while being penetrated, her clitoris, the most sensitive part of her femininity, being caressed.
“…….”
A series of acts that would make anyone, even if it were someone else’s experience, frown at the lewdness and be appalled by the vulgarity.
She realized that it was her own actions.
“Ugh…!”
Rinne’s face instantly flushed.
It was a wildfire comparable to a historically recorded forest fire.
“Cough!”
Rinne jumped up and kicked Shiu.
Shiu, who had been enjoying a peaceful slumber, let out a shriek and rolled onto the floor, sprawled out.
The sight that greeted Shiu, who had woken up from the sudden pain, was Rinne, her hair sticking up in all directions, grinding her teeth as she straddled him.
Rinne, naked and without time to grab her clothes, was in a full mount position.
“Y-you… you… you…!!!”
“M-Master?”
-Slap!
A stinging pain exploded on Shiu’s cheek as he was chilled to the bone by her demonic appearance.
-Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!
“You…! Idiot! Trash! Scoundrel! Good-for-nothing! Moron!”
“Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough!”
Rinne, gathering every bad insult she knew, spat them out in time with the slaps she was delivering to his cheeks.
Her palm, filled with resentment, left clear handprints on his left and right cheeks.
“Women! Don’t! Produce! White! Stuff!”
“Agh! Agh! Agh!”
“Die! Disappear right now!”
Rinne’s roar, having belatedly realized Shiu’s lie from the previous night, echoed loudly.
It was only after both of Shiu’s cheeks had swollen that he was able to grab his clothes and put them on.
2.
“Ah, tsk. It won’t stop….”
Shiu held his throbbing nose and headed towards the guest rooms of Hyangwol Pavilion.
His cheeks, marked with handprints like something out of a cartoon, were stinging, and the blood that had flowed down the back of his throat had a metallic taste, but….
“Hoo….”
He was able to let out a sigh of relief, filled with satisfaction.
The results of the previous night were nothing short of perfect.
Now, let’s review.
Did he leave Rinne with a shameful experience that she would never dare to repeat? =〉 YES
Did he amplify his magic power and not get caught? =〉 YES
Did he survive after doing all sorts of things? =〉 YES
Was it a sex so sexy that just thinking about it made his dick throb? =〉 SEX!
It was the best night, having swept up the main quest, as well as achievement rewards and hidden collectible bonuses.
With such a harvest, should he be whining about a little nosebleed?
If he had to point out any source of anxiety, it would be Rinne not forgetting the taste and demanding his services for the purpose of ‘pleasure’ rather than magic amplification….
But even that wasn’t a big worry.
He had been watching her for a while now.
Rinne’s personality was, in some ways, more rigid and concerned with appearances than even his master.
It would take time for her, who had kicked Shiu out in a fit of rage, to propose sex again.
He had bought himself time until he could reconnect with Dorothy, and even if she demanded a relationship sooner than expected, he had confirmed that he could just do what he did tonight.
Anyway, Rinne had declared that she would wash her defiled body and headed to the hot springs. She hadn’t said a word about the sparring schedule for today, so he naturally returned to his lodgings to reflect.
It was called reflection, but in truth, it was a sweet rest.
-Slide
As soon as he opened the paper door and entered, Yebin and Alice’s gazes simultaneously landed on him.
At first, he thought it was just concern for a comrade who had been dragged away by a scary homeowner during the night.
But he noticed that the two of them had a subtle difference in their temperature.
“Oh, you’re back?”
“You’ve returned?”
Both Yebin and Alice glanced at him with a sense of distance, as if they were looking at a strange creature, their eyes a mix of curiosity and shock.
“You must be tired, please rest.”
“No, I rested well, so I’m fine….”
Especially Alice, as soon as Shiu’s gaze met hers, wrapped her arms around herself as if she had been stripped naked.
Shiu, retracing the cause, felt a similar sense of awkwardness.
It wasn’t the first time the two of them had been so awkward.
“Did you, by any chance, hear anything last night?”
The distance between the teahouse and the guest rooms was quite far, as there was a garden in between.
It meant that it had been intense enough to overcome that gap.
“I could only hear Rinne’s voice, but I heard parts of it.”
Alice nodded, acting as if it was nothing.
But she couldn’t hide her stiff cheeks.
“I have things to do…!”
Yebin, feeling embarrassed, made an excuse about having to clean and left the room.
Shiu, still feeling tired, was about to lie down on his futon.
Alice, who had been pretending not to notice, subtly approached him.
“Hey, what exactly did you do?”
“I just did it.”
“You just did it, and that stoic owner was crying and wailing…. Did you use some kind of dangerous drug?”
“It wasn’t anything like that.”
Alice stared intently at Shiu’s face as he answered awkwardly.
Now that she knew that Shin Shiu was actually a pretty good person, she wasn’t as scared of him as she had been with Dorothy.
In the midst of all that, Rinne, who she couldn’t even imagine being naked under a man, had been crying all night like a cat in heat.
Manya and Malisha were also quite skilled, but even Alice, who had faced both of them at the same time, had never cried so happily.
How could this not pique her curiosity?
“Ahem….”
Alice cleared her throat and whispered as if she were asking a secret.
“Teach me your secret.”
“What secret?”
“Do I have to say it? The method you used yesterday.”
“I’m telling you, there’s no special method.”
When she asked him several times and didn’t get a satisfactory answer, Alice also backed off.
She was already deeply indebted to him.
She had no intention of making unreasonable demands based solely on his affection, but the fact that he was trying so hard to hide it only made her more curious.
What exactly had made Rinne like that?
There was only one thing that came to mind.
The thing between the legs that women don’t have, but men do.
Was it really that good?
Then, if she were to have a relationship with Shin Shiu in the future, would she also make those kinds of noises and enjoy it?
“Oh, me….”
Well, she wasn’t in a position to be leisurely thinking about such things.
Alice, with a wry smile, quietly lowered the brightness of the stand lamp so that Shiu, who was wearily crawling into his futon, could rest.
3.
-Bubbling, bubbling, bubbling
Rinne, having chased Shiu away, was soaking alone in the hot springs.
Submerged up to her nose in the hot spring water, Rinne was lost in thought, creating bubbles.
The rage that had been boiling just moments ago wasn’t as intense, as if it had been vaporized by the rising steam.
The sharp shame and self-deprecation, like broken shards of glass, were still poking at her heart, though.
But amidst that stinging, what kept coming to mind was….
The flames of pleasure that had burned her body during the previous night’s violation.
She had lived her entire life only for strength.
She had walked the thorny path of asceticism, sacrificing her body to obtain the peace of mind that was nothing more than everyday life for others.
A life of ennui that had become numb and hard.
Shin Shiu had sprinkled the nectar of heaven upon it.
The dignity of a master and the authority of a great witch.
He had shown her that there was a woman’s joy to be had in exchange for giving up all of that.
Honestly, Rinne had willingly spread her legs to lick the honey he had given her.
That was why Rinne, despite showing such shame, couldn’t confidently cut off the head of her impious disciple.
Of course, that wasn’t the only reason.
“…….”
Rinne suddenly raised her head, and her hand reached between her legs.
Her clitoris, which had been so sensitive yesterday that she had writhed just from a light touch.
It was now curled up small inside its sheath.
She couldn’t feel anything even when she touched it.
Was it because she wasn’t drunk?
Then, if she drank and asked Shin Shiu to touch her again, could she feel as good as she did yesterday?
“That is the path of heresy….”
Just thinking about her disgraceful behavior towards him made her feel a sense of revulsion, with goosebumps rising all over her body.
But at the same time, Rinne was feeling a thirst that was so intense it took her breath away.
Even if she closed her eyes for just a moment, the dazzling kaleidoscope she had seen last night scattered behind her eyelids.
-Bubbling, bubbling, bubbling
Rinne took her hand from between her legs and submerged her head, filled with confusion, beneath the surface of the water.
Her worries only deepened.
