Chapter 37
“W-while under Mr. Lee Seonho’s buff…. I-I can treat you….”
“I think five minutes should be enough to complete the treatment. What do you think?”
“I-I understand…. Since I think that would definitely be less uncomfortable for me too….”
Treating him while under Lee Seonho’s buff.
Hearing it put that way, it was certainly a reasonable approach. She even wondered why she hadn’t thought of it sooner.
‘While under the buff, I probably won’t have to show Mr. Lee Seonho such an embarrassing side of myself….’
This was precisely what Kim Isabel had worried about most since she began coming in and out of his hospital room alone.
In order to treat Lee Seonho, she necessarily had to touch his body, but each time, she felt a fear as though something emanating from his body were wrapping tightly around her own.
If she could suppress that fear, she would be able to stop behaving so disgracefully in front of Lee Seonho.
…And perhaps she could somehow calm her heart, which pounded with fear at merely touching a man’s body.
“I-I-I’ll try….”
“Then let’s start with the buff. Bring your head over to my right hand, Isabel.”
“Y-yes….”
Lee Seonho’s hand, which had become relatively less frightening thanks to having experienced it several times already.
In the past, it would have felt like thrusting her head into a demon’s mouth, but now it was still frightening, just not to that extent.
Having once again felt how much his training was helping, she quietly pushed her head forward.
「Heart of a Succubus」
“……Hup.”
After confirming that the buff had taken effect—a buff that still startled her whenever she noticed it—she quietly pulled her head away.
“Did the buff take effect properly?”
“…Yes. I think I’m getting fairly used to this sensation now.”
“I’m glad you’re getting better. Then would you like to continue with the treatment in this state?”
“Yes, Mr. Lee Seonho.”
Hoo-oo.
After taking a deep breath, she quietly brought her hand to his chest as he lay on the bed, sending holy power from his heart throughout his body to heal him.
She wondered what she would do if her phobia returned the moment she touched him, but she couldn’t run away now.
In the first place, she was trying to cure her androphobia precisely to overcome this shortcoming: being ‘unable to treat men.’
-Tap.
“……”
Something was rising.
The black something that usually crawled up along her hand.
But… for some reason, it didn’t feel frightening.
The frightening energy that normally crawled upward as though engulfing her entire body in an instant seemed, for some reason, to be blocked around her wrist, unable to climb any farther.
‘…So this is what it feels like.’
So this was what it felt like to touch a man’s body while under the buff.
When they had been talking, she’d thought the fear had disappeared completely, but even after touching his body, some fear remained.
But one thing was certain: it was less than before.
The fear was on an entirely different level from before, when something like black tentacles had crawled up her arm and body the moment she touched him.
“How is it?”
“I’m still… a little afraid.”
“…As I thought, even this isn’t enough to suppress it completely, hmm….”
“I-it’s all right. Even this has made almost all the fear disappear. Compared to the fear I’ve felt until now… there’s really only a little left.”
“Really? Are you sure you’re all right?”
“Yes. So you don’t have to worry too much. This remaining emotion is something I have to overcome on my own somehow.”
Yes. No matter how much she wanted to cure her androphobia, she couldn’t rely on him for everything from beginning to end.
She had to overcome this level of fear on her own. As someone receiving Lee Seonho’s help, that was the least she could do.
If she couldn’t even overcome this small amount of fear, he might research another buff for her. Given the personality she had seen in Lee Seonho so far, he undoubtedly would.
She couldn’t allow herself to burden him again when she was already receiving far more help than she deserved. So she would somehow overcome this small fear herself.
Although it was only a tiny amount of fear, if she could overcome it, she might gradually be able to dispel her fear of men even when the buff was removed.
“…I’ll start the treatment now.”
“Okay, take it slowly. We said five minutes, but that doesn’t mean I’ll suddenly remove the buff in the middle of the treatment.”
“Yes.”
In a much more comfortable state of mind than usual, she infused him with holy power and began treating Lee Seonho.
She could feel holy power flowing through his body from her hand—the sensation of it moving steadily and rapidly restoring the damaged parts of his body.
Until just a moment ago, her fear of touching a man’s body had kept her from properly feeling this sensation, so she had focused only on channeling holy power into him; now that the fear was suppressed, she could clearly sense the condition of his body as well.
‘You’ve recovered quite a lot. At this rate, you might be able to leave the hospital around tomorrow evening.’
If so, that meant her androphobia treatment would also end tomorrow evening.
She felt a slight urge to stay at the church for a few more days and ask him to keep treating her, but Kim Isabel wasn’t inconsiderate enough to make such a request.
…So all she could do was become as accustomed to men as possible while she was receiving this training to overcome her phobia.
-Rub.
“……”
She hadn’t realized it until now. But once her fear faded, she began to feel it.
Lee Seonho’s… somewhat firm chest muscles hidden beneath his clothes.
Although she was afraid of men, that didn’t mean she knew nothing about them, so she had little trouble realizing that his chest muscles were far from ordinary.
‘He must have been able to run so hard even while carrying a woman because he had trained his body like this.’
Even though he didn’t have a physical-enhancement ability, the fact that he trained his body meant he never neglected his own training so he could help others, didn’t it?
As expected, he was completely different from ordinary men. Even more so because he did the best he could from his own position instead of relying on the performance of his awakened ability.
-Rub, rub.
“…Hah, haaah.”
Someone who always worked to stand in his own place and never hesitated to use the strength he had gathered for others.
For some reason, Kim Isabel’s hand kept moving over those ‘traces of his training.’
⁎ ⁎ ⁎
-Rub, rub.
“…Hah, haaah.”
…Has it started?
The treatment had clearly ended, yet Kim Isabel’s hand continued groping over my chest, unable to pull away.
She was moving strangely timidly, as though trying not to make it obvious she was touching me, but I couldn’t help but notice that she was conscious of what she was doing.
It seemed the ‘Heart of a Succubus’ I’d put on her while pretending it was a buff was finally starting to do its job.
Until now, her androphobia had left her no room to think about sexual desire, but after I spent two days easing her wariness toward me, she was probably beginning to awaken to lust little by little.
Of course, the most decisive reason was probably the physical contact I had induced while the suggestion was active. After all, succubi were a race whose thoughts could only drift in a lewd direction when they touched a man’s body.
Since this was her first time, she was merely fidgeting around my chest muscles and didn’t find it strange… but after just a few more times, she’d realize what thoughts were behind her touching my body.
‘The name of the buff is ‘Heart of a Succubus,’ after all, so she’ll quickly realize that the buff is the cause.’
But whether realizing that would be enough to make her stop was a separate matter.
In any case, it was certainly helping Kim Isabel’s treatment for androphobia. In the middle of all this, there was no way she could shamelessly ask me, “The side effect is strange, so please use a different buff.”
Nor would she want to stop the training midway and bring her treatment for androphobia to an end. Now that she’d finally found a way to overcome her shortcoming, there was no way she’d give up.
-Rub, rub.
“……Ah.”
-Sliiide.
Even after the treatment ended, she rubbed her palm against my chest for about a minute before belatedly coming to her senses and quietly withdrawing her hand.
Smiling inwardly at the cute motion, I pretended not to notice and asked casually.
“How is it? Do you feel more comfortable than before?”
“…Yes. I think I can focus fully on Mr. Lee Seonho’s treatment now. To be honest, until now, all I could do was channel holy power into your body because of my fear….”
“It was impressive that you could even do that while afraid. Still, I’m glad you can become accustomed to men, even if it’s this way.”
“Ah, I still don’t think it’s enough. I think I need to keep receiving the buff a few more times.”
“Don’t worry—I’ll keep helping you. At least while I’m hospitalized, I’ll do as much as I can whenever I get the chance. Don’t feel burdened; you can ask me anytime.”
“Yes. Thank you as always, Mr. Lee Seonho.”
I should be the one thanking you.
At this rate, before long she’d lose control of her desire in front of me, swallow my cock with her mouth, or spread her buttocks while begging me to take her from behind.
Just briefly imagining the corrupted Kim Isabel in my mind made my lower body harden. Fortunately, the hospital gown was loose, so it wasn’t too obvious.
“The treatment is over, so I’ll remove the buff now, Isabel.”
“Yes, Mr. Lee Seonho.”
Like Cha Eun-joo, Kim Isabel now naturally brought her head beneath my right hand.
After removing the suggestion I’d placed on her, I cautiously watched to see how she would react this time.
「Suggestion Removed」
“Hah, h-hup….”
She couldn’t quite conceal the startled note in her voice, but she slowly lifted her head from my hand and straightened up as calmly as possible.
“Th-thank you, M-Mr. Lee Seonho…. I-I’ll ask for your help again l-later….”
“All right. You worked hard too, Isabel.”
“Y-yes….”
She bowed her head, offered one final word of thanks, and then quietly left.
Seeing her wariness toward me lessen day by day naturally sent my arousal soaring.
‘Haa, I really can’t take this anymore.’
If only my body were free, I’d have gone to the bathroom and jerked off. Maybe I should have asked whether it was all right to loosen my restraints a little before she left.
I should ask when my afternoon treatment is over. It would be too obvious if I masturbated in the hospital room, so for now I had no choice but to endure it.
-Rattle.
“Hm?”
As I lay back down on the bed thinking that, the hospital-room door opened and someone entered. I turned my head, wondering if Kim Isabel had come back, but it was Cha Eun-joo, who had hurried home yesterday after giving me a blowjob.
“Se-Seonho…. How are you feeling?”
“Huh? Cha Eun-joo? Didn’t you go home yesterday?”
“I was a little worried…. I-I just wanted to ask whether anything had been uncomfortable while I was gone….”
…You really do go out of your way to act cute every time I see you.
It can’t be helped. If she wants so badly to be doted on by me, I have no choice but to live up to her expectations.