Still before dawn.
The convent, first-floor hall.
"..."
The youngest sister, Elena, instinctively rolled over, but her hand hit empty air.
She really had to pee.
She sat up groggily, thinking she had consumed too much of the fruit and sweet-and-sour juice Silas brought.
Her sister Leah was curled up in the blanket nearby, snoring.
"Hmph, coward. And you say you want to join the Teutonic Knights."
Elena went to the back of the hall to relieve herself.
She didn't care about nuns or knights, but she liked one thing about the convent... the latrine was different from the ones used by commoners. Because of their faith, they believed in daily cleanliness and didn't allow filth. The convent not only had well-built latrine pits but also complete drainage.
"..."
As Elena returned to the hall, she suddenly realized something crucial.
Before bed, Sister Rose said they would sleep together. But... where was she?!
The bedding was empty, save for the coward Leah sleeping like a pig under the covers.
She used the moonlight to push open the confession booth door and found the oil lamp that had been there was gone.
And she didn't see Silas.
It wasn't that she trusted Silas just because he said he could "sell a comb to a bald man."
There were two reasons.
Silas had given her and her sister lots of delicious food for free. And as if seeing through her worry, he tasted it himself before giving it to them.
In Elena's eyes, if Silas were truly a bad man, he wouldn't need to suppress any desires. Armed with his hunting crossbow, he could do whatever he wanted. He certainly wouldn't have left such a weapon carelessly in a corner.
So what was happening now?
Neither her sister nor that man was here. Had she misjudged him?
Elena fearfully crept up the stairs.
Slurp.
Halfway up, she heard movement from Sister Rose's room.
It was subtle, but clear in the silence of the night. It sounded like someone eating, the sound of licking and saliva.
Peering through the crack in the door, she almost screamed.
How could this be?
Her revered sister was kneeling before the man. Although she didn't understand "those things," Elena knew... this was not something her sister should be involved in. Having lived with her for at least six years, she knew well enough how much Rose detested the gaze of men.
Had she really misjudged?
Her mind was a mess. No matter how much she tried to act mature, at her age, she couldn't think of a way to help her sister.
Wake Leah up... no, she didn't have any knightly skills. Not to mention the man in her sister's bedroom was an expert who could face all those walking dead outside.
"Is this... okay?"
Just as Elena was burning with anxiety and regret, a whisper came from the bedroom.
"It's alright. You've barely learned how to lick properly."
"T-That's enough! Stop saying strange things!"
"..."
"Hurry... um, finish. Slurp, slurp."
"..."
Elena could hardly believe her eyes.
Because through the crack in the door, her sister kneeling before the man didn't look like she was being coerced. On the contrary... she seemed proactive?
She silently watched for a little longer.
"Is it finished?"
She saw Sister Rose spit the man's filth into her palm, her face bright red as she brushed back her hair.
"..."
Elena quietly slipped away.
Returning to the first floor, Elena's heart wouldn't stop racing.
How strange.
How could Sister Rose show such a seductive, wanton expression? But her speech was clear; it didn't seem like she had drunk something strange.
"Sister Leah, what should we do?"
Elena looked at her sister still sleeping soundly under the covers. "It seems you don't need to work hard to become a knight and find a powerful one to take care of Sister. A merchant..."
She buried her own head under the covers. Her cheeks felt hot.
Aside from being extremely uncomfortable with seeing her sister that way, she felt it was actually quite good... she always felt Rose worked too hard taking care of her and Leah alone. But she was trapped by the constraints of her faith.
What was faith?
It couldn't even buy stewed beans or black bread. She didn't like it at all, which is why she said she didn't want to be a nun, but a merchant with lots of money.
Well... since Big Brother Silas and Sister had that kind of relationship, could she be even more demanding and ask him how to become a great merchant?
Ah.
Does that stuff really taste good?
She had originally been worried about the situation outside, but now Elena couldn't think about that at all.
She poked the blanket next to her.
"...Hehe, I am the Grand Master of the Knights! Who dares say... mm... I'm a coward? Elena... I said... I can protect you and Sister!"
"..."
She couldn't stand her sister, who dreamed of being a knight even in her sleep.
Silently poking her face out of the covers again, her gaze instinctively drifted to the second floor.
Someone was already protecting Sister Rose. That was fine, too.
In the second-floor bedroom.
Silas sat formally on the bed, while Sister Rose took a cloth from a drawer to wipe the filth from the corners of her mouth and the gap between her thighs. Her cheeks still held a lingering blush.
"You learn fast, Sister. You didn't let your teeth touch it again, and you learned how to use your thighs. You actually have quite a talent for this?"
The semi-transparent text box appeared before his eyes.
[Hypnosis Apprentice * Skill use successful. Due to the unique nature of the target, some special effects have been produced. Your Spirit consumption is massive, but your success rate against this specific target will increase slightly by 10%.]
This was an unexpected surprise.
Silas hadn't received this notification when he hypnotized the maid in reality. It seemed... against special targets, repeated use would make the skill stronger? Meaning, in the future, he would be able to control the nun 100%?
"How is that possible?! You forced me to do it!"
As soon as Silas spoke, Sister Rose felt a surge of shame.
The logic was simple.
She knew Silas had helped her in some way. She knew that while she hadn't eaten him, she had entered a near-mindless state... thrusting her breasts into his mouth.
So, in the end, it was her own problem.
Talking about being covered in spit... and then being forced into three choices: use her breasts to clamp him, let him go inside, or use her mouth and thighs...
But thinking back, no matter which one she picked... it was all his own desire! Why did she have to choose?
Her mouth was full of that strange taste. She wanted to rinse it. Her lower body was also sticky; she wanted to clean it immediately.
"...T-This is only for this once."
"Wrong."
Silas chuckled. "First, you were the one who proposed the trade. Second, talking about 'only once' and breaking the contract isn't very good, is it?"
"..."
Sister Rose paused. "That was because... I thought there would be no way..."
"When your chest split open and almost killed me by eating my head, I also thought there was no way. I didn't expect that 'medicine' to work on a strange nun like you."
"A good person... how could they carry medicine that makes a woman act like that?"
Rose grit her teeth.
"That stuff is useful against the walking dead. I keep it on me. Besides, didn't you think I was the scumbag from the rumors? Is it strange for a scumbag to carry aphrodisiacs?"
Silas lied casually to cover up the hypnosis skill.
He was annoyed.
Ever since he met the nun, even if he could experience it personally, what benefit had he actually tasted? Did she think someone enjoyed being bitten to death?
This trade was the same.
If the nun didn't want things to be messy, she should have just been a good NPC. Then none of this would have happened.
"To be honest, I'm having second thoughts now. Even if this method works, I'm scared."
"..."
"Then... what do you want?"
Rose's hands instinctively moved to her chest again.
"I've found that being near you is very dangerous, Sister. As a merchant, I'm resistant to such uncontrollable risks. And I'm even more resistant to getting no return."
"So I'm giving you two choices."
"First, I leave enough food and stay far away. If I'm lucky enough to find the knights and remember, I'll let them know to come save you. If I forget, well, I have a lot on my plate."
"Second, you beg me to continue the trade. If you do, I'll consider accepting the risk."
"..."
He didn't actually want her to change faster; there was no need to be this harsh.
But Silas had been holding this in for a long time and needed to vent.
"..."
Sister Rose was stunned.
Begging for the trade?
Begging a man to do something to her in exchange for protection?
"Feel like your dignity is insulted? Fine. The stuff I brought is yours. I'm leaving."
Silas got up.
"W-Wait...!"
Rose hurriedly stopped him. "If I hadn't proposed the trade, hadn't doubted you, hadn't become like that just now..."
"There are no 'ifs'."
Silas cut her off. "My time is valuable. If you want to lecture me on morality, save it."
"..."
Sister Rose fell silent. Her knuckles turned white from the force of pressing against her breasts.
He was right—there were no "ifs."
Having one's head nearly eaten by a chest-mouth was something any normal person would fear. Yet he was still here talking to her and making demands.
In comparison, he at least seemed like someone capable of actually protecting her sisters.
But if that strange medicine could suppress her monster form... if she used it alone... endured that state... surely that was better than the thought of eating her sisters. Having a way to suppress it but still becoming a man's plaything as the price for protection...
Doing this... she would really be no different from a fallen nun, wouldn't she?
Humiliating, but was she bringing it on herself?
"...I will."
"You will?"
"I'll do it... I just... please give me some time to mentally prepare..."
Sister Rose tried her best to organize her words.
But no matter what, she couldn't bring herself to actually say the words—begging a man to do something to her. But if she didn't say it, he really would leave, wouldn't he?
"Then get out. I want to sleep."
Silas lay back down.
"?"
Rose was confused. Wasn't this her room?
"If you want to sleep with me, that's fine too."
Silas indifferently lifted the blanket, revealing the "son" that had just been swallowed by her thighs and mouth and currently had no interest in anything.
Knowing hypnosis worked wonders on her, he wasn't in a hurry anymore. He had no skill charges left today, and he was tired. He'd fight again tomorrow.
"I'll sleep with Elena. I'll have a room ready for you tomorrow!"
Sister Rose didn't dare look again and fled.
On the first floor, looking at her two sleeping sisters. She reached out and pulled the blanket over the messy sleeper Leah, then looked at the neat sleeper Elena. The thin blanket had left a space for her.
She lay down.
She had no sleep in her, staring at the ceiling of the convent.
Lord.
Am I still under your protection?
No, you are just a stone statue. You have no time to protect me or my sisters, do you?
Looking at her sister's sweet profile, she stroked her hair while remembering... the image of herself actively stuffing her breasts into a man's mouth, then kneeling to serve him with her mouth, even shamefully using her thighs to clamp him.
Her cheeks grew hotter. Humiliation... and extreme shame. After tomorrow, would he change his mind? Perhaps he really had reformed.
Maybe he was just angry earlier because she almost ate him.
Sister Rose hugged her sister tightly, trying to draw warmth from that small body, wanting to think no more.
"Mmph... S-Sister... can't... breathe..."
"...Eh?"
Had she woken her sister up?
Wait, she hadn't changed her clothes or cleaned up. Would the clothes at her chest have a strange smell...
"Sister?"
"..."
Ignoring her sister's call, Rose hurried to the water bucket. She cleaned her body again. But no matter how she rubbed or rinsed her mouth, she couldn't calm down.
Why was she so restless?
Looking at the hardened tips of her breasts, her legs felt increasingly strange. It felt as if that burning thing was still between her thighs.
The heat wouldn't leave her body. It was as if the strange "eating" thoughts in her head had turned into some shameless, uncontrollable desire for him... what kind of medicine was that?!