Saintess Arc – Chapter 36

***Things have been going well for me. Pulled Chasca in one pull (that means now can save enough for Mavuika). Tried to pull for Aventurine, and got him until E1 with 3 pulls… crazy right? I hope to keep this momentum going, because they gonna release Sunday, Fugue, Aglaea, and THE Herta!? Hoyo is definitely squeezing my wallet dry. I’ve got 20K stellar jade currently, so I really hope I can pull them all. Most likely, I’ll have to skip Sunday and Fugue’s light cone. Not sure about skipping Herta and especially Aglaea since she’s the first Remembrance path… Oooh God, Elysia and flamechasers in version 3.0 above? I’m doomed, my wallet is doomed. I just know this is going to be peak***

Chapter 36 That night (♡)

――The story goes back to about a week ago.

At sunset in the mansion, Iris was seen walking down the hallway.
She must have just gotten out of the bath, her long silver hair damp, and there was a melancholy expression on her face.
(Did I said something that offended her?)

What she remembers is the conversation she had with Claire about half an hour ago.
On her way to the public bath, Iris passes Claire in the hallway of the mansion.
There, she talked about things like Louis, and Iris didn't miss the moment when Claire smiled self-deprecatingly.
That was when she complimented her, calling her "beautiful."
At that moment, Claire let out a small smile, as if making fun of herself.
That smile was completely unbecoming to someone who knew her as a cheerful girl, and Iris felt worried by Claire's expression.

In the end, she was evaded on the spot, but the expression on Claire's face continued to leave a small thorn in Iris's heart...

(Perhaps she hasn't recovered from her condition yet...)

I remember about two weeks ago.
Just when Louis' medicine was found, Claire had been feeling unwell for several days.
She doesn't wake up at her usual time in the morning, and even during the day she seems somewhat tired, with a worried expression on her face.
Of course, Iris was worried because Claire clearly wasn't in her best mood.
For Iris, Claire is her first best friend, and she is also in love with the same man.
It was only natural for Iris to be worried about her weak appearance.
Normally, Iris would have rushed over without missing a beat and asked her about the cause of her illness.
However, Claire seemed to be hiding something.
It was as if she didn't want people to know that she wasn't feeling well.

And in fact, it was successful.
Iris noticed that she was not feeling well simply because she had known her for a long time, and to other people she seemed to be the same as usual. 
Iris was worried.
Should she ask Claire about her situation, or should she just keep watching?
She thinks that as the healer of her party, she should immediately ask her about her situation and help her settle it.
However, as her best friend, she was hesitant to delve into her secret situation.

In the end, Iris chooses the latter.
Fortunately, it didn't seem to have any immediate impact.
Therefore, Iris thought it would be best to just watch over her for now, and if it really necessary, lend a hand.
At first, this judgment seemed wrong.
It's been a few days since Iris noticed Claire's condition.
As each day passed, her condition seemed to get worse.
In the morning, she seems to have fallen into a deep sleep and does not appear to wake up from her room, and in the evening, after purchasing medicine on the street, her face shows a strong look of fatigue.
Iris wonders if it will take all her energy to get the medicine in the city, but she thinks it should be easy to get the medicine, and worries about the unsolvable mystery.
I wonder if it's still fine to give her a break even though she's done all she can...

However, one day, Iris's suffering completely disappears.
One evening, when Iris saw Claire, her tendency to feel unwell had completely disappeared.
The energy in her crimson eyes exudes confidence, and the way she walks confidently is the cheerful person Iris knows.

Has she become more sexy in any way than before?
Seeing her more mature and healthy appearance, Iris was relieved and patted her chest.
However, time goes back to today.
What she showed that evening was exactly the kind of frailty she showed when she wasn't feeling well.
Iris is worried again here.
Should she step in or watch?

Last time, her observation paid off in the end.
However, it is also true that along the way, she almost regretted her decision.
If she did, would she ask this time?
But judging by her reaction, it doesn't seem like it will be easy.

She didn't know what to do with Iris.
She normally makes calm judgments as a saintess of the Church, but when she was dealing with her first friend, she couldn't help but waver in her judgment.

And Iris makes a decision.
She watched over it last time, so this time she decided to go a little deeper.
As she made that decision, her eyes reflected the door to Claire's room.

(But that will be tomorrow. It's already late today.)
Iris couldn't be happier if she shared her troubles.
She passes by her room and enters her own room.
I hope that she will be more cheerful tomorrow as well.

Iris said her prayers in the room and fell asleep.


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Iris then fell asleep, but

"--,ah----"
(...?)

In the middle of the night, she wakes up hearing noises coming from the room next to hers.
It was late at night.
In the room where silence reigns, Iris notices a small rumbling noise coming from the next room.
Sitting up in her bed, she sees the moon peeking through her slightly open curtains and realizes that it's still midnight.
(What was going on at a time like this...?)
The sound was coming from the side of the room where the bed was, next to Iris.

(This side must have been Claire's room...)
Thinking so, Iris worries about Claire, who is probably in the room next to her beyond the wall.
The sound was constantly being heard.
The sound was small and muffled, and Iris couldn't make it out, but for some reason, hearing it made her heart flutter.
I Want to check. That's what I thought.
It was a time when normally everyone would be sleeping.
Iris didn't know what she was supposed to do at a time like this.

Could this be the cause of Claire's illness?
Iris takes her legs off the bed to go check on her room.

――――It was that moment.

『Aaaaa♥』

A voice echoes.

"Eh……?"

Her body lifted and fell back onto the bed.
It was a strangely haunting voice.
A woman's voice sounds both urgent and sweet.
When Iris heard that voice, her body stiffened.
...However, the voice that had just echoed was never heard again.
Iris remained still for about ten seconds.
No matter how much she hides and listens, no new voice comes, and Iris wonders if she heard wrong.
The voice that echoed was so loud that even Iris, who was in the room next to her, could clearly hear it.
In that case, it was strange that it only resonated once, and I would have been more satisfied if it was some kind of hallucination.
After convincing herself, Iris turned her attention to the next room beyond the wall.

Small noises were constantly reaching my ears.
A small rumbling sound that I couldn't hear clearly, but that convinced me that something was going on.
...If I had just ignored it and tried to go back to sleep, I could have gone back to sleep.

However, now that she was strangely awake, it seemed like she wouldn't be able to fall back asleep.
Iris raises her hips from the bed to try to find the cause of the noise coming from the room next to her.

『Nhaa♥』
"…!"

As expected, she didn't hear it wrong this time.
(Eh...what's with that voice just now...? No way…., eh.....? That's a lie, isn't it...)

Iris becomes confused as her brain makes sense of the voice she hears.
She had been taught a certain amount of knowledge as part of her emotional education, so she possessed this knowledge.
Therefore, I understood that the voice I had just heard was "like that".
Therefore, although she was dismayed by the voice she had heard for the first time, she remained unfazed.
Iris is disturbed by the fact that the voice she hears is Claire's.

『Haa――――Aah――Uuhn――――』

A small voice echoed from the other side of the wall.
Once she realizes that, that small voice becomes clearer and reaches her ears.
That voice was not Claire's voice that Iris knew.
After all, the voice Iris often hears is that of a straight and clear fighter, reflecting her cheerful personality.
However, the voice that I was hearing now was filled with confusion, reminiscent of a lost child, but at the same time, it was sweet and melodious.
It was hard to believe that the voice was coming from the same person.
However, the voice hits her earlobe as she realizes that it's Claire's.
Iris couldn't hide her agitation as she heard the cries of her friends through her walls.

*Bang, bang, bang
Meanwhile, she also realizes the identity of the noise that has been reaching her ears.
The sound that includes a small plowing sound is probably the sound of flesh hitting flesh.
Claire is being held on the other side of this wall.
That hopeless fact made Iris extremely confused.

(Just who is she with...?)
It was a natural question.
Louis, the person we shared the same feelings for, was currently in his hospital bed.
He would never wake up in the middle of the night and find himself trying to get out of bed.
If so, who is currently with her?
Her answer to that question was surprisingly easy to find out.

『Ha...ha...♥♥』
“What, are you already at your limit? ”

A different person's voice is mixed with Claire's whimpering voice.
Iris heard that voice familiar.
(Geek-sama...!?)

It belongs to Geek Arzen, the current owner of this mansion.
Iris' confusion further accelerates.
(Why is Geek-sama with Claire...!?)

Iris didn't understand anything.
Claire, Iris's best friend, was sure to like Louis.
Iris was aware that it was just her love, which was more precious than her own, and which was mixed with her devotion, and which Iris had envied many times before.
However, she was having an affair.
She is with Geek Arzen, whom she must have hated for a while.
Iris didn't understand anything.

However, of course there was no one to answer her questions.
Leaving her confused mind behind, the two continue to have sex behind her wall.

“Here, shake your ass properly.”
"Nhaa...just a moment...♥"

The sound of their voices reached Iris' ears through the wall.
The sounds of two people's voices are mixed in with the sound of meat colliding with pan, pan, and pan.
The high-press voice of Geek echoed.
I could hear Claire's somewhat weak and regretful voice.
From the content of the conversation between the two, it was obvious that Geek was giving orders to Claire.
...And Claire reluctantly follows along.

No way, this is Claire...Iris was shaken, but she didn't know what kind of sound it was, apart from the bang, bang, and extraction sound.
While Iris is lying on the bed, the sex begins to gradually increase on the other side of the wall.

"I'm going to cum inside you, so tighten your pussy properly."
“Aaah, ah, ah, ah♥”
(cum inside, there’s no way…. ?!)

She didn't even know there were birth control methods.
Therefore, Iris is naturally very upset by Geek who declares that he will cum inside her and Claire who does not refuse.
From Iris' point of view, Geek's request is the same as asking Claire to be impregnated by him.
However, that doesn't mean she can't do anything to Iris who is separated by a wall...
She will just have to hear the end of the two of them.

“I’m going to ejaculate…! ”
『Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah♥♥』
(Aa, Aaah...)

Claire was being inseminated on the other side of the wall.
Not by Louis, the person she cares about. No, in terms of title, he is Geek Arzen, who is only the son of a feudal lord.
Geek Arzen was inseminating Claire.
To Claire, Iris' best friend who is the hero's childhood friend and is also famous as Kensei.
Iris can't help but cry out, but instantly cover her mouth.

『Nn, Fuuーー』
『Haa♥　Haa♥　Haah...♥』

While Iris stiffened with surprise, it seemed that the two's insemination had come to an end.
On the other side of the wall, the pounding sound like before was gone.
As Iris hides in the next room, which has started to seem strange since she can no longer hear the sound, she hears Geek's voice.

"I'm sure the hero would never have imagined that his childhood friend would sell his body for him."

My body involuntarily stiffened at the content.

“Claire was so resistant at first.''

She is taken aback by what follows.
Words spoken by a geek.
Understanding this correctly, Iris felt angry.
Did she really finally find the medicine you couldn't find at the last minute?
Claire seemed to be unwell, but did she do her part to watch over her?
Come to think of it, the insect bite marks on her neck were probably the result of sexual intercourse.
Even though there were many factors to notice, I was disgusted with my own stupidity for overlooking them all.

"I wonder how many times you got your butt spanked today."
"...!"

It was too frightening.
Geek voice that teases her.
The brutality of that voice made Iris want to cover her ears.

“Hah... ku...''

In response to Geek's words, a voice of extreme regret leaked out of Claire's mouth.
I guess this is the current relationship between the two of them.
Geek demands a physical relationship in exchange for medicine, and Claire can only accept it calmly.
Tears overflow from Iris' eyes.
As I was doing that, I felt two people moving on the other side of the wall.
After a long break, they were probably going to start acting again, and from the next room I started to hear the sound of thrusting and Claire's moan.

I couldn't stay like this.
Iris quickly takes her legs off the bed to stop them.

"I'm sure the hero would never have imagined that his childhood friend would sell his body for him."

However, as she was about to head towards Claire's room, Geek's words from earlier stopped her.
That's right... if Geek's words were true, he should have all the medicine now.
That's why, if I got in the way of them now, there was a possibility that the deal, and even Claire's determination, would be wasted.
Faced with the possibility of losing both Medicine Louis and Claire, Iris stops in her tracks.
In the meantime, a small fire is lit again by the actions of the two who are separated by a wall, and it burns fiercely.

“I wonder what will happen if the hero finds out about you now.”
“Ah, ah, no, don’t say it…! Ah…”

Those words were loaded with strong cruelty.
Claire who doesn't want to have sex must be forced by Geek.

That was Iris's own sin.

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