Volume 3 Chapter 16 The S-Rank Adventurer’s Secret Shame and the Wild Recoil of a Healing Gift
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
”—Ah!? My armpit, no! Stop it—Maa!?”
Clad in a grown-up, all-black swimsuit, Kurebayashi Nagisa was lying on her back, her arms raised high above her head. She was desperately trying to endure a mix of intense pleasure and an unbearable ticklish sensation.
Hirose extended his hand over Nagisa’s body, reaching forward to gently stroke her armpit, rubbing it over and over. That area was sensitive enough on its own, but the Gift had intensified the sensation to an extreme degree, making it a monumental struggle for her to bear it for mere seconds.
”H-Hirose-kun! Stop for a second! Stop, please!?” Nagisa pleaded, her limit completely broken by the sheer stimulation. She grabbed Hirose’s hand, forcefully putting an end to the treatment.
”Ah, ah… I understand!” he replied quickly.
”Hahh, hahh… This is just… too much, seriously… What am I going to do…? How many more minutes do I have to keep going…?” she asked, breathing hard.
”Um… You still have about five minutes there,” he stated, checking the time.
”What’s going to happen to me…?” she whimpered, then recoiled at his next statement.
”But since we’re doing your whole body… it’ll be about an hour in total,” Hirose explained.
”Aaaahhh…!”
If it had only been pleasure, she might have lasted, but the relentless ticklishness was unbearable. Hearing the remaining treatment time caused Nagisa to let out a complex cry filled with mixed feelings.
* * *
—Several hours earlier, before Hirose began treating Kurebayashi Nagisa.
Hirose and Hibiki had come to Nagisa’s apartment. As one might expect, an S-Rank Adventurer earned an astronomical amount of money and lived in a high-security, high-rise condominium. An A-Rank Adventurer could afford a tower apartment, so an S-Rank was practically a millionaire.
The two visitors sat on a sofa, facing Nagisa across a low table. Today, they hadn’t brought Kairi. The reason was both the fact that Nagisa was an S-Rank Adventurer and the rumor that she didn’t have any friends. Fundamentally, there was no benefit in having Kairi spread word about Hirose’s Gift. For those reasons, Kairi was not there.
”—It’s fine. I can see the light. It will heal,” Hibiki assured her.
”…!”
Hibiki’s words confirmed that the ‘Body Odor Improvement’ Gift could cure Nagisa’s severe axillary osmidrosis. Before this conversation, Hirose and Hibiki had asked Nagisa why she hadn’t undergone surgery.
Modern technology could certainly improve the odor with treatment, but the results varied depending on the doctor’s skill. More importantly, getting the treatment meant the doctors and nurses would all know she suffered from the condition. Nagisa had desperately wanted to keep the problem a secret from everyone. As a famous person, if the news of her body odor leaked and spread, she felt she would never be able to show her face in public again. Her anxiety was that severe.
”Please, let’s start right away!” Nagisa exclaimed, clutching at Hibiki’s words like a drowning person grasping for a straw.
”Kurebayashi-san. I already told you, but my Gift has a Recoil. Also, since it’s your whole body, I’ll have to touch you quite a lot of places,” Hirose reminded her.
”T-That’s alright! It’s embarrassing, but if this trouble can be completely erased…!”
Kurebayashi Nagisa probably didn’t fully grasp what kind of Recoil would be inflicted upon her and how it would affect her. However, in her current state, she was only registering the convenient fact that her body odor would be cured.
”I understand. Then, please prepare.”
”I will!”
Nagisa then went into a room with a closet to change into the swimsuit. While she was gone, Hirose and Hibiki remained in the living room. Rindou Hibiki stared intently at Hirose.
”W-What is it?” he asked, feeling uneasy.
”Well, she’s your idol, isn’t she? I’m worried that she might steal you away.”
”Come on… My number one is you, Hibiki. That won’t change. She’s just someone I admire,” he gently argued.
”I wonder about that~,” she teased, narrowing her eyes in suspicion. She had witnessed the unusual sparkle in Hirose’s eyes and worried that he might treat Nagisa differently from Koharu or Kirino.
”Besides… we’re going to ask Asami-chan for help this time, too.”
”Oh, really?”
Hirose hadn’t heard the specifics of Yaginuma Asami’s Gift, but she had said she could make it so that the person he treated would no longer desire him. This was a test. By getting Nagisa’s consent after the treatment, they would prevent her from being compelled to assault Hirose.
—And so, the scene returned to the beginning of the chapter.
Hibiki finished her business and left earlier. Nagisa, now alone with Hirose, endured the pleasure and ticklishness as he touched her armpits directly.
”S-So… is the smell… okay?” she asked, mortified.
”Yes. I mean, at first… I was surprised, but now I’ve gotten used to it, or maybe it’s become… a habit,” Hirose mumbled.
”Don’t say weird things like that…!” Nagisa gasped.
Nagisa usually used her ‘Breeze’ Gift to control the air and waft her odor away, but they had agreed not to use the Gift for this treatment, which required direct contact. Therefore, Hirose had to smell Nagisa’s body odor up close.
For reference, the details of the ‘Body Odor Improvement’ Gift were as follows:
[Body Odor Improvement]
Method: Massage the target area
Effect: Body odor improvement, sweat amount regulation
Recoil: Body becomes hot and intensely sensitive for a fixed period.
While body odor is generally caused by sweat secreted by the apocrine glands, the ‘Body Odor Improvement’ Gift could fundamentally fix the issue. Furthermore, the ability to regulate the amount of sweat was part of the Gift’s immense usefulness.
Right now, Nagisa’s characteristic musky odor clung heavily to Hirose’s hands. Although the procedure had just begun, a thick, pervasive scent hung in the air.
”Let’s be strong, Nagisa-san. Once we get through this, your wish will be granted,” Hirose encouraged her.
”I know that! But I never thought my body would be driven this crazy!”
(Haha… I’m pretty sure I explained this thoroughly before we started…) Hirose thought privately.
”I’ll continue now. Please raise your armpits,” he instructed.
”Be gentle, please…” she whispered.
Lying on the bed, Nagisa raised both arms as Hirose directed.
(This pose itself is so embarrassing…!)
Nagisa felt ashamed, as if her private parts were being exposed. Her armpits were as sensitive and important to her as any other intimate area.
”Then, I’ll continue,” Hirose announced.
He placed his hand on Nagisa’s armpit and slowly began to caress it.
”Aaaah… I’m going to lose my mind… S-Sorry! I’m going to grab your clothes…!”
Squeezing her eyes shut, Nagisa grabbed the hem of Hirose’s shirt, trying desperately to endure the pleasure coursing through her armpit.
”Haanh!? Ah, ah… I don’t want to hold back! I don’t want to hold back! Help me… Somebody, help me…!” she pleaded, her voice breaking.
Kurebayashi Nagisa, a being at the peak of strength as an S-Rank Adventurer, a valuable asset on a national level, was letting out cries of ecstasy in front of Hirose, who possessed no inherent strength. The reality of this situation excited him deeply.
(The Kurebayashi-san… is being affected by my hands… This is amazing…!)
Nagisa’s face was contorted in a look of ecstasy, her brows furrowed. She no longer cared what state she was in. She could only focus on desperately enduring the ticklishness and pleasure. That was all she could manage.
”Hirose-kun… Hirose-kun… I feel like I’m going to lose myself…!”
”Please keep going… I’ll do my best, too,” he encouraged her.
”Annh!? I can’t take it anymore… I really can’t hold back… Forgive me!”
Hirose’s shirt was already being gripped with tremendous force, well beyond the point of merely being wrinkled.
—And then, after about six minutes in total, the treatment was completed. Nagisa collapsed, utterly exhausted, as if she had reached a physical limit.
”Hahh… Hahh… The whole body…”
”Yes. Let’s keep pushing forward… Um… Are you ready?”
”I want to get rid of all the tension from my body… So, please,” she said, her voice weak but firm.
”Leave it to me. I will make all your wishes come true,” Hirose promised with determination.
Nagisa’s eyes trembled with a mix of anticipation and shame for the next area to be touched, but she surrendered herself entirely to Hirose’s hands.
Hirose then steeled his resolve and slipped his hand inside Nagisa’s protective gear.
”T-The first time ever! It’s so… I’m going to go crazy!” she cried, a soft, thrilled sound.
Hirose had touched the pressure points of many people during his treatments, but he never expected to have the opportunity to touch the area of the person he respected most. The sight of the S-Rank Adventurer, an overwhelming presence of which there were fewer than ten in Japan, gasping and writhing under his touch—an opponent he could never defeat in power—was impossible to suppress, no matter how much he tried to remain calm. The excitement was overwhelming.
”Aah! ♡ This is crazy… I’m going insane! How can you—there!? It’s so sensitive… Aaaahhh! ♡”
He touched the stiff, knotted points of her chest repeatedly, and her voice grew louder. She again tightly grabbed the hem of Hirose’s shirt to endure the sensation.
Just when she thought the chest area was over, there was more to come. Private parts also hold stress. Nagisa wanted all of it to be improved.
While deep tissue work generally involves the limbs, Nagisa, worried about her whole body, truly wanted all of her tension and stiffness gone. And so—
”AAAAAAAHHHH!?”
When he touched the already-damp, intimate area, Nagisa let out a sound she had never let anyone hear, reaching the peak of release.
* * *
—Four weeks later, on a certain morning.
Kurebayashi Nagisa felt a distinct change in her body.
”…Has it healed…?”
She had suffered from body odor since childhood, which had caused her to avoid people and make no friends. She had maintained a distance, constantly mindful of people’s eyes, desperately wanting to prevent anyone from smelling her. But now, she wouldn’t have to do that anymore. She could choose any body cream or perfume she liked, and she wouldn’t have to worry about sweat when choosing her clothes.
”Haha… I still can’t tell for myself…”
Nagisa couldn’t smell it herself, but she didn’t know how others would react. So, she contacted Hirose and asked him to come over.
”—It’s completely gone! You smell incredibly good!” Hirose declared.
It was now April, and Hirose had become a third-year high school student. He was burying his nose under Nagisa’s armpit, sniffing deeply.
”Ahahahaha… It worked… It really worked! I’m so happy, Hirose-kun, I’m so happy!”
Nagisa’s eyes welled up with tears of joy. Sniffing someone’s armpit might look perverted, but in this case, it was a necessary check. Hirose’s words finally brought her long-standing worry to an end, and Nagisa was overjoyed.
”There is just one thing… one request I have. After that, I’ll do whatever you say…” she admitted.
”Yes?”
Asami was standing beside Hirose. As they had discussed with Nagisa beforehand, she was there to prevent Hirose from being sexually pursued after the procedure.
”—Could you lick my armpit for me?”
”Huh!?”
Nagisa’s bombshell request shocked Hirose.
”Please… That… If you do that for me… I truly feel like I’ll be completely freed from this trouble!” she implored.
”…Yes. If Nagisa-san says so,” he conceded.
Their form of address had changed over the four weeks of their interaction. Hirose then moved closer to Nagisa’s raised arm, her armpit exposed.
”Hyanh!?”
He stuck out his tongue and licked Nagisa’s armpit. Nagisa flinched, apparently tickled by the sensation.
”…It tastes good,” he reported.
”N-No one asked about the taste!?” she cried, flustered.
”Ah… haha. But it’s true,” he insisted.
”Oh, you child… Stop it, or I’ll be tempted to attack you…”
Nagisa reached out her hand toward Hirose. However, something blocked her, preventing her from touching him.
”Abaabaa…” she stammered. “Ah… sorry,” Asami apologized.
Nagisa, who had felt an overwhelming urge for Hirose, had instinctively reached out. It was Asami beside him who stopped her. She had used some kind of Gift to create an invisible wall, preventing Nagisa from touching Hirose.
”Haha… So, will you comply with Asami-chan’s instructions now?” Hirose asked.
”It’s a shame to have this feeling erased, but… if it’s going to cause trouble for Hirose-kun, I suppose I have no choice,” Nagisa sighed.
Nagisa had already consented to this. After this, she would no longer sexually pursue Hirose.
”T-Then… Could you please take a seat?” Asami requested timidly.
”Understood,” Nagisa complied, sitting down directly in front of Asami.
”Please—”
Asami then made a silent request to something neither Hirose nor Nagisa could see.
”……”
The event was instantaneous. Asami let out a soft breath, and with the use of her Gift complete, she took a step back from Nagisa.
”Is it finished?” Nagisa asked.
”Aba… Yes,” Asami affirmed.
”But… I feel like my gratitude and affection for Hirose-kun haven’t disappeared, though?” Nagisa wondered aloud.
She was puzzled because, though the intent was to remove the sexual urges, a small amount of those feelings still lingered.
”T-This only nullified the Recoil Effect of Takanashi-senpai’s Gift… So… your genuine feelings won’t disappear… But, you won’t feel compelled to attack him anymore, probably…” Asami explained, flustered.
”Y-You might be right… The impulse from earlier is gone. I can control myself when I look at Hirose-kun.”
Asami’s intention was only to remove the Recoil caused by Hirose’s Gift. If she were to erase all of Nagisa’s affection for him, that would exceed the bounds of mere memory manipulation. That was her reasoning.
”Well, I’m glad. I would have been sad if all those feelings disappeared. Hirose-kun, please keep in touch with me,” Nagisa said, smiling warmly.
”Y-Yes… Likewise,” he replied.
Nagisa extended her hand, and this time, she was able to touch Hirose. They shook hands.
”If anything ever happens, I’ll help with anything you need. Just ask,” she offered.
”Yes. I’ll be sure to contact you then.”
After Nagisa’s final words, the two of them left the apartment building.
* * *
”—Takanashi-senpai,” Hirose called out as they walked home with Asami.
Wondering what she wanted, Hirose turned his face toward Asami, whom he treated like a cute younger sister. But when he looked at her face, her usual demeanor seemed different. It was evident because her cheeks were slightly flushed.
”…Is being naughty a good feeling?”
”Huh!?”
Hirose never expected such a question from Asami, and he let out a loud shout. Passersby nearby reacted to the noise and looked toward Hirose.
”Please… tell me… Aba,” she stammered, her eyes wide.
”W-What should I do…”
With her beautiful silver hair and jewel-like blue eyes, she gazed up at him with teary, sparkling eyes. Hirose was left to ponder what to do for a long time.
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Summary:
The emotional third arc of this Fantasy Romance saga hits a shocking climax as the S-Rank Adventurer Kurebayashi Nagisa undergoes the Gift Healing treatment for her secret body odor shame. The intense Recoil effect transforms the treatment into a moment of pure, embarrassing ecstasy, utterly destroying the power dynamic between the powerful Adventurer and the young Gift user, Hirose. The conclusion sees Nagisa finally free from her lifelong burden, but only after a surprisingly direct request and a final intervention from the secretive Gift user, Asami, who nullifies the urges, leaving a lingering, awkward tension for the future.
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Character Insight:
Nagisa’s character development in this arc centers on the theme of vulnerability—her greatest power as an S-Rank Adventurer is completely overshadowed by a private, childhood shame, making her utterly dependent on the non-combat Gift of a young man. Her willingness to endure extreme physical stimulation and embarrassment for the sake of a normal life shows her desperate longing for genuine connection and freedom from isolation. Even when the sexual urge is blocked, her profound gratitude and warmth towards Hirose remain, setting a hopeful but complicated tone for their future interactions.
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Behind the Scene:
This chapter is the true end to the third arc, completing Nagisa’s major character problem through the use of Hirose’s unique Healing Gift. Hibiki’s clever use of Asami as a Recoil Nullifier establishes her proactive nature in protecting her relationship and keeping the harem dynamic in check, even as the emotional stakes rise. The final moment, with Asami’s innocent but loaded question about sensual experience, introduces a new, naive curiosity into the group, suggesting a fresh, awkward path for the narrative to explore in the upcoming final arc.
Notes:
• Kurebayashi Nagisa – One of the few S-Rank Adventurers in Japan, possessing a wind-type Gift. She is stunningly beautiful with long dark blonde hair, sharp and a model physique. Despite her fame, she keeps her distance from everyone, and a mystery surrounds her behavior. She just accidentally collided with Hirose.
• Rindou Hibiki – Hirose’s cheerful, bold classmate who is the first to request his Beauty skill. Hibiki (F, pink bob hair, 158cm, F-cup) is outgoing, expressive about her interests, and quickly becomes Hirose’s girlfriend after an explicitly intimate scene. Her reactions help set the adult tone of the story.
• Kirino – Strikingly beautiful with blue long hair (F, 168cm), Kirino is gifted with ice magic and feels isolated because of her appearance. Hirose’s Beauty skill helps her improve her self-image and social comfort, directly affecting Kirino’s relationship with her family and classmates.
• Yaginuma Asami – 16-year-old 1st-year, many inherited/stacking gifts, stores items, reflects attacks, teleports, resists conditions, mixed Japanese-English.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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