Chapter 37
A letter came for Elaine.
It said that the Duchess of the capital wished to receive medical treatment in secret.
The rumors I'd spread seemed to be starting to have an effect.
Naturally, I sent back word that I would.
Well, I'd hooked a big fish right from the start.
***
After clearing my schedule and waiting for several days, the Duchess came to see me wearing a mask.
Of course, she didn't come alone. She was accompanied by a knight with a stern expression.
“So it really is you, Deokbae Asil.”
“It's been a long time, Duchess. It's cold outside, so why don't you come in?”
Her name was Marie Crozet, the first wife of a duke from one of the kingdom's top five ducal houses.
She was a woman who served as a model for many noble ladies with her dignified and elegant appearance, and held an equally high position in high society.
“Do you really live in such a cramped house…?”
“It's enough for two people.”
“…How is 'that' child doing?”
“She is living more brightly and happily than anyone.”
“If that's so… I'm glad.”
Given the position of her family, she had never openly rejected Cecilia. However, the association they had maintained since their academy days had abruptly come to an end.
It had nothing to do with me. The ‘Deokbae Asil’ of that time wasn't me, after all. What mattered more was the present.
House Crozet was the family backing the academy… If I did her a favor this time, I might be able to obtain a recommendation letter for an academy nurse.
“It may not be to your taste, but this is herbal tea.”
“You still remember my preferences. Thank you.”
The tea was far too cheap for a duchess to drink, but she drank it without showing the slightest displeasure.
However, judging by how she didn't touch it after taking a single sip, it must have been very, very cheap.
“Shall we… begin the discussion?”
“…This is a true secret. My honor is at stake. I trust you understand how much value that carries.”
“Of course.”
“That is why I couldn't go to the Church. I might have given them leverage over me. So I came to you. Deokbae Asil, you've been someone I could trust for a long time.”
“…I'm honored.”
“But it is better to be certain about these things. So I'd like you to sign this.”
When she finished speaking, the knight standing beside her took out a glowing document and smoothly held it out to me.
This is… a confidentiality agreement, isn't it? It was a kind of contract magic in which both sides staked something as a promise. A confidentiality agreement this expensive for a single medical examination? What kind of treatment was she planning to receive…?
“The stake is… my life?! Is that really so?”
“If this secret came to light, I would rather die.”
“…I understand.”
If she considered it this important, that was even better. The greater the stakes, the more I could ask of her.
“However, I'd like to change this. I don't need this much money.”
“Even though you live in such a cramped house? Has your honor vanished entirely, Deokbae Asil…”
“No, Duchess. It is precisely to regain my honor. What I want instead of money is a recommendation letter from the academy.”
“…!!”
As soon as she heard me mention the recommendation letter, her face stiffened.
Then she forced down another sip of the cheap herbal tea.
Look at that reaction… It's kind of irritating.
“It isn't Cecilia's recommendation letter. Elaine Dwen has agreed to write that one.”
“That Elaine Dwen…! Is she out of her mind?”
“Duchess, Cecilia isn't a witch. She was merely born blessed with magic, and she can now control her magic completely.”
When I spoke sternly, she composed her expression and took another sip of herbal tea.
However, the knight beside her couldn't control his expression and glared at me fiercely.
I suppose he thought I had been rude to the Duchess.
“Then is it your recommendation letter?”
“That's right. I want the position of academy nurse.”
“…You intend to return to the capital. With that child.”
“It is a place I must eventually return to. Now is the right time.”
“If that is all, I can do it for you. But only if your abilities are truly up to the task, Deokbae Asil.”
“’If you acknowledge my ability, you will write me a recommendation letter.’ That will suffice.”
“Then we have a contract.”
She created a ballpoint pen with magic, then took the contract and amended the compensation clause.
I took it back and checked it with ‘Observation’, but there were no tricks. Well, she was a duchess. Would she really resort to petty tricks?
When I signed in the signature field, the contract split into two documents. One entered my chest, while the other entered the Duchess's chest.
I'd only seen it in my memories before, but magic really was fascinating no matter how many times I saw it.
“Then… will you tell me this time?”
“Haa… Well…”
“…It's a sexually transmitted disease.”
This was seriously making my head spin.
***
I took her to the examination room.
After seating her in the examination chair, I reclined it backward and fitted her legs into the supports installed on either side, forcing them apart.
It was the kind of examination chair found in a gynecology clinic. In my case, I'd only ever seen one in porn, and I'd built it so I could enjoy myself while treating patients.
When I removed the towel draped over her lower abdomen, the Duchess's pussy was fully exposed. Perhaps because she was embarrassed, I could see it twitching.
A curtain had been drawn across the middle of the chair, so I couldn't see her face from my side, but I could more or less imagine her expression. There had been more than one woman forced open like this.
Still, this was a first for me. The knight who had accompanied the Duchess stayed beside her to the very end, holding her hand.
…This is an affair, isn't it?
The sexually transmitted disease the Duchess had mentioned turned out to be wounds inside her vagina. After hearing the details, I learned that she had been injured by being pierced by an aura-infused penis.
Hiding my surprise, I brought up how Duke Liam was supposedly rough, according to the rumors, but the rough one was the devoted lover holding her hand beside me.
Come to think of it, I'd heard that Duke Liam was away subduing barbarians, so perhaps the two of them had taken advantage of his absence to enthusiastically fuck each other.
“Then… I'll spread you open and check.”
“…”
She gave no answer, perhaps out of embarrassment.
Regardless, I forcibly gripped her pussy with two fingers and spread it open.
“Haaht…”
Of course, I had Sensual Stimulation turned on.
A Duchess moaning with her pussy spread open in front of another man while her adulterous lover stood beside her. It was incredibly hot. I couldn't pass up this chance.
Through ‘Observation’, I could clearly see the wounds cut into various places inside her vagina.
They were bad enough that it must have hurt whenever she walked, yet she had somehow managed not to show it.
But seriously, even so… oral sex was one thing, but aura sex? Is there… something he's lacking?
Did he lack confidence as a man to the point of needing to use aura? Or were they a perverted couple who enjoyed increasingly hardcore things?
Whatever the case, it was shocking.
“They aren't easy to see with the naked eye. I'll insert a finger to check.”
“…Hah! Mmph, ngh…. Hah, hng…”
Even though I'd already checked everything, I inserted my finger into the Duchess's pussy.
She tried to force herself to hold back her voice, but when I touched the G-spot I'd found through Observation,
“…Haaang! Hk! Haa…,”
the Duchess finally couldn't hold back and let out a cry of pleasure.
At the same time, her pussy clenched, and when the wounds inside her vagina struck my finger, she let out a moan of pain.
“Nngh! Hah… ngh!”
I hadn't expected this. I felt a little bad.
“Hey! Are you actually conducting a proper examination?”
Wow, the devoted macho man beside me was angry. For an adulterer, he sure was bold. Not that I was one to talk…
“My apologies. But I've finished checking everything. It is a sensitive area, so even a small movement may cause severe pain, but the wounds themselves aren't particularly serious.”
“Then can you treat them today?”
“Of course. Wounds of this severity won't take long to treat. However, she may experience considerable pain during the treatment, just as she is now.”
“…Haa… I don't mind, so please treat me right away, just like this…”
“Understood. Sir knight, please stay beside the Duchess and calm her.”
“Hm! Understood.”
It won't hurt; it'll feel good. Better than when you have sex with her.
So watch closely from there, you adulterous bitch, panting from me fucking you.
Using Heal, I once again inserted my finger into the Duchess's pussy.
This time, though, I moved from the entrance, slowly enough for her to fully feel the sensation of my finger.
“…Hah… ha… hng…”
As though reacting to my finger, she began to pant, and gradually, her juices began to flow.
As my finger sank deeper little by little, the wet squelching sounds grew louder, and so did her moans.
“Haaang… ngh… haaang…”
As though teasing her, I healed only the wounds without touching her G-spot or any of her sensitive spots.
In response, she subtly moved her hips, trying to press her G-spot against my finger.
Each time she did, I kept moving my finger and betrayed her expectations.
“Ahh… no… ngh…”
Perhaps her body had grown hot, because she now openly raised her hips, searching for my finger.
And the moment my finger touched her G-spot, she climaxed on the spot.
“Ha, haaang! Nooooo!”
“D-Duchess? What on earth is this?”
“You quack!”
-Crash!
When the Duchess finally came, the knight beside her huffed angrily, charged at me, and punched me straight in the mouth.
Fuck, that hurt like hell. I was a D-Rank hunter, but that guy seemed several times stronger than me.
“What do you think you're doing!”
“You bastard?! How dare you molest the Duchess under the pretext of treating her?”
“I completed the treatment without a shred of shame!”
“You're still going to insist on that?!”
“Stop!!”
When I gritted my teeth and angrily turned the accusation back on him, the knight raised his hand once more.
I wasn't about to sit still either. I immediately prepared to draw the green dagger from my inventory.
In that tense standoff, the Duchess shouted.
“Lance! Step back! He really did treat me, just as he said.”
“Y-You really mean it?”
“Yes! It was only because I was… sensitive. You know that.”
“That is true…”
What a load of bullshit.
“I'm sorry, Asil… Are you all right?”
She approached me half-naked, still exposing her pussy, and worried about me.
At this rate, my dick wasn't going to be all right…
I forcibly suppressed my erection and used Heal and Purification on the spot where I'd been punched.
My loose tooth returned to its place, and my bruised cheek became clear.
The blood around my mouth disappeared, and my crumpled clothes became neat again.
“It was real!”
“It truly is a blessing from God!”
“No, it's God's guilt… since He took her away.”
“Ahh… Asil…”
After losing Elise and falling into despair, Deokbae Asil suddenly gained the ability to heal people.
It was an ability different from the Heal used by the priests of the Church.
Deokbae Asil considered it God's guilt and called himself a doctor instead of a healer.
This was the information about me that I had spread through Elaine.
It was a strategy to publicize my unique ability without drawing the Church's aggro.
To that end, unlike healers, I deliberately healed patients by touching the affected area directly.
The truth was that I was doing it for netori, but it also served to emphasize the difference.
***
After the treatment was over, we got back in the carriage and returned to the reception room, where the Duchess's gaze toward me had changed.
After seeing me truly use Heal, she seemed to believe in me.
The knight beside her kept his head bowed, perhaps feeling sorry.
I had been about to get angry at him, but he had bowed and apologized first, leaving me with nothing to say.
“Let me apologize once again, Asil. Not only did I show you an embarrassing sight during the treatment, but I also failed to control Lance as his master.”
“It's all right, Duchess. Anyone could have reacted that way. There is nothing to be embarrassed about. In fact, I was moved by Sir Lance's loyalty. A knight who acts for his master without a moment's hesitation is truly an example to all knights.”
“Asil… you really haven't changed at all.”
Perhaps moved, the Duchess looked at me with moist eyes. The knight beside her was openly shedding tears.
Apparently, the answer that was least like me had been the right one.
“Is there anything I can do for you? As the Duchess of House Crozet, I cannot return like this without saving face. Please, ask me.”
“Then… if we return to the capital, would you become Cecilia's patron?”
“That…”
“I intend to introduce Cecilia to high society. Please help clear up the misunderstanding surrounding that child… I'm asking you.”
“You truly are sincere… Very well. Asil, I will trust you. Then give me some time to speak with the child.”
“Thank you! I'm sure she will win your heart, too. Cecilia is such a pure and kind child!”
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“Aaaaaaaaaah!”
A woman screamed while floating in the air.
Both her arms had been bent backward and broken.
“Heehee! What a cute sound. So this is the sound people make when their arms are broken?”
Cecilia smiled as she watched the woman.
It was an angelically pure smile.
“Please… stop… I don't want to die, please…”
“So~ if you'd stopped when I told you to, this wouldn't have happened.”
“Aaaah! Aaaaaaah!”
This time, both of the woman's ankles slowly began to twist.
The woman cried and screamed, but her ankles creaked as they bent.
“You mocked me, saying what could a little brat like you possibly know… even though you know nothing about Father! You filthy bitch! You have a husband and still seduced my father?”
“Aaaaaaargh! I-I was wrong, I was wroooong! Nngh… ah, aaaaaah!”
The ankles kept twisting without stopping even after they had bent, eventually making a full rotation before returning to their original positions.
Cecilia didn't stop smiling as she watched.
“I told you. Never meet Father again. Since you don't seem capable of doing that on your own, I'll help you.”
“Heehee! I'm kind, aren't I?”
To her, Cecilia's smile was
nothing less than a witch's smile.