Chapter 43
“You seem to be getting used to being treated while under the buff. How about trying today’s treatment with your hand directly touching my bare skin, Isabel?”
“……Yes?”
Kim Isabel asked back, flustered by my suggestion, her voice trembling slightly.
To put her at ease, I made it clear that my proposal had no strange meaning and that I was making it for her sake.
“I don’t mean it in any strange way. I once heard that holy power is more effective when it flows through direct contact with bare skin. We haven’t been able to do that because of your fear of men, Isabel, but I thought it might be possible while you’re under the buff.”
“…….”
“Of course, I could be mistaken because I don’t know much about it. But if you’re all right with it, I thought it might be a chance for you to become a little more accustomed to men while also improving the efficiency of your treatment.”
“…I-I see….”
The claim that holy power was more effective when sent through direct contact with bare skin was actually just an excuse.
Of course, whether there was even one thin layer of clothing in between did affect the efficiency of holy power’s healing. But the difference was so slight that there was no need to treat someone with a hand directly touching their bare skin.
In practice, my proposal was no different from asking Kim Isabel whether she would try some direct physical contact with me. Not placing a hand on my forearm as she had yesterday, but touching my bare chest directly.
“I’m sorry if I’ve misunderstood. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the way you treat me, Isabel. I’ve only heard this from various places.”
“…No, it isn’t exactly incorrect.”
“Really?”
“The difference is slight, but it is true that sending holy power directly through bare skin is more efficient. That’s also why the church deliberately uses thin patient gowns. The idea is to maximize the efficiency of holy power so that one priest can care for many patients.”
“I see. I didn’t know that much.”
“In that sense, what you said, Mr. Lee Seonho, does make perfect sense. No matter how thin the patient gown is, there would certainly be a difference between sending holy power through it and sending it through direct contact with bare skin.”
Kim Isabel cautiously repeated what I had said and explained it slowly.
Since she was already under ‘Heart of a Succubus,’ there was no way she would reject the offer of physical contact I had made.
“I-if it won’t make you uncomfortable, I’ll treat you more efficiently as you suggested, Mr. Lee Seonho. Though it might not mean much since you’ll be discharged soon.”
“It wouldn’t just be for my treatment; it would also help treat your fear of men. So if you’re all right with it, I’d like you to do that.”
“…Yes. Then we’ll proceed with today’s treatment that way.”
With that, Kim Isabel reached for the front of my gown.
Given her current state, Isabel would probably stop at unbuttoning a few buttons and slightly exposing my chest.
Even under ‘Heart of a Succubus,’ the suggestion only increased her curiosity and sexual desire toward the opposite sex; it couldn’t make her shameless as well.
‘Just undoing the front of my shirt would be a little boring.’
If that sort of half-hearted physical contact had been my goal, there would have been no need to suggest it. If I merely undid a few buttons and pretended nothing was happening, Kim Isabel would open my clothes herself and feel around inside.
That was why I needed to be a little bolder. The purpose of this physical contact was to make her clearly recognize me as a man.
“It’ll probably be more comfortable if I take off my top, right? Could you wait a moment?”
“Ah, um….”
-Pop, pop.
“…….”
-Whoosh!
“…….”
After suggesting that I take off my top, I took it off before hearing Kim Isabel’s answer.
She had probably been about to say that there was no need to take it off, but the moment I began undoing the buttons, she suddenly fell silent and remained quiet even as I boldly threw off the top of my patient gown.
It would be difficult for Kim Isabel, who was under ‘Heart of a Succubus,’ to pass up the chance to see my naked upper body. Even without a suggestion, anyone would naturally enjoy seeing the bare skin of someone they were attracted to.
“It is a little embarrassing. Should I lie down as usual?”
“……”
“…Isabel?”
“Ah, yes, yes…! You can lie down as usual… I think.”
Kim Isabel hadn’t been able to say a word after I took off my top, only hurriedly coming to her senses once I called her name.
She was probably staring intently at my naked body from behind that veil. The lewd side hidden beneath her fear of men was gradually beginning to show itself.
“Th-then…. I’ll start the treatment….”
“Yeah.”
-Sliiide.
“Hoo, huff…. A-almighty Asclepius….”
With her hand on my chest, Kim Isabel recited her prayer as she continued today’s full-body treatment with holy power.
Aside from the slight trembling of the hand against my bare chest, she recited the prayer diligently. Perhaps as a candidate for sainthood, she was capable of concentrating and enduring this much even while her heart was in turmoil.
What mattered wasn’t how long she spent reciting the prayer, but what came afterward, so I waited leisurely while enjoying the sensation of holy power entering my body.
“…And so, please protect him.”
…It’s over.
-Grope, grope.
“Hoo, huff…. Hooou….”
And, as usual, her cute little sexual harassment began.
Unlike before, when she had only touched me through my clothes, the direct contact with my bare skin seemed to excite her considerably. Once she started, she seemed unable to stop, her hand groping all over.
It was quite enjoyable, too, to feel her fingers tracing my chest muscles and her palm rubbing over their contours as our bare skin met.
…At this level of intimacy, my instincts told me that it would be fine to advance things a little further.
‘I had progressed as far as touching Cha Eun-joo’s breasts at around this point.’
Though this time, I was the one being touched rather than the one doing the touching.
She seemed to have become completely accustomed to touching my bare skin while under the suggestion, and at this stage, it seemed like a good time to move on to the next step.
In fact, my progress with Kim Isabel had already advanced sufficiently, so there was no need to rush. The biggest problem was that my discharge was approaching.
If I could stay hospitalized for just one more day, I could proceed a little more leisurely. But I was scheduled to be discharged after this afternoon’s treatment, so I couldn’t delay any longer.
If I were discharged after receiving the afternoon treatment in this state, our relationship would be left in an awkward limbo.
‘At the very least, I need to create an excuse to ask Isabel to meet me alone.’
Even outside the church, I needed to make it a familiar routine for her to come meet me to overcome her fear of men and get used to touching my body like this—just as Cha Eun-joo was still sucking my cock under the pretense of ‘hypnosis training’ even after her practical-exam training had ended.
Once I established that routine, the rest would be easy. If I kept having Kim Isabel touch my body, she would inevitably make a ‘mistake’ at least once. After that, by gently playing on Isabel’s guilt over that ‘mistake,’ I’d be able to create an opportunity for physical contact with her as well.
-Sliiide, sliiide.
“Hooou, hoo, huff…. Hooou….”
…Her hand is creeping downward again.
Could the way her hand kept moving toward my cock be an instinct caused by ‘Heart of a Succubus’?
It would be nice to let her hand touch my cock once like this, but if I wanted to leave her with a powerful memory, it would be better to let her touch it during the afternoon treatment rather than now.
That way, even after I was discharged, she would think of me for a while as she recalled the sensation of my cock in her hand, and the guilt of having touched a man’s most private part would make it difficult for her to refuse even if I called her out somewhere.
As Kim Isabel crept toward my lower body like a caterpillar, I called out to her and drew her attention toward me.
“Hey, Isabel.”
-Jerk!
“Huh?! Yes, yes…!! T-the treatment is over…! It just ended…!”
“Oh, really…?”
As I realized when I hypnotized Cha Eun-joo, the hardest part of conditioning someone through suggestion was unexpectedly this sort of thing. Neither of them was good at deceiving others, so every time they lied, it was painfully obvious.
Kim Isabel was even worse than Cha Eun-joo in that regard, since everything showed through her voice and gestures, even though she hid her expression.
Trying not to laugh in front of such cute girls was surprisingly one of the most difficult parts of winning over a heroine.
“I’m not asking when the treatment ends. I just have something to say.”
“…What is it, Mr. Lee Seonho?”
“First, how’s your condition been lately? Has your fear of men improved much?”
“Yes. I’m no longer as afraid as I used to be when I see you, Mr. Lee Seonho, or when we’re alone in a room together. It’s still difficult to completely shake off my fear, but I think of you as someone I can feel safe with before I start feeling afraid, so I no longer feel like running away as I used to.”
“What about other men?”
“I’m still not sure about other people. Almost everyone who works at the church is a woman, so I haven’t had many opportunities to meet any other men besides you, Mr. Lee Seonho.”
“…Hmm, I see.”
It was the answer I had expected, but I deliberately replied in a slightly disappointed tone.
That way, Isabel would understand the progression and be more willing to accept my next proposal.
“I’m sorry. You keep trying to treat my fear of men, but I can never seem to give you an answer that pleases you.”
“Don’t say that, Isabel. And even if I’m the only one so far, it’s still proof that you’re getting used to men.
Of course, it would be good to ease the blind fear you currently have of men, but I think it’s enough if it doesn’t interfere with your daily life. You don’t need to get used to every man you meet for the first time, right?”
“…I suppose you’re right.”
I only said that to look like a good person on the surface, while inwardly wishing for this situation to continue.
A woman who put up an impenetrable wall against every man except me was every master’s dream. In that respect, Kim Isabel had an innate talent for being a bitch.
“Come to think of it, Mr. Lee Seonho, you always seem to say nice things to me.”
“Not necessarily. From my perspective, I can see how hard you’re trying, so naturally I have good things to say.”
“…Is that so?”
“Anyway, this time, I’d like to suggest another method for treating your fear of men.”
“Another method?”
“I think that, to become accustomed to men, it would be best to first eliminate your aversion to the male body itself.”
-Sliiide.
With that excuse, I once again sat up in bed and exposed my bare upper body in front of Kim Isabel.
Seeing my body, with not only my chest but also my back exposed, Kim Isabel quietly turned her head away. Not completely—just slightly, enough that she could still see my body with a sidelong glance from behind her veil.
I vaguely noticed where she was looking, then spread both arms and exposed myself as I took the next step in our physical contact.
“If you’re all right with it, how about touching me this time without worrying about the treatment or anything like that?”
“……Yes?”