Can Someone (Anyone!) Please Turn Off the Auto-Skill Setting?! - Chapter 3
What if he really died?
At the inn, they knew she was a hero. They also knew that the man with her was her companion. But what would happen if that companion were found dead in the room the next morning?
She could already envision a future where, despite having stopped the Demon King’s resurrection, she would return only to be charged with murder.
“Aaron! Get a hold of yourself! You can’t die—oh, ack…!”
She desperately shook him, but suddenly, a jolt of electricity tingled through her fingertips.
Startled, Nancy quickly pulled her hands away from him.
She almost couldn’t believe what she saw. She had agreed to activate the skill despite the conditions, but this kind of outcome was unexpected.
Nancy’s entire body flushed with heat, and her heart began to pound loudly. A wave of nausea hit her due to the sudden change in her body. The pain caused her to collapse, her forehead hitting the floor.
For a moment, lying prone seemed to offer some relief, but soon she felt the discomfort return. Her heart was racing at an abnormal speed. The word 〈Rebound〉 spun around in her head.
She vaguely recalled seeing something about her senses.
Nancy tried to lift her head to check the details again, but the window had long disappeared. Instead, she saw Aaron, who had somehow managed to sit up.
She had thought he was going to die for sure, but apparently, that wasn’t the case. Relieved, she tried to take some comfort in that, but Aaron suddenly grabbed her chin and lifted her face.
“Mmmph.”
As his hand touched her, Nancy let out an involuntary sound.
She was startled by the strange noise she had made and her eyes widened in embarrassment, meeting Aaron’s gaze.
He swallowed hard.
“Do you swear before God that you haven’t done anything dishonorable?”
Nancy’s chin trembled, making it difficult to speak clearly. She barely managed to nod, and Aaron stroked her chin.
Every time he touched her, a wave of pleasure surged through her body, and she couldn’t understand what was happening. Every spot where his hand brushed felt like it was burning.
She felt another strange sound rising in her throat. To stop it from escaping, Nancy bit down hard on her lips. But then Aaron brushed his hand against her ear.
“I can trust you again, right?”
“Haaangh…!”
Even though he was only touching her earlobe, a shiver ran down her spine, causing a moan to escape.
“Nancy, why are you making strange sounds instead of answering?”
“It’s not that I want to—it’s because you keep touching me—wait, no, stop touching me!”
Aaron rubbed the area behind Nancy’s ear. Each time, sounds continued to slip out from between her clenched teeth.
“Why do you keep making those strange noises…?”
If you think it’s strange, then stop touching me!
Nancy gritted her teeth and pulled her head back, trying to escape his touch. But Aaron followed her and wrapped his whole hand around the nape of her neck this time.
With no way to escape, Aaron began to stroke the prominent bones of her collar.
“Stop, please, stop it— ahnn!”
Electricity coursed through her spine, connected to her neck bones. Feeling the danger, she tried to push him away by placing her hand on his chest. But even then, the electricity surged through her entire body.
The sensation wasn’t strong enough to be torturous, yet it wasn’t weak enough to be dismissed like static electricity. It was a tantalizing level of pleasure, teetering dangerously on the edge of what she could bear.
“I don’t understand. Why do I keep touching you? Why do I feel like I need to keep touching you…?”
He confessed his confusion, not understanding why he was acting this way. Nancy couldn’t possibly explain that the skill had activated when he tried to kill her.
She kept her lips tightly shut, frantically thinking of how to handle the situation. Then Aaron gently caressed her face.
“I never realized… how beautiful your face is like this….”
His dazed voice made Nancy realize how dire the situation was.
“Wait. If I look different to you right now, that’s just an illusion! My face hasn’t changed at all, nnngh…!”
She needed to tell him to get a grip, but each time he touched her, a strange sound escaped her lips. It seemed like she was the one who needed to get a grip.
Nancy! Clenching her teeth, she mentally berated herself. You’re not usually this sensitive!
She squeezed her eyes shut and furiously scolded herself in her mind. At first, the little Nancy in her head cried out, ‘Ouch! Just say ouch!’ But before she knew it, that inner voice started to moan.
Startled, Nancy snapped her eyes open. Aaron’s face was right in front of her. As soon as their eyes met, all the strength drained from her body, and her heart pounded wildly.
【 Nancy and Aaron will be unable to resist their sexual desire for each other! 】
It seemed like the system was determined to drive her insane.
Nancy inwardly screamed, ‘No!’ If Aaron hadn’t been a paladin, the situation might have been slightly less dire.
But he was a paladin who had sworn a lifetime of chastity to God.
And now she was about to ruin that? The responsibility was too overwhelming. If Aaron lost his chastity and got expelled from the holy order because of her, she would have no excuse, no matter how many times she tried to explain.
To die by Aaron’s sword, or to steal his chastity and be resented for life.
Both were so terrible that it was hard to say which was worse. Nancy’s head throbbed with the weight of her dilemma.
Whether aware of her turmoil or not, Aaron, now breathing heavily, cupped her face with both hands. The confusion from his sudden change seemed to have subsided, and his previously shaky gaze steadied.
Instead, a quiet heat began to rise in his eyes.