Chapter 445 – 445: Fanatics
The village chief clenched his fists and shouted.
“Ah, carnal desire! Pleasure! These are things that should no longer exist in this world! They are wicked desires that make humans foolish and lead them to wrong thoughts! Isn’t that right!”
“Yes! That’s right!”
“Solicin has shown us mercy. But humans no longer need such mercy! We! Must prove that we can live on our own, free from Solicin’s touch! Isn’t that right, everyone!”
“Yes! That’s right!”
They were all speaking in unison, like some brainwashed religious group.
“That’s why our Society for the Eradication of Divine Mercy has been making every effort to realize our ideals!”
At that moment, a young man raised his hand and shouted.
“Chief! Ah, Chief!”
“What is it, Gale!”
“Ah, I’m sorry! I’m truly sorry! I want to confess my sins!”
“Speak, Gale!”
“Three days ago! There was a group that left this village. I felt carnal desire for that group!”
“Tell us more!”
“I felt a strong carnal desire for the lewdly dressed elf with pink pigtails! Those large breasts! The navel visible through the square opening! And those firm, white thighs!”
“……Silence.”
Elsie quietly cast Silence.
Then, Ms. Ninya spoke up.
“Oh my… I wondered who it was, but it was the person who was staring at me so intensely?”
“Carnal desire is unnecessary… I’m sorry, Chief!”
“No, Gale! We are still incomplete and lacking in training! Don’t blame yourself too much!”
“Ah, Chief!”
Then, other young men raised their hands and spoke in unison.
“I’m sorry, Chief!”
“I’m sorry too, Chief!”
The young men began to confess the carnal desires they had felt.
“I felt carnal desire for the large breasts of that pure-looking woman who seemed to be a priest! For the white flesh of her thighs that was slightly visible when she walked.”
“Hyaah!?”
“I felt a strong carnal desire for the slender waist and exposed cleavage of the cat-like beastkin woman!”
“Ooh…….”
“Haa… haa… I, I awakened a new carnal desire for that tiny body!”
“……Can I cast a spell now?”
“Please hold on, Tikia.”
Not only men but also women began to raise their hands and shout.
“I also felt a strong carnal desire for that servant, Ben! Those firm muscles and gentle face! That combination was so arousing!”
Nod nod.
Why are you nodding, Tikia?
After that, several men and women raised their hands and explained the carnal desires they had felt towards us.
Not only my beloved lovers but also I was the object of the village women’s carnal desires… I feel very complicated.
However, Ms. Lelia was not among those who felt carnal desire.
Ms. Lelia seemed to have noticed that too…
“I guess someone like me is…”
She clenched her fist and looked a little upset.
“Quiet! Quiet! Everyone has heard well. We all know that we still lack training and effort.”
The village chief calmed the villagers and continued to speak.
“We have made many attempts to eliminate carnal desire and pleasure. But we can see how powerless we are with our own strength. That’s why! Ah, that’s why we decided to borrow the power of nature, not just our own!”
“Oooooooo!!”
The power of nature?
The village chief picked up a plant that was next to him and held it up.
“Look at this!”
“Our hope, which we discovered and successfully cultivated for our beliefs! The culmination of our dreams! The Celibacy Herb!”
“Celibacy Herb! Celibacy Herb!”
“With this, we can eradicate any carnal desire, any pleasure! Instead of being swayed by carnal desire and giving birth to life! We can decide on childbirth with our own judgment! With rational decisions!
Pleasure is unnecessary in sex! People can be happy enough just by having their hearts connected! Unnecessary conflicts can arise because of pleasure! Isn’t that right!”
“Yes! That’s right!”
“And I have very good news for everyone! Rejoice! Today! This day! Thanks to our efforts, I have finally created a carnal desire eradication drug using the Celibacy Herb!”
“Oooooooo!!”
A carnal desire eradication drug?
“Now! Who wants to be the first to test the effectiveness of this drug!”
“Me! Me! I want to try it first!”
“No, it’s me! I want to get rid of this carnal desire quickly!”
“My baldness is all because of carnal desire! If I get rid of carnal desire, my hair will grow back! Me first!”
The villagers pushed each other and raised their hands, each wanting to be the first.
Their appearance was truly madness.
“Quiet!”
But even that scene was immediately silenced by the village chief’s roar.
“The first to try it… will be you, Gale.”
“Ah! Thank you! Thank you!”
A young man named Gale came forward, and the village chief picked up a cup from the floor and took liquid from a container, not a plant, and handed it to the young man.
“Here! Drink it, Gale!”
“Yes!”
The young man drank the liquid without any hesitation.
And then…
“Ah, ahhh! Chief! It’s fading! My carnal desire is fading! Even when I think of that lewd body, I don’t get an erection at all!”
“Oooooooo!!”
“That’s right! This is the result of our efforts! The carnal desire eradication drug! It will only be effective for one day for now, but if we continue to improve and develop it, our wish will be fulfilled someday! Rejoice! Our efforts have not been in vain! Our hope! We can achieve it with our efforts!”
“Waaaaaaaaaa!!!”
The loud cheers of the villagers echoed in the hollow.
And there was only one thing I thought while watching that scene.
They are developing a terrible drug… and this kind of group should be dealt with immediately.
“……Ms. Lelia. Shall we subdue them right now?”
“No. Judging from the situation, that drug is still under development. It seems that it will take a long time to complete, so it doesn’t seem like they will be experimenting in other villages or regions anytime soon. Our mission is only to investigate.
Of course, if they were planning to complete the drug immediately and distribute it elsewhere, we would have stopped them quickly, but it doesn’t seem necessary.”
“Then what should we do now?”
“Let’s leave here and go back to Sol to report. Then Sol will send a suppression force to this village. Our mission is practically over.”
“Okay.”
We used telekinesis to move out of the hollow and out of the village chief’s house, unnoticed by the villagers who were still cheering enthusiastically.
“Mr. Rent, I’m sorry to bother you at this hour, but could you head to Sol right away?”
Ms. Lelia wanted to finish the report as soon as possible.
There was no reason for me to refuse Ms. Lelia’s diligent request.
“Yes, of course! I’ll fly at top speed!”
◈-Lelia’s SIDE
After securing solid evidence, I am now returning to Sol with Mr. Rent and his group.
This investigation was only possible so quickly because Mr. Rent was there.
It seemed that the villagers had not held such a gathering since the outsiders came, and that would not have changed no matter how much we had infiltrated.
We were able to uncover that in just two days of hiding thanks to Mr. Rent’s skills.
The formation of an invisible barrier around us and movement using telekinesis to avoid leaving footprints.
If we were careful of the shadows created by the intense light, it would be difficult for anyone, except those sensitive to human presence, to find us at night.
Honestly… it was so convenient.
On the first day of using Mr. Rent’s method, I spent the night feeling awkward and tense because of Mr. Rent and the other lovers’ actions, but that was all gone after I slept comfortably in the bed that Mr. Rent had prepared.
That bed was also made with a mana weapon, but usually, mana weapons cannot be used in that way.
Moreover, he even used magic to send a cool breeze to help me fall asleep…
Originally, I was only going to pretend to sleep, but in the end, I really fell asleep comfortably.
And on the second night, we were able to get evidence like this right away.
I understood why the High Priest had asked Mr. Rent’s group for cooperation.
With Mr. Rent’s skills, we can hide and monitor secretly as much as we want.
It’s a convenient yet terrifying skill.
And the identity of the villagers we discovered.
Judging from what they were saying, they were not fanatics of the Bane God, but an abnormal group acting on their own twisted beliefs.
Their purpose was to eliminate carnal desire and pleasure and become independent from Solicin’s mercy.
I could guess that the ringleader had a past where he had experienced a painful mistake because he could not control his own carnal desire.
But that was only his own fault and mistake.
It is his freedom to think that carnal desire is unnecessary based on that experience.
But it is wrong to claim it as a belief and spread it to others.
They will undergo mental treatment and counseling to have normal values after the suppression force is dispatched.
And faster than when we came.
Thanks to Mr. Rent, I arrived in Sol.
After entering Sol, I said to Mr. Rent and his lovers.
“It’s late today, so let’s sleep and report tomorrow.”
“What? Shouldn’t we report right away?”
“It’s okay. So please rest comfortably.”
If the means of transportation had been a carriage, I would have reported to the High Priest immediately, even if it was early in the morning.
But because of Mr. Rent’s absurd speed, the time was shortened beyond imagination.
Besides, the other party is not an armed group, but a group with abnormal beliefs that is still in the process of developing drugs.
There is no need to be too hasty.
Above all, Mr. Rent and the others must also attend the report…
High Priest Maren’s sleeping attire is naked.
In the past, she would try to take off her clothes as soon as she entered her room, but I strongly dissuaded her, and recently, she has changed to being naked only when she sleeps.
Even if I ask her to put on clothes through the door in advance, she will probably only put on a thin cloth.
It’s very awkward to give a report in front of the High Priest, who is almost naked.
So it’s better to report tomorrow.
“Okay, Ms. Lelia, are you going back to the dormitory now?”
“Yes.”
I’m not very sleepy because I slept comfortably thanks to Mr. Rent, but it’s better to sleep for the sake of my daily rhythm.
I bowed to Mr. Rent and his lovers and thanked them once again.
“Thank you for your cooperation in the investigation mission, everyone.”
“We did it because of the request.”
“Oh, rather, I’m sorry that we weren’t very helpful except for Rent…”
“No, Elsie at least cast Silence. Ninya, Tikia, and I just cuddled with Rent. We’re the ones who should be more sorry.”
“Ugh… I, I can’t argue with that…”
“If there’s anything we can help with next time, please tell us, Lelia Unnie♪”
Everyone is really… kind.
Mr. Rent and his lovers returned to the inn, and I returned to the dormitory.
Those who already have families went to their own homes, and the only ones left were the young people who were not yet married.
…Even they all have lovers.
“Ah, Commander? Have you already returned? Did you perhaps remember something you needed to bring?”
“No, the investigation mission is over. I will report to the High Priest tomorrow, and we will send a suppression force right away.”
“What? Already? Uuuuung?”
“I understand that you don’t understand, but it’s thanks to the help of a very talented person. Ah, by the way, Naren, who created the settings for the infiltration?”
“Ah, you mean that? It was me…”
It was this guy.
I immediately gave him a flick on the forehead.
Kkooong!
“Ugh!”
“If you make such settings again, it won’t end with just one flick.”
“Yes…”
“I’m going to rest now.”
“Yes, have a good rest, Commander.”
I went into my room, took off my clothes, washed my body, changed into comfortable clothes for sleeping, lay down on the bed, and stared blankly at the ceiling.
“……By now, Mr. Rent and his lovers must be having a great time.”
The moans I heard when we stayed in the village came back to my mind.
Come to think of it, those multiple moans were probably from Mr. Rent using his clones in each of their rooms.
After finishing the mission, the others are having happy time with their lovers.
I am sadly sleeping alone in the dormitory.
My mood suddenly became depressed.
“……I want to get married. I want to date. Ugh, sob.”
For some reason, tears welled up in my eyes.
I definitely won’t be able to sleep in this state.
In the end, as usual, I got out of bed, changed my clothes…
And headed to the bar to drink to soothe my loneliness.
