Chapter 205

Chapter 207: Haruhi’s Bloody Situation～

The annex room where only the two of them were together.

The pale moonlight seeped through the wooden windows with paper panels pulled aside, illuminating the bashful figure of the young girl.

A question mark seemed to appear above his head, and Izay was somewhat dumbfounded at the moment.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds……

Why hasn’t she fainted yet!?

The one question mark above his head turned into multiple question marks.

However, no one could answer Izay’s question.

In the somewhat mysterious atmosphere, Haruhi’s emerald eyes sparkled with a watery mist.

Her loose kimono hung half-off her body, revealing glimpses of her delicate collarbone and fragrant shoulders. Her white, snow-like skin blushed faintly pink from embarrassment.

Her jade-like hands, unsure where to place themselves, eventually started twirling together lightly.

Her long, elegant legs, wrapped in the kimono, were tightly closed together. Her delicate feet, without tabi socks inside the room, exposed outside, had her pink toenails anxiously gripping the tatami mat floor, conveying her nervousness.

“Haruhi… I understand Master Izay’s intentions!” Making some astonishing assumptions, Haruhi’s voice trembled, barely maintaining clarity.

It wasn’t just shyness; there was also an underlying hint of excitement?

Hmm? Excitement!?

“Hold on! Haruhi, what exactly do you understand!?” A sense of unease suddenly rose in Izay’s heart, prompting him to instinctively ask.

“At this time, Master Izay surely wants to do that kind of thing, right? Haruhi understands!”

Her tone was inexplicably very certain!?

‘No, no, no, you don’t understand at all. Why hasn’t she fainted yet!?’

While Izay was shocked by the situation where Haruhi hadn’t fainted after seeing his clavicle, the girl took a deep breath and approached him.

“Next… Haruhi will definitely make you happy!”

Haruhi controlled her excited heartbeat while starting her “service.”

She hesitantly extended her hand, touching the area below Izay’s neck, then tried to pull down his clothes.

‘My body is so stiff… Is it because of the fatigue from frequent battles? It seems washing alone isn’t enough. Shouldn’t I give a massage as well…? But I seem to have no experience in massaging others…’

Completely unaware of the reason for Izay’s stiffness, she even began contemplating the actions for the “second phase.”

Objectively speaking, Haruhi had no grasp of the current situation between the two of them.

She simply wanted to make the person in front of her happy.

But the next second, she noticed…

‘I’m touching Master Izay’s clavicle… and his chest…!!’

This was a deeper level of reality, a realm new to the young girl.

‘The firm sensation felt through the skin… and further down is…!?’

Realizing this fact instantly, Haruhi stopped her movements, her body freezing completely.

Meanwhile, Izay cautiously moved his body backward slightly.

Facing the unexpected situation, he took a few deep breaths, telling himself to stay calm.

Haruhi hasn’t even turned sixteen! She’s still a child!

One shouldn’t, at least shouldn’t…!

What exactly happened?

Izay still couldn’t figure out which part went wrong.

Why doesn’t she faint!?

Suddenly, the next moment.

“————”

Something flowed from Haruhi’s body, catching Izay’s attention.

The crimson substance dripped onto the floor, staining the beige floor with a new color.

“Nosebleed!?” Izay was instantly stunned, feeling like the gender roles had somehow swapped according to common sense.

And as Izay said, the fox-girl Haruhi had a bright red nosebleed.

Drip, drip, it formed a pool.

“Ahh, bleeding! How did this happen!? Is this what the seniors mentioned about bleeding when doing ‘that kind of thing’?!”

In her muddled consciousness, the fox girl seemed to have misunderstood something again.

She even overlooked the fact that the seniors had said “only the first time would result in bleeding.”

“That, Haruhi, stop talking, sit down, sit down!”

Even though she pressed her nose with one hand immediately, she couldn’t stop the bleeding, a scene that could be described as unstoppable.

However, just two seconds after the bleeding started, before Izay could finish his sentence, Haruhi’s body went limp, her beautiful eyes rolled back as she lost consciousness.

Izay quickly reached out to catch her.

“What’s going on here?… Did her brain delay? Or has she developed resistance to my clavicle?”

A move that had always worked before now seemed ineffective, and this fact made Izay feel somewhat amused and helpless.

But he didn’t dwell too much on it. If drugs could develop resistance, it wasn’t entirely unreasonable for Haruhi to develop resistance to his clavicle, right?

Still, he should stop her bleeding first…

Thinking this, Izay’s hand emitted a pure white light.

Holy, pure magical essence surged, forming a brilliant diamond-shaped magic circle. A wave of self-healing energy rose, halting the girl’s uncontrollable bleeding.

Even the lost blood was replenished, leaving only the bloodstains on her clothes and the floor as evidence of what had just occurred.

‘Star Protection · Holy Healing’

The highest-level healing magic with three-stage incantation effects.

Although the incantation effects have different names like ‘Holy Healing’, ‘Purification’, and ‘Blessing’, they are actually equally powerful.

In Izay’s personal opinion, these three effects were not ranked higher or lower than each other, more like the difference between left and right hands.

Since Haruhi’s unconsciousness didn’t fall under the category of “injury,” the nearly omnipotent healing magic ‘Star Protection · Holy Healing’ couldn’t wake her up, and she would have to recover naturally.

“What a mess…” Izay muttered with a small complaint as he carried Haruhi into the inner chamber and laid her down under the quilt, removing her blood-soaked kimono coat.

Fortunately, the inner garment she wore underneath wasn’t soaked, otherwise, the new officer would have to endure another test.

After dealing with the bloodstains, Izay sat beside her as usual and began meditating (a method for magicians to refine their magical power, which can also improve mental strength to a certain extent).

It was like parents who, after putting their child to sleep, sit nearby browsing online, skillfully making one feel heartbroken.

Until the girl woke up the next day, Izay bid her farewell and left.

At the top of the tallest grand building in the Pleasure Quarter, upon receiving the report from the faction that Izay indeed appeared in their territory, Ishtar’s face darkened slightly with silence, harboring some depression.

“Go keep an eye on that girl Haruhi. She’s not allowed to leave the temple during this period! That Hermes guy will be back soon, and the next full moon night is only half a month away. The plan cannot go wrong!”

“Yes!”

A few days ago, due to annoyance over Hermes’s procrastination, Ishtar specially sent a letter to the Guild for him.

The Guild used letters delivered by monsters specially trained by the Ganesha faction, which were very fast, and a reply was received today.

With at most another day, Hermes would return to Orario, bringing back the “goods.”

All that remained was waiting for the next opportunity.

On the other side,

Izay, having left the Pleasure Quarter, inexplicably looked back at the majestic palace, deep in thought.