Chapter 76 – The Purification Ritual
I can’t remember when I lost my mind.
In the endless dark crypt, I heard someone calling me anxiously. I don’t remember after that. When I opened my eyes, I was always in a nightmare, and something that bloomed from my womb was taking over my body. Something whispered in my ear in a sweet voice.
‘I just need to be faithful to my desire.’
Was it really so, I acknowledged my desire as it was. Then I was no longer nervous. I wasn’t anxious. All worries are gone. My desires were satisfied and my hungry stomach with no end in sight was filled in abundance. The ecstatic days continued just by not holding back.
“… Lire, wake up.”
What should I do to be true to my desires? You just have to eat when you feel hungry. If the core is lost, you can release the core. Sleep when you want to sleep, wake up when you want to wake up. You don’t have to bother responding to that voice.
I laid down and played in my dreams. It was so comfortable. In my own space, no one could touch me.
“Perrin!”
Someone called anxiously from afar. After all, that name is just a name you once had. Now it’s just a nameless soul. I’ve lost everything and have nowhere to go. Everyone I trusted betrayed me and never returned. It felt as if the tenuous thread that connected me had also been severed. I had no intention of ever going back.
“Go back.”
“… ?”
It was a different voice. It was a voice I had definitely heard before. A soft, thin voice. It sounds like it came from my throat. But for some reason I felt I had to follow that voice. The sweet voice pulling me from behind whispers again. He stroked my limbs while encircling them with black tentacles.
‘Do as you please. It’s okay if I don’t go back.’
“…”
What is my answer Looking back, there were dozens of black, terrifying tentacles sticking out. I felt as if I had returned to the harsh reality in an instant. The place where there was only pleasure and happiness was just another living hell. I often cut off the tentacles wrapped around my limbs and swam toward a place where I could see the light.
“Pooh… !”
“Are you awake?”
Dense dizziness hit his head. My whole body was tingling and my whole body was tingling. My mind is still hazy, but this must be a harsh reality. The blurry vision was not easily settled. Besides, the holes in his body were burning. My tail also felt tingling.
… Wait, tail?
“What… Where are you?”
“Relax. Because it doesn’t hurt.”
“…”
It sounded like he was scratching his head, but it was a familiar voice. I heard it every day a long time ago… It was the voice of a friend. It is a soothing voice with a bass tone that makes you feel at ease. Hearing it from my body now, I felt a burning sensation near my lower abdomen. Bodily desires swell and the heart suddenly heats up.
‘I want to eat.’
“… It’s okay.”
“Take it easy, [Holy Beast] Will curse you.”
The whole body tingles. My body was submerged in strong carbonated water. These bouncing particles of carbonic acid mainly bothered my mucous membranes. Even if I stretched out my hand, I couldn’t reach beyond a certain range, as if I was in an invisible coffin. When I lowered my gaze, I saw a bizarre black tattoo engraved on my body. Besides, she was naked with nothing on.
“… Wow!”
“I don’t think that Fenrir’s reaction.”
“You, you. What, what are you thinking!”
Damian was watching in front. No matter how much Demian you are, revealing this naked body in front of a man… I was ashamed. He immediately hid his chest with his hands. His tail wrapped around his pubic area… I thought it was a tail from a while ago, but when I looked down again, there was a real black tail.
“Kyaaak!”
“Don’t croak like a crow, stay calm.”
“… Can you calm down in this situation!”
“I’m not going to completely curse you. According to Beatrice, your intelligence is -a shame.”
“… What?”
No matter how stupid I am, there’s no way my intelligence has dropped to -. Rather than that, I want you to get out of this stinging water. It felt like electricity was running through my body. In addition, if it is soaked in water for a long time, the skin swells and the texture deteriorates. Stinging water is more dangerous.
“Take it out. Hurry. Give me the potion too.”
“Do you think you will become the lord of the castle and unleash a level 84 demon into the castle?”
“… Yes?”
I don’t know what the hell that bastard is talking about. I don’t know why I have a tail and have to be locked up in a coffin like this… Moreover, seeing me treated as if I were a demon made me feel uncomfortable. What are these black tattoos all over the body? I couldn’t understand the situation at all.
“Ahhh…”
“Think of taking a bath and be patient.”
“… Crazy, do you bathe in a place like this?”
“Because holy water baths are expensive. Think of it as the bare minimum of courtesy from a friend.”
“Aagh!”
Particles of tingling water seemed to penetrate the skin. I felt pain in my limbs and all sorts of desires wriggled and spasmed through the muscles of my whole body. All sorts of emotions welled up and seemed to stir in my head. Even if I stirred my legs and tried to get out of the water, my body was completely immersed in the holy water.
The seizures went away quickly but I don’t know what just happened. The black color like a tattoo on his body has disappeared a little. The blood color seems to be turning a little. Either way, a bass-toned voice came from outside the transparent coffin.
“I found a demon nest in my territory and captured it. They said it was you.”
Damian bluntly lied. When he tells a lie, he knows it because of the characteristic expression on his cheeks. But it was also certain that I was no longer human. Still covering his chest, he glared at Damian. If I were a real devil, there was nothing I could do in front of the paladin Damian. I have no desire to fight anyway.
“It is a lie.”
“Did you get caught that easily? But you can’t get it out of there. If you stay in the holy water, you will recover naturally.”
“… What? Are you telling me to drown in holy water while calling me a devil?”
“You are breathing. The main body is human anyway, so it won’t die.”
“Gyaaaaagh! Aaaaagh!”
“You too, don’t pretend to be sick and lie down.”
We know each other too well. The previous seizure was scary, but not painful. I can breathe even though I am submerged in water. But after losing my mind… I don’t know how much time has passed. How long has it been since [Thearesia] Was updated? What happened to [Luts] In the meantime? Why is Damian, who considered me an enemy, looking at me with such an ambiguous expression?
“What happened?”
Damian kindly told me in a grave tone the story of his passing while he was losing his mind.
Looking at his still friendly appearance, Damian was Damian.
* * *
“… It’s already been 5 months.”
She knows there is no way back to reality. The tingling holy water was locked for a long time, so it was only because her sense of touch became dull. Damian turned her head and sat down beside her for a long time, probably for me.
It was as if those strong, big shoulders were protecting me. The desire to freely explore Damian’s city rose strongly.
“By the way, can you take this out? It’s just a little sore.”
“It is a purification ritual. It’s this succubus. Stop flirting with men.”
“… Who wants to be like this? You too have to transform into a woman to know.”
“Excellent examples of that are Beatrice, Emily, and Eva. Those friends don’t seduce men like you. By the way, as you said, what do you do with the paladin’s semen, which is needed at the end of the purification ceremony?”
For a moment, I couldn’t believe my ears what this bastard was talking about. Damian was very clever. The heart-shaped black tattoo at the bottom of her belly button wriggled as she heard the word ‘semen’, the source of her desire. Desire again squirmed through the whole body because of the sexual urge.
“Ahhh… ♡!”
The black tattoo tried to spread its power on the skin, but it was hit by the energy of the holy water and stretched out into the air. I don’t know why I have to share all the pain. I can’t say it’s not my fault, but it goes away after the unbearable pain lasts a few times.
“… Release me please.”
“You’ll lose your mind when you get out of there. You can think of it as if your mind is being consumed every time you have a seizure.”
“I can get over that much, please. Because it hurts… “
“Be patient. You were a tank.”
“Is that the same as this?”
-Smart
A knock from outside interrupted our conversation. The disturbed room instantly fell silent. Damian gets up and goes out to check the door. My gaze turned towards it and I looked around for a moment. The room where the coffin I was trapped in was a narrow alcove with no light. The particles of light floating in the air gave off an atmosphere like a priest’s sanctuary.
“Brother, hug me.”
“What… Why are you here this time?”
It was Beatrice who opened the door and entered the room. And I couldn’t believe my eyes Now that I am dead but Fenrir who supported me and I coexisted, it was said that Damian’s alts also coexisted in this world. Obviously, they look different, but when they saw each other hugging each other, they were understandably confused. Because to me, both of them were Damian.
I’ve definitely run a raid with that Beatrice character. It wasn’t a level, but a lot. Damian raised that because the base stat of a female is 1 higher in intelligence. If you think about it, there were many cases where players naturally possessed the character’s personality during the days of [Thearesia Online], Which even went full-dive.
When you play a female character, she behaves as if her mind has become a woman, and there were many players like Serena in [Eck Donna Castle]. But Damian wasn’t that far. From what I saw, he wasn’t that kind of person.
But maybe the world after the transfer distorted her mind, so Beatrice looked like a celestial woman. Besides, the two of them looked like siblings who were on good terms.
Now… It’s not just one person, it’s probably south and south.
“I’ve been feeling hot lately… I’m going crazy.”
“Okay, Bea. He may have been cursed for bringing back a succubus alive. Next time if something like this happens, please contact me. It’s not that I don’t know my personality, but what if I recklessly attack by partying with low-level people?”
“Yes… Okay.”
“I’m taking a break here.”
So… It was to the point where I doubted that they had a negative relationship with each other. Beatrice blushed and sat down on her knees on the random floor. The hem of her robe flows down, revealing her swollen thighs covered by the black stockings she was hiding. Another lewd tattoo on her lower abdomen wriggled.
“Hey you. I’ll have a purification ceremony in a little while, so eat your heart out.”
“… What? Paladin’s what?”
“It’s not that yet, how much work goes into turning demons back into humans, uh huh. Just try to get caught in the afterlife of that warlock bastard.”
“…”
Damian grumbled and came to me and drew something in the air with holy water. I quietly closed my eyes to hold back the pain and bit my molars. But nothing much happened. Nothing happens… Rather anxious.
