Chapter 33 Restraint
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
Golden eyes stared down at him, belonging to the goddess Shelm, who had taken possession of Marina’s body.
Normally those eyes held kindness and charm, like the sun that brought calm and safety. But now they carried a proud color, as if judging the worth of something below.
”A favor, huh? …It’s trouble, I bet. And get out already. Dropping in while we’re at it crosses the line!”
”Ahaha, sorry, sorry. I wanted to scare you a bit! I’d rather talk with just you two. But the favor is only good news for you.”
The goddess, Shelm, showed no sign of guilt as she gave light apologies again and again.
Yet Shelm kept Yuuri unable to move and did not separate their close connection, which she was using as a vessel.
”So say what you want fast…! Hey, don’t move!” Yuuri struggled against the immobilization skill Shelm had cast on him.
”Don’t be cold. I haven’t tasted closeness in almost a hundred years, you know? After I saw Marina and Ashley look so happy together, I wanted to experience it too.”
Shelm paid no mind to Yuuri’s wishes and rubbed his excitement against the spots inside Marina’s body that felt best, using her knowledge of pleasure to manipulate him.
A strong wave of pleasure ran up his spine. The way the goddess moved her hips was nothing like the tight grip of the servants who suffered for pleasure. She knew exactly how to touch a man so he drowned in joy.
”Hehe. It’s been a while, but I’m glad you feel it. …Still, your excitement is fully firm but not wild. That won’t do, Yuuri-kun. A man should hunger more for a woman, especially one he loves.”
”Sh, shut, up…! Why would I hunger for a woman I don’t even like! Guh, kuh…!”
Yes, the body in front of him was Marina’s, but the mind and intentions were Shelm’s. The touch from outside made his excitement firmer no matter what, but he felt no wish to join with the goddess using his lover’s form.
That alone held back the urge to release a lot, yet Shelm seemed to hate that Yuuri was not fully engaged in the act, despite his body’s response. Until now she had faced away and shaken her butt. Then she lifted one leg high and turned her whole body to face him while still joined.
”Aha, your excitement got even firmer. Excited by the sight of your lover’s body, even if her mind is not her own?”
”Sh, shut up…! I can’t move my body and can’t control the pleasure, that’s all! And Marina would never make a face like that, not with her own will!”
He had managed to distract himself while seeing only her back. But the moment they sat face to face and he saw Marina’s face, excitement rose inside him no matter what.
Her expression still held a shallow smile.
Yet the wet eyes that looked to the side and the tongue that moved as if it wanted something became a pull he could not fight. It made his excitement stand taller.
”Yes, that’s it. You think too little of Ashley and her abilities. I sensed that you were planning to rush into the deeper layers without adequate preparation, so I came to intervene.”
Shelm laughed with amusement and kept moving her hips, using Marina’s body to pleasure Yuuri while lecturing him.
Shelm could pick out only the key words from Yuuri’s protests and ignore his rude talk, focusing on her lesson. That felt almost like a gift, given her usual impatience.
”You mean Marina’s Holy Sword, which has recently evolved. ――Uh, kuu.”
”Right, right. I wanted you to focus on growing Marina’s Holy Sword faster. But even with that power, you can’t venture deeper without the necessary resistance skills. It’s no good at all.”
True, now that Marina’s Holy Sword had evolved, increasing its range and power, Yuuri had thought the time to explore deeper layers was near.
Resistance skills had to mean abilities that blocked or mitigated negative effects. If even after acquiring every known resistance skill it still was not enough, then unknown dangers awaited in the deeper layers.
”…You won’t tell me specifically which resistance skills I need, right?”
”Yes. It’s outside my direct knowledge, so I can’t provide specific details.”
As Yuuri expected, Shelm’s answer was a cold silence, leaving him to figure it out on his own.
Shelm shook her hips, using Marina’s body to distract Yuuri from his thoughts, as if the lesson were secondary to her pleasure.
Yuuri knew he had to extract more information from Shelm, but the combination of pleasure and immobilization clouded his thoughts, making it difficult to focus.
”The second resistance skill seems to be effective as well.”
”What, do you mean.”
Yuuri felt that Shelm had hinted at something crucial, but his mind was too foggy to process it immediately.
But his mind would not cooperate. The moment he tried to gather his thoughts, they dissolved under the onslaught of pleasure and confusion. To make matters worse, Shelm rubbed his excitement with Marina’s hips, sending waves of numb pleasure through his body. His thoughts melted, and even the idea that he had to think at all faded away.
”It feels good, doesn’t it?”
”Uh. Ah, yes. It feels good…”
Overwhelmed by pleasure, Yuuri answered Shelm’s question directly, without filtering his response.
Shelm still wore a look of amusement, as if playing with a bug, yet her bold smile made fear rise in Yuuri, and he even felt a twisted desire to cling to her, despite the situation.
”M, make my body move…!” Yuuri pleaded, desperate to break free from the immobilization.
”Hahaha, you want to hold me that much, Yuuri-kun?” Shelm teased, enjoying his desperation.
Yuuri nodded at once, his desire to break free overriding his discomfort at the situation.
――He wanted to hold Shelm, to assert his dominance and break free from her control.
He wanted to make Shelm feel the consequences of her actions, to assert his will over hers, even if it meant using her body against her.
Marina’s body, which Shelm was using――
”――Ah.” Yuuri’s realization came as he saw through Shelm’s manipulation.
”Yes. If you want to regain control of your body, let me grant you the resistance skill――”
Shelm’s voice, using Marina’s body, sounded far away. Yuuri realized that the words came from Shelm’s will, but the body speaking them was his lover’s.
The moment he saw Marina’s face, hot blood rushed to his head. The flow of emotions washed away the fog, and Yuuri was horrified to realize that he had, even for a second, forgotten his dear lover’s true self.
”Whoa! Great job, Yuuri-kun, you broke the immobilization on your own… Hehe, I can feel your arousal growing.”
”You…! Why do this!? To test me like this, using Marina’s body as a tool, is an insult to her and to me!”
Yuuri’s expression must have been fierce, like a guard statue ready to strike.
But Shelm felt no threat from Yuuri’s anger. She remained calm, unmoved by his outburst. Then Shelm stopped her hip movements abruptly and slapped Yuuri’s cheek with an open hand, using Marina’s body to deliver the blow.
The slap was a small shock, not hard, but the pain stayed as a heat that calmed Yuuri’s boiling anger for a moment. That was enough to refocus his thoughts.
”I saw that you and your group were taking the labyrinth too lightly. That’s why I intervened.”
”B, but we pay full care――”
For a second, the warm bath water felt like cold ice, as Yuuri’s mind raced to process Shelm’s warning.
――Death.
Because of the rule on him, Shelm had not said it clear. But somewhere she must have seen a future where the three stepped wrong.
Yuuri tried to explain his plans in a rush, but he knew that if they failed, no excuse would suffice.
――Would he call the goddess a liar to make himself right?
Of course not. That was what fools did.
Shelm found no joy in belittling others. She might use manipulation as a tool, but her ultimate goal was to grow her own power and influence.
”Th, then what should I do to prevent this future?”
”Think for yourself. But yes… I don’t want to see you immobilized while enemies pick you off one by one, or worse, see you turn on each other in a moment of panic.”
If Shelm truly saw the future, she may have witnessed that tragic outcome more than once. As a goddess, to see the sad end of people she favored, again and again, must be a burden she carried.
In short, this intervention was a warning to prevent the worst possible outcome.
Shelm’s methods were harsh and manipulative, as always, but Yuuri had no choice but to accept her warning as a necessary evil. It was better to focus on the information she provided and use it to improve their chances.
”I understand… Thank you. Marina, Ashley, and I will discuss this and acquire the necessary skills to prevent that future.”
Mortals had their concerns, and gods had theirs. Yuuri realized that Shelm’s actions, though harsh, were driven by her own worries and responsibilities.
Yuuri bowed his head in gratitude for Shelm’s warning. When he tried to ask her to release Marina’s body, Shelm cut him off and resumed her movements, using Marina’s body to continue the lesson.
”Uwoh, kuoo, d, don’t start moving again…! Hey, we’re done with the lesson, right! What are you still trying to prove…!”
”Huh? You still won’t show understanding, Yuuri-kun! If I leave now, who will ensure you’ve learned the lesson? Come on, the rash boy who can’t stop foolish acts needs further punishment in the goddess’s embrace♡”
With her words, the grip of her closeness grew even tighter.
The goddess moved her hips with skill and lust. She made the walls cling to his excitement and let the folds scrape the ridge. This was closeness meant to make a man feel good, far beyond what the servants with little practice could do.
”Kufu, you look short on calm, huh? You only deal with girls who can’t fight back because of the crotch tattoo, so a normal closeness beats you?”
”Shut up. Ua, ah. The one who made it so I can only embrace girls under the skill is you…!”
Years ago, he remembered the companion who took his first time at a place his friends dragged him to for “man lessons.” Even that seasoned worker, maybe because of the skill, had coupled with clear hunger and no room to spare.
But in the middle of it, that companion had shown real drive to bring her guest Yuuri to the top.
Shelm’s hip work matched that companion’s now.
Moves from an expert who sought her own joy but still aimed to make the man release.
”Fuu, uh♡ Almost there, your excitement starts to twitch…♡ Come on, what skill does Yuuri-kun need to take? Guess wrong and you release again and again♡ If you don’t want to dry up, use your head♡”
At last he saw the goddess’s plan.
Even if Shelm forced this joining now, the body was Marina’s. If he released deep inside that closeness, it would not touch the goddess Shelm. The skill would go to Marina instead, and if it blocked bad states, the effect would share with her master Yuuri.
Then what skill did he need now?
The one that had worked on his mind earlier was probably just a show, so put it aside. First he had to block the state that kept his body still.
”Yes♡ Your excitement holds out well♡ Soon switch attack and guard, and you work hard♡”
Shelm must have read his heart and urged him to free the hold.
Still, her hips rolled with lust and no mercy, ready to make him release at once. His excitement got rubbed by closeness at times he did not expect, and the pleasure grew. He could not hold his release for long.
Sweet numb pain from his core tortured him, and he forced his foggy thoughts to turn.
If Shelm came down on purpose to tell him, it could not be a known state that blocked old actions. Rule out block skills he still had time to get.
He did not know the exact name, of course. But if he named the thing that bound his body after ruling out what he knew, the choices were not many.
”Looks like your limit soon♡ Come, release in the goddess’s cheat closeness♡ Come in a closeness that’s not your wife’s♡♡”
”Uu, damn! You tricky goddess…!”
Tricked into joining against his will, he felt more miserable than words could say.
She spread her legs wide, shook her curves with her hips, and tightened her closeness. Those teasing moves did not match the young knight at all. The body belonged to his dear lover, yet he knew clear it was someone else. That had to be the goddess’s mean way to make him face the wrong.
He knew resistance was useless, but he clenched his muscles to hold back the release.
Yet she saw the stiff hold in a second, and when she squeezed with her closeness, sharp pleasure pierced his excitement and led it straight to release.
”Uo, oh, kuuaaa…!”
”Fua, an♡ Haaaaaaa♡♡”
*spurt, spurt, spurt!!*
A huge surge of release shot through his core into Marina’s closeness.
Not the one he loved, not the one he swore to take care of for life, yet the amount of release matched what he gave the servants. Forced closeness he did not want, but the big surge left him tired and breathing hard.
After a while to catch his breath and drop his shoulders, the unseen force that had bound his body vanished as if it had never been there.
――His body could move.
”Tch, you got the right one on the first try. I thought we could play three times at least… But one more left. If you don’t block that too, this cheat closeness won’t end♡”
”Haa, haa… Damn, I feel faint…”
The thought that he had to face this mean partner at least once more made his heart heavy. But the strain on his body from being played with in the bath while unable to move was worse.
Thanks to the blessing, he would not fall right away, but if he had to fight again, he wanted out of the hot water at least. To leave the bath, he slipped his arms under her armpits while still joined and lifted her. Shelm clung to him with a happy look.
”Kufufu, what, Yuuri-kun wants more too. So, where for round two? If we go to the bedroom, I’ll dry us, but… Hyan♡”
He stepped down to the washing area while holding Shelm.
The goddess, still hot with excitement, had shining eyes and talked more than usual. She seemed to want the bed next, but he would not give her that.
He used the arm strength from the blessing, grabbed her legs while joined, and turned her body to pay her back. Shelm helped a lot.
They had faced each other, so the bouncing curves in front of his eyes now vanished behind her. He pulled her wrists to arch her back, and the join went deeper. The tip of his excitement pressed against her deepest spot.
”Hiaaan♡ This is standing back, right♡ Yuuri-kun is serious♡ You’ll really take charge with a goddess♡”
She screamed, but it was clear she felt no real fear. Her eyes looked like a hunter’s, as if she would not forgive less than she hoped.
But he had come this far and could not back down.
First, if he did not deal with her, this mean goddess would never leave, he was sure.
Plus, if he let her win all the way, it hurt his pride as a man. He had to strike back at least once, or every time she came down she would toy with him. That future was clear.
To avoid showing a weak face to Ashley and the others as their master later, he had to face Shelm in this second round right now.
Notes:
• Marina – First Princess of Restea—needs labyrinth escort.
• Shelm – Wicked Goddess, reincarnated Yuuri, manipulative, wants him to use his power.
• Ashley – Count’s daughter, royal attendant, has a crush on Yuuri.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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