Even a Bomb is Better Shared (2)

I ran until sweat broke out on the soles of my feet.
The direction, of course, was toward the temple.
Thanks to my unique skill 'Hyper-speed,' also known as 'The Cheap Knock-off,' it didn't take long.

「-I'll go and handle it somehow!」
「-How can you handle a divine power rampage?」
「-If I caused the accident, I have to take responsibility!」

The conversation with Liliana-nim still echoed in my ears.
I had spoken boldly about taking responsibility, but...
In truth, I was still thinking of a solution.

'But seriously, what do I do?'

Right now, the Saintess was belatedly experiencing the pleasure that had been blocked all this time by the 'Petrification Curse.'
By now, her brain was likely beyond being soaked in dopamine; it was probably being pickled like fermented fish.
Could I even suppress that?
Me, a specialist in the breeding press?

I was worried sick.
'But still.'
Despite that, pabak-
My feet never stopped.

It made sense, after all; I was the cause.
I was the one who broke her curse by pushing it aside with pleasure.
I was the one who left her with Minerva-nim, trusting her even though the Saintess was in a state where she'd explode at the slightest touch.
In the end, it all happened because of my mistakes.
There was someone suffering because of me.
I didn't want to avoid responsibility by claiming it wasn't my fault.

That was why I charged all the way to the confessional and threw the door open...

-Kwang!!

"Are you okay... eh?"

The serious atmosphere didn't last long.
It was because of the scene inside the confessional.

"Mheu-heu-eung♡ O-eueuk...♡"
"......?"

'The reaction is way weaker than I thought?'

First, Lumine-nim.
She was more intact than expected.
To put it in perspective, maybe 80 percent of how Luna-nim looked when I fucked her with everything I had?
I figured she wasn't at the point of losing her mind yet.

-Flash, flash.

'And what the hell is that?'

One more thing.
Her body was constantly emitting light.
The brightness was so intense I wondered if this was some kind of nightclub.

'I'm getting dizzy....'

I ran here thinking it was an emergency.
For some reason, I feel like I should be doing a celebratory social dance instead.
I was so dumbfounded that my body just froze.
As if guessing my feelings, Minerva-nim tapped my shoulder.

"Sorry, Hyun-nim. I tried to keep her under absolute stability just like you said, but while we were talking tonight, she suddenly ended up like that."
"I'm the one who's sorry. I knew she was sensitive, yet I irresponsibly left her and walked away."
"It's more my fault for failing to keep her stable after you warned me so much. Anyway, I've managed to stop the curse from being fully broken."
"Oh?"

Now that was some welcome news.
I immediately pulled up the status window.
The curse was stuck at 99 percent removal.

"You actually stopped it... How on earth did you do it?"
"See that divine power? She said she couldn't control it, so I made her vent it all outside. To keep it from touching the remaining curse."
"Aha!"

Even though the accumulated pleasure was pouring out because it was 99 percent undone.
It was a hundred times better than the lid blowing off completely and her becoming a mind-broken idiot.
I couldn't help but be impressed.
She wasn't called a Sage for nothing, seriously.

"That's a relief. I thought for sure Lumine-nim was going to turn into a total vegetable...."
"It's not a relief. If anything, the situation is quite dangerous."
"What? Why?"
"You said Saleos-nim would arrive by tomorrow, right?"

But that relief was short-lived.
The atmosphere suddenly turned grave.
It was because the name of a high-ranking demon had been mentioned.

"Our Lumi can't even move in her current state. Her protection barrier has been undone as well."
"At that rate, it'll take quite a while for all those accumulated sensations to drain out...."
"In the first place, if that lasts for just a few more hours, she won't be able to use holy arts for days. During that time, the Capital will be completely defenseless."
"This is driving me crazy."

To summarize the current situation:
Lumine-nim is too busy venting divine power to use holy arts.
The barrier she set over the Imperial Capital is broken, basically saying 'Welcome, Mr. Demon~'.
Saleos-nim is rushing here with the sole intent of destroying me.

'How does the timing work out so perfectly like this?'

From my perspective, things were fucked in many ways.
My legs were already trembling.
The thought of having to fight a powerhouse on the level of Sitri-nim head-on was terrifying.

"Hyun-nim, is there no other way?"
"It's tough even for me. I'm confident in making a woman feel good, but a way to dull her sensations is just..."

That was why my expression was so grim even in front of Minerva-nim, but-

"---Eh?"

'Wait, could it be?'

Someone suddenly flashed through my mind.
The rabbit beastman I recently received as a squire, Clara-nim.

'Come to think of it, she endured sex with me for a surprisingly long time, didn't she?'

Until now, I just thought that's how it was.
I assumed she could handle the pleasure well because of her frequent heat and masturbation.
I had just left it at that.

But what if that wasn't it?
What if there was a reason why Clara-nim alone could endure sex with me solo for three hours without a break?

'Is it because of "Resonance"?'

The mythic-grade skill I bought for 500 points, Resonance.
I thought it was just a technique to share pleasure remotely as long as our mana was connected...
But what if the total amount of that pleasure remains unchanged?
What if the pleasure that should be poured entirely into one person is simply split in half and shared?

'That's a plausible hypothesis.'

This would explain it.
The reason why Clara-nim could endure sex for so long.
I decided to experiment immediately.

-Sreuk.

"...Why are you suddenly taking off your clothes!?"
"I might be able to share that sensation too! Lumine-nim, excuse me!"

I pulled back the entwined sheets.
I saw Lumine-nim convulsing while wearing something like a diaper.
I immediately pulled her into an embrace.

'To link our mana, hmm... is there no choice but to press our bodies tightly together?'

I wanted to link our mana for Resonance.
My mana stats were high, but my control was non-existent.
I planned to link us by force, venting mana crudely just like Lumine-nim was doing.

'Resonance.'

After confirming the mana was linked somehow, I activated the skill.
There was an effect.

-Kwaaaaaak!!!

"Mheu-eue...?"

Lumine-nim instinctively hugged me tight.
Her moaning sound became much more relaxed; it seemed the crushing pleasure she felt had significantly decreased.
Taking advantage of that gap, I manipulated the skill.

'Adjusting the ratio... do I do it like this?'

I adjusted the pleasure distribution of 'Resonance.'
It was an unfamiliar way to use it, but it wasn't difficult.
Unlike mana manipulation, it felt like something I could do instinctively, like breathing.
Thanks to that, Lumine-nim briefly regained her reason.

"Th-this is...?"
"I'm sorry. You looked like you were in so much pain, so I took some of the burden."

I whispered into her sensitive ear.

"You can gather your divine power now."

'I'll do the tanking, so let's hurry up, break the curse, and get some rest. We have to kill Saleos-nim.'

A lot had leaked out, but there was still a massive amount of pleasure piled up.
Release it all.
There was no verbal answer, but-

"......Mheu-uung♡"

-Seueue.

The halo of light emanating from her body began to subside.
She clearly understood my intent.
And then,

-Paggak.

[The sensory threshold has been reached. The 'Petrification' curse is destroyed.]
(100/100 until complete removal)

"Mheu-uuuuuung!!?"
"Keueueuk!!!"

Nearly 100 consecutive climaxes.
That wave of pleasure instantly overwhelmed us both.

Lumine-nim was completely out of it.
It was partly because of the pleasure.
But purely, she couldn't understand the situation.

'Is this person Lee Hyun-nim?'

From her perspective, the situation was this:
While talking to Minerva-nim, her sensations suddenly went into a rampage.
With a survival instinct telling her she was in trouble, she was desperately venting divine power, but...
When she came to her senses?
A young man was holding her.
Presumably, it was Lee Hyun-nim.

'Why am I with him in my naked body...♡'

Furthermore, the two of them didn't have a single silken strand of clothing on.
Normally, she should have pushed him away, trembling with shame.
The reason she didn't was because of his expression.

"Keueueuk...."
"......."

'You look like you're in pain.'

His furrowed brow was tight with strain.
Conversely, even though all her sensations had returned, she found herself much more able to endure than before.
It wasn't hard to guess what was happening.

'Are you taking the aftermath of the curse removal in my place?'

Come to think of it, hadn't he mentioned something about sensitivity?
Presumably, this was the side effect that followed the removal of the curse.
That must be why he told her not to break the curse immediately and urged absolute stability.
However, the curse had almost entirely broken.
All the various sensations she hadn't felt for years began to rampage.
Lee Hyun-nim was shouldering most of that through some mysterious method.
Her mind went white with guilt.

'Could it be that this disaster happened because I was imagining doing lewd things with Lee Hyun-nim?♡'

Lee Hyun-nim had even asked Minerva-nim several times to ensure her absolute stability.
Yet, she had fallen into heat because of her own wicked delusions, causing the curse to break.
And now Lee Hyun-nim was bearing the full force of that aftermath.

"N-nooo...♡ I'm sho-shorryyy♡"

-Kkumteul-kkumteul.

Her body moved on its own.
For the Saintess Lumine-nim, seeing someone suffer because of her was unbearable.
But her legs...
Were locked firmly around Lee Hyun-nim's waist.
It was a manifestation of a survival instinct telling her she would die if she let go now.

'My body won't move!!'

"Mheu-heu-eung♡ I, I shouldn't...♡ I'm sho-shorryyy♡"

A shame far beyond just being held in her naked body washed over her.
Rather than feeling disgraced, she felt so shameless she wanted to die.
It looked the same to Minerva-nim, who was watching.

'He really is....'

Objectively speaking, what about Lee Hyun-nim?
He stepped forward to treat the Saintess despite the opposition of the Imperial Palace.
It wasn't that he treated her poorly; he did a magnificent job.
He even made it so the sensory explosion from the treatment would resolve itself if she just stayed stable for a few days.
This situation was by no means his responsibility.

'How can he act like that without a moment's hesitation?'

But Lee Hyun-nim took responsibility.
A hero who deserved nothing but gratitude was enduring pain for the sake of someone suffering.
Though his entire body trembled from the excessive pleasure.
Though a nosebleed even began to flow from his nose.
Despite all that, he didn't loosen the strength in his arms as he held Lumine-nim.
Aside from the fact that he was naked, if you looked closely, he was the very image of a noble knight.

'Just how hard must it be to endure for him to look like he's dying? I feel so sorry for him....'

"......."

'It's been a while since I've had a nosebleed like this since the first day. Is this what they call mana depletion?'

Of course, the reality was entirely different.
Due to a mode that was suspiciously high-tier only regarding virility, his stamina was already in the realm of a Transcendent.
Furthermore, hadn't Lumine-nim already processed a fair amount of the pleasure?
Enduring this level of pleasure was easy for Lee Hyun-nim.
Rather, venting mana to maintain 'Resonance' was much harder.
It was something others couldn't even dream of.

'To vent mana so crudely like that, he's really trying his best to endure....'
'I'm so sorry♡ Because I had such lecherous thoughts, Lee Hyun-nim is...♡'
'Once the Saleos-nim subjugation is over, I should really learn some mana management. I've been living too lazily, just clicking my gun.'

And so, as another misunderstanding settled in for the night.
Lumine-nim's eyes began to melt.
It was the precursor to a fresh climax, different from the accumulated pleasure rushing in.

-Ttirring.

[The target's sexual preference has been updated with 'Lee Hyun'....]

"Mheu-heu-heu-eung♡ I'm sho-shorryyyy♡"

'O Goddess, please do not forgive a lewd woman like me♡'

"I'm so sorry... Huh? Lee Hyun-nim, why are you so still?"
"Lumi, if you've come to your senses, use healing holy arts! Quickly!"
"N-noooo!!!"

Lumine-nim finally came to her senses.
It was a full three minutes after Lee Hyun-nim had fainted.