Conquest Complete, So Why Is the Affection Dropping? - Chapter 27
“There was no evidence to prove Hexion’s innocence. Since I didn’t know how else to obtain it, using my power seemed like the only way.”
Actually, there might have been other methods if I looked carefully, but I’m an impatient Korean.
When given the choice between following a proper route step by step or taking the quick path straight to the ending, I always choose the latter.
After seeing the ending that way, I can safely start over and savor the story by trying each bad choice one by one.
“Why did you do such a thing?”
“Like I just said, well…”
“If what I told you had been a lie, you could have been gravely harmed, Shin Joo…”
Hexion, kneeling on one knee beside the bed, bowed his head deeply. I could see his large fist trembling slightly on his knee.
He must have been very worried about me.
‘Well, even though I’m god’s representative, I still have a mortal body that can die.’
Though Hexion claimed it sincerely, it would be hard for anyone to maintain composure watching someone stab themselves in the chest right before their eyes.
Especially if that person is the one they serve.
“I didn’t think I would die.”
Even though this is a game, since I’m possessing this body, I don’t know what would happen if something went wrong with it – I’m not about to throw my life away carelessly.
But this time I had a reason to be confident.
“You asked me to believe in you, Hexion.”
“….”
“So I wanted to believe.”
Looking at the timing of the event and how quickly the evidence appeared, there was no way this could be a betrayal flag. I kept to myself that most of that evidence was stuff I stole from Marvis’s mansion.
“Shin Joo. I asked you to believe in me.”
“You did.”
“Was my wish worth you risking the destruction of your physical body?”
Here I should obviously answer yes. When I nodded, Hexion suddenly stood up, took a step back, and knelt again.
His expression was different this time. Not the anxious look of someone helpless before a dying ember, but looking at me with unwavering eyes.
The face of a knight who had made his resolution.
Remembering the system message I saw just before fainting, I unconsciously gulped.
“When you turned the Blade of Judgment upon yourself, I made my decision. From now on, I will dedicate my life to you.”
Though he had removed his silver armor, nobility overflowed from his entire being. So this is what it means for a person to radiate light while simply staying still like a rock.
“Holy Knight Hexion declares to the Divine Master.”
Power dwelled in his bass voice that resonated like in a cave.
Unlike me, who was straining to maintain eye contact without blinking, Hexion appeared endlessly calm yet firm even in this moment of resolution.
“From this moment forward, the master of this body and heart is not myself but you, Divine Master, so I offer myself entirely to you.”
His purple eyes reflected my face. My heart leaped greatly at that moment.
That’s when fanfare burst from both sides and a pink system window appeared.
Special Event [Oath of Loyalty] Complete! All forbidden words and actions related to Temple Knight [Hexion] are now unlocked. Would you like to proceed to the ending now? Yes / No
I was about to click ‘Yes’ reflexively but quickly pulled my hand back. The middle sentence had intensely caught my attention.
‘Forbidden words and actions unlocked?’
Does this mean the strict standards that prevented me from even speaking about certain things are gone?
‘Then… does that mean I can freely express my desires that were trapped by the all-ages censorship?’
My breath grew hot.
I don’t want to act this way in front of Hexion who’s looking at me with such a noble knight’s face, but suddenly thinking about the rating being unlocked made the pillar of suppressed desire start surging wildly.
Until now, I had to wait for the target character to approach me. But if I can make the first move now…
‘The route is complete anyway. Wouldn’t it be fine to suggest doing it right now?’
It might be problematic if his feelings toward me were loyalty rather than love, but didn’t the route completion appear? He can’t be serving purely out of duty. He did say he’s offering both body and heart.
‘They say romance needs a narrative, but… erotica doesn’t need that!’
And it’s not like we don’t have a narrative now either.
A knight falsely accused and cornered, and the Divine Master who risked her life to prove his innocence.
Even if it’s not a sweet lovey-dovey romance, isn’t this enough narrative to lead into an e****c scene where flesh crashes against flesh like a tempest!
“Hexion!”
“Yes?”
I must have called out too excitedly, as he looked up at me with a slightly surprised face.
Because of that, I had to suppress my urge to say I would punish the lustful chest that had been provoking my desires all this time, and pulled back my hand.
Even so, this is our first skinship after route completion. Rather than acting like a superior gone mad with lust committing s****l harassment through power dynamics, it would be better to find a plausible pretext and approach as naturally as possible.
My brain was running its most intense simulation ever to find the right words.
“My, my chest still hurts… would you look at it?”
“You might have been burned by the flames. I’ll call a healer.”
“No, that’s not what I mean!”
When Hexion rose to his feet, clearly intending to fetch a doctor, I frantically grabbed his sleeve.
“Touch- ah, no. I think it would feel better if you stroked it.”
“…Pardon?”
I tried to choose my words carefully but was this still strange? Come to think of it, it did feel a bit contrived.
But what does it matter if it’s contrived? Now that I’m not caught by the system’s censorship, nothing can stop me anymore.
“Since Hexion has big, cool hands, I think it would feel better if you touched it.”
Actually it would probably make me more excited rather than feel better, but I just blurted out whatever.
I want to push him down on the bed right now and become a roaring beast to personally make my pure temple knight into a slave of pleasure, but it felt embarrassing to reveal my true colors too suddenly.
Now that the route is complete, I should manage my image a bit.
“Is that not okay?”
“….”
Has my image already gone down the drain?
But it can’t be helped. Who knows when the system might return to being a bald old fogy – I need to enjoy this moment now.
“Shin Joo. That request just now. Was it truly intended only to calm your body?”
“No.”
When Hexion asked with such a serious face, I ended up answering honestly without thinking.
My face burned for a moment at answering too candidly, but I don’t regret it. I decided to be brazen about this.
In a dating simulation game, it’s not a sin to feel s****l desire for the target character, right?
Besides, the route is already complete!
“You said it yourself, Hexion. That your body and heart are mine.”
“Yes. That’s what I declared.”
“Since you’ve only been serving me one-sidedly until now, this time I want to touch you… feel you.”
The anxiety about appearing too forward raised its head for about one second, but I decided to ignore it completely.
Didn’t the previous game have developments where characters slept together right after falling in love at first sight? All responsibility lies with the developers who suddenly declared an all-ages rating while making an e****c game, so I who am true to my desires am innocent.
“Shin Joo. As I said, I am now yours.”
Hexion turned and this time climbed onto the bed to kneel instead of the floor.
Perhaps because we were at the same height, his eye level became much higher. Though he was just sitting in front of me, he blocked my view like a wall.
“You may take what you desire.”
“Don’t say ‘take.’ You said your heart is mine too.”
“Indeed I did.”
“I want you to desire me too, just like I desire you.”
Hexion slightly swallowed, seeming to understand my intention.
“From the beginning, you were all I desired, Shin Joo.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
Hexion slowly lowered his head and kissed my knee.
That’s when I realized my knees were exposed in my nightclothes.
Heat began flowing loosely along the unfamiliar sensation of his lips. When I carefully reached out to touch his hair, his lowered eyelids lifted and purple eyes met mine.
‘Wow…’
Such intense eyes it took my breath away.
Though he said the he was mine, his eyes shone like they would completely devour me.
“Hexion. Can I touch you?”
“You need not ask my permission, Shin Joo.”
Because you desire me too.
