Chapter 93: Rose (5)

The warm skin felt at his fingertips.

As if craving that body heat, he pressed his palm against it, and then a labored breath burst out between her rose-colored lips.

The red-haired girl lay on the bed in a thoroughly disheveled state.

"Haa, haa..."

Her shaking gaze glared at him.

Though the full-scale treatment hadn't even started yet, she seemed to have exhausted herself while fiercely resisting.

Killing intent dripped from her leaf-like eyes.

"You... dare to do this... again...!"

Her tightly clenched fist seemed about to contain violence at any moment.

Behind her coldly boiling voice, shame and shock at her current situation were hidden.

Perhaps she had belatedly realized resistance was futile?

Elise had relaxed her limbs, only glaring with her eyes.

He smiled as if responding to that.

"It's the same as last time. Don't worry, it won't hurt."

"I clearly... told you... to get out!"

"I didn't intend to go this far either, but seeing Your Highness's condition, I decided to be a bit harsh."

"Don't... ugh, don't touch my body...!"

"I'm afraid I can't grant that request."

He firmly shook his head.

It was obvious the current rose wouldn't listen no matter what was said.

Even if it meant adopting a somewhat forceful method, his thought was that her broken state had to be restored.

He spoke while holding the soft sensation.

"Then... I'll start the treatment."

At the same time, shadows rippled at his fingertips.

They thinly coated his finger joints, then gradually dyed the touching skin.

A squirming sensation.

The rose's pupils shook in surprise at that.

Exhaling the breath she had been holding, a faint moan followed.

It was a greatly agitated breathing.

"Hnn...?!"

A particularly clear ringing sound.

Her pitiful body trembled as if frightened, but the snake that had already coiled had no intention of releasing its prey.

It only licked her nape with its flickering tongue.

"You'll feel better soon."

It could be called the start of full-scale treatment.

If yesterday was a light tasting stage, today was the time to unravel the fundamental cause.

He consumed some output.

Swish-.

The thinly spreading darkness seeped into her abdomen.

Before long, it caused invisible changes beyond that.

"...?!"

Elise's shoulders twitching.

Perhaps due to the unfamiliar sensation?

Currently, her body's sensitivity was raised nearly twofold.

By fixing the stimulation the patient received at maximum like this, the mana flow spreading throughout her body could be easily detected.

Thanks to that, the girl was more sensitive than ever before.

"Wh-What, ugh, are you... doing to my body...?"

The sensitivity she felt was probably even more than that.

The stimulation entering her body suddenly increased from 100 to 200.

Though sensations that could be dangerous like pain were adjusted, other nerves were left alive as they were, so it must have been burdensome.

For example, smell, hearing, touch... or even pleasure.

Therefore, it wasn't strange that the patient's reaction returned intensely.

"Ugh, uugh... It's strange, why suddenly...!"

He stroked her head as if to soothe such a girl.

Perhaps even that felt alien?

He had to remove his hand because she sharply turned her head.

'It seems harder than I thought.'

It seemed other thoughts would have to be postponed for later.

He stopped stalling.

He concentrated output at his touching fingertips.

Then, as if craving her warm flesh, he firmly pressed her snow-white stomach with his palm.

It was exactly the part forming her lower abdomen.

"Ughak?!"

A breath bursting out following that.

Perhaps due to the high-intensity stimulation?

Her waist lightly bounced up, but even that was blocked by his pressing hand.

Her pitiful body only trembled.

"You mustn't move."

Is the first time difficult after all?

As he had expected this level of reaction, he calmly waited for the girl to calm down.

With his other hand, he stroked the rose's head.

"Ah, augh... What, are you, trying to do?"

"As I said, it's treatment. Please refrain from intense movements as it's delicate work."

The surgical method was simple.

Restoring the heavily polluted mana lines one by one.

It was a method of injecting mana into the central lower abdomen, making it flow into minute tubes, and pushing out the back flowing energy with the ordered ones.

Though it's explained simply, in reality it was a nearly impossible method.

First, the mana had to be manipulated individually.

While handling particle units, the paths had to be adjusted so they wouldn't deviate.

Such work had to be applied to numerous tubes in order, so not only was the difficulty of performing the procedure high, but the time to reach treatment also took quite long.

It was work that ordinary doctors couldn't even attempt.

'Of course.'

For me, it was the best method.

I could treat slowly while taking time, accordingly a performance of steady recovery was possible, and the burden returning to the patient was also quite low.

I just had to leisurely devour the princesses during the given period.

The difficulty of manipulation was no problem for me.

If I can revert even chimeras with a single gesture, it would be the worst if I couldn't do this much.

He continued the treatment with a faint smile.

"You're enduring well."

Squeeze-.

He pressed her abdomen once again.

Her shoulders twitching.

Her disordered breath was now boiling like a low fever.

Her faint gestures tightly grasped the bedsheet, and her lips were bitten as if holding back sound.

It was a desperately enduring appearance.

"Ugh... That's, enough, I don't need, treatment, hnn."

Squeeze-.

"Huuk...!"

Elise closed her eyes tightly.

Her sprawled breathing boiled like a low fever.

Perhaps frightened by the alien sensation, even some moisture gathered at her eyes.

Nevertheless, the killing intent in her gaze didn't break.

As she was raising her shabby thorns to the end, it made him think she was truly like a single rose.

Perhaps because her strong appearance was particularly endearing.

He stroked Elise's head several more times.

"Good. You're getting used to it gradually."

"You... I'll kill, you, ugh, you trash...!"

"Such an end wouldn't be bad either. Of course, that's talk for after Your Highness's treatment is finished."

"Hic, uugh...!"

Squeeze-.

The girl was shaking pitifully.

She seemed to be looking for someone to help in between, but unfortunately there was no one in the dark room.

Only the sickly rose and the golden snake existed.

As Charlotte had said she would follow his words completely from now on, she was waiting in the next room with the maid.

No matter how much noise was made here, it wouldn't reach the other side.

He had soundproofed it like yesterday.

"You just need to continue like this."

Squeeze, squeeze-.

Gestures repeating like that.

The first treatment was only finished after about 3 hours had passed.

Perhaps because he had consumed output for quite a long time?

As he removed his hand that seemed to have cramped, the exhausted rose's breath touched his ear.

Elise lay powerlessly.

"Haa, haa..."

The girl was drenched in sweat that had flowed down.

Thanks to that, her wet nightgown reflected her insides, and a sticky body scent dyed the air in the room.

Her pupils that seemed unfocused yet not were particularly beautiful.

"Good work."

He lightly conveyed his appreciation.

Elise in her disheveled state.

Her nightgown revealing her lower chest was barely covering the tips that had formed on top.

Some hand marks remained on her snow-white stomach.

"Your body should feel much better. If you receive treatment steadily from now on, recovery is possible."

He snapped his fingers.

Snap-!

Right after a light bursting sound.

The girl who had been a mess returned to a neat appearance.

It was a consideration given out of some thought, in case she might feel uncomfortable from sweating.

Also to tidy up the surroundings that had been messed up.

"Then I'll be going."

"......"

"I'll see you again tomorrow."

"...Die."

The rose muttered as if scraping.

Clear venom was beyond her upward-looking eyes.

Has she still not been broken?

He smiled as if answering that, then caressed the girl's cheek that still held warmth.

Thorns were hidden at the end of the soft sensation.

"You'll realize."

He whispered with a crafty tongue.

"The fact that even such resistance has no meaning."

Sweet breath tickled her ear.

Elise only clenched her fists, her body trembling close to exhaustion.

Though she resisted now.

Hands that she would not be able to go against in the future.

"I can do whatever I want with Your Highness anytime."

Her pale complexion was particularly fragile.

As he felt the warmth at his fingertips, suddenly a voice brushed his ear.

One of the fragments of the past that had now shattered.

-Big brother... I'm hurting.

-I cried because I missed you, but I stopped right away after listening to the nurse.

-Hehe! So hurry and pat me!

He vowed while feeling her fragile body heat.

To prevent the tragedy to come, to save Charlotte from despair, so that everyone could meet a happy ending.

So that your fairy tale would be different from mine.

"I will definitely save Your Highness."

Definitely.

That I would save you.