Chapter 58
…….
Seraphina didn't shy away from my touch. No—if anything, she tilted her head toward my palm and nuzzled against it. Like a cat craving praise, she narrowed her eyes in bliss beneath my touch.
'Status Analysis.'
[Name: Seraphina von Reinhardt]
[Status: Physically and mentally dependent on Max Jaeger.]
[Emotion: Relief at being acknowledged by him, along with the security and affection she felt from his hand stroking her head.]
Her guard had completely fallen. All that remained was blind trust in and dependence on me.
"Major, you really are…."
I chuckled and lifted her chin, meeting her eyes.
"You're such a good patient."
"……You, you are… an insolent… doctor."
She mumbled with a flushed face, but a faint smile played at the corners of her mouth. Then she gave my lips another light peck and redoubled the movement of her hips.
"Hngh, ngh! Ah! Ah!"
Her climax was approaching. Her vaginal walls contracted madly, squeezing my cock. The fluids flowing from her entrance soaked my groin.
"M-Max…! I-I feel strange…! My head… it's going white…!"
Her eyes rolled upward as though they might flip back in her head. I gripped her pelvis tightly.
It was time.
'The Touch of Attunement.'
[The skill 'The Touch of Attunement (Lv.2)' is activated.]
[It amplifies the target's pleasure.]
I thrust hard against her womb and activated the skill.
"Kyaaahhh♡!!"
Seraphina nearly screamed. Her body thrashed like a live fish, and her entire vaginal wall convulsed, squeezing my cock as though it would snap it off.
The pressure pushed me to my limit as well.
"Kgh…!"
The sensation of ejaculation surged up my spine. For a moment, I thought I should pull out, but her inner walls wouldn't let me go. No—if I'm being honest, I didn't want to pull out.
[Pregnancy Control] was active anyway.
"…Take it, Major."
"W-wait…? O-outside…!"
She belatedly came to her senses and tried to raise herself, but I forced her waist down and pressed her tightly against me.
"Too late."
I thrust my hips upward, driving my glans into the deepest point, the entrance to her womb.
Pffut, pffuuut—!
"Hieek?! Ah, aaaaah♡!!"
Hot semen gushed into the deepest part of her. It was a bare ejaculation. The heat, incomparable to anything she'd felt through a condom, seared her inner walls.
Gloop, gloop.
"N-no…! Aah…! It's going in… so hottt…!"
Seraphina threw her head back and trembled violently. The opening of her womb fluttered as it drank in the semen pouring into it. I could feel her lower abdomen, pressed against my pelvis, growing warm.
I emptied myself to the very last drop. Then I pulled her tightly into my arms as her strength gave out and she collapsed on top of me.
"Haa… haa…."
The car once again filled with the sound of our ragged breathing and the sharp, musky scent of sex.
Seraphina panted with her face buried against my chest. Her body still trembled in tiny aftershocks of pleasure.
"Y-you… inside me…."
Only after a long while did she mutter in a voice tinged with reproach.
"You… broke your promise."
"I'm sorry. Your grip was too good, Major. I couldn't hold back."
I answered shamelessly while stroking her sweat-damp back.
"And… I judged that directly injecting my yang energy into you would maximize the treatment's effects."
"……Liar."
Seraphina slowly looked up at me. But there was no anger in her eyes. Only the languor of a woman who had been loved, mixed with a trace of worry.
[Emotion: The joy of knowing he wanted her that badly outweighs her slight resentment at his broken promise. She is worried about pregnancy, but doesn't want to shatter her current happiness.]
She rubbed her cheek against my chest again and mumbled.
"…You have to take responsibility."
"Pardon?"
"If… if I end up having a child… you have to take responsibility."
Her voice was barely audible. But the weight behind it was anything but light.
I chuckled and kissed her forehead.
"Don't worry. That won't happen."
"…How can you be so sure?"
"Because I controlled it."
"Controlled what…?"
"It's a secret."
I hugged her tightly. Seraphina asked no further questions and rested in my arms.
And how much time passed?
I gently eased Seraphina's heavy body away from me and slowly pulled out my cock.
Squelch.
"Ah…."
A lewd sound accompanied the separation of our mucous membranes. As her vulva parted, Seraphina let out a short moan of loss. Milky fluid streamed down the inside of her thighs.
"We should clean up."
I took out a handkerchief and wiped away the traces left on our bodies. I straightened our clothes and wiped down the seat.
"Haa…."
Seraphina sighed and looked in the passenger-side mirror. Her silver hair was disheveled, her lipstick smeared, and her cheeks flushed bright red. If she went out like this, she might as well be advertising that we'd just had wild sex in the car.
"Fix your hair a little and you'll be fine. As for the lipstick… I ate it all, so you'll have to reapply it."
"…Let's go. If we're too late, people will get suspicious."
I started the engine again. Only after its vibrations hummed through the car did I feel as though I had returned to reality.
The car slid once more down the capital's boulevard. The road was far quieter and emptier than before. But the atmosphere was completely different. Instead of awkwardness, there was a strange sense of fulfillment.
Seraphina leaned her head against the window and occasionally stole glances at me. Whenever our eyes met, she either smiled shyly or looked away.
'Status Analysis.'
[Name: Seraphina von Reinhardt]
[Status: Drowsiness, with a throbbing ache in her lower body.]
[Emotion: Not wanting to part from Max Jaeger, and longing to spend the rest of the night with him.]
Her thoughts were obvious, but I pretended not to notice and focused solely on driving.
Before long, the car arrived at the hotel entrance.
"Let's go inside."
I escorted Seraphina into the lobby. It was quiet due to the late hour.
As the elevator went up, Seraphina quietly took my hand. Soon, the arrival chime sounded, and we reached the floor where her room was located. We walked to her door and stopped.
"Get some rest, Major. You've worked very hard today."
I tried to release the hand she was holding. But Seraphina wouldn't let go.
"……Max."
She lifted her head and looked up at me.
"…I mean…."
[Emotion: Loneliness at being left alone, and a desire to hold him in her arms and fall asleep.]
It was an appealing option. To sleep here in this luxurious hotel room with Seraphina in my arms.
But I still had to be wary of closing the distance between us too much. For various reasons.
"You are now both a hero of the Imperial Army and a star attracting attention."
That alone seemed to make Seraphina understand what I meant.
She glanced around. At the end of the hallway, she could see the security camera and hotel staff making their rounds.
"……."
Her lips parted in disappointment.
"…You are always so rational."
"Isn't that one of my strengths?"
I lifted the hand she was holding and politely kissed the back of it.
Smack.
"At our next treatment, I'll definitely make you feel even better. I promise."
"Yes, I understand…."
Only then did Seraphina let go of my hand.
"Sleep well, Max."
She gave me one last look filled with lingering disappointment, then disappeared into the room.
Click.
Once the door closed and I was alone in the hallway, I finally relaxed the tension in my shoulders.
"Phew…."
A long sigh escaped me. Fatigue washed over me like a wave.
Today had been far too long. The parade from morning onward, an audience with the Emperor, the promotion ceremony, politicking at the banquet, my tussle with Erika, and the battle of wills with the Princess.
And just now, the intense car sex with Seraphina.
[The skill 'Iron Mind' is currently active.]
[Iron Mind] always kept me mentally sound, but it couldn't do anything about accumulated fatigue. My legs were trembling and my lower back ached, so what I needed now wasn't a cool head but rest.
'I need to get to bed soon.'
I trudged down to the floor where my room was located.
My mind held nothing but thoughts of a soft bed and blankets. I wanted to collapse without thinking and sleep until the sun was high in the sky tomorrow.
My room was at the very end of the hallway. I took out my key and turned the corner.
But then.
"……?"
Someone was standing in front of my door.
A small shadow stood leaning against the wall beneath the dim hallway lights.
A woman with brown hair neatly tied back, dressed in workout clothes.
"…Hannah?"
At the sound of her name, her head, which had been bobbing as though she'd been dozing, shot up.
"Ah! L-Lieutenant… no, Captain!"
The moment Hannah saw me, her face lit up and she ran over.
"What are you doing here instead of sleeping?"
"Well… you hadn't come back yet…."
She fidgeted with her fingers.
"Today… from the parade through the banquet… I thought you must be exhausted…."
Hannah grabbed my sleeve and looked up at me. Her eyes were moist.
"And… from your body…."
She sniffed the air.
"…You smell far too strongly of another woman."